Two more hurricane video entries arrived this weekend to round out our contest field at eight.
Here's Ashlee getting doused with water while holding up a KU sign in a hurricane:
And our final entry, from Kayla. Don't leave your peaches out in a hurricane:
That's all, folks. Check out the other entries here and here.
We'll start the voting very soon, right here on the blog, so be sure to check back.
It was an exciting day for hurricane videos- we got three more entries in our video contest!
First up, Kimberly. Her advice? Don't try to pick up guys during a hurricane.
Next up: Brother Pants. Don't ride your scooter in a hurricane.
And finally, Ryan and Megan with Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Don't try to kick a football during a hurricane!
Great entries! You've still got a couple days to film your own and submit it to us!
Our very first hurricane video.
Way back in 2001, Peach came up with the crazy idea for an indoor hurricane. Who would have thought that nine years later, we'd be working on our seventh video and still blowing napkins around the bar every night?
Many of you probably weren't around in 2001 when the first video debuted. Lucky for you, we still have a copy of it. Unlucky for those of you with motion sickness issues, we only have a copy on DVD that we couldn't figure out how to convert and upload to YouTube. Instead, we played it on our TV and recorded the screen with a Kodak zi8. Yeah, we're professional.
The original video was filmed and edited by some random guy that Peach found. It featured anchorman Dave; hurricane expert Patrick; man on the street Pat; and mayor (for real) Marty. And Knobbie from the Wheel makes a cameo appearance; see if you can find him.
Be sure to watch for the VH-1 style pop-up videos with fun facts.
We originally planned for the large fish tank to be part of the show- a storm was supposed to take place in the tank, but we couldn't ever get it to work right. Anyone remember that?
Oh, and the song! Our original hurricane song was set to the tune of Copa Cabana and sung by Peach and our friend Showtime.
Here it is, in all its ridiculous glory:
Leave us a comment and let us know if you remember this video, or if it's new to you, what you think.
We love rubber ducks. They're some of the most popular drink toys at the bar, especially since you can order rubber ducks in almost any theme now- nurse ducks, construction worker ducks, mermaid ducks.
When Dave was at the pool store and saw a giant inflatable duck float, he had to buy it. It's kind of ominous looking, for a kid's pool toy- the head bobs eerily while it floats in the water and the eyes have a creepy stare.
Naturally, we had to do something ridiculous with it. So, when the Sandbar staff isn't working, they're playing in the pool and making silly videos like this one.
Our hurricane video contest is underway! Submissions are accepted until August 7. The contest is sponsored by the Sandbar Sub Shop.
Film your best advice about "What Not To Do During A Hurricane," upload it to YouTube, and send us a link. We'll post it here, and then starting August 7, the public will vote for the finalists.
On August 14- the day of our 21st birthday party- we'll announce the finalists, and you'll get to vote for the winner. The winning video will be included in our 2010 hurricane video, and the creator will win free Sandbar Subs sandwiches for a year!
Our first two entries came all the way from Asia, proving that anyone can enter this contest using the power of the internet- no matter where you are. Margarita Monday proponent Amerika submitted these videos.
The next entry is a social-media themed entry from Raymond, who saw us tweet about the contest on Twitter.
Think you can do better? Film something and submit it to us.
We've got several videos of the staff and friends clowning around with ducks and surfboards that we'll post soon. If we can figure out our new video software, that is.