{"id":570,"date":"2017-05-04T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic-photoblog.bobleafe.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2019-05-25T07:52:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T11:52:38","slug":"1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"1982 – Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPRING BREAK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The GF had another convention to attend – this time in Miami – so we decided to stay in Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break and also because I had 3 real shoots to do:<\/span><\/h4>\n

– Hall & Oates (opening act: Aldo Nova) in Sunrise<\/span><\/h4>\n

– J. Geils Band (opening act: U2!) in West Palm Beach<\/span><\/h4>\n

– New York Yankees Spring Training in Fort Lauderdale<\/span><\/h4>\n

We stayed in a nice-looking hotel that was right across the street from the beach: Stouffer’s Lauderdale Surf Hotel. I got to take a lot of cool shots without ever leaving the room (well, maybe not the first one):<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Bill appears to be on his boat:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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BIG smokers:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Pretty strong current for a swimming pool……….<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Of course, I did have to leave the room, starting off with shooting the Yankees – a dream come true for a life-long Yankee fan. I got to shoot my hero, Mickey Mantle (ONE shot), Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and even boxer Gerry Cooney (I have no idea why he was there).<\/span><\/h4>\n

I have this shoot covered on my site, where you can find it listed under “New York Yankees”\u009d, but I did include one shot here that was especially meaningful to me: a candid shot of my two all-time favorite Yankees announcers, Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto, who were sharing a laugh.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Back to the beach.<\/span><\/h4>\n

I hit the sand and shot the sights, which apparently included my feet. Then it was on to the bars, starting with cannonballs and teeny bikini contests.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Amateur:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Counting her winnings. I think some of the girls were making a nice living winning every day.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Guess who won……..<\/span><\/h4>\n

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That’s her prize? Unless that’s her boyfriend, she got gypped. Even then……<\/span>
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Finally, it was time for the highlight of Spring Break: the wet t-shirt contests (some of which sort of went beyond wet t-shirts at some point). I was kind of surprised that hardly anyone was taking pictures and more surprised that someone walking in with professional equipment was allowed to shoot openly with no questions asked.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Oh yeah…………that last shot. I think there was a contest to see who could stuff the most golf balls in their bathing suit, but – as you can see – it wasn’t the sexiest-looking contest that Fort Lauderdale had to offer.<\/span><\/h4>\n

I think the winner was offered a job retrieving golf balls from a water hazard at some golf course (and if you believe that……………).<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Finally, we finish up Spring Break with a classic shot of a vehicle driven by the state’s best comedians.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Lotsa laughs in Florida.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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