Boys Rule Boys Read!: Pirates Ho

Friday, February 19, 2010

Treasure Island Sword-Fighting Swahbucklers!

AAAARRRR, ye scurvy sea dogs, 'tis I, Eyepatch Carl, the scourge of the seven seas, and I'm here to tell ye about a very fun program for boys in a couple of weeks. It's the Treasure Island Sword-Fighting Swashbucklers. What is it, ye ask? It's for boys (boys only!)10-12 years old. In honor of the Children's Theatre of Charlotte's upcoming production of Treasure Island, we're going to learn the basics of stage sword combat from Andrea King, one of the Children's Theatre crew, and then improvise a pirate sword-fighting scene of our own. AARRR, that sounds like fun!! The program will be on Saturday, March 6 at 3:30 pm in the Round here at Imaginon. Registration starts at 9:00 am on Saturday, the 19th. Call 704-416-4630 to register. We're limiting it to only 20 boys, so don't delay!

Ye want more reason to come? All participants get a $5.00 discount on general admission tickets to the Treasure Isalnd play (March 12-28) AARRR, there's some plunder for ye!

And if ye get the chance, be sure to read the original Treasure Island. It's the greatest pirate story of all time! We've even got a graphic novel version. If that's not enough, click on the labels under this post and find out what pirate books we've talked about. AARRR, ye're sure to find something ye'd like. The library has more good books about pirates than a Spanish galleon has gold doubloons!!!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Capt'n Eli and Talk Like a Pirate

Hi all,

We got the following message from our good friends up in Maine who have brought us the most awesome Graphic Novel ever in "The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli:"

First there is this cool welcome message to the newest Seasearchers:

"Those of of here driving the sub that is Capt'n Eli headquarters, welcome the new Seasearchers!"

They also gave us some info. on a cool place to go to look into talking like a pirate:

"To get some good practice talking like a pirate visit http://www.sarahlthomson.com and listen to the hilarious reading of, PIRATES, HO! read by Bill Dufris (the voice of Bob the Builder.)"

"The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli" Volume 2 is coming out in October!!!!!!!

These guys are the best and I hope all of you out there check out "Capt'n Eli." If you do, write the blog and let me know what you think of it.

Thanks again to our friends up in Maine and peace all,

Bil

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