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community august23 11 2011 Portland Pirate Festival Comes to St. Helens The annual events marks it’s 6 th Anniversary with a new location, dates and entertainment and a vigorous push to help bring a tall ship to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers! Climb aboard as the 6th annual Portland Pirate Festival sets sail for two exciting days of piratical fun and family adventure when they invade the historic waterfront of St. Helens, OR. The Festival weekend begins on Saturday, September 3rd and ends on Sunday, September 4th and features all of the fun and excitement it has become famous for, with the awesome addition of more access for boaters! The new location in St. Helens, OR (Portland’s nearest escape and film location for the first Twilight movie) offers a variety of great changes to this staple NW festival, including: a beautiful spot on the Columbia River, an Olde Towne setting and ample moorage for boats at the city docks and on Sand Island. Other fun new events in 2011 will include the addition of Mermaid Lagoon; wild costume parades lead by The Last Regiment Drummers and The Oregon Defense Force Pipe Band; the comedy of Cap’n Chris the Hypnotist; Curtis Carlyle Seriously Funny Juggling, and the whip cracking Lefty Caress. The Portland Pirate Festival is proud to be helping bring a Tall Ship permanently to the waters of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. The beautiful 68’ Square Tops’l Ketch “Royaliste” (www.theroyaliste.com) will be arriving in Portland not long after the festival, in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day, and PPF is lending its support towards helping her make the move from Kentucky Lake. This wooden hulled sailing ship will serve as a center of maritime education and become an active part of communities and events in the area for decades to come. This year’s festival will raffle off a private party on The Royaliste, as well as other prizes, and all proceeds will go towards helping cover the over-land hauling expenses of this exciting relocation effort. PPF LLC will assume a major role in organizing and promoting this unique opportunity year-round. The Royaliste will be brought to us by Margot Productions LLC, www.margotproductions.com. For the kids this year’s lineup includes a host of family friendly entertainment, including the giant strolling puppets of Seattle’s Zambini Brothers, Let’s Pretend’s interactive high energy children’s theater, Dragon Theater Puppet Shows, PDXYAR’s Pirates of the Cursed Sea and the unveiling of their land ship, EL Tiburon, hands-on swordplay with Academia Duellatoria, scavenger hunts and interactive games with The Pirates of Puget Sound; cannon shows on Thunder Ridge; giant inflatable rides such as The Kraken and free balloons and face painting by beautiful mermaids! Order of The Leviathan Pirate Lords from around the country will abound, including Margot la Mechante, Quicksilver, The Mackay, Talderoy, Dave Nichols and new nominees up for the vote in Pirates Magazine: Mister Mac and Luc the Lucky. Captain Slappy, co-creator of International Talk Like a Pirate Day will grace the stage along with Emmy Award winning storyteller Mark Lewis. Musical Acts include Pirates Charles, hailing from Southern California, combining old-world instruments with modern sounds to create music that is bold, adventurous and strong; Baby Gramps, an eccentric, seemingly very old singer and steel guitar player based in Seattle, with a voice like popeye after smoking an entire tin of Prince Albert; Mister Mac (aka Aloysius MacKnucklepeck), a seasoned and well-tarred salt who has weathered many a storm and braved the waters of many a birthday party, Mr. Mac is just the man to handle a new young crew; Man Overboard, masterfully combines the sounds of shanties, drinking songs, wake traditionals, patriotic nautical battle hymns and pirate influences from the 1600’s to the 1800’s with some great more recent styles and genres. They have a lot of original music & material that just plain rocks, while most of their material retains that traditional nostalgia of the old world. There also be some of the music from local shores, including Chervona, BilgeRats & Pyrettes, Chata Addy & Susuma, and St. Helens own Desert Mirage. Oberon’s Tavern will feature Kraken Rum and Ninkasi brews, as well as pub sings and shanty men. For more information, schedule updates, and to purchase tickets online, visit www.portlandpiratefestival.com or call 503) 292-3418. Vernonia: Through The Artist’s Eye Sponsored by Vernonia Hands-On Art Center, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) arts organization, Vernonia Through the Artist’s Eye participants are: Diane Coughlin, Walter Neuman, Sally Harrison, and Dave Anderson. They were each given their choice of downtown Bridge Street or the railroad station to interpret, scenes pulled from the book: IMAGES OF AMERICA: VERNONIA compiled by the volunteers of the Vernonia Pioneer Museum. Paintings are to be raffled off with proceeds split between the artists and Hands-On Art; winning tickets pulled 3:00 PM at Salmon Fest on October 1 st . Each painting has its own raffle. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Paintings will be on display at: First Fridays, and at the Pioneer Museum which is open Friday through Sunday, 1:00PM to 4:00PM. For more info or to purchase more tickets contact: Erika 503-704-5970 or epaleck@gmail.com The art work that is part of the “Vernonia Through The Artist’s Eye” project: far left: by Diane Cough- lin; left: by Sally Harrison; above right: by Dave Anderson; right by Walter Neu- man. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ✥ Outdoor patio seating ✥ Rotating beer on tap ✥ Open daily at 6 AM ✥ Happy Hour ✥ Free Wi-Fi ✥ Owned and Operated by Don & Kim Wallace Na Stop by this Summer s ✥ All new state-of-the-art espresso machine ath Health Se rv al P r i tu ce The Black Bear & Bear Creek Pub Dr. Carol McIntyre Naturopathic & Chinese Medicine 503.481.4096 cccmnd@yahoo.com naturalpathhealthservices.com 831 Bridge St . (503)-429-0214 786 Bridge Street Vernonia, OR, 97064
