CPHC Newsletter
Hello and Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s another COLD one today! Stay warm, my phriends! I don’t know about you, but I am tired of shoveling snow this week! Come on Spring!!
Remember to pay your annual dues! We haven’t had many pay and join again so far this year. Remember, you need to be a member to participate in the parade and some of the other activities we have planned this year. Details below.
February Events
Fundraiser at Someplace Else was a huge success!!
The CPHC was well represented at the fundraiser for Mark last weekend. Our members, along with all the other ‘regular folk’ who turned out to support the family, had a wonderful time and we raised over $3300 to help him and his family toward their medical expenses. It was an emotional event at times, but overall was a lot of fun! Thanks to our Parrot Head Phlock who were there.. we showed the rest of the people at the Brewery what an awesome group we are!
February Club Meeting – THIS SATURDAY!!
Saturday, February 15, 2020 – 6pm
Hoppers Sports Bar, Wheat Ridge
Our charity this month is one of our favorites.. My Fairy Dawg Mother. The director of the organization will be on hand to tell us about their rescue. The Colorado Parrot Head club has really made a difference for this dog rescue in the past, and we’d love to keep helping them!
As always, please bring a raffle prize or 2 to help us out. See you Saturday!
I wanted to give a special “shout out” to Hannah and the crew at Hoppers. They have done a great job the last couple of months serving food and drinks to all of us. Next time you are in Hoppers, be sure to thank them for all their hard work during our meetings!
Denver House Concert with Mike Nash!!
February 23rd – 7pm
Meet and Greet to start at 6pm
Someplace Else Brewery
6425 W 52nd Ave #6 – Arvada
Cost will be $20 per person with all proceeds going to the artist.
Bring a dessert or appetizer to share if you’d like.
Colorado Springs House Concert with Mike Nash!!
February 22rd – 6:30
Roger and Vicki Sams’ House
Colorado Springs – email Vicki for details.
Meet and Greet to start at 6pm, show to start at 7:00pm
Cost will be $20 per person with all proceeds going to Mike.
Bring a dessert or appetizer to share if you’d like.
Bring whatever beverages you want to drink for the evening.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Mike Nash, he is a performer and song writer raised in Nashville, but found his musical beginnings in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He has been the lead for the Southern Drawl Band and has shared the stage with world famous artists, like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Neal McCoy, David Allen Coe and many others. In 2015, he had the rare privilege of opening up for Jimmy Buffett at Meeting of the Minds, in Key West. Mike puts on a WONDERFUL show, so try to make it to one of the shows.. you won’t be disappointed!
February Float Build
It’s that time of year again… as St Patrick’s Day is rapidly approaching. We are registered for the Denver St Patrick’s Day Parade. The theme this year is “Shamrocks and Shields.” (as in police and first responder) We have a great float designed, so come by and help us build and paint on the weekends mentioned below.
Start getting your costumes ready for Parade Day!! Come as a police officer, fireman or “prisoner,” all parrot head style, of course.. or wear your best Parrot Head attire!
We will be having float build weekends:
Feb 29 & Mar 1
March 7 & 8
Pete’s house – 5461 Marshall St, Arvada
10am start time each day
As always bring snacks to share and your own beverages
Wear old clothes
Bring hand tools if you have them
Bring a chair to sit on for break time
If it’s sunny, bring sunscreen!!
The parade will be on March 14, with the step-off being at 9:30am
More details for the parade as I get them. Once again, our sponsor, the Fainting Goat, will have a special menu put together for us after the parade.
You must be a member to participate in the parade. Each member will get 2 wrist bands, if needed, for you and a guest.
2020 Pete’s Summer Concert Series
Word got out in the Trop Rock Musician world, that the Colorado Parrot Head Club threw a kick ass concert/Party with a Purpose this year, so we have had several musicians contact us, asking if they can do house concerts for us. We have some amazing acts lined up! Some of these folks NEVER do house concerts but they heard what a great group we have so they want to do a show for us!
Save the Dates!!!
July 3 – The Landsharks!
Where – Pete’s House – 6pm – 9pm.
Admission is $40 per person – with all proceeds going to the musicians. (This is a great price for a 5 piece band and legends.. the Landsharks!!)
This will be a pot luck, so bring a dish to share
Bring your own beverage of choice
Bring your own chair.
July 25, 2020 Party with a Purpose! (note the new date)
This year’s PWAP will be on July 25, once again, at Pete’s house.. on the Arvada Smokin’ Tuna Stage!
Our opening act will be Erica Sunshine Lee!! Next up will be the incredible Sunny Jim (James White), followed up by the always amazing Mike Nash and the Southern Drawl Band!
The lineup is fantastic, and it’s looking like it will be another great day!
We will have the link up soon to be able to buy tickets. The tickets will be $55 each if you pay on the PayPal link. The event is $50 but we have to cover the service charges of PayPal. So, if you buy from the website, the cost will be $55. If you send us a check or pay cash at the meetings, the cost will be $50 each ticket.
Start getting those gift baskets and silent auction items ready!
Stay tuned for more details!
July 31 – Aaron Scherz!
Where – Pete’s House –
Admission is $20 per person – with all proceeds going to the musician.
This will be a pot luck, so bring a dish to share
Bring your own beverage of choice
Bring your own chair.
We have a couple more bands lined up to play this summer, but we are still working out the details.. so stay tuned for the announcements!!
2020 Roger and Vicki’s Summer Concert Series
Jack Mosley – June 14
Roger and Vicki Sams
Colorado Springs – email Vicki for details.
Cost will be $20 per person with all proceeds going to the artist.
Bring a dessert or appetizer to share if you’d like.
Bring whatever beverages you want to drink for the evening.
Sunny Jim (James White) – July 26
Roger and Vicki Sams
Colorado Springs – email Vicki for details.
Cost will be $20 per person with all proceeds going to the artist.
Bring a dessert or appetizer to share if you’d like.
Bring whatever beverages you want to drink for the evening.
Want to host a house concert?
If anyone is interested in hosting a house party, “The Sauce Boss” will be going through Colorado and wants to do a house concert with our group. Right now, it looks like the best dates would be Wednesday June 3 (preferred) or Thursday, June 4. If you’d like to schedule him, please contact them directly by email (see the newsletter in your email for their contact info)
Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton has brought his swamp-funk, slide guitar-one-man band, and a pot of gumbo all across the US and to Canada, Europe, and Asia. Sauce Boss cooks gumbo while performing; serving up bowls to the audience at the end of the shows. He has served well over 200,000 people for free at his legendary live shows. Sauce Boss is the guy Jimmy Buffett sings about in “I Will Play for Gumbo”. Wharton’s blues anthem, “Let the Big Dog Eat”, has been covered by many, including Albert Castiglia. His version was #1 on the Roots Music Report for twelve weeks. The tune was also in Jonathan Demme’s movie “Something Wild”. Now, Bill’s music will be featured throughout the soundtrack in the documentary, “Jimmy Carter – Rock and Roll President”, debuting early in 2020.
Jimmy Buffett Concert Announcements
There have been quite a few Buffett Concert Announcements. If there are tickets you are interested in for a show, please let me know and I will contact the appropriate Parrot Head Club for that area, and see if I can get tickets for you through that club.
Remember, a request for tickets is a commitment to pay for said tickets.
2020 Meeting of the Minds
MOTM REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR the 29th Annual PHiP’s Meeting of the Minds 2020 “Party at the End of the World.” The registration for the event and Casa Marina reservations opened on Monday, December 16!!!
Remember if you book a room at the Casa Marina you need to go register for PHiP’s Meeting of the Minds. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR PHiP’s MOTM TO STAY AT THE CASA MARINA! Only credentialed guests will be allowed into the Casa Marina property during the event.
Note: Due to the results of our last two years of Meeting of the Minds surveys the MOTM gift bag is being eliminated for 2020. There will be no gift bag stuffing party this year so it will not be on the registration form.
Here is the link to register for the 29th PHiP’s ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINDS 2020: http://www.phip.com/motmregistration
Club T-shirts!!
We still have plenty of t-shirts for our 25th Anniversary!!! We have quite an assortment of colors (Pink, as shown below, Black, Butter Yellow, Caribbean Blue, Steel Gray, Periwinkle, Salmon and Sea Foam Green). We have a wide variety of sizes, and both men’s and lady’s cut shirts (lady’s cut are only available in pink). The one shown below is a lady’s cut, with both front and back pictured.
The front has the original Parrot Head logo on it, and the back has a picture on it provided by Dixie LaHood. The pictures here don’t do it justice. They are awesome!! We’ll have them at all the meetings. If you can’t attend a meeting and would like one… please contact Robin or Pete to arrange getting your cool new club shirt! The cost is $30 each. (if you can’t make it to a meeting to pick one up, drop a check in the mail to us and please add $5 per shirt for shipping.)
The t-shirts are stored at Pete’s house, so give Pete a call if you want to stop by and pick up a shirt or 2, plus we will have them at all the club meetings.
Misc.
Jeff Dunham is coming to the 1ST BANK Center (Broomfield Events Center) on April 4.
Several in our group are interested in going, so we checked into group tickets. They don’t really have a group ticket sales up there, and we were not able to get a large group of tickets, but we did manage to get a few. We have a very limited number, so we will sell them on a first come first serve basis. The cost is $75 each. Sorry we can’t accommodate everyone, but there are still tickets for sale, so if you’d like to go, and can’t fit into our limited number, please buy some tickets online. It will be a very fun night. “Jeffafa” is a SUPER funny!
Contact Robin if you’d like to buy tickets. (by replying to this email)
2020 Membership Dues are upon us!!
The Colorado Parrot Head Club has not had an annual membership dues increase for many years. We increased the dues for this year, starting on Dec.1, 2019. The new fees will be as follows:
New Member (Single Membership): $45
Member Renewal (Single Membership): $35
New Member (Family Membership): $55
Member Renewal (Family Membership): $45
For renewals, the dues are only going up $5 for the year. For new members the dues will increase by $10 per year. The new rates went into effect Dec. 1.
Don’t forget to check in on Gary and Bonnie Dickinson and their travels at their BLOG and follow their adventures at: www.bbfreee.wordpress.com
Fins up!
Parrot Head President, Pete!