Route 66 Parrot Head Club The St. Somewhere Times

A club with a community service problem September/October 2015 We are a non-profit inclusive social club whose purpose is to bring together like-minded folks infused with the tropical spirit of Jimmy Buffett as well as his kick-back lifestyle, music and writings. We desire to leave things a little better than we found them while having a BLAST doing it. We like to party with a purpose as we perform community service projects and donate to charities. Happy Hour & “Bored” Meetings every 2nd Thursday Join us! Happy hour starts at 6:00 p.m. Meeting at 7:00 p.m. What’s inside... 10 MOTM 2015 1 Front Page 11 MOTM cont’d 2 Letter From The Prez 12 St. Louis PHC Events 3 Birthdays 13 Clinton County PHC Events 4 Club Events 14 Your Board 5 New To The Phlock 15 Dime 6 Charity 7 Rolla Daily News!!!! 8 Get To Know Me 9 Boots and Bling A Message From Our Prez...

The St. Somewhere Times Route 66 PHC President PHins up from the Prez Mark Fuchs [email protected]

Hello PHriends! Well, the warm weather still seems to be with us as we enter into Fall...but not for long. This time of the year it's time for flip-flops and fire pits. I want to thank all our phriends who came out and walked and/or donated to Relay for Life of Sullivan. Between donations, the raffle for the Bud Light Sound Tower and selling Margaritaville Shrimp, we made a total of $1,386.95. We also won several awards; Four-Day Online Challenge, Best Campsite Food and Best Decoration Theme! Way to go Team!!! The Boots & Bling Jamboree is just a few weeks away, October 3rd. If you have not signed up to volunteer yet, please do so ASAP. At this time we really need help with the clean-up after the event! I hope you all plan to attend and have purchased your tickets! Wear your club shirt to the event with pride!

Again, remember that we do not have a Charity Director this year! If you want to chair a charity and have an event, let me know and the Board and I, will help and support you in any way you need!!

Fins up! Mark, The Prez, aka "Sweet Muddy"

P.S. - A tasty fall beverage to try below!! Enjoy!

Apple, Pumpkin Beer Cocktail

Ingredients • 8 ounces good quality bourbon • 9 ounces apple cider • 2 1/2 ounces lemon juice • 12 ounces pumpkin ale • ice • cinnamon sticks and cranberries for garnish

Instructions • In a cocktail shaker, shake together the bourbon, apple cider and lemon juice. Pour into 4 glasses filled with ice • Pour the beer evenly into each glass • Garnish with cinnamon sticks and cranberries. Serve immediately and enjoy!

2 Growing Older But Not Up... September/October

Justin Ware 9/3 Randy Laskowitz 9/6 Brian Guittar 9/7 Sandee Adams 9/17 Brad Jones 9/29 Allison Chepely 10/1 Caleb Bland 10/3 Brenda Jones 10/4 Lisa Schmitz 10/6 David Disbrow 10/28 Roderick Krueger 10/29

3 ROUTE 66 PHC - 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ROUTE 66 PHC - 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS January January 8 - Monthly Meeting - Skippy's

February February 7 - Monthly Meeting - Belmont February 7 - 3rd Birthday Bash February 13 - Open Your Heart for Gilbert

March March 12 - Monthly Meeting - Skippy's March 22 - MoDot Trash Pick-up - 1:00 p.m. March 28 - Flaming Painting Party for a Purpose March 28 - Jumbo Shrimp Duo at Belmont

April April 9 - Monthly Meeting - Rock Fair April 17 - Steve Bowles - White Mule Winery

May May 14 - Monthly Meeting - Public House, St. James May 22 - Steve Bowles - Belmont May 23 - Terry Beck at Skippy's

June June 4th - Jimmy Buffet Pre-Concert Tailgating Party June 7th - MoDot Trash Pick-up - 1:00 p.m. June 11 - Monthly Meeting - Skippy's June 13 - Steve Bowles - Skippy's June 20 - Crawfish & Shrimp Boil (Russell House)

July July 9 - Monthly Meeting - Frisco's

August August 8 - Relay for Life, Sullivan August 9 - MoDot Trash Pick-up August 13 - Monthly Meeting - Belmont

September September 4 - Jumbo Shrimp at Belmont September 10 - Monthly Meeting - Skippy's September 19 - Winery Bus Trip

October October 3 - Boots and Bling Jamboree (Cuba Animal Shelter & HALO) October 8 - Monthly Meeting - TBD October 17 & 18 - Cuba Fest

November November 12 - Monthly Meeting - TBD November 21 - Christmas Party

December December 10 - Monthly Meeting - TBD

4 New To The PHLOCK Welcome to our new members!

Linda Orrell Melody Buehrle Randy Turntine Ryan Turntine Stephanie Hayes Heather Witt Caleb Bland Donna Bland

We now have 84 members!

5 We are looking for a group to help pack backpacks for the Cuba Backpack program in September.

On August 9th we had trash pick-up. 16 people showed up and 20 bags of trash Were picked up.

We raised $1,386.95 at the Relay For Life, from donations, sound tower raffle and selling Margaritaville Shrimp at the event. We also won three categories: 4-day online chal- lenge, Best Campsite Food, and Best Campsite Decorations. Hard to believe we didn’t win for best cake...

Boots & Bling (see page ___ for details. We need volun- teers to help for this event; set up, cook, clean up, and ticket takers. Crews will work in shifts for cooking and ticket takers so they won’t miss the whole event.

Pop Tops - Please bring your collected pop tops to each meeting for Ronald McDonald House!!

6 7 TROP ROCK MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH THOM SHEPHERD www.thomshepherd.com

If you've been listening to Country or Trop Rock music in the last ten years, then you've probably heard a song or two written by our Trop Rock Musician of the Month, Thom Shepherd, whether you knew it or not. He is one amazing singer/songwriter and many of us had the pleasure of seeing him live and meeting him at our Crawfish & Shrimp Boil in June! He did an outstanding job entertaining us, mingling with the crowd and eating crawfish with many of our members and guests!

Growing up around St. Louis, MO, Shepherd was a water bug and spent his summers on the Mississippi River. When he and his family later moved to Stephens City, VA, he made time to go down to the Potomac River and Lake Anna. He ended up graduating from George Mason University and in 1993 made his way to Nashville, a place he still spends a lot of his time today.

In 2001, he and veteran songwriter Wood Newton wrote "Riding with Private Malone", performed by David Ball, which shot up to the #2 US Billboard Country Chart spot and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. With the success of this song, Shepherd was sought out by both up-and-coming performers and old, established acts alike.

He is the writer of five #1 singles - “Redneck Yacht Club,” recorded by Craig Morgan, “Riding with Private Malone” recorded by David Ball, Kyle Park’s “The Night Is Young,” Josh Abbott and Pat Green’s single, “My Texas,” and Kevin Fowler’s “Beer Season.”

In total Thom has had over 10 singles and had almost 100 cuts by artists including Easton Corbin, Pam Tillis, John Anderson, Lorrie Morgan, Colt Ford, Bucky Covington, George Jones, Trailer Choir, Montgomery Gentry, Buddy Jewell, and Cledus T. Judd. His music has taken him on 9 tours performing for our military in 17 different countries.

He wrote the title track of Tracy Lawrence’s Grammy nominated album “The Rock,” has a song on James King’s 2014 Grammy nominated album “Three Chords and the Truth,” and wrote the 2011 GMA Canada Song and Video of the year for High Valley’s recording of “A Father’s Love (The Only Way He Knew How).”

Thom Shepherd has kept his personal life under wraps for the most part, but he has let it be known that he is a divorced father of two and a two-time cancer survivor! He currently lives in Austin, TX. He is also the co-owner of the Bourbon Street Music Company and co-president of www.redneckyachtclub.com.

Written by: Colleen Fuchs 8 1st Annual BOOTS & JamboreeBling Belmont Vineyards 5830 Old Route 66, Leasburg October 3, 2015 - 6 pm to 10 pm Tickets $30.00, Includes Wagon Wheel Style BBQ & Cash Bar LIVE AUCTION PRIZES FOR BEST COWBOY, COWGIRL & WESTERN COUPLE FEATURING: BIG RIVER BAND #BootsBlingBelmont Tickets go on sale August 1st. Contact for tickets: Belmont-573-885-7156, Lori Rego-573-205-5444, Missy Mullally-573-885-0339, Allison Caudle-573-205-7067, Cam Bourdia-314-348-7403 or Colleen Fuchs-573-468-3437 Cash or Check Only—Payable to Belmont Vineyards All Proceeds Benefit Cuba Partners for the Pound and HALO

9 THE HOST HOTEL For all of you booked at the Casa Marina for Meeting of the Minds. REMEMBER THERE IS A 60 DAY CANCELLA- TION POLICY AT THE CASA MARINA!! THE DEADLINE IS ALMOST HERE!! There is a wait list over at the Reach hotel. If you wanted to stay at the Casa Marina and are just now working on your MOTM plans…We will add you to a wait-list to be moved over to the Casa Marina if cancellations occur!! We were successful with this plan in past years and always try to make sure the Casa Marina is completely full of Parrot Heads!! To get on the waiting list for the Casa Marina be sure to email our Director of Registration Rick Fyffe at [email protected] Here is the link to the Reach Resort: http://www.reachresort.com/About-Reach-Resort

BLOOD DRIVE, TOY DRIVE, RAFFLES…. Over the next two weeks the notes will start to come out concerning raffles, toy drive, and blood drive details. Stand by for more information!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT DON MIDDLEBROOK AND THE PEARL DIVERS One of the most recognized names in Trop Rock music is Don Middlebrook. Don is a twenty-seven year veteran of Trop Rock songwriting. Many consider his song, “I Stole Jimmy Buffett’s TV Guide,” to be one of the earliest Trop Rock songs ever written, and from that moment on Don’s Trop Rocking has never stopped. In the last twenty-seven years Middlebrook has logged an average of one hundred seventy dates per year all around the nation, including two to three stops in Key West annually. After harmonica player “Fingers” Taylor left Jimmy Buffett’s band, Middlebrook and Fingers toured for four years straight and recorded four CDs together. Middlebrook has recorded 13 albums during his career. His “Beach Bar Serenade” album features the song “Goodbye Captain Tony” which has been dubbed the theme song for the annual Captain Tony Days in Key West. “The Key West Connection,” Don’s 2014 project, raises money for the Key West High School Band & Choir. It was co-written with Lorrian Hemmingway, granddaughter of author Ernest Hemmingway. The band’s latest project, “Songs from Talespin Bay,” is up for the Trop Rock Music Association’s Album of the Year. It features Bob Segar’s horn section, The Motor City Horns, and cover art by world renowned marine life artist, Wyland. Also from that album, the song “The Legend of Sunny Jim” is up for Trop Rock Song of the Year, a very proud moment since Don loves bragging up his peers. Don and the band have been privileged to share the stage with all time greats like Reba McIntyre, The Doobie Brothers, Hall and Oats, Jefferson Starship, Meatloaf, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. A NOTE FROM DON The band and I are honored to be playing the Street Festival at Meeting of the Minds in Key West on November 6, 2015. I will be bringing my six piece band from Michigan for the first time. The guys and I have been gearing up our show all summer long -- getting ready for Duval Street! Three of the guys in the band have never been to Key West. As you all know, they’re in for the trip of their lives. Let the truth be told, if not for this wonderful opportunity, they may have never experienced the Keys. How sad that would have been . . . but, that’s not the story I’m telling here. The band will experience a life-changing week, thanks to the par- rot heads and MOTM. Words cannot express my gratitude for this – but, I do have an idea, a way of saying thank you. The band and I have been in the studio working on some new songs. I told Andrew that I’d like to give everyone that is registered for MOTM a free download of two of our new, never-released songs. It allows you to get to know us a little better, and it’s our way of saying, “Thanks.” More details will be coming on this download after registration closes. Let music bring us together and keep us together!

10 LONE PALM FOUNDATION AUCTION AT MOTM The MOTM auction is back for 2015! After the MOTM general meeting on Saturday there will be an auction of many items I think you are going to like! All proceeds from this auction will go to the Lone Palm Foundation which is the charitable arm of Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. http://lonepalmfoundation.org/ Be sure to join us for this event as there will be a live auction with many exciting items including many of the fixtures from Margaritaville New Orleans! Yes you can own a piece of this very cool establishment! I have already seen some very special show bills you will have a chance to bid on. You want to be at the auction on Saturday morning with all your PHriends. All proceeds of this auction will be donated to the Parrot Head Emergency Phund. The Lone Palm Foundation is a 501(c)3 so consult your tax advisor about your charitable donation to this organization. TRAVEL AND MOTM DISCOUNTS!! Don’t forget you can get some great discounts being a Parrot Head Club member. One of the better ones is with Budget Car rental. Here is the link to the code you need to get your discount. http://www.phip.com/awards-discount-partners MEETING OF THE MINDS FORUM Are you going to MOTM for the first time? Do you have questions? Do you want to share a room or a ride? Well there is a new place for you to talk to the entire Parrot Head nation about MOTM. It is the brand new online MOTM forum. Go join and check it out! This is a place for everyone to help each other, ask questions, and make the whole MOTM experi- ence even better. Here is the link: http://motmforum.phip.com/

Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road…

Andrew

Andrew Talbert Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. PHiP Director of Conventions Meeting of the Minds 2015 "A Salty Piece of Land'"

11 STLPHC Club Events

12 CCPHC CALENDAR

MARCH • 7th – PhotRB – Triva Night @ Rolling Hills Golf Course (6pm) • 13th – CCPHC Social – Carlyle FD Cosmic Bingo (Carlyle KC 7pm)(Todd has table reserved for 12) • 14th – CCPHC – Highway Cleanup • 14th – SIPHC - 8th Trip Around the Sun with Southern Drawl Band ($25 per person, 8pm-mid- night) • 19th-21st – CCPHC - Stars Fell on Alabama w/ Beach Social & Plunge • 28th – CCPHC Social - Under Janet’s Wings 9 Pin No Tap – (V&H) APRIL • 12th – STLPHC – 25th Birthday Bash @ 612 Kitchen & Cocktails • 24 – CCPHC/STLPHC/PHothRB – Conch Republic Bowling Tournament (Bartelso Bowl 2pm) ????? MAY • 2nd – CCPHC – Community Link Buddy Walk • 16th – STLPHC – Night at the Races (Fairmont Park) JUNE • 4th – Jimmy Buffett Concert in St Louis • 6th – CCPHC Golf Scramble @ Bent Oak • 13th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup • 20th – Route 66 PHC – Crawfish Boil (Sullivan, MO) with ???? • 27th – CCPHC – Party on Centralia Lake w/ Trop Rock Legend Kelly McGuire JULY • 3rd – STLPHC – Trop Rockin Da Ridge II with ??? • 11th – STLPHC – Tropical Night with the Rascals • 11th – CIPHC – 4th Annual Leather & Leis River Run and Party AUGUST • 1st – EIPHC – CU in the Prairiebbean • 7th – CCPHC – Relay for Life @ Central HS • 22nd – STLPHC – Beach Party • 22nd – CCPHC – Bartend for Little Pig Cookoff • Tropical Night with the Grizzlies ???? SEPTEMBER • 12th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup • 26th – CCPHC/STLPHC – Great River Road Bus Trip • 27th – CCPHC 5K @ Hazlet OCTOBER • 17th – CCPHC Birthday Winery Bus ????????? • 19th – CCPHC Birthday • 24th – STLPHC – Pirate Party NOVEMBER • 4th-8th - Meeting of the Minds in Key West FL • 28th – CCPHC - Christmas Party and Parade DECEMBER • 5th – STLPHC – Holidaze Party w/ BMB • 12th - CCPHC – Highway Cleanup

13 Your 2015 Board

Mark Fuchs Donnie Kerksieck Colleen Fuchs President Vice President Secretary/PR Director [email protected] [email protected]

Marion Laskowitz Laura Palazzolo Pam Ray Treasurer Ways & Means Director Membership Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Trudy Bowles Lisa Hoover Peggy Kramer Social Director Webmaster Newsletter [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

14 This newsletter comes to you for the low, low price of 10¢ per copy, (that’s one dime ) payable to Mark Fuchs, President, Route 66 Parrot

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