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Longboat Harbour sends off snowbirds with cheesy farewell

About 150 residents gathered for an end-of-season party on April 20.


  • By Katie Johns
  • | 7:41 p.m. April 20, 2017
  • Longboat Key
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Sometimes saying goodbye can be cheesy in both a figurative and literal way.

No one on Longboat Key knows that better than the residents of Longboat Harbour.

About 150 residents gathered for the condominium complex’s annual pizza party on April 20. The celebration serves as an end-of-season party, and this year, the turnout was larger than last year by a couple dozen.

The party was complete with pizzas from Oma’s Pizza and Fire and Stone Pizza, ice cream from B’s Cool Treats Ice Cream Truck and live music performed by Ned Gray.

Event hosts Stuart Sinai, Carole Shaw and Bonnie and Bill Coughlin
Event hosts Stuart Sinai, Carole Shaw and Bonnie and Bill Coughlin
Kerri, Brian and Janice Doherty, Maureen Shea and Jennifer LaPorte
Kerri, Brian and Janice Doherty, Maureen Shea and Jennifer LaPorte
Carol Linehan, Connie Haubert, Eleanor Osborne, Ann Hanley
Carol Linehan, Connie Haubert, Eleanor Osborne, Ann Hanley
Barbara Falcone and Madeline Raferty
Barbara Falcone and Madeline Raferty
Mike Davis and Suzette Knittl
Mike Davis and Suzette Knittl
Chris Dinger and Keith O’Connor
Chris Dinger and Keith O’Connor
Helen Samen, Susan Roper and Valerie Dinger
Helen Samen, Susan Roper and Valerie Dinger
Susan Claudio, Mary Bock, Mary Falconeiri and Sharyn Ford
Susan Claudio, Mary Bock, Mary Falconeiri and Sharyn Ford
Ned Gray performed throughout Longboat Harbour’s annual pizza party on April 20.
Ned Gray performed throughout Longboat Harbour’s annual pizza party on April 20.
Marge Geiger, Pat Marshke, Kathy Sever and Carole Shaw
Marge Geiger, Pat Marshke, Kathy Sever and Carole Shaw
Dick Cya with event hotes Stuart Sinai, Carole Shaw and Bonnie and Bill Coughlin
Dick Cya with event hotes Stuart Sinai, Carole Shaw and Bonnie and Bill Coughlin
Tom and Mary Drugan and Janice and Brian Doherty have planned Longboat Harbour events for the past three years. Next year, the group is passing the duties on to someone else.
Tom and Mary Drugan and Janice and Brian Doherty have planned Longboat Harbour events for the past three years. Next year, the group is passing the duties on to someone else.
Don Atkinson and Joe Sever
Don Atkinson and Joe Sever
Deborah O’Connor and Nancy McNeil
Deborah O’Connor and Nancy McNeil
Sue and Phil Martin and Kim Dantzic
Sue and Phil Martin and Kim Dantzic
Emerson Jarrell, 4, with grandparents Linda and Jim Jarrell
Emerson Jarrell, 4, with grandparents Linda and Jim Jarrell
Linda and Emerson Jarrell, 4
Linda and Emerson Jarrell, 4
Don and Sheryl Livingstone and Ila Schwing
Don and Sheryl Livingstone and Ila Schwing
Rita, Hans and Fred Scwhing
Rita, Hans and Fred Scwhing

 

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