Two more hurricane video entries arrived this weekend to round out our contest field at eight.
Here's Ashlee getting doused with water while holding up a KU sign in a hurricane:
And our final entry, from Kayla. Don't leave your peaches out in a hurricane:
That's all, folks. Check out the other entries here and here.
We'll start the voting very soon, right here on the blog, so be sure to check back.
In honor of Discovery Channel's Shark Week this past week, and just because we like sharks, here's a little joke my aunt sent.
Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship. "Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people. "First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did. "Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did. "Now we eat everybody." And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the crap inside!"
Cheesy, just like the Sandbar.
It was an exciting day for hurricane videos- we got three more entries in our video contest!
First up, Kimberly. Her advice? Don't try to pick up guys during a hurricane.
Next up: Brother Pants. Don't ride your scooter in a hurricane.
And finally, Ryan and Megan with Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Don't try to kick a football during a hurricane!
Great entries! You've still got a couple days to film your own and submit it to us!
When we launched our hurricane video contest last month, we expected to be overwhelmed with entries. After all, we only asked for ten seconds of something semi-funny, and these days everyone has access to a video camera on their phone or camera. And everyone and their mother has a suggestion for the video.
However. We've only received three entries in the contest from two different people. And while they're fine entries, we'd rather have too many to choose from.
Free subs for a year, people! How does that not entice you to film something, anything!?!
For those of you who are creatively challenged, we present a list of "what not to do in a hurricane."
Some of these have been done, most have not. That should get you started. Remember, it doesn't have to make sense. This is the Sandbar after all. If it's funny, it works for us.
You could be a star!
Less than two weeks until our big bash! We hope you're as excited as we are.
Like the artwork? The theme of our party is "Finally Legal," since the bar's turning 21 and that's the birthday almost everyone looks forward to. Joe the now-former bartender was drafted to create some fancy artwork for us, and the picture above is what he came up with. It's been modified into a fantastic t-shirt design, which we'll unveil soon.
On to the updates.
The street in front of the bar will close at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 14. We need time to get everything ready! The bar will still be open, of course, but you'll have to excuse us while we run around like crazy people.
The beer garden will open at 5 p.m. There will be a cover charge and you have to be 21 to enter the beer garden. You'll have to go through the beer garden to get inside the bar. We'll have beer service outside in the garden- with more staff than last year so hopefully the wait for a drink won't be quite so long.
Live music! We'll have three bands this year. Stomper, made up of our neighbors next door at Richard's Music Company, will be back this year to kick things off around 5 p.m.
At around 6:30, Katlyn Conroy and the Wild and Wooly will take the stage. For those of you who don't know, Katlyn is Peach's niece- the daughter of Peach's brother Patrick, who she bought the Sandbar from many years ago. Katlyn is also a very highly acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician. We're excited to have her play at our party- our way of keeping it in the family!
At 8 p.m., the Sandbar float dancers will entertain the crowd for a few minutes. Finally, our headline act Mark Valentine and the Ones will play all our favorite cover songs until midnight.
This event is free and family-friendly. Kids are welcome to come dance in the street! No alcohol is allowed outside the beer garden. There will also be water, soda and food available for purchase.
All of our neighbors have graciously given their support for this party. Please support their businesses, too!
It wouldn't be a Sandbar party without some extravagant surprises, so we won't reveal everything here. You'll just have to come out to our party and experience it all yourself!