Mark your Calender for 2016’s and 2017’s Events
GREAT LAKES PIRATES
December 2016
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Timber Gray Wolf
Editor Chief, Designer, photographer
Star~Dust
Editor, Motivator
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Contents
December’s Aurthers
04) Brethern of the Coast 07) Captain’s Hot Coco 10) Pirate of the Month 12) Events
16) Hit them Hard and Fast 18) Shanties 20) A Pirate Christmas Tale
We would like to wish everyone a great big Happy Hollidays to those all a round the World. Enjoy the season of giving and remember not to drink and sail!!!
We are all about all familiar with the Pirates of the Caribbean films. In the third film, “Worlds End”, we were introduced to the Brethren and the Pirate Lords. There were a very real brethren or also known as Brethren of the Coast. The group was loosely composed of pirates and privateers. They were active throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, sailing the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. The captains formed a syndicate with letters of marque and reprisal who regulated their privateering enterprises within the community of privateers and with their outside benefactors. Many were primarily working
private merchant mariners of the Protestant background, usually with e origin of English of French At the height of the “Thirty Year War” – England was in a various conflict Spain. The Protestant communities of France, Germany and the Netherlands, the privateers of those nationalities were issued letters of Marque to raid Catholic French and Spanish shipping companies and any territories. The Brethren was primarily located the island of Tortuga off the coast of Haiti. Another location many could be found meeting was the city of Port Royal on the island of Jamaica. The original Brethren were mostly French Huguenot and
British Protesters. As time went on their ranks were joined by other adventures of various nationalities; including Spaniards, African sailors, a number of escaped slaves and outlaws of various sovereigns. The Brethren of the Coast were mostly of Protestant and Common Law heritage which meant they did not respect the brutality of Maritime Law and the imperial powers of the time. The Brethren of the Coast was structured in a hierarchal command structure which allowed for individual rights, equitable right to a share of the treasure along with legislative decision making and the first fundamentals of democracy in the New World. For most of its years the Brethren of the Coast was an informal organization but that all changed under Henry Morgan who managed to organize all of the buccaneers and establish a set system of rules and laws. He managed to unite all of the various buccaneer groups into cohesive groups that could focus their efforts and
Huguenot : (/ˈhjuːɡənɒt/, /ˈhjuːɡənoʊ/ or /ˌhjuːɡəˈnoʊ/; French: [yɡ(ə)nõ]) is a designation for a French Protestant or ethnoreligious group that follows the Reformed tradition.
directly siege and destroy Spanish settlements. Henry Morgan is perhaps the most famous member of the Brethren and the one usually noted with codifying its organization. However, following the demographic changes which featured the rise of slave labor in the Caribbean islands, most maritime families moved to the mainland colonies of the future United States or to their home countries. A few, unable to compete effectively with slave labor, enamored of easy riches, or out of angst continued to maintain the Brethren of the Coasts as a purely criminal organization which preyed upon all civilian maritime shipping. This second era of the Brethren began the start of the age of piracy and brigandage which featured the Caribbean until socioeconomic and military changes of the late 18th and early 19th century finally broke its back. Many pirates made their journeys there, some of the most famous perhaps are Alexandre Exquemelin and Jonathan Mcloud.
Timber Gray Wolf
Captain’s Hot Coco
SHot Glass full of Coco mix
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Mix the 3 shots into cup Heat water to chosen temp Add water Marshmallows Aptional Shot of Peppermentshots
This month’s contest had a wide cast of pirates that entered. If you would want to get in on January’s Pirate of the month, Follow and Like us at
Q
How long have you been into the pirate life and what made you want to be a pirate?
I have been a pirate about 2 years. I offered a ride to a pirate friend to an event called “Shiver Me Timbers� in Fowlerville, Mi. I became interested after witnessing the evening events.
Interviewed by: Timber Gray Wolf
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Does your pirate prosoma have a back story?
There is no back story to my pirate persona. I dress in my own unique style and I carry on with my own characteristics and style, which includes dancing, singing and sarcastic joking.
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What is some the inspiration behind your garb?
The inspiration behind my garb is me lady, Teri Lize-Carlisi. Her honest opinion of my garb concoction helps me decide yay or nay. I like to stand out colorfully and dazzle ‘em with bullshit since I can’t baffle ‘em with brilliance!
We garbed up and went to Bay City to see the Big Ships, and after a visit to the Mid Michigan Renaissance Festival, we hung out in Frankenmuth for dinner in our garb. Afterwards, we went to a bar for karaoke in garb.
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Outside of going to events, are there days that you just Garb up and go out on the town. If so what type of place do you happen to go and do?
Honestly, I like the admiration and attention given to me as a pirate at any and all events. I am constantly complimented on my appearance. The other thing I like the most is my crew, The Crew of The Forgiven, led by Captain Fishbones Michilli and his Quarter Mistress Linda Michilli. The crew puts on fundraisers for the Special Olympics kids. We have a fine crew that works hard together to raise money for these kids. I am honored to be a part of this crew! My favorite pirate event is Frankenfeast, in Frankenmuth, Miichigan, hosted by Captain Greybeard, whom I’ve had the privilege to meet last year.
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Is there anything you would like to share with our readers?
I would like to share my thanks to Jane Redcloud who took the winning picture while I was totally unaware of it! I would also like to mention I am grateful and honored to be December’s winner of the Great Lakes Pirates!
What do you like the most about going to the events and what is one of your favorite so far?
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From the great list of out there, what is one of your favorite pirate movies or books?
Pirates of The Caribbean is my favorite of movies. My daughters always watched the series of movies when they were young.
Mark your Calendar, and get ready for the Event season to kick off for 2016. As the year goes on, we shall add more events and update any dates that may change.
2016 December
5th Holiday Steampunk Gathering
• 8 PM - 11pm • Patrick J’s Irish Pub, 3052 12 Mile Rd, Berkley, Michigan 48072
2017 January
7th - Renaissance Masqued Dinner and Ball
• Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 3 PM - 12 AM • Sullivan’s Black Forest - 281 Heinlein, Frankenmuth, Michigan 48734
27th~29th - Clash of Ages Renaissance Faire
• Birch Run Expo - 11600 N. Beyer Rd., Birch Run, Michigan 48734
Feburary
3rd~5th - Mid Winter Pleasure Faire
• Gibraltar Trade Center - 237 N River Rd, Mount Clemens, Michigan 48043
18th - Shiver Me Timbers
• Woodshire Place Banquet Facility • 6520 W Grand River Rd, Fowlerville, Michigan 48836
March
25th - Indiana Pirate Fest
• 10am-6pm / 8pm-Midnight • BK Club, 721 S West St, Mishawaka, IN 46544
May
13th~14 - Buccaneer Bash
• 10am to 6pm • The Olde World Village, 13215 M 96, Augusta, Michigan 49012
20th - Cedar Springs Renaissance Faire “Fellowship Of The Springs” • 12am to 6pm • Morley Park, 70 Cedar St, Cedar Springs, Michigan 49319
June
10th - Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival - When Worlds Collide • 11am to 6pm • Enchanted Forest, 7464 Frankenmuth Rd, Vassar, Michigan 48768
16th~17th - Steam Dream Expo 2017
• 10am to 6pm • The Olde World Village, 13215 M 96, Augusta, Michigan 49012
17th - Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival - Magic And Mysticism • 11am to 6pm • Enchanted Forest, 7464 Frankenmuth Rd, Vassar, Michigan 48768
22nd~25th - Michigan Pagan Fest
• Wayne County Fair Grounds, 10871 Quirk Rd, Belleville, Michigan 48111
The ships described as sloops were simple, single-masted ships with a fore-and-aft (ahead and behind the mast) rigging. Though one of the smaller ships on the seas, interestingly sloops had quiet an intimidation factor on the seas. They were fast enough that merchant (or any!) ships did not have much time to react and mount a defense. They had half the turning radius of a frigate or larger ships, and could dodge. They could also flee and hide if needed, or get out of gun range just to charge back, pepper their enemy, and be out of range by the time the other ship was ready to mount a retaliation. They were fast and maneuverable, and having shallow hulls, a sloop could pass over shoals and maneuver
shallow water much easier than larger ships. Sloops could carry a 75 member crew, and 10 to 14 guns, so they could pack some serious man and fire power. Sloops were not without some drawbacks though. Sloops owed their speed to having very large sails, and sail-cloth of the day was very heavy, making it harder to rig and maneuver. It took practice to learn how to rig a sloop, and more practice to do it efficiently. While sloops were fast once they got going, it took a
seasoned crew to get one rigged and moving quickly. Pirate hunters, naturally, used sloops heavily as well. What better way to match a pirate’s speed and maneuverability than to have the same style ship? Though pirate hunters probably had fewer guns (though to be fair, the first thing pirates did with ships was add more guns), they probably also added some sort of brig to their ships.
Several factors led to the sloop’s popularity. Developed in Jamaica, then Bermuda, sloops were readily available to Caribbean-based pirates. Add this to high versatility and use, and no wonder they were so popular. Black Beard and Black Bart both started on sloops, as the ship accounted for both of their first captured ship.
Anies W’nstorm & Dueien D’mont
Shanties Upon the Silver Moon The Parting Glass Of all the money that e’er I had I’ve spent it in good company And all the harm that e’er I’ve done Alas it was to none but me And all I’ve done for want of wit To memory now I can’t recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Of all the comrades that e’er I had They are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e’er I had They would wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call Good night and joy be with you all A man may drink and not be drunk A man may fight and not be slain A man may court a pretty girl And perhaps be welcomed back again But since it has so ought to be By a time to rise and a time to fall Come fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all
This is one of the few songs that can pull so much emotion and great memoirs. Most times than non, by the end of it your throat will feel think, your eyes wet, and your heart full.