Trader John's Journal

Volume 7, I ssue 1 Towns Ar ound Biloxi Parrot Head Club Trader John’s Journal Read it on the Web at http://www.tabphc.com/news.html Established 1999 March 2010 INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Letter From Our President SFOA Happenings 2 Well PHlock, What Time Is It? 2 I just can’t quite express how proud I am of this club and you wonderful members. We really follow the Places We’re Going 3 parrothead creed “Party with a Purpose”. The amount of good we constantly do towards charitable causes is truly awesome, but we don’t Boat Drinks 3 lose sight of the “having phun” aspect of the party. STARS is a great example. Those of you that took part had a great time. The upcoming “Pascagoula Poker Run & Club B’day Party” will undoubtedly be another All We Need is Music 4 example. Special appreciation is due all of you that show that spirit and jump in and Bond Family Christmas 4 expend some effort to make these things work. Without the people pulling the jobs, large or small, these events would never be so successful. PHundraising 5 Besides our scheduled events, we are always making a difference in other ways. The club has made donations toward helping the Bond family through Club Anniversaries 5 Christmas, aiding Carol with tackling medical bills, sending a police officer to D.C. for the ceremony at the fallen officer memorial, aiding a family Upcoming Events 6 that fell victim to a house fire, and making a donation to the Dream Program tournament to help the special children. These are just the things we’ve helped with in the last few months. Officers As I said before, however, this is a social club first. We need to always have a good time in our endeavors or things will not stay together. President: David Barnes Everything we do doesn’t have to be toward charity. Sometimes we just need to focus on the phun. Somehow, though, we end up finding a way to Vice President: Cyndi Moncreiff do good even when we just gather for the good times. I can’t help but be proud, and you all should be proud too. Treasurer: Mike Ducote David Secretary: Eva Roehm Parrothead at Large: Tequila Sheila Peterson Those Songs That You Know By Heart … Name the JB song that includes this line: “Seen the false horizon fade away like bison” Club members Lynn Hunt and Kevin Eshelman help with the Limbo Contest on Saturday afternoon at Lulu’s Homeport & Marina during “Stars Fell On Alabama”. Page 1 of 6 Volume 7, I ssue 1 Trader John’s Journal What Time Is It? SFOA Happenings No, not a misspelling of “sofa” – we’re talking about “Stars Fell On Alabama”, one of our club’s major A big “Team Drink” goes out to the following club members who have annual phun and fund raising events. This year’s SFOA helped with fund raising events featured a great slate of musicians, non-stop poolside since our last newsletter: entertainment at The Island House during the days, two nights of parties in a tent on the beach, a night at Mary Brown the Flora-Bama, and an afternoon at Lulu’s Homeport Ron DeBell & Marina –with some of the best trop rock out there. Darolynn Hunt All of the numbers aren’t in yet, but it looks like we’ll Amanda Waltman at least match last year’s fund raising efforts through the Stars silent auction and raffle (and Jell-o shots!). And another round to each one of you who helped out with the many tasks associated with “SFOA”: Tina Audia David Barnes Kimberly Barnes Dave Bingham Jan Bixler Frances Dauster Kevin Eshelman Anita Flaherty Dwayne Flaherty Debra Gaberty Doug Gaberty Darrell Herron Lynn Hunt Elizabeth Kommersmith Mike Kommersmith Deb Longhouser Shelia Peterson Eva Roehm Frank Roehm Amanda Waltman “Got a lot to drink, a lot to think, a lot to drink about” Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, & Will Kimbrough (c) 2009 (Buffet Hotel) Those Songs That You Know By Heart … “Seen the false horizon fade away like bison” is from the song "Take Another Road" (Albums: "Off To See The Lizard”, and a 2-disc anthology, “Meet Me in Margaritaville”) Page 2 of 6 Volume 7, I ssue 1 Trader John’s Journal Boat Drinks Places We’re Going! A big thanks to High Cotton Grill This year’s ice breaker at “Stars in d’Iberville for hosting our club Fell On Alabama” was a game we meetings so far this year. In called “Boat Drinks”, featuring a addition to some fine food, there number of tasty cocktails that are “happy hour” drink prices gave you a really good excuse to there throughout the day and introduce yourself and make evening, which includes our more than a few new phriends. meetings every other Thursday. The event tag also featured one of the drinks in the game. It’s We’ve also got a slate of locations that we’ll be most famous for turning your visiting during our “Pascagoula Run” (poker run for tongue blue if you have one too charity and phun) and club birthday party. We would many of them (just ask Mother like to thank the following venues for use of space, Hen!). Here’s the recipe for the and especially for bringing in trop rock music when and semi-famous “Jet Ski Killer”, where possible: which can be purchased at Lulu’s Homeport in Gulf Shores, AL: High Cotton Grill 3516 Sangani Blvd Jet Ski Killer Diberville, MS 39540 • 1/2 ounce spiced rum • 1/2 ounce coconut rum T.P. Crockmeier’s • 1/2 ounce blue curacao 170 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL orange liqueur • 1/2 ounce creme de banana The Mill liqueur 6391 Highway 90, Theodore, AL • 4 ounces pineapple juice • 1 maraschino cherry Miss-A-Bama Country Party Palace • 1 lemon slice 6801 Highway 90, Moss Point, MS Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Pour The Celtic Pub spiced rum, coconut rum, orange 4901 Chicot Street liqueur, creme de banana liqueur and pineapple juice into shaker. Pascagoula, MS Shake vigorously. Pour into a tall glass with ice. Add a straw. Garnish The Original Shed BBQ & Blues Joint with a cherry and 7501 Highway 57 lemon slice. Enjoy Ocean Springs, MS responsibly, and look out for that We hope that you’ll continue to patronize these fine blue tongue! establishments. All have great food and a fun atmosphere, and some are just like those places that Jimmy wrote about. We appreciate the places We’re still looking for a new “roost” for the we’re going to in 2010! club, so please remember to check your e- mail or visit the club web site at http://www.tabphc.com/events.html for the next meeting location! Page 3 of 6 Volume 7, I ssue 1 Trader John’s Journal Bond Family All We Need is Music … Christmas Our Gulf Coast musicians Last fall, we voted to adopt the have been busy, and at family of Ocean Springs police least a few of them have officer Stephen “Bubba” Bond, recently released CD’s or who was lost at sea in a boating music that’s just about accident. Many of you pitched due to hit the airwaves. in, and TABPHC’s elves shopped Check these out when you with the funds that were donated need some beach music: to find all of the gifts wished for on the family’s Christmas list. Brent Burns – "I've Got A BEACH In My Backyard" Our club treasurer and fellow Songs include the title track, “I've Got A BEACH In My police officer, Mike “Santa” Backyard”, “Big Boat, Little Johnson”, “Retired” (A Duet Ducote, picked up the gifts a few With Ray Stevens), “ Hot Beer, Cold Women”, “Kenny days before Christmas, and made Rogers' Face”, “Vacation Probation”, and other tracks. You the arrangements for getting all can listen through CD links at CD Baby, and also purchase of the wrapped and bagged gifts Brent’s music at http://www.brentburns.com/cd.htm to Angie Bond and her children. James “Sunny Jim” White – “Tropicool” Take note of the photograph This is the latest of the eight CD’s of original tropical rock below; it’s not often that you’ll music from “Sunny Jim” (and yes, his dad really is called see Mike in a genuine Santa hat! “Shady”). In addition to the title track, you’ll enjoy some original songs, covers, and collaborations. “Shady Lives in Sunny Places” and “Research” were both nominated as Trop Rock songs of the year. You can listen and purchase at http://www.sunnyjim.com/Music.php Howard Livingston & MM24 - "Tunes In A Tropical Key” Howard and the band were the closing act at “Stars Fell On Alabama” this year, and rocked the tent! This fifth CD of all original trop-rock music will be released on March 27, 2010 at a CD Release Party at Boondocks on Ramrod Key, FL. The CD is available now for pre-release sale, and you can get your copy at http://www.milemarker24.com/ . Jim Morris & the Big Bamboo Band Okay, okay … we all know he’s still working on a new CD. Some of his band members have their own music, too. This group was a big hit at the Flora-Bama at SFOA. Their steel drum player, John Patti (http://www.johnpatti.com/ ), has “Above the Fold”, a full CD of steel pan. Jimi Pappas, the band’s drummer, (http://www.myspace.com/jimipappas ) has his own “Tropical Salvage” CD.

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