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Alki Beach, West Seattle

The cutthroat Seafair Pirates crew has made a deal with their new Captain Kidd – Walter "Tattoo" Taucher and are comin’ to collect the bounty they left behind last year!

Avast, the Seattle Seafair Pirates will sail in from the seven seas and land on the beach at noon. Don’t be gettin in their way! Beacon Plumbing and Carstar Quality Collision Service will be sponsoring their arrival and welcoming the scurvy dogs with open arms.

The Car Toys AFTERSHOCK stage will be there ta welcome ye and they be bringin the local band “Shelley and the Curves” around noon. They will be opened by "Unite" at 10 AM and both bands will give ye a day full o wild piratical merriment. While yer singin’ those sea shanties, try yer hand at the new Dunk Tank sponsored by Citilights Electric. Ready, Aim, Fire!

The merchants will be puttin out their finest wares startin at around 9:30 AM and ye can shop, eat and dance along with the Pirates throughout the day! Come visit the tent of the U-37, Miss Beacon Plumbing and see a model of the winning boat of the 2006 Chevrolet Cup at Seafair. The Seafair Pirates have declared this “their” ship and they’ll be back to defend her at the Hydroplane races this August.

If ye dare, you can try out the inflatable rides for the kids from Clown’s Unlimited. Ye can play all day for just $6 or two kids for $10.

Don’t be forgettin’ that the first 500 kids (starting @ 10:30 am) will get a free toy pirate kit ta take home. Have your little pirates come dressed fer the occasion and visit the Kiwanis tent to get a free sample of a great root beer brewed here locally from Ellersick Brewing Co. Later in the day they can be part of a Pirate look-a-like contest to win some booty sponsored by the West Seattle Kiwanis.

You can visit our FM Radio Sponsor 96.5 Jack FM to get some great Jack gear and AM 1090 will be thar handin out bumper stickers fer yer ship. Declare yer true colors and fly a pirate flag in the yard along with an AM 1090 yard sign.

Come get yer treasure while ya still can.!

http://www.seafairpirates.org

Misc. / Unlisted9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Landing between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.)Free; inflatable rides $6 all day or 2 kids $1007/05/200807/05/2008FamilyEntertainmentCommunityFestivals/Fairs

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