March 13th , 2013
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March 13th , 2013
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Weekly Update Newsletter March 13th , 2013 Dear Jessica, With all this talk about Spring Training and baseball I was intrigued to learn about a signed baseball collection that a local man began when he was 8 years old. Dennis Schrader is in the Guinness Book of World Records and has thousands of baseballs autographed by players in spring training to the Major Leagues. He has signed baseballs by movie stars, Politian's, and even the last survivor of the Titanic. This collection can be seen at the St. Petersburg Museum of History. They are raising funds to build to permanent display which will honor this remarkable collection. From the #1 Beach, Darlene Kole Happy Wednesday! Lucy and Ethel wrap chocolates! SAVE THESE DATES! March 17:St.Patty's Day & March 28:Lobster Pot Bistro Mingle April 19-28: Frenchy's Sugar Sand Festival April 14:Iron Girl April 25: Holiday Inn and Suites Clearwater Beach Mingle May 10: Restaurant Week Kick off Event May 12-18: Restaurant Week Social Media Links Our beautiful new billboard! Congratulations to: Sandra with Fun Ride Rentals! For the best guest of how many people came into the chamber in February! His/her guess was 1132 and the actual number was 929! Holy Cow! This week's guess for a prize is how many people came to visit the Visitor Center in Surf Style in February? E-mail us your guess!! Look what Frenchy's is doing during Frenchy's Sugar Sand Festival. How about you, what specials will you run during this event? SPORTS LINKS Today at Clearwater Main Library! Echos to the Emerald Isle Arts & Entertainment The free program is open to the public and will be led by storyteller and Irishman Batt Burns who is returning for a second year. He will read traditional Irish stories and poetry by W.B. Yeats, Brendan Kennelly, Patrick Kavanagh and Oscar Wilde and will include snippets of Irish history and folklore, and humorous anecdotes. He will close the program with traditional songs on the concertina. Capitol Theater Ruth Eckerd Hall Straz Center Sunset Cinema Dunedin Fine Arts Center We need gift basket items for our kick-off event raffle The sooner the better! The Beach Chamber is proud to have formed an Elite partnership with Clearwater Gas System. They are a Sponsor to all of our 2013 events. Visit Clearwater Gas website for details on environmentallyfriendly natural gas energy for appliances, water heating, cooking, and pool/spa heating. We need your BIG baskets or funky containers! Please call us if you have anything to donate to put in the baskets as well! Visit Website For more information call: 727.447.7600 or email the Chamber CHAMBER INFORMATION Tourism Video Contact Us: Darlene Kole, Pres./CEO Liz LaJoy, Office Manager Jessica Howe, Admin. Assistant Peter Vandernoot, Customer Service Office Volunteers: John Cagle April 19-28, 2013 Maria Beach Chamber South of Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach, 1,000 tons of its world famous sugar sands will be in the Sugar Sand Walk Exhibition, an artistic walk-through display in a 14,000 square foot tent accessible for a Mascot 2013 Executive Officers Eric Waltz - Chairman of the Board Louie Stavropoulos Vice Chairman Carol Mears - Secretary Jason Gibertoni Treasurer Paul Andrews - Past Chairman Frank Dame - Chamber Liaison Darlene Kole President/CEO MEMBER HAPPENINGS!! small admission cost. Additional no-cost highlights of the event include Frenchy's Master Sand Sculpting Competition, sand sculpting clinics, speed sand demonstrations and a children's play area called the Sandbox. For more information please contact: Lisa Chandler, Sunsets at Pier 60 727.430.5200 Email Jennifer Mulligan, City of Clearwater Parks & Recreation 727.562.4802 ext. 2904 Email Are you one of the fabulous restaurants that are signed up for restaurant week? If not, do so NOW! If any of our members have something interesting that is happening or coming up and they want it mentioned in the newsletter, please e-mail it to: Jessica SURF STYLE VISITOR CENTER Restaurant Week Kick Off Event brings out thousands of locals to our beautiful beach. This is your chance to show off the wonderful food your business makes and bring in some new regulars! Click here to sign up for Restaurant Week Kick-Off Event It's the count down of the year! Our Visitor Center at Surf Style Donna Dennis, Manager Kathy Murray, Concierge Donna also does "House Calls" to businesses that have groups of people wanting to learn more about our beautiful piece of paradise. She puts together welcome bags filled with all kinds of useful information for our visitors. Visitor Center Volunteers: Nancy Gardinier Ed Patch Helen Curwen Christie Hanna Amanda Hanna Chuck Kilbride Lynne Dagg Tell Your Guests: Our Visitor Centers Sell JOLLEY TROLLEY All Day Passes and All Day PARKING PASSES! Watch Shephard's in action as they remodel and become a beautiful brand new 144 roomed resort! Get all the latest updates,photos, and blue prints to see what the new Shephard's will look like! Click here to go to the website The Fair Is Coming To Tropicana Feild! The Beach Chamber sells discounted Busch Gardens tickets (half day tickets too) F.Y.I. Spring Break Dates Click here to watch safety video for spring break Spring Break Dates: 2013 State Colleges and Universities March 9 - 17: FSU, USF Regional High Schools March 9-17: Hillsborough County March 23-31: Pinellas County, Polk County, Pasco County, Hernando County Lisa Chandler's daughter did an amazing video on why there should be better protection from guns in schools. She won third place! Check Schedule: March 20-24, 2013 Hours: Wednesday the 20th & Thursday the 21st: 5-11pm Friday the 22nd: 3pm - midnight Saturday the 23rd: noon to midnight Sunday the 24th: noon to 10pm Be Sure To Come Out and Play! For more Information please visit : Pinellas County Fair Website Or Call 813-714-0274 The Beach Chamber Becomes an Eagle Sponsor for the Caladesi Discovery Center! They need your support too! out here video here! Please Welcome our Newest Members! Xtra Medium Productions Bill McArdle E-mail Website 727.584.4500 Caladesi Island Ferry Phil Henderson E-mail Website 727.734.5263 Bobby's Bistro & Wine Bar Sheri Heilman E-mail Website The Caladesi Discovery Center will be an open air, ADA compliant, interpretive facility rising from the old observation tower site at Caladesi Island State Park. An observation deck at a height of approximately 25 feet above ground level will provide visitors a panoramic view of this undeveloped barrier island. In addition to offering a magnificent bird's eye view of the topography and plant communities of one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on Florida's Gulf Coast, the CDC will provide hands-on exhibits where park guests will be able to investigate aspects of Caladesi's history, habitat and wildlife. At the Caladesi Discovery Center every person will have an opportunity to experience the nature of "Real Florida." But in order to make this wonderful tower happen we need 727.446.9463 SoBiz Network support for our wonderful members! Please click here to download the sponsorship level form. For more information E-mail Please Contact: Friends of the Island Parks Phone:(727) 738-2903 Website Email Alyssa Backus 727.808.2033 Things To Do Around Here Discovering New Places Kim Ward E-mail Website 813.784.5822 Peyton Bolin,PL Jane Bolin E-mail Website Party on the Paddy-O at Shephard's! All weekend long! From Donna's corner of the beach.... I've been on the road the last ten days, and the word is out: Clearwater Beach is being recognized NATIONWIDE as THE Florida beach to visit! I chatted with locals in Phoenix, AZ, friends from Michigan and Illinois as well as acquaintances from other parts of FL, and they loved hearing about our beach and all that's going on here. Then at the Safety Harbor Seafood Festival, I got to talking with a couple from PA who winter in Clearwater and never come down to the beach. I invited them to park in the lot above Surf Style, come to the Visitor Center, and discover their own beach. Who have you invited to the beach lately? And if not this very month, how about next month for the Frenchy's Sugar Sand Festival or May for Restaurant Week? After all, we ARE the Number One Beach in Florida! If you have any comments or suggestions, just call 447-7600 or email me With sand between my toes, Donna Cooters St.Patty's Day Party! We Need A New Fridge! Sunset Cinema Movies! Sunset Cinema Website March Movies Friday 15th: Cat in the Hat Saturday 16th: We need a new fridge! Unfortun ately, our little fridge is having some mechanic al issues and we are in need of a new one! If anyone could donate a new or used mini fridge that anyone would like to donate would be wonderful! Call us 727.447.7600 or e-mail Anchorman Friday 22nd: How to Eat Fried Worms Saturday 23rd: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Friday 29th: Hoot Saturday 30th: F.Y.I. Water restrictions modifications effective today for water shortages Skyfall Edited The President's Plate Modifications to the phase III water shortage restrictions in Clearwater,FL. Please click on the link below to read who and when water can be used. Water Shortage Announcement (Dessert upstairs in the Dessert Room at Bern's Steakhouse) Ann Farrell from We have heard from many folks that this book is the perfect gift after closing a sale or encouraging a large group to choose Clearwater Beach as there destination. It has been signed by the staff at the Pink A Marketing, Inc. has added a "President's Plate" Album to the Chamber's Facebook Page. Check out what Darlene is enjoying for lunch or dinner! Hyatt Regency recently as a going away gift to one of their own that was leaving. What ideas do you have? The Clearwater Beach Art Book is perfect for so many reasons. Member Spotlight This beautiful and artistic book is the most talked about book on the beach, the number #1 beach is the State of Florida. Each picture is creatively done through a special process that only Dan and Ryan Friese do at Waterfront Gallery. You can see many of the prints hanging in the lobby of the Hilton Clearwater Beach! The Books are $75 per book with Belleair Images special pricing for members. Wayne Cathel Email Come by the Beach Chamber office and purchase yours today Website while they last: 727.686.1455 333C S. Gulfview Blvd. Clearwater Beach (727) 447-7600 Presented by The Armed Forces History Museum Friday March 22 Stars And Strips U.S.A. Spirit of America Show Enjoy dancing to the 10 O'Clock Swing Band Orchestra, singing sensation impersonators, show hostesses, re-enactors, paparazzi, a red carpet welcome and more! Click here to purchase tickets!! Island Dog Outfitters 6-Year Anniversary Party at Clearwater Wine Bar and Bistro! Acoustic Guitarist Jayne Kelli Live in our Heated Outdoor Courtyard from 7 - 11 pm Adventure Island Is Now Open! It's getting hotter here in the sunshine state and what better way to cool off than at Adventure Island Water Park in Tampa! Don't forget that we sell discount tickets at the chamber to the park! Clearwater Marine Aquarium is having their 2nd Annual "Go Green" Coastal Cleanup Saturday March 16th from 8am-11am Clearwater Marine Aquarium is having their 2nd annual coastal cleanup for the Memorial Causeway! Please help and join in on the fun! light refreshments,bags,gloves, and pickers will be provided. There will also be St.Patrick's Day Themed games. For every bag of trash picked up the participant will receive a free ticket to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium! 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