6th June and FS were invited to provide entertainment for the Farnsfield Pre-School 40th Birthday Party. Children were invited to go in fancy dress and we felt that we fell into that category. So it was that the filthy pirates of rock (click here for photos and click here for video) set sail on a sea of shambolism.

Kicking off with the Queen/AC-DC mash, Stu (AKA Captain Jack Black, King Of The Low C's) made his big entrance brandishing his cutlass and singing 'we will, we will, rob you'. Once more, the wireless mic was deployed and the crowd were given the up close and personal experience.

Desperate attempts were made to kill Jim (AKA Seaman Staines). The smoke machine was set up pointing directly at his head and set off every time he missed a beat. Soon the room was full of smoke but Jim had survived. Stu gave the children his cutlass and asked them to take Jim outside and do their worst. Again, he survived the experience.

In the interval, Stu took on the mantle of master of ceremonies organising a game of pass the parcel for the kids. He also conducted the raffle (there was some talk of insider trading).

We were disappointed that we did not win the childrens fancy dress competition. Although, we did get a lolly each for taking part.

Spanners (AKA Roger the Cabin Boy) was bitterly disappointed that he could not deploy real canons for the occasion.

Meerkat (AKA Ships Mascot) was disappointed that all of the helium was used up on the balloons as he was looking forward to doing a chipmunk impersonation.

The crowd enjoyed numbers such as 'I Predict A Pirate' and 'Arrrrrr Right Now'. They also enjoyed Stu doing the moves to 'Big Fish, Little Fish' surrounded by terrified children.