CPHC Weekly News
Happy Friday everyone. Sorry for such a late newsletter, it’s been (another) one of those crazy busy weeks at the Estes hours. Good thing today was National Coffee Day or I may not have made it to the weekend!
Speaking of the weekend, there are no official club events, but there are an awful lot of local Octoberfest celebrations happening this weekend. I’m sure you will not have any trouble finding something phun to do!
Here’s the news:
Thanks to everyone who supported CPHC at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s!
Even the chilly morning couldn’t keep our crazy phlock of Parrot Heads from walking to raise money and awareness of this horrible disease! We had a great time… next year you should really all come out and join us! I mean, look at this beautiful group of do-gooders! And this isn’t even everyone (a few had to leave before the photo.) Don’t you wish you were there with us?
By the way, we raised $2950 towards the fight against this horrible disease! Thanks to everyone who already contributed. If you haven’t donated, you know it would only take 50 of you to give a dollar and we’d hit that goal of $3000…. just saying. You can give at: act.alz.org/goto/cphc. It’s an important cause, and every bit helps.
Halloween Parade Details!
As a reminder to anyone who may not typically read these newsletters… there will be no October meeting at Hopper’s next month. Instead, we’ll be participating in the 1st Annual Broadway Halloween Parade! The parade kicks off at 6pm on Saturday, October 21st! Please save the date & plan on joining us!
Here is what you need to know:
The first thing to keep in mind, this is not the St. Patrick’s parade, meaning we aren’t having big builds or doing anything too elaborate. We wanted to keep it simple and fun, and many of you agreed. And when we chatted with folks about an easy theme one thing kept getting brought up – ZOMBIES. That’s why we decided our theme would be:
The PHLOCKING DEAD!
We not Parrot Heads for life. We’re Parrot Heads for the afterlife, too!
Costumes: We were thinking you could all use your traditional Parrot Head costumes with a little undead, zombie spin. Ghostly pirates would be awesome.. as would tropical zombies, or undead island folks… you get the idea Be creative and spooky!
Float: Pete Grosskreuz is working on our float. Pete has previously designed an award-winning Halloween float, so we feel good that this is in his hands. The trailer is the same one we use for our PWAP stages, so it’s much smaller than our other parade – which means there will be little if any room for riders. I’m not expecting any additional help to go into the build, but if that changes & anything is needed I’ll let everyone know.
Other things to know:
This is a community parade and is very kid friendly. That means NO BOOZE during the parade route. Fortunately, it’s a very, very short parade – just about one mile – so I think you can make it! And because it’s a post-parade tradition, we will all phlock to The Fainting Goat on Broadway to celebrate once the parade is over. Plan on joining your zombie Parrot Head friends at the goat for some liquid treats, and no tricks!
One more note – the biggest challenge we’ll probably have is that the parade route does not loop back to the start. As I mentioned it’s fairly short. We start near Denver General Hospital and end at Broadway and Alameda (near Blue Bonnet). That’s a total of about 1.3 miles. However, we have to get back… there is no return route to the staging area. That being said, and because parking is tough and drinking will commence after the parade, I would recommend carpooling or taking RTD, Uber or Lyft.
What you should do now to get ready for the Halloween parade:
Work on your Costumes! You probably have most of the Parrot Head/Pirate gear already, so work on looking your zombie look. Basically, just try and look a little bit worse than you normally do the day after a Parrot Head party!
Stock up on Halloween candy for handouts. We will want to have lots of candy for the spectators, so we’re asking everyone to contribute a big bag or two. It is Halloween after all!
We know you have more questions. More info will come. We will send out info on parade day, parade rules, where to park, and where to meet very soon. Watch your emails. If you have any specific questions or suggestions, send them my way. I’ll do my best to get everyone the answers they need.
Read more about the parade at http://www.broadwayhalloweenparade.com/
October 15th – Latitude House Concert!
Roger and Vicki Sams are hosting Latitude, aka Tom & Michelle Becker, for a house concert at their home in Colorado Springs on October 15. All the details are below. This is sure to be an awesome show! Contact Roger & Vicki for more details or to RSVP.
That’s all the news. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Fins up!
Jeff