ROUTE 66 PARROT HEAD CLUB THE ST. SOMEWHERE TIMES A club with a community service problem May/June 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... 1 Front Page 10 Jimmy Buffett Concert 2 Letter From The Prez 11 MOKSARK 3 Birthdays 12 Kelly On The Lake 4 Club Events 13 Benefit Golf Tournament 5 Crawfish & Shrimp Boil 14 MOTM 2015 6 Charity 15 St. Louis PHC Events 7 Get To Know Me 16 Clinton County PHC Events 8 A Bit Of Trivia 17 Your Board 9 Rendezvous Pictures 18 Dime A Message From Our Prez... The St. Somewhere Times Route 66 PHC President PHins up from the Prez Mark Fuchs [email protected] Hello PHriends! The weather is here! It's what we've all been waiting for! I hope you are all out enjoying the sunshine! Our Crawfish & Shrimp boil event is coming upon us! Please help us get some of the community to attend! I know our scribe challenged you each to sell one ticket to a friend, co-worker or family member. This event is for a great cause. All proceeds will go to Russell House! Please help make this a successful! We have only sold 55 tickets.....our goal is 100 and we only have a couple weeks to go! This is YOUR club, so please help make it the great success I know it can be! We need every- one's help! Also, Colleen is still accepting booze for the "Cooler of Booze" raffle we will have for this event! Our Krew had a GREAT time at Rendezvous in April! The weather was a little rocky, but that did not keep the parrothead nation from having fun! We listened to great music, danced, had our toes in the water and our asses in the sand, ate Cheeseburgers in Paradise and gumbo and partied with old and new phriends on the beach for three days! There may have even been a little bit of alcohol involved too!! I highly suggest you try this event next year. I promise it will not disappoint! 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 2 Growing Older But Not Up... May/June Jodi Rutz 5/1 Jane Reed 5/10 Mitch Jackson 5/11 Judi Pierre 5/19 Jeff Palazzolo 5/29 Mark Fuchs 6/2 Richard Sheleski 6/5 Pam Ray 6/6 Clifford Gossage 6/16 Peggy Kramer 6/18 Gary Hoover 6/26 Craig Brown 6/28 3 ROUTE 66 PHC - 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 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 - TBD August August 8 - Relay for Life, Sullivan August 13 - Monthly Meeting - TBD August 31 - MoDot Trash Pick-Up - 1:00 p.m. September September 4 - Jumbo Shrimp at Belmont September 10 - Monthly Meeting - TBD September 19 - Winery Bus Trip October October 3 - Boots and Bling Ball (Cuba Animal Shelter & HALO) October 8 - Monthly Meeting - TBD October 17 - Cuba Fest November November 12 - Monthly Meeting - TBD November 21 - Christmas Party December December 10 - Monthly Meeting - TBD 4 5 Jane Reed of the Route 66 Parrot Head Club volunteers at the Cuba, MO Animal Shelter by taking photos of the dogs and cats, editing the photos, and creating flyers for the shelter’s Facebook page. The shelter likes to show the pets in a positive light so that people can imagine them as their pets. Reed also walks the dogs and does a little socializing with the pets. This particular shoot involved taking photos of 8 boxer mix puppies that had been abandoned and neglected. It was a wild afternoon, and one of the dogs captured Reed’s sunglasses. Visit Cuba, MO Animal Control on Facebook to see the pets needing homes. Donnie Kerksieck will be in charge of picking grapes this year for Belmont Winery. The proceeds will be split between the Cuba and Sullivan Backpack Program. We were able to present a check for $260 to Earth’s Classroom from our Flamingo Painting Party. Pop Tops - Please bring your collected pop tops to each meeting for Ronald McDonald House!! 6 Get to Know a Trop-Rock Musician donmiddlebrook.net Don Middlebrook Most of us have met him already! He has performed on Route 66 for us two times, and hopefully again next year. Yes, you guessed it...the one and only, Don Middlebrook!! We even named him our "Official" Club Band! Here is a little back- story on this extremely talented song-writer, musician and entertainer! Don studied music at Michigan State University, where he was also a third-string Quar- terback. The story I hear, is he learned to play guitar trying to avoid football practice at MSU. About a year later, he was a member of the MSU Jazz Band. He was first chair and only chair, and the first guy to play the guitar in the MSU Jazz Band. They have kept that position in the band ever since! Don started writing songs at the age of 20 and has been Trop Rockin ever since! As a native of the cold north, Don reminds us that any coast can be home to the sounds of the sea. What started out as a musical vacation turned into a lifestyle, as Don and the crew (Tropical Soul) began touring up and down the Michigan coastline in 1991. Almost twenty-five later, over a dozen albums, and one stolen Jimmy Buffett TV Guide later, the vacation is still going strong. Don has opened for many famous musicians throughout the years, including The Doobie Brothers, Hall and Oates, Jefferson Starship, Meatloaf, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He also teamed up with Greg "Fingers" Taylor, the long-time harmonica player for Jimmy Buffett. Don's songs are great stories and adventures of the world with a tropical twist! Written by: Colleen Fuchs 7 Some trivia... 1. Where did the term “Parrothead” originate? New Orleans Atlanta Cincinnati Key West 2. What is the name of Jimmy Buffett's Fan Newsletter? The Margaritaville Star The Key West News Fins The Coconut Telegraph 3. Jimmy's favorite charity is: Florida Conservation Society Free Boat Drinks Save the Manatee The Red Cross 4. What two cities was "Feeding Frenzy" recorded in? New Orleans & Cincinnati Los Angeles & New Orleans Atlanta & Cincinnati Atlanta & New Orleans 5. There are only five Buffett albums that have a one-word title, one is "A-1-A," another is "Volcano," there's "Biloxi", a fourth is "Fruitcakes", what is the fifth? 6. What is the name of Jimmy's keyboard player? Bob Mann Michael Utley Dave Grusin Mac McAnally 7. In the song, "The Captain and the Kid", the "Captain" was Jimmy's father. True False 8. How does Jimmy like his Cheeseburger done? Medium Rare Medium Well Well Done Rare 9. "Grapefruit, Juicyfruit" is based on a evening he spent at a drive-in with some girl he had just met. True False 10. What was the name of Jimmy's first boat? Answers somewhere else in the Newsletter. (Just a way of making sure you are reading this...) 8 RENDEZVOUS 2015 A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!! 9 JIMMY BUFFETT “IT’S MY OWN DAMN FAULT” CONCERT - JUNE 4TH There will be a St. Louis Parrot Head Club Parking Lot Tailgate Party. The details are coming together. OR it's my own ult great food dHmn fH H live music food truck event H tons of fun. The Ultimate Pre-Party before the Jimmy Buffett Concert! Thursday, June 4th H 12pm - 8pm Sauce Food Truck Row will line up and start serving beginning at 3pm. Then from 3:30 - 7, Rock the Boat will perform live! It’s all going down in the Hollywood Casino parking lot. Shuttles will be available to and from the concert next door. WWW.HOLLYWOODCASINOSTLOUIS.COM/ENTERTAINMENT HollywoodCasinoSTL HollywoodSTL Hollywood Casino St. Louis | 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043 | 1-855-STL-GAME Must be 21. Gambling Problem? In Missouri, call 1-888-BETS-OFF or visit 888betsoff.org. 10 th No, Crabby, it’s Moak-say-roak? 88 AAnnnnuuaall Mock-sa-Rock! Moc-sar-ok? Huh? MissOuri, KanSas, ARkansas, and OKlahoma Diamondhead Resort Tahlequah, Oklahoma Wow! th th Make your June 12 – 13 reservations today! 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