The Parrot Head Times B L U E G R A S S P A R R O T H E A D C L U B M A R C H 2 0 1 6 I N T H I S I S S U E St Patty Day Parade March Charity BGPHC Calendar Meeting Of The Minds Parrothead Rendezvous Happy Hours Parrot Head B-days St. Patty s Day Club Dues Club Tee Shirts and Sweatshirts Buffett Tour Dates Announced Address List St. Patrick Parade The St. Patty Day Parade was a blast again this year and the weather was perfect!!! We started the event with a gathering to decorate the float. Thanks to Dave and Debbie Vinson, we had Parrothead Beach via their trailer and a ton and a half of sand!!! The decorating occurred at Art and Dawes Thomas driveway. After decorating the float and then disassembling it for the evening we had chili and watch the CATS win. Thanks to Art and Dawes for hosting and to Dave and Debbie for the float. Saturday morning the float was reassembled and we gathered on Midland to await the parade. We had a causality while waiting Tanya Ebersohl fell while skating and got a ride in the E-Squad. But she was smiling when she left! Tanya, hoping you are doing well. The parade went off on time and we managed to give away about 2500 strings of bead! Great Time was had by all!!.
P A G E 2 HAPPY HOURS ARE THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH! Happy Hours? We got em! The Vice President of Wild Life is working to find a great place for the April Happy Hour. We are looking at B D s Mongolian Grill in Hamburg. They have an awesome garage patio which can either be opened or closed depending on the weather. We ll let you know shortly! March was at Ramsey s and we had a great turnout! 2016 Conventions of Interest! Meeting Of The Minds Key West Registration is still open!!! At last count we were at about 20. Hope everybody jumps on the wagon and heads south with us. Going to be a Great Year! The dates are Nov. 2-6. Fair warning!!! We received an email indicating that the registration is filling up at a record pace. If you are sitting on the fence, I would recommend you jump in sooner than later. Hate to see anybody left out this year since it is the 25th Annual MOTM. Rumors are flying about a surprise guests. No guarantees but just saying. Parrothead Rendezvous 2016 Registration has been extended to April 2nd! I m not sure who all are going down but I know there are at least a few. Hope you guys have a great time! The dates are April22-24. T H E P A R R O T H E A D T I M E S
B L U E G R A S S P A R R O T H E A D C L U B P A G E 3 B.G.P.H.C. Upcoming Events THE March CLUB MEETING WILL BE March 18 AT RAC- QUET CLUB, AS USU- AL. April Happy Hour April 5th. Location TBD SOCIAL HOUR BEGINS AT 5:00 AS USUAL, AND WE WILL HAVE A SHORT MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. DERBY DAY We will be celebrating Derby Day at Keeneland with a Tailgate so mark your calendars for May 7th!! More details soon. March Charity: Ronald McDonald House We are keeping it simple this month and going back to an old activity collecting Tabbies. The pop top on pop and beer cans are valuable and Ronald McDonald House collects them to help support their activities. I know its late notice but some of you collect them already so bring them to the meeting. Obviously, they will accept money as well. April Charity: See Cruise Next month we will be supporting the See Cruise. The Board has voted to be a $250 sponsor. Other ways to support the event are by attending and or donating something for their silent auction and raffles. Ticket in advance are $10 and $15 at the door. To buy tickets in advance, go to www.bgbky.org and look under special events. Road Clean-up Road Clean-up will be April 23rd. More details next month!
Bufftett Concert Dates Announced The I Don t Know Tour!! Cincy will be Tuesday, June 21st. Tickets are still available in almost all sections. Lawn seats are $36, Pavilion are $136 and up. Of course you have to add Ticketmaster fees to that. Club tickets have been ordered and no additional Club tickets are available. We have reserved the bus as usual and Mike Robinson (our favorite driver) will be taking us up. I m sure he will play a bit of music in the parking lot as well. We plan to have the grill and we shall eat well. The bus list will be at the meeting Friday night so get on sooner than later. Cost will be about $25/person and includes the food. Invite your friends along as well. Members get first dibs though. There are some other tour locations which could be interesting as well including Nashville, TN May 26th and Frisco, TX May 28th. ROAD TRIP, ROAD TRIP! WE NEED SOME ROAD TRIPS THIS YEAR!!!
P A G E 5 2016 Club Dues Your Club Dues are Due!!!. After Jan. 31st dues went up to $25. Also, the email list was purged on February 28th which means you will no longer be receiving newsletter or notifications of Club Events if you are not in good standing. We would love to have everybody back. Presently we are up to about 90 paid members for 2016. You can mail your dues to the PO Box (Bluegrass Parrot Head Club, P.O. Box 55337, Lexington, KY 40555), or deliver them in person at a meeting. Address List You will be receiving a list of members shortly which includes email and home addresses along with phone numbers of all paid members. We did not have anyone opt out of having their name on the list. Hope this is helpful to everybody!!
P A G E 6 M Club Tee Shirts and Sweat Shirts Hey Parrotheads We are in the process of purchasing Club Tee Shirts and/or Club Sweat Shirts. We are going to use the same supplier as we used for the Anniversary Party. We will be able to pick our shirt size as well as boy or girl shirt. Preliminary prices are $15 for the shirt and $25 for a sweat shirt. We will take orders shortly along with payment. Speaking of Tee Shirts we still have a few more Anniversary shirts to pass out along with a few extra for sale. $15 per shirt if you would like one.
The Parrot Head Times is produced by the members of the club on a monthly basis. We apologize for any errors in production. Special thanks to all who contributed to this edition The Newsletter is your source for information and a place to share as well. If you have information you would like to submit for the newsletter this year, Bluegrass Parrot Head Club, P.O. Box 55337, Lexington, KY 40555 please email it to bob@arthomesystems.com It will be reviewed and we will try to include as much as possible. Like us on FaceBook-Bluegrass Parrot Head Club Find us on the web @ www.bgphc.com Growing Older But Not Up! March Birthdays Chris Rose 3/22 Barb Tassie 3/5 Bob Cummings 3/5 Leslie Phelps 3/6 Jon Schaeffer 3/2428 Nan Carter 3/26 Bob Derringer 3/26 Leshia Derringer 3/14 Jay Osborne 3/15 Sandy Wiese 3//18 Betsey Keplinger 3/21 SO SORRY THAT WE DON T HAVE EVERY BIRTHDAY IN OUR RECORDS!