The Thunder Rolls: Thunder Beach Schedule

Thunder beach weekend has arrived on Panama City Beach. Already the streets are lined with amazing bikes, the venues packed with vendors and leather-clad customers and all over the beach the excitement is palpable. This is the weekend to get out and enjoy the scene. On stages at seven different venues artists are performing live music, free bike demos are available and X-game-style bike stunts are blowing people away. Thunder Beach Productions has put together a weekend that should keep the thunder rolling. Here is a list of the weekend’s events.

Boardwalk Beach Resort
9400 South Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, Florida 32407
Thursday September 30, 2008

Friday : May 1, 2009 Location: Boardwalk Beach Resort
Time:
9am ? until	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
1pm	“Sizzle” ? Lingerie Show
1pm	Full Throttle Magazine’s Freaky at The Tiki Party
4pm	“Show Me Your Tat?s” ? Tattoo Contest
6pm	Miss Thunder Beach Pageant Finale
6pm to 9pm	Live Entertainment GRIP

Saturday May 2, 2009 Location: Boardwalk Beach Resort
Time:
9am ? until	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
1pm	“Sizzle” ? Lingerie Show
1pm-5pm	Live Entertainment Drew Tilman Acoustic
1pm	Butt?s And Bellies – Male Fashion Show
4pm	“Show Me Your Tat?s” ? Tattoo Contest
6pm to 9pm	Live Entertainment Kathy Jo & The Bluzification Band

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: Boardwalk Beach Resort
Time:
9am ? until	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business

The Shoppes at Edgewater
513 Beckrich Road
Panama City Beach, FL

Saturday May 2, 2009 Location: The Shoppes at Edgewater
Time:
9am ? til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-2pm	Live music with Holdcell
3pm-6pm	Live music with Rebel Syndicate
7pm-11pm	Live music with The Drew Tilman Band

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: The Shoppes at Edgewater
Time:
9am ? til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business

Club La Vela
8813 Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, Florida
32408

Thursday : April 30, 2009 Location: Club La Vela
Time:
9am-til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-2pm	Live music with TBA
2pm -5pm	Live music with Rebel Syndicate
5pm-8pm	Live music with ODIS

Friday : May 1, 2009 Location: Club La Vela
Time:
9am-til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-2pm	Live music with Kelly Hundly & The Healers
2pm -5pm	Live music with Rebel Syndicate
5pm-8pm	Live music with Holdcell

Saturday : May 2, 2009 Location: Club La Vela
Time:
9am-til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-2pm	Live music with Newfangled Theory
2pm -5pm	Live music with ODIS
5pm-8pm	Live music with King Cotton

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: Club La Vela
Time:
9am ? til	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business

Sharky’s Beachfront Restaurant & Bar
15201 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, Florida 32413

Wednesday: April 29,2009 Location: Sharky’s Beach Front Restaurant & Tiki Bar
Time:
6pm ? 8pm	$2.50 Drinks & Drafts All Brands
8pm – 1am	Kickass Karaoke

Thursday : April 30, 2009 Location: Sharky’s Beach Front Restaurant & Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-til	Food & Bar ? Burgers, BBQ & $2 Beer
12pm-6pm	Bikini Bike Wash Sexy Suds & Shine
4pm-6pm	Hawg Happy Hour
8pm – 12am	Live Entertainement with TBA
12am	Bodacious Biker Babe Contest

Friday : May 1, 2009 Location: Sharky’s Beach Front Restaurant & Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-til	Food & Bar ? Burgers, BBQ & $2 Beer
12pm-6pm	Bikini Bike Wash Sexy Suds & Shine
4pm-6pm	Hawg Happy Hour
8pm – 12am	Live Entertainement with TBA
12am	Bodacious Biker Babe Contest

Saturday May 2, 2009 Location: Sharky’s Beach Front Restaurant & Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
11am-til	Food & Bar ? Burgers, BBQ & $2 Beer
12pm-6pm	Bikini Bike Wash Sexy Suds & Shine
4pm-6pm	Hawg Happy Hour
8pm – 12am	Live Entertainement with TBA
12am	Bodacious Biker Babe Contest

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: Sharky’s Beach Front Restaurant & Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Schedule Coming Soon!

Pier Park
600 Pier Park Drive
Panama City Beach, FL 32413

Thursday : April 30, 2009 Location: Pier Park
Time:
10am-til	Demo Rides with Yamaha, Boss Hoss & CF Moto

Friday : May 1, 2009 Location: Pier Park
Time:
10am-til	Demo Rides with Yamaha, Boss Hoss & CF Moto

Saturday May 2, 2009 Location: Pier Park
Time:
10am-til	Demo Rides with Yamaha, Boss Hoss & CF Moto
11am-til	USRider News Best of The Beach Custom Bike Show

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: Pier Park
Time:

Frank Brown Park
16200 Panama City Beach Parkway
Panama City Beach, FL 32413

***Demos and X-Game Stunts
Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort
17403 Front Beach Rd,
Panama City Beach, FL 32413

Monday April 27, 2009 Location:Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
8pm ? til	Live music with GENEVA

Tuesday April 28, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
8pm	Live music with MUSTANG SALLY

Wednesday: April 29, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
7pm	Thunder Beach Kick Off Party
7pm	Free Body Painting in the Tiki Bar
8pm	Live music with MUSTANG SALLY
9pm	Beachside Fireworks Display

Thursday : April 30, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
7pm-til	Free Body Painting in the Tiki Bar
8 pm	Live music with MUSTANG SALLY

Friday : May 1, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
3pmam	Live music with GENEVA
7pm-til	Free Body Painting in the Tiki Bar
8 pm	Live music with ELI

Saturday May 2, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
3pmam	Live music with GENEVA
7pm-til	Free Body Painting in the Tiki Bar
8 pm	Live music with ELI

Sunday : May 3, 2009 Location: Sandpiper Beacon & The World Famous Tiki Bar
Time:
11am	Vendors & Exhibitors Open for Business
2pm	TO BE ANNOUNCED

Rock’it Lanes
Shoppes at Edgewater
513 Beckrich Rd
Panama City Beach, FL 32407

***Vendors and Music

Beckrich Rd. Renamed Richard Jackson Boulevard

At exactly 11:49 AM April 29^th Mayor Gayle Oberst made the renaming of Beckrich Road to Richard Jackson Boulevard official, honoring the long time city manager Richard Jackson. Dozens of people were on hand, filling the parking lot outside of the Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce building to participate in the event. At one time, three of Panama City Beach’s most recent mayors (Oberst, Phillip Griffits, and Lee Sullivan) held the stage to honor Mr. Jackson, though honoring quickly turned into a lighthearted roast drawing applause and laughter thoughout.

Beckrich Road was renamed and revamped with a 9-million dollar roadway expansion from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. For many of Panama City Beach residents, myself included, the GAC managed overhaul of Beckrich has been nothing short of successful; the intersection runs smoother and is more aesthetic with sidewalks, tropical landscaping and upgraded underground utilities paid for with the beach’s community redevelopment area (CRA) money.

Panama City Beach City Manager since 1969, after humbly accepting the honor, Richard Jackson said, “I really appreciate all the nice things that have been said about me. It’s been a job, it’s a job I’ve enjoyed. I’ve really enjoyed it, it’s been an honor. I plan on sticking around for awhile.”

Mayor Oberst also gave a nod to a future Front Beach Road and Thomas drive project to be done through the CRA. This project will overhaul South Thomas (near Alvin’s Island) and go up to Front Beach Rd. where expansions and facelifts will go westward towards Richard Jackson Boulevard and East towards the Hutchison Intersection near Ripley’s Believe it Or Not Musuem.

Click here to read more about the Panama City Beach CRA.

Episode #4 – Wild Heron Condo for $215k

This week on The Beach Show, we have a 2 bed 2 bath condo on the water in Wild Heron for only $215,000, we have a huge, awesome 3 bed 3 bath end unit condo in Tidewater that’s fully furnished for only $459,000, and we have a 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished condo in Sterling Reef for only $185/foot.

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Show Notes

Deal 1

List Price: $215,000
Square Feet: 1,301
Price/SqFt: $165.26
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bath
Built in 2004
This awesome condo in Wild Heron is right on the water with fabulous views from the living area, the patio and the master bedroom. This condo is a split floorplan with a very nice kitchen. The Wild Heron community offers tons of amenities including pools, hot tubs, very great fitness center, business center, kayaks, canoes, and so much more. Not to mention that it is just absolutely gorgeous. This is a rare opportunity to own a waterfront condo in Wild Heron for only $215,000!

Deal 2

List Price: $459,000
Square Feet: 1,670
Price/SqFt: $274.85
3 Bedrooms, 3 Bath with Bunk Area
Completed in 2007
This is a great opportunity to own in one of the nicest condominium developments in Panama City Beach. Tidewater is a well designed, packed with amenities resort and this condo is ready for you to rent. Being sold fully furnished, the sellers have appointed it very nicely and already have $39,000 in rental income on the books for 2009. The amenities include a huge 70 seat movie theater that plays feature films over the summer, two big lagoon pools on either side of the building, a huge fitness center and exclusive “owner’s-lounges” that come with a full kitchen, couches and flat screen tv’s that are only accessible to the owners at Tidewater. You can see the rental page at

Deal 3

List Price: $200,000
Square Feet: 1,076
Price/SqFt: $185.87
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bath
Completed in 2005
This two bedroom two bath gulf-front condo in Sterling Reef comes fully furnished and rental ready for only $200,000. If you are looking for something right in the middle of all the action that’s ready to rent as soon as you close, this is the one for you. This is a short sale listing and we should note that there is a third party short sale negotiator involved that requires a 1.5% buyer fee paid to “The Short Sale Guru”, which, if sold for $200k would only be $3,000, still cheaper than anything else listed in this building.

Pictures

New Airport Addresses Stormwater Issue

Tannehill Pledges Accountability for Deficiencies, Stronger Oversight

(Panama City – April 27, 2009) — Airport Authority Chairman Joe Tannehill pledged a full public accounting of the actions and events that led to stormwater control deficiencies at the new airport site in West Bay during the recent deluge.

Last week Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) officials and representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) toured the new airport construction site and expressed concerns that current efforts to mitigate excessive stormwater runoff had become inadequate in the wake of unusually heavy rains during the month of April.

“Whatever the cause, any deficiencies in stormwater management at the new airport site are simply inexcusable,” said Tannehill. “The people of Bay County and Northwest Florida deserve to know what went wrong and what we are doing to correct the situation. The Airport Authority will provide a full public accounting.”

“Our first priority is to address the stormwater issues as soon as possible,” said Tannehill. “We committed to submitting our plan for corrective action to FDEP by Wednesday, April 29. We are moving aggressively to correct the situation, and we are preparing for the tropical storm season ahead.”

Tannehill has begun meeting with site contractors and engineers to review the situation, determine the cause of the deficiencies, and most importantly, to establish a clear plan for correcting the situation and ensuring it never happens again.

Tannehill said the Airport Authority would continue to work closely with FDEP and USACOE to ensure the stormwater management deficiencies are corrected.

“But our commitment goes beyond addressing the current deficiencies. Once we have reviewed all the facts we will provide the citizens of Bay County a full accounting,” said Tannehill.

“It is not enough simply to say that the stormwater management issues were the result of an extraordinary amount of rain — so much rain that Bay County was declared by the state and federal government a disaster area. If there was mismanagement the public has a right to know,” said Tannehill.

The Airport Authority said it would keep the public informed of its efforts to address the deficiencies through regular updates to the new airport’s public information web site at www.newpcairport.com.

“This was not an environmental disaster as some of the airport opponents have declared. Our limits for turbidity were exceeded and that is a problem we will fix. I think that every stream and bayou in Northwest Florida had elevated silt levels with the 20 inches of rain we experienced. There will be no lasting environmental damage from this event,” said Tannehill.

“This airport Board resolved long ago to make the new Panama City – Bay County International Airport one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly and this latest event and what we will learn from it will only strengthen that resolve,” said Tannehill.

The Airport Authority has been working with FDEP for years, including several years on the Ecosytem Team Permitting process. Under the Ecosystem Team Permit, the airport site and surrounding West Bay Sector will produce a net environmental gain when the airport project is complete.

“We will continue working with FDEP to ensure our new airport ultimately results in a net environmental gain for our region, and to build and operate one of the nation’s greenest airports,” said Tannehill.

A Thunder Beach Alternative

May 1 – Downtown Festival Of the Arts & Friday Fest

If you want to avoid the Thunder on Panama City Beach, but still want to get out over the weekend and have a good time, head to downtown Panama City and enjoy the Downtown Festival of the Arts. This historic arts event, hosted by the Visual Arts Center and the Panama City Downtown Improvement Board, gathers artists from all over the southeast for a fine arts juried exhibition and sale.

Supporting artists and arts education, for 40 years this event has been hosts to artists the first weekend of May. Proceeds from this event will help support the various education programs the Visual Arts Center offers to the region.

The first Spring Festival of the Arts was held on March 29, 1968 at McKenzie Park for one day only and raised $450. The original focus of the festival was to introduce art to the children in our community. It has now grown into a 3-day event and raised over $23,000 in the year 2006.

Spring Festival is held the first weekend of May each year. An early shopping opportunity is held Friday night and includes a silent auction. Then Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm there is shopping, entertainment, and free art activities for children. P.C. Juniors host more than 100 artists as well as numerous food vendors. P.C. Juniors will also host the Children’s Art Experience with FREE art projects for children to make, enjoy and take home. The Children’s Art Market, full of art donated by the artists, will have items priced at $5 or less and P.C. Juniors donates all proceeds from the Festival of the Arts to local charities and community projects.

The event will be held starting May 1st through May 3rd at McKenzie Park on Harrison Avenue. For more information on the event please call (850) 769-4451.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-28

late, no milk, going to donut island #
going up to check out Ron Jon’s Beach Cleanup thingy, more on that later #
Stay tuned for details on a Thunder Beach video contest by pcbdaily this week! giving stuff away! #
Tons of bikes out, could they be early arrivals for @ThunderBeach ? #
done. do I tweet too much? #
I just did a 2 minute interview that will air on knology channel 10 over the next two weeks. If someone sees it, can they record it for me? #
They said they plugged pcbdaily a couple times on the air two sundays ago. Cool! Thanks viamedia! #
I think I’m about to be interviewed by viamedia who does knology ad and airtime sales. #
I’ve been told twice today that I tweet too much. Is that true? #
I just saw a guy put himself comepletely in a 6 foot baloon. #
Sand in my toes in my shoes. Waiting on the shuttle in the edgewater shopping parking lot. Here we go! #
The thing that’s cool about converse is the little holes that let sand in when you walk on the beach. #
Going to the business expo at edgewater. I’m late. #
Alright, so earlier, from my BB I was tweeting to @thebeachshow, instead of to @pcbdaily. . . So, I now fix. #
A bar at a business expo. Great drunk people looking for jobs. – Photo: http://bkite.com/06Ie6 #

Thunder Beach – Craziest Outfit Video Contest

Thunder Beach is here again and this rally is expected to be larger than ever. Every rally, I’m always amazed at how crazy some of the bikers that come visit our area look and how unusual looking some of their bikes are. So this year, we’ve decided to launch a contest, and we’re giving stuff away! I can’t wait.

So, here’s all the details.

Each day of Thunder Beach, starting Thursday, Cebo and I will be out and about shooting video and interviewing the most zaney, crazy and unusually dressed bikers on the beach. We’ll be getting the inside scoop as to exactly what attracts them to their apparel antics, what they are wanting to accomplish by dressing that way, and hopefully not get beat up while doing it.

At the end of each day, we’ll upload the videos for display right here on pcbdaily for all to view asking everyone to cast their vote in the comments section. In addition, the videos will be uploaded to our Facebook Fan page, so you can participate there as well.

So, if you’ll be in town, and you have an unusual style of biker-dress, shoot us an email and we’ll set up a time to meet. Otherwise, we’ll see you at the venues!

Click here if you want to receive notification by email whenever a new video is posted.

Here’s what we’re giving away.

1st-place Prize: Flip MinoHD – a mini camcorder that captures BIG action, in full 1280×720 HD resolution. The MinoHD weighs in at just over 3.3 oz’s and measures only 2 by 4 inches. This if perfect is you want to capture big video on a camera that fits in your pocket. Our staff has one and loves it. One of the coolest things about this camera is that uploading to YouTube is as easy as plugging the camera flip-out usb drive into your computer. Retails at $229.00. Sponsored by SeePCB.com. SeePCB.com is a new web site that our company, Too Creative, is launching to fill in the “blog-gap” in our area about information all about Panama City Beach. SeePCB is the ONLY way to See Panama City Beach online. SeePCB.com is everything PCBDaily can’t be providing full written experiences of what it’s like to come to Panama City Beach. www.SeePCB.com

2nd-place Prize: $70 Gift Certificate to Solace Day Spa in Pier Park – Well, actually, this was intended to be a $50 gift card, but they are offering a $20 gift card free to all that receive treatment there, so, they gave us permission to use that in conjuction with the $50 gift card they contributed bringing this prizes value to $70. With that amount, you can buy a 60 minute Elemental Nature™ Massage that includes a “personalized massage experience based upon the Aveda Elemental Nature philosophy and your favorite Aveda plant based aromas.”

3rd-place Prize: $25 Gift Certificate to Hofbrau Beer Garden – Hofbrau Beer Garden, located in Pier Park in Panama City Beach is our area’s only authentic German Beer Garden. Bringing Munich to the beach the “beer garden”, as it’s be come to be known serves authentic Bavarian dishes such as Schnitzel Wiener Art and Rouladen. Of course, you can’t forget their authentic German beer imported fresh by the keg including the Original, the Dunkel and the Weißbier.

We’ll see you at Thunder Beach!

Ron Jon Hosts Beach Cleanup, Gives Away Surf Board

Come hungry and ready to pick up trash because Sunday Morning, Ron Jon Surf Shop in Panama City Beach’s Pier Park will be hosting their 2nd annual beach cleanup. Coffee and donuts will be served and all that show up will automatically be entered to win a free surf board.

Last year participants came to support our area and show their appreciation for our beautiful beaches. When asked what spawned the idea, Dan Kirk, General Manager of Ron Jon said, “we just love the beach, that’s our area’s greatest assett and we always pick up trash anyway, so we thought this would be a good way to bring the community together.”

Dan said everyone should arrive at 7:30 am Sunday morning to coffee and donuts. They’ll then be escorted across the beach to pick up trash and clean up from around the city pier down to Barefoot Beach Club and back. All that show up to help clean up will be entered to win a free surf board. When they get back from cleaning up, the drawing will take place and one lucky winner will go home with a free beautiful board pictured above.

Recap: Gulf Coast Horse Show

This weekend’s 11th annual Gulf Coast Horse Show & Music Festival at Frank Brown Park on Panama City Beach proved again, even with fewer in attendance than recent years, to be a successful and classy event. Lots of people came out to enjoy the beautiful horses, talented riders and exciting carnival-style fun.

Tennessee Walkers and perfect weather had fans cheering on their favorites horses and riders. Delicious food, varying from freshly-fried seafood to corn-on-the-cob filled the air with festive scents while “Legends of The Beach” gave everyone a taste of “Carolina Beach Music.” But, truly, the people at Frank Brown Park came out to see the horses. Personally, I’d never experienced a horse show, but after spending Friday and Saturday at Frank Brown came out a fan.

The show was complete with stunt riders,Tennessee walkers and Missouri Fox Trotters. Riders were scored on all sorts of criteria involving things like the body movements of rider and tempo of the rider’s mounts. It was difficult for me to imagine scoring when all the horses and riders looked perfect. Scoring or not, it was a spectacular show that raised money for charitable causes, particularly, Anchorage Children’s Home, Hospice of The Emerald Coast, Gulf Coast Community College, & Habitat for Humanity. The next six years of the event have already been scheduled. So, if you didn’t attend this year, we expect you next year, April 21-24, 2010.

A few of notable Thursday blue ribbons were Ginger Simpson, from Alabama, won the western light shod specialty and Sister Milligan, a Panama City Beach resident, won the ride for amateur stallions, 15.2 hands and under, specialty. Below is a list of Friday and Saturday results.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

Country Pleasure:

1) A Thrill a Minute, Kim Lewis, Jim Leek

2) Masq Mayhem, Laurie Hudspeth, Laurie Hudspeth

3) Uptown Bandit, Connie McAdams, Preston & Kate Kelley

4) Soliderity’s Gold, Presley Janes, Fount & Lydia Darnell

5) Scratch My Back, Laurale Lowery, Charla Hurley & Libby Bond

6) Dangerous Gold Threat, Mardi Balloch, Balloch Mardi

Model Class:

1) Trigger Treat, Jeff Givens, JoAnn Dowell

2) Perfect Cut Jewel, Amanda Winters, Holly Thrasher

3) Arm’s Scarlett O’Hara, Robert Nelms, Jeff Laughlin

All in the Family (Pro or Am)

1) She’s Armed with Poison, Erica Derickson & Thomas Derickson, Thomas Derickson

2) Pushin Dollars & Cents, Tam Brodgon & Channing Combs, Ben & Lynda Brodgon

Amateur 4 Yr Old Stallion, Specialty

1) 9 Yard Blitz, Laura Cochran, Tim & Laura Cochran

2) I’m Joe Friday, Ed Breedlove, Keith Breedlove

3) Smokin Hot Charge, Fancee Spence, Mark Taylor Family

Mares or Geldings, 15.2 & Under, 5 Yr Old & Over, Canter

1) Mama’s Almight Dollar, Mickey McCormick, Katie Esters

2) I’m Dangerous with Cash, Justin Harris, Richard & Gail Greere

Speed Racking Open

1) Greased Lighting, Maghan Snow, Eddie Snow

2) Gaitway, Amy Rothe, Ralph Wood

3) Stomper, Eddie Snow, Eddie Snow

Ladies Amateur, Specialty

1) Bold Venegance, Heather Beard, Judy McDonald

2) C-Me Push, Sister Milligan, Sister Milligan

3) Jose’s Emblem, Whitney Breedlove, Barry Breedlove

4) Miss Professor’s Generator, Lydia Darnell, Dave King

5) Lucky Sadie, Frieda Widner, Scotty & Freida Widner

Amateur Owned & Trained, Specialty

1) Jazz Eclipse, Justin Harney, Harney Construction LLC

2) Your Wish Is My Command, LaRue McWaters, LaRue & Ann McWaters

3 Yr Old Stallions

1) On Maximum Security, Charlie Green, Walkabout Farm

2) Doing Life, Justin Harris, Walker Walking Horses

WHOA Youth Challenge

1) Showboat’s Silk, Alex Way, Showboat Production LLC

Amateur Show Pleasure, Specialty

1) Godfather By Ultra Copy, Alie Napier, Dr. Morna Conway

2) Sundrops Legion, LaRue McWaters, LaRue & Ann McWaters

3) Super Willy, Belinda Garzarek, Blenda Garzarek & Lisa Hall

3) Jose’s Sweet Pepper, Ashley Adcock, The Stables at Alphaplace

Lite Shod, Championship, Canter

1) Prime Fashion, Ginger Simpson, Tumbleweed Ranch Kim & George Lewis /Simpson

Amateur 5 Yr. Old & Over, Canter

1) Jose Grande, Gail Walling, Judy McDonald

2) Watch for Glory, Erica Derickson, Erica & Maria Derickson

3) Ebony’s Threat Prince, Tristan Wagner, Tristan Wagner

4) Let Go and Push, Scotty Widner, Scotty & Freida Widner

Amateur Specialty, Riders 50 Yrs & Over

1) Perfect Pattern, Mona Vice, Mona Vice

2) The Dangerous Commander, Sister Milligan, Tommy & Sister Milligan

Trail Pleasure 2 Gaits, Trail Walk, Eng. or West Attire

1) I’m Benny Too, Tim Brooks, Tim & Terry Brooks

2) Digging 4 Dollars, Allison Oliver, Oliver & Simpson

3) Aesop, Kristi Payne, Kristi Payne

4) Beams Generator Rye Whiskey, Connie McAdams, Preston & Kate Kelley

5) Fine As Wine, Svanah Martin, Joyce Patterson & Svanah Martin

Amateur 2 Yr. Old Mares or Geldings

1) We’re Ebony & Ivory, Dr. Lynda Brodgon, Ben & Lynda Brodgon

2) Beam Me Up Jose, Ginger Williams, Ginger Williams

Amateur 2 Yr. Old Stallions

1) Man of Stone, Ed Breedlove, Alan & Lorie Riddley

2) A Supreme Justice, Alex Way, Double B Farms

3) Designed by a Specialist, Alie Napier, Jimmy Reece

Groom’s Class

1) She’s Out on Parole, Anton Bowen, James Carlew

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26 (Final Results)

Stick Horse Class – Best Stick – Best Costume

Black Diamond Ritz, Bryleigh Gray, Ralph Wood

Bocephus, Cheyenne Vickers, Ralph Wood

Gator, Madison Vickers, Ralph Wood

John Deere, Will Neeley, Will Neeley

Pink-a-lecious, Drew Hampson, Drew Hampson

Purp-a-Lecious, Tyler Hampson, Tyler Hampson

Sally, Riley Greggory, Riley Greggory

Sparkly, Elaina Fisher, Elaina Fisher

General, Katy Marie Fisher, Katy Marie Fisher

Yearlings Studs

1) Out for Parole, Keith Reed, Allen Curtis

2) Connie Mack, Rollie Beard, Hurley & Akridge

3) Five Star Gunn, Robert Nelms, Dr. Morna Conway

4) A Yardstick, Roger Richards, Bobby & Freda Jones

5) My Final Decision, Mandie McFay, Chad & Mandie McFay

Yearlings Filly’s

1) My Cowgirl Dale Evans, Roger Richards Jr., Roger Richards

2) Raw Silk, Robert Nelms, Carol Hargett

Weanlings Open

1) America’s Major Debit, Robert Nelms, Vicki Penick

WHTA Amateur Mares or Geldings, Specialty, Riders 12-17

1) Mama’s Almight Dollar, Katie Esters, Katie Esters

2) Showboat’s Silk, Alex Way, Showboat Production LLC

3) Pushin Dollars & Cents, Channing Combs, Ben & Lynda Brodgon

4) Ebony’s Threat Prince, Tristan Wagner, Tristan Wagner

Park Pleasure – Open

1) Cashing in at the Ritz, Betty Laughlin, Betty Laughlin

2) Jazzin Papa, Grandy Tuck Sr., Rufus Dale

3) Sunfires Pheonix, Ginger Simpson, Dr. Morna Conway

Mares or Geldings, 15.2 & Over, 5 Yrs. Old & Over, Canter

1) Ms. Jose Walks, Charlie Green, Sister Milligan

Open Pleasure

1) Digging 4 Dollars, Allison Oliver, Oliver & Simpson

2) Showboat’s Duramax, Jeff King, Jeff King

3) Jest Tuff E Nuff, Tori Blankenship, Tori Blankenship

4) Prairie Goldust, Betty Tricarico, Betty Tricarico

5) TrixieTrax, Cathy Warren, Cathy Warren

6) Winchester’s Iron Man, Tori Tanner, Tori Tanner

7) PS Just a Jester’s Jewel, Linda Paschal, Linda & Terry Paschal

7) Tradition’s Golden, John Brandreth, John Brandreth

WHTA Amateur Mare or Geldings, Specialty, Riders 11 Yrs & Under

1) She’s Armed with Poison, Thomas Derickson, Thomas Derickson

2) Moonstruck Dollar, Reilly Miller, Brenda Little

2 Yr Old Championship

1) Chrome Dollar, Charlie Green, Ben & Lynda Brodgon

2) He’s Ritz N Cash, Sammy Day, Suzie Harmon

Open Spotted Saddle Horse Specialty

1) Battle’s Top Gun, Ginger Williams, Ginger Williams

2) Seminole’s Gusty Wind, Laurie Hudspeth, Laurie Hudspeth

Missouri Fox Trotters, Mares 3 Yrs. Old & Over, No Canter

1) Blackberry Brandy, Jane Goble, Jane Goble

2) PS Just a Jester’s Jewel, Linda Paschal, Linda & Terry Paschal

3) Prairie Goldust, Betty Tricarico, Betty Tricarico

4) TrixieTrax, Cathy Warren, Cathy Warren

5) Tradition’s Golden, John Brandreth, John Brandreth

6) Sundust’s Princess, Tori Blankenship, Tori Blankenship

7) Jester’s Princess, Helen King, Helen King

8) Redrock’s Amber Rose, Ira Rashkin, Ira Rashkin

Amateur Show Pleasure, Specialty, Championship

1) Godfather By Ultra Copy, Ginger Simpson, Dr. Morna Conway

Open, Specialty

1) Ice Hot, Sister Milligan, Sister Milligan

Amateur Ponies, 60″ & Under, Specialty, Rider 17 Yrs & Under (W.H.T.A.; Youth Council, Appl. Avail)

1) Silver Design, Alex Way, S.D. Partners

2) Watch for Glory, Thomas Derickson, Erica & Maria Derickson

MO. Fox Trotters, 3 Yrs Old & Over, No Canter (Studs & Geldings)

1) Lady’s Prince, Gary Shapiro, Gary Shapiro

2) Amtrax, Bud Blankenship, Nancy Atkinson

3) Jest Tuff E Nuff, Tori Blankenship, Tori Blankenship

4) The Kanses Kowboy, Dr. John Brandreth, John Brandreth

5) Ace’s Wild Card, Leslie Emery, Leslie Emery

6) Winchester’s Iron Man, Tori Tanner, Tori Tanner

6) Pride’s Blaze of Glory, Suzette Rashkin, Suzette Rashkin

Speed Racking Flat Shod Class

1) Gaitway, Amy Rothe, Ralph Wood

2) Greased Lighting, Maghan Snow, Eddie Snow

3) Stomper, Eddie Snow, Eddie Snow

Amateur 3 Yr. Old Championship

1) Crush, Whitney Breedlove, Blake Breedlove

2) A Moving Violation, Ginger Williams, Ginger Williams

Field Trial Tack & Attire

1) Masq Mayhem, Angie Bell, Laurie Hudspeth

2) Pushin True Colors, Belinda Garzarek, Belinda & Roy Garzarek

3) Soliderity’s Gold, Presley Janes, Fount & Lydia Darnell

4) Striker’s Firey Match, Laurie Hudspeth, Laurie Hudspeth

5) 88, Alex Way, Sister Milligan

6) Linebacker, Winston Way, Sister Milligan

Pro-Am Specialty (Am 1st Way, Pro 2nd Way)

1) Jose Grande, Gail Walling & Buddy Dick, Judy McDonald

2) I’m Joe Friday, Ed Breedlove & Brad Beard, Keith Breedlove

3) 9 Yard of Major Trouble, Nora Alexander & Mickey McCormick, Harbert & Nora Alexander

4) I’m Street Legal, Laura Lester & Andy Simpson, Gary Lester Family

5) A. Seabiscuit, Stacy Terry & Joey Tackett, Danny Terry

Amateur 4 Yr Old Specialty Championship

1) Getting’ Out on Parole, Gail Walling, McDonald & Walling

2) 9 Yard Blitz, Laura Cochran, Tim & Laura Cochran

3) Head of the Line, Drake Reynolds, Drake Reynolds

Mo. Fox Trotters Stake, No Canter

1) Blackberry Brandy, Jane Goble, Jane Goble

2) Lady’s Prince, Gary Shapiro, Gary Shapiro

3) Amtrax, Bud Blankenship, Nancy Atkinson

4) TrixieTrax, Cathy Warren, Cathy Warren

5) Jest Tuff E Nuff, Tori Blankenship, Tori Blankenship

6) Prarie Goldust, Betty Tricarico, Betty Tricarico

7) Winchester’s Iron Man, Tori Tanner, Tori Tanner

8) PS Just a Jester’s Jewel, Linda Paschal, Linda & Terry Paschal

8) Jester’s Princess, Helen King, Helen King

8) Showboat’s Duramax, Jeff King, Jeff King

8) Ace’s Wild Card, Leslie Emery, Leslie Emery

8) The Kanses Kowboy, Dr. John Brandreth, John Brandreth

Young Trainers

1) An American Outlaw, Sam McLaughlin, Jan Wagaman

Amateur Specialty Championship

1) Don Julio, Alie Napier, Tim Napier Family

2) C – Me Push, Sister Milligan, Sister Milligan

3) The Willhamina, Mona Vice, Mona Vice

Walking Horse Championship, Open

1) Lined Walkin, Justin Harris, Joey Tidwell

2) Ms. Jose Walks, Charlie Green, Sister Milligan

3) Another RPM, Rob Brainard, Larry Grissom

4) Steal Justice, Jack Way, S.J. Parnters / Ellison & Beard

The Mystery of Selling Condos – SOLVED!

In order to sell anything, you have to create demand. Not only do people have to know its available, but they need to have a desire for the product. There must be a demand for the product you are trying to sell.

How do you create demand? You have to create demand through scarcity. People have to value your product and beleive that your product can’t be had anywhere else. Now, there are tons of variables here, especially when if the product you are trying to sell is condos. For instance, one has to consider not only price, but the quality of the resort. One must consider the possibility of replication and whether they can get something of similar perceivable value for a lesser price in the same general area.

4 years ago, developers and sales teams created scarcity through having a unique product that wasn’t overly prevalent. Of course, the frenzied market helped the sales stories along when buyers were turned away because developments were sold out. Today, scarcity is created by offering a unique product that can’t be had anywhere else, or a product that is superior in quality.

For real estate today, how do you create scarcity with a surplus of inventory available? You create scarcity through value. If you want to sell real estate today, you have to be the best value on the market, with value being determined by a delicate balance of the quality of the product and its price. Of course, one has to keep in mind that as unique as a property may seem to the developer, sales agent, Realtor, etc., there is always something that is equally unique available on the market to most people.

Ok, so say you have found that sweet spot in the world of pricing. Let’s throw a number out there, say, $250/foot – you are successfully selling your condos for $250 per square foot. There’s not a frenzy, but you’ve got a steady stream of interested people and you actually have 10 or so contracts in the pipeline. What should you do? I mean, there’s demand, you don’t want to risk leaving money on the table right? Maybe you should increase the price of the existing inventory just to be sure, right? Wrong!

You’ve found something that works, you’ve done something right that has had a positive result. What you were doing was successful. At this point, if you change, then the result of that change will be different than the result of what you were already doing, and that’s bad. The result of what you were already doing was that condos were selling, if that changes, then that means that condos are NOT selling – and that’s NOT good.

Here’s the kicker. As soon as you raise the price, you lose the velocity that you had when the price is right, and quite possibly, sales may have halted all together. The real problem comes in when all of a sudden, sales have stopped, you scratch your head, and all the while, prices are still coming down, week by week, month by month. Not only that, but your credibility has been tarnished a little. The buyers that were looking at your product aren’t that interested anymore, they are looking elsewhere to see if there’s a better deal (and there’s always a better deal, in this market).

Then, suddenly, it hits you. You realize that when you raised the price, that’s when your velocity slowed, so you decide to put the prices back to where they were. Condos aren’t selling at $250 a foot anymore. Uh oh, what’s that sweet spot now? Well, it’s at $230 a foot, you just lost $20/foot AND time. You disrupted your velocity and it’s going to be hard to get it back. Things were starting to roll forward, increasing their pace, rapidly, but you stopped it wanting to maximize profit, but what happened? You ended up losing more money, tarnished your credibility and wasted a lot of time, which equates to more money lost.

Hey, I’m no different then the next guy. I don’t like to leave money on the table, but in order to survive in today’s market, you have to have your long-term glasses on. You have to look into the future and realize that prices may still be falling, you have to expect that, you must anticipate that condo prices will not increase for the foreseeable future.

With that said, if you happen to find a price that results in sales, then you have to sell as many as you can as fast as you can. A great lesson can be learned here from large-scale condo real estate auctions. When the auctioneer finds the sweet spot in pricing, he doesn’t sell ten, then raise the price. He knows that if he does, everyone will just leave. If you find the sweet spot in price, you have to sell as many as you can as quick as possible and be glad its over. Otherwise, you’ll be sitting on inventory that not only costs you money, but prevents you from making money too.

What’s the old adage? If it ‘aint broken, don’t fix it.