From The President's Deck
The Naturist Society has informed us that for the second year in a row Sunsport has more Naturist Society members than any other club, of any size. I am proud that our members support this organization that shares our values and does so much to protect and expand sites available for clothes free recreation. Sunsport Gardens hosts the Naturist Society’s Midwinter Naturist Festival and its Youth Camp each year.
It is a pleasure to welcome Sunsport's many seasonal guests who add much energy and fun to Sunsport. We now have daily morning tennis and afternoon volleyball. The petanque courts are full. The dances are well attended. We even have a popular French/English language class.
Restaurant manager and executive chef Lou Behr now offers a full menu of delicious meals. If you haven't tried Le Behr Cafe, I recommend that you check it out soon.
The new, beautiful hot tub spa is now open. It is much larger than the old spa with stronger jets and a light.
It's time for the Midwinter Naturist Festival, Thursday, February 11, through Tuesday, February 16. Six days of fun, growth and community with over 330 activities including the return of Armand and Angelina, Faerie Elaine Silver and Robin Renee. There will be a meeting on Friday, February 5, at 7:30 pm in the Pavilion for members who wish to volunteer to help. Anyone volunteering for at least 5 hours will have their Festival registration fee waived. Volunteers are needed to help with housekeeping (rest rooms and showers), the Hospitality Tent, restaurant buffet service, parking cars, moving chairs and registration. I anticipate that the Festival will be the best ever. You can find the latest information on the Festival program including descriptions of all workshops at www.sunsportgardens.com.
2009 was a wonderful, joyful, peaceful year in our caring community and resort. The grounds were maintained beautifully with significant upgrades. Sunsport is financially stable; we are building a cushion for emergencies. I thank our dedicated staff and volunteers for making Sunsport such a special place for all of us.
Morley Schloss
Mark Your Calendar:
Mid-Winter Naturist Festival 2010!
Festival Dates: February 11th through 16th
Notes From The Editor & Community News
By Kathy Voron
Since this is our first edition of the new year, we all wish you a happy, healthy, nude year.
Sunsport is packed. The dances spill out onto the pool deck, people wait for tables in the restaurant, the laundry board is filled in and the new hot tub is packed. Ah, yes, the new hot tub.
Stronger jets, deeper and larger. Things can’t get much better.
The census is coming. Our constitution mandates a head count every 10 years since 1790. This helps determine the amount of federal funding each state gets. It helps with Head Start programs, WIC, road rehab, emergency shelters and education. It is completely confidential.
Forms will be mailed out on March 1st and I will assist you , here at Sunsport in filling in the 8 questions.
Our annual chili cook off , just prior to the Super Bowl, looks like it will be the largest and best tasting ever. Come on out and eat chili and watch the game on a giant screen TV.
You will see the cold weather damage to many plants as you roam our grounds. We also lost a lot of fish and iguanas. Brigitte and crew have been doing a great job of trimming and clearing away the old vegetation and planting new greenery.
BIGGEST PETANQUE TOURNAMENT EVER
Our two day event was rained out on Saturday so we did Sunday and Monday. Joan Herrin was our event organizer and a second tournament is planned for later in February.
We had 33 players, 11 teams and the games lasted ½ hour apiece.
Here are the winning teams:
1st Place
THE JAMMERS
Carol, M.A., Jacque
Score +42
Record high +69
2nd Place
SALUT
Roland, Pierrette, Mike
Score +24
3rd Place
2 FLOWERS & A THORN
Eugene, Theresa, Ginette
Score +12
10th Place
KELLY’S GIRLS
Paul, Ginny, Colette
Score -62
New record
On Monday the temp was in the mid 50s and only one team played in the nude. They thought that it would give them luck. It didn’t, they only got goose bumps.
Kathy Voron
New Year's Eve At Haulover Beach
By Christiana Gaudet
Here in the Palm Beaches there were many options for a special New Year's Eve celebration. There was live music here at Sunsport Gardens, fireworks on Clematis Street, and a canoe outing at Grassy Waters Nature Preserve.
For us, there was only one way to ring in 2010; Nude Year's Eve at Haulover Beach. This was to be three days of revelry on the beach, and one glorious night where we were allowed to sleep on the beach.
The rare December 31st blue moon, and the start of the new decade, filled NYE 2010 with excitement even beyond the usual annual festivities. Being able to celebrate it in the nude and on the beach was like a dream come true for my Connecticut self.
A dream that looked in a lot of ways like an old Elvis movie, except nude. Or maybe a beach movie ten years newer than that, with love beads and incense. In those movies we never see the grittiness of the sand, or the dampness of the early morning.
Fact is, camping on the beach is a lot harder than it looks. But the opportunity to see the full moon rising over the water, and then, the next morning, the sun following its path, was worth every grain of sand in unmentionable places.
The entire event was produced by BEACHES Foundation and South Florida Free Beaches. The Beach Ambassadors did an amazing job organizing, answering questions, and making all five hundred of us comfortable. Shirley Mason, the "Mother of Haulover Beach," did an outstanding job presiding over every aspect of planning and running this major event, and being a gracious hostess at the New Year's Eve party.
The party itself was really terrific. A fully catered seafood dinner was followed by a drum circle and DJ dancing until the wee hours. I was so proud of Sunsport when, right after the midnight countdown, we four Sunsport residents were the only people to run into the surf for a midnight moonlight swim. Well, swim may be overstating it a bit. But we did surrender ourselves to the power of the ocean at night, and it was beautiful. Again, something of the movies that doesn't usually happen in a world where beaches close at sunset.
The next morning we took a swim at dawn and enjoyed a catered breakfast. By noon, the record-cold temperatures were descending on Florida. Though the party was to continue on the beach for two more days, we took our memories of a fabulous New Year's Eve and opted to finish our celebration back at Sunsport, in our cozy heated trailer.
The online travel website Tripadvisor.com listed Nude Year's Eve at Haulover Beach as the Most Extreme New Year's Eve Party in all of the United States and Europe. More extreme than skydiving at midnight in Zephyrhills, or wearing orange hats at the Hague.
My first reaction when I read the Tripadvisor list was to feel, for once in my life, like part of the elite ubercool. Woo-hoo, I am extreme! Not bad for forty-seven years old.
Next, it occurred to me that, since a bunch of middle aged folks camping on the beach isn't extreme at all, it must be the nudity that earned us that grand title. So clearly Tripadvisor had no idea that 2010 was being celebrated in the buff at literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of nudist parks and resorts throughout the world.
In the end, my final reaction to the Tripadvisor list was sadness. I was sad that social nudity, in 2010, is still considered "extreme." Events like Nude Year's Eve, the Sunsport Gardens Drum Circle, The Midwinter Naturist Festival and others that draw positive public attention to nudist culture may eventually help take our society's perception of social nudism from "extreme" to "normal."
For now, Nude Year's Eve at Haulover Beach was an EXTREMEly good time, and a great start to a new nude year.
The Youth Corner
By Sandra Reamer
Our children at Sunsport have recently formed a Youth Activities Committee. We meet the last Saturday of every month in the pavilion at 6pm unless otherwise posted. All are welcome to come and share your ideas or volunteer your time for an activity.
Positions held are:
Rebekka Behr– President
Leslie Vanaman- Vice President
Casandra Behr- Secretary
Frank (Bud) Reamer- Treasurer
Jacob Behr- Ninja
And Miracle Behr, Nathan Vanaman, and Alex Reamer substitute for whomever is absent at the meetings. They also help make posters, do activities, etc.
We have several fund raisers going on to support youth activities. Please help to support us.
2 YEAR (2010 – 2011) POCKET CALENDARS FOR SALE $2.00 each Please see Sandi (lot 39) or one of the kids if you would like to purchase a pocket calendar
PONCHOS FOR SALE $20.00 each *Handmade* Please see Sandi (lot 39) All proceeds go towards Summer Youth Camp July 17 – July 25
ICE CREAM SOCIAL The Ice Cream Social’s have not been doing so well. The youth group is breaking even on donations. Therefore, sometime in the near future we will be changing the format of the Ice Cream Socials. Certain items will be available for a small fee. Donations above and beyond the fee will still be greatly appreciated. Look for future updates on this fundraiser. Thank you and we apologize for any confusion or delays this may cause
VALENTINE’S DAY is coming! The Youth group will be selling Valentine grams for a minimum price. There will be various things to purchase. Please tell us what their lot number is or if you don’t know what lot we will be giving the Valentine grams out during the dances on February 14th. We will be selling them throughout festival until around 12 on Valentine’s Day (February 14th) so hurry and get your Valentine grams for that person you love now! Please see one of the kids or Sandi at lot 39. During festival please go to the kid’s booth on Vendors Row to purchase a Valentine gram.
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
in the youth group-
Rebekka Behr- 2/15
Frank Reamer- 2/12
Le Behr Café
Le Behr Café’s New Seasonal Hours are as followed: Sunday thru Tuesday, Thursday thru Saturday – Breakfast - 8:00am – 10:00am, Lunch - 11:30am – 1:30pm & Dinner - 5:30pm – 7:30pm. We are closed on Wednesday. During our closed hours we (Chef Lou & Missy) prep food, Inventory, Accounting, Cleaning & bake Pies, Cakes, Etc… and put in over 72 hours a week to provide you with Great Service & Healthy fresh food.
Chef Lou would like his customers to please kindly let us know when you are in a hurry so that we can try to rush your order, just please remember we are serving fresh food, all vegetables are chopped per order, all fish is breaded, baked, sautéed& fried per order, even our sandwiches are made per order.
Missy really enjoyed baking all of the goodies for the Age of Aquarius Coffee House. We had a great turn-out, thank you for all of your appreciative comments.
If you haven’t tried us yet, well the food isn’t going to get any fresher, so come on in and try us!!!
Events & Activities
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February Events
5th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Country/Western Line Dance with Larry & Barbara - 8:30PM
7th, Sun: CHILI COOK-OFF - 4PM
ALSO: SUPER BOWL PARTY! - 6PM
9th, Tue: Valentine's Day Dance - 8:30PM to Midnight
10th, Wed: BINGO! - 8PM
11th, Thu- 16th, Tue: Mid-Winter Naturist Festival
17th, Wed: BINGO! - 8PM
18th, Thu: Activities Club Meeting - 7:30PM
19th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Dance - Stardust Memories Romantic Dance
w/John & Maureen 8 - 10PM
20th, Sat: MARDI GRAS! - 8:30PM to Midnight
25th, Thu: Tarot Circle - 7 to 9PM
26th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Wiggle-Waggle Bingo - 7:30PM
27th, Sat: Petanque Tournament
ALSO: Zodiac Birthday Dance - 8:30PM to Midnight
28th, Sun: End of Petanque Tournament and Petanque Banquet - 6PM
March Events
3rd, Wed: BINGO! - 8PM
4th, Thu: Tarot Circle - 7 to 9PM
5th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Stardust Memories Romantic Dance
w/John & Maureen 8 - 10PM
6th, Sat: M*A*S*H Dance - 8:30PM to Midnight
9th, Tue: Activities Club Meeting - 7:30PM
10th, Wed: International Pot Luck Dinner - 6PM
12th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Country/Western Dance - 8:30PM
13th, Sat: Wild, Wild West Dance - 8:30PM to Midnight
14th, Sun: - Variety Show
18th, Thu: Tarot Circle - 7 to 9PM
19th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
ALSO: Wiggle-Waggle Bingo - 7:30PM
20th, Sat: Performance by The Naturist Society's
Opera/Musical Theatre SIG - 8PM
ALSO: Sunsport’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dance - 9PM to Midnight
26th, Fri: Happy Hour - 5 to 6PM
27th, Sat: Zodiac Birthday Dance – Aries - 8:30PM to Midnight
Please check our events page for ongoing events and up-to-the-minute schedule updates.
Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort
14125 North Road · Loxahatchee, FL 33470
Phone: 561-793-0423 · Fax: 561-793-6370 · Toll Free: 800-551-7217
General Questions E-mail Becky Elliott: manager@sunsportgardens.com
Editor Kathy Voron E-mail: kvoron@aol.com
Newsletter Formatted by John Gaudet E-mail: webmaster@sunsportgardens.com
