Children’s Author Book Signing | If Your Shoes Could Speak

Children’s author, Sherley Mondesir-Prescott, will be at Books A Million in Kissimmee, FL for a major book signing event!

She is the author of “If Your Shoes Could Speak,” a book for kids 0 to 6 years old.  Come and meet this award-winning author!

Her book is available in bookstores nationwide, including Amazon.com and Books A Million.

Event: Children’s Author Book Signing
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Time: 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Books A Million (The Loop located at 2605 W. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34741)

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Website: http://www.ifyourshoescouldspeak.com/
Phone number: 407-552-0077

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

Sherley Mondesir-Prescott
Author of IF YOUR SHOES COULD SPEAK (children’s book)
http://www.ifyourshoescouldspeak.com/
Phone: 407-350-8906

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Orlando Wetlands Park Festival

Orlando Wetlands Park Festival

Come and enjoy the Orlando Wetlands Festival on Saturday, February 16, 2013, from 9am-3pm at Fort Christmas Park.

The Orlando Wetlands Festival is an opportunity to celebrate the Orlando Wetlands Park, the City’s 1,650 acre wetland oasis.

The event is sponsored by: City of Orlando, Orange Audubon Society, Atkins, and Orange County Parks and Recreation.

On February 16, 2013, come and experience this unique wetland treatment system with the entire family.

Orlando Wetlands Park Festival  Orlando Wetlands Park Festival

Event co-sponsor, Orange Audubon Society, will lead guided bird-watching excursions.

The Florida Native Plant Society will lead native plant identification hikes; while, the Florida Trail Association will be providing wilderness hikes.

Guided photo hikes will also be available and led by professional nature and wildlife photographers.
Things to do
For those who like to sit and ride, guided bus tours will travel along the wetland berms, giving riders a chance to experience firsthand, Florida’s wild wetlands.

Hay rides will also give riders a chance to relax and take in the scenery.

In addition to the numerous guided tours, there will be bird-banding and mist-netting demonstrations as well as live music.

Featured in the various wildlife shows, many different live animals will be present such as alligators, snakes, and birds and many others.

Also, the City’s Families, Parks and Recreation Department will be giving away free backyard trees in celebration of Arbor Day.

There will be many interactive children’s activities (like Out-On-A-Limb kids tree climbing), a bounce house and much, much more!

So bring the whole family and invite your friends and neighbors to this fun, free educational festival.

Bring your cameras, and prepare for an adventure in the wilderness.

Please leave your pets at home; there are wild animals.

Food will be available for purchase.

Free admission and free door prizes!

For more information: call Orlando Wetlands Park 407.568.1706.

Event Website:  cityoforlando.net/wetlands 
Directions:
To get to the Park, take S.R. 50 to Christmas, Florida.

Turn north onto 420, Ft. Christmas Rd.

Continue north 1.8 miles.

Fort Christmas Park will be on your left.

Free parking will be located on your right across from Fort Christmas Park.

The address is 1300 North Fort Christmas Road, Christmas, FL 32709.

Park is about an hour’s drive from Disney.

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A Christmas Carol Comes to Theatre Downtown

A Christmas Carol at Theatre Downtown

Christmas is just around the corner.

Highlight this event through reawakening the spirit the season through watching Theatre Downtown rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Christmas Carol Theatre Downtown A Christmas Carol Comes to Theatre Downtown

This performance will remind you what the holiday is about.

Once in our life we have been or met our own real life Scrooge.

Join him as he rediscovers the value and meaning of this wonderful season for him.

Performance Schedule

The presentation of this classic begins on November 23, 2012 and ends on December 23, 2012.

For those who want to experience the Sunday matinees, their respective dates are November 25, December 2, 9, 16 and 23.

 For Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, show time is at 8 pm.

Sunday performances are at 2:30 pm.

Since there are a number of scheduled shows, make sure to partake in at least one of these.

Expose your children to the appreciation of culture and art through taking them to this show.

The regular ticket is priced at $20 and $22 for the musicals.

Seniors and students enjoy a discount, and can watch the show for $16 and $18 for musical performances.

Family Values

If you loved this Dickens’ classic, it’s just right to bring the whole family to this season’s event.

Theatre Downtown’s performance is closer to this 1843 story.

Let your child marvel at the appearance of the Christmas past, present and future, and join Scrooge in his transformation.

There are a lot of good values and morals found in this tale which makes it a must see.

Staging this show for decades, you will surely witness a quality performance.

Years ago songs like “O Holy Night” and “What Child Is This” were performed in the said show.

It’s still a question what spectacle this year’s performances have in store for it audience.

Viewers can expect something as good or better execution of Ebenezer Scrooge’s actor, Dean Walkuski.

Aside from this, it is still uncertain if the director remains to be Frank Hilgenberg, but his past shows were remarkable.

This show truly speaks of what the Christmas cheer is really about.

Location

Buy tickets for this show, and create a lasting impression of Theatre Downtown’s performance.

This is a great holiday gift for your family and friends.

The theater is located at 2113 N. Orange Avenue.

For those bringing their own ride, parking spaces are available at the south of theatre.

This is found at the two joint street level lots at Orange Avenue.

Reserved seating is available for viewers who pay earlier with their credit card.

All others come with a first come first serve policy.

For other questions about the show, 407-841-0083 is the number to dial.

Christmas time is near.

Rekindle the warmth of the season through watching Theatre Downtown’s rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Carolers, season’s decorations and celebration help you reminisce on what the holiday’s message is to us.

Let the whole family accompany Scrooge in his journey to learning the real value of this celebration.

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