Monthly Meetings by Chris Lang Shark Bait 10 Let’S Meet and Make New Friends, Welcome New Members, Celebrate Birth- up Coming 11- Days and Share Laughs
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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE FROZEN FINS VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2011 President’s 1 Under the Sun– b y Rodger Brassard, President Message Monthly 1 Here we are just starting summer and "Hard to reason" Meetings with the season past. More rain than we MS Walk 2 needed and our lake going nutso!!! Looking forward to our Cruise on the Lake Tampa Show 3 and lots of bbq's and Friday Meet & Greets Great Woods 5 with Mark and Brenda. Prayin’ for sun and heat and light winds for all of us till Octo- Delaware PHC 6 ber. Have a fruitful summer, y’all. Sweet 16 7 regards rodgerb. Lund Family 9 Center Monthly Meetings by Chris Lang Shark Bait 10 Let’s meet and make new friends, welcome new members, celebrate birth- Up Coming 11- days and share laughs. Events 14 The Frozen Fins holds our social meeting on the last Club Calendar 15 Friday of each month. The Frozen Fins Friday Feed- and Contact ing Frenzy (F5) meet the second Friday at a local eat- Info ery for a bite to eat and perhaps a frozen concoction! Check out our calendar http://www.frozenfins.org/ dates.html I encourage you to attend and plan on having a great time together. P A G E 2 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 Shark Sightings MS WALK Frozen Fins joined the Movement and volunteered at the Walk MS in Burlington on Saturday, April 9th, 2011. MS Society Volunteers at the Burlington Walk helped support more than 500 walkers. P A G E 3 Shark Sightings WTF Tour—Tampa April 16, 2011 by Chris Lang There was still snow on the ground as I boarded the plane Tuesday. I hoped I was leaving the snow and the flu that I'd had the weekend before behind. Eight hours later, as I stepped off the plane in Key West, a warm sea breeze hit me and instantly put a smile on my face that didn't leave for the 9 days I was in FL. Three days at my friend Jack's in Key West was the warm up to the opening show of Buffett's "Welcome to Finland" Tour in Tampa. The time was spent enjoying the sun, sand and yeah....the nightlife. Friday morning we picked up our rental car and spent the day traveling up the Keys, across the Tamiami Trail to Naples and up I-75 to Tampa. That evening we were meeting dozens of other Parrotheads from Florida, New England and across the country at Skippers Smokehouse, an outdoor venue where the Coral Reefers were doing a show. John Frinzi and John Patti joined Nadirah, Jim Mayer, Robert Greenidge, Mike Utley, and Nadirah's band, Outside Art on stage, and they entertained us for over 4 hours. Afterwards we hung around and got to meet and chat with them all, which only made the night that much more memorable. Saturday was the big day. Jimmy's first show since "The Fall". Tampa's venue is at the State Fairgrounds, and it is run much differently from what we are used to at Great Woods. For one thing, the hotels are across the street from the venue, so walking back and forth to use the bathroom or change clothes is very convenient. Also, the gates opened at 9am, and no one really directs traffic. It's a free for all, and people park their vehicles wherever they want and set up their tailgate. Cars, trucks and RV's are all parking in the same area amongst each other. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 SHARK BYTES P A G E 4 Shark Sightings WTF Tour—Tampa April 16, 2011 cont. We were tailgating with the Buffettnews crew, and had paid to help bring in some artists to per- form during the tailgate. The money sponsored the artists and also a buffet, and all proceeds were given to the Soldier's Angels Foundation, helping military families. John Friday, The Charlie D Trio and John Frinzi performed all afternoon until it was time to head for the venue. After a 3 song set by Ilo, the familiar refrains of "Hot, Hot, Hot" began and the Coral Reefers came to the stage. The song ended and the Coral Reefers just stood there for a second until there was movement to the right side of the stage.......it was Jimmy, climbing back on stage from where he fell in Australia, draped in an Australian flag. "The rumors of my demise have been exaggerated" he said to the roar of a Pavilion of applaud- ing fans. As the roar subsided, Jimmy started the night with "The Wino & I Know". By the end of the night, Jimmy had pulled a dozen rabbits out of his hat, entertaining us with gems from the past such as Tampico Trauma, Life is Just a Tire Swing, Boomerang Love, Stranded On a Sand- bar, and Treat Her Like a Lady before ending the night with Floridays and an acoustic Lovely Cruise. Walking back to the tailgate with the 3 friends I watched the show with, we figured we had been to over 100 shows between all of us and all agreed this was by far the best Buffett concert any of us had ever been to. Tampa was everything I had hoped and more, and I look forward to taking Marilyn with me next year. If you haven't been yet.....join us next year! VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 SHARK BYTES P A G E 5 Shark Sightings WTF TOUR—GREAT WOODS JUNE 18 2011 A Virgins Point of View by Lorrie & Bob Doering You always hear about tailgate parties at Jimmy Buffet concerts and of course the concert itself of how outrageous and fun and exciting it is; but back in your mind you still have lingering thoughts – is it REALLY that much fun, is it REALLY that good; just how much fun is fun?? Well we found out on June 18th that it REALLY is that much fun and it REALLY was that good and oh boy the FUN we had!! We were lucky that we had friends who “prepped” us over the years as to what to expect (thanks Joe & Cindy) otherwise it might still be in therapy now. LOL The good news is that we’re not as crazy as we thought, we fit right in with a LOT of other peo- ple. However, investing in some props for the next concert is in order: Bob will need a coconut bra and we both need grass skirts, at a minimum. Our car however will not support carrying a Tiki bar or a pool so we either rent a van or go without; although I don't think most folk mind sharing theirs as long as you bring a rum drink, or offer to “show em!” I enjoyed the “RV” park; especially the Limos – what a deal: drinking, partying, seeing a fantas- tic concert, and at the end of the day driven home in luxury vehicle. That's the way to go! The “Boat Bus” was another sweet deal; they certainly took that to a new level and I would have loved to see that motoring down the Interstate. I wonder if the sails were down?! Then there was the concert. What can we say: fantastic is a great start; followed by fun, won- derful, great! Jimmy certainly is an amazing performer. We now have some new favorites, old- ies that we had not heard of before. Now when we are out on the boat and listening to Radio Margaritaville we will have a great memory of the night we heard it sung live by the man himself. We certainly enjoyed our first experience and have a greater appreciation for all involved. Can't wait till the next time! Lorrie & Bob VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 SHARK BYTES VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 Shark Sightings P A G E 6 by Scott Paulson Tropical Ice Breaker New Frozen Fins members and adopted club “ house band” Scott Paulson and Barbara Smith took their “Island Time Steel Drums” down to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to play for the Delaware Seashore Parrot head club in April. Their hosts were ex-Vermonter Paula “Pepperr” Liner and hubby Tony Zeccola. Pepperr used to play in Scott’s large community Steel Band "The Panhandlers" before her escape from the snow belt. Hospitality at Pepperr and Tony’s was beyond compare as Scott and Barb were refused the opportunity to buy any food or beverages for their entire stay! The DSPHC event was at Timouthy’s on the Beach in Rehoboth. It has a great party room with a nice stage and flatscreens everywhere. The party was great, complete with dancing, raffles, and conga lines. In typical parrot head fash- ion the CDs were cleaned out (proceeds going to S&B’s non- profit) and the tip bucket was filled! Many new phriends were made including Trop Rocker Mike Mangum from Kill Devil Hills, NC and his partner Maui Deb! The evening was fantastic and plans were made for an- other gathering down at “Mangos” in Bethany Beach the next day. Over more food and Beverages, plans were hatched for musical collaboration between ITSD and Mike at Key Largo’s “Pit Stop” which is on Halloween right on the way to MOTM! Barb and Scott are thrilled to be part of this and to make many new musical connections there, and down in Key West! When all the Delaware dust settled there were many new Facebook friends and new “Likes” on Island Time Steel Drums Facebook page! Much gratitude goes out to the Dela- ware Seashore Parrot Head Club, president Michael Ohr, and especially to our dear friends Pepperr and Tony.