What a wild few days!

Okay, where do I start? I guess we will start at the beginning on Thursday. I had taken the day off of work to get some errands done as we were leaving Friday for Panama City Beach for Rendezvous. I stopped in at Landshark Pizza for lunch. They do a smoked beef or pork sandwich on Thursdays that is fantastic. It is a great deal for this sandwich. You would never know you were in a pizza joint when you have this.

Thursday evening was the Southern Drawl Band show at Crab Island Cantina. Sunshine Cindy and I got there about 7 pm for the 9 pm show. The band set up on the inside stage and a decent crowd was there to hear them. Everything was going great but then the lead singer Mike had an urgent personal matter come up that forced him to have to leave the show. Throw in a drunk chick who had to escorted out and a female singer who was watching the show who got up to help the band finish the show and you can really say everyone there, “Embraced the Chaos!”  Wow!

Friday we hit the road to Panama City Beach for Rendezvous. Over 550 of our closest friends were registered for this fun weekend on the sands of Panama City Beach. Unfortunately it rained on and off all day Friday so the music was moved inside the Barefoot Beach Club. We were packed in like sardines but it was still a lot of fun. For the night time entertainment they had Jimmy and the Parrots from New Jersey playing. They moved this show into the parking garage at the Legacy hotel. It was a surprisingly great show in there. A couple of hundred folks packed in with rain dripping down but Parrotheads can party anywhere!

Yes, a parking garage party!

Saturday it was clear but cold and windy in the morning. We were all back on the beach and as the day wore on it warmed up nicely. The music was great with old friend Eric Stone doing a great show. He had Steve and Shelly Hall playing with him. I have not seen Shelly in a long time. She had back and neck surgery but was back better than ever. The Boat Drunks closed the show Saturday night. It was cold again but the crowd had a great time.

Sunday the party was continuing on the beach but we had to head home as Southern Drawl Band was playing the Cantina again. Sunshine Cindy and I got there about 12:30 pm for the 2 pm start. Mike was not there but Tommy did a fantastic job filling in on the vocals. Al the sax guy did some songs with the band and Eric Stone showed up and sat in for a few songs too. There was a big turnout to listen to the guys on a postcard perfect day. A big group of Mambo’ians came out and we also had a big group of River Rats there. What a blast it was.

After the show Sunshine Cindy and I walked over to Coyote Ugly. Leigh and Keith were supposed to be there but the place was empty except for one guy and the staff. We sat down and had a drink when Leigh and Keith finally came in. They had looked in but moved on when they saw it was quiet. Once they got there you had Cindy and Leigh on the bar and the party was on! LOL We finally had to call it a night so we could get some sleep and go to work.

Leigh on the bar at Coyote Ugly in Destin

It was a fun and crazy weekend. We made some new friends and sold some of our new t-shirts. If you want your own Crab Island Mambo tee, tank or long sleeve, click here to order on-line. http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Crab-Island-Mambo-Merchandise.html  If you are in Destin, we will personally hand deliver it to you! Have a great week. See ya Thursday!