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Don’t Ye Be Missin’ the Pirate Ball Matey!
Talk like a pirate, eat like a pirate, drink like a pirate!
(Non-alcoholic grog for the young’uns and lots of Dead Guy Ale for the big ‘uns)
Fun for the whole family in Port Orchard!

Port Orchard, WA – Aug. 29, 2008. September 6th and 7th, Downtown Port Orchard will be swarmin’ with pirates and land-lubbers for the 3rd Annual Murder Mystery Weekend, hosted by Port Orchard Chamber and the Port Orchard Bay St. Merchants Association and sponsored by Dana’s Heating and WaveBroadband. In addition to the opportunity for young and old alike to interview the suspects (16 of them all total!), find the clues (nearly 40!), investigate the suspicious locations and solve the mystery of “Who Killed Cap’N Cline” (and maybe win ‘treasure’!), from 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday, there will be a first year event—the Pirate Ball!

Sponsored by Rogue Ale Foundation and Moon Dogs Too & Staff, the Pirate Ball will be a fun and relaxing culmination of the first day of Murder Mystery solving. Everyone can meet Saturday night at 6pm at Moon Dogs, Too in downtown Port Orchard for the Murder Mystery Weekend Pirate Ball. Kids are welcome till 8pm, adults until 11pm, A Pirate Meal will be served, pirate games and competitions like “Talk Like a Pirate’ and ‘walk the plank’ will be held and live music by Soul Siren and dancing will follow. And yes, for pirates of a certain age Rogue Ale Dead Guy Ale will be available! Costumes at the Pirate Ball are optional, Pirate Ball photos will also be offered by Faye Marley-Clark Photography at the event, just think a picture of you and your favorite pirate or wench! Tickets are $7 for kids, $15 for adults and are available through the chamber office 360-876-3505 or at Moon Dogs, Too at 714 Bay St. Port Orchard..

The Murder Mystery Weekend also features a two day MarketFaire, music on Saturday at the Farmers Market and strolling pirate musicians downtown, Pirate Look-a-Like Costume contests for adults, kids AND PETS, Pirate dress up photos by Summerill Photography, crafts and storytelling at the library, a raffle by the Bay Street Merchants Association for professional painted portrait and a raffle by the Chamber for a ‘pirate ship full of treasure’. Kids will also have a full two days of playing in the Pirate Castle inflatable sponsored by American Family Insurance/Barry Doll Agency. Murder Mystery Clue Packets for interviewing the suspects and sleuthing down those clues can be pre-registered for ahead of time at the Port Orchard Chamber office at 1014 Bay St. or purchased at the event in downtown Port Orchard on Sept. 6th and 7th. Clue packets are $10 each for adults, $5 each for kids or $20 for a family of three or more. Space is still available for vendors and exhibitors at the Marketfaire and entries for the Landlubbers Pirate Dinghy Derby Race will be accepted up until race time on Saturday. Call the Port Orchard Chamber at 360-876-3505 or go online www.portorchard.com for a full schedule of activities.

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