Courtesy of my friend and VeggieTales musical co-conspirator Kurt Heinecke. The Pirate movie event was at the Georgia World Aquarium in their big ballroom… about 1000 people showed up for the party. (Click for full size.)
This beluga whale seemed to enjoy watching the movie clips through his big window.
Steve Taylor and the Newsboys rocked the house…
(Peter Furler whackin' some drums)
(Steve Taylor… yes, that's a trombone)
(Taking their bows after bringing down the house)
The pirates worked the crowd before the show.
Me signing movie posters…
Me and my friend Eric Metaxas (author of the book "Everything You Wanted to Know About God But Were Afraid to Ask") admiring a whale shark…
The Big Idea booth at the convention… the only booth sporting a 25 foot-tall Pirate cucumber.
Steve Taylor with a trombone… oh my word…
So his old song (“I Want to be a Clone”) would now be “I Want to Play a ‘Bone” — right?
Haven’t heard Steve in a long time. Bet it was awesome.
Thanks for sharing the pics!
“25-foot Pirate!” — Captain Zidgel
Holy cow, that’s cool… totally wish I could I could have been there. Any chance of a pre-release sneak peek–er, listen–at the new Steve Taylor/Newsboys song? That’d be kewl.
Yess! Thanks for the pictures, Phil 🙂 .
Man I wish I could have been there…
No Way!! Those pictures are great. Thanks Phil!!
Wow that looks like so much fun and awesomeness, wish I could have been there, but a bit far to travel. What do the movie posters look like?
I still want to be one of those pirates when I grow up … oh wait
I want that 25 ft tall Larry the Pirate!
Awesome pictures you’ve got there, especially the ones of the newsboys.
One question though: where is the newsboys’ keyboardist, Jeff Frankenstein?
Wow Phil,
i wish i could have been there. who is that girl carrot in the first pic?
WOW, Phil thanks so much for this blog. Us people up here in Canada don’t get that much news about Big Idea but your site has provided the most news!
If I’m not mistaken that caqrrot is from “God Made You Special” (see the photos on the big idea site) And is being interveiwed.
I CAN NOT wait for the pirate movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks SOOOOO good!!
P,S, if your on facebook join my Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything GROUP!!!!
o my gosh! I wanted to be there so bad. It really looked like fun. Could you send pictures of the premeire to the pirates movie?
I wish I could go to those convetions one day!
Nice line there, Phil…. :o) I wonder, when you see lines like that; people waiting for your autograph, or to just say “thank you for creating this great series”… do you know how much you’ve affected things for the better?? I sure hope you do.
And now, here’s me… standing in line under the 12 comments above mine, to say “Thank You so much, you made a difference in our world”.
Ron: I dunno why Jeff wasn’t in that picture shown here but there’s pictures of him there @ newsboys.com 😉
I wish I could go to these things. As um…obsessed if you will, with VeggieTales as I am, I’d be in Heaven. lol Thanks for the pictures Phil! It looks like you guys had a ton of fun! 😀
Hey Phil…longtime Veggie fan here and I just found your website. Oh, I wish I’d heard about the Atlanta premiere sooner! It looks/sounds like so much fun! 🙂
It’s good to see Melbourne’s Paul Colman associated with Veggie Tales (He’s the Newsboy on the left!) HIm, Rebecca St James.( Easter Carol) — we Aussies are taking Veggie Tales my storm!