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President: David Pohorylo 35 Boot Shop Lane PARROT HEAD Monroe, CT 06468 (203)261-1381 [email protected] PRESS Executive Vice President: Metro Parrot Head Monthly Newsletter January Lorraine Bosshard 2011 NY, NJ, CT 6 Mountainview Court Vol. 19 No.1 Fort Salonga, NY 11768 (631) 757-4043 Treasurer: Peter Bosshard 6 Mountainview Court Fort Salonga, NY 11768 (631) 757-4043 Secretary: Marianne Straaik 25 Rhode Island Ave Massapequa, NY 11758 (516)795 -4126 --------------------------------- Parrot Press Lorraine/Eric Rosen 737 Highview Ave Westbury, NY11590 516-807-8191 [email protected] Banana Wind Sue Leudesdorff [email protected] LI Coordinators Ray Leudesdorff Cell 516-768-9348 [email protected] Ralph Wotruba [email protected] Eastern LI Joe Lombardi (631)324-9354 [email protected] NYC Coordinator Terri Amundsen TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABITS (718)956-5658 Upstate & Ct Coordinators Carol Pohorylo Well, 2011 is here. I had hoped to write a profound article to start the year off, (203)261 -1381 but after several days of soul searching, nothing profound has come forth. So, [email protected] let me just say that I have high hopes for 2011. I’m expecting that our economy will Western Coordinators completely rebound; local, state and federal taxes will be severely cut; gas prices will Linda Peter/Larry DeGennaro declin e to under $1 per gallon; new forms of sustainable energy will be discovered on [email protected] [email protected] Long Island; world peace will be achieved; and all Metros will buy their Frosted Party NJ Coordinator tickets by the second week in January. I’m sure when we look back a year from now, Tracey McGowan all of these goals will be reached, except probably the Frosted Party one. [email protected] 732-668-1620 Ticket Liaison Tom Dalton (631)979-8 Continued on page 2 [email protected] 337 TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABITS I have just a little business to cover. I’ve started writing our 2010 annual report for PHIP and I’ll send out a summary to all of you when it’s done. We will also send out our second annual financial report as soon as it’s completed. Please get your 2011 dues checks in the mail to Peter if you haven’t done so yet. Seriously, please buy your Frosted Party tickets as soon as you can. It’s not an easy job putting the party together when we have to guess at turnout. The New England Convention is coming up pretty soon and we would really like to send a club basket. Please help us collect items for the basket. And lastly, I will be retiring as your president when I complete my third year this August. I’m confident that we can find another Metro as crazy as yours truly, and the seven presidents before me, to guide the club into the future. I’ll talk to you more on this in the coming months. Happy New Year, Dave Pohorylo HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! Attention All Metro’s Please send us Pictures, Stories, Recipes, Jokes or your best Boat Drink Recipe or articles that you would like to share with the rest of the Phlock. Email them to Metroparrot1@aol and we will try to get it in the next news letter Cut off is the 23rd of the month Thanks Eric & Lorraine Where When Cost Entertainment Rooms $109 - Special parrot Head Rate Special Deal * $5.00 Gift Card per paid Registration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEND PAYMENT TO: PETER BOSSHARD 6 MOUNTIAN VIEW CT. FORT SOLONGA NY 11768 PARROT HEAD NEWS!!!! Buffett to Play Australia in January HAPPY HOUR INFORMATION!!! The Metro North Happy Hour Takes place on the second Tuesday of each month (with the exception of our summer months). 6:30 pm at the East Side Cafe in Norwalk, CT anyone planning on attending should RSVP to Carol a [email protected] so that table space can be reserved. Long Island Happy Hour January Happy Hour Clothing Drive for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island Farrell's 263Higbie Lane West Islip Ny 11795 631-482-1951 631-482-1952 Check the time its earlier than usual 3pm -7pm Music by Ed Travers So empty out those closets and bring a smile and sing along with Ed and warm up the needy!! *It’s also on January 22nd which is the 4th Saturday (due to scheduling conflicts) The Parrot Head Club of CT invites you "aboard" 2011 NEPHC "A Lovely New England Cruise" Join us Thursday February 24th (or come Friday) until Sunday February 27th at the Windsor Marriott Hotel as we join forces for what is sure to be an amazing "cruise"! We have an amazing entertainment line-up in store for you throughout the weekend! We also have fun, games and plenty of other surprises that will be announced soon!! We have recently announced the following entertainment -- Steve and Guy - Thursday Evening Bob Karwin (dirty show) - Thursday Evening Jamie's Junk Show - Friday Afternoon Island Castaways - Friday Night Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band - Friday Night Tropical Soul - Saturday Afternoon Jimmy & the Parrots - Saturday Night Bob Karwin will be performing his "dirty show" on Thursday night and will also be performing on Saturday afternoon also. For those of you at MOTM last year on the CT Thirsty Thursday cruise, Bob was a blast. We are so glad to have him at our convention. He is a MUST see!! Our registration fee is STILL THE SAME as it was when we last hosted in 2004 -- - only $50 per Parrot Head! Check for more updates at our website http://nephc2011.phcoct.org/ So, don't just sit there --- register now because our "ship" is 30% to its capacity ALREADY!!! Letter from the Editors Hi All Metro Parrotheads, Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays and the company of our Parrothead Family. Just a couple of things we would like to let everyone know regarding the newsletter. We ask everyone’s cooperation with getting articles and notifications to us by the 23rd of each month for inclusion into the next month’s newsletter. This is necessary for layout purposes, and by the way, we hope you like the new layout with our club officers listed on the front page. Next, we ask that if anyone has any issues with having your picture included or if you don’t want your picture in the Parrot Press, kindly let us know at [email protected]. We will do our best to keep you out of the newsletter. Please understand that a lot of the pictures we use are already on Facebook, and we use those for that very reason. They are already out there. If you notice a picture out there that you are not too fond of, just let us know. We will make sure not to use it. Conversely if you have a GREAT picture you would like everyone to see, by all means, send it on to us. We also want to clear up any confusion regarding E-mail notifications of parties. Lots of us have parties in our homes and because we don’t all live in homes large enough to accommodate everyone, we have to limit our guest lists. If you are hosting a party or club event in your home and would like everyone to know about it, kindly notify us at [email protected] and let us know that you would like that notification to be in the newsletter. Again, if at all possible, by the 23rd of the previous month. Of course last minute inclusions may have to occur and we will always do our best for anything that is in the club’s best interest. (Remember that we also have our handy dandy Our Banana Wind E-mail notification system of anything that may have to go out to our members between newsletters) We will not automatically include E-mails about parties that we personally receive or hear about as we don’t know whether you want everyone to know about your party. We want to respect your privacy…. until you tell us not to. We try our best to get everything in that we can each month and want to let you all know that we feel privileged to be able to do this for all of you. If you have any questions, concerns, complaints or compliments, and yes…we take those too, please know that the line of communication is always open through [email protected], and we take great pleasure in hearing from everyone. We will always do the best job we can for each and every one of you. So, thanks for your attention on these issues and we look forward to better things ahead for everyone in 2011! A Happy and Healthy one to all of us! And now, Back to the Island…… Eric & Lorraine Jimmy Buffett 2010 Year in Review He just turned 64, but Jimmy Buffett continues to go at it at a strong pace. And in 2010, he had another big year. What do you think was the biggest Buffett story of the year? January Margaritaville Key West celebrated its 25th anniversary Buffett performs at his Hawaii restaurant On January 13th, we launched Jimmy Buffett World 5.0, completely revamping the site to the look it has today Haiti struck by massive earthquake, Jimmy cuts video pleading for help Jimmy plays benefit shows in Tahiti and Bora Bora, raising $40,000 for a local school Buffett attends NFC Championship game between the Saints and Vikings. He played a surprise show for some lucky tailgaters before the game.