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Metro Parrot Head Newsletter Vol. 16 No. 5(NY,NJ,CT) May 2008
That's My Window On The WorldJB in and around the METRO AREA!
This year Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will bring their "The Year of Still Here" 2008 Tour to many venues throughout the entire METRO Parrot Head Club boundaries plus many shows in our neighboring areas. Everyone should be rejoicing as we begin to gear up for a very musical summer!
Here is the current list so you can start planning to use your Sick Days:06-12-08: New York City @ Madison Square Garden06-14-08: Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park07-22-08: Pittsburgh, PA @ Post-Gazettte Pavillion08-24-08: Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall08-27-08: Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach08-??-08: Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun ArenaThis year all areas of our club have been covered NY, NJ & CT with shows in PA too, what a great start to the summer of '08.Tickets for many of the shows will be available to club members in "Good Standing" through Tom Dalton the METRO PHC Ticket Liaison. To contact Mr. Dalton about tickets simply send an e-mail to him at: [email protected]. When you purchase tickets please remember the following: send a check payable to the METRO PHC and be sure to include a SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) failure to do so NO TICKETS!Be sure to check your "Banana Wind" weekly updates for concert ticket information and upcoming club activities...if you are not receiving the "Banana Wind" it is very simple to correct this problem BUT you have to do it...it will not just magically happen. Please send an e-mail to Kerry-Anne Willett at: [email protected]. Just inform her about the problem.Continues on p. 3…
One more candle and a trip around the sun…
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Mickie & Rich
Bautista on the birth of their 8th
“grandkeet”. Aaron Keith Bautisita was
born on April 2nd
weighing in at 6 lbs 12 oz & 19 inches
long!
SET THE TiVo!Jimmy Buffett will
be on Regis & Kelly on May 13th to promote Swine
Laura Mina 3 Gypsies In the PalaceMichael Solomon 3 Come MondayRob Howe 4 One Particular HarborSean Abernathy 5Karen Lersner 5 Tin Cup ChaliceSteve Maritato 11 Tin Cup ChaliceMatt Smith 12 One Particular HarborEvelyn Hodge 13 FinsLori Yelenovic 15 Come MondayCarole Brandi 15 MigrationKayla Kleinman 16 VolcanoJennifer Pino 16 Bama BreezeMegan Martiello 19 I Have Found Me a HomeFrank Fumega 19 Changes in LatitudesJohn Mitchell 19 FinsKathleen Auer 20 Come MondayPatti Burr 23 MargaritavilleKatherine Lombardi 23 Blue GuitarRichard Romano 24 Pirate Looks at 40Ed Morley 25 Pencil Thin MustacheDonna Vollmer 25 Grapefruit JuicyfruitKathy Lucano 26 A Pirate Looks at 40Jean Schubert 26 Someday I WillKathi Berlin 29 A Pirate Looks at 40Lorraine Bosshard 29 SteamerAmy Schneller 29 HolidayArlene Rosenthal 29 The Weather is Here…John Kwiatkowski 31 One Particular Harbor (album)
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAYPhins up to Jennifer
Pino who just completed her first trip around the sun!
Not? which is set to be released that day.
HAPPY 3RD
ANNIVERSARYTo Helene “Malibu”
& Anthony Pino
Take Me Out To The Ballgame!Luau Night
Citibank ParkFriday, july18th
$11/Ticket/SASEChecks to:
Peter Bosshard6 Mountain View CourtFort Salonga, NY 11768
~ ~ “ducks” on memo line ~ ~
Walk America 2008
May 18th Sag Harbor, NY
The honor of our presence has been requested! Event organizers have asked if t he METRO PHC would be interested in staffing a rest stop at the March of Dimes Walk-a-thon in Sag Harbor on Sunday, May 18. How could we say no to saving babies?
Our checkpoint will be located at the North Haven Village Hall, as it’s been for the past 13 years. According to a MOD spokesperson, they always get lots of positive feedback
about us. It seems that the walkers enjoy the decorations and spirit at our rest stop. In fact, there have been cases when walkers have liked our rest stop so much, they just stayed.
Volunteers should plan on meeting at the King Kullen Supermarket in
Bridgehampton (same place where we meet for road clean-ups) at 8 AM.
Yes, 8AM. We’ll wipe the sleep from our eyes, grab a cup of coffee and proceed to the check point site to set up the decorations (Club members are encouraged to bring tropical decorations, we could really use them!), stock the tables with drinks & snacks that will be provided by MOD and get ready to cheer for the walkers. The event should be over by 11. Email Joe Lombardi at [email protected] to RSVP.
Continued from p.1Also read each copy of the "Parrot Press" for concert updates & club activities too More METRO PHC Summer '08 Dates to REMEMBER06-06-08: Jim Morris Acoustic Solo Show - SOLD OUT!06-07-08: Jim Morris & the BBB @ Captain's Cove in Bridgeport,CT contact Carol Pohoroylo at [email protected] ASAP!!!07-18-08: Luau Night @ Citibank Park, Central Islip, NY.07-26-08: Family Picnic @ Fresh Pond Park, Amagansett, NY08-08-08: New President of the METRO PHC takes office. *For more information be sure to check your Aug. copy of the press.One last thing, in order to keep the official METRO PHC newspaper the "Parrot Press" arriving in your mailbox each and every month please check the date on your mailing label it actually tells you when your membership dues will expire. That's all for this month...June is just around the corner!Mahalo,Al#7 President of the Metro Parrot Head Club
METRO PARROT HEAD CLUBpresents
6th Annual METRO & MORRIS Benefit For Swim Across the Sound
JUNE 7, 2008CAPTAIN’S COVE SEAPORT
1 BOSTWICK AVENUEBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
www.captainscoveseaport.comDoors open at 1:00 PM
Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the doorbroadcast live on
www.radio.jimmydreamz.comSILENT AUCTION, RAFFLES
and GIVE AWAYSCheck http://metromorris.com/ for all the details
The “Floating Opera” aka Port Jefferson ferry will be departing at Noon and arriving in Bridgeport at 1:15pm. Club members should plan on arriving at the ferry office by 11:15AM. If I may borrow the words of my predecessor…While Parrot Heads may be "Living on Island Time", the ferry does not.” Please contact the wise Joe Lombardi if you plan on catching a little “Magic on the Water” @ [email protected]
Jimmy Buffett to Play at the Newport Folk Festival
Making his debut at the Newport Folk Festival, Jimmy Buffett will honor his musical heritage by playing at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday, August 3rd. Jimmy will be accompanied by his longtime pal, Mac McAnally.“I threatened to do Newport before I was gone, and I seriously want to honor the heritage of the festival,” Buffett says. “I came up as a folk singer. I’ve always loved the idea of being a balladeer. You know, I might do Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Canadian Railroad Trilogy.’ I am not going to do a Parrothead show.”Any Metro PHs wishing to make a summer road trip should call 877-655-4TIX or go to ticketing.festivalnetwork.com
SAVE THE DATE!!!ALZHEIMER'S MEMORY WALK
2008SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
LONG ISLAND WALK & FALL FESTIVALFEATURING FOODS OF THE NATIONBETHPAGE RESTORATION VILLAGE
BETHPAGE, NEW YORK
Swine Not?After Regis & Kelly ends on
May 13th, your local bookstore should just be opening. Just in
time to get the 1st edition of Jimmy Buffett’s Swine Not?
This is a cause close to Jimmy Buffett’s heart. Jimmy’s dad, James Delaney Buffett, Jr passed away from this debilitating disease on May 1,
2003.
14th Annual “Stars on the Water”The Greater Richmond Parrot Head Club will be hosting their largest fundraiser benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association on Aug. 22-24, 2008Featuring: Jim Morris &the BBB, John Frinzi, A1A, Scott Kirby, & the
Calypso Nutshttp://phcor.com/stars.html for more details
METRO PARROT HEAD CLUB DIRECTORYPresident:Al Straaik25 Rhode Island Ave.Massapequa, NY 11758(516) 795-4126Executive VP:LorraineBosshard(631) 757-4043Ticket Liaison-Tom Dalton(631) [email protected]
Area Coordinators:New Jersey : Jim & Ellen Hill (973) 994-2575Upstate NY & CT:Carol & David Pohorylo(203) 261-1381Long Island:Peter & Lorraine Bosshard(631) 757-4043Eastern Long Island:Joe Lombardi(631) 324-9354
Treasurer:Peter Bosshard6 Mountainview CourtFort Salonga, NY 11768(631)757-4043Secretary:Marianne Straaik(516) 795-4126Newsletter-Kerry-Anne Willett(631) [email protected]
Western:Linda [email protected]@aol.com
NYC: Terri Amundsen(718) 956-5658
Parrot Phlockings
Jake Shimabukuro
NYCBrother Jimmy’s BBQ
8th Ave & 31st St.2nd Friday of each month at
5:30 PM
METRO NORTHEast Side Café
232 East Avenue Norwalk, CT2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM.
Avast thar ye swabs, Have I got a treat for you, mates. If you Parrot Heads, landlubbers & musicians alike love music as much as I do, then Jake Shimabukuro & his sometimes harp like & sometimes dynamic Ukulele playing will absolutely WOW you. You can check him out at his official music page on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/officialjakeshimabukuroAnd/or watch him on YouTube & listen to him play George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his electrified Ukulele at the 2007 Ukulele Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpQrCy8dQ8Joe “Poppi” Lienau
LONG ISLANDZoinks
West Islip, NYSaturday, May 17th
7PM
Buffett Howlin’ For the MoonJimmy Buffett joins Dr. John on Sonny Landreth’s 9th album titled “From the Reach”. “I’d written ‘Howlin’ Moon’ a long time ago and I’d always had Dr. John in mind for it. Then we took it a step further with Jimmy’s vocal and the vibe was perfect,” explains Mr. Landreth.
METRO Parrot Head ClubNew York, New Jersey, & Connecticut12 Sylvan RoadRocky Point, NY 11778
“CHECK THE DATE ON YOUR MAILING LABEL!”
The METRO Parrot Head Club is a not-for-profit organization whose purposes are to assist community and environmental concerns and to provide a variety of social activities for people with similar tastes & interests. Anyone wishing further information should inquire by mail to the return address above.
KEEP THE DATE!May 13, 2008- The release of Swine NotMay 13, 2008- Regis & Kelly June 6-7 2008- Jim Morris & the BBBCaptain’s Cove Seaport Bridgeport, CTJune 12, 2008- Jimmy Buffett ConcertMadison Square Garden, NYCJuly 18, 2008- Luau Night w/ LI DucksCitibank Park, Central Islip, NYJuly 26, 2008 – Family PicnicAmagansett NYAugust 8, 2008- Metro Parrot Head Presidential InaugurationAugust 24, 2008 Jimmy Buffett ConcertAtlantic City, NJAugust 27, 2008- Jimmy Buffett ConcertJones Beach Wantagh, NYOct 30- Nov 2, 2008 Meeting of the MindsKey West, FL
A FINAL THOUGHT…Thinkin’ back to Alabama where a much younger version of me I stepped up to the microphone and sang about my first palm tree Half an hour later held that first 45 in my hand From a sailor to a singer, a life I really never had planned But I’m still makin’ records I still tour every year I can still be a landshark, every now and then Hey, I’m still here. Yea, I’m still making records I’m still writing songs Still see ya smilin’ from these front row seats to that crazy ass lawn.
Jimmy Buffett “We’re Still Here”
On March 8th, Rich and I had the pleasure of embarking on a “Trip Around the Sun” with the Atlanta Parrot Head Club. We always find the need to justify our trips, so we made this one for my ___th Birthday (Happy Birthday to you too Bosco)!!! This cruise aboard the Carnival Triumph was the 10th anniversary of this event, which I might add, raised over $56,000 for Breast Cancer research!!! Kudos to them! The party started at the Days Inn on 3/7. Sadly Rich and I could not attend the pre-cruise craziness, however, during the next few days we were absolutely entertained by a “Welcome Aboard Rendezvous, where we registered as “METROS”, we watched a Pub Crawl where 459 parrot heads from all over the country went to every bar on board this huge vessel much to the surprise of the bar tenders!!! There was also a “Parrot head Pool Invasion”, a “Tin Cup Chalice 10th Anniversary Party”, music by various bands that came along for the ride with the Atlanta Club, a poker tournament, a toga party (this was not to be missed), a junkanoo parade, a “Mallory Square Sunset Party”, a Sunrise Party and Musical Jam, a Songwriters Showcase and a “Wonder Why We Ever Go Home Pajama Party”!!! Then to top it off, there was a “Party at the End of the Cruise” party at the Days Inn on 3/15 when we arrived in
Miami. Now we are sure that most of you have received emails about this cruise in the past. Year after year, Rich and I had pondered the question too long as to whether or not we should go. We decided to jump on it this time. Along with all of the Parrot head goings on, we also went to Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay!!!! The price was amazing and we had just the best time! We could not have asked for a more fun-filled trip … there was all the regular cruise activities, but also the Parrot head activities. Door decorating was like nothing we had ever seen. True creativity at work for sure!!! The whole entire trip was so organized and everyone was very well informed about everything. They even had a “Coconut Telegraph” location for bulletins, etc. I could go on and on, but I won’t bore you with too many more details. However ….… the next time you get one of those emails, jump on it if you can!!! I understand they sell out as quickly as some concerts. And, wouldn’t it be fun for some Metros to go on this adventure?!?! Rich and I will definitely go again. Perhaps someday, the “Trip Around the Sun” will be exclusively for Parrot heads!!! A mini Meeting of the Minds if you will. If you haven’t received the emails in the past, send a note to Brent Jones: [email protected] and ask to be put on the email list. Believe me, it is not something you want to miss!!!! If you would like to see some pictures, send me an email at: [email protected]
Mickie Bautista
TRIP AROUND THE SUN BAUTISTA STYLE
Living the life of a parrot head is something that I strive for. There’s something noble about turning your back to the mainstream and trying to find your place in the Gulf Stream. It’s something that is extremely tough to do in our daily lives of work and responsibility. Luckily, we have this socially accepted custom of running away and living the dream for a week or two. In the immortal words of some unknown author, “Vacation is what you take when you can’t take what you’ve been taking any longer”.Our vacation took us to Ambergris Caye, Belize and the town of San Pedro in Central America. San Pedro is truly the Caribbean of old. You won’t find any huge “all inclusives” or fast food chains. You won’t even find pavement on the roads in many parts of town. Time seems to slow down to a crawl during the long, hot days. I guess that’s what attracts the likes of Jimmy Buffett and Jerry Jeff Walker to the island. It is peaceful in every sense of the word. After about a week of drinking Belikan Beer and eating freshly caught Red Snapper my wife Tara and I were in full vacation mode. There were no plans to be made and no responsibilities to be taken care of except choosing which bar we’d buy our next drink from. There was only one thing that could possibly make the trip better, and that would have been seeing a great band. It was our second to last day in paradise and we were sitting at the Squirrel’s Nest bar talking with the bartender about different bands that play in the area. She asked what type of music we listen to, and of course, our first response was “Jimmy Buffett!” She went on to tell us how Jimmy visits the island from time to time and stays over his good friend’s house right down the beach (his good friend being Jerry Jeff Walker). I mentioned being a fan of Jerry Jeff’s and the bartender said, “Oh! He’s playing on the beach at Wet Willie’s tomorrow night”. WHAT!? My mouth dropped and I looked at Tara. In about two seconds we paid our tab, jumped off the bar stools and caught the next cab to Wet Willie’s Bar. The show was sold out but that has never stopped us before. I started talking with people in the bar about the following night’s show and ended up meeting a couple from Texas whose daughter got sick with the flu. They were leaving early and had a couple of tickets for sale, which I bought without hesitation. I’d never wish the flu on anyone, but in this case… The night of the show was amazing. Jerry Jeff was set up right on the dock of the bar overlooking the Caribbean. The warm breeze and smell of cooking fish made it seem like something right out of a Jimmy Buffett book. Jerry Jeff was playing acoustic solo and sounded perfect. “Trashy Women”, “Sangria Wine” and “Cowboy Boots & Bathin’ Suits” never sounded so great. After the show ended, Tara and I made our way up to him before he took off and were the only people in the bar to get a picture with him. That was the perfect end to a perfect night and the perfect end to a perfect vacation. Tomorrow we’d be on a plane headed back to cold and snow but at that moment it didn’t matter. On the shores ofthe Caribbean, at that moment, the entire world faded away and we knew what it felt like to be real parrot heads.
Ed Kelly
Just Another Gringo in Belize
BUFFETT TRIFECTA: MSG-June 12AC-August 23JB-August 27
MSG concert - Last call!!We have extended the MSG Buffett concert ticket deadline until May 10th.
So act fast. Many of you have emailed asking can we go to both concerts (MSG and Jones Beach) YES !!!!!!!MADISON SQ. GARDEN Metro Club tickets are NOW ON SALE !!!!Thursday night, June 12, 2008 at 8 PM Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band are bringing their"The Year of Still Here" - Tour 2008 - to NYCThe Metro ticket price is $ 110. per seat whether you use it or not (the seat that is). The Max. number is 2 tickets per member. All ticket requests MUST include YOUR self-addressed STAMPED envelope (SASE) for your ticket return.Most of you know the drill; make your check payable to “Metro PHC” with the “MSG” written on the check memo line.Your payment should be mailed to Tom Dalton.
Tom DaltonMetro PHC53 Valley AveSmithtown, NY 11787
The Long Island Jones Beach concert is Wednesday August 27, 2008 and our Metro ticket price is $ 105.00The deadline for ordering tickets is 20th of July and the same rules listed for MSG also apply for Jones Beach. Checks are to be made payable to “Metro PHC” with the “Jones Beach " written on the check memo line. Include YOUR self-addressed $0.42 STAMPED envelope (SASE) for the ticket return. Mail your money and request early. We have 4 other PHC requesting tickets this year, so when they’re gone (Metro member or not) they’re gone.
