The Bilge Pumps - Past Landings: Dickens on the Strand 2006

Galveston, TX December 2 - 3, 2006

The winter winds were howling in protest, trying to blow us off the stage to salvage people's yuletide cheer, but did that stop us? Nooooooo... Sharkbait Simon and Galleon O'Galleon were nowhere to be found, but did that stop us? Noooo.... the Bilge Pumps jingled on! Christmas was in the air and the pirates were everywhere as we performed on 3 different stages through the festival, including some nice shows for our friends crewing the tall ship Elissa. As of now, we might have set a record for the least amount of complaints we've ever received for offending people at Dickens. That just doesn't seem right... I guess we'll have to try harder in the future.

Trust Harvey to be able to spot a camera whenever it's pointing at him.	The number of Bilge Pumps was reduced to 4 for Dickens, so you got 2/3 of your usual jiginess on stage.	Fanny the Flagmaker is forced to cover up to keep out the cold of Victorian Galveston... er... England.
John Crow can't help but let a little of his Santa side show up when you least expect it.	Phil McGroin takes a pause for the cause to dig out the mother of all wedgies.	This particular stage got so windy that Maroon was forced to lash his drum to his waist to keep it from toppling off the stage.
Maroon and Phil stop Harvey before he can pass gas upwind of the audience.	The temperatures might have dropped at night, but the crowd turned out in large numbers to watch the Saturday night show.	Maybe it's because they followed the pirates in the Queen's Lanternlight Parade.
The admiral came out with everyone to watch a show at the West India Dock near the tall ship Elissa	Harvey the Corpsman was so proud that he actually got everyone to stand and sing the chorus on "Linstead Market".	His reward was to be dry-humped by Phil on stage.
John Crow gets his creepy on as he stalks up on Phil McGroin.	John Crow leads the audience to a walk off the plank during the interpretive dance of "Sailor's Hornpipe".	Harvey and John get some work done hauling the lines on the Elissa with her crew.