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It’s time to go to Margari-taville, and the Cincinnati par-rotheads are ready.
The laid back island tunesof Jimmy Buffett will returnonce again to the RiverbendMusic Center on Thursday.
While some may think ofparrotheads as drinking, par-rot-dressed jesters, the Cincin-nati Parrot Head Club is prov-ing that stereotype wrong.
“A lot of people think thatall we do is drink,” said clubpresident Steve Hoffman. “Butthe concert is a sidebar to thework we do all year long tohelp people out.”
The club, formed in 2001,was created as a result of theterm “parrothead,” coined inCincinnati after the 1985 Buf-fett concert at Kings Island.
The club participates in atleast six charities a year, in-cluding the American CancerSociety, the Make A WishFoundation, the Flying PigMarathon, the Red Cross andthe Secret Santa Society.
Hoffman, a Covington resi-dent, has been going to Buf-fet’s concerts every year since1991.
“When you join the club, it’snot just about going to theconcert,” he said. “It’s a lotmore than that.”
This year, the club is al-
ready planning to aid workersof Riverbend Music Center bycoming early the morningafter the concert to clean up.Trash boxes will be placedthroughout the tailgate areaand members will go aroundand collect them, Hoffmansaid.
“This is something we lookforward to,” he said. “It is areward, and we’re trying to dowhat we can.”
The club meets regularly tofigure out ways they can cometogether and help out the com-munity. The group organizes
auctions and raffles involvingitems such as grills and “Mar-garitaville” tailgating items.Their motto is to “party with apurpose.”
The club will be hosting a“whereitallbeganniversary”party on Wednesday at JBFinns in Newport, the nightbefore the concert. It will startat 7 p.m. with live music fromthe Conch Republic and theLunar Beach Club.
Raffles at the event willbenefit Faces Without Places, amostly volunteer Cincinnatiorganization that conducts
research and raises funds forhomeless children in order tokeep them linked to their edu-cation.
“We are removing the barri-ers to education with this pro-gram,” Hoffman said.
Nancy Barth, from North-ern Kentucky, a former activemember in the group and par-rothead herself, has been goingto Buffett’s concerts since thelate ’70s.
“Cincinnati has a love affair
with Jimmy Buffett,” she said.“No one can explain it; we justclick.”
Barth, who attends the con-cert every year, said the Cin-cinnati Parrot Head Club is adiverse group of people withdifferent professions whocome together for multiplecauses.
“I love it because it is allabout what can we do to helpthe people locally and national-ly,” Barth said.
Rani Clark, who is a formerclub president (2008-10), saidshe is proud to be a memberbecause of all of the charitableacts the club makes.
“At the end of the day, we’vehad a great time, but we havealso helped out,” Clark said.
Clark, who has been goingto Buffett concerts since shewas in first grade 19 years ago,said one of her favorite activ-ities is working with the Amer-ican Cancer Society.
“Jimmy Buffett is such agenerous man, and this clubhas a great time giving,” saidthe Fort Thomas resident.
Buffett is planning to comeout with a new album at eitherthe end of this year or in 2013to follow-up his 2009 album,“Buffett Hotel,” according to aMay article at Billboard.com.
“This city is the mecca forparrotheads,” Hoffman said.“We love all the old stuff, andwe can’t wait for the new.”
Parrotheads are fans of good deeds, tooSarah [email protected]
Parrotheads were dressed in full regalia for last year’s Jimmy Buffettconcert. PROVIDED/CINCINNATI PARROT HEAD CLUB
TOUR DATES» Tuesday – Indianapolis» Thursday – Cincinnati» Saturday – Atlantic City, N.J.» Aug. 25 – East Troy, Wis.» Aug. 28 – Philadelphia» Aug. 30 – Wantagh, N.Y.» Sept. 1 – Washington, D.C.» Oct. 20, 27 – Las Vegas» For more information, visitwww.margaritaville.com.
IF YOU GOWhat: Jimmy Buffett and theCoral Reefer Band’s “Loungingat the Lagoon” tourWhen: 8 p.m. ThursdayWhere: Riverbend Music Cen-ter, 6925 Kellogg Ave., An-derson TownshipTickets: $45-$155,www.ticketmaster.com
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“Glee” fans from Geor-gia to Oregon, and Cana-da to China, are headingto Norwood today to seestar Chris Colfer.
The Golden Globewinner, who plays KurtHummel, signs copies ofhis new children’s book,“The Land of Stories: TheWishing Spell” at 3:30
p.m. atJoseph-Beth Book-sellers.
“Wehave got-ten somany callsfrom out-of-town
people saying that theyare traveling to Cincin-nati for this event, andare inquiring about ho-tels,” says Annette Meur-er, marketing manager.One woman is comingfrom China, she says.
More than 400 linetickets have been issuedto those who bought hisbook ($14.99) since hisappearance was an-nounced last month.
“It’s crazy! We areshipping books to Italy,Brazil and France,” shesays.
‘Daybreak’ getsmagazine kudos
“Fox Sports Day-break” hosts Andy Fur-
man and Artell Hawkinshave caught the ear of“Talkers” magazine.
The monthly talk radiomagazineranked theFurman-HawkinsnationalmorningshowbroadcastfromWSAI-AM(1360) atNo. 79 onits first“HeavyHundredof SportsTalk” list.
“Prettygood after(only) six months,” saysFurman, who debuted the6-9 a.m. show Jan. 3 withHawkins, the former UCand Bengals cornerback.Furman also co-hosts 7-10p.m. Sundays on FoxSports Radio with formerNFL All-Pro Lincoln Ken-nedy.
“Talkers” calls the list“the most 100 importantsports talk radio hosts inAmerica.” It’s Talkers
first sports list, afteryears of ranking the“Heavy Hundred” andtop 250 radio talk hosts.
No other sports hostshere made the list. Thetop four were MikeFrancesa, WFAN-AM,New York; Jim Rome,syndicated; Mason HighSchool graduate DanPatrick from Fox SportsRadio and DirecTV; andformer Bengals quarter-back Boomer Esiason onWFAN-AM.
Joe Morgan’s syn-dicated show (8-10 a.m.today on WMOH-AM1450) was No. 100.
‘Harry’s Law’is up for Emmys
Emmy recap: “Harry’sLaw” is gone, but notforgotten. Star KathyBates will be up for bestdrama actress, and JeanSmart for best dramaguest actress, at the 64thannual Prime-Time Em-my Awards Sept. 23.
Lebanon’s Woody Har-relson was nominated forlead miniseries/movieactor for HBO’s “Game
Change.”
Channel 5 news: Meteo-rologist Valerie Abatileaves WLWT-TVWednesday after sevenyears on Channels 5 and19. She’s working week-day mornings duringRandi Rico’s maternityleave. Former WCPO-TVmeteorologist Steve Nor-ris will fill in while Chan-nel 5 searches for Abati’sreplacement.
ESPN news: CincinnatiBell high-speed Internetcustomers on Wednesdayget access to ESPN3.com,the multi-screen sportsnetwork carrying liveevents. Cincinnati BellFiopotics adds the NFLNetwork Aug. 16.
Rewind too: Hubbardradio group has the city’sonly Marconi Awardnominees: REW-FM (“Re-wind” 94.9) for best large-market adult contempo-rary station, and WKRQ-FM (101.9, Q102) forlarge-market station ofthe year.
Coaster ride: King Is-land’s Diamondback willbe featured on the “Ex-treme Heights” episodeof “Insane Coaster Wars”today (9 p.m., TravelChannel).
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“Saved By The Bell”actor Ed Alonzo is still upto his old magic tricks.
Alonzo – “Max” themagician/diner manageron the cult sitcom – ismaking ducks and danc-ers disappear in theKings Island Theateruntil Aug. 19.
He doesn’t seem tomind that old TV palsZack and Kelly (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, TiffaniThiessen) star in cabledramas, and Slater (Ma-rio Lopez) hosts a slew ofTV shows while he’srunning around anamusement park stage in“Ed Alonzo’s PsychoCircus of Magic & May-hem”
“This is not easy for a50-year-old guy, with thecostume changes andprops. But I wouldn’t doanything else. It’s a lot offun,” said Alonzo, a five-time Academy of Mag-ical Arts award winner.
He didn’t just appearat Kings Island this sum-mer. He’s worked 16years for parent CedarFair Entertainment atKnott’s Berry Farm nearLos Angeles, and otherparks.
The Los Angeles na-
tive played “Max” forthree seasons (1989-92)when “Saved By TheBell” aired on Saturdaymornings.
He wasn’t part ofNBC’s prime-time“Saved By The Bell: TheCollege Years” (1993-94).
Twenty years aftergraduating from theBayside High Schoolsitcom, he’s still recog-nized from reruns onTBS, Netflix or MTV2.
“It plays all over theworld. I’ve seen it inSpanish, Italian and Ger-man,” he said.
His first break wasdoing Arsenio Hall’slate-night show and being
invited to entertain Mi-chael Jackson at Never-land Ranch. Jackson’steam called again in 2009,needing illusions for thepop star’s “This Is It”show.
After Kings Island,Alonzo will play Knott’sBerry Farm’s HalloweenHaunt, then head to Ger-many for a month-longrun. He’ll appear this fallon a Food Network “Cup-cake Wars” show thatwas taped two weeks ago.
“Television is what Ilove the most,” he said.Nearly as much he cher-ishes the anonymity thatGosselaar, Thiessen andLopez have lost.
“At the end of the day,when I wash the hair-spray and gel out of myhair and take off myglasses, I walk throughlife unnoticed ... as anormal person,” he said.
‘Max’ performs at Kings IslandBy John [email protected]
WHERE ARETHEY NOW?Dustin Diamond/“Screech”:Makes a celebrity appearance9 p.m. Friday at HollywoodCasino’s Boogie Nights club,Lawrenceburg.Mark-Paul Gosselaar/“Zack”: Stars as Peter Bash inTNT’s “Franklin & Bash.”Tiffani Thiessen/ “Kelly”:Stars as Elizabeth Burke onUSA’s “White Collar.”Mario Lopez/“A.C. Slater”:Until this year was busy host-ing “America’s Best DanceCrew,” “Extra” and other TVshows.Elizabeth Berkley/“Jessie”:Played Julia Winston on “CSI:Miami” in 2008-09.Lark Vorhees/“Lisa Turtle”:Appeared mostly in shortfilms since playing Mercedeson “In The House” (1997-99).
WATCHINGALONZO
Kings Island: Performsfour shows daily at KingsIsland Theater. Show isfree with park admission.
TV: “Saved By The Bell”airs on MTV2 11 a.m.-2p.m. weekdays; 8 a.m.-noon Saturday; and 6-9a.m. Sunday.
Actor/magician Ed Alonzo,best known as “Max” on“Saved by the Bell,” isperforming at Kings Islandthrough Aug. 19. PROVIDED
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