Article: Avast, ye cheeseheads! 'Pirate wedding' to unite cheese sculptor, Navy retiree

Not many brides carve a skull-and-crossbones cheese sculpture for their nuptials, or tie the knot in pirate garb alongside a 32-foot armored vessel within hailing distance of Lake Michigan.

But professional cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann -- a.k.a. The Cheese Lady -- would not settle for anything less than a playfully elaborate backdrop for her wedding Saturday afternoon to retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Parry, in her hometown port of Manitowoc.

Don't be surprised if a swashbuckling Capt. Jack Sparrow boards the matrimonial vessel loaded with duct-tape cannonballs, grabs the Jolly Roger cheese sculpture and the pirate bride, and sails for Sheboygan with Fourth of July fireworks bursting in air.

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