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Some messages from your 2012 King and Queen, etc: (taken from the emails in case any of you missed it) The 2012 Bike-Us Epistle #1 has gone out. If you are not on the mailing list & wish to be, please send an e-mail to kreweofbikeus@gmail.com & feel free to pass that along to any/all potential new Krewe members. Don't forget the pre-party at the The Holy Ground Irish Pub, Saturday February 4th @ noon. Food will be provided & Sillyness will abound. Hail Bike-Us All Hail & Happy New Year, my fellow Bike-Us Krewe members! I am honored & humbled to be chosen your King for 2012. I hope to preserve the tradition of Sillyness that has been the foundation of Fun in past years. For those that don't know me, I am Shoeless and this will be my fourth year riding with the Krewe of Bike-Us. I was introduced to your ranks by Paul Sanchez (King Fugetaboutit 04'). My chosen Queen for this year is Jan, who hails from the Adirondack Mountains & had her Bike-Us virgin ride last year. 
We have been working on the route, the venues, and the other details for the February 21st ride. I wish to especially thank Jeff and Rose (Pun-King and Recyqueen) for all the assistance in getting this years ride in order. Heavy & happy are the heads that wear the crowns. ;-] As with last year, we will be using this e-mail address to send out updates and information on this years ride. I know in years past there have been some who love the banter of reply-to-all, and others, not so much. I would like to propose banter-positive Krewe members head to our Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60153981417&v=wall ) and banter away! I will watch this e-mail and the Facebook page for thoughts, requests, suggestions ... The Pun-King has also offered to assist me in cross-posting updates on our official website, http://www.kreweofbikeus.com Please feel free to write to me here &/or post on the KoB Facebook page with ideas, comments, offers, suggestions... This is your Krewe and your day & I want it to be perfect for you. Any ideas on stops, logistics, comments pro and con on what was done in previous years I might avoid or embrace ~ please, send them my way! As the first order of business I would like to propose a Krewe of Bikeus 2012 pre-party. The Holy Ground Irish Pub (3340 Canal St. in Mid-City, located at the corner of Canal and Jeff Davis) has offered to host us on Saturday February 4th @ noon. There will be food provided. This will give us a chance to meet, socialize and perhaps do a pre-Lundi Gras tune-up day. (I am woefully ignorant of the working of bicycles, beyond peddling. So, if any of my fellow Krewe members can assist in that regard, I would be very grateful.) I appreciate the help my fellow Krewe members, especially the past Royalty, have already offered. I have had a wonderful time in years past and will likely use the template of last & past years ride to pattern this year's after. Again, if you have any comments, suggestions, wish to assist in any way... please write me here or post on the Mystik Krewe of Bike-us Facebook page. If you are coming to the Krewe of Bikeus 2012 pre-party at The Holy Ground, let me know so I make sure we have enough vittles. (Please come! I'd realy love to see you all & am champing at my royal bit to get this year's Sillyness started.) Likewise, if you know you can (or can't) ride with us on Mardi Gras morning, let me know so that we can plan accordingly. Thank You ! I look forward to seeing you o the first day of the Dragon Year, Saturday February 4th, at high noon @ the Holy Ground for the start of the Sillyness! Hail Bike-Us !! p.s. If you are still looking for a costume idea, a few people are doing this awesome thing that combines New Orleans street names with famous people. We'd like to thank Mary Lasang for the idea for the first ever "THEME" of the Krewe of Bike-us! Some of these have already been chosen. PLEASE let us know if you choose to do one so we can cross it off the list! Tina Louisiana (Ave) Just a reminder to head out to chickie wah wah tonight to listen to the Creole String Beans and find out who this year's royalty is. As an added bonus, if you're a member of a krewe (any mardi gras krewe, not just bikeus), mention it at the door and receive the special discounted $5 cover! The Beans go on at 8pm. The royalty, sometime after that. Hail Bikeus! Happy New Year to Everyone! We hope you had a great Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/Festivus, and that you are ready to start your carnival season, because it is right around the corner! We plan to start our carnival season next Friday, January 6, at Chickie Wah Wah, where the Creole String Beans, which consists of several of our Bikeus members, will be playing their 3rd Annual 12th Night Party at approximately 8pm. (Be sure to pick up their Shrimp Boots and Vintage Suits cd, available from Threadhead Records!) As you may know, this will be the night that Rose and I will pass the reigns over to the 2012 royalty. Yes, Rose will be in town for the first time since July, so you should at least come out and say hello to her. ;) And, as always, please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in coming out and being a part of Bikeus this year. We love welcoming new krewe! From sunny, warm, the-only-white-Christmas-we're-having-is-white-sandy-beaches Gainesville, FL, |
