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Galveston, TX     February 12, 2012

Rolling back into Galveston for our winter celebrations, we discovered that Mardi Gras was going on in the city. What luck! So we decided to walk up to the abandoned main stage on the Strand and proceeded to put on a show for the shocked inhabitants of the festival.... either that or they hired us again despite the expressed displeasure of the Vatican. We were the headline show for the Sunday family day at the festival and, as a result, we had perhaps our largest audience at Mardi Gras in years and that made our show that much more fun. The cool wind and cloudy weather didn't stop us nor did it stop the parades from going through the middle of our set... twice... same parade.

The Bilge Pumps return to Mardi Gras Galveston for Sunday family day... sponsored by Budweiser.

February in Galveston was a bit nippy this year, so the band dressed accordingly... no underwear.

The crowd shows up to watch the piratey nonsense on stage. Probably because we're the only act on at the time.

The crowd couldn't be there just because the band tosses beads out to them, could they?

Well, one sure fire way to bring the young 'uns it to start chucking 5 cent beads at them. Oh, and dress up like pirates.

Maroon the Shantyman and Sharkbait Simon the Scapegoat provide the rhythm and melody to the song... and the rest of the band can't hear them.

But we're the Bilge Pumps! Who needs to hear the beat or melody when we can just toss beads and sing in 5 different keys!

Here's the beach house the Bilge Pumps laid claim to during Mardi Gras. Poor thing. It was a proud place once. (sniff)

Video

Beer
What better way to show them how Aussies get drunk?
Uploaded: Apr 05 2012     384 X 240    02:25 min.    19.0 MB
South Australia
Nothing better for family day than a song about drunken Aussies.
Uploaded: Apr 05 2012     384 X 240    02:19 min.    18.3 MB


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or on to more pictures of The Bilge Pumps jaunts from 2012!!

| Pirates on the Prairie I | Mardi Gras Galveston | Medieval Fair of Norman | Earth Day Dallas |
| Texas Pirate Festival | An Afternoon of Pirates | Swashbuckler's Soiree | Pirate Night at QuikTrip Park |
| Pirates on the Prairie II | Medieval Wine Faire | Louisiana Ren Fest | Dickens on the Strand |


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