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Slightly Stoopid with Pepper and Sly & Robbie – St Augustine, Florida

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With more than a decade of making music together, the members of Slightly Stoopid have perfected one of the rarest and most valuable skills a band can develop: the art of the stealth groove, that knack for quietly almost innocently sliding into a song and utterly lassoing anyone within earshot by mid-song. They pack houses across the world with their surf-inspired jams and are one of the most successful independent bands to come around in the last few years.

Hours: Gates open at 5:30, show begins at 6:30 p.m.
Admission: $27.50
St. Augustine Amphitheatre. 904.471.1965
www.staugamphitheatre.com

The First Annual Songwriter Festival in Amelia Island, Florida

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SONGWRITER FESTIVAL SLATED FOR AUGUST 27-31 IN FLORIDA

The First Annual Amelia Island Songwriter Festival will drop anchor in Fernandina Beach, Florida, August 27-31. The BMI-sponsored event offers a unique combination of workshops, showcasing and networking opportunities for aspiring songwriters of all levels. Established Nashville hitmakers will also attend, performing their smashes at evening showcases on the island and offering invaluable insight during daily seminars led by songwriter and author Jason Blume. Numerous songwriting contests will also be staged with cash awards for first second and third places; the Grand Event held the final day of the festival will pit the winners of individual contests against each other for Song and Songwriter of the Year bragging rights, along with respective $1,000 prizes.
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Boston in St Augustine, Florida

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The question is do you want to get “More Than a Feeling”? Now you have the chance to experience one of America’s most popular rock groups performs live at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. BOSTON, The rock group behind one of the fastest-selling debut albums in history, with memorable hits such as “More Than a Feeling”, “Don’t Look Back,” “Amanda”, “Long Time”, and “Peace of Mind”. Tickets are $35-$75. Gates open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m.
St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL 32080
Gates open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m.Boston in Concert in St Augustine on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008
Call 904.471.1965 or visit the St Augustine Amphitheatre website

Admission: Tickets are $35-$75

Jack Nicklaus’ PGA Championship Trophy to be Added to Featured

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St. Augustine, Fla. (August 5, 2008) – The World Golf Hall of Fame’s current special member exhibition, “Jack Nicklaus: Golf’s Golden Champion,” will be enhanced with a new group of items beginning the week of August 18. The addition will include Nicklaus’ 1980 PGA Championship trophy – representing his fifth and final PGA Championship – in addition to a variety of other items reflecting the golfer’s storied career.

Within the exhibit, visitors can view the MacGregor Tommy Armour irons Nicklaus used in his 1963 PGA Championship win as well as his winner’s plaque from the same year. Nicklaus won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980), matching a record previously set by Walter Hagen in the 1920s. Nicklaus also enjoyed 14 top-five finishes in PGA Championship competition, the most of any player.

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