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A Match Made in Heron… err, Heaven

Sarah Fedak is an artist and an animal lover. A new resident of Port Aransas, she is already fund-

raising chairman for the Friends of the Animal Shelter. So it’s probably not too big of a coincidence that she is painting a metal heron sculpture to help raise money for the Animal Rescue Keep. The way the “Herons Happen” fundraiser works is that sponsors pay for the bare sculp-tures and materials, artists donate their time and talent to decorate the sculptures and then the herons are auctioned off with the proceeds going to the ARK. Appetites for the auction are whetted through a series of “hatchings” – open-to-the-public receptions to show off the newly-completed herons.

One such hatching was held at the Felder Gallery on July 11, 2010. Sarah’s heron, “Belle of the Oyster Drill Ball,” was one of the sculptures on display. Sarah got to talking with gallery owners Larry, Linda and Robbie Felder and asked if they’d like to see her portfolio. They did, and they liked her work so much, they invited her to become their newest artist. Now she has 16 pieces in their gallery. It was a match made in heron, err, heaven.

Sarah was especially thrilled because being a Felder art-ist was going to be different from what she had experi-enced in Houston. There a gallery might feature an artist for about six weeks, but the Felders show multiple styles

and artists all together, continuously.

Sarah’s art is a little different from what is typically shown locally. Hers is abstract whereas much of the art seen around here is realistic.

It doesn’t get much more real-istic than Larry Felder’s art. The water in his paint-ings of boats at docks and waves lapping the shore looks wetter than the real thing. Lin-da Felder recalls one viewer say-ing, “I was sure if I touched the wa-ter in that painting my finger would come away wet.” I’m captivated by the quality of light in his paint-ing. I swear you can tell not only what time of year is portrayed in his scenes but what day of the week. Larry’s paintings are gi-nourmous, too. His paintings of lighthouses each take up two canvases. A challenge to hang in a gallery because of their size, Larry’s paintings are ideal for homes with large walls. Lately, Larry’s been doing lots of commissioned boat portraits.

Larry graduated in 1974 from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and then spent 30 years in the advertising business, first as a graphic de-signer, next as an ad agency art director in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, and then as the Vice President/Creative Director for eight different ad agencies around Texas. All along he was “painting in his head,” according to Linda but didn’t actually start until 2004. The two met at an educational publishing company where Linda was head of customer service and Larry ran a department of 30 to 40 people. The company decided to go off in a direction that didn’t appeal to them so they quit their jobs. They

rented gallery space in Fulton next door to Mary Hunter, whose work they now display at the Felder Gallery. They then moved to Port Aransas and their current location in the Tower Center, partly because their son Robbie is a surfer. Linda and Larry are looking to move again, this time to Costa Rica, but the gallery’s staying. Larry will continue to paint and to work with Robbie, who runs the gallery’s Web site, keeps the gallery current and brings in new artists.

Like Sarah Fedak.  Originally from Virginia, Sarah re-ceived a Bachelor of Science from the University of Al-abama, and diplomas from the Art Institute of Houston and the Glassell School of Art, the teaching arm of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. She has had numerous exhibitions, almost one a year every year since 2000. Her

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work has been published in several books, national mag-azines and catalogs and she received honorable mentions in two Houston juried exhibitions, where work is judged by well-known artists.

While abstract, her art is still inspired by and repre-sentational of her beach surroundings. “I paint things that come off the beach, “she says. “That, I consider beachfront property” and several of her paintings are so named “Beachfront Property…” Her color palette com-municates the time of day. Costa Rica features in Sar-ah’s world too. She took a collage workshop there and learned the technique of painting on paper and with mixed media. She uses acrylic paint on paper or Mylar. She cuts and tears the paper, or allows the paint to dry on the slick Mylar surface and peels if off. She then uses the pieces in a collage on canvas. She also creates what she calls “wooden drawings” using white pine – its grain and knots – to create landscapes.

Sarah’s heron will be on display at the “Herons Hap-

pen” preview November 5 at the Port A Gallery, 345 North Alister and at the “release” dinner and auction, November 6 at the Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Wheeler Ave. For more information about the herons, call (361) 332-6361 or visit the Web site at www.tur-tletrail.org. The works of Sarah, Larry and all the other Felder artists can be seen on the gallery Web site at www.feldergallerycom. Of course, they can be seen “up close and personal” at the Felder Gallery in Suite F at 1726 State Highway 361 every day except Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment (call 361-749-2388). The Gallery will be one of the stops on the Port Aransas Art About, Saturday, October 16 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. I’ll see you there.

Texas deer hunters could be blessed with too much of a good thing this fall, at least early on, as excellent range conditions throughout the state have set the stage for what could be a season to remember.

 The Texas deer hunting season opened Saturday, Oc-tober 2, for bowhunting and November 6 for the general gun season. A special youth-only weekend season is set for October 30-31. The general season runs through Jan-uary 16, 2011 in South Texas. A late youth-only season is also slated for January 3-16. For additional late season deer hunting opportunities, consult the 2010-11 Outdoor Annual of hunting and fishing regulations.

 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists equate good habitat with healthy wildlife populations and sug-gest you don’t have to look hard to find plenty of both this year. Timely rainfall that began last winter and con-tinued throughout the first half of 2010 has helped main-tain range conditions and provide an ideal environment for deer to flourish.

 Estimates of high fawn production in most regions of the state with upwards of 100 percent fawn survival on some intensively managed ranches, coupled with qual-ity native food supplies, should give hunters a lot to look forward to this season. It also means that like last year, hunting over corn feeders may not be as productive be-cause of the abundant natural forage available.

 “Acorn crops have been pretty good and there is plenty of vegetation in South Texas, so the deer have plenty to eat,” said Alan Cain, TPWD whitetail deer program di-rector. “That’s going to make it difficult for bowhunters to attract deer to supplemental feeding locations.”

 At the onset of the archery season Cain said most deer are still in a summer pattern, especially in South Texas where the rut is still a couple of months away. Bowhunt-ers might consider focusing their efforts along heavily traveled game trails or near acorn producing trees.

 He also suggests hunters take advantage of opportuni-ties to harvest antlerless deer this season, too, in order to offset high fawn production. “Folks need to keep deer numbers at a level the habitat can sustain during lean years,” said Cain.

 TPWD field biologists are concerned last year’s drop in overall deer harvest could carry a double-edged sword into the 2010-11 season. Nearly half of all deer taken by Texas hunters occurs in the Edwards Plateau and last season marked the lowest harvest in ten years, attributed mainly to reduced deer movement. The upside is there should be a greater percentage of older-aged bucks in the population due to the carry-over of bucks that weren’t harvested last year. The downside is there likely are more deer in the population than the habitat in many areas can adequately support without being degraded when range

conditions return to normal.

 “I don’t wish for it to be dry, but hopefully conditions will be such during the upcoming season that deer move-ments will be high (i.e. deer will come to feeders), result-ing in high deer observation and harvest success rates for hunters,” said Trey Carpenter, TPWD wildlife biologist.

 One aspect biologists are not concerned about this sea-son is the overall health of Texas’ deer herd. The abun-dance of acorns during the fall and winter of 2009, com-bined with the flush of cool-season and warm-season her-baceous plants produced from the rains provided high-quality forages for deer that helped them come through the winter in good condition and were adequately avail-able to the deer throughout the early stages of antler pro-duction, throughout pregnancy, and during fawn-rearing.

 “This year deer didn’t have to go to browse until well into the growing season, unlike in dry years when they utilize browse earlier because herbaceous plants are lacking,” Carpenter explained. “Not dipping into the ‘savings account’ of browse until late into the growing season should have a positive influence and due to the steady and consistent supply of good nutrition that has been available to deer since last fall, all segments of the deer population should be in good body condition going into the fall, buck antler production should be above av-erage for the 2010-11 season, and fawn production and recruitment should be above average.”

 Cain said folks involved in cooperative wildlife man-agement groups should also see the fruits of their collab-orative habitat management labors this season and ex-pects deer hunting on ranches under wildlife manage-ment plans to be above average, too.

 Some in South Texas already have their sights set on a specific buck they’ve spotted during deer counts or captured on trail cameras, according to Cain. “There are some landowners down here that have already got some huge bucks located,” he pointed out. “We’re talk-ing bucks that will score 200 or better. Now those don’t grow behind every tree but these bucks were able to re-cover from last year’s rut and develop better because of quality range conditions.”

  This could also be a breakout year for the Class of 2004. That was a peak year for deer productivity and range conditions, which means the odds of seeing a ma-ture 6 ½-year-old buck this season are pretty favorable.

 “In 2004, at least in South Texas, we had good rainfall and a good fawn crop,” recalled Cain. “Consequently, even with normal deer harvest over the years, we should have good carryover and I would suggest hunters consid-er waiting on that older buck and not pull the trigger on the first deer you see.”

Prospects Looking Good for Texas Deer Season Texas Parks and Wildlife

The Port Aransas Computer Center held its first Game Night in two years at the Center last Saturday night. 34 kids under the age of 18 were present for the event, which ran for eight hours and lasted until midnight. Game Night gives kids a chance to compete against their peers in a multiplayer, locally networked gaming environment. This is the only place on the island where kids can go to meet socially in a safe, supervised, and controlled setting. Food was provid-ed by Pizzeria Port “A”, drinks were provided by IGA Food Store, and incidentals by the Tarpon Ice House. The Port Aransas Computer Center is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, funded solely through donations.

Game NightAt The Port Aransas Computer Center 

Photo by Julian Sergeant.

The 2010 Fall Fitness Festival at the Holiday Inn had this Army Rock Wall as one the activities.

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GulfBreezeLocal Pro Windsurfer Enes Yilmazer

By Mike Murphy

There are many locals who stand out in slalom, speed, surf and free style windsurfing but none who fo-

cus on professional competitive windsurfing. The cur-rent vice-commodore of the Corpus Christi Windsurfing Association (CCWA), Enes Yilmazer is an exception.

Turkey…..talkin’ TexasEnes is 20 years old and from Trabzon, Turkey locat-

ed on the on the Black Sea. In 2007, he moved here where he lives and attends Texas A&M University Cor-

pus Christi (TAMUCC) from September through May. Growing up in Alacati, Turkey, Enes started windsurfing at age 13 and has consistently improved all his windsurf-ing skills. This dual residency satisfies two goals, get-ting a college education and focusing full time on his windsurfing career.

Enes notes that “learning slalom and getting better is like an endless book….. it’s really challenging to keep up with new fins, new shapes and designs”. Our local bay is ideal with warm and windy fall, winter and spring conditions, for formula, slalom and wave training. Enes also uses surfing and stand-up paddle boards to supple-ment his windsurfing training.

Sponsors…..boards, sails and otherWhile competing in Youth classes, Enes was spon-

sored by North sails and F-2 boards. Since 2007, one of his primary sponsors is the ARKAS Sport Club, which greatly helps with much the cost of being a profession-al windsurfer and following the Professional Windsurfer Association (PWA) World Tour.

Current equipment sponsors are Neil Pryde sails and JP Australia boards. According to Enes, “These racing sails have a big wind range suited for riders of any size and all conditions, making them the best sails he’s ever used.” Enes is proud to be part of JP Australia team because

of the continuous development effort to produce versa-tile high performance boards. In addition, Quicksilver is clothing sponsor and he recently signed with Turkish

Airlines as flight sponsor.

Competition…..amateur and professional resultsEnes’ first competition was in 2004 and he quickly

started being a serious contender. In the Turkish Sla-lom Championships in 2005, he placed second in the Youth and sixth in the Men classes. Also in this event, Enes won the Youth class twice and placed second in the Men’s class in 2008. In the International Funboard Class Association (IFCA) Slalom Youth World Champi-onships, he placed third in the Youth class in 2006, sec-ond in 2007 at Alacati and won the event in 2008 in Itlay

and 2009 in Bonaire.

His first PWA competition was in 2006, where he won the IFCA Sla-lom World Championships. In addi-tion, he placed 42nd in the PWA Sla-lom 42 World Cup held at his home location in Alacati. Enes placed 44th in his first and only PWA event dur-ing 2007. His PWA world ranking consistently improved in 2008 and 2009 with 24th and 23rd place fin-ishes respectively.

In 2009, Enes won two events in the Turkish Slalom Championships, placed 2nd the IFCA Slalom Cup in Miami. He also did very well in the U. S. Open here in 2009, winning the Slalom class and placing 2nd in the Speed and Formula classes.

PWA…..2010 events and rankingThe PWA World Tour was held at

five locations around the world and Enes’ focus on slalom competition produced even better results in the 2010 PWA tour. In the first event this

year held in Korea, Enes finished in 17th place. He had mixed results in his next two events in Catalunya, Cost Brava, Spain and Sovatento, Fuerteventura , Canary Is-lands placing 36th and 29th respectively. He accom-plished his best PWA finish to date at his home location finishing in 10th place.

Enes just returned from Sylt, Germany for the last sla-lom race for 2010 on the PWA World Tour. His overall PWA ranking, 44th in 2007, 24th in 2008, 23rd in 2009 and 18th in 2010, is definitely moving toward his pri-mary goal, “…make the top 10 in 2-3 years and hope-fully play for top 5 in 5 years”. He has set challenging goals and pushes himself constantly in pursuit of a pro-fessional windsurfing career.

Future…..local promotionsThe CCWA is fortunate to have Enes on the Board

of Directors to help promote the sport of windsurfing, the great windsurfing conditions and quality education available in the local area. He is in the process of work-ing with Dr. Trent Hill, TAMUCC vice president, to pos-sibly develop a water-sport (kayak, SUP, windsurf, etc.) at the university beach. Enes is also trying to bring the U. S. Nationals and PWA Slalom events to the Corpus Christi area.

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Every year at Halloween the Hawksnest and Eaglesnest area gets swarmed with Trick-or-Treaters! The residents of these streets love serving the Island with all the dec-orations and candy. Buying enough candy for everyone can get very costly! It all comes down to two scenarios, the kids are cut short on candy, or the residents are left with a huge bill. Let’s all make this Halloween better by supplying the residents of these streets with candy to give to all of the kids, big and small! To make your dona-tion drop off your candy at Michelle’s Salon or the Island Moon’s office and we will be sure to distribute the candy throughout the neighborhood! Thank you in advance and Happy Halloween!

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It’s a CHAIR-I-TEE!If you care – Buy a Chair

Thanks to the nice folks at the Historic Tarpon Inn, The Art Center has Wooden Café Chairs .Fifteen chairs have

been painted by artists and will be up for sale on Octo-ber 16th dur-ing the Port Aransas Cen-tennial Cel-ebration and during our Art Walk.

So come buy one - or more- any-time between 11am and 7pm on Sat-urday, Octo-ber 16th & Support the Art Center’s i m p o r t a n t Fundraising

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Highwater Surf Flick Creator Coming to

Surf ClubThere will be a Meet & Greet with Dana Brown Thurs-

day, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Surf Museum next to the Executive Surf Club downtown.

Brown is the son of famed surfer and filmmaker Bruce Brown, and creator of the new surf flick “Highwa-ter.”  

T i c k e t s are on sale for the film p r e m i e r e Friday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the CC Art Mu-seum; cost $10. 

“Real-life drama, hu-mor, death-d e f y i n g waves, ri-valries, par-ties, heart-break, ro-mance, in-juries, and humanity all

collide during the nearly two month competition on Ha-waii’s 7 Mile Miracle.”

The coveted Jack Daniels surfboard on display at Whitecap Liquor Wine & Ale was finally “shredded” in the surf at Bob Hall Pier. Char-

lie Allan, grandson of owner Kathy King, had the honor to ride it.

Wild Horses In Port Aransas.

Two Workshops at Art Center

Sue McClurg will conduct a jewelry workshop at the Art Center for the Islands on Monday, October 18th from 9:30-12:30.

The topic will be Contemporary Copper Jewelry and the cost is $15 for instruction and $10 for supplies. Pre-pay by October 15th

Then on Saturday, October 23rd Jean Ann Reeves will show students how to make wire-wrapped flower Pen-dants.

The class will run from 1-5 p.m. and the cost is $45, plus $15 for supplies. All tools will be provided. Stu-dents do not need to bring a thing and will go home with three completed wire-wrapped flower pendants in colors of their choice. Please register & Pre-pay to save your spot!

More than a dozen wild horses were brought to Port Aransas and put up for adoption. The wild horses were brought in from many different states in an effort to alleviate the overpopulation of the horses in some areas of the United States. Many of the horses will now call South Texas

home. Photos by Jan Rankin

The Rock the Rail fundraiser was schedule for Saturday, September 18 at Briscoe-King Pavilion. But that was the day Hurricane Karl decided to dump several inches of rain on The Island and it is hard to skateboard in six inch-es of water. The rain left the parking lot at Briscoe-King more suitable for a swim meet and all the plans for a twelve-hour event with ten live bands was drowned un-der the deluge.

The event’s purpose was to raise the money to build a

Reschedule for October 30

Rock the Rail De-Railed by Rain

skate park in Flour Bluff and the organizers have not giv-en up. They have rescheduled the event for Saturday, Oc-tober 30 at Funtrackers in Flour Bluff.

They will still have ten live bands, skate contests, and events for the kids. We’ll have more information as it comes available but if you would like to participate or have questions contact Laura Lee Butts at [email protected] or see the website at http://www.flour-blufflionsclub.weebly.com.

Students, staff, family, and friends of the Seashore Middle Academy can get flu shots there on Thursday, October 21st from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Shots will be given by the Corpus Christi/Nueces County Public Health District and will be the Influenza- H1N1 combination Vaccine.

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tages, Community Center, old city hall & jail;right on Oakes Avenue – passing the old Catholic Church, the Mercer Cemetery; left on Mercer Street  – passing the old Studeman house, the old Mercer house, the old Far-ley house; left on White Street; right on Station Street; left on Cotter Avenue – passing the Tarpon Inn; left on Alister Street ending at the Museum.

1-4pm: Non-profit and civic groups and merchants sale of items and informing public of missions and accom-plishments in the Community Center, 408 N. Alister Street.

2pm Welcome by State Rep, Todd Hunter and Precinct 4 Nueces County Commissioner Chuck Cazalas

Piggy Perch Contest Awards

Boatmen Fishing Tournament AwardsDedication of State His-

torical Marker by John Guthrie Ford.

Burial of Time Capsule* 2:30pm: Storytell-

ing under tent in the Old Catholic Church com-pound on Church Street behind the Community Center.

* 2:30 – 4pm: Tours of Old Catholic Church

* 3pm tour of the Little Chapel on the Hill [meet at the Port Aransas Museum]

* 7pm PAPHA Julian Gold Fundraiser at The Moorings

Also raising money for the Port Aransas Museum will be the Coastal Paint-Out 2010. For more information, visit http://www.portaransasmuseum.org/pdfs/paint%20out2010.pdf

For more information contact Old Town Festival Chair-man Pam Greene at 361-443-4683 or [email protected]

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The PAC the Sandbar fundraiser for the Island United Political Ac-tion Committee at the Sandbar on October 7th was a huge success. The PAC wants to thank the Shawn and the Moon for their help and

look forward to the next one.

The Pac The Sandbar Fundraiser

We always say if you hang out at The Back Porch long enough you’ll run into everyone you know. These three men who are working offshore on the oil spill are from Croatia. Ironically, our own Mary Craft speaks Croatian and even has a mutual friend back in the homeland. Photo by Jan Rankin

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the looks and the voice to go big but he’s also a devot-ed family man whose stuck in that regional loop. Who knows, maybe his time in the sun is still coming. He’s certainly good enough.

DO NOT MISS LISTCoastal Bender: Dust Devils & Walt Wilkins

It’s that time of year again when Port A becomes in-undated with maniac Storm Chasers (fans of the Dust Devils) from up Marble Falls way. That could only mean one thing...the 8th annual Coastal Bender is coming back to the Back Porch and it’s time to party island style. The festivities begin on Thursday, October 14th when the nucleus of the Dust Devils (Austin, TX), Kevin Hig-

gins and Barbara Malteze will show early for an acous-tic Couples Song Swap with several of their hill country duo friends that include ShAnny and Art & Lisa...all re-cipients of Texas Music Awards as “Vocalist of the Year”. On Friday night, October 15th, Walt Wilkins & the Mistiqueros (Austin, TX) will take the stage. Wilkins is an excellent singer-songwriter who did his time in Nash-ville and has had songs recorded by Pat Green and Pat-ty Lovelace. His band is made up of a “Texas Hill Coun-try super-group” that features five great singers and four great songwriters, all of whom have made their own re-cords and are flush with recording credits. onstage and in the studio. Wilkins is joined by Bill Small (bass, percus-sion, acoustic guitar), John M. Greenberg (electric gui-tars), Ramon Rodriguez (drums, percussion) and Mar-cus Eldridge (electric guitars).

And when Saturday (October 16th) night rolls around and the Dust Devils plug in, it will be easy to tell who the Storm Chasers came to see. Last year I noticed some of them dancing even before the music started. And, I have to agree with their love of this band; the Dust Devils are great and put on a killer show. Higgins is one of the best songwriters to ever come out of Texas and his band is a blast to party with.

Frank Rodarte y los Blues Vatos

Frank Rodarte y los Blues Vatos (San Antonio, TX) will bring his West Side Sound to the Back Porch on Oc-tober 23rd. Rodarte (the “Texas Jalapeno”) is a legend-ary sax player from west side S.A. that cut his chops with the likes of Clifford Scott, Rocky Morales, Randy Garibay and Spot Barnett. This is the stuff that Doug Sahm pioneered: big city horn arrangements on drop dead blues and R&B compositions that go back to the 1950’s, but still hold their own today. Believe me, this is definitely a DO NOT MISS show that just makes the body move. Trust me, it doesn’t get any better.

And that’s the truth!

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Training For WomenHave Workout Equipment?

Let Me Teach You!I Will Come to Your Home

The Dust Devils will play the Back Porch on Oct. 16th.

Red Snapper caught in Port Aransas, Tx on a Deep Sea Charter.

Red Snapper Anyone?

Islander Tom Triplett enjoying the Moon while soaking up rays seated in the bed of his truck. Photo by Mary Craft.

The Traveling Moon Gets Around

The Island Moon has travelled to Ruidoso, New Mexico. Betsy Churgai came upon this pirate skeleton while walking in Ruidoso,

NM, where she attended the Cowboy Symposium.  Highlights were talks by the gentle horse whisperer, and instruction from an old timer tomahawk thrower.  Her dog, Brown, checked out the new dog park, and can’t wait until the dog park in Port Aransas is built.  Ruidoso is

the closest town to South Texas with mountains.

The Moon and I took another cruise, this time down to the island of Roatan in Honduras and stayed a day behind the Tropical storm, that

came in to Mexico a couple weeks ago.   We traveled with my son and family and while in Port that day, we had lunch in the Westend, at

Half Moon Resort.    Rosie Oliver - Accordion Rose

 Islanders Rick and Dee Beekman took The Moon to Las Vegas dur-ing their last big motor home trip. Dee and Rick retired in 2006 and the coach became their full time home while they traveled the coun-

try. They are now settled permanently on Padre Island.

Bridge To Nowhere.....

Dick and Sandee Brandl from The Gulfstream recently spent thier

20th anniversary traveling in Europe with, of course, The Moon. Bridge to Nowhere. A reader sent this to us. We’re not sure where it is but we’re glad the bridge is built, now if we just had a road to get there.

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Three Chords and the Truth

I’ve been in blues heaven these past two weeks. OMG, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Randy McAllister, An-drew Junior Boy Jones, Carolyn Wonderland, Ruben V and Mike Milligan perform. This is the stuff I live for. Throw in an outstanding show by Stuart Burns and Friends at the Ice House and Ziggy Moonshine and the Bootleggers at the Gaff’s garden party and you can stick me with a fork. Oh, and I can’t leave out the Scott and Smiley show at the Ice House last weekend...those boys from the hill country put on quite a show, too. I don’t know about the police in Port A but the music here re-mains absolutely out of control. Let’s roll...

Randy McAllilster

Grammy nominee, Randy McAllister (Novice, TX) played the Back Porch on October 1st. McAllister showed up for this gig with none other than Andrew Ju-

nior Boy Jones (Dallas, TX) on guitar. Randy McAl-lister is a multi-instrumentalist phenom who fronts his band while playing drums, harmonica and frontier (Ca-jun style scrub board). Jones is a real deal, seasoned bluesman who has played guitar and toured with Fred-die King, Charlie Musslewhite and Katie Webster, to name a few. Together, this coalition made for one world class blues show. At times McAllister kept his raucous style of jump blues and R&B going on the harmoni-ca while singing and keeping rhythm at the same time on drums or frontier. This guy has multi-tasking down to a science. And Junior Boy never missed a lick with his deep blues guitar riffs which added a passionate di-mension to every song. Randy couldn’t have done bet-ter when he enlisted Junior Boy Jones for this gig. It was smokin’. By the way, Junior Boy will be at Doctor Rock-its on October 23rd.

Shake Russell & Michael Hearne

Shake Russell (Houston, TX) and Michael Hearne (Taos, NM by way of Dallas) played the Third Coast Music studio on October 2nd. This was an absolute-ly delightful show! Shake Russell is a prolific singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Ricky Scaggs, Clint Black and Waylon Jennings. I first be-came aware of Russell’s talent in the late seventy’s when he played every Monday night with Dana Cooper at Steamboat Springs on 6th Street in Austin. I worked across the street at Wylie’s and saw him perform many, many times. He has the kind of voice and vibrato that you never forget. Cooper’s songs are folky and delicate and are actually quite beautiful. Michael Hearne is a res-ident of Taos, New Mexico, and is the nephew of Bill

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Wednesday, Sept. 29thBlack Label Society @ Concrete Street

Thursday, Oct. 14thStuart Burns & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House Kevin Higgins/Barbara Malteze: Couples Song Swap @ Back PorchWilliams Riley @ Executive Surf Club The Toasters/ Avenue Rockers/ Cavegirl @ House of Rock Rich O’Toole/ Django Walker/ Cody Johnson @ Brewster Street

Friday, Oct. 15thWalt Wilkins & the Mistiqueros @ Back PorchMr. Moe & the Famous Unknowns @ Tarpon Ice HouseSam and the SomBeaches @ Hooks Bar-B-QIndianola Railroad @ Executive Surf Club Battle of the Bands Final @ House of Rock Latin Talk @ Brewster Street

Saturday, Oct. 16thCoastal Bender w/ Dust Devils @ Back PorchThe Ones @ Tarpon Ice HouseRichard Lockhart @ Hooks Bar-B-QKISS IT: a tribute to Kiss @ Executive Surf ClubDillo Fest (13 Bands) @ House of Rock Cheap Sunglasses: ZZ Top Tribute @ Brewster Street

Sunday, Oct. 17thAcoustic Jam @ Tarpon Ice House

Tuesday, Oct. 19thOpen Mic @ House of Rock

Thursday, Oct. 21stCody Angel’s Blues Experience @ Back Porch

Stuart Burns & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House Tomorrows Bad Seeds/ Kastrol/ One Track Mind

@ House of RockJosh Abbott Band @ Brewster Street

Gary Allan @ Concrete Street

Friday, Oct. 22ndJerry Dias & Hannah’s Reef @ Back Porch

Havana Daydream @ Hooks Bar-B-QRankin Twins @ Executive Surf Club

Valient Thorr/ Red Fang @ House of Rock Another Level @ Brewster Street

Saturday, Oct. 23rdFrank Rodarte y los Blues Vatos

@ Back Porch Andrew Jr. Boy Jones

@ Dr. RockitsMonster Taco

@ Hooks Bar-B-QEmber

@ Executive Surf Club Whitney Morgan/ Hudson

Falcons/ Neal Edwards @ House of Rock

Oso Texas @ Brewster Street

Stone Temple Pilots @ Concrete Street

Sunday, Oct. 24thAsking Alexandria/ Born of Osiris/ Those Left

Standing @ House of Rock Rob Zombie/ Alice Cooper @ Concrete Street

Tuesday, Oct. 26thOpen Mic @ House of Rock

and Bonnie Hearne. He is an excellent songwriter and one bad ass picker in his own right. He’s written songs for Jerry Jeff Walker and Gary P. Nunn.

The show at Third Coast was a song swap of sorts but came together as a “band” effort with both Russell and Hearne playing guitars and singing harmonies to each others songs, as though they were their own. Actually, the two of them have collaborated in songwriting, as well as on stage, for many years. The rest of the band were no slouches either with Doug Floyd on mandolin and Mike Roberts on electric stand-up bass. Floyd is nothing short of a monster on that mandolin. Together, this foursome achieved a rich, full sound in every way...but then, every show at Third Coast sounds great. I al-most didn’t go to this show, and I’m really glad I did. The word here is delightful.

Carolyn Wonderland

Carolyn Wonderland (Austin, TX) played the Exec-utive Surf Club on October 6th. Miss Wonderland put

on a show to the capacity crowd that could only be de-scribed as amazing. She wowed us not only with her nu-clear powered vocal abilities, but also with her mind-boggling talents on guitar, electric mandolin, lap steel and trumpet. Wonderland has truly mastered the art of

music and the ability to en-tertain. And, don’t label her just as a blues artist, her rep-ertoire segues easily from blues to rock to heart felt bal-lads and even Cumbia (which she sang in perfect Spanish). It is difficult to convey just how powerful and passion-ate this woman’s music is. She flat rips the head off of every single song she does. It is a moving experience to watch Carolyn Wonderland perform, every single time...and I’ve probably seen her

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It was nice to see an island contingency at this gig in Corpus. I ran into a bunch folks from Port A who were there, including musicians Cody Angel and Ken Bar-nett and artist Larry Felder. Plus, our favorite island soundman, Ray, was twisting knobs for the show that night. This show was a fundraiser for the Texas Home-less Network and it appeared that the majority of the people were there for that function. From the reaction of the crowd, it’s safe to say that Carolyn Wonderland made a lot of new fans there that night. She has that ef-fect on people. Do yourself a favor and make it a point to catch CW the next time she’s around. I guarantee that you won’t be sorry. Am I gushing?

Mike Milligan & the Altar Boys

Mike Milligan & the Altar Boys (Austin, TX) played the Back Porch on October 8th. They played the Porch a few weeks ago when it was raining buckets and we re-ally didn’t get the full effect. We did this time. The eve-ning was picture perfect and the crowd was ready. Milli-gan and his boys gave us a show that had everyone in the house paying attention and wanting more. The “boys” are the rock solid rhythm section of Leland Parks on bass and Nico Leophonte (from Paris, France) on drums plus the over the top guitar mastery of Scott Unzick-er. Unzicker is old school and uses no pedals or affects when he plays. He’s a very impressive guitarist. These guys have obviously spent a lot of time in the woodshed. Their arrangements are squeaky tight and dripping with soul. I swear, Milligan is the reincarnate of Junior Med-low when he sings and Gary Primich when he blows that harp.

A few of our local guitar heroes got up and sat in with the band that evening. Cody Angel really made an im-pression on the band and Derek Wayne made quite an

impression on me. He is a bonified monster. Who is that guy and where has he been hiding? Having Mike Milli-gan and the boys on the island this often, lately, has been a real treat.

Reuben V

Ruben V (San Antonio, TX) played the Back Porch on October 9th. Ruben Vela is an extraordinary guitar-ist who was mentored by the late Chris Holzhaus, the master guitarist for Delbert McClinton and the Texas

Tornadoes (when Doug Sahm was absent). Ruben has released seven solo CDs, 14 group albums and averages over 120 shows a year and has been awarded the title of “Best Guitar Player” in the San Antonio Current’s read-er’s polls four times as well as “Best Songwriter” and “Best Blues Band.” He’s shared the stage with such stellar musicians as Gatemouth Brown, George Thorogood,

Delbert McClinton and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Ru-ben has a style that is part SRV, part Car-los Santana and part Eric Johnson. He’s the kind of player that achieves a plethora of sounds and is all up and down the neck of his ax on every song. V is lightning fast and clean and his tones are striking.

This was the only gig Ruben played on the

island this year and I could tell by talking to him that he had been looking forward to it. He even rode his Harley down early with friends. I’ve been listening to him since the early 90’s and have always thought of Ruben as one of those guys who never got his due. He’s got the chops,

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Caroyln Wonderland played the Executive Surf Club on October 6th.

Shake Russell& Micheal Hearne played the Third Coast Music on Oct. 2nd.

Randy McAllister played the Back Porch on Oct. 1st.

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Cody’s Angel sits in with Mike Milligan & the Altar Boys at the Back Porch.

Ruben V played the Back Porch on October 9th.

HAPPY CENTENNIAL PORT ARANSAS

BACK PORCHFriday Oct. 15

Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros

Saturday Oct. 23San Antonio Legend Frank Rodarte

8th Annual Coastal Bender!!!

Saturday Oct. 16 Dust Devils