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chelidonToday is my boy's 6th birthday, and when asked what theme he would like for a party this year, he hesitated not a moment, and said "Pirates!" That's my boy...
So in one short hour, Casa Chaos will be invaded by sixscurvy cabin boys energetic six-year-old boys...gods help us all (standing rule: can invite one guest for each year he is old...) I've attached the schedule of events, created by my lovely partner (and hugely and enthusiastically overacted by all of the denizens here), and the musical playlist (created by me -- you have no idea how hard it is to come up with a playlist of good "pirate music" which doesn't involve rampant swearing and other such things to which six year olds (and their parents) might take objection.
Pictures will follow, at some point, once I've recovered from the day's events. The treasure maps are works of art, and some of the costumes are exquisite, in a disreputable scurrilous way, natch.
All I can say, is, wait 'till he gets a couple of years older and we start doing the Haunted House for Halloween! *wicked cackle*
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Before starting: Tell everyone to pee; Ladder should be in place on bridge with all 6 flags and play dough available; Mad Nell (K should have 2nd map ); Cave should be set up (window blacked out; glow sticks under skull and hands, 6 coins in hand; fabric over door, treasure map in zip lock bag hidden by cave.) ; islands marked out with rope up by barn, pot / cauldron and chair out on 3rd island ; lobster at first jump; snake as second jump; shark at third jump, treasure map in zip lock at chair)
Scurvy Molly (C)- Into at the Dining room; One Eyed Ned should be sitting in a chair snoozing during this.
Props: Bags on table, pen, parrots hidden in room, bandana for covering eyes
Gather Round me maties and I'll tell you a dark tale that will freeze yer souls with fear and consternation.
So you all are fixen to be Pirates, eh? Well you don't look much like Pirates to me, with yer fancy party clothes, and your fine cut hair and you having bathed sometime last week by the smells of you, most of you even have all of yer teeth! Well if you really, really want to be a Pirate crew..Do you? Well,...alright then, but your going to need old Scurvy Molly's help that's fer sure! What are your names then anyway? What! Who ever heard of a Pirate named xxx, you've got to have Pirate names, names that will strike fear in the hearts of all who hear of you? --(Molly helps each boy pick a pirate name and put it on his bag.) Alright then, now that you all have proper Pirate names, then I can start by telling you the terrible fearsome story of ...Captain Terror!!!!
He was the worst of the worst, and I should know, I was one of the crew on that terrible ship, the Vengeance. So was old One Eyed Ned here, weren't ya Ned? Ned? (kicks a bit at him? Ned mumbles and goes back to sleep). Oh, never mind. Anyway, Captain Terror had a treasure, and if you are going to prove to me that you can be real pirates, you boys are going to have to find it. You see, when the Captain met with his unfortunate end, Davey Jones rest his miserable spirit, we who was left in the Crew decided to take the map to his treasure and rip it up into 4 pieces. Me and Old Ned here have one piece, and if you can wake him up enough, we can see if he's willing to trade you for it. But yer all going to have to yell, real loud, on account of the fact that Ned was the gunner and so is a might bit deef in the ears. Come on, yell, Ned! Ned! Oh come on now, Pirates aint quiet, you can yell better than that, stop using your inside voices! Ned! (Ned wakes when he feels they are yelling well enough)
One -Eyed Ned (R):
What do you pack of raskiles and scally wags want? Oh, I see, you be thinking you're going to be Pirates eh? Ha! You'd need more than Pirate names and yelling to be real pirates. One thing a real Pirate needs is a Parrot. (sniffs sadly) and I've gone and lost all of mine. I had 5 (6) fine Birds hiding around here somewhere, but seeings as I don't see very good no more, I can't find them. If each of you can find a Parrot and go show it to Molly, Maybe we can make a deal. Don't bother me again until you all have one. Ned goes back to sleep.
(Molly helps boys find Parrots. When all have one, play, stick the Parrot on the Pirate)
Oh my, that's fine work, fine work boys. Now let's us have some fun and play a trick on old Ned there. Pirates are tricky don't you know. They also need to know how to find things in the dark. So here's what we'll do. I'm going to blind fold each of you in turn, and you have to find old Ned there and stick a Parrot on him , try for his shoulder if you can, without waking him up. He He He.
(When all Parrots stuck on Ned, boys again yell to wake him up, Mad Nell and ratty should leave now for stream, stop at Cave and break glow sticks, check ladder).
(Ned wakes up- makes big production over having his parrots back and gives boys the map. So happy to have the Parrots that he offers to go with the boys, to show them the ropes, he he he and keep an eye out for treasure)--boys and Ned look at map, Ned tells boys if they are going to be real pirates, they have to know a good Pirate song. Teaches them Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me. Leads them out singing.
(Molly sets up Pinata room, cake ice cream, etc while boys away.)
At the Rigging: (Ladder on Bridge)
Ned explains that the next piece of the map is owned by another old crew member of the Pirate Ship Vengeance, Mad Nell. But finding her wont be enough. Mad Nell is crazy and the thing she is craziest about is flags, all kinds of flags, but Pirate flags most especially. If all you boys come with a flag to give her, she just might trade them for her piece of the map. But it don't count if I just give them to you, she'll know right off that you ain't real pirates if I do that. Real pirates need to climb the rigging of the ship. Ask for volunteer to go first. Ask how high up on the rigging (ladder) the boy thinks he can climb. Place pirate flag on that rung. 2 adults bracing ladder and spot while each boy climbs-- each boy can pick how high he goes until all have flags. Move ladder out of road.
Ned builds up how Mad Nell lives in a deep, dark, wild woods; takes them up the stream path tell they find Nell. Mad Nell (with ratty) shouts at Ned, tells him to shove off her Woods, until she sees the flags, then all sweet and anxious to help. Trades map for flags and even offers to go with them the "help these fine young boys" find the treasure. Walk back through the woods, seeing lions and tigers and bears oh my.
(Hook Hand Jeanne goes up to barn while kids at cave)
Haunted Cave.
Ned (with Mad Nell chiming in) tell story of Black Bart, another crew member on Captain Terrors old ship. The meanest, nastiest, most cantakerous old sea salt you've ever met. Black Bart never wanted to give anything away, and he guarded his map and treasure till the day he died. And after he died, his ghost stayed around and has kept guarding the map and treasure. If you are going to be pirates, you have to be brave. Each of you has to go into the cave and get a coin out of Black Bart's hand. If you can do that, and each have a coin to show in the light of the day, Bart's piece of the treasure map will be revealed. Ned or Mad Nell can go in with any boy who seems too freaked out. Map is revealed after all have coins.
(Molly will retrieve skull after kids at barn to use for decoration on table)
Paddock
Lost Islands of Hook Hand Jeanne
Ned and Mad Nell explain that there is one final piece of the map to find, and that's with Captain Terrors old first Mate, Hook Hand Jeanne who lives now in the lost islands. Jeanne loves gold coins and will probably trade 6 gold coins for her part of the map. If they each can make it to her islands. Each boy has to jump over 3 terrible rivers (Lobster Lagoon) (Snake Stream) and Shark Cove. If they can all do that and put a gold coin in Hook Hand Jeanne's pot, she may be willing to give up her piece of the map.
Ham up the danger involved with each jump.
Map leads back to house, This was Captain Terrors old place, Nell, Ned, and Jeanne can't believe he hid it right there under their noses all along. Bring boys back singing Yo Ho. Into living room, where treasure pinata will be. (C will make a "sword" with which to beat up pinata)
Pinata
Cake and Ice Cream / Happy Birthday (both versions ?)
Presents
Scurvy Molly, with the rest of the Crew of the Vengence, proclaim the boys official Pirates and give each their cutlass.
Free Play and mayhem occur, parents take their little reprobates home
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Music playlist (Chelidon):
A Pirate's Life For Me Pirates of the Caribbean
Dungeon Song Scurvy Bastards
Donkey Ridin' The Black Family
All for Me Grog Barleyjuice
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Veggie Tales
Blow the Man Down The Pirate Band
Bocephus Scurvy Bastards
Treasure Island Blind Pew Paddy Moloney
Blunderbuss / Jar of Porter Scurvy Bastards
The Pirates of Penzance: 3. Oh, Better Far to Live and Die Donald Adams, Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Sam's Gone Away Ships Company
The Good Ship Calabar Flying Fish Sailors
Surrounded By Water Scurvy Bastards
King Of The Cannibal Islands Flying Fish Sailors
Heave Away, Me Johnnies Ships Company
Turkish Song Of The Damned The Pogues
Treasure Island Loyals March Paddy Moloney
Heart Of Oak Ships Company
Saucy Sailor Steeleye Span
High Barbaree Ships Company
Treasure Island The Hispanola- Silver And Loyals March (Paddy Moloney)
Cabin Boy The Pirate Band
Monotonous Piratey Song Pirate Comedy Show
The Pirates of Penzance: 1. Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry George Cook, Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Treasure Island French Leave Paddy Moloney
Greenland Whale Fisheries Scurvy Bastards
Minguelay Ships Company
The Pirate King (from "The Pirates of Penzance") The King's Singers
The Grey Fox- Main Theme Paddy Moloney
De Trilport/ A Fublaines Pierre Bensusan
Treasure Island Opening Theme Paddy Moloney
Modern Major-General Gilbert and Sullivan
Stan Rogers - The Wreck of the Athens Queen Stan Rogers
The Ships Are Sailing, Ambrose Maloney's, The New Mown Meadows Brian Hughes
Treasure Island Island Theme Paddy Moloney
Captain Coulston Steeleye Span
A Drop Of Nelson's Blood Ships Company
My Johnny Was A Shoemaker Steeleye Span
Johnny Cope Planxty
Blood and Gold/Mohacs Silly Sisters
The Maid On The Shore Solas
Donegal Reels De Dannan
Walsh's Hornpipe, The Old Torn Petticoat, Bank of Ireland
Molly And Johnny Dervish
If I Was A Blackbird Silly Wizard
Polaris Scurvy Bastards
The Cutty Wren Steeleye Span
Maud Miller\The Sailor's Return\Paddy Murphy's Wife Various Artists
Treasure Island Setting Sail Paddy Moloney
Arthur McBride Planxty
Home From The Sea - Liam Clancy Various Artists - digitalpressure / Dolphin
The Blackbird Bothy Band
Kesh Jig Bothy Band
Haul Away Joe The Clancy Brothers
Captain Jack De Dannan
The Beauty Spot / The Maid Behind The Barrel Danu
Treasure Island Treasure Cave Paddy Moloney
Maire Mor Dervish
Lark On The Strand De Dannan
Fire Maringo Flying Fish Sailors
So in one short hour, Casa Chaos will be invaded by six
Pictures will follow, at some point, once I've recovered from the day's events. The treasure maps are works of art, and some of the costumes are exquisite, in a disreputable scurrilous way, natch.
All I can say, is, wait 'till he gets a couple of years older and we start doing the Haunted House for Halloween! *wicked cackle*
-------
Before starting: Tell everyone to pee; Ladder should be in place on bridge with all 6 flags and play dough available; Mad Nell (K should have 2nd map ); Cave should be set up (window blacked out; glow sticks under skull and hands, 6 coins in hand; fabric over door, treasure map in zip lock bag hidden by cave.) ; islands marked out with rope up by barn, pot / cauldron and chair out on 3rd island ; lobster at first jump; snake as second jump; shark at third jump, treasure map in zip lock at chair)
Scurvy Molly (C)- Into at the Dining room; One Eyed Ned should be sitting in a chair snoozing during this.
Props: Bags on table, pen, parrots hidden in room, bandana for covering eyes
Gather Round me maties and I'll tell you a dark tale that will freeze yer souls with fear and consternation.
So you all are fixen to be Pirates, eh? Well you don't look much like Pirates to me, with yer fancy party clothes, and your fine cut hair and you having bathed sometime last week by the smells of you, most of you even have all of yer teeth! Well if you really, really want to be a Pirate crew..Do you? Well,...alright then, but your going to need old Scurvy Molly's help that's fer sure! What are your names then anyway? What! Who ever heard of a Pirate named xxx, you've got to have Pirate names, names that will strike fear in the hearts of all who hear of you? --(Molly helps each boy pick a pirate name and put it on his bag.) Alright then, now that you all have proper Pirate names, then I can start by telling you the terrible fearsome story of ...Captain Terror!!!!
He was the worst of the worst, and I should know, I was one of the crew on that terrible ship, the Vengeance. So was old One Eyed Ned here, weren't ya Ned? Ned? (kicks a bit at him? Ned mumbles and goes back to sleep). Oh, never mind. Anyway, Captain Terror had a treasure, and if you are going to prove to me that you can be real pirates, you boys are going to have to find it. You see, when the Captain met with his unfortunate end, Davey Jones rest his miserable spirit, we who was left in the Crew decided to take the map to his treasure and rip it up into 4 pieces. Me and Old Ned here have one piece, and if you can wake him up enough, we can see if he's willing to trade you for it. But yer all going to have to yell, real loud, on account of the fact that Ned was the gunner and so is a might bit deef in the ears. Come on, yell, Ned! Ned! Oh come on now, Pirates aint quiet, you can yell better than that, stop using your inside voices! Ned! (Ned wakes when he feels they are yelling well enough)
One -Eyed Ned (R):
What do you pack of raskiles and scally wags want? Oh, I see, you be thinking you're going to be Pirates eh? Ha! You'd need more than Pirate names and yelling to be real pirates. One thing a real Pirate needs is a Parrot. (sniffs sadly) and I've gone and lost all of mine. I had 5 (6) fine Birds hiding around here somewhere, but seeings as I don't see very good no more, I can't find them. If each of you can find a Parrot and go show it to Molly, Maybe we can make a deal. Don't bother me again until you all have one. Ned goes back to sleep.
(Molly helps boys find Parrots. When all have one, play, stick the Parrot on the Pirate)
Oh my, that's fine work, fine work boys. Now let's us have some fun and play a trick on old Ned there. Pirates are tricky don't you know. They also need to know how to find things in the dark. So here's what we'll do. I'm going to blind fold each of you in turn, and you have to find old Ned there and stick a Parrot on him , try for his shoulder if you can, without waking him up. He He He.
(When all Parrots stuck on Ned, boys again yell to wake him up, Mad Nell and ratty should leave now for stream, stop at Cave and break glow sticks, check ladder).
(Ned wakes up- makes big production over having his parrots back and gives boys the map. So happy to have the Parrots that he offers to go with the boys, to show them the ropes, he he he and keep an eye out for treasure)--boys and Ned look at map, Ned tells boys if they are going to be real pirates, they have to know a good Pirate song. Teaches them Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me. Leads them out singing.
(Molly sets up Pinata room, cake ice cream, etc while boys away.)
At the Rigging: (Ladder on Bridge)
Ned explains that the next piece of the map is owned by another old crew member of the Pirate Ship Vengeance, Mad Nell. But finding her wont be enough. Mad Nell is crazy and the thing she is craziest about is flags, all kinds of flags, but Pirate flags most especially. If all you boys come with a flag to give her, she just might trade them for her piece of the map. But it don't count if I just give them to you, she'll know right off that you ain't real pirates if I do that. Real pirates need to climb the rigging of the ship. Ask for volunteer to go first. Ask how high up on the rigging (ladder) the boy thinks he can climb. Place pirate flag on that rung. 2 adults bracing ladder and spot while each boy climbs-- each boy can pick how high he goes until all have flags. Move ladder out of road.
Ned builds up how Mad Nell lives in a deep, dark, wild woods; takes them up the stream path tell they find Nell. Mad Nell (with ratty) shouts at Ned, tells him to shove off her Woods, until she sees the flags, then all sweet and anxious to help. Trades map for flags and even offers to go with them the "help these fine young boys" find the treasure. Walk back through the woods, seeing lions and tigers and bears oh my.
(Hook Hand Jeanne goes up to barn while kids at cave)
Haunted Cave.
Ned (with Mad Nell chiming in) tell story of Black Bart, another crew member on Captain Terrors old ship. The meanest, nastiest, most cantakerous old sea salt you've ever met. Black Bart never wanted to give anything away, and he guarded his map and treasure till the day he died. And after he died, his ghost stayed around and has kept guarding the map and treasure. If you are going to be pirates, you have to be brave. Each of you has to go into the cave and get a coin out of Black Bart's hand. If you can do that, and each have a coin to show in the light of the day, Bart's piece of the treasure map will be revealed. Ned or Mad Nell can go in with any boy who seems too freaked out. Map is revealed after all have coins.
(Molly will retrieve skull after kids at barn to use for decoration on table)
Paddock
Lost Islands of Hook Hand Jeanne
Ned and Mad Nell explain that there is one final piece of the map to find, and that's with Captain Terrors old first Mate, Hook Hand Jeanne who lives now in the lost islands. Jeanne loves gold coins and will probably trade 6 gold coins for her part of the map. If they each can make it to her islands. Each boy has to jump over 3 terrible rivers (Lobster Lagoon) (Snake Stream) and Shark Cove. If they can all do that and put a gold coin in Hook Hand Jeanne's pot, she may be willing to give up her piece of the map.
Ham up the danger involved with each jump.
Map leads back to house, This was Captain Terrors old place, Nell, Ned, and Jeanne can't believe he hid it right there under their noses all along. Bring boys back singing Yo Ho. Into living room, where treasure pinata will be. (C will make a "sword" with which to beat up pinata)
Pinata
Cake and Ice Cream / Happy Birthday (both versions ?)
Presents
Scurvy Molly, with the rest of the Crew of the Vengence, proclaim the boys official Pirates and give each their cutlass.
Free Play and mayhem occur, parents take their little reprobates home
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Music playlist (Chelidon):
A Pirate's Life For Me Pirates of the Caribbean
Dungeon Song Scurvy Bastards
Donkey Ridin' The Black Family
All for Me Grog Barleyjuice
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Veggie Tales
Blow the Man Down The Pirate Band
Bocephus Scurvy Bastards
Treasure Island Blind Pew Paddy Moloney
Blunderbuss / Jar of Porter Scurvy Bastards
The Pirates of Penzance: 3. Oh, Better Far to Live and Die Donald Adams, Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Sam's Gone Away Ships Company
The Good Ship Calabar Flying Fish Sailors
Surrounded By Water Scurvy Bastards
King Of The Cannibal Islands Flying Fish Sailors
Heave Away, Me Johnnies Ships Company
Turkish Song Of The Damned The Pogues
Treasure Island Loyals March Paddy Moloney
Heart Of Oak Ships Company
Saucy Sailor Steeleye Span
High Barbaree Ships Company
Treasure Island The Hispanola- Silver And Loyals March (Paddy Moloney)
Cabin Boy The Pirate Band
Monotonous Piratey Song Pirate Comedy Show
The Pirates of Penzance: 1. Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry George Cook, Isidore Godfrey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
Treasure Island French Leave Paddy Moloney
Greenland Whale Fisheries Scurvy Bastards
Minguelay Ships Company
The Pirate King (from "The Pirates of Penzance") The King's Singers
The Grey Fox- Main Theme Paddy Moloney
De Trilport/ A Fublaines Pierre Bensusan
Treasure Island Opening Theme Paddy Moloney
Modern Major-General Gilbert and Sullivan
Stan Rogers - The Wreck of the Athens Queen Stan Rogers
The Ships Are Sailing, Ambrose Maloney's, The New Mown Meadows Brian Hughes
Treasure Island Island Theme Paddy Moloney
Captain Coulston Steeleye Span
A Drop Of Nelson's Blood Ships Company
My Johnny Was A Shoemaker Steeleye Span
Johnny Cope Planxty
Blood and Gold/Mohacs Silly Sisters
The Maid On The Shore Solas
Donegal Reels De Dannan
Walsh's Hornpipe, The Old Torn Petticoat, Bank of Ireland
Molly And Johnny Dervish
If I Was A Blackbird Silly Wizard
Polaris Scurvy Bastards
The Cutty Wren Steeleye Span
Maud Miller\The Sailor's Return\Paddy Murphy's Wife Various Artists
Treasure Island Setting Sail Paddy Moloney
Arthur McBride Planxty
Home From The Sea - Liam Clancy Various Artists - digitalpressure / Dolphin
The Blackbird Bothy Band
Kesh Jig Bothy Band
Haul Away Joe The Clancy Brothers
Captain Jack De Dannan
The Beauty Spot / The Maid Behind The Barrel Danu
Treasure Island Treasure Cave Paddy Moloney
Maire Mor Dervish
Lark On The Strand De Dannan
Fire Maringo Flying Fish Sailors
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Date: 2005-09-18 04:26 pm (UTC)