I have a few announcements to start the ball rolling on the 27th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINDS in KEY WEST, FLORIDA in 2018!! Wow!! 27 YEARS!! Congratulations to all who have volunteered and sustained this event from the very beginning! This should be another great year of celebration and reunion!!  The title of this year’s event is “We are the People Our Parent’s Warned Us About!”  You know who you are!

Here is a video link for you to enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YiW5Z0fr-Q

2018 WILL be a great year in sunny Key West come November! I know November seems so long away but I want to give you several great reasons to go ahead and register early for MOTM. First!  Remember we close out our MOTM registration at 3,500 or by September 15th, whichever comes first. I also want you to book a room at the Casa Marina as we need to fill every room at the Casa Marina! I also do not want you to miss out if you want to stay at the Casa Marina! So we are going to give you some awesome incentives for not putting off registration or your room reservations for 2018!  Here we go, read on.

Merry Christmas!! Registration for MOTM 2018 IS OPENING Friday morning December 15th at 12:00 noon EST!! You can register starting Friday and you will want to register quickly…WHY?

IF you register before April 1st, 2018 YOU will be put in a drawing to WIN 2 tickets to see JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CORAL REEFER BAND in a city of your choice in the USA or Canada during the 2018 tour courtesy of MARGARITAVILLE FOODS!!  All you have to do is register and pick your choice of a city on the 2018 tour!!! NOTE THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE JIMMY BUFFETT DATES WITH THE EAGLES.

 If you are the lucky winner YOU will win a pair of concert tickets and access to a pre-show VIP party for any 2018 regularly scheduled Jimmy Buffett tour date within the U.S. or Canada.  The concert date must be selected at least 8 weeks prior to the show or as soon as possible if the concert is announced with less than 8 weeks notice.

Want to stay at the CASA MARINA RESORT during Meeting of the Minds? Well the link is up for you to book your room THIS FRIDAY DECEMBER 15!!

You should book your room!! Why? Because if you book your room by April 1st, 2018 you will be put in a drawing to win a FOUR NIGHT STAY DURING MOTM 2018 IN A TWO BEDROOM OCEAN VIEW SUITE FREE!! Only the people who are on the Casa Marina reservations list and registered for MOTM 2018 by April 1 will be eligible for the drawing. This is the sixth year in a row this prize has been offered. Ask some of the previous winners how cool this is to have this awesome suite right on the water in Key West during Meeting of the Minds for FREE!

Here is how to book a reservation for MOTM #27 at the Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort – NOTE THIS LINK WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THIS FRIDAY at 9:00 AM EST!! Please do not call prior to Friday December 12th!! We are trying to be fair to everyone on notice of this hotel registration opening! Tell your PHriends! 

The online link: http://group.waldorfastoria.com/MOTM2018

Booking code: ZZPAR1

Central Reservations: 1-888-303-5717

Casa Marina In House Reservations: 1-305-296-3535 ext 6605

The 2018 MOTM dates are on the PHiP web site for use in planning your vacation and booking your rooms right now!

More announcements will be coming soon! I can’t wait to share all the details of this year’s event in the coming weeks! With that I will close out 2017 with a few lines of the song that inspired the 2018 event “We are the People Our Parent’s Warned Us About”

We are the people there isn’t any doubt
We are the people they still can’t figure out
We are the people who love to sing “Twist and Shout”
(Shake it up, Baby now)
We are the people our parents warned us about.

Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road…

Andrew Talbert
Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc.

PHiP Director of Conventions

The 27th Annual Meeting of the Minds 2018

Key West, Florida “We Are the People Our parent’s Warned Us About”