FLORIDAZE...FLORIDAZE...JUST AMAZING!!!
What day is it? Where am I?? WHO am I??? What a FABULOUS time we had!!!! FloriDaze was an absolutely awesome event, with great music, great friends and great weather. I'd like to thank everyone who attended and assisted. We'll put out a full-coverage report including the total dollar amount raised in a few more days, but immediately I absolutely must thank the steering committee and hope all of you will too: McGill, Dorothy, Rachel, Val, BackRowBob, Biker Steve, Diana D, St.PetePete, and Joanie. They made it happen, and many more kudos will be coming in the report we'll share. This thing turned out to be PHENOMENAL and Parrot Heads all over the country are talking about how great it was and ready to sign up for next year!
But the party is never over for Tampa Bay Parrot
Heads. And to continue with the trend of live music after the weekend we just had, Flip Flop Dave has volunteered to come out and play for our regularly scheduled meeting this WEDNESDAY,
May 21st..
it's WEDNESDAY...AT
Kahuna's
on Gandy Blvd
!!!
MORE EVENTS COMING
UP...
SATURDAY, MAY 31: LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS - DEVIL
RAYS
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays take on the
Chicago
White Sox. Game starts
at 6:10
pm, ballpark
opens at 4:10
pm. Tickets
are available for the Party Deck
(formerly
the Beach) for the LOW,
LOW PRICE of
$7.00
per person.
There will also be a performance by country music star Trace Adkins
immediately
following the game!! Tickets are
available ONLY AT THE MAY 21ST
MEETING- see the Chief Officers of Special Events to purchase
your tickets. Prior to the game, we will be meeting at Fergs
on the Parrot Deck at
3:00 pm -
$5
cheeseburgers, $3 margaritas, and $1 for 16 oz drafts!!!!
Yes, you read that right -- $1
drafts!
Friday-Sunday MAY 30 TO JUNE 1: IT'S A SARASOTA
BIRTHDAY
The Sarasota Bay Parrot Heads
are celebrating their 12th Birthday with "Livin My Life Like a Song," at the Holiday House down
on Venice Beach. Performers include Jim Morris and the Big
Bamboo Band, the Carribean Chillers, Tropical Soul and Latitude. For more details and registration info,
link to http://www.sbphc.com.
Saturday,
June 7: Palm
Harbor
Parrot Head
Festival
The
challenge is ON!!! We are looking for all you great Gumbo cooks out there to enter our Gumbo Cook
Off, the special event that
the club is putting together for the Palm Harbor Parrot Head street
festival. Volunteers need to make & cook a BIG batch (4
gallons) for folks to taste and vote on. Proceeds from the tasting will go to
benefit The USF Endowment Scholarship.
Prizes will go for the yummiest
& the best decorated booth. You can
enter the contest as an individual or as a team. Please contact Janet Santman at 813-948-2143 or JSAN...@verizon.net also Denise Cone at 813-949-2269 or wmc...@verizon.net for all the information and details. Thanks to Janet & Denise for
stepping up to captain this event.
Saturday, June
21: Raft Up at One Tree
Island, Clearwater Harbor
Captain Dom is
organizing our next raft up on the day of the
Summer Solstice, official beginning of Summer and the longest day of the year to party! Location is One Tree
Island. For navigation details, link to http://www.finsup.com/raftup08.html. BYOB and a dish to share, sunscreen, beach umbrellas,
etc. Cheeseburgers will be provided by the
club.
Saturday, July 12: Summer Beach Clean Up
The After Party
will be at Café 13 on McMullen Rd in Clearwater. You must attend the cleanup to get a
wristband to enjoy the free post-cleanup Buffet. More details
about the clean up itself will
follow.
SATURDAY, JULY 26: BOWLING IS BACK
Save this date for an
encore display of bowling skills, with
awards for best bowlers, and worst
bowlers, followed by Krazy Karaoke
at Dunedin
Lanes. Cost is $6.00 per person.
AUGUST 2: WAZOO
Lowry
Park Zoo's 13th annual
WaZoo beer and wine tasting celebration is on Saturday August 2nd.
Featured as
one of the “10 Great Beer Festivals in the Country” by USA
Today, this
tropical taste explosion features beers and beverages from around the world,
food sampling from local restaurants, a wine garden and live
entertainment. The event
itself is from 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. Volunteers get to participate for free - but
YOU HAVE TO WORK THE
LATE NIGHT CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS SO THE ZOO IS READY FOR THE NEXT DAY. Expect
to be there until about 12:30AM. Only 20 volunteers are needed, so if this event is FOR YOU,
please sign up at the meetings... OR, please
contact David, Chief Officer of Community Events, at
dolp...@verizon.net or
call 727-734-8263 (h) or 727-543-6548 (c)
Due to
circumstances beyond our control, we must have everybody signed up by June
20th.
Friday-Saturday, August
8-9: Tubing
Trip Down the Ichnetucknee
The
Ichnetucknee River is a little north of Gainesville, about a 2+ hour drive from Tampa Bay.
For this event, we will drive up Friday night and stay at
the Saraha
Inn (formerly the Econo Lodge), where rooms are $39.99/night plus tax. Call (386) 755-9311 for reservations. Then, we
get to the park for the 8am Saturday tubing run. The Tubing Trip is a
Partnering event with the Sarasota Bay Parrot Head
Club. The tube ride is followed by a cook out -- Parrot Head style -- at
the hotel pool
This is a not-to-be-missed outing. If you have never
gone tubing down the Ichnetucknee, you will be amazed at how much fun the ride
can be!
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
It takes a lot
of oars in the water to keep this ship afloat and we have a lot of rowing spots
where we need YOU!! The club is looking for a few Parrot Heads to
work at Membership, the Phins Store, the
Raffle, and the Membership
Table. If you can offer some time to help
make the best club in the world even better, please see Biker Steve, our First Mate and Volunteer Coordinator .
REMEMBER...THE PARTY CONTINUES...
This WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY night...
FINNNNNNNS
UP!
A very FloriDazed NanaBabe!