The White Cloud Boat, 69th Largest Yacht In The World, Across From Gloucester Point Beach Today

The White Cloud could be seen from the Gloucester Point Beach today, June 20th, 2009. She is the 69th largest yacht in the world as listed by Power and Motor Yachts. Click Here to view the report. She was previously owned by a Dutchman who liked to sail her around the world. She is now American owned and equally sailed around the world by her new owner.

We had a chance to do an extensive photo shoot and we will bring the pictures to you as soon as we are done processing them all. She is a beauty in every sense of the word. True elegance throughout.

Hampton Blackbeard Festival Web Site Is Now Up

We promised to bring you an update when we had our new site up for the Hampton Blackbeard Festival. Well it's now up and ready for viewing. Though it is not yet complete, it has over 100 pictures, 24 videos including music videos, and plenty of links. We took over 600 pictures and over 30 videos and we are still working on getting through it all. The site will continue to expand over the next few weeks, but please take the time to start viewing it now. There is a lot to see on the new site. CLICK HERE to go to the new site now.

Uncle Sam Picture, A Global Hit

While we were in Yorktown Virginia during the Memorial Day services, there was a very nice gentleman dressed as Uncle Sam, an American Icon figure. Since we posted pictures of him on some of our sites, we have been getting hits from all over the world of people interested in seeing this photo. Though this is not new to us, it does tell a story of world interest in Americanism, patriotism, democracy and our way of life. The United States is still viewed as the world leader in many areas. Chuck Thompson and TTC Media handles a lot of American history and media that attracts a lot of international attention. We put one of our photos from the Battle of the Hook into the public domain about 6 months ago and it has since been distributed to the world in 365 different languages and gets rave reviews.

It seems easy to be down in the dumps during these economic tough times, this is why it is important to realize that despite these tough times, there is still plenty of rainbows that we should all be proud of as the United States of America is comprised of all of us here in this country. It is not our Government, it is "We The People". Remember, it was our forefathers that said no to repression. It is the true heart of American Spirit. Americans have always overcome the obstacles put before us. So even though we are going through tough times, it is the American Spirit that will get us out of it all.

Virginia Symphony Orchestra Web Site Featuring Pictures And More Now Up

We just finished putting up our review site of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra from the May 30th, 2009 event held here in Gloucester. The site contains a number of pictures, some rare videos we produced last year and a links page. We will be expanding the site as we continue to go through our picture files and attend other public performances, so keep the site bookmarked if you are a fan. Click Here to see the new site.

Kalmar Nyckel Seen From The Gloucester Point Beach, Was In Yorktown This Weekend

Sunday, June 14th, 2009. The Kalmar Nyckel could be seen from the Gloucester Point beach over the weekend as this Delaware Tall Ship was giving 3 hour cruises twice a day. This ship is a replica from 1625. She is a Dutch 200 tonne Pinnace ship. It is said that the history of the Kalmar Nyckel rivals that of the Mayflower, bringing 24 settlers to the new world in 1638, to found the new area called "New Sweden", now known as Wilmington, Delaware and having made 3 more successful round trips bringing more settlers of German, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish backgrounds.

All ticket purchases for the 3 hour tour go to the upkeep of the ship. The ship is owned by the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation which is a non profit foundation. Donations are always welcome. To visit their site, please CLICK HERE. We had the opportunity to meet the Captain and the crew and were granted rare access to photograph the inside of this ship. We will be putting up a web site soon to show you the incredible shots we got. The staff were all helpful and provided us with a great amount of information and history. It was a true honor to have been aboard this ship. Their next event in the general area is going to be in Norfolk during Harbor Fest. July 3rd, 4th and 5th. We would highly recommend the trip to see this boat and to set sail with her.

Day time cruises are with pirates, ARGH! Night time cruises are more reserved sunset cruises. It's a once in a life time experience that you will never forget.

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Ceol Leinn Was A Hit At The Blackbeard Festival This Year

Ceol Leinn, pronounced (Key-Ole Lane-ya), was a hit this year at the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton, VA. Not only did this band pack them in at the stage, they also went out into other staging areas around the 3 block radius and entertained us all. A tireless bunch of multi talented musicians. We had the privilege of getting to meet the band on several breaks and they were just as nice as could be.

Turns out this pirate band is no pirate band at all. Instead they are a serious Celtic band with a heavy Scottish influence that plays this event and maybe a few other shows just for a change of pace and some fun. The band gave us permission to film them as well as take numerous pictures. We put up a special web site where you can get a much better idea of the talent these folks have. We are working with them to bring to you and the entire world, some video clips of their real side, A true Celtic band experience. This will take a few weeks as they are sending us a DVD and we will have to cut and covert it into usable clips. In the mean time, you can see more videos and view their pictures by CLICKING HERE.

We have links to their main web site that also has links to their other sites of incredible talent in music and art. If you are searching for a unique show, you have just found the right choice here. The band is available to play shows all over the east coast. You may contact them through their web site or you may contact us and we will make sure they get the message that you are interested in them.

Blackbeard's Crew, So You Want To Be A Pirate?

If you have never been to a Blackbeard's Crew event, you are missing out on a great deal of fun. It's not a bunch of grown ups dressed in fancy costumes playing pirates, these folks engage their audiences and educate while entertaining you. It's great fun for the entire family. The video here gives you an idea of how the crew has fun with the children. The video was shot at the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton on June 7th, 2009.

Darcy Nair, Live at the Blackbeard Festival

Darcy Nair, Live at the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton, Virginia June 7th, 2009. A great performance by a very talented musician. If you missed this festival, you missed a lot of great talent and shows. We were there and took over 7 gigs of video and photos. We have been very busy the past few weeks shooting over 25 gigs of photos and videos, working on special surprises and putting up new web sites. We are going to be sharing some of those new web sites with you very soon. In the mean time, we have a lot of great stuff we just finished producing and getting put onto our video channel. We will be linking it here over the next couple of days.