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a little odd would be an understatement. The lights were
on one minute and off the
next, making it difficult to read
Cathy & Clay
the raffle tickets or to even
see the prize you just won. Our President was making her
announcements and the music was turned on drowning
her out. Only one Jimmy Buffet song was played during the
whole evening and it was cut off half way through.
March
Phlocking
March 8th
7:00 pm
Somewhere Bar
Bud Light & Miller Lite draft $3
each. Johnny Rockets menus &
servers available to take food orders.
Plus! ---LIVE MUSIC!! ---
by Rick Lamb and the Phin Addicts
You may think this was due to a Fat Tuesday prank/ritual
or perhaps it was due to the rumored Legionnaires’ Post One
Ghost, but you would be wrong. Oh, by the way, did you
happen to meet Clay?
Margaritaville Night
at the Tulsa Oilers
Saturday March 19th
The Pot Luck was a success as usual with plenty of Gumbo
and Cajun delights as well as several (many, lots) King Cakes.
Kathy Detwiler was the first to find the “King” in the cake “so be sure to bring the King Cake next year Kathy.”
Tickets are $13 per person (regularly $20). $3 of that will go directly to
the Make-A-Wish foundation of Oklahoma.
The game starts at 7:05pm – Tulsa Oilers vs Allen
American at the BOK Center.
CLICK on the link below to purchase tickets - you
cannot purchase tickets through the club. We WILL
NOT be taking money for tickets.
We were assured there would not be a repeat of the February problems at our April meeting.
http://tulsaoilers.com/tulsa-parrot-head-club/
above:The King
Judy, Kathy & Cindy
Last year our very own Jeanette North won the
Costume Contest - so dress up in your best Tropical attire and get out to the Hockey Game.
It’s always a great time!
The Tulsa Parrot Head Club Presents
to benefit the Akdar Shrine of Tulsa
April 2, 2016 - 7:30pm
Akdar Shrine Hall - 2808 S Sheridan Rd.
$
20 per person
Enjoy:
Cash Bar
Light Snacks
Costume Contest - Games
Mask/Costumes Encouraged
with Special musical guest:
The Phin Addicts
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exactly is a ‘Masquerade Party’?” Well, besides the obvious
answer, it’s a reason to dress up, raise some money and a drink
or two. In other words it’s a chance to have a Phun evening
with your Phellow Parrot Heads and anyone else who might
show up.
It’s an opportunity to see and hear our good Phriend Rick
Lamb and the Phin Addicts playing live music.
This is our first Masquerade Party so let’s pull out all the
stops and make it a great one. Dress up, go all out, rent or
make a costume. At least wear a mask (and we’re not talking
about the dust kind). Don’t be the only person at the party
without a costume - you really don’t want to win that prize.
your
face
here
You know that, this being a Parrot Head event, it’s going to
be a great time. Plus the money raised goes to our local Shriners. So come out to the Akdar Shrine’s Hall (you know you’ve
always wondered what the inside of that building looks like)
April 2nd at 7:30 and join us!
21st Annual
TPHC Phlocking at the Phort
golf tournament - June 18th
Cathy Boley will be getting out the 1st
round of emails to past golfers with tournament information in the next few weeks.
She will also start contacting sponsors that
have contributed before to see if they will
again this year.
We need everyone to pitch in and help get
golfers, prizes, beer, and hole sponsors this
year. And remember to keep track of the
time you spend getting donations, as you
can earn one point per each volunteer hour.
They can add up fast .
NOTICE! We are also looking for someone to sponsor the lunch this year. John
Hedge has another event that day and
won’t be able to cook. If anyone has a
contact that might consider donating
lunch for 150 people, please let Cathy
know. It would be a tax deductible donation for them. As all donations you get
for the tournament are tax deductible.
Our illustrious President has put a challenge out to all Tulsa Parrot Heads to wrangle up at least one (1) hole sponsor, and a
couple of prizes and/or beer.
Come on Pholks, let’s not let Cathy down.
Get out there and get those donations.
Make her proud!
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Tulsa Chill
Motorcycle, Car and
Custom Semi-Truck Show
April 29th – May 1st
“The Chill” / Kansas and Oklahoma’s largest indoor Motorcycle, Car and Custom Semi-Truck Shows! It is our pleasure to
present to you the all new “Chill” event series for 2016.
“The Chill” is heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma for its 1st annual event April 29th – May 1st of 2016 and will be held at the
River Spirit Expo located at 4145 East 21st, Tulsa, OK. We
truly believe that the Oklahoma Motorcycle, Car and Custom
Semi-Truck enthusiasts will love “The Chill” as much as we
do!
Girls? Did we mention Girls??? Trust us on this one…
“The Chill” is very well known for its swimsuit competitions, fashion shows and/or performances with some of
the hottest girls around. Past events have included the T95
Rock Squad Girls, Hooters Swimsuit Competitions as well
as the world famous Flaunt Girls!!!!
FUN for the whole Family!!
The Tulsa Parrot Heads have agreed to ‘work’ the Tulsa Chill
Show so we are looking for volunteers to help out. What we will
need from the Parrot Heads is more of a security issue. Meaning we will need someone working during the event to walk the
event and to ensure that no one is messing with other people’s
stuff so to speak. It’s more of a keeping an eye on people. We will
probably only need two to four at any given time to keep an eye
on things. You can schedule people to be there in whatever shifts
you want.
We will get paid $8 an hour, and they will give us one check
for the total time at the end of the show. We can designate what
charity we want the money to go to. We will sign up people for 2
hour shifts and will need 2-4 people on each shift. The hours of
the car show are Fri April 29 12pm to 10pm. Sat 10am to 10pm,
and Sun 10am-4pm. After your shift you are welcome to walk
around the show if you want. This is not hard, and anyone can do
it. Even if you are an old crip like your president.
This is a great opportunity to increase your ‘Volunteer Points’
- remember Fall 2016 is just around the corner and you wouldn’t
want to miss Margaritaville’s Grand Opening would you?
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36 Hours of
Parrot Head Phun!
- or -
The Tulsa Parot Heads
take a train trip to
Ft Worth, Texas!
All Awake!
top: OKC at dawn
right: Ft. Worth Stockyards
at all the shuttles
arrived and in two
quick trips we all
made it to the hotel.
After checking in
most everyone was
a little hungry so we
walked across the
street to the ‘Mercado
For most of us, the
trip to the ‘Ft Worth
Stockyards’ started in
the early ‘am’ Saturday
morning as we headed
south to OKC to catch
Amtrak’s ‘Heartland Flyer’. Some Parrot Head’s opted
to stay the night in OKC so they would be (supposedly)
bright and chipper first thing in the morning - oh well.
34 Tulsa Parrot Heads
departed the OKC
Train Depot/bomb
shelter (the interior
of their waiting room
was a little abysmal)at
8:23am on the dot.
Juarez Cafe’ for some authentic Mexican food. After
lunch some folks went back
to the hotel to freshen up
and others headed straight
down to the ‘Stockyard’
district.
The ‘Ft. Worth
Stockyard’ district is
basically just bars and
gift shops with a few
restaurants thrown
in for good measure
which, as you well
know, is paradise for
Longhorn Saloon
Parrot Heads! After
arriving on the main street it seemed as though the men
headed for the bars and
the ladies took to the
stores. We tried our
best to hit every bar
but I’m sure a few were
missed. Then there was
OKC Depot waiting room
We were off ! Rocketing our way to the Ft Worth Stockyards! But first we had
to make a few stops (Norman, Purcell and a few others)
and listen to a few
announcements
concerning shoes
and toes (?)and
our general safety.
But we were too
busy playing ‘I pad
“What time is it?”
Charades’, ‘Go Fish’
and drinking to let any of that affect us. The interior of the
train was very comfortable and spacious - nothing at all
like the Hogwart’s train.
And we had our own section too - almost the whole
car. Towards the end of the
trip the ‘Club Car’ started
running low on beer - but
we persevered.
“Stampede”
the ‘Longhorn Stampede!!’
down main street - which
was actually more of a ‘shuffle’ than a stampede - but
entertaining none the less.
This was on the trip down to Ft. Worth
Next Stop - Ft Worth,
Texas! We arrived in Ft Worth right on time. Now the
trick was getting from the depot to our hotel. In no time
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We raised $251 in the February raffle.
The donation went to the Owasso Grads
Special Olympics. Owasso’s Special Olym-
That’s right! The COPA Reefers Band will be back at the
5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar March 4th.
pics team and Special Olympics of Oklahoma provides the opportunity for athletes of
all ability levels to compete in fair and equitable competition. Every year Owasso Public
Schools sends approximately 80 athletes and
Unified partners to participate in the Area
and State Games.
They were here a couple of months ago for a weekend show and then they came back just to play at our
January meeting.
They are a really good and Phun band. Get out to
see them if you get a chance. You’ll be glad you did.
The February raffle was very well
distributed if I do say so myself.
There were one or two tables that
were luckier than others - but that’s
to be expected. In this case I was sitting at one of the lucky ones for once.
The TPHC Shirt
and Dress ordering period has
been extended to
our next meeting
March 8th. You
can see a sample of
the shirt and dress and order at the meeting. An order form
is attached to this newsletter
Thank You! to all those who
donated gifts: Mike Casillas, Ron
& Jeanette North, Robbie Thames,
Jack Kelsey, Tammi Martin, Rebecca
Land, Sandy Hogue, Judy Striegel,
Rick Zickefoose, Jodie Rogers, Mitch,
Cindy Kramer, Ken Adams, Stacy
DeMas, Larry & Vicki Eberle, Don &
Carol Jones, George Rice, MaryBelle
Franklin, David Hubble, George McMillen, Don & Kathy Reddaway, Moo
DeVasher
Prayers for Parrot Heads
Moo and her Family
Ken and Cindy Adams
Let an officer know if there are others we need to add to our list.
Stacy DeMas
3rd
Gareld Gill
5th
Becky McMurphy 5th
Janet Davis
7th
Art Thrasher
7th
Kyle McCullar
9th
Jim Hogue
10th
Sarah Thompson
Kenny Evans
Jim Ware
Erin Casillas
Kathy Jewell
Craig Hannon
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13th
19th
19th
20th
21st
23rd
Janice Hannon
Jackie Shamel
Mitch Bryan
Carolyn Jones
Trevor Weatherly
Tammy Martin
Michele Taylor
24th
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29th
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Mardi Gras iinn Galveston
By: Don and Carol Jones
Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday is a series of Carnival celebrations beginning on or after the
Christian feasts of the Epiphany and
culminating on Ash Wednesday or the
beginning of Lent.
parades typically are held during the day and the parades in the Strand begin in the early evening and continue into the night.
One of the most famous parades in
Galveston is the Uptown Funky Umbrella Parade. It is held in the Strand.
Carol and I and our friends Ed and
Alice have participated in this revelry
the past two years while doing our
best to escape the winter temperatures of northeast Oklahoma. There
are plenty of beads and other things
you associate with Mardi Gras, but
for the most part, the celebrations are
family-friendly.
If you poll a hundred people regarding the origin of Mardi Gras, ninety of
them probably would say that Mardi Gras began in New Orleans. The
first U.S. Mardi Gras celebration was
actually in Mobile in 1699. The first
Mardi Gras parade was held there in
1837. Depending on who you ask,
New Orleans still has the most famous
celebrations, followed by Mobile with
Galveston following close behind.
Galveston and the surrounding
area is well known for its cuisine with
your choice of chain restaurants and
“hole-in-wall joints.” There are plenty
of dive bars as you would guess, the perfect place for a
Parrot Head vacation.
Galveston began its formal celebrations in 1867, complete with gala balls
and lavish parades. Today the parades
alternate between The Strand, Galveston’s equivalent
to the French Quarter, and the Seawall. The Seawall
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The White Elephant Bar
Thirsty Armadillo Bar - Chicken Shit Bingo - Stacy wins!
After dark everyone’s attention turned to food, so we
all split up and headed for different restaurants/steak
houses and filled our bellies. Lastly, we all somehow found our way back
to the hotel - but don’t ask
how.
to a traffic jam) at a road side
Braums ice cream for a rest, a
shake and a cone. Next and last
stop was the OKC depot and
then the drive back to Tulsa.
All in all we had a wonderful
time. I would do
it again in a second. Hopefully
this will become
a regular thing
for the Tulsa
Parrot Heads hint, hint.
Next morning we
jumped (so to speak)
on the bus and headed
The Basement Bar
home. The bus wasn’t as
lively as the train but that’s to be expected. We stopped
for lunch at a restaurant called ‘Babe’s’ in Sanger, Tx. for
some of the best chicken you ever ‘et’. After lunch and
on our way again the bus made an unexpected stop (due
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February Phlocking
clockwise: Don &
Carol all decked
out!, Food rush!,
Yummy food!,
Pretty good turn
out, Plenty of
delectables to go
around, Tulsa
Parrot Heads just
generally enjoying themselves as
they tend to do.
Thanks to everyone who brought something for the pot luck!
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Happy Margarita Day!
Several Parrot Heads and even a
couple of ‘Jr. Parrot Heads’ gathered
together to celebrate this blessed day at
Ricardo’s Restaurant Monday Feb 22nd. For
those of you who were unable to make it
(and you know who you are) missed some
great food and some even greater Margaritas.
On the Rocks or Frozen they were de-lish!!
Welcome
New Members!
Be sure to seek out these new members at our next meeting and welcome them personaly...
Shirley Bruce
What’s going on...?
Here are some events that are taking place in and
around Oklahoma in the coming months.
COPA’S St. Parrot’s Day with Thom Shepard and Coley McCabe - Sat, March 26, 6pm – 9pm
North West Arkansas Parrot Head Club with Scott Kirby to Fayetteville!!May 21st on Dickson St!
If you have an event you would like listed (it doesn’t have to be Parrot Head related) please contact Cathy or Mitch.
Remember to check our website
regularly for club news and updates.
Heads Up! The April Phlocking will be April 12th at the
Americam Legion Post 1 with drink specials.
www.tulsaparrotheads.com
Thanks Loads to Mitch Bryan, our Webmaster.
Shirts/hats/koozies in stock! We have
lots of shirts, hats, koozies in stock.
Check website for sizes, styles and colors. New members get $5 off any shirt
or hat.
Past & Present ‘Finlines’ can be found on our
website under the “Worth a Look” tab
Also for all you Facebookers, check out
the TPHC Facebook page.
2016 Officers and Contact Information
President: Cathy Boley
Cathy@tulsaparrotheads.com
Vice President: Jodie Rogers
Secretary: Rebecca Land
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Treasurer: Tammi Martin
Layout & Graphics: Mitch Bryan
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