Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo Tampa Bay Parrot Heads! What time is it?????
What a PHun and PHantastic pre-pre party at Quaker Steak.
Teammmmmmmmmmmmmm drink to Bill Church at Quaker Steak, Jimmy Parrish and the ocean Waves AND to the many volunteers that made it happen! A HUGE thanks to our raffle donors.....
Save The Manatees, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Quaker Steak, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, Quaker Steak
Teammmmmmmmmmmmmm drink to our Chief Officer of Spirits, Jim Hannigan, Coastal Wine & Spirits for the great giveaways!
We had visitors from Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Space Coast and Seattle Parrot heads.
Pre-party, Friday, April 14 at Skippers Smokehouse.
Coral Reefers Soul show is at Skipper's Smokehouse. They will be sharing original songs from their CD's and catalogs. They will be donating a portion of proceeds to the Florida Parrot Rescue in Tampa Bay Parrotheads honor!
Tickets are $25 in advance and $28 at the door. Order tickets online at www.skipperssmokehouse.com
Buy your ticket TODAY!Artists include: Robert Greenidge, Ralph MacDonald, "Uncle" Jim Mayer, Nadirah Shakoor, Doyle Grisham, and special guest JD Spradlin, Jon Patti, John Frinzi & Outside Art.
TAILGATE INFORMATION.
Here’s the instructions and schedule for “Welcome to Fin Land” tailgate……..
If you are bringing tents, tables, grills or canopies, please make sure that your name & number are on them to identify them for you. Although we have a team taking care of tear-down Saturday night, please tear down your tents, etc. and place them in your vehicle or safe place while you are in the concert.
Entrance to FairgroundsYou MUST have either a ticket or a volunteer badge to enter into the State Fairgrounds through the Orient Road entrance. Volunteer badges will be available at the Quaker Steak pre-pre party. If you can’t make the party, bring your Parrot head badge to flash at the Orient Road gate. You can pick up your volunteer badge inside (see Bevie & Uncle Frank). Your name is on the list, so it should be no problem getting in through the gate.
Parking
Entertainment Schedule – Welcome to Fin Land area
Game tickets will be sold from the Connolly Tiki Bar in the Welcome to Fin Land. Price will be $1 per ticket and 7 tickets for $5.
12-4pm – Fin Land Games
Coral Reefers – Meet n’ Greet – arrive between 5:30-5:45pm
Trop Rock Junkies will be on Stage B 6-7:30pm
Charity Raffle – Raffle tickets are given as prizes when you play the Welcome to Finland Games.
Our charity is Clearwater Marine Aquarium
MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN – DRAWING AT 5:30 pm in “Welcome to Fin Land” tent
Raffle Prizes:
Each club is donating a basket (Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Pirates in the Ridge & Sarasota)
Captain Morgan basket - donated by Jim Hannigan, Chief officer of Spirits
Margaritaville basket - Margaritaville
Try to have at least 2-4 people per vehicle coming into the Fairgrounds.
Orient Road entrance available for ticket holders & volunteers from
8am-10am to arrive for set-up and to ensure your place at the “Welcome to Fin Land” and tailgate area. RV’s please try to arrive between 8-10am, no later than 11am.
You must be on the volunteer list to come in the Orient Road entrance. All ticket holders have been placed on the list.
In the afternoon and with a ticket, you can come through 301 (Main) entrance. However, you may not be able to park in the tailgate area.
NOTE: RV’s will be parked in the RV lot and arrangements will need to be made to have someone carry you, your passengers and gear from RV lot to tailgate area.
No boats on trailers will be allowed entrance to the Florida State Fairgrounds for tailgating.
Volunteer Schedule
If you volunteered to help, you have been assigned duties; please check your time assigned and show up for your shift. Lists will be available at the large tree in our tailgate area and at the Connolly Tiki Bar (game ticket area).
Tailgate Area (Margarita Millie will be there to greet)!
Welcome to Fin Land Tent is located in Lot A overflow. For those of you that attended last year’s concert, it’s the same area where Under the Big Top was displayed.
There will be a “Surfing in the Hurricane” West Central Florida Parrot Head communal picnic/tailgate area. If you have a tent or canopy, please bring it to set up for the masses. Only vehicles that have “actual tailgating” out of the back of the vehicle will be in this area. All other parking will be to the right and further back from this area. We have room for 200 vehicles in this area. You may want to bring your club lanyard (name badge) to ensure entrance to this area. We’ll have our own port o’ potties at our disposal.
What do I bring?
BYOE – Bring Your Own everything! (which means food, bug spray, drinks, chair, cutlery, cups & paper plates & everything else).
TBPH will provide grills for cooking in the tailgate area. You are YOUR OWN Chef!
Bring a dish to share and whatever you want to grill or eat. Tents will be provided to shade the food this year. If you have any extra, please bring them.
HOT! HOT! HOT ! Sat is usually hot and very humid. Remember to bring water, sun tan lotion. Stay hydrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Key contacts on-site:
Captain Dave – set-up
Marilyn, Diana & Cookie – gamemasters
Sharon Leverett – Saturday night tear down
Dorothy – whatever you need
SEE YOU ALL THERE!
FINS UP!
Skipper Bryan
CARPOOL….CARPOOL….CARPOOL!!!!!!!!!