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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID FT MYERS, FL PERMIT #5718 Read Us Online at Postal Customer IslandSunNews.com ECRWSS NEWSPAPER VOL. 20, NO. 29 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA JANUARY 11, 2013 JANUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 11 7:18 • 5:54 12 7:18 • 5:55 13 7:18 • 5:56 14 7:18 • 5:57 15 7:18 • 5:57 16 7:18 • 5:58 17 7:18 • 5:59 Spamalot Shell Museum Gears Up Opens Friday For Beatles-Themed Gala hou needst not adhere to the cult of Monty Python Tto get a kick out of Spamalot, the Arthurian musi- cal spoof that opens January 11 at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater. A musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the 1974 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Spamalot is a highly irreverent parody involving King Arthur and his loyal subjects in medieval England. Spamalot is full to the brim with Monty Python humor. The story follows the adventures of King Arthur (played by Jason Loete) and his Knights of the Round Table on their quest to discover the Holy Grail. Along the way, they are joined by such memorable characters as Sir Lancelot (Matthew Alan Schmidt), Sir Robin (John Ramsey), The Black Knight (Robby May) and The Lady continued on page 38 Jason Loete as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot Generations Of Tradition Combined In Cirque Vertigo Sponsors of the gala, top from left: James Young, Terry Igo, Betsey Houston and Richard Performance Pyle (Sanibel Captiva Trust Company, Grand Sponsor); Janet Strickland (Law Offices of or hundreds of years, the highest arts in Janet Strickland, PA), Chris Davison (Island Inn), Evelyn Stewart (Adventures in Paradise) the circus world have been nurtured and and Richard Johnson (Bailey’s General Store). Bottom from left: Doug Babcock (‘Tween Fexpanded by a handful of families who Waters Inn), Matt Asen (The Timbers Restaurant), Dan Schuyler (Lily & Co. Jewelry Gallery), have made performing their family business. and José H. Leal, museum director and curator; Steve Brettholtz (Myers, Brettholtz & Co.), Generation after generation, these families Marty Harrity (Doc Ford’s Sanibel), John Grey (John Grey Painting) and Ken Kouril (The have been considered “the royalty” of the Sanctuary Golf Club). performing world. Two of these world-renowned families come together to present Cirque Vertigo at the he Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum and The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Sanibel Community Association (SCA) gala on invite you to the annual museum gala, Under The Sea: In an Octopus’s Saturday, January 26. This is SCA’s major fun- TGarden with You. The gala will be held January 27 from 5 to 10 p.m. at The draiser benefiting The Community House. Sanctuary Golf Club. To help promote the event, sponsors have been featured wear- Led by Simon Arestov and Lyric Wallenda, ing wigs and outfits loosely based on four famous albums covers by The Beatles. Cirque Vertigo brings together the Arestov This year’s gala has a groovy 1960s theme and the BeatleBeat Tribute Band will Ivan Arestov demonstrates the art of provide the entertainment. Guests are encouraged to break out their tie-dye and bell Ultimate Wheels, a unicycle with no seat family, which originated in the famed Russian circus, and the Wallenda family, which origi- bottoms to add to the flair. There will be cocktails and dinner, a silent auction featur- nated in Germany and has achieved worldwide acclaim for their dramatic aerial and high ing a plethora of goods and services donated by local merchants, and live auction wire work. The combination is more than professional, as Simon and Lyric became items that are sure to raise significant money to benefit the museum’s educational man and wife in early 2012, continuing a long tradition of circus families joining togeth- programs. Tickets are $125 per person and space is limited. Register online at www. er through marriage. In Cirque Vertigo, the couple has assembled a group of award shellmuseum.org or call 395-2233. continued on page 5 2 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 11, 2013 Notes From The Sanibel Historical Village Garden useum Director Karl Rodman reports museum staff has finally Mlearned which crops can make it through the hot Sanibel summer – most notably jicama. “Jicama is new to me, and it grew all summer,” Rodman said. “It is now being cut up and put into salad.” However, that wasn’t the only veg- etable doing quite well in the garden. “This fall, the tomatoes are thriving like never before,” Rodman reports. “And The Sanibel Historical Village garden serves as a reminder that Sanibel was once a farm- I’m always surprised to discover that ing community and that most people grew their own vegetables nothing is as happy to grow in our gar- den as is the cabbage, year after year.” Karen Searles, a master gardener, has come aboard this year and gave Rodman a jar of her calamondin (a small citrus tree) jam. “It was delicious, and we are looking to plant a calamondin tree,” he added. “Wouldn’t it be fun to have a special day next year when we share our own cala- mondin jam with everyone who comes to the museum?” One of the healthiest vegetables, Swiss Learn more at the Sanibel Historical chard is thriving at the village Museum and Village, open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 or’s valentines, pine needle baskets, and p.m. Visit the Museum Gift Shop, which handmade aprons in adult and children’s carries a variety of items for children, sizes plus aprons to fit American Girl including coloring books and paper dolls, dolls. All the merchandise in the museum replicas of Confederate silver and Union store is made in America. gold, certificates of parole and more. continued on page 4 Sanibel was known for its delicious tomatoes, and these tiny cherry tomatoes in the vil- In addition, the gift shop carries sail- lage garden tasted great January 11 – February 16 8 PM Jan. 23 & Feb. 6 2 PM Matinée $42 Child 17 & Under $20 Jason Loete Elizabeth Urbanczyk John Ramsey as King Arthur as Lady of the Lake as Sir Robin —The New York Times Book & Lyrics by ERIC IDLE “… a no-holds-barred smash hit.” Music by JOHN DU PREZ & ERIC IDLE From the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Original Broadway Production produced by Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Arielle Tepper Madover, Stephanie Show Sponsors McClelland/Lawrence Horowitz, Elan V McAllister/Allan S. Gordon, Independent Producers Network, Roy Furman, GRS Associates, Jam Theatricals, TGA Entertainment, Live Nation Presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide www.theatricalrights.com Season Spponsor ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 11, 2013 3 DDWS Campaign To Purchase Woodring Property What’s Happening At he “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society- The House In 2013 Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) has Tembarked on a preservation cam- “Cirque Vertigo” Gala paign to acquire 6.56 acres on Sanibel Jan. 26, 6:30 pm Island’s Woodring Point for the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge $100 Tickets on sale now and to update and enhance the refuge’s Education Center. Fitness Beyond 50 The property’s preservation is a coop- Jan. 30, 3 pm erative effort. DDWS and Lee County’s Interactive Author Presentation Conservation 20/20 program will each purchase part of the land, contingent and book signing on the refuge assuming responsibility to Members - Free, Non-Members - $5 restore and manage both parcels. DDWS must raise private funds to purchase its DDWS President John McCabe and Campaign Chairman Jim Sprankle in the Refuge Dance Series Dates parcel. Education Center that will benefit partially from the refuge capital campaign The Woodring family, who homestead- Feb. 22 ed the property in the 1800s, currently Wedding House Party owns the property, which is adjacent to the refuge and privately owned conserva- March 15 tion lands. The purchase of the Woodring prop- Swamp Party erty will benefit the refuge the key parcel necessary to re-create an intact habitat on April 13 the point. Its location at the entrance to House of Soul & R&B Tarpon Bay, a vital habitat and feeding grounds for a variety of at-risk species $20/ticket and other fauna, makes its preservation View party Photos especially critical, according to refuge biologists. www.islandphotographyllc.com If not preserved by the refuge, the land CLASSES could be developed with as many as five dwellings, each permitted a boat dock extending into Tarpon Bay. Construction Complimentary Shell Crafting of new homes and the increase in boat Monday 10-12 noon traffic would have significant impact on Crafts on Sale daily until 3 pm the habitat of both the land and marine species that live or feed on or near this Zumba property. “With a successful campaign, this land Monday/Thursday 5:45 pm purchase will protect rare bay beach habi- Tuesday/Thursday 10 am - 11 am tat that more than 80 different land and $15 & Seasonal Packages Available marine species call home or visit for food and shelter,” said DDWS President John Yoga McCabe. “Our goal is to raise $1.4 mil- lion for the land purchase. Tuesday/Thursday 8:30 -9:45 am “The Education Center, which hun- dreds of thousands of people from Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge around the world visit annually, is vital to Tuesday at 1 pm $8 the refuge’s mission of conservation edu- cation. Built and equipped over a decade Painting ago, it will benefit from this campaign Wednesday with the replacement of obsolete technol- ogy, the repair and updating of exhibits, 10-1 pm & 1:30-4:30 pm and improved public access, including an elevator.