Spring Break
Third annual PirateFest draws crowds
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: News
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"PirateFest is an amazing opportunity for diverse members of the ECU and Greenville communities to come together and celebrate their spirit," said Mike Loeffelman, the volunteer coordinator for the Volunteer and Service Learning Center, who helped plan the event. "The festival encompasses the International Arts Festival, the Little Pirate Pavillion, Blackbeard's Market, the Uptown Arts Festival and collaborates with the Pigskin Pig-out."
The PirateFest Planning Committee has been planning this year's PirateFest last year, and the committee began recruiting the approximately 150 ECU student volunteers last month.
"Based on the responses from different members of the PirateFest Planning Committee, students provided an immeasurable service to the event," Loeffelman said. "Not only with their specific tasks, but also with their enthusiastic attitudes. The Volunteer and Service-Learning Center really appreciated the students as well as their flexibility with the event."?
PirateFest was presented by U.S. Cellular but was sponsored by several organizations, including Uptown Greenville, the City of Greenville, Emerge Gallery and Art Center in partnership with ECU, the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce and the Greenville Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
"PirateFest is an entertaining celebration for all members of our community," said Denise Walsh, director of Uptown Greenville and co-chair of PirateFest. "From fine arts by North Carolina artists, to the swashbuckling entertainment provided by a variety of entertainers, PirateFest is memorable for all."
PirateFest boasted approximately 100 vendors at the two-day event, including international, food and art vendors, drawing large crowds to the event, which took place in and around Uptown Greenville.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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