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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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The lure of 'Minnesotaville' Minnesota Fishing Museum's Winter Beach Party Staff Writer LITTLE FALLS - Sung to Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," "Wasting a day away in Minnesotaville" will be one of several songs about fishing at the Minnesota Fishing Museum's Winter Beach Party.
The Winter Beach Party is scheduled at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Falls Ballroom in Little Falls. The headliner of the dance show party will be Bob and the Beachcombers. The band will start at 8:30 p.m. and play two 45-minute sets.
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The Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls is full of fishing memorabilia, including fish mounts and lures. Brainerd Dispatch/Jennifer Stockinger
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Bob and the Beachcombers, of Bloomington, perform music by Jimmy Buffett and the Beach Boys, playing surfing hits of the 1960s, classic rock-'n'-roll from the 1950s and popular favorites from the 1970s and 1980s. According to the group's Web site, the band has played 30 years of rock-'n'-roll in the "Land of 10,000 Beaches" and is the "Midwest's only official rock-'n'-roll beach party band."
The band will bring beach balls, Hawaiian leis, hula hoops and a summertime beach party attitude and sing favorites from its "Minnesotaville" CD, including "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Fish?" "Fishin' Safari" and "Son of a Son of a Viking."
If you go
What: The Minnesota Fishing Museum's Winter Beach Party, featuring Bob and the Beachcombers.
When: Doors open at 7 p.m. Feb. 19, with first show at 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Falls Ballroom, Little Falls.
Tickets: $15 or $25 for two persons, available by calling (320) 616-2011.
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The winter party is the Little Falls nonprofit organization's first fundraiser of the year. Tickets are $15 each or two for $25 and are available by calling the fishing museum at (320) 616-2011. Proceeds from the event will help support the museum.
"What better way to support the Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls than to have some fun by listening to music sung to fishing lyrics?" said Mavis Buker, director of the fishing museum. "Come out for a fun night and win some prizes."
Buker said the museum relies mainly on donations to operate as it receives no state or federal assistance. Buker said the museum also receives revenues through admission into the museum, membership fees and gift shop sales. Buker said the museum hosts about six fundraisers a year.
Buker said the fishing museum, which was started in 1998 by Al Baert, has more than 10,000 artifacts that have been collected over the years. All memorabilia in the museum was donated, with each item displaying a tag indicating the item and the date and the name of the person who donated it.
"We like to keep track of where our items come from and we like to recognize the people who donate their memorabilia," Buker said.
Memorabilia includes fishing lures, spearing decoys, motors, boats, spears, ice fishing gear and replicas and/or original mounts of most every fish species in Minnesota. The museum also includes a small rustic cabin for show and an ice-fishing house display that shows various equipment and offers visitors a feel of being outdoors in the cold winter months.
Buker said the museum had more than 3,500 visitors last year from 36 states and eight countries. The museum is primarily open from May to September and other times by appointment.
JENNIFER STOCKINGER may be reached at jennifer.stockinger@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5851.
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