Hello and Happy January! So far, the weather hasn’t been too bad, but I am one of THOSE people who are ok with the snow and cold until the holidays are over.. then I’m ready for summer! Only 51 days until Spring!
January Events
The Colorado Avalanche Game on January 2, was a lot of fun! The Avalanche beat the defending Stanley Cup Champs, the St Louis Blues that night!
Thanks go to Will from the Avalanche for hooking us up on the tickets and the t-shirts. It was a great night!!
Thank you to all who came to the brunch and the play, “Escape to Margaritaville.”
What a wonderful turnout we had! Thank you to Karen Bell for organizing this event! You did a fantastic job! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
The reception at the Renaissance Hotel was great! The play was cheesy, but it was a lot of fun. I’m pretty sure the Parrot Heads were the only people singing along to all the songs. Salt, Salt, Salt!!!
In case you missed out, the House Concert with Thom Shepherd and Coley McCabe has been cancelled. Sorry about that, but they will be in Colorado for the Party With a Purpose in August. (Details below.)
January Club Meeting
Saturday, January 18, 2020 – 6pm
Hoppers Sports Bar, Wheat Ridge
February Events
Fundraiser
Someplace Else Brewery in Arvada will be hosting fundraisers for Keira’s family. Stay tuned for details, but if anyone would like to help us with baskets and silent auction items, please let me know. Any donation will be greatly appreciated.
February Club Meeting
Saturday, February 15, 2020 – 6pm
Hoppers Sports Bar, Wheat Ridge
House Concert with Mike Nash!!
February 23rd – 7pm
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.
House Concert with Mike Nash!!
February 22rd – 6:30
Roger and Vicki Sams’ House
Colorado Springs (contact us their address)
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.
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… now we just have to come up with a theme for the float!
We will be having float build weekends Feb 28 & 29 and March 6 & 7.
(Pete’s House)
The parade will be on March 14, with the step-off being at 9:30am
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 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.
August 29 – Party with a Purpose!
So far, we have secured Thom & Coley, as well as Mike Nash and the Southern Drawl Band. For those who saw the show last year.. you know how awesome it was. For those who missed last year’s show, you really should try to make it this year. It will be another amazing 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 details!
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 (contact us for their address)
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 25
Roger and Vicki Sams
Colorado Springs (contact us for their address)
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.
2020 MOTM – REGISTRATION OPEN
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 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 contact us if you want to stop by and pick up a shirt or 2, plus we will have them at all the club meetings.
Misc. Events
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.
Misc.
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!