happy new year! - EU Jacksonville
happy new year! - EU Jacksonville
happy new year! - EU Jacksonville
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Info: (904) 829-5681 or www.stjohnscountychamber.com<br />
RIPLEY’S ROCK’N NEW YEARS TRAIN<br />
Join the Red Trains and rock into the New Year on Ripley’s Rock’n New Years Train. Enjoy music from decades<br />
past while you and your family ride through town enjoying the night sights! Start the New Year off right<br />
with good will and good cheer! Tuesday, Dec. 26 – Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006 at Ripley’s Believe It or Not!<br />
Museum or City Gates Train Station, 6 pm to 9 pm, Admission: $6 adults, $3 children. Info: (904) 824-1606<br />
or www.redtrains.com.<br />
30TH ANNUAL, NEW YEAR’S BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL! Don’t miss these 3 days inside Georgia’s Jekyll<br />
Island Convention Center. If you love Bluegrass, December 28 th Audie Blaylock & Redline, The Steep Canyon<br />
Rangers, The Primitive Quartet, The Larry Stephenson Band and Nothin’ Fancy. Friday, December 30th Williams<br />
& Clark Expedition, The Gary Waldrep Band, The Village Singers, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top<br />
X-Press, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Pine Mountain Railroad. Saturday, December 30 th The Carolina Road<br />
Bank, The Bluegrass Brothers, The Cherryholmes Family, The Josh Crowe Band, The Lewis Family, Jesse<br />
McReynolds & The VA Boys, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys! Go to www.aandabluegrass.com for<br />
tickets and details. (707) 864-7203.<br />
NOON YEAR’S EVE AT THE<br />
ZOO WITH RADIO DISNEY.<br />
New Year’s Day For the Kids<br />
THE GOT MILK? HALF PINT JUDGES CONTEST<br />
At 3PM on December 31 st in Downtown <strong>Jacksonville</strong>. Five winners from a contest conducted by the Florida<br />
Dairy Farmers and the Gator Bowl Association will be selected to judge the 2006 Winn-Dixie Hometown<br />
Gator Bowl Parade. The contest is open to all <strong>Jacksonville</strong>-area children between the ages of 6 and<br />
12. Kids entering the contest are asked to complete the sentence: “When I’ve got milk? I’ve got a smile<br />
because...” The winners of the contest are declared Got Milk? Half Pint Judges. They are responsible for<br />
selecting one favorite float from the 2006 Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade, from a kid’s point of<br />
view, to receive the Got Milk? Half Pint Award. The little judges will receive “Got Milk?” items and prizes<br />
and will ride in the 2006 Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade to be held on Sunday, December 31,<br />
2006. Contact: Pat Corda (904) 798-1700<br />
THE ANNUAL NOON YEARS EVE BALLOON DROP<br />
At Adventure Landing from 10:00AM-2:00PM on New Year’s Eve Day kids will like the The Annual Noon<br />
Years Eve Balloon Drop with over 500 prize filled balloons for 3 different age groups: 4 & Under, 5 – 8 &<br />
9 – 12. Unlimited Go-Karts, Laser Tag & Mini Golf from 10:00AM-2:00PM for only $10.00. Special must<br />
be purchased to participate in balloon drop (4 & under FREE). Visit www.adventurelanding.com or call<br />
(904) 246-4386 for more information!.<br />
NOON YEAR’S EVE AT THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO WITH RADIO DISNEY<br />
3...2...1... Happy Noon Year’s Eve!! Help ring in the New Year at the <strong>Jacksonville</strong> Zoo with Radio Disney’s<br />
Noon Year’s Eve celebration! They’ll pass out the party hats and noisemakers and count down the<br />
minutes until 2007 with music and entertainment and do an apple juice toast at 12 noon. Enjoy Columbia<br />
Recording artists, The Beau Sisters. And have fun with Radio Disney AM 600’s own “Spikey T” and<br />
welcome special guest host, “Ernie D” - national Radio Disney afternoon show personality. December 31<br />
from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.<br />
JACKSONVILLE ZOO’S WINTER BREAK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL<br />
December 26, 2006 - January 6, 2007<br />
Join the crew at the <strong>Jacksonville</strong> Zoo and Gardens as they celebrate the New Year with music from<br />
around the world. Kids will enjoy the giant inflatable slides and bouncy house, face painting, and animal<br />
encounters as well as different entertainment planned for each day. Call 757-4463 or check the website<br />
www.jaxzoo.org for a schedule of each day’s activities and hours of operation.<br />
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