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Volume 21 Issue 6 - July 2017
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CAPTAIN YOGI'S USELESS
BUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Hello Everybody!
Hope everyone’s summer has been a great one! I know the Parrot Heads have been busy! We started the summer off with the 1st Corn Hole Tournament being a success and raising over $600 for the National Parkinson’s Foundation! Hopefully, I can make it past the first round next year. We then ended a great day with Tropical Soul in the evening! Next was Margaritaville Madness at Mother Ocean hosted by the Braasch’s and music by Kirk James Folk, and you guessed it... Tropical soul. Once the storms blew thru, it was a great evening with fun had by all!
What could be next?? Glad you asked! The 3rd Annual Jakie Invitational on August 20th which is gearing up to be a great event again with some great (and large) raffle prizes this year. Spots are filling up fast and hope to see as many of you as can be there!
As most of you know, our 20th Anniversary is fast approaching and we are in the planning stages for this gala event. We are looking for some volunteers outside of the board to join our committee and also looking for ideas from the members what they would like to see. We should have a date stored up by the August social.
Speaking of the August social, we will be at a new location in Harrisburg at The Roadhouse Café (formerly Rods Roadhouse) with Tropical Soul and weather pending may be an outside event on their patio. They are excited to have us so let’s make it a great showing and let them see what the Amish Parrot Heads are all about.
Last but not least, elections. We have several spots up for election this year, including yours truly and we are looking for some fresh members. It really doesn’t take a lot of time and we always can use a fresh perspective. The only way we can ‘Make The Amish Great Again’ is with your participation. Would you like to see something different, have ideas on how we can better the club, run for a position! We will be announcing open board positions at the Julys social
Hope everyone continues to have a great and safe summer!!
Pools Open!
Captain Yogi
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT
JULY 2017
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Our current 2017 membership is at 80.
Remember, if you haven't renewed your membership, it is time! You can now renew right on our newly designed website using the Membership Menu and your credit card.
The Parrotheads in Amish Paradise have a lot of great events planned for our 20th Anniversary Year, encourage your friends and family to join and we will all
"Party With A Purpose"
Have you checked out the newly designed PHIAP website yet?
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BACK IN THE TEQUILA TIMES
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Back in the Tequila Times
May 2001, Dear DJ Jeff, My question for this month is what made Dennis decide to start playing guitar? His love of music or thinking it would be a great way to pick up chicks? Captain Lynn
Dear Lynn, I went to the Man himself for the answer, although given permission to edit his response to my heart’s content, one doesn’t mess with the words of a poet. Reprinted below is Dennis’s own response.
“Oh my! I’m going back here… I guess I’ve always been a big music fan. My older brothers and sisters were huge Beatles fans in the early sixties, so Beatles music was always playing around the house and although at that I was a bit too young to be a real fan on my own, the music and the excitement certainly had a impact on me. To this day, when I hear the count in to “I Saw Her Standing There” I still get the chills.
A few years later, when they were in their early teens, my brothers had a little garage band and I used to hang around and listen to them practice and wish I could play “House of the Rising Sun”, “Gloria” and “Hey Joe” just to name a few. Once in awhile my younger brother and I would sneak downstairs when no one was around and pick up the instruments and plug in! I usually played the drums, cause I didn’t have a clue how to play anything on guitar. It wasn’t until much later that I really thought seriously about the guitar though. When I was in my mid to late teens I was captivated by the singer songwriter explosion of the early seventies. I think the first 8 track (did He say 8 track) ****insert here, if you don’t know what an 8 track is, goggle it*** That I actually bought was John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High”. James Taylor, Cat Stevens, and Jim Croce all followed closely (JB came a bit later and before long, I wanted nothing more that to play the acoustic guitar and sing like they did. (Don’t be fooled here! This kid aren’t no dummy! I knew full well that playing the guitar also meant that beautiful, love starved women would be beating the door down just to hang out with me!!)
I went to Zeewitz Music in Park City at the ripe old age of twenty thinking that I was probably already too old to really do much with this guitar thing anyway, put a down payment on a beautiful Alvarez six string acoustic! Two hundred and thirty dollars later, I took that blond beauty home. I was proud as can be showing that guitar off to everyone I knew. I played that thing every waking moment and after six months I came to the stark realization that I could barely play anything, and I couldn’t sing a note.! Oh well some people never give up!!!
Twenty three years later that old Alvarez still looks pretty good and never sounded better. In fact it sits in the corner of my living room and I still play it all the time.
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SHARK BITES
Trolling for Things To Do!
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AUGUST 15th Jones Beach Wantagh, NY
AUGUST 17th BB&T Pavilion Camden, NJ
AUGUST 19th Xfinity Center Mansfield, MA
If you wish to attend any of these concerts at Parrotheads prices and your membership is in good standing contact Don "Yogi"
Captain@AmishParrotheads.com
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WIN TICKETS TO JIMMY BUFFETT CONCERT IN CAMDEN
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MEETING OF THE MINDS UPDATE
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Hello Everyone! Here is the latest update for the 26th Annual Meeting of the Minds 2017 “We’re Still Here!”
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 15th FOR MEETING OF THE MINDS 2017 OR WHEN WE SELL OUT!! ARE YOU REGISTERED? HAVE YOU MADE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS? DON’T GET LEFT OUT!
Concert season is in full swing and the HEAT is on! Can you believe we are halfway through the warm season? Don’t forget to extend your Summer 2017 by coming to Key West in November! There are many things in motion to make this year a special one in so many ways. Our awesome volunteer teams are working hard every day to make your MOTM one of the best ever! All we need is YOU! The clock is ticking!
MOTM ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE!
MOTM 2017 will be full of great music from all the Trop Rock artists you know and love. There are several first-time things like bands made up of many of the solo artists you see through time on the Trop Rock music scene. For over a year now we have been talking about the Girlz Rule Band coming to MOTM as a first! You have seen the trio…now check out a full-on band backing this group. Scott Kirby is coming with a brand new studio cd to release as we get to Key West. That set should rock as he brings in backing from several great artists. There are many things you may never get the chance to see again in Key West at MOTM 2017! Devon Allman is coming with his band. An evening with the son of the late great Gregg Allman will be something you won’t forget! There is a blank spot on the schedule for Saturday. I can tell you that the Nashville area code keeps coming up my caller id… We are cooking up something special for you and you won’t have to pay amphitheater prices to see this one….I will stop here for now! There are so many great sets of music playing at the Casa Marina for MOTM 2017! More to come in the weeks ahead!
WANT TO VOLUNTEER? WE NEED YOU!
Rick tells me he needs some help at registration and for the raffle table. He has a variety of days and hours available. We depend on you all for help! Just email Rick if you want to volunteer and he will sign you up! If you haven’t registered yet you can sign up as you register! Please email Rick directly for volunteering at
rjfyffe1@ymail.com
Don’t Forget Your BUDGET Rent a Car Discount!
Don’t Forget the Meeting of the Minds Forum is Open for Use!
If you have a question or need help finding a ride or roommate go over to the forum and look around! Here is the link:
http://motmforum.phip.com/
WANT A ROOM AT THE CASA? WE HAVE A FEW THAT JUST RELEASED AND YOU SHOULD ACT FAST OR YOU WILL MISS THE CHANCE TO BOOK ONE!
We sold out the Casa Marina in two weeks this year but as always there are a few cancellations due to life getting in the way… If you can’t get one of the few that just released by the time you read this…we are collecting names to add to the wait list as some level of cancellations will always happen and we need to keep the hotel sold out! … If you can’t grab one of the few open Casa rooms and want to be on the wait list just follow the steps below…remember there is a Parrot Head discount at the Reach and you have a chance to move to the Casa if a cancellation happens:
The 2017 MOTM Wait List for the Casa Marina - Here are the 3 steps below:
- Register for Meeting of the Minds 2017.
REMEMBER YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR MEETING OF THE MINDS 2017 TO STAY AT THE CASA MARINA OR BE ON THE WAIT LIST FOR THE CASA.
- Book your room at the Reach Resort. While our awesome Parrot Head rate is only valid at the Casa Marina the Reach is offering a discount to our group this year. This Reach Resort rate will not be as low as the Casa rate but it is a booking discount. There are some Casa Marina cancellations every year so booking early will put you up the list as we do go in order to move people over as vacancy happens through the year. This can happen right up to the event so give the hotel your cell number not your home number for contact!
- Email our MOTM Director of Registration Rick Fyffe at rjfyffe1@ymail.com
Put in the title of your email "MOTM Casa Marina Wait List." Tell Rick you are booked at the Reach and registered for MOTM. Rick will add you to the Casa Marina wait list in the order in which you contact him.
We have to fill the Casa Marina so we will work very hard to move everyone we can as cancellations occur. We will be working down the order in which you reply to Rick Fyffe. Sorry for any confusion but it is best to manage this list through Rick vs. contacting the hotel.
Here is the special link to the Reach Resort for our group discount – Again this is NOT the same rate as the Casa Marina. Simply copy and paste the URL below into your browser to access the exclusive rates available for this group:
The Call in link is: ZZPAR9
The Reach reservations line is: 305-296-5000.
2017 MEETING OF THE MINDS REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION FOR THE 26th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINDS 2017 is OPEN and going very well! Don’t get left out as we stop registration at 3,500 or September 15th whichever comes first!!
Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road…
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Margaritaville Madness at Mother Ocean
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WHAT A SUCCESS!!!!!
Thank You all for attending. The day started with a Torrential downpour, then it cleared up and Kirk James Folk played some great 70's -80's Classic Rock, the food was awesome, the pool was a splash zone like no other, corn hole games were non stop, the music was amazing and was capped off with Heather Vidal and Dennis McCaughey "Tropical Soul Duo", playing their hearts out. The Storm did not stop us and there was a solid 125 people there partying it up all night. Look out for a future Backyard concert at Mother Ocean again soon. Mother Ocean
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NEWS FROM YOUR CREW
@ The CRU!
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SUMMER DECK SEASON
HAS BEGUN!
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ARE YOU READY FOR CORNHOLE!!
New Boards to be Raffled ask Yogi or Lynn for more info!!!!
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Donations for the Homeless
Food (ie.. PB J, cracker packs, canned soup...)
UNDERWEAR
SOCKS
CHAPSTICK
TOILETRIES...
Donations for Humane Society
Dog / Cat food
Kitty litter
Paper towels
Any questions, contact Lynn Krieger
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Send you pictures for the Tequila Times to:
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The New Venue for our monthly socials is The Cru Pizza & Deli Restaurant. For more information on our new venue check out their website :
The Cru Pizza and Deli
As we all found out last month, the food is amazing, the staff is fabulous and its a BYOB! Coming up for our March Social is a Mixer Bar. So bring along your tequila and mix your own Margarita!
(or your Rum, Vodka, etc...)
NEXT MONTH...
WE ARE PLANNING TO GIVE
ROD'S ROADHOUSE ON THE EAST SHORE, A TRY
The Address is
1031 Eisenhower Blvd.
Harrisburg, PA 17111
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CRASHER'S MONTHLY CONCOCTION
"There's Booze in the Blender
& Soon it will Render,
That Frozen Concoction
that helps me hang on!"
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CRASHER'S MARGARITA
Instead of giving you a recipe for Margarita's... YOU ALL BETTER KNOW HOW TO MAKE A MARGARITA BY NOW! I decided to give you the perfect machines to make them in. Jimmy knows what he is doing. Both are from the Margaritaville catalog. I own both of these and they were on full display at Mother Ocean for our Margaritaville Madness party. You should splurge and get yourself these fun machines for your next party, or just invite me.... I will be happy to bring the machines with me.
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RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITY
Sunday Brunch at Hershey
DATES:
October 1 - full
December 17
We need a group for Brunches this Fall .
Sign up by yourself and make a few new phriends!
It easy, fun and very full-filing.
More details:
Please let Jane Hess know if you can help!
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3rd Annual Jakie Invitational
@ Rich Valley Golf Course
MINATURE GOLF TOURNAMENT
Save The Date
August 20th 2017
Volunteers Needed for the day of the event
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO
GO TO OUR WEBSITE
SIGN UP YOUR TEAM
BECOME A SPONSOR
BE A HOLE SPONSOR
REGISTER FOR THE JAKIE INVITATIONAL
ALL RIGHT FROM OUR WEBSITE!!
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Road Clean Up Dates
Chip in, Help out,
then beers and lunch at
The Blue Room,
Middletown
Next Dates:
July 22nd 2017
October 14th 2017
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JAKIE'S JOURNAL JULY 2017
Our current membership is 80
Remember if you haven't sent in your renewal yet, its now available ON-LINE - CLICK below
DOESN'T GET MUCH EASIER!!
Grab your friends, family, neighbors and join in the phun of Partying with a Purpose!
New Member's registration are now
ON SALE -
50% off
Have a question about membership?
WELCOME TO THE PHLOCK!
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JULY 5 - MARTHA ORNDORF
JULY 13 - GINNY ISABELLA
JULY 15 - DIXIE BURKE
JULY 23 - DEB FINK
JULY 26 - DOUG CLOUSER
JULY 27 - MARY KAY KNOLL
JULY 28 - ANGIE HOHMAN
JULY 30 - PAUL EADS
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JULY 7 - PHYLLIS & RICH HARMON
JULY 9 - APRIL CAMPBELL & BILL STYER
JULY 13 - JANE & BOB HESS
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Have you ever been asked what a Parrothead is? Here is a video that will help explain what we are all about. Share the link with a friend and maybe we can expand the PHLOCK!
HELP INCREASE MEMBERSHIP!!!! TELL A FRIEND!!!
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