Friday Afternoon Club: Pirates to Invade Port Orchard
Note: Members of the Port Orchard Bay Street Association will be collecting dried and canned goods for South Kitsap Helpline during the event. Cash donations are also welcome.
New to Murder Mystery Weekend is a pirate pet costume contest.
PORT ORCHARD
First seagulls, now pirates.
Port Orchard’s penchant for wacky celebrations continues this weekend with the third annual Murder Mystery Weekend.
In the spirit of its playful and now renowned annual Seagull Calling Festival, Port Orchard’s Murder Mystery Weekend is designed to bring out the pirate in everyone … even pets.
The event, which runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is co-hosted by the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce and the Port Orchard Bay Street Association.
Participants will look for clues at downtown businesses and interview characters in an interactive play to discover who killed Cap’n Dwight “Deadly D” Cline, a notorious pirate. According to “legend” Cap’n Cline has a hidden treasure trove waiting to be discovered.
The event features a Market Faire near Waterfront Marina Park. There will be kids crafts and pirate stories at the library and other family friendly activities throughout the weekend.
Back this year is the Land Lubber’s Pirate Dinghy Derby Race at 11:30 a.m. Saturday near the library. Think America’s cup with much smaller, slightly goofy seafaring vessels … on wheels.
Also on Saturday is the PIrate Look-Alike Contest for adults, with registration at 1 p.m. and judging at 2 p.m. at the waterfront park gazebo.
New to the celebration is a Pirate’s Ball, hosted by MoonDogs Too (cq), from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Children are welcome until 8 p.m.
Sunday features a Pirate Look-Alike Contest for kids and pets, with registration beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the park.
The mystery will be revealed at 4 p.m. at the gazebo.
Clue packets for the Murder Mystery are $10 each, $5 per child, $25 per family, available at the chamber’s booth at the corner of Bay and Harrison streets. The entry fee for the dinghy derby is $25 per team of four. The Pirate’s Ball costs $15, $7 for children, at the door of MoonDogs Too, 714 Bay Street; (360) 895-2300.
For more information, contact the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce (360) 876-3505. Register online and see a full schedule of events at www.portorchard.com.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Thank you to everyone who has responded to the food drive. A special thanks to the downtown merchants. They are wonderful people who continually give.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:19 am
“They are wonderful people who continually give.” So-why in your Sept 06 Port Orchard Independent column did you chastise the foodbank board, and downtown merchants for failing to step up and help? The chameleon strikes again!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am
You misread the column. I asked where the blame should be placed. When an organization struggles, blame is placed on everyone. This organization has been struggling with the board blaming the staff and vice versa. I mentioned that as a problem. You failed to read the part that said that maybe there is no real place to place blame.
And, I certainly DID NOT chastise the downtown merchants. Reread the column and you will see that your totally misread it.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I spoke with a Helpline board member, who said that she has been receiving e-mails for several days from fellow board members, who are “estatic and overjoyed at the response to the two articles.” She said that everyone has been so grateful that the merchants and the community responded so well.
On Friday someone walked in with a $1,000 check. Mallory Jackson with the Frame Shop said that two huge bins were filled with food. Another $250 came in to Moondogs Too. The 26th Dems donated $150. All total, they deposited something like $2,100 after two days. Food donations were significant, too.
My friend on the board said, “Stop reading those blogs.” She’s right. Nothing good ever dwells there.