community TAMPA
YE MYSTIC KREWE OF GASPARILLA Tampa celebrates its pirate lore, loudly and proudly, during the annual Gasparilla revelry, led since 1904 by the elite men’s club, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. The season launched at Ye Captain’s Ball with 1,500 partiers dressed in pirate finery Jan. 28 at the Tampa Yacht & Country Club. The formal coronation ball capped the festivities Feb. 20 with the crowning of king and queen, W. Lawrence Smith and India Stallings, at the Tampa Convention Center. 1. Gasparilla King Larry Smith and Queen India Stallings, the 103rd rulers of the men’s social club. 2. Mary Lee Farrior and Joan Steinbrenner. 3. Pirate Robert Thomas and Laura Woodard arrive at Ye Captain’s Ball. 4. Capt. Rex Farrior III gets a big hug from 1987 Gasparilla King Jim Ferman at Ye Captain’s Ball. 5. Ye Captain’s Ball partygoers John Wakefield, Pam Bondi, Carlos Alfonso, Dina Sierra Smith, Dorothy Alfonso and Don Smith. 6. Ye Mystic Krewe’s 2015 court members Courtier Drew Jennewein, maid Anne Cappello, Courtier Guy King IV and maid Brooke Farrior conclude their royal duties. 7. Simone Savino, Garrett Brown, Harrison Tropp and Molly Phillips in pirate finery at Ye Captain’s Ball.
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Photographs by Amy Scherzer
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APRIL 2016
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