Ana the mermaid & Oliver the merman on the float for the Ribeira Grande Flower Festival We had a flatbed truck and a few days. On the Thursday night we built a reef out of cardboard and hid lawn chairs inside it so people would have somewhere to sit. On the Friday we bent plant wire into waves, covered them in flowers, and painted a pirate ship for the back of the truck. On the Saturday we got into costume and rode it through the town. Almost everything on that float was dona

3rd Pirate Group Meeting, we didn't take a photos the first 2 meetings, arrgh! On April 12, Sunday at 3pm, we held the first gathering of the Pirates & Mermaid at the Golden Mermaid Villa. We decided to call our group "Piratas e Sereias de São Miguel and started a Facebook and Whats App Group. The groups purpose is to bring education and fun of Pirate history and folk lore of the Azores. With the goal of one day opening a Pirate & Mermaid Museum in Ribeirinha we hope to brin