Now *that's* the spirit!ragtopW wrote:OK let's take this from a few angles
first.. MOTM,Stars fell on Alabama,the PH Cruise,Phins to the West,Migration,Key West Phest,Parrotstock.. ET AL...
will keep going long after we are all gone.. I know of at least TWO new festivals in the works.
LDOL, topless Phlockings....
second...
We all love good food.. BBQ,Mudbugs,Oysters to name a few..
somewhere thare are a few Rib cook offs,Chili cook offs, Oyster,Crawdad,
Garlic,Onion,Rice,,Crab.. and if there is a smart cookie promoter out there a Cheesburger Festival that are going to look up
and see a huge new group of attendees
HE!! We at BN have enough good cooks we might even field a few
contestants our own Damb selfs
third.
Drinks..
see food. Beer,Wine,Rum, What won't we celebrate????
I have one now....
The annual Mojito/Dark and Stormy debate and celebration
and really?? see food again. We have more than a few Winemakers/Beermakers/bartenders to have someone in one or more
of these Best of Competitions
we show up, gather and cheer our own.
Sports events.
Can't get tix to the superbowl???
#$%# it.. Let's all meet somewhere, fly/drive in to somewhere warm
gather see the game and party with a purpose all weekend.
New Years Eves.
can you just imagine the need for us to be together the first
ten years or so after Jimmy hangs up the Blue Guitar??
There are lots of phlockings even now around the country that Jimmy doesn't play, but where lots of other Trop Rock artists and bands strut their stuff. You can keep track of where these people are and where we're all going by looking at the Related Artists threads here on BN and by checking out such useful Websites as http://www.tropicaldreams.net and http://www.margaritamafia.com.
And those of you who've said that the phans have been a huge part of the Buffett experience, is there any reason why we can't all just keep going to see the Jim Morrises, the Sunny Jims, the John Frinzis of the world, even if Jimmy stopped touring tomorrow?
I think it's about the fun we make, whether we're the ones up on stage singing about drunken holidays in the tropics, or the ones in the audience dressed in funny clothes, drinking fruity beverages, and singing all the choruses.
So if you want to continue co-creating the Margaritaville experience, find out where the phlockings are near you. Find and support the Trop Rock artists in your area. I've found that even a handful of the Parrothead Phaithphul at one of my shows can be enough to change the energy of the whole crowd, just by letting everyone know they're having a wonderful time.
It's a wonderful job, but nobody *has* to do it.
Unless, of course, you just can't get enough of that "tropical attitude."Loren,
Trop Rock artist, Parrothead, philosopher
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I knew I missed some of the Phlockings.. 
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