Page 6 - Abacoa Community News - June '24

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As summer arrives a hot summer eye on our Abacoa early people had for the sky. From sunrise gatherings to
so have the Town community calendars and Abacoa. midsummer festivals, the summer solstice is celebrated by
of Jupiter Pickleball com for block parties and music, many cultures around the world with numerous traditions.
Courts at Abacoa street legal golf cart competitions Celebrate this solstice, celebrate summer … we wish you a
C o m m u n i t y Pa r k and parades. You’ll also find all the bright and fun-filled one!
we’ve all been waiting fun details of Roger Dean Chevrolet For all events and further information visit our website,
for! Along with Abacoa’s beautiful community pools, trails Stadiums Splash Days, Dog Days, www.abacoa.com, where you can also subscribe for the
and shady oak-lined streets, great for biking and long summer Ocean Nights, Casino Nights and monthly events e-blast right to your email inbox. The monthly
night strolls, it’s a great time to get outside and enjoy it all! the Dean keeps the summer nights event calendars can also be found posted at your community
Abacoa summer events are in full swing. Be sure to keep lit up with Fireworks Nights! Summer starts with a bang clubhouse.
around here as Downtown Abacoa teams up with Roger Dean To contact the APOA office call (561) 624-7788 or email
Chevrolet and the Town of Jupiter for a July Fourth weekend abacoaadmin@langmanagement.com. We are always here to
Deadline for the next full of fun with the two-day Mega Bash and a Fourth of assist.
While summer fun is definitely on all of our agendas,
Abacoa newspaper July Block Party followed by the Town’s stunning evening with the beginning of June also comes the six-month-long
fireworks show!
is the 11th of the month. Summer Fun-Facts: Summer solstice for the Northern Atlantic Hurricane Season, a very real threat for Florida.
Submit articles/pictures to Hemisphere will occur on June 20. The summer solstice It cannot be stressed enough the importance of education
marks the official start of astronomical summer and the
and understanding of hurricanes including all safety and
abacoaadmin@langmanagement.com “longest day” and “shortest night” of the year. A solstice preparedness procedures and warnings for before, during and
isn’t a whole day, in actuality it’s a moment, when the sun is after a storm. See Page 9, “Hurricane Preparedness” where
farthest north in our sky. In 2024, the solstice moment will we’ve included noted storm advisory tips. See “Be Prepared”
fall at 20:51 UTC (3:51 p.m. CDT) and it’s noted the sun will here, providing where to find Abacoa and Local Storm and
be directly overhead at noon. In the Northern Hemisphere, Emergency information, links to National and State Storm
Country Singer-Songwriter Jamey Johnson from page 4 with attention, you’ll notice the early dawns and late sunsets, Advisory Sites, Radio Storm Broadcasting information, along
and the high arc of the sun across the sky each day. At with Storm and Family Safety phone apps.
Times, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal and other local noon the sun appears
publications, many of which have hailed his albums as high in the sky and a look at
masterpieces. In 2012, the Alabama native released his your noontime shadow will
fifth studio album, a tribute project to late songwriter Hank be your shortest noontime
Cochran. The Grammy-nominated Living for a Song: A shadow of the year.
Tribute to Hank Cochran paired him with Willie Nelson, Ancient cultures knew
Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Elvis Costello, that the sun’s path across the
George Strait, Vince Gill and Merle Haggard. In 2013, sky, the length of daylight and
the Nashville Scene’s 13th annual Country Music Critics’ the location of the sunrise and
Poll named it the year’s best album. (Two years earlier, the sunset all shifted in a regular
same poll named Johnson’s The Guitar Song as the year’s way throughout the year.
best album, and Johnson himself as best male vocalist, best They built monuments such
songwriter and artist of the year.) as the ones at Stonehenge
While Johnson has spent the better part of more than two in England and at Machu
decades on the road, he took a break from touring much of Picchu in Peru to follow the
last year to focus on songwriting. The name of the tour came sun’s yearly progress. Today,
from one of the songs written during this burst of creativity. we know that the solstice
“It is the song that brought me back into writing songs,” he is caused by Earth’s tilt on
says. “It is the one that kicked off the desire to make new its axis and by its orbital
music. You can expect to hear more new music in our shows motion around the sun. The
from now on.” solstice is a time to recall the
He is also known reverence and understanding
for the breadth and
depth of his ever-
changing set lists, aPoa uPdate
which include his
hits, album cuts and
covers of country Abacoa POA Meeting Notices
standards, as well as
new songs, so fans
never know what they can expect. Johnson says it’s the fans Official notification is posted via the bulletin board outside the POA office as well as the Abacoa website.
who make his shows unforgettable; “there’s a camaraderie there Members may view and/or download Abacoa POA agendas and approved minutes from Abacoa.com.
that we have had for a really long time.” It’s the connection Notice of APOA Board of Directors Meeting – Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 11:30 a.m. – APOA office or Zoom
with people who share country music as a passion. “It will be
fun,” he says. “We will do a lot of the old stuff and a lot of the Notice of Monthly CAC Meeting – Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – APOA Office or Zoom
new stuff; I love the connection with the audience.” The deadline to submit CAC materials for review is one week prior to the CAC meeting.
“I love my band,” he says. “I love how much attention they
put into every song that we do. They still blow me away after All Meetings Subject to Change
all of the years playing together. It is still something new every All meetings to be held at the offices of the Abacoa POA, 1200 University Blvd.,
night. In a way, it’s like we are all back in the studio again: It’s Suite 102, Jupiter, FL. 33458 or via Zoom.US unless otherwise posted.
our time to create this tonight and here is how it goes.”
About Ben Haggard Articles herein are the creation of the individual writers, and do not express the opinion of the APOA.
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