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Pirates on the Panhandle A Parrot Head Club from Navarre Beach

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WHERE DID THE TERM "PARROT HEAD" COME FROM?

Once when performing at Timberwolf Amphitheatre at Kings Island in Ohio, Jimmy commented on all those crazy folks in the crowd from the Cincinnati area wearing Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats and who keep coming back to every show.  "Just like DeadHeads," Jimmy commented. 

Coral-Reefer Timothy B. Schmidt (who also played Bass for the Eagles between stints with the Coral-Reefer Band) replied, "Yea, Parrot Heads!"

On Being A Parrot Head

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"What is a Parrot Head?"  
 

What is a Parrot Head? they ask, when we appear in mass
What makes you wear those crazy clothes, and imitate an ass?
The answer is not simple, but then again, it is.
Tis really just a frame of mind around Jimmy Buffett´s biz.
 
It´s sitting in a traffic jam, and picturing a beach,
A far off island in the sea, that´s just beyond your reach
A flowered shirt, a crazy hat, a cheeseburger in hand.
A beach chair at an awesome park, with a Trop-rock music band. 
 
By day we may be doctors and lawyers, and don a 3 piece suit,
By night the margaritas flow, and grass skirts sure look cute.
With sailing songs and steele drum beats, the stress can melt away
And if you haven´t tried it,

don´t knock it as they say.
 
We celebrate the pirate life, the hula girls and rum.

A bunch of crazy drinkin´ folk, we have been called by some.
Dancing barefoot, squeezing limes, it is a Tropical circus.
But hold the bashing and keep in mind, we Party with a Purpose.
 
So welcome to this phlocking, and we hope that you´ll be kind.
Beyond the beaks and feathers, you will certainly no doubt find
The greatest bunch of people that take charity to heart,
That welcome anyone that has the urge to play a part.

Carol Ewald, President - Santa Barbara Parrot Head Club

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Who Are These People????

Club members come from a variety of backgrounds. Most are professionals, with an average age range between the mid-twenties to the mid-fifties.

Although membership numbers vary greatly from club to club, from all accounts, our clubs have an average membership of 150.

The real beauty of the clubs is that they seem to attract exactly the right kind of people - people who, through their attraction to Jimmy Buffett's music also have a number of other interests in common, most importantly the desire to give something back to the community in which they live.

JUNE =

THE OFFICIAL START OF HURRICANE SEASON


As we move into the summer season and the height of Parrot Head activity, please remember the PHiN Fund in your charitable efforts.

For the new Officers and new Chapters, the PHiN Fund is administered by the Paradise Charitable Foundation and is the vehicle created specifically to allow Parrot Heads to help Parrot Heads in time of disaster.

http://www.paradisefoundation.org/

Operating entirely on donations from Parrot Heads and Parrot Head Clubs, the PHiN Fund has taken in $164,582 since inception and has paid out a total of $117,500 to members of the PHiP family affected by natural disasters, from hurricanes & tornados to fires & floods. And, all expenses incurred in the operation and maintenance of the PHiN Fund are wholly absorbed by the Paradise Charitable Foundation which, by the way, is a 501(c)(3) corporation.

So, please remember the PHiN Fund in your philanthropic endeavors ... One never knows when you or one of your members may be the victim of a natural disaster.

Bob Heffelfinger
Director of Membership
PHiP, Inc.

Director
Paradise Charitable Foundation, Inc.

IN THE SHELTER

I am the keeper of In the Shelter list and we ask club leaders to ask their members to complete the In the Shelter Form.

Once the form is completed form, return the form to Patti Fritchie, one of our Regional Coordinators at Livelovesing@aol.com . Patti will forward the info to me, and I will add the info to a spreadsheet. My email address is clg2@sbcglobal.net PHIP starts a new list each year because everyone's situation changes from year to year.

Some folks are willing to shelter fellow parrotheads but might not want "keets" (children) or pets in their homes. Others would welcome them. That's the kind of info we ask for in the form.

All information is kept confidential and if an emergent need arises, the potential host family would be contacted by Connie or their regional communicator ahead of time to ensure that they are willing to take on guests at that particular time.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask your RCs, myself, Bob Heffelfinger or Charley Gingrow. It's really amazing how quickly the coconut telegraph works in time of need.

Connie Gray
Regional Communicator Chair

 
 
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