Shrimp Cocktail Anyone?

After filming the Pirates Parade for a couple of years in a row, we decided that is was time to “study” the crowds that line the streets during this annual prelude to the Shrimp Festival, and so we took a float in the parade this year. Well float may not be the right description as the thought was a bit last minute and preparations suffered from lack of time, BUT….it was so much fun that we’re already talking about next year and design ideas are popping up in our heads.

What did work out well was the fact that we took many hundreds of pictures and shot an hour of video of a very appreciative crowd.

Our friend and master photographer Helmut Albrecht was also present and sent us a link to share with our readership of fabulous close ups (his specialty) that tell the entire story and more.

So while the Mac (computer) behind my back is rendering the video footage to be published later today I’m happy to give you Helmut’s first impression of another weather blessed pirate parade.

There are pirates and then there are pirates!

Privately I wonder if Sandy Price and her great crew of Volunteers have a special relation ship with the Weather Gods, since every Shrimp Festival I personally have attended, offered marvelous weather, with great sunsets and if we can believe the forecast, we will be blessed again this year.