Coastal Companion

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Georgia Florida Football 2009 – Jacksonville, Fl

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Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic on October 28-31, 2009

This is a BIG event in Jacksonville every year. It’s a great time for Gators, Bulldogs and all other football fans to come and visit. This Jacksonville celebration attracts more than 100,000 fans from near and far. There’s a variety of fun activities surrounding the game including the Championship Dreams Festival, RV City, Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and much more.

football-ref-smallHall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Friday, October 30, Noon
Ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m. Championship Dreams Tent, Pepsi Plaza (outside the south end zone)
For More Information (904) 630-3600

Championship Dreams Festival
Saturday, October 31
10 a.m. – end of game
Outside Jacksonville Municipal Stadium’s South End Zone and Adams Street

Lots of fun for the whole family outside the stadium. Start out by showing your team spirit and get your face painted and add a couple of cool-looking temporary tattoos. Now you’re ready for the big day. There’s lots of fun stuff to do, and play,  at the Championship Dreams festival.  For example, the interactive game Armchair Quarterback. My kids would definitely sign me up for that one. You can also take a game day photo, or vote for the best moments of 2009 at the “Best of 2009” tour. For the more athletic and energetic among us, how about testing your football toss speed? And if you’re not a good football player yourself, maybe you should choose to shoot hoops or bungee run down Adams Street.(click here to visit the event site)

No Tickets, No Problem!

small-footballMany of us do not have tickets to the game, so what can you do? Head to the Landing. On Thursday October 29th, you can win tickets to the game if you’re an expert at eating hotdogs. Otherwise, the game is shown live on the jumbotron at 3.30 pm on GameDay October 31.

The Jacksonville Landing

Thursday, October 29
5 p.m. – 2 a.m., Live entertainment. Orange Tree Hotdog Eating Contest, 7 p.m.Winners get a pair of tickets to the big game.

Friday, October 30
Noon – 2 a.m., Live entertainment. Luke Bryan in conert at Maverick’s Concert Hall, 7 p.m.

Saturday, October 31
11 a.m. – 2 a.m. Live entertainment. Game broadcast live on the Courtyard Jumbotron, 3:30 p.m.
For more information, call (904) 353-1188 or visit www.JacksonvilleLanding.com

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St. Paul’s Greek Festival 2009 – Savannah, GA

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St. Paul’s Greek Festival is Savannah’s Greek Festival!

Celebrate all things Greek in Savannah October 15 – 17, 2009 at the three-day St. Paul’s annual festival. If you love Greek food like baklava and spanakopita, you want to visit this festival. This is the 58th year for this popular Savannah festival.

For more information call 912.236.8256
St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Hellenic Center, 14 W. Anderson St

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Coastal Georgia Birding Festival Jekyll Island 2009

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Georgia’s coast has thousands of feeding birds and butterflies and other unique coastal wildlife. Now you can learn more and experience nature together with outdoors enthusiasts at Georgia’s Colonial Coast
Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island, October 8 – 12, 2009.

The annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities.

This year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Don Kroodsma, will talk about “The Singing Life of Birds”. Field trips to the Altamaha River Delta, Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Cathead Creek by kayak as well as seminars such as “Birding Essentials”, “Going Native: Planting for Biodiversity”, and “Twittering for the Birds”.

For more information visit www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org
or call 1-877-4JEKYLL.
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The Disney Train Comes to the Coast!

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Disney embarked on an interactive 40-city train tour for the upcoming movie “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” back in May, and now the train is reaching us here on the coast. The train will be in Savannah, Georgia on Oct. 13, Jacksonville, Florida on Oct. 20,  and Charleston, South Carolina on Oct. 23 – 25, 2009.

(Watch the video from The Disney Train in Jacksonville now!)

The Disney train features four custom-designed vintage rail cars with interactive entertainment. At each train stop along the way, a 3D Theatre will be set up, where visitors can get a sneak peek of the movie and see other exclusive behind-the-scenes materials from the movie. There are authentic artifacts on loan from the Charles Dickens Museum of London, artwork, costumes and props from the film. The capture technology used for the movie will also be demonstrated, and you will even get the opportunity to have your face morph into one of the film’s characters. This family event is for guests of all ages and is free to the public.

Pulling Out All the Stops
The train will make 40 stops in 36 states, as it travels its way across more than 16,000 miles of track. Amtrak locomotives and engineers will lead the four-car Train Tour (plus a private car), across the US, with stops ranging from 1-3 days along the way. Each train station will be themed with holiday decorations, and feature artwork from the film, Christmas Carolers, fun activities for the entire family, and snow!

jimcarreyThe grand finale of the train tour takes place at New York’s Grand Central Terminal over the weekend of October 30th through November 1st.
At every tour stop, Radio Disney will invite kids to enter for a chance to become a Movie Surfer representing their hometown. Each Hometown Movie Surfer will get a chance to appear on Disney Channel by filming their very own Movie Surfer’s segment, and receive a prize package of exclusive Movie Surfer and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” gear. ABC television stations across the country will run local promotions. At each stop, visitors will have the chance to win an HP TouchSmart PC and an HP Photosmart wireless printer.

Starring Jim Carrey and directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” opens in theatres November 6 in Disney Digital 3D™ and in IMAX 3D®.

Coastal Train Tour
The first stop on the coast is at the Amtrak Station in Savannah on Tuesday October 13, 2009. Then the train continues to Miami and comes back up to its next stop in our area, Jacksonville. It will be at the Amtrak Station in Jacksonville on Tuesday October 20, 2009. Then the Disney train heads north to Charleston, SC, where it will make a stop at Ansonborough Field, Friday October 23rd – Sunday October 25th, 2009.

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Below is the schedule:

SAVANNAH
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
9 AM – 7 PM
Savannah Amtrak Station
2611 Seaboard Coastline Dr
Savannah GA 31415

JACKSONVILLE
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Jacksonville Amtrak Station
3570 Clifford Lane
Jacksonville FL 32209

CHARLESTON
Saturday, October 24, 9 AM – 7 PM
Sunday, October 25, 9 AM – 4 PM
Ansonborough Field
Between Concord & Washington Streets Charleston SC 29401

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