| In Cincinnati, even the Pigs are Parrot Heads |
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| These pigs are Parrotheads By Rick Bird, Post music writer It had to happen - with Jimmy Buffett making his annual appearance at Riverbend Music Center, the Parrothead phenomenon has been immortalized this summer with two decorated pigs in the Big Pig Gig. One is simply called ''Parrothead Pig'' from freelance commercial artist Dave Flege, who is a longtime Buffett fan. ''We always made our own shirts and hats for the concerts,'' he said. ''So I really just went to the box where I keep all the Buffett stuff to decorate the pig.'' When Riverbend officials saw the proposed design they immediately sponsored it. Parrothead Pig will be on display at Riverbend during the Buffett shows, then moves back to its regular location at J.B. Fins in Newport. (It was at the Tennis Masters Series tournament in Mason last week.) Flege said he's made a smaller hand-held version of the pig that Buffett will sign to be auctioned off for charity. Another Parrothead pig was designed by students in the art club at Mariemont High School. ''Jimmy Boar-fett'' is on display near the Eden Park overlook. Art teacher Susie Mahan, another big Buffett fan, proposed the idea to her students. ''They voted to do it, because they got to work with bright colors and think of summer. When they did it in the spring, they were definitely thinking summer,'' Ms. Mahan said. Their pig sports surfer shorts with a belt that has the inscription, ''He came down from Cincinnati ... and he's the only pig in town,'' adapting the lyrics from ''Fins.'' |
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