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7:00 pm7:00 pm

Bud Light & Miller Lite draft $3 each. Johnny Rockets menus &

servers available to take food orders.

To say our last meeting was a little odd would be an un-derstatement. Th e lights were on one minute and off the next, making it diffi cult to read the raffl e 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 Buff et song was played during the whole evening and it was cut off half way through.

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?

Th e 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 fi rst to fi nd the “King” in the cake - “so be sure to bring the King Cake next year Kathy.”

We were assured there would not be a repeat of the Febru-ary problems at our April meeting.

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above:The KingJudy, Kathy & Cindy

Margaritaville NightMargaritaville Nightat the Tulsa Oilersat the Tulsa Oilers

Tickets are $13 per person (regu-larly $20). $3 of that will go directly to the Make-A-Wish foundation of Oklahoma.

Th e 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.

Saturday March 19Saturday March 19thth

http://tulsaoilers.com/tulsa-parrot-head-club/Last year our very own Jeanette North won the Costume Contest - so dress up in your best Tropi-cal attire and get out to the Hockey Game.

It’s always a great time!

- - -LIVE MUSIC!! - - -by Rick Lamb and the Phin AddictsPlus!Plus!

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The Tulsa Parrot Head Club Presents

April 2, 2016 - 7:30pmAkdar Shrine Hall - 2808 S Sheridan Rd.

with Special musical guest:The Phin Addicts

$20 per person

to benefit the Akdar Shrine of Tulsa

Enjoy:Cash Bar

Light Snacks Costume Contest - GamesMask/Costumes Encouraged

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You may be asking yourself or others for that fact “..what 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.

Th is is our fi rst 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.

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 Shri-ners. 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!

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Cathy Boley will be getting out the 1st

round of emails to past golfers with tour-nament 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. Th ey can add up fast .

NOTICE! We are also looking for some-one 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 dona-tion for them. As all donations you get for the tournament are tax deductible.

Our illustrious President has put a chal-lenge out to all Tulsa Parrot Heads to wran-gle 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!

2121stst Annual Annual TPHC Phlocking at the Phort TPHC Phlocking at the Phort

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Motorcycle, Car andMotorcycle, Car and

Custom Semi-Truck ShowCustom Semi-Truck Show

Tulsa Chill

April 29th – May April 29th – May 1st1st“Th e Chill” / Kansas and Oklahoma’s largest indoor Motor-

cycle, Car and Custom Semi-Truck Shows! It is our pleasure to present to you the all new “Chill” event series for 2016.

“Th e Chill” is heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma for its 1st annu-al 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 “Th e Chill” as much as we do!

Girls? Did we mention Girls??? Trust us on this one… “Th e Chill” is very well known for its swimsuit competi-tions, 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!!Th e 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. Mean-ing 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 shift s 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 shift s and will need 2-4 people on each shift . Th e hours of the car show are Fri April 29 12pm to 10pm. Sat 10am to 10pm, and Sun 10am-4pm. Aft er your shift you are welcome to walk around the show if you want. Th is is not hard, and anyone can do it. Even if you are an old crip like your president.

Th is 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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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 fi rst 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.

We were off ! Rock-eting our way to the Ft Worth Stockyards! But fi rst 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 Charades’, ‘Go Fish’ and drinking to let any of that aff ect us. Th e interior of the train was very comfortable and spacious - nothing at all

like the Hogwart’s train. And we had our own sec-tion too - almost the whole car. Towards the end of the trip the ‘Club Car’ started running low on beer - but we persevered.

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

at all the shuttles arrived and in two quick trips we all made it to the hotel. Aft er checking in most everyone was a little hungry so we walked across the street to the ‘Mercado

Juarez Cafe’ for some au-thentic Mexican food. Aft er lunch some folks went back to the hotel to freshen up and others headed straight down to the ‘Stockyard’ district.

Th e ‘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 Parrot Heads! Aft er 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. Th en there was

the ‘Longhorn Stampede!!’ down main street - which was actually more of a ‘shuf-fl e’ than a stampede - but entertaining none the less.

All Awake!

OKC Depot waiting room

This was on the trip down to Ft. Worth

“What time is it?”

Longhorn Saloon

36 Hours of36 Hours ofParrot Head Phun!Parrot Head Phun!The Tulsa Parot Heads

take a train trip to Ft Worth, Texas!

- or -

“Stampede”

top: OKC at dawnright: Ft. Worth Stockyards

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Stacy DeMas 3rdGareld Gill 5thBecky McMurphy 5thJanet Davis 7thArt Thrasher 7thKyle McCullar 9thJim Hogue 10th

Sarah Thompson 13thKenny Evans 19thJim Ware 19thErin Casillas 20thKathy Jewell 21stCraig Hannon 23rd

Janice Hannon 24thJackie Shamel 24thMitch Bryan 26thCarolyn Jones 27thTrevor Weatherly 28thTammy Martin 29thMichele Taylor 29th

Th ank You! to all those who donated gift s: Mike Casillas, Ron & Jeanette North, Robbie Th ames, 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 Mc-Millen, Don & Kathy Reddaway, Moo DeVasher

We raised $251 in the February raffl e. Th e donation went to the Owasso Grads Special Olympics. Owasso’s Special Olym-pics team and Special Olympics of Oklaho-ma provides the opportunity for athletes of all ability levels to compete in fair and equi-table competition. Every year Owasso Public Schools sends approximately 80 athletes and Unifi ed partners to participate in the Area and State Games.

Th e February raffl e was very well distributed if I do say so myself. Th ere were one or two tables that were luckier than others - but that’s to be expected. In this case I was sit-ting at one of the lucky ones for once.

Prayers for Parrot HeadsMoo and her Family

Ken and Cindy AdamsLet an offi cer know if there are others we need to add to our list.

They’re

They’re

Back!!Back!!

Th at’s right! Th e COPA Reefers Band will be back at the 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar March 4th.

Th ey were here a couple of months ago for a week-end show and then they came back just to play at our January meeting.

Th ey are a really good and Phun band. Get out to see them if you get a chance. You’ll be glad you did.

Th e TPHC Shirt and Dress order-ing period has been extended to our next meeting March 8th. You can see a sample of the shirt and dress and or-der at the meeting. An order form is attached to this newsletter

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Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday is a se-ries of Carnival celebrations beginning on or aft er the Christian feasts of the Epiphany and culminating on Ash Wednesday or the beginning of Lent.

If you poll a hundred people regard-ing the origin of Mardi Gras, ninety of them probably would say that Mar-di Gras began in New Orleans. Th e fi rst U.S. Mardi Gras celebration was actually in Mobile in 1699. Th e fi rst 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 began its formal celebra-tions in 1867, complete with gala balls and lavish parades. Today the parades alternate between Th e Strand, Galveston’s equivalent to the French Quarter, and the Seawall. Th e Seawall

parades typically are held during the day and the pa-rades in the Strand begin in the early evening and con-

tinue into the night.One of the most famous parades in

Galveston is the Uptown Funky Um-brella 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 tempera-tures of northeast Oklahoma. Th ere are plenty of beads and other things you associate with Mardi Gras, but for the most part, the celebrations are family-friendly.

Galveston and the surrounding area is well known for its cuisine with your choice of chain restaurants and “hole-in-wall joints.” Th ere are plenty

of dive bars as you would guess, the perfect place for a Parrot Head vacation.

MMaarrddii GGrraass i inn GGaallvveessttoonnBy: Don and Carol Jones

Aft er dark everyone’s attention turned to food, so we all split up and headed for diff erent restaurants/steak

houses and fi lled our bel-lies. Lastly, we all some-how found our way back to the hotel - but don’t ask how.

Next morning we jumped (so to speak) on the bus and headed

home. Th e 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’. Aft er lunch and on our way again the bus made an unexpected stop (due

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The White Elephant Bar

The Basement Bar

to a traffi c 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 sec-ond. Hopefully this will become a regular thing for the Tulsa Parrot Heads - hint, hint.

Thirsty Armadillo Bar - Chicken Shit Bingo - Stacy wins!

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Th anks to everyone who brought something for the pot luck!

February Phlockingclockwise: Don & Carol all decked out!, Food rush!,

Yummy food!, Pretty good turn

out, Plenty of delectables to go

around, Tulsa Parrot Heads just generally enjoy-

ing themselves as they tend to do.

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Remember to check our website regularly for club news and updates.www.tulsaparrotheads.com

Thanks Loads to Mitch Bryan, our Webmaster.

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 Offi cers and Contact Information

Heads Up! The April Phlocking will be April 12th at the Americam Legion Post 1 with drink specials.

Shirley Bruce

WelcomeNew Members!

Be sure to seek out these new members at our next meeting and welcome them personaly...

What’s going on...?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 Th om Shepard and Coley McCabe - Sat, March 26, 6pm – 9pmNorth 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.

Shirts/hats/koozies in stock! We have lots of shirts, hats, koozies in stock.

Check website for sizes, styles and col-ors. New members get $5 off any shirt

or hat.

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!!

President: Cathy BoleyCathy@tulsaparrotheads.com

Secretary: Rebecca Landtphc@tulsaparrotheads.com

Layout & Graphics: Mitch Bryantphc@tulsaparrotheads.com

Vice President: Jodie Rogerstphc@tulsaparrotheads.com

Treasurer: Tammi Martintphc@tulsaparrotheads.com