Enjoy the holidays with the 3rd Annual Lighted Holiday Parade. The Historic District will come alive at 5:30 p.m. as the parade travels east on River Street to Bay Street, west on Bay Street to Abercorn, North on Abercorn to Broughton ending at Ellis Square. Join Jamie and Bobby Deen, the Grand Marshals, in a fun, family holiday event. Following the lighted parade, Santa will visit the Ellis Square stage to collect Christmas letters from all of the good boys and girls.
Fourteen of the Western Hemisphere’s Most Dangerous Snakes Hatched at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Jacksonville, Florida, November 26, 2007 – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has become Bushmaster pit viper central among zoos nationwide. The fourteen babies are the first offspring of the Zoo’s 5-year-old, 7-foot 6-inch female Bushmaster and its male mate. This is the first time the two have produced offspring. The eggs were hatched after a 75-day incubation period on September 1, 2007. Each of the neonate Bushmasters (Lachesis muta muta) were an average of 2 ½ ounces in weight and 22 ½ inches long.
TV Guide Network Renews Its Second Season of Hit News Reality Series, “Making News: Savannah Style”
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TV Guide Network®, a leading entertainment network providing original programming to over 84 million homes, today announced it has renewed its summer 2007 hit, MAKING NEWS for a second season with 13 episodes. Filming entirely on location in historical Savannah, Georgia, MAKING NEWS: SAVANNAH STYLE will go behind the scenes of local ABC affiliate WJCL-TV and local FOX affiliate WTGS-TV bringing viewers up close and personal with the drama, personalities, challenges and rewards that go into producing a local news broadcast. Season two will be full of surprises.
Nights of a Thousand Candles – Georgetown, SC
Brookgreen Gardens Experience the enchantment of thousands of sparkling lights from live oak trees as they illuminate garden paths during musical performances and carolers during Brookgreen’ most popular annual event that has now become a holiday tradition.
Back by popular demand, Brookgreen Gardens’ celebrated holiday lights festival, Nights of a Thousand Candles, will expand its hours and add an additional night! This year the gardens will open from 3:00 – 10:00 p.m. for the festival and will offer an early-bird dinner special from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. The full dinner menu will be served from 5 – 9 p.m. So come early for dinner and stay to see the magic as the gardens glow by candlelight!
Late Night Fridays on Gallery Row – Charleston, S.C.
Broad Street is home to the largest number of unique galleries in Charleston, featuring one-of-a-kind artwork, pottery and sculpture from all over the world. “We’re proud of our unique galleries and shops”, said Mary Phelps of Coco Vivo. “Late Night Fridays on Gallery Row provides us with an opportunity to meet customers and clients who may be on their way to dinner or who have just checked in to their hotels and would like to do some shopping after normal business hours. We can offer guests a glass of fine wine and a little leisurely view of what each gallery features. It also gives us a chance to see some of our local clientele who are working during our regular business hours and can’t get down to Broad Street to see us.”
After last year’s successful run from mid-November through the first week of January, the decision was made to begin Late Night Fridays beginning in October. Broad Street’s participating shops and galleries will be open and serving wine and other refreshments from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. each and every Friday from October 5th until January 4th. Each participating gallery will be featuring one of the fine wines available at Jake’s on Broad, and that wine will change weekly. For more information, you can contact us at 800-436-1272.