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Honda or Harley… it is time to head for the Beach

The first trickle of motorcycles for the 10th anniversary Thunder Beach Spring Rally already has materialized at the Beach. A handful of motorcyclists arriving for the five-day event have been joined by the first influx of several hundred vendors driving down from motorcycle events in Georgia and Nevada, as the spring motorcycle rally season comes to town.

Beginning tonight, Panama City Beach will become Cycle City, as the first surge of what organizers estimate to be up to 60,000 motorcycle enthusiasts roar into town.  This year, the twice-yearly rally has added two new venues to the five it operated last September: Sharky’s Beach Club, 15201 Front Beach Road, and Newby’s Too sports bar, 4103 Thomas Drive. The main “biker city” is again at Frank Brown Park, and “biker villages” will be at Spinnaker Beach Club, Boardwalk Beach Resort, Shoppes at Edgewater and Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort.  Toni Woodruff, an experienced rally supervisor at the Buffalo Chip Campground in Sturgiss, S.D., site of the world’s largest motorcycle rally each August, is in town to manage the Boardwalk Beach Resort venue.

Thunder Beach kicks off this evening with preview concerts at six of the venues, featuring Dan Lawson Band at the Shoppes at Edgewater from 7 to 9 p.m.; Grip playing at Sharky’s Beach Club from 6 to 10 p.m.; Mustang Sally appearing at Sandpiper Beacon Tiki Bar beginning at 7 p.m.; Horizon performing at Ms. Newby’s Too from 8 to 11 p.m.; and Janelle Frost playing at Momma’s Place at 6908 Thomas Drive. In addition, Sandpiper Beacon will host a fireworks kickoff party starting at 8:45 p.m.

Jerry

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