Bizarre Star Andrew Zimmern Comes to the Beach
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Island Times Volume IX,XIV, Number Number 10 9 PensacolaPensacola Beach,Beach, FloridaFlorida SeptemberAugust 21, 3, 20132018 BizarreBathtub Star Andrew Zimmern Racers Comes To The Beach Battle With A Paddle Look Inside for Tasty Times Special Section The Pensacola Beach Chamber has a recipe for success using star power and culinary talents to amp up the Sixth Annual Taste of the Beach, Saturday and Sun- Bathtubday, September racers will14 and raft 15 up at on Casino the soundfront Beach. Andrew starting Zimmern, line Sunday, center, isSeptember a James Beard 2 at 2 Award-winning p.m. Teams armed TV personality, with paddles chef, and food courage writer, teacherwill guide and unwieldy is widely flregarded oating bathtubs as one of around the most the versatile race course. and knowledgeable The winners personalities earn awards in andthe foodbragging world. rights He’s the as creator, the beach’s host and best co-executive bathtub captains. producer Beach of Travel School Channel’s PTA Vice-Presidenthit series, Bizarre Tasha Foods Tidwell with Andrew splashed Zimmern, her way Andrew around Zimmern’s the Bath Bizarre Tub race World, course, and hislast new year series, with her Bizarre deckhands Foods America. Kinley Tidwell, Zimmern left, will and be at Susie Taste Haag. of the Beach Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The festival, which showcases Pensacola Beach’s restaurants includes a dessert contest. Chef John Flaningam of Crab’s, top Theleft, proceedsearned fi rst from place the in Bathtub2012. His Races Bushwacker are donated Pie earned to Pensacola him a spot Beach in the fiElementary nals which willSchool. be Saturday at 3 p.m. Tropical birds and racing hermit crabs will Labordelight Day young Weekend guests. on Pensacola Pensacola Beach Beach resident is awash Laken with Harvey, events top on right, the haswater been and to on Taste the ofsand. the BeachTurn to every page year. 2 for Look more. for her in the Mermaid Parade on Sunday and the Hula Hoop contest in the Children’s Area. Rev up your engines! George Smith and his brother-in-law Mike Cook, bottom right, proudly mug the camera next to Smith’s entry in the Life’s A Vette on the Beach car show. The show is Saturday from 10 to 3 p.m. The Sauce Boss lays down some serious blues on the Gulfside Pavilion stage, bottom left. He sings and cooks a giant pot of gumbo. It delicious entertainment. The full list of ingredients for the two day buffet of fun is on Page 2 and in Tasty Times, a special four page festival, pull-out section. PAGE 2 Island Times August 21, 2018 Music Fest Tunes Up For Labor Day Weekend, Bathtub Races Benefi t Beach ElementarySchool Music. Sun. Fun. please, according to race orga- University of New Orleans. His John Callahan, and Chris Cantin All of the proceeds from the en- Forget about work and fi ll nizers. repertoire includes everything on drums. try fee are donated to Pensacola your soul with music Labor Day Registration is currently from Gershwin to the Beatles The salty and the silly can Beach Elementary School. Weekend on Pensacola Beach. open online at werunwild.com, and Jason Mraz to Zac Brown, sign up for the annual Bath- There are awards for the Bamboo Willie’s is hosting their but late entries will be accepted He has a following of fans from tub Races. Registration opens winners. It’s a feat to complete annual Music Fest weekend on race day until 7:30 a.m. New Orleans to Destin. at noon. Racing starts at 2 p.m. the course sometimes. Not all full of events, September 1-2. After the cannon sounds at Race Awards will be pre- Bamboo Willie’s continues the do. But, don’t worry. There’s The Bamboo Willie’s stage and 8 a.m., runners will travel east sented to overall top male and fe- decades-old tradition of chal- an award for the Most Dramatic the Amphitheater on Pensacola down Via de Luna, follow the male winners, the top 3 men and lenging teams of two to paddle a Sinker. Beach Boardwalk will off er course through the beach’s resi- women in each age group along fl oating bathtub around a course The awards ceremony fol- eleven performances, open to the dential streets and return along with the top 3 men and women set in the shallow waters of San- lows the completion of racing. public at no charge. the same route. The fi nish line is in the walking division. The ta Rosa Sound. For the $35 entry Skies Sizzle “We have so many talented also at the Gulfside Pavilion. awards ceremony immediately fee, each team will be assigned a The Sunday skies above local musicians,” said Bamboo The post race party and follows the race conclusion. bathtub and two paddles. Teams Santa Rosa Sound will send Willie’s General Manager Rob- awards ceremony will be at Bam- Don’t leave, there’s more. race in heats with the prelimi- the Labor Day Weekend crowd ert Gleim. “It was easy to fi ll up boo Willie’s on the Boardwalk The music continues and so does nary round winners facing off in into a chorus of oohs and ahhs. our entire two-day Music Fest with food and refreshments. the racing. a tub-to-tub fi nal heat. The free fireworks show be- schedule with local acts.” Nick Andrews will take the stage Nobius will bring their mod- Boats and spectators line the gins Sunday, September 2 at 8 Parker Houston Project to entertain racers beginning at 8 ern fl air of the funky and jazzy perimeter of the course, some- p.m. Grab a patch of sand any- brings the jazz, blues and funk a.m. Andrews is an award-win- to the Bamboo Willie’s stage at times armed with squirt guns. where along the Sound to se- sound to Fest stage at noon on ning vocalist, guitarist, and pia- noon. The six man band includes There’s no charge to cheer. cure your front row seats. It’s Saturday, while Robbie Paynter nist. He graduated summa cum Miguel Aldahondo, Jacob Palm- Racers can sign up prior to a spectacular way to salute the starts strumming in the Amphi- laude in Music Studies from the er, Zach Callahan, Trevor King, the race or right up to race time. holiday weekend. theater at 2 p.m. The music con- tinues all weekend: Bamboo Willies Stage Saturday, Sept. 1 Noon Parker Houston ECUA Water Line Project Postponed 5 p.m. The John Hart Project 10 p.m. Dusty Sanderson No Impact To Pensacola Beach Customers Anticipated Sunday, Sept. 2 8 a.m. Nick Andrews Emerald Coast Utilities Au- service. We also have prepared continue to have uninterrupted However, Island Times is Noon Nobius thority alerts Pensacola Beach a communication plan to contact water service and it is not an- in close communication with the 5 p.m. Tyler Livingston and residents that there is a pending our customers should we need to ticipated that there will be any utility and will post updates at The Absolutes Water Line Project Day tied to the share additional information.” impact. www.myislandtimes.com as well 10 p.m. Local Broadcast new Three Mile Bridge construc- During the project, the util- Due to circumstances out of as our Facebook page. Pensacola Beach Boardwalk tion. The intended August 20 ity will likely request that large, ECUA’s control the project date ECUA can be reached at Amphitheater Stage start date was scrapped; and the Saturday, Sept. 1 commercial customers monitor has been changed, postponed; www.ECUA.fl .gov, 850-476- 2 p.m. Robbie Paynter project is slated for September 10 their water use. and the exact start date was not 0480, or customer.service@ 7 p.m. Scenic Heights or later. Residential customers will available at press time. ecua.fl .gov. Sunday, Sept. 2 The proposed project time- 2 p.m. Robbie Paynter line indicates the utility will need 7 p.m. Sandy Roots about 14 hours to complete a wa- Local Organizations Get Grant Packets Race. Relax. Repeat. ter service line change. There will Gulf Breeze philanthropic ing to raise awareness about the the Beach Family Fest hosted Lace up your running shoes be a few hours of fl ushing lines organization Will Do and Is- Will Do grant program and an- by the Christian Surfers orga- and pull on your swimsuit Sun- followed by two days of routine land Times hosted a grant work- swer any questions potential ap- nization. She commented, “The day, September 2 for the Board- bacteriological sampling. shop and meeting at the Beach plicants might have. She gave a Beach Family Fest is hosted on shorts and Bikinis 5K with an 8 ECUA Board Member Dale Church’s Randle Hall, August 7. brief presentation about the grant Memorial Day weekend at the a.m. start time at the Gulfside Perkins, whose district includes Fifteen beach non-profi t and civ- process. Gulfside Pavilion and has al- Pavilion. The fl at, fast course is Pensacola Beach, said, “ECUA ic organizations received grant Requests for grant money ready booked the band Kutless open to runners and walkers. As has put multiple safeguards in packets and instructions from must fall between $1,000 and again for next year. Grant money the name suggests, proper attire place to plan for contingencies to Will Do Board President Susan $10,000. Applications are due would help tremendously.” includes bikinis and boardshorts, assure that Pensacola Beach cus- Nitteraurer.