REMINDER!!! BEACH BIKE POKER RUN, AUGUST 7!
Are you ready to “Party With a Purpose?” It all begins on August 7, with $20.00 Fee and Registration at the E-Club at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 1:45 (CUT OFF). Don’t be late! During the registration period, Event T-shirts will be sold for $10 (limited amount) and 50/50 raffle tickets will be available then and throughout the run. Make the event even more spectacular by dressing yourself and/or your bike according to one of the three themes: PHINS, PIRATES, & PARROTS. Although there will be no contest this year, pholks will be acknowledged and celebrated throughout the event for their innovative and thrown together ideas! At 2 p.m, walk, crawl, or ride, to 7 designated locations where card sharks await with a poker card drawing and a $5 mulligan to help you obtain a winning poker hand paying 1st $300, 2nd $200 and 3rd $100 cash! Benefits will go to SEMPER FI & AMERICAN FUND, specifically for the Kid’s Outdoor Odyssey Camp.
Our participating stops are offering special drinks and cash bars this year! Let’s reward them with tips and patience! Thanks to Trading Post, Beach Bums, Fish Hut, Snapperz, Flipperz, Gaffer’s and The Growler! PHINS UP!
JULY 2 “TACKY TOURISTS” PHLOCKING
Do you feel we have been invaded by tourist? Are you able to spot a tourist a mile away? If the answer is yes, then you are ready for the July Phlocking! I know you have observed and encountered some of the World’s Finest Tacky Tourists. You know the ones with socks and sandals, fanny packs, cameras around their necks, matching T-Shirts and the tell/tell sign of the odd sunburn. Now, lets see how much fun it can be! Show us your best Tacky Tourist impersonation and join us for the July 2nd Phlocking at the Emerald Club from 7-9 pm. Get ready, the tourist are coming!!! Proceeds from our 50/50 will be donated to Easter Seals UCP to assist families of autistic children with ABA therapy, summer camp and support.
Happy 4th of July!
President’s Notes June 2021
THIS IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION!
And with June comes Summer! We’ve waited for what seems like a century. It’s time to celebrate doing what we do best! So far, the turnout and support from our Phriends and Phamily at our events has been great! I am certain, in view of the exciting events still coming, things will only get better! The regular phlockings will continue the first Friday of each month. Additionally, we’ll play hard and ride hard at the 17th Annual Beach Bike Poker Run on August 7 to help celebrate the 19th Anniversary of The Emerald Isle Parrot Head Club. This is a major event held every year to support the Kid’s Outdoor Odyssey Camp of Semper Fi & America’s Fund.
In September, our good phriend and beloved musician, Rick Lamb and The Phin Addicts Band will return for performances beginning at the E- Club, Emerald Isle, on Friday, September 3 during our regular phlocking and again on September 4 for a phlash phlocking at 34 North, Cedar Point. Rick and his band are well known in Parrot Head Nation and play all over the country with a trop-rock sound that is unbeatable. I can’t wait to hear them again!
Moving on, we’ll phlock to the beach on September 19 at the Coast is Clear Party to celebrate the end of summer season. Then, once again we’ll prepare to deck out in pink and bling as we strut down the sidewalks of Emerald Isle on October 9 for our infamous DIVA Walk. What a great way to raise money for cancer awareness!
There’s even more in store for us as we move through 2021. Keep up with our calendar and event details online and in our monthly newsletters at www.emeraldisleparrotheadclub.com. Have a safe & happy 4th everyone! Fins up! Jan H, President
PHIP, INC and SOCIAL MEDIA
Good Morning and happy Wednesday!
Just a quick reminder that we are getting a LOT of social media up and running to include twitter, instagram,and a YouTube Channel!
If you are already on Facebook or plan to join in the phun….look for our FB pages! We actually have 4. But they have different purposes and this helps to keep any page from getting bogged down or information lost in the shuffle! Enjoy!
PHIP, Inc.: This page is for all things from your Board and about the happenings in our PH community.
PHIP’S Meeting of the Minds: This one is of course for all things Meeting of the Minds!
Parrot Heads in Paradise Squawk Box: This page is for parrothead phun and chatter, sharing phun stuff, pictures, trivia, questions, and more….just to be social
PHiP Parrothead Club Events and Trop Rock shows: this one is to promote and provide information about your club events, activities, musical performances, live shows, virtual shows, etc.
Fins Up!
Billy Brehm
President, PHiP, Inc.
President,Chicago Parrothead Club
“FLOWER POWER” June 4 Phlocking, 7pm, E-Club
“Flower Power” promotes the idea of “peace and love” as a means of changing the world! “Parrot Heads” do too! Express your “Flower Power” at our June Phlocking with “flowers in your hair, flowers everywhere!” Pull out those tube tops, tye-dye shirts, and bright floral dresses! Deck out in head bands, scarves, and peace signs. Matt will provide the phun with food, live music, and special drinks at the E-Club. AND, to symbolize our “Flower Power,” all proceeds from the 50/50 raffle will be used to cover expenses related to our newest community project! Sign up at the phlocking and work with James, Carol & Cris the following morning, June 5, at 10:00 on “Beautification Day.” We’ll be cleaning up and planting flowers in the gardens of the tiny “Butterfly Park” located in front of the water tower at the poiice station on Emerald Isle. “Let’s Party Like it’s 1969!”
President’s Notes May 2021
What is a Parrot Head and why be one? When you hear the word Parrot Head, do you automatically think of Jimmy Buffett and his fans? Sure you do, but there is so much more to it than attending a concert or listening to his songs with a Margarita in your hand!
Over several decades, Parrot Heads have grown to tens of thousands of pholks, established individual clubs all over the world and discovered phun places to phlock! They symbolize a love of the lifestyle that Buffett sings about and a desire to kick back whenever and wherever possible with good music, good phriends, and good drinks! Newcomers are welcome, even if they have limited knowledge of Jimmy Buffett’s music! It is well known that Parrot Heads make strangers into phriends!
They are also known for their parties, but they work hard too, in the form of community service, charitable contributions, and many other phun yet community-based projects. Even though they are laid back and usually enjoy a drink, they are also environmentally and culturally aware and do their best to give back to society! Because of their strength in numbers and generosity, they donate thousands of dollars and manpower hours every year!
There’s much more to learn about Parrot Heads and the best way to learn is to be one! Come join us at our June 4 Phlocking at the E-Club at 7pm and learn for yourself how to “Party with a Purpose!” See you there! Jan H, President
$592 donated from May 7, “Back to the 80’s” Phlocking. See our overall results!
“PHOR OUR PHLOCKING PHRIENDS” – 1ST PLACE
“PHOR OUR PHLOCKING PHRIENDS” – 1ST PLACEWe are having phun and “tearing it up” this month with our walks, phlocking, and individual donations. Here is screen shot taken from www.phip.com. We encourage our phellow parrot head clubs to join us in this fight against Alzheimer’s and together let’s make this the best year ever for donations! Thank you EIPHC for your continued support! Here’s to you!