With John Crow busy being Santa Claus, the band is reduced to 4 members for Dickens.

'Course you could always pad out the band by roping in an unsuspecting wandering Bedlam crew member.

Maroon the Shantyman takes the guitar cases and prepares to make like Deperado on everyone's Christmas season.

Harvey tries to stupify the crowd by battering them with pirate joke after pirate joke.

The band moves over to the Seaport Museum to perform in front of the Elissa, causing a traffic jam getting in and out.

'Course, if you don't want a traffic jam, you better not bring on the Pride of Bedlam to dance with ya.

Many of the crowd there just thought they were going to take a tour of the ship. Now they have therapy to think about.

Here's Squeegy the Cabin Boy "watching" our stuff between shows.

Maroon and Harvey the Corpsman try to liven up the sales by posing by the doors, then snagging unsuspecting patrons and flinging them inside.

The band finishes out the weekend by moving to the Elissa herself to perform an extra long set. I don't know if they'll ever get the stains off her.

'Course one reason they don't sing on the pier is that it's slowly falling into the harbor thanks to Hurricane Ike.

This former gulf side souvenier store is a big example of Ike's damage. It's one of the 2 over the water buildings not totally leveled.




Go back to Past Landings page

or on to more pictures of The Bilge Pumps jaunts from 2008!!

| Lochrann's Irish Pub 2008 | Scarlet's Mid-Winter Renaissance Festival 2008 | OU Medieval Fair 2008 |
| Lawton Renaissance Festival 2008 | Tipperary Inn 2008 | Pirate Days Party 2008 | Talk Like a Pirate Day Party 2008 |
| Texas Renaissance Festival 2008 | Dickens on the Strand 2008 |



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