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A Newsletter for The Hanover Area Parrot Head Society January 2016 EL PRESIDENTE’S PODIUM V2.0 suffered a great loss and continue to miss JT every day, but he loved this group and each and everyone Monthly Socials: My days as "El Presidente" of you, and I want to continue his legacy. SOMETHING WICKED BREWERY have run out. I wanted to As we move into 2016, I am dedicating 34 Broadway (Enter at rear) thank everyone for an this year to my husband and all he did for this Hanover, PA awesome ride the past two group. How he made people feel welcome and SomethingWickedBrewing.com years as your President. This rd always brought smiles to their faces is what we 3 THURSDAY: is one of the best groups of hope to do. One goal for this year is to make February 18 any kind anywhere, only everyone feel they are an important part of The March 17 because of YOU! THANK April 21 Hanover Area Parrot Head Society and that they are YOU ALL! part of this wonderful family we have created. The OLIVIA’S RESTAURANT I'll leave you with some J.B. officers have agreed that socializing and making 3015 Baltimore Pk. lyrics... people feel welcome is our number one goal. There Gettysburg, PA I'm just hangin' on while this will be no officer meetings during social/meetings www.Olivias.biz old world keeps spinning st this year. We want to be able to visit with you, our 1 WEDNESDAY: And it's good to know it's Parrot Head family. Life is short and we want to February 3 out of my control keep smiles on everyone’s faces and happiness in March 2 If there's one thing that I've their hearts as we party and work together for many April 6 learned from all this livin' purposes. We are a great organization and do so May 4 Is that it wouldn't change a many good things, but we also need everyone to thing if I let go feel they are an important part of this success. Coming Events: Love you all, BOBBY, EL PRESIDENTE V2.0 This will be the Year of the Boat. JT loved JANUARY 29 - 31: Mid-Winter Meltdown, the new Buffett song “Something About a Boat” Manassas, VA SOMETHING ABOUT A BOAT and the charm on my arm from my family for Christmas says it all. The sailboat represents peace JANUARY 30: Cabin Fever, Reading, PA

FEBRUARY 14: SOMETHING ABOUT A BOAT Monetary Bingo, Relay for Life A sailboat symbolizes peace in Griest Park, 1pm times of change; representing FEBRUARY 27: courage through transitional Frost on the Fins Battlefield Brew Works times and celebrating the

FEBRUARY 28: adventurous spirit that keeps us Margarita Bunco, Relay for Life moving! Griest Park, 1pm

FEBRUARY 19 - 21: Welcome to 2016. First of all thank you to Bob Cabin Fever, Pittsburgh Staub for an outstanding El Presidente year. Also MARCH 18: thank you to Angie Muller for her service as vice- in times of change; representing courage through Freeze with Breeze president. Welcome to our new board. Thanks to transitional times and celebrating the adventurous Olivia’s Parrot Island Deck Wayne Beck and Amanda Morris for stepping forth spirit that keeps us moving! We will move forward and continue to support those around us, as we MARCH 19: to help lead this organization. Thanks also to Ron Leprechaun 5K Run / Walk Bean for his continued years of service to keep this work to put smiles on the faces of people around us. Relay for Life club moving forward. The new board has met and is Sail On Into 2016! DOTTIE Griest Park, 9am off to a great start for 2016. Tropical Wine Glass As your new president, I will do my part to MEMBERSHIP DUES hopefully keep things moving forward in 2016 and Painting, 5pm It’s time to ante up! Membership dues must be following in the footsteps of those officers before paid to retain your membership in good standing. MARCH 26: me. As you know this past year was very difficult Dues are $15 per individual or $25 for a couple. Pool Party with the Amish for my family, which includes not only my York Wyndham See Treasurer BeanMon in person, send a check to immediate family, but my Parrot Head family as PO Box 605, Hanover or pay online using PayPal. APRIL 9: well. This club is a family and it is because of you If there have been any changes, please update your Road Clean Up that I can continue to move forward. We all contact information. on Earth Day: 2016

Officers for 2016: Relay For Life: July 8 - 9 2015 CHILI COOK OFF REPORT PRESIDENT: Relay The Cook Off Committee is Dottie Trostle For Life 2016 is pleased to announce the off and running. beneficiaries of the 20th annual VICE-PRESIDENT: The event will event. Checks totaling $60,000 Wayne Beck be held July 8 – were presented to this year’s SECRETARY: 9 at Southwest beneficiaries: Amanda Morris High School in The HART Center TREASURER: Hanover from Guthrie Memorial Library Ron Bean noon to noon. Friends of Codorus State Park The theme for Hanover Council of Churches Members at Large: the 2015 Hanover Relay For Life is Sports. We have Adams County SPCA TBA 2 teams registered for our group with a total of 33 New Hope Ministries

team members. If you want to join the Hanover Penn Township Volunteer EMS Team Committees: Parrothead team go to: Hanover Aerial Fire Truck Fund PARROTPHERNALIA: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLC These donations will touch more lives in Hanover than Sandi Calvert Y15EC?pg=entry&fr_id=66473 and complete the cups of chili were served on September 6. sign up process. There is no registration fee, you just The Committee sends thanks to all Sponsors, NEW MEMBER WELCOME: need to go on line and complete the registration. We Donors, Volunteers and Chili Cooks for their efforts Dottie Trostle can use everyone’s help. and to all who enjoyed this 100% Volunteer driven CONCERT: We started our fundraising in the fall, and community fund raising event and mud slide! I may Breeze-Mon, Bob Staub have turned in over have become the public voice of the Cook Off but VETERANS / MILITARY: $5000 towards the without BeanMon, Bill & Bridget Seidler, Scott Ringo Lombard, Lori Staub fight against cancer. Pivoris, Jason Miller, Tom Huffnagle, Matt Shamer,

ROAD TRIPS: We are presently Dorrie Miller and Lisa Kane this event could not Deb Zartman, Lori Eberly ranked number one happen. This day would not be successful without all

ROAD CLEANUP: out of 39 teams and involved, especially our trusted volunteer Captains. Spook & Smalley Staub Bill Seidler and Thank you all CHILI JOHN Something Wicked Good Will & SPCA: Brewery are number Lori Staub WHAT WE GIVE one as individual RELAY FOR LIFE: fundraiser. Be proud you members of THAPHS, be very proud! Dottie Trostle, Kim Shull Our team Over the recent years our goal has been to make small Angie Staub, Deb Zartman will again be doing donations every month. Below are the donations The Joyce Miller, Kelly Beck Society has made recently. the Luminaria  REVOLUTION BASEBALL: Ceremony and Kelly Beck is chairing the Survivor Adams County Rescue Mission  BeanMon Ceremony. We will not be doing the activities this HART Center  Toys for Tots FINANCIAL AUDIT: year, except for the scavenger hunt. Each team is to  Nickie James, Ron Bean add something to the activities instead of just one Wreaths Across America  Adams County SPCA WEB MASTERS: team. Club members serving on the committee are Dottie Trostle, Lori Staub, Kelly Beck, and Kim Parrot Heads, put one arm over your shoulder and give Dustin Muller, Kent McCoy yourself a pat on the back for deeds well done! Shull. They are showing Hanover what Parrot Heads ZONTA WALK: are all about. We will be looking for continued Lori Staub, Kim Walton FOR DUES support as we prepare for additional fundraisers and the event in July. If you have not yet paid your dues, annual membership JOLLYMON TIMES We have some great fundraisers coming up: renewals can now be paid online using PayPal. Go to January – Tropical Canvas Paint the16th @ 5; THAPHS.NET and click the “Membership” tab. STAPH: th Applications can be filled-in and used for both renewals Chili John, February - Bingo 14 @ 1:00 and Bunco 28th @ and new memberships. Thanks, DUSTIN MULLER [email protected] 2:00 March – Frost on Fins TBA (5/6), Leprechaun STAPH IN REMISSION: th 5K 19 @ 9am and Paint #1 AT THE PARADE Peggy "Pegarita" Hellyer Wine Glasses @ 5pm Cabaña Boy: Curley the same day

Come out and support GUEST AUTHORS: our fight against this Dottie Trostle deadly disease. Help PirateMon Wayne to save others from Lori Staub the devastation cancer Angie Staub causes. Dustin Muller DOTTIE & THE RELAY TEAM

RIBUTE IMMY UFFETT EMEMBERS there with all the members of the in awe, and T : J B R when it was over, we strolled back through the empty arena EAGLES BUDDY GLENN FREY towards our dressing room, and I said to my band, “that is the The South Florida opened for the Eagles in the kind of band we want to become.” 1970s, greatly expanding his audience Waiting to go on that night seemed like an eternity. Mixed Buffett and Glenn Frey shared the same manager and wrote emotions were flowing, fear, excitement, and a lot of “what if’s” ‘Gypsies in the Palace’ together were running through my head, when the door suddenly opened Buffett remembers the Eagles’ inspiration and Frey’s and in walked Glenn Frey. That was the first time we met. He friendship greeted me and the band warmly, thanked us for being there By HOWARD COHEN [email protected] (duh?) and said to me how much he loved A Pirate Looks at 40. The captain and the kid: Glenn Frey, member of America’s He wished us luck and then went back out the door. That was the biggest rock group, Eagles, and , a Key West beginning of a long and lovely friendship. songwriting peer on the rise with his salty tales of the sea. The Only a few people really know how significant Glenn, Don, adventures those two shared through the turbulent seas of pop Irving and the Eagles were to my rise through the ranks of bands stardom in the 1970s and beyond. trying to achieve just a sliver of the success that they had The careers of the singer-songwriter, known for nautical hits like achieved. After that first night, Glenn and I went on to become , close friends, songwriting collaborators and neighbors in Aspen. Changes in He and Don were instrumental in getting Irving Azoff to become Latitudes, my manager, and eventually open for the Eagles on the Hotel Changes in California tour of America, which was the rocket ship we rode to Attitudes and eventually becoming a headliner. Son of a Son of When the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of a Sailor and the Fame, they asked me to give their induction speech. I was California rock humbled. Glenn was a true friend, a true professional, an star whose inspiration and sometimes could be a handful. I cherish great made-in-Miami memories of our time spent together and will never forget his hits with his kindness that first night and our friendship for all these years. band like Lyin’ My heart goes out to Cindy, Deacon, Taylor and Otis. He rocked Eyes, New Kid all our worlds. Jimmy Buffett in Town, Hotel California and Heartache Tonight defined a generation, are forever linked. After all, what fan of either act can forget Buffett’s hilarious induction

speech for the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UmNsKjWQAs Eagles at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in 1998? Frey’s death Monday at 67 stunned fans, including his ol’ pal. The Herald reached out to Buffett and he sent the following e- mail response on Wednesday afternoon. As always, it’s quintessential Jimmy Buffett: 20 January 2016 Laguna Beach, California 6:00 a.m. In August of 1975, I was sitting in a dressing room in the Columbia Coliseum in South Carolina, about ready to go onstage. It wasn’t your ordinary gig by any stretch of the imagination, and still gives me “chicken skin” as I write about [it] this morning. We were opening for the Eagles, the best American band of my generation and many to follow. Any band worth their salt started out as an opener for somebody. Opening for the right band at the right time, could be your stairway to heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBMyQsJes4&feature Earlier in the afternoon Tommy Nixon, one of their road =youtu.be managers, had invited us to watch the Eagles sound check. I sat MARGARITAVILLE: THE MUSICAL REDUX This was BIG news in December as well, look for opening curtain in 2017! On the November 26, 2014 Tony Kornheiser radio show on ESPN 980 AM, from Washington, DC, movie and TV producer Greg Garcia announced that planning for Margaritaville, the Musical on Broadway had begun. Mr. Buffett is on-board for the project that will feature some of the old standard songs and some new ones written by Jimmy. We all know about Jimmy’s fun but short lived musical adaptation of Herman Wouk’s novel Don’t Stop the Carnival with some of my favorite Buffett songs about Norman Paperman’s version of Bill & Steve’s island bar! Listen to the full interview here, it’s at about the 19 minute mark: www.stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=65&c=580&f =3778243 No timetable for when the opening curtain will be raised has been announced. (EdNote: Would whoever borrowed my copy of the Don’t Stop the Carnival, CD please return it to me! Update below Loose) JIMMY BUFFETT MUSICAL TO DEBUT IN 2017 December 18, 2015 Business News From the Hollywood Reporter: “Jimmy Buffett Musical in the Works” From a Jurassic World collaboration to … a new musical? Indeed. A production featuring the music and lifestyle of “Margaritaville” musician Jimmy Buffett is in the works, producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman and Beth Williams announced Thursday. Marshall featured his good friend Buffett in Jurassic World with a cameo as a Margaritaville restaurant bartender and included a new song by the musician on the film’s soundtrack. Buffett also performed at the blockbuster’s buzzy premiere party with the film’s star, Chris Pratt.

The as-yet-untitled Buffett show will include an original story by co-book writers Greg Garcia (creator of My Name Is Earl, PARROT HEAD SERVICE POINTS Raising Hope and Yes, Dear) and Mike O’Malley (Yes, Dear Service points are the tool used to apportion membership awards and Glee), with Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley to members and establish a fair and equitable distribution of (Memphis, Xanadu) on board to direct. concert tickets that may become available for purchase through The idea of turning ‘Margaritaville’ into a musical has been The Society’s association with Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. If percolating for quite a while, but finding the right people to tell concert tickets are made available, theywill be offered to the right kind of story to go with the right songs from my catalog members with the highest points and progressing in decreasing took some time,” Buffett said in a statement. “Now we have order through the membership order. found our crew and I am happy to sail with them to In lieu of taking the ticket for your points earned, you may ‘Margaritaville.’ It’s going to be a fun voyage.” select a onetime per calendar year monetary deduction on in stock Garcia added: “Buffett’s music means so much to so many merchandise. Your deduction is based on your points, $1 per people. It’s a lifestyle. A way of looking at the world. We hope point, up to $25. It may be used anytime throughout the year, but to tap into what Jimmy has created and help bring that fun to the only once. You may purchase more than one item at that time, but stage.” Added Ashley: “Not only is his song catalog a treasure you cannot exceed a deduction of $25. Use of the deduction will trove, but we also have his unique spirit to draw upon for remove you from the concert ticket list. inspiration.” Points may not be bought, sold or traded. While no indication has been given whether the show is Service Point Schedule: aiming for Broadway or a regional tryout, details are expected to 1 – Attend a meeting or event be announced for a 2017 world premiere. Ashley serves as 2 – Extra Bonus for working the whole day at Apple Harvest artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse, making that seem a likely 3 – Set-up event, working an event, Clean-up after event first destination for the project. 5 – Committee member 10 – Committee Chairperson SAY HUH? 15 – Member At Large on Exec Committee or appointed officer 20 – Elected Officers Mark Dingemanse, Francisco Torreira, and Nick J. Enfield were When attending meetings and events look for the sign in sheet, presented with an IGNOBLE AWARD for discovering that the to ensure you are receiving the points your service earns! word "huh?" (or its equivalent) seems to exist in every human language — and for not being quite sure why. IMMY UFFETT SAYS COTT it back to Margaritaville for a good laugh with Roger and the J B S Mayer brothers. NICKERSON IS “THE GUY WHO Replacing Roger Guth for one song at Meeting of the Minds, Scott knew resurrecting this 20+ year old t-shirt was a must. As STARTED THE WHOLE THING” Roger exited and Scott entered the stage, the two shook hands and Scott proudly shows Roger his shirt. With a slap on the shoulder Roger laughs and tells Scott he remembers that moment. A few seconds later, Buffett looks at Scott and asks “Are you sure you practiced?” knowing that he did and cracks up when he sees Scott’s shirt. It seems the t-shirt has come full circle. Scott Nickerson: Parrot Head Club Founder Why is Scott to blame for it all? In February of 1989, Scott set out to create the first Parrot Head Club. Made up of like-minded individuals who wanted to have fun as well as make an impact. Scott recalls “I didn’t know if it TropRockin Magazine11/29/15 By Tammy Camp would hit or miss. We planned our first event to be on April 1st Scott Nickerson: Coral Reefer for a Song 1989, April Fools Day, thinking we would make it fun.” That Jimmy Buffett introduces Scott Nickerson to thousands of fans first event brought in about 15 people. “We had a few beers, as “the guy who started the whole thing” during the November something to eat and made a plan.” 2015, 24th annual Parrot Head convention in Key West. Scott “In the beginning all we were doing was volunteering for steps up on the stage and takes his spot as the newest Coral different non-profits that had events going on. We took it upon Reefer behind the drum set for a one-song performance of ourselves to call charities and ask if they need people to get their “Margaritaville.” A dream coming true for this talented hands dirty.” Soon, the Atlanta Parrot Head Club had around 300 musician. members. Scott remembers “It just took off!” Jimmy Buffett’s Just two weeks before the show, Scott receives a call from people asked Scott to put together the guidelines for clubs and to Jimmy Buffett’s assistant and long-time friend, Mike Ramos, create Parrot Heads In Paradise (PHIP) the parent organization. about an opportunity of a lifetime spurred by Buffett’s recent Soon they featured Scott and the Atlanta Parrot Head Club in the screening of the upcoming independent Parrot Head (now discontinued) Jimmy Buffett printed fan newsletter, the documentary that features Scott. Ramos tells Scott “Jimmy . In the article, they published Scott’s phone wants you to play drums with him for a song at the Meeting of number and he says his “phone was blowing up” with people the Minds and have it be part of the movie.” Scott’s initial wanting to know how to start a club in their area. response was one of shock and then he asked, “Drums?” “The first serious person to contact me about starting a club was Thinking he’s typically known for harmonica and vocals, but Jerry Diaz.” He really helped us solidify the guidelines. With Ramos assures him Buffett wants him to play drums because around 20 chapters established in 1992, Jerry and Scott hatched “that’s where you’re heart is at.” the idea to have a Parrot Head convention. Scott says “I have to Scott knows the song “Margaritaville” like the back of his give Jerry all the recognition for the convention, I hardly had hand, but he’s usually playing the harmonica. In preparation for anything to do with it. Jerry came up with the name Meeting of his Coral Reefer debut, Scott researches the latest Buffett the Minds, had all the connections in New Orleans for venues performances to capture the band’s favored tempo of the Parrot and he even made the t-shirts for that first year.” Head anthem. According to Scott, the coolest part of the song is Today, Parrot Head Clubs reach across the United States, into the opening, “the drums start Margaritaville” and Scott makes Canada and even Australia with approximately 30,000 registered sure he’s mastered the intro, “I don’t play exactly like Roger members and we can all thank Scott for his vision. In asking [Guth] but I wanted to make sure I didn’t do anything he didn’t Scott why he thinks Parrot Head Clubs have lasted 25 years, he do.” says “it’s a good mix of having a good time, meeting new friends And what do you wear to the gig of a lifetime? This t-shirt. and helping the community. You can go out and drink, eat your That’s Roger Guth (Jimmy cheeseburgers in paradise and do Buffett’s long-time drummer) something worthwhile. And of playing at Margaritaville Key course, there’s the music. It’s West in the early-1990’s. Scott always been about the music.” happened to be playing a gig just Scott Nickerson: The Musician down the street at Sloppy Joe’s Not only the founder of Parrot and stopped in to see Peter Mayer, Head Clubs, Scott is a talented Jim Mayer and Roger Guth. Scott percussionist, harmonica player snapped this great shot and and has a fantastic voice for vocal laughingly remembers “I was 2 harmonies. Scott joined Jeff Pike feet from Roger when I took that in 1991 forming the original picture. He always has that look on Jimmy Buffett tribute band A1A. his face, those squinted eyes, when With Parrot Head Clubs sprouting he plays.” Scott managed to get an up, A1A had a ready made iron on transfer created to put on a audience. Soon they were playing t-shirt and two days later he wore (Continued next page) corporate gigs, a 4th of July gig in Tokyo for U.S. service UMBO UIZ HO S ON ANS personnel, hired by Budweiser for an event at the Atlanta G Q : W ’ P ? summer Olympics and at Parrot Head Clubs all over the U.S. Here’s a fun video of Volcano performed for an unknown TV Together for 12 years, Scott says he can’t even describe “the joy show in 1981. The full cast of early Coral Reefers are onstage of making music for a living.” with an unknown steel drum and percussion player. Full bowl of In 2002, Scott’s world changed with the diagnosis of a brain gumbo credit if you can name that musician! tumor. Although the removal of the tumor went well, the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0GhFuemipo complications of the surgery caused a stroke the very next day. The only thing the stroke affected was his ability to speak and Scott explains “I had to learn how to speak all over again.” One of the most precious gifts he received during recovery was a personal video message from Jimmy Buffett. Scott Nickerson’s short stint as a Jimmy Buffett Coral Reefer has his blood pumping and his passion for making music bubbling over. What does the future hold for Scott? He makes it clear “I want to be in music full-time for the rest of my life.”

Santa Crawl Some of the crew during the Gettysburg Santa Crawl

TROPROCKIN MAGAZINE Trop Rockin’ Online Magazine celebrates the people, places and adventures of the Trop Rock lifestyle. We love our laid back attitude with a tropical twist and Trop Rockin’ Online Magazine is the spot where we gather with like minded friends. Our goal is to provide a hub for all things Trop Rock: music, travel, events, entertainment, food and more! Sit back, grab a cocktail and enjoy the adventures. Even better, be a contributor! Who better to illustrate the Trop Rock lifestyle E-Cycling than those who are living it? www.troprockin.com/blog/2014-trop-rockin-highlights After the holidays, many of us have old electronic equipment taking up space since we got that new flat screen HD TV or HISTORY LESSON notebook computer. Your municipality has access to a, now mandatory, electronics recycling program. York County residents, businesses, non-profits and institutions can participate from 9 am to noon on the first and third Saturday of every month by bringing items to the Authority’s York Waste Transfer Facility on Flour Mill Rd. Examples of electronic equipment accepted in this program include answering machines, compact disc players, fax machines, computer hard drives, laptops, mobile phones, modems, microwave ovens, pagers, personal computers (CPU, monitors, keyboards, mouse, and peripherals), printers, printed circuit boards, radios, remote controls, stereos, tape players, telephones and telephone equipment, televisions, and VCR’s. Residents are responsible for removal of any personal data contained on electronic devices and computer hard drives. Check: www.ycswa.com for more information. Penn Township collects from all York County residents at the new Penn Township Recycling Drop-off Center at 1020 Wilson Ave. from 8:00 to 4:15 Mon. to Fri. and 8:00 to 3:00 Saturday. The Adams County Rescue Mission, 2515 York Rd, Gettysburg Advertisement for a Buffett appearance at Carmichael has drop-off collections Mon. to Sat. from 8 am to 4 pm. Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill for October 17, 1982. Did you know that a personal computer can contain as much (From NCSU's student newspaper, the Technician as 8 pounds of lead? 10.4.82) OW INE RICKS AVED HE The Volstead Act also stipulated that the grape growers H W B S T U.S. themselves could make juice and juice concentrate only if those WINE INDUSTRY DURING PROHIBITION products were used for non-alcoholic consumption. So the vineyards could still make non-alcoholic wine and that wine could theoretically be turned into alcohol by consumers as long as the winemakers gave clear warning that this was illegal, and they had no knowledge of the end consumers’ intentions. With these loopholes in place, the creation of “wine bricks” and, in turn, the ability for U.S. citizens to continue consuming wine came to be. A wine brick was a brick of concentrated grape juice – which was completely legal to produce – that consumers could dissolve in water and ferment in order make their own vino. Adam Teeter. August 24, 2015 But not every consumer knew how to make wine, so how did When Prohibition finally went into effect on January 16, 1920, consumers know what to do? The instructions were printed those who owned American vineyards for the sole purpose of directly on the packaging, but these instructions were masked as turning those grapes into wine faced a dilemma: tear up the vines a warning of what not to do with the product. An ingenious way and plant something else, or try and find a way to still make a to get around If you were to purchase one of these bricks, on the profit from the grapes with the hope that ban on booze didn’t last package would be a note explaining how to dissolve the very long. concentrate in a gallon of water. Then right below it, the note This conundrum was especially felt among the vintners of the would continue with a warning instructing you not to leave that Napa Valley, who by 1920 were already making a good portion jug in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine. of America’s wine. Here was the problem: if these winemakers That warning was in fact your key to vino, and thanks to tore up their vines in search of other profits only to see loopholes in Prohibition legislation, consuming 200 gallons of Prohibition overturned a few years later, if they replanted, it this homemade wine for your personal use was completely legal, could take up to ten years for those vines to start producing the it just couldn’t leave your home – something wine brick kind of quality fruit they were currently producing. Some packages were also very careful to remind consumers. Besides vineyard owners just couldn’t risk it, and as soon as Prohibition the “warning,” wine brick makers such as Vino Sano were very was passed, they tore up their vineyards and planted orchards. open about what they knew their product was to be used for, But those winemakers who decided instead to stick it even including the flavors – such as Burgundy, Claret and out came up with an ingenious way to sell their grapes and still Riesling – one might encounter if they mistakenly left the juice legally make wine, becoming rich in the process. to ferment. U.S. law stipulated that grapes could be grown if and only if The result of these wine brick was that many people, including the famous Beringer Vineyards, became incredibly rich. This is because the demand for grapes and these concentrate products didn’t fall when Prohibition hit, it rose, but there were fewer people to keep up with the supply, since several winemakers had already torn up their vineyards to plant orchards. By 1924, the price per ton was a shocking $375, a 3,847% increase in price from the pre-Prohibition price tag of only $9.50.

those grapes were used for non-alcoholic consumption. If it was determined that someone instead used those grapes to make booze, and the vineyard owner who sold the individual the grapes was aware of this, both the grape grower and the winemaker could find themselves in jail. However, if the grape grower gave clear warning that the grapes were not to be used for the creation of alcohol and those grapes passed through enough hands so that even if the end result was wine, the grape An ad in Popular Mechanics from 1932 seeking grower did not know the bootlegger’s intentions, the grower was out “hustlers” to help sell Vino Sano grape bricks. in the clear. (Continued next page) As prices rose, people from across the country rushed to Napa to ND A OCKEY AMES N get into the grape game. One such person was Cesare Mondavi, a A H G O grocer from Minnesota who saw the fortune that could be made and moved his entire family to California to take part. Due in large part to Prohibition, the Mondavi wine dynasty was born. This dynasty and others created thanks to Prohibition insured that California’s wine industry survived and even thrived during America’s dry spell

ON FACEBOOK If you want to keep up with the latest doings in the Parrot Head world, you can read about a lot of events on the THAPHS and Parrot Heads in Paradise official Facebook pages. Find and “like” the pages on Facebook to read about events, club doings and what’s up in the Parrot Head universe Awesome job Parrot Heads !!!! Over 18,000 GUAC THE HOUSE teddy bears collected at the Hershey Bears Hockey game for the kids at the Hershey Medical Center. Hershey Bears fan Jeff Sweigart was so inspired by a CMN Miracle Child he saw at the game a few years ago, that he decided to donate $1 for every stuffed animal tossed at this year's game. That's $18,115! Angie

To help celebrate Quesopalooza, a day of giving out free cups of cheese, Moe’s Southwest Grill created a Tortilla Chip Guitar. The fully-functional and mostly edible guitar was made by Atlanta Props, who takes us through the building process, gives us a quick jam, and then promptly smashes it — so there will be no double-dipping. Guac and roll!!! www.foodiggity.com/the-tortilla-chip-guitar-will-guac-the-house. (EdNote: What a concept, a Tortilla chip guitar Wayne can eat the evidence to keep Kelly from knowing)!

THINK ABOUT IT! A thief at a escaped in one piece after stuffing a 2-foot python down his trousers, but that doesn't mean he'll escape the law. According to an Associated Press report, the pet store's owner says she has video surveillance of the theft and expects the snake to be returned soon. The store owner told The AP that the $200 python theft via pants was "pretty gutsy" because it was close to a feeding day for the A town in South Carolina has banned a solar collection farm snake. fearing this technology will steal all of the sun’s energy and leave them all without power. ABC7 News car broken into while crew was attending anti-robbery press conference in D.C. O EEP ROOP ORALE IGH Although the war was over shortly after the HMS Menestheus’s T K T M H arrival, allied troops still remained and the beer they were DURING WWII, THE BRITISH BUILT A drinking was still terrible, so the ship began its critical role of supplying those troops with palatable beer. During its time in the FLOATING BREWERY Pacific the HMS Menestheus visited the ports of Yokohama, Adam Teeter@adamteeter January 7, 2016 Kure, Shanghai and Hong Kong, brewing a mild ale that was served slightly chilled. Reports from soldiers who consumed it at the time were that the beer was absolutely delicious, especially when compared to what they had been drinking before. Who knows, had the brewery ships come to fruition earlier in the campaign, both sides might have decided to simply work out their differences over a delicious pint.

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The HMS Menestheus, Britain’s floating WWII brewery. A Virginia man who wants to open up a tattoo parlor in Key West can No one would ever argue with the reality that war is tough, and thank Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" for helping him with his latest that the men and women who elect to serve are a truly special court case. breed. But it might come as some surprise that during World City officials twice referenced the song in opposition to Brad Buehrle's War II the British and U.S. governments believed soldiers were proposal for a new tattoo shop, saying drunken tourists would be more so vital that they were willing to go to great lengths in order to likely to get tattoos and then regret it if more ink shops were open in Key supply them with a substance they felt was incredibly important West's historic district. for their morale: beer. But the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said the city misunderstood the The problem was that for soldiers stationed in the Pacific, the song lyrics in which the languorous narrator reflects on a brand new tattoo beer was pretty terrible. This was true for two main reasons: the — but how the "Mexican cutie" got there, "I haven't a clue." first was that our British and American beers didn’t travel all that The judges wrote in a footnote to their ruling that the character in the song well, meaning that by the time they finally arrived at the base, deems his new tattoo "a real beauty" and seems far from embarrassed they were pretty skunked and often tasted quite rancid. The about it. second reason was that there weren’t many local options. The The appeals court ruled last week that the city failed to show that more country we were fighting, Japan, wasn’t really making beer, and tattoo shops would erode the historic district's "character and fabric," The as for sake, the Japanese had either converted those breweries Key West Citizen (http://bit.ly/1R73FIK) reported. into munitions factories, or were giving what was left to their According to the ruling, the city feared that "rash tourists will obtain Kamikaze pilots. regrettable tattoos, leading to negative association with Key West." But we didn’t want to leave our soldiers in the lurch, Tattoo parlors were banned within Key West city limits until 2007, when drinking only skunk beer in an attempt to raise their spirits, so the city amended zoning rules to allow a limited number of them. what did we do? We built brewery ships. Well, OK — the Currently, two tattoo shops operate there and "the city concedes the British actually built the brewery ships, but since we’re allies, absence of any ill effect as a result" of them, according to the ruling. they were willing to share. These ships were built at the Buehrle, who operates a tattoo shop in Richmond, Virginia, had asked the insistence of Winston Churchill himself and were not only to city to issue a permit allowing him to open another business in a historic include breweries, but also cinemas, dance halls and other stretch of Duval Street. amenities, which is why they then became known as amenity Buehrle's attorney, Wayne LaRue Smith, said that he "doesn't believe for ships. a minute that there's any adverse effects" remotely possible. The original plan was for the British Navy to build ten of these ships and station them across the Pacific, allowing them to supply allied troops with all the sudsy sustenance they desired. To build these floating breweries, the British converted old mine-laying ships, outfitting the hulls with a 55-barrel capacity brewing pot. The brewing pot was heated with steam coils powered by the ship’s boiler, and six glass lined fermenting vessels, capable of churning out 250 barrels of beer a week. In the end however, only two of these ships came to fruition, as the war ended before production was even able to begin on the other eight. These two ships, the HMS Menestheus and the Agamemnon were built in Western Canada, though the Agamemnon never wound up leaving the shipping yard. Only the HMS Menestheus set sail from Canada for the Pacific towards the end of the war, Prominent Televangelists Say They Need Private Jets with the ship’s first batch of beer brewed on the last day of 1945. 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