~Last week I went to a concert called PIRATES!, in which the North Carolina Symphony orchestra performed music from pirate-related films and operas, as well as other seafaring music. They played the overture from Captain Blood, some music from The Pirates of Penzance, some English sea shanties, and of course some of the soundtrack from the more recent Pirates of the Caribbean films.
The piratical theme was strong at the concert, with plenty of pirate-related promotions and decorations. My favorite was this “enhanced” statue at the entrance to the amphitheater:
^Arrrr, this be Cap’n Koka “The Visionary” Booth, former mayor of Cary and proponent of the amphitheater that is named after him. Who knew that he was actually a bloodthirsty, buccaneering, plundering pirate?
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