July-August-September 2014 Barefoot Children Upcoming Events July 27 13th Annual Pet Rescue Benefit Tequila Sunrise Mexican Grill 4711 N. Dixie Hwy Oakland Park, FL 33334 11a-5p Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale Parrot Head Club Presidential Squawk—State of Our Phlock By Jim DiLenge I was sitting down on a bench enjoying a cold beverage after the rubber ducky races were over at this year’s Water Taxi Pub Crawl. Karolyn saw me relaxing, sat down next to me and said I get to do this next year. That’s when it hit me that she has been involved in everything for the last 6 years and it was now going to be my responsibility to make sure everything stays on track. It was one of those times when you say to yourself – what am I going to do now? The good news, of course, is that the club is in great shape. The board is wonderful and we have a fantastic group of people in the club who understand the Parrothead mantra of Party with a Purpose. I am looking forward to being involved with such a great group of people. After a successful Pub Crawl we look to our summer activities, which are highlighted by our Pet Rescue event taking place on July 27 th at Tequila Sunrise. We moved this year to a location that is much more pet friendly with lots of grass for the animals and there will be tents to keep all of us a bit cooler! The final touches are being put in place for the event but you can pre-order a t shirt and get your raffle tickets ahead of time from our website. www.barefootchildrenphc.com I’d like to hear from you with your thoughts on potential events, things the club can do that are both fun and support our community and/or changes we may want to look at to improve what we are already doing. Email me at [email protected] Jim DiLenge Elected President! The phreedom to vote has brought us a new club president and returning board members! Jim DiLenge has been elected to carry on the duties previously attended to by Karolyn Holmes. A big boat drink toast to Karolyn who served for 6 years and to Jim for tossing his hat into the ring! Secretary Al Newman and Events Director Amy Breslow were re-elected to serve another two year term. Completing the board are Craig Holmes VP, Julie Cuneo Treasurer, Robin St. George Membership Director, and Larry Hill and Britt Lanier Members at Large. July 31 Phlocking Tequila Sunrise Mexican Grill 4711 N. Dixie Hwy Oakland Park, FL 33334 6-9p August 2 Street Clean Up Anglers and Stirling 10am August 9 Boating Sandbar Social Lake Boca Check Club Facebook 11a-3p August 23 Wine Tasting Party Total Wine Save the Date! August 28 Phlocking Salt Life Food Shack 2660 N. University Dr. Coral Springs, FL 6-9 p September 25 Phlocking Flip Flops 3051 NE 32nd Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 6-9p Highlights this Issue: Karolyn’s Farewell 2-3 Pet Rescue Event 4-5 Hurricane Watch 8 Water Taxi Wrap Up 9 Page 2 Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale A Parrot Head Celebration of 6 Years! Former Prez, Karolyn Holmes Hard to believe it has been 6 years since I became President over a fledgling club along with some awesome Board Members who saw the potential that this club could be, both Social and Philanthropic. Great friendships have been made over the years by all. For those of you who have been around awhile just think about the friends you have met thru the club! And we raised money! Part of the purpose of our Charter is to raise money for charity and here is a breakdown of what the Club has done these past 6 years. And to think we started with $0. 200820092010- $6,637 $12,771 $17,960 201120122013- $16,142 $24,573 $32,426 WOW!!!!! In looking back through the pictures of our events (you can find these on our website www.barefootchildren.com, and yes I am always plugging the club) there were many fond memories and fun moments so it was hard to pick just one. So here are my top choices: 2013 Buffett Concert- so many of us volunteered to pull off an awesome Tailgate Party with Radio Margaritaville’s JD Spradlin and to top it off Margaritaville Suncare and the Margaritaville Bus joined us! We had the best Porta Potties ever!!! Thanks Violet ! 2011 Buffett Concert- The Margarillas took our club banner picture and it made the JumboTron during the Buffett concert!!!! 2010 Meeting of the Minds- who can forget the Devil Parrot on Lynn Ianni’s balcony right behind the main stage. Every one noticed it ,even the Coral Reefers! 2009- My first ING Marathon Cheer Zone with the Miami Club. The looks on the runners faces as we cheered them on at mile 23 was priceless! They were even thanking us for being there as they ran by! This experience made me feel proud to be a Parrot Head and how we CAN make a difference to people and to our World! 2009- Landshark Stadium Press Concert- only 200 of us were invited to be at the Press Release with Buffett at the newly named Landshark Stadium! What a great excuse to play hooky from work! Kathy Kerstetter had her pregnant belly painted with the Miami Dolphins logo and made the news! And then later in the month we ran out onto the field at halftime for FINS with the Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders. Oh what a night! 2010 Buffett Concert in Sunrise- The Year of the Monsoon! A few members lost their tents in the storm and the Coral Reefers thought it was too cold to come outside for the Meet and Greet. Even though we were wet and cold we could only laugh at Mother Nature trying to dampen our spirits. 2010- Alzheimer’s Memory Walk- we sold our Flamingo Coolies during the Walk on Hollywood Beach and racked in the money $. Ramona even had a man in a hotel room throw her a $20 bill from the balcony which almost went into the pool, but fast acting Ramona saved it! Continued on Page 3 Page 3 A Parrot Head Celebration of 6 Years! Con’t from pg 2 These are just a few of my favorite memories over the years. We filled our club’s mission by creating more fun filled events such as Street Clean Ups, Taste of Parrotdise, Pet Rescues, Beach Clean Ups, Beach parties, Raft Ups, Ronald McDonald House Dinners, Regifting Parties, Halloween Parties, Harlem Shake, Jaycee Margarita Throwdown, Marlins Games and attending Meeting of the Minds! We could not have accomplished all of these events during the past years without great board members and committee members, so I would like to thank those who serve and have served with me. Larry Hill- VP, Treasurer and Member at Large Gia Cosbie- Treasurer Paula Predergast- Secretary Craig Holmes- VP Britt Lanier- Member at Large Russell Kerr- Treasurer, VP , President, McParrot Heads Jeff Greaver- President Jim Dilenge-Secretary, Member at Large and now President Al Neman- Secretary Julie Cuneo- Treasurer Amy Breslow- Events Director and past Newsletter Editor Robin St George- Membership Director Ramona Legowski- Green Parrot Head and Newsletter Editor Bill Sadler – Manatee Coordinator Lynn Ianni- VP Judi Rae Kesner- Facebook Guru Gail and Barry Birenbaum- Mc Parrot Heads Thanks for the great memories and I look forward to seeing where the new leadership will take the club in the future. Karolyn Holmes Past President Page 4 Karolyn has served as our President for the past 6 years and her leadership has brought our once floundering club to a great group of friends having fun all while serving our community at the same time. Thank you so much Karolyn for what you have done for our club. Buffalo Bob Colmerauer Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale Another Trip around the Sun WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Teri Dandrea Kenny Anson Tom Warmington Theo and Becky Dressler Betty and Tom Colasanto Pet Rescue Event, July 27—Tequila Sunrise Mexican Grill ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Kim Bayley James Lombardo Jackie Mojica and Lucas & Alanis Stefanie Berry Arthur and Ceal Cobb Phil and Gail Drost By Amy Breslow Our next big event is the 2014 Pet Rescue Fundraiser to be held at and around the Tequila Sunrise Mexican Grill, 4711 N Dixie Hwy, Oakland Park, on Sunday, July 27 from 11a-5 p. This family friendly event is held to benefit 9 local animal organizations devoted to the rescue, health, and adoption of our phurry phriends. These are no-kill shelters. As our Bronze Sponsor, Petco, says “Think adoption”. There will be both cats and dogs at this event available for adoption. There will be live music by Bustin’ Strings, and a Polynesian Show for your Entertainment. Enter your pets in the Western Themed Dog Costume Contest. There will be a Dachshund Race, a Dog Agility Show and don’t forget our Doggie & Pig Kissing Booth! There will also be a grassy Pet Cool Zone with pools, misting fans and treats for your four legged friends. This year’s T-shirt is really beautiful having been designed by local artist Lena Luckey, to promote foster and adoption of cats and dogs. It comes in a men’s cut white T-shirt and a peachy colored ladies cut shirt. Shirts are priced at $20 each. Once again this year, the great people at Goodyear have provided us with a raffle prize of a Goodyear Blimp Ride for 2. $20 per ticket with a maximum of 300 tickets to be sold. These are great odds! You can pre-purchase your shirts and raffle tickets on our website, by going to www.barefootchildrenphc.com and clicking on the Pet Rescue link. We will also have a huge raffle, animal balloon prize game, and a fabulous auction with really great prizes. For more information or vendor space, please contact Charlie at [email protected] . We are still in need of volunteers to sell shirts and raffle tickets and (wo)man the BFC booth and the cool zone on the day of the event, so please let me know if you are available to help. E-mail me at [email protected] Fins, Fur & Feathers Page 5 CHEW ON THIS! Olga has been collecting old T-shirts that are then made into doggie chew toys. You can bring your old recyclable Tees to any of our Phlockings and Olga will take care of the rest. I need lessons on how she does it! Does this woman ever stress out? I don’t think so. It’s either sainthood or alcohol. Maybe it’s a combination! Karolyn, you started as a club prez and now you’re a fast friend! A boat drink cheer to you! Green Parrot Head aka Ramona Pet Project for Pets is a 501 C3 nonprofit organization that keeps pets at home with families who face terminal illness, disabilities, or other serious situations, all of whom are financially challenged. The Pet Project provides pet food, pet supplies, and pet vaccines so that owners can "Keep their pets". Events and fund raisers are posted on www.petprojectforpets.org, so view often and check out how you can help pets and owners alike. Page 6 Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale Green Parrot’s Perch Ramona Legowski Join us for our quarterly clean up of Anglers Road between Griffin and Stirling roads off 95 by Bass Pro Shop. As part of the Great American Clean Up, you’ll get a volunteer T-shirt for your efforts (supplies limited). Join us at Islamorada Fish House afterwards to squelch the When: Saturday, August 2 heat with some crackling’ cold beverages! 15% off your Time: 10—11:30am Where: Park at Anglers and Stirling—South of Bass Pro lunch too. It’s time to start trash talkin’! If I Had A Hammock… Not by V.P. Craig Holmes This is typically the spot where you can read about the musical adventure trips of the Tree Top Flyer, VP Craig Holmes. But Craig gets a reprieve this issue as he recently tied the knot with phellow parrot head, Laurie Schwarz. The newlyweds held their ceremony at the Pier House in Key West, officiated by the Mayor himself. On a hot June 14th afternoon, the couple exchanged vows on the beach with phriends and phamily and a traditional Keys sunset. Captain Josh sang in the first dance with “If I Had a Hammock” and for those of you not familiar with the song… well it ends with a proposal and a hammock built for two! Mini cheeseburgers and His and Her solo cup wine glasses were parrot head touches to a beautiful wedding in paradise. Congrats to the bride and groom who honeymooned in St. Elsewhere… uh, St. Maarten. It My Job Man! Look to the Parrot Pages for help! 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Air Conditioner need repair or replacement? Contact Don Ross at Efficient Air: (954) 7497742 .Fully Licensed and Insured www.efficientair.com Two Men and a Truck - We are the Home and Business “Movers Who Care” (954) 791-8092 (Davie) or (954) 975-1771 (Coral Springs) www.twomenandatruckftlauderdale.com - Britt Lanier Acoustic Guitar Entertainment by “Just Don” DeRyke. Covering songs by over 80 artists with an emphasis on the songs of Jimmy Buffett. Call Don at (954) 465-7830, or e-mail to [email protected] Kreative Moments Photography - Photographer for your special moments! Karolyn Holmes (561) 445-6957 www.kreativemomentsphotography.com Sunshine Solar Services, Inc. is a state certified solar contractor with nationally certified installers specializing in photovoltaic solar systems for residential, commercial and government in Florida and the islands. See some of our installs at www.sunshinesolarservices.com and look under residential or commercial. - Ed Stroble Page 7 Party With A Purpose………. Events You Might Want to Visit JUL 10-13, Laid Back Attack in Seattle sponsored by Parrot Heads of Puget Sound in support of the USO. Jim Morris, Scott Kirby, and 12 other Trop Rock bands. $80 for all 3 days, hotel deals available. Info and registration: www.LaidBackAttack.com JUL 24-27, Riddles In The Sand with the Galveston Bay, TX PHC. 3 days of music with Jimmy & The Parrots headlining Sat. night. $65 pp. http://www.gbphc-riddlesinthesand.com/ has the info. Wounded Warriors & Shriners Hospital will benefit. AUG 1-2, Beach Bash & Volleyball with the Beaches A1A (Jacksonville) PHC. $60 pp for Fri & Sat parties featuring 7 great Trop Rock bands plus volleyball Sat morning. $129/nt hotel deal. Info & registration: http://tinyurl.com/2014A1ABBregform www.Margaritaville.TV TUNE IN! AUG 3-9, Song & Sail Windjammer Cruise with music by Jimmy Parrish. Presented by Ed & Wendy Limin’ Place. $1349 pp + tips & airfare to Grenada. Book thru Windjammer 888-972-7245 x 101 or www.sailwindjammer.com SEP 12-14, “Chasin’ the Sun” Trop-Rock Festival with music by headliners Mac McAnally—Pete Mayer Group–Nadirah Shakoor. 3 great days packed with music, games, food, and drink! See website for full musical lineup introduced by Radio Margaritavilla DJ JD Spradlin. Presented by Panama City Parrot Head Club, Email questions to [email protected] Pricing: 3-Day VIP Pass - $100 / VIP gives you Premium Seating, Event Shirt, Private Food and Drink / Adult 3 Day Pass - $45.00 / Senior and Military - $40.00 / 1 Day $25.00 / Senior and Military - $20.00 http://www.visitpanamacitybeach.com/includes/calendar-of-events/Chasin-the-Sun-Music-Festival/18701/ OCT 29-NOV 2, Meeting of the Minds, 23rd Annual Parrot Head Convention in Key West. 5 days of great Trop Rock music benefiting many Florida Keys charities. Registration ($90) is now available at www.phip.com through Sept. 30th or until its sold out. Don’t miss the event of the year for the Parrot Head Nation! Everyone wins when you party with a purpose! The club participated and served as Gold Sponsors of the David Cooper City Relay for Life event. What made this event even more special is that is was made possible with the proceeds from the Taste of Parrotdise held last fall. Thanks to all the club members and friends who made both events a success! Our club was presented with an award for helping raise money, shown here being accepted by Amy Breslow, Britt Lanier, an event volunteer, and Craig Holmes. Six years ago, when we started this mess with Karo in charge, I was one of the first to arrive at every Phlocking with Karo. My bar tabs seemed a little high until they explained that my Wife's was included. Then I would try to check out to be told that my Wife had already taken care of it. I don't think that Ed ever suspected a thing... Larry V Margaritaville.TV,the new internet TV project from Jimmy Buffett is officially online! The launch coincides with the beginning of the This One’s For You Tour . There are a number of videos you can watch, including old concert footage, behind the scenes sessions. S OC I AL C LU B P arr ot H ea d New s Onl y C lub We bs ite bar e f oot c hi ldr e np hc. c om ** E ma il Us [email protected] ** Fi n Line (9 5 4) 885 - 1 842 The first raft up of the season saw 4 boats tied up at Lake Boca where 14 Parrotheads and 2 ‘keets enjoyed a day on the water. Larry’s description… “It was a Large Time” (meaning it was fun!). If you would like to attend our next one, contact Britt Lanier at [email protected]. Page 8 Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale You Can’t Reason With Hurricane Season By Manatee Bill We live in Florida so hurricanes are not "if," hurricanes are "when." It has been a decade since that horrible 2004-05 span so . . . Time to start thinking about the next hit. The part I hate worst is the dark. Shutters are down, electric off, I'm trying to shave in the dark, flashlight shining on the ceiling. UGH! Not this year. I've learned. If you also hate the dark, here's my solution. All of the big box stores sell solar-powered lights to line your patio, driveway and front walk. These lights are cheap, dependable and easy to store. Buy five or six, put some beach sand in the bottom of milk jugs, stick in your lights and you have safe, stable, rechargeable lanterns with nice handles. Shower or even read in the soft glow of God's gift. Next day, he will give you more free light. Most of these lights hold a 8-12 hour charge which should get you through the evening. Money well spent for lights with on-off switches. You may douse your light at bed time and still have charge for your early morning coffee. Remember, hurricanes are "when." Don't wait until all the supplies are sold out. The Switch—Goodbye Karolyn, Hello Jim! The June Phlocking at Salt Life was the official club changing of the guard. Newly Elected President Jim DiLenge presented Former President Karolyn Holmes with an everlasting margarita honoring her dedicated service to the club over the past 6 years. Thank goodness we were at a bar so she could celebrate with a real beverage afterwards! Membership Director Robin St. George shares a smile with Karolyn. Rumor has it after the photo they went looking for the jumbo lost shaker of salt! In six years as Prez, Karolyn did some amazing things but my favorite of all is the 2013 Buffett concert. Karolyn worked the crowd and signed up 70 new members. Karolyn knew we'd never see most of them again but she happily accepted their $20 -- $1400 profit for tailgating? That must be a record. Bill Sadler, Manatee Bill Water Taxi Pub Crawl Wrap Up By Event Director, Amy Breslow Page 9 Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes could well have been the theme for this years Pub Crawl.. The Friday night Welcome party/Phlocking brought us great musical entertainment by the Jim Morris Trio, featuring John Patti and Jimmy Pappas. A troprockin attitude was upon us, and a great time was had by all… As many of our chapter members who do not normally make it to the Saturday event, were present, we decided to hold the auction on Friday night instead of its previous location of Saturday night. Thanks to great donations by chapter members and friends, and great baskets from the American Lung Association, this was a huge success. Special thanks to Olga, Julie, Karolyn and Ed for set up, and the difficult (but fabulous) task of trying to make room for the all the prizes that kept coming… A new Northerly latitude and route for the water taxi, took our fearless pubbers to new destinations, exploring the great unknown, and having a great time… Everyone liked the longer stays at each stop, and the great drinks they found when they arrived. Members and Guests alike were so impressed by Flip Flops Dockside that we will be holding a phlocking there Sept. 25th. The party didn’t end upon their return as we entered the Last Parrot Standing Party. Captain Josh serenaded our returning crawlers as they walked the wooden plank surrounding the pool, greeted by free Margarita’s, beer, wine, and rum cocktails, compliments of our fabulous sponsors, Barefoot Wines, Landshark Beer, and Margaritaville Spirits. Thanks to the BFC Board for giving up some time to act as servers, and to Ramona and our new official shot-man “Tom” for his help as well… Thanks to all the members who volunteered, crawled and generally had a great time… With everyone’s help and generosity we were able to present our check for $4,700.00 to the American Lung Association at our phlocking in June. Here’s to many more “Lovely Cruises” Your cruise director - Amy June 5th Hollyweird was the recipient of rare twin hurricanes. Hurricanes Angie and Rose made landfall at approximately 10 AM as Cat 3 storms and quickly grew to Cat 6 after Mimosas. My place was a disaster with bras, panties, and bikinis knee deep! They finally subsided on June 10th and headed back north as Tropical Depressions. The NWS has issued a warning that these rare Twins could regenerate and be back the end of August to October.. TropRock Trivia When: June 28, 1985 Where: Cincinnati, Ohio during the "Sleepless Knights Tour" at the Timberwolf Amphitheater. Jimmy Buffett commented that the fans who were returning each year in costumes were reminiscent of Deadheads. Timothy B. Schmit (who also played bass for the Eagles) replied, "Yea Jimmy, Parrotheads". Jimmy repeated it to the crowd... and the term stuck. The Back Page “Party with a Purpose” Beer Margaritas —Brought to you by M argaritaville Foods! INGREDIENTS  1 Lime, cut into 8 wedges  1/4 cup Margaritaville Sweet & Salty Lime Margarita Salt  2, 12 oz. bottles Landshark Lager  1/2 cup Margaritaville Lime Margarita Mix  1/2 cup Margaritaville Gold Tequila, chilled  Ice cubes DIRECTIONS Rub lime wedges are rims of 4 margarita glasses. Spread margarita salt onto a small plate and dip glass rims into salt to coat lightly. In a medium pitcher, combine Landshark, margarita mix and tequila. Fill prepared glasses with ice and pour in margarita mixture. Garnish with lime wedges to serve. Karol yn’ s Hel pful Tips New Uses for a Cocktail Shaker- we all got them!    Egg Separator- Crack eggs into shaker, put on the strainer lid, then gently pour into a bowl. Only the whites will seep through. Garlic Peeler- To skin garlic in 20 seconds flat, place unpeeled cloves in a shaker, replace the top and do your best Tom Cruise- in Cocktail Impression. Powdered Sugar Dispenser- Fill shaker wit confection sugar. When baked goods or French Toast call for a dusting, just sprinkle away. Parrot Pics Mailing Address: Barefoot Children of Fort Lauderdale 2269 S University Drive #117 Davie, FL 33324 President : Jim DiLenge Phone (954) 885-1842 www.barefootchildrenphc.com Newsletter Submissions: [email protected] Editor Some of the Charities We Support We are the people our parents warned us about!