St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Crocodile Crossing
Visitors can discover their inner Indiana Jones traversing this fun and challenging zip line above the canopy of trees and swamps that are home to hundreds of alligators and crocodiles at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. Open for less than a month, this adventure is providing thrills to intrepid souls who “zip” between more than 50 platforms scattered throughout the seven-acre course. The world’s first zip line located above a zoo, Crocodile Crossing offers a thrilling adventure that is truly one-of-a-kind.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
NEW AND EXCITING ADVENTURES AWAIT VISITORS TO FLORIDA’S HISTORIC COAST
Florida’s Historic Coast has been welcoming vacationers for more than 125 years, but as any recent visitor will tell you “Our History Is Not the Same Old Story”. Located midway between Daytona Beach and Jacksonville, spring and summer visitors to these special 42 miles of northeast Florida coastline will quickly find there is much that is new and exciting to experience. Whether visiting the nation’s oldest city of St. Augustine, playing the world-class golf courses of Ponte Vedra or soaking up the sun at one of the Historic Coast’s beach communities, exciting new attractions and amenities await.
The St. Augustine Celtic Music and Arts Festival
On March 11-17, many of the greatest Celtic musicians, artists and poets from Ireland, Spain, and the U.S. will converge on the wonderfully romantic city of St. Augustine, Florida, for the Celtic Music and Arts Festival. The week-long festival will arguably be the finest international collaboration of Celtic music and art ever seen in the United States.
Presented by Romanza in association with Meehans on Matanzas, the festival will be directed by internationally-acclaimed Benny O’Carroll of County Kerry, Ireland. Following exciting weekend concerts, day-long festivities will continue throughout the week. Celtic masters will present traditional pub music sessions, contemporary and classical musical performances, workshops, dancing, storytelling, good humor, and lots of good food – all of which will culminate with the ultimate Celtic Party – St. Patrick’s Day! The celebration will include a St. Patrick’s Day Parade beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 12.
St. Augustine,the nation’s oldest city, was founded by don Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565. Appropriately, the festival headliner is HEVIA from Aviles, the hometown of the city’s founder and the heart of Celtic Spain. The band HEVIA is a Spanish Celtic phenomenon. Jose Angel Hevia has become an international sensation, revolutionizing popular music with his midi bagpipe and selling 2.5 million albums worldwide.
The festival will also feature Ireland’s own Four Men & A Dog, Benny O’Carroll’s Traditional All Ireland Band, Dublin City Ramblers, Timmy “The Brit” McCarthy, Sean Murphy and Patrick Coldrick. Outstanding American Celtic entertainers from New York and Florida will also perform. These include Black 47, Derek Coghlan, Michael Funge, 7 Nations, Rathkeltair and The Wobbly Toms.
To purchase tickets or to preview festival peformers and their schedules, go to
THE LIVES AND WIVES OF HENRY FLAGLER
THE LIVES AND WIVES OF HENRY FLAGLER
AT THE RAINTREE RESTAURANT IN ST. AUGUSTINE!
Sunday Evenings: January 9th ,16th ,23rd
The Raintree Restaurant and The Limelight Theatre, are proud to present the public debut of “The Lives and Wives of Henry Flagler”, in a limited run just before the holidays begin. This dinner theatre experience will be staged on Sunday evenings January 9th ,16th ,23rd at the Raintree Restaurant.
Having enjoyed great success over the years in private and corporate settings, “Lives and Wives” is now going to be seen by everyone in the city where it all began, and you won’t want to miss it. With meticulous research and writing, author Candace B. Fleming, a longtime St. Augustine resident and graduate of Flagler College (who will be attending the opening), has crafted a script of the highest quality. And coupled with a strong cast of theatre veterans, featuring Margaret Kaler, Dianne Jacoby, Darlene Jacobs, and Robert Gill, this stellar evening of entertainment promises to be another hit in St. AugustRne.
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St. Augustine Chocolate Tour
St. Augustine Original Chocolate Tour
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 – 1:30 PMTHE WIVES AND LIVES OF HENRY FLAGLER
THE WIVES AND LIVES OF HENRY FLAGLER
St. Augustine Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011“Quite simply… the very best theatrical portrayal of the Flagler legacy ever written.”~ Alan Smithee, Variety Reporter
New Years Eve 2011 in St. Augustine
Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Nation’s Oldest City.
Start New Year’s Eve at 11 a.m. at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach where kids can enjoy pizza, decorate cookies, put together a hilarious party hat AND snap, crackle and pop in the Bubble Wrap Room while jumping to jingles from the house band.
Enjoy a blast of flavor, icy sculptures, and fireworks when several of St. Augustine’s favorite restaurants serve up chili for tasting and judging at the Fire and Ice Chili Cook-off from 4 to 8 p.m.
Celebrate the New Year with a return to yesteryear by visiting a swingin’ stage door canteen in the ’40s! This special presentation of G.I. Holiday Jukebox at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre includes a pre-show social hour with catered hors d’oeuvres, an open dance floor and an intermission champagne toast with the stars of the show! The USO show includes music, comedy and tributes to the heroic men and women of the armed forces.
There are delicious New Year’s Eve dining specials at numerous outstanding restaurants on Florida’s HistoricCoast. For example, enjoy an authentic six-course French dinner prepared especially for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day by Chef Jean-Stephane Poinard at his award-winning Bistro de Leon in St. Augustine.
THE PLATTERS, THE COASTERS, THE DRIFTERS, THE TEMPTATIONS SALUTE
New Show coming to Fort Menendez at Old Florida Museum in St. Augustine
Just three simple notes.
For MYLES SAVAGE, Star Lead Singer From THE PLATTERS, it’s hitting those first three notes of that golden oldie “Only You” that reminds him of why he loves to perform.
“As I hit those first three notes, people just go crazy. I love being able to look out in the audience and see their faces, and see the tears in the eyes of the ladies. It grabs you from way back to a time when you first discovered love. It’s always a special time when you can touch on a memory from those tender years.”
THE PLATTERS, THE COASTERS, THE DRIFTERS AND THE TEMPTATIONS SALUTE is now a permanent attraction in St. Augustine, Florida, at Fort Menendez at Old Florida Museum, 259 San Marco Avenue at State Road 16.
Myles Savage and Ira Greig, Star Lead Singer From The Former Beary Hobb’s Drifters will be performing THE PLATTERS, THE COASTERS, THE DRIFTERS AND THE TEMPTATIONS SALUTE beginning Friday December 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. The music continues with show times on Fridays at 7:00 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Performances will go on every weekend through 2011.
For the holidays, additional shows will be held every day at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m from Sunday December 26 through Sunday January 2. There will be no performances Saturday December 25.
“I must say it has been a wonderful career,” Savage said. “Along the way, I have had the pleasure to perform with not only great friends in the industry, like Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, The Penguins and other great Doo Wop acts, but also old friends like Cab Calloway in the Broadway show, “Bubbling Brown Sugar,” and many, many more. I had a barrel of fun as the Tin Man in “The Wiz.” Once I got a call to go on a tour all over Europe with George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and play Robins. It was thrilling. The breaks between THE PLATTERS were nice, but my heart will always be interwoven with songs like “Twilight Time,” “My Prayer,” “The Great Pretender,” “Harbor Lights,” and “Only You”.”
“We’ve taken time to learn each others routines and adapt to each others styles,” Savage said. “The difference between The Platters and The Drifters is that The Drifters are very flamboyant with the style of their dance steps. With ours, everything is very cool and elegant. But it’s fun to get kind of wild.”
Being able to perform the other groups’ hits, such as “Charlie Brown,” “Under the Boardwalk,” and “My Girl,” is something he really enjoys.
Savage says that, while their shows tend to draw primarily an older crowd, the younger audiences will find something to appreciate as well.
“Young people love the music too,” he said. “We have the old style routines and choreography….. none of the hip hop stuff. It’s the old Las Vegas flair. Younger people call it “old school,” but they can see that their parents and grandparents are hip and cool people.”
Want to go?
Tickets are $40.00. Reservations are required.
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE LIMITED TIME TICKET OFFER
To purchase tickets, CALL Fort Menendez at Old Florida Museum at 904-824-8874
Regular priced tickets are sold at the door as availability permits
Funds will be raised for the St. Augustine Record’s “Empty Stocking Fund” from December 17 through December 19, 2010
For information on the show, visit www.FortMenendez.com
Old Florida Museum
(904) 824-8874
www.oldfloridamuseum.com
Bed and Breakfast Holiday Tour
St. Augustine Historic Inns “Bed and Breakfast Holiday Tour”
benefiting the St. Augustine Record “Empty Stocking Fund”. Awarded the honor of the coveted Southeast Tourism Top 20 Events recognition the Bed and Breakfast Tour is one of the highlights of the city’s two month long Nights of Lights Celebration.
Holiday Regatta of Lights
Holiday Regatta of Lights in St. Augustine
is a spectacular and colorful parade of boats held on the St. Augustine bay front just north of the Bridge of Lions. This event reflects the maritime roots of the “Oldest City” and is in keeping with St. Augustine’s historical seaborne image and rich nautical heritage.
The Regatta is hosted by The St. Augustine Yacht Club and the 2010 Regatta will be held Saturday December 11th, at 6pm.
Sailboats, trawlers, shrimp boats and many other vessels parade, decorated with the festive lights of the season in celebration of the holidays. Entry is encouraged for all powered craft both private and commercial.
A post-parade Reception and Awards Ceremony is held at The St. Augustine Yacht Club for Captains and Crews of the boats.
All are invited to St. Augustine’s downtown area to enjoy the City’s Nights of Lights and to experience the HOLIDAY REGATTA of LIGHTS.