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President: David Pohorylo PARROT HEAD 35 Boot Shop Lane Monroe, CT 06468 (203)261 -1381 [email protected] PRESS Executive Vice President: Lorraine Bosshard Metro Parrot Head Monthly Newsletter March 2011 6 Mountainview Court NY, NJ, CT Vol. 19 No.3 Fort Salonga, NY 11768 (631) 757-4043 Treasurer: Peter Bosshard 6 Mountainview Court Fort Salonga, NY 11768 (631) 757-4043 Secretary: Marianne Straaik 25 Rhode Island Ave Massapequa, NY 11758 (516)795-4126 ------------------------------ Parrot Press Lorraine/Eric Rosen 737 Highview Ave Westbury, NY11590 516-807-8191 [email protected] Banana Wind Sue Leudesdorff [email protected] LI Coordinators Ray Leudesdorff Cell 516-768-9348 [email protected] Ralph Wotruba 631-891-8006 [email protected] Eastern LI Joe Lombardi (631)324-9354 [email protected] NYC Coordinator Terri Amundsen (718)956 - 5658 Upstate & Ct Coordinators TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABITS Carol Pohorylo (203)261-1381 Had enough of winter yet? I think I know your answer. Well, you [email protected] Western Coordinators have only 297 days until it starts all over again. Linda Peter/Larry DeGennaro I promised that I would summarize our annual report to PHIP for [email protected] [email protected] 2010, so here it is: We ended 2010 with a roster of 270 members. NJ Coordinator th Tracey McGowan How do we stand within the Parrot Head Nation, tied for 16 place. [email protected] 732-668-1620 Ticket Liaison For years we were in the top ten, but currently the top ten includes Tom Dalton [email protected] a lot of clubs in areas of the country with great numbers of retired (631)-379-8337 people. I guess that’s what happens as Jimmy Buffett ages. But one Webmaster Larry "Squid" Kiewra disturbing factor is that central Oklahoma and St. Louis also beat us, [email protected] how can that be? Continued on page 2 TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABITS PHIP doesn’t publish money raised or man hours worked per club, but I think we are in pretty good standing on one of these, and it’s not man hours worked. We reported a total of 1065 man hours. This covers things like the road cleanups, working with the Wounded Warriors Project, organizing and working Metro & Morris in Bridgeport, and organizing or working some of the other events we hosted. 1065 man hours for 270 members; I think we can do better. The area of money raised for charity is a different story. In 2010 we raised and donated $33,378 to charity. Here’s the two major money raisers; Metro & Morris $15,886 and the NYC and Rockland County Memory Walks $11,058. The balance of $6,434 was raised at the Long Island Happy Hours, Booze Cruise, Frosted Party and a couple other smaller events. I certainly think we can be proud of this accomplishment. One other addition to the above is hundreds of pounds of non-perishable food, clothing, pet food and supplies and toys. We actually came up with a total of over a half ton. So there you have it, our 2010 statistics. Dave Pohorylo Attention All Metro’s Please send us Pictures, Stories, Recipes, Jokes or your best Boat Drink Recipe or articles that you would like to share with the rest of the Phlock. Email them to Metroparrot1@aol and we will try to get it in the next news letter Cut off is the 23rd of the month Thanks Eric & Lorraine METRO PARROTHEAD CLUB JACKETS ARE HERE !!!! DELUXE COMPLETELY EMBROIDERED CLUB JACKETS CONSISTING OF: 1) YOUR NAME ON THE FRONT OF THE JACKET(S) 2) SMALL CLUB LOGO ON THE FRONT OF THE JACKET(S) 3) FULL CLUB LOGO ON THE BACK OF THE JACKET YOUR PAYMENT, IN CHECK FORM, MUST BE HANDED IN ALONG WITH THE ORDER FORM…… NO EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECKS OUT TO: METRO PARROTHEAD CLUB FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FROSTED PARROTHEAD PARTY YOU CAN STILL PLACE AN ORDER VIA MAIL. JUST PRINT OUT THE ORDER FORM, FILL IT OUT AND MAIL IT ALONG WITH YOUR CHECK TO: HELENE “MALIBU” PINO 117 CAMERON AVENUE MERRICK, NY 11566 JACKET DEADLINE FOR ALL ORDERS IS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 15, 2011. YOU CAN EXPECT THE JACKETS ON OR ABOUT MAY 15, 2011 METRO PARROTHEAD CLUB ORDER FORM FOR CLUB JACKETS Name: Address: Telephone #: E-Mail Address: JACKET #1: THREE SEASON (HEAVY) Circle Color: Crimson Navy Stone True Royal Circle Size: Small Medium Large X-Large 2X-Large 3X-Large 4X-Large Name you want to appear on the Jacket: Price: $ 125.00 Additional $3.00 Charge for 2X-Large, 3X-Large, 4X-Large: $128.00 ******************************************************************* JACKET #2: PLAYER’S (LIGHT) Circle Color: Navy Olive Stone Circle Size: Small Medium Large X-Large 2X-Large 3X-Large 4X-Large Name you want to appear on the Jacket: Price: $ 115.00 Additional $3.00 Charge for 2X-Large, 3X-Large, 4X-Large: $118.00 GRAND TOTAL: And Then……the Room was ready……. So, ok about a month ago, 3 Metro Parrothead gals came up with this great idea that was born of Fishbowls. Yes, I said fish bowls. Ralph Watruba, otherwise known as the “Big Guy”, gave us a bunch of fish bowls for us to use as centerpieces for the Frosted Parrothead Party. Stella’s mind began to race and she is the one who came up with the idea using live fish in the centerpieces. The centerpieces notwithstanding, this article is not really about live fish or even centerpieces, but what thinking and working together can do for friendships. You see it took a lot of creativity and sharing of ideas to come up with the the fish bowl oasis that all of us at the party had on our tables. It took Sue and Ray painstakingly making those little beach chairs and great little surf boards. It took Stella’s hours of cutting and gluing Styrofoam into the bowls, making little tiny beach towels and taking care of those fish and making sure that she gave them a good send off by supplying those who were lucky enough to take one home with instructions for care and feeding. We spent countless hours at craft and bargain stores finding more and more “stuff” as our ideas began to take off. We spent about 3 weekends together as friends exchanging ideas, laughing and talking and doing what friends do when we need to help out. This is not an article written to pat ourselves on the back but to let all of you know how much we enjoyed the camaraderie we experienced and the good feeling we got when everything in the room was put together and all the decorations were up and the lights were lowered. And we looked at one another and said “it is done.” It is at that moment that you forget the burned fingers from the hot glue gun, or the countless hours of ideas that fail and you have to come up with something else, and you start to remember the times when you laughed so hard that you couldn’t even breathe. Together with help from some more friends, like Bosco who loaned out his wonderful blow ups, Lorraine Bosshard who loaned out her tropical fabrics for the tables, (and by the way if you happened to take one off the table, please return it to her), Ray and Ralph who took care of getting us the great venue and accommodations we had, and all the great folks who donated raffle prizes, like the guitar, the camera, the Tiki Beach Bar oasis, the cigars and humidor, the chairs, the dartboard, the Spring Phling tickets, the door prizes, and the John Baldwin Basket, just to name a few, it all came together for a great cause…Long Island Cares. Being a Metro Parrothead is a lot more than just listening to great TropRock and dancing. It’s even more than doing charitable works. For some of us, it really is a way of life in that the friends we have made are like family and sometimes even better. These are folks you chose to be close to because you find a common element. You share your joys and your sorrows, your victories and your defeats…..and yes your bottle of Patron, Souza or Grey Goose. During the evening’s festivities, Ray made an announcement that took me off guard and quite by surprise. He said that the club had resurrected the Parrothead of the Year Award and that this year it was being given to me and Eric. It was a complete surprise and certainly something we never expected as we don’t do this for acclimation. We do it for love. We really love our friends, and we really love the fact that we can give back to some great causes because it makes us feel really good inside. So, next time there is a project to do or an event to plan, and you have some great ideas to share or you are really crafty or have some connections with folks who can help us out with a venue for something like a Happy Hour or anything that will bring you closer to another Metro Parrothead, give it some thought. I know that there are some people who I now consider to be “family” in my eyes because I chose to help out and I can’t even imagine my life without them. Lorraine Rosen PARROT HEAD NEWS!!!! Saturday March 19th 7-10 p.m Long Island Happy Hour “Fin’s & Pin’s” Down's Syndrome Advocacy Foundation "FINS and PINS" is being held Saturday March 19th at East Meadow Bowl, Front Street, East Meadow from 7-10 p.m.