Krewe of Venus
9000 N. Florida Ave.
Suite 'C'
Tampa, Florida 33604
1.813.289.9310 (Tel)
1.813.289.9302 (Fax)
EMAIL:
KVENUS@tampabay.rr.com
PHOTO GALLERY-Year 2000
KREWE OF VENUS
"THE LEGEND OF GASPARILLA"
It all started in 1904 when the mystical legend
of Jose Gaspar came to life.
Each February, Gaspar and his scar-faced,
eye patch-wearing band of pirates
soon became well known to Tampa residents
as "Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla".
Donned in the garb of high seas pirates
they stormed Bayshore Blvd. and downtown Tampa
and demanded that the Mayor surrender the city.
Each year the siege is repeated.
The pirate ship 'Jose Gaspar' sails
into downtown Harbor Island Tampa
with a flotilla of hundreds of boats.
The pirates blast away with pistols and cannons
as they prepare to start the invasion.
The captain and his Krewe capture the city
(with little resistance)
and share their wealth of trinkets,
dabloons and necklaces
with the enthusiastic crowd along
the parade route.
The Krewe of Venus follows close behind
with its Royal Court float, Loyal Subjects float,
Debutante float , Kings Guard and Presidents car.
Two weeks after Gasparlla the party continues with the
Knights of Sant' Yago Ybor City Night Parade.
"INVASION 2000"
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Gasparilla Day Parade
February 5, 2000
"King and Queen XXXV"
William J. Muse and daughter
Valerie Danielle Muse
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"Bill and Deborah Muse"
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"Debutantes"
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President Krewe of Venus
Jerry Herron
and Jim Kill with the "BAD" car!!
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" Ye Loyal Subjects"
Karen Gosselin, Janet Collins and Jeanne Kill
"Arms of Venus members"
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" Ye Loyal Subjects"
Deborah Muse, Karen Gosselin,
and Janet Collins
"Arms of Venus members"
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"Royal Court Maids"
Maid Laura Forman and Maid Tara Freeman
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" Ye Loyal Subjects"
Jim Kill, Renynold Gosselin,
Jim (JR) Richardson,
Janet Collins, Jeanne Kill,
Rodney Archibald and
Dianne Calderazzo
"Kings Guard and
Arms of Venus members"
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San't Yago Ybor City Night Parade
February 19, 2000
"President-Kings Guard
Joe Murphy and wife Liz"
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"Jim Kill and Natasha Phillips"
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"Pamela Foreman"
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"Elvin Phillips and daughter Natasha"
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" Ye Loyal Subjects"
Fiona Prosser, Ian Prosser
John Wells
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Loyal Krewe members...If you have any photos you would
like to be considered for the "Gallery"...please forward to:
James F. Kill
8840 N. Florida Ave.
Tampa, Florida 33618
Send self-addressed envelope, if you want them returned.
1.813.936.0796
or
EMAIL:ceg@tampabay.rr.com
"Please use bmp, gif, jpg or jpeg formats"
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