The News Review:
- Epcot Flower & Garden Festival: It’s all about the princesses
- range County’s first-ever opera festival could come to Dana Point
- Countdown to SXSW Interactive Festival
- Napa Valley festival celebrates mustard
Epcot Flower & Garden Festival: It’s all about the princesses
Los Angeles Times
That sure would make things simpler than the current system a months-long process that involves metal frames specialized irrigation meticulous trimming thousands of hair pins and mounds of moss. The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival which begins March 18 will gather more than 50 of the statues of greenery. They’re so plentiful Disney established an official scavenger hunt for them. Front and center of the festival will be the “Cinderellabration” area featuring topiaries of Cinderella Prince Charming Belle Beast Snow White seven dwarfs and making their debut Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip. They’ll be standing where the giant surfing Goofy did last year. “We wanted a whole different feel — the elegant flowing dresses” says Eric Darden horticulture manager for the festival.
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range County’s first-ever opera festival could come to Dana Point
MSNBC
The City Council has directed staff to investigate the cost and feasibility of hosting range County’s first-ever opera festival as well as to look into creating the coastal city’s first sister-city partnership. Staff members said this week that they were approached by the Italian American pera Foundation as it searched for a venue for an opera festival in range County. The proposal would be for a two-week festival in September 2010 in Dana Point’s.
Countdown to SXSW Interactive Festival
BBC News
It had been waiting for rain: after a 17-month long drought the downpour finally arrived this week and the whole city is breathing a sigh of relief not least because the area surrounding Austin is farmland and there had been talk of ranchers going out of business. No the city is waiting for the first wave of visitors. More than 10000 web professionals arrive for the.
Napa Valley festival celebrates mustard
San Francisco Chronicle
31 ends March 28 and peaks with great fanfare this weekend at various locations throughout the valley. The weekend celebration was scheduled to begin Friday with an event billed as “The Awards: A Spicy Soiree. This shindig at Black Stallion Winery in Napa traditionally includes the Napa Valley Chefs Mustard Recipe Competition and the 14th annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival World-Wide Mustard Competition Awards. Tickets were selling for $125 a pop.