With guns blazing and beads flying, Gasparilla pirates invade Tampa
TAMPA According to the internet media,its all about the latest news and updates,internet media provided real hot topic information,that news latest updates is, With its cannons blazing, and make-believe pirates waving from every crow's nest, the Jose Gasparilla invaded the city Saturday afternoon.
The pirates, many with cigars in their mouths and beers in their hands, fired rounds of fake — but nonetheless loud -- pistol fire as the ship came in beside the Tampa Convention Center.
Many of the pirates wore headphones to muffle the bangs. The crowd was not so fortunate.
Still, people surrounded the pirates as they disembarked, some even crawling on their knees to get beads the pirates threw and strung around necks.
Bedecked with beads, Nancy Kasacca from Naples shared her secret for getting so many: "eye contact."
Boats laden with thousands of beads, and lined up so close together in the bay they resembled lily pads, greeted the Jose Gasparilla.
With MC Hammer's Can't Touch This blasting, a sleek yellow boat called Group Therapy pushed off.
Two women on board were making 280 water balloons. Twelves cases of beads awaited.
What were they doing with all that?
"Invading," said the boat's owner, Kenny Marshall, 45, of Bradenton.