Bird Key Yacht Club shows its patriotic pride

Bird Key Yacht Club celebrated the Fourth of July with fireworks, games and a dinner.

  • By Kristen Herhold
  • | 7:50 p.m. July 4, 2015
  • Longboat Key
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“It’s a fabulous Fourth of July at Bird Key Yacht Club. We have the best seat in Sarasota to watch the fireworks.”

— Social Chair Karen Murphy

 

Bird Key Yacht Club celebrated the Fourth of July with fireworks, games and a dinner.

Approximately 215 yacht club members and their guests dressed in their most patriotic attire, enjoying stations of games and winning tickets for prizes and drinks.

Marshall Fernandez and Commodore Martha Schantz
Marshall Fernandez and Commodore Martha Schantz
Social chairs Karen Murphy and Sue Ghezzi
Social chairs Karen Murphy and Sue Ghezzi
Jose Fernandez
Jose Fernandez
Annette and Bill Lloyd
Annette and Bill Lloyd
Bill Noonan and Bonnie McIntyre
Bill Noonan and Bonnie McIntyre
George Allgair and Curt Schantz
George Allgair and Curt Schantz
Eric Chalson, 8, with his brother, Dylan, 5
Eric Chalson, 8, with his brother, Dylan, 5
Governor Bob Chalson and Vice Commodore Lynn Smith
Governor Bob Chalson and Vice Commodore Lynn Smith
Turner Mitten, 7
Turner Mitten, 7
Kathleen Powell and Norm Weber
Kathleen Powell and Norm Weber
Donna Steward and Laura Hansen
Donna Steward and Laura Hansen
Dirk Labusch and Axi Bamberger
Dirk Labusch and Axi Bamberger
Cath Convery, Social Chair Cathy Abrams and Tamara Page
Cath Convery, Social Chair Cathy Abrams and Tamara Page
Joe Barnette, Pat Moore, Diana Cross and Eric Haas
Joe Barnette, Pat Moore, Diana Cross and Eric Haas

 

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