RUSH - Snakes & Arrows Tour - April 15 - Orlando Amway Arena

RUSH Snakes & Arrows Tour April 15 · Amway Arena After a hugely successful 2007 tour, the fans have spoken and they want more. Rush has extended its Snakes and Arrows World Tour into 2008 and will hit over 45 cities in the US and Canada and the first return to Orlando in more than 10 years. Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. In addition, the band will update their set list for the 2008 tour.Since releasing its self-titled debut album in 1974, Rush has been universally regarded as one of the most inventive and exciting groups in rock, famed for virtuoso musicianship, epic soundscapes and dramatic lyricism.The band's extraordinary body of work – which includes such acclaimed works as 1976's 2112, 1981's MOVING PICTURES, 1996's TEST FOR ECHO and 2002's VAPOR TRAILS – has achieved worldwide sales exceeding 35 million units. A SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE CD is planned to be released sometime in April. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" from the band's 2007 release, SNAKES & ARROWS has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Rock Instrumental Performance."

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Orlando April 19 2008

Check the above link to see if any tickets are still available.

Orange County National to host collegiate tournaments in April & May 2007

Orange County National will host two prominent collegiate tournaments in April and May. The UAA Championship will be contested over 36 holes, April 22 - 23 with defending champion, University of Rochester, looking to repeat against tough competition from Emory, New York University,Carnegie Mellon and Brandeis.

The A-10 Golf Championship will return again to Orange County National May 5 - 6. Eleven teams from the conference will be teeing it up on Panther Lake. Charlotte, ranked as one of the nation's top collegiate teams this year, is the defending champion.

Both championships are open to the public and admission is free.

March 31 - House of Blues - 2 for 1 - THE ISLEY BROTHERS

March 31st House of Blues, Orlando
2 for 1 offer
The Isley Brothers - featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr Biggs

http://www.hob.com/tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=44168

Register for tickets with the House of Blues and become eligible for their 2 for 1 scheme

Brian Howe of Bad Company @ Hard Rock Hotel

Brian Howe former lead singer of Bad Company is appearing at the Velvet Bar & Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel at Orlando on February 22. Tickets price $25 per person. http://www.velvetsessions.com/

32nd Annual Mount Dora Arts Festival

The 32nd Annual Mount Dora Arts Festival runs February 3 & 4 2007.

Approaching its 32nd year, the Mount Dora Arts Festival continues to be one of Florida’s premiere cultural events. Located on a hill overlooking scenic Lake Dora, and known for its antique shops, galleries and fine dining, historic Mount Dora is the backdrop for the event. 10,000 year-round residents, bus loads of day visitors and seasonal guests fill the lovely downtown shops, streets and alleyways of this unique village in Central Florida, just less than 40 minutes from Orlando.

This Fine Arts Festival features 285 of the nation's leading artists selected by a panel of jurors. These Artists provide the quaint, historic downtown streets with a colorful array of fine art including oils, clay, graphics, glass, jewelry, metal, sculpture, mixed media, photography, acrylics and watercolor painting.

With the help of over 200 volunteers each year the festival maintains a reputaion for being one of the most organized festivals in the Southeast and allows MDCA to continue the tradition started by those art loving friends so long ago. In 1973, a group of art loving friends decided to hold an Arts Festival in their small town of Mount Dora, Florida. They began to work and organize, and in 1975 the first Mount Dora Arts Festival was held. The small festival was such fun and so successful, it became an annual event.

Arts Festival 2007 Accepted Artists

Clay

Douglas Adams

L. Scott Aubrey

Daniel Bair

Teresa Bowen

Douglas Bringle

Chrissie Callejas

Michael Cho

Richard Collison

James Cook - 2006 Best in Catagory Award Winner

Steve Cunningham

Doug Dacey - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Robert Ely

Laurie Pollpeter Eskenazi

David Fernandez

Lynn Fisher

Donn Hedman

Ken Jensen

Robert Kastrinos

Marshall Lanz

C. C. Lee

Katherine Mathisen

Elisabeth Maurland

Craig McMillin

Don McWhorter

Mike Meyer

Bruce Minney

Allan Nairn

Juan Ortega

Carol Parsley

Giff Pearce

Tim Peters

Tom Radca

Gail Schaefer

Peter Streit

Dennis Thompson

Vicki Tindall

Vas Tsentas - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Jim Ulmer

Geoff Walsh

Fine Crafts

Amos Amit - 2006 Wendy Alderman Award Winner

Andy Costine

Robert Crecelius

Ben Gallaway

Chuck Geier

Barrie Harding

Cindy Hirt

Larry Hutchison

Joe Ihns

John Jowett

Kevin Kichar

David Levy

Emily Lewis

Nick Molignano

Greg Roche

Rudoy Shekina

Steve Smith

Greg Thomas-Moore

Robert Zarcone

Glass & Metal

Joseph Becker

Jacquelyne Collett

Robert Crecelius

Robert Eickholt

Kim Eubank

Stephen Fairchild

Sunny Flynn

Marc Grimes - 2006 Judges Choice for 3D Award Winner

Richard Jacobus

Kiaralinda

Randy Kuntz

Jimmy Langford

Sandra Lent

Mark Lewanski

Pamela McLean

Joe Nielander

Merri Pattinian

Bill Slade - 2006 Best in Catagory Award Winner

Clayton Swartz

Herb Thomas

Teresa Thompson

Meredith Wenzel

Jewelry

Carol Adams

Gaurav Agarwal

Larry Areskog

Penny Atkinson-Potter

Deborah Barnes

Scott Berry

Jim E. Biond

Don Bodenberg

Melissa Booth - 2006 Best in Category Award Winner

Jayne DeMarcay

Sharon Donovan

Sana Doumet

Luis Espinoza

Monika Fairchild

Tracy Fenwick

Patricio Ferreira

Jack Forney

Helmut Goral

Marilyn Greenwood

William Greenwood

Giffen Grosvenor

Daniel Grussing

David Haun

Paul Henning

Larry Hughes

Patricia Karnes

Kim Koch

Andrea Ludden

Gail Marksz

Candy McFall

Rishar Miranda

Ed Mitchell

Robert Nilsson

Cathryn Nowicki

David Nugent

Jim Papuga

Michel Plumail

Barbara Relles

Harry Roa

Gary Shull

Ward Siegler

Bob Spry

Cynthia Stone

Ted Striewski

John Strobel

Fred Tate - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Marilyn Vaillancourt

Deborah West

Brian Wetherell

Marty Whipple - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Wendy Witchner

Veronica Zakharov

Mixed Media

Heather Batchelder

Chris Bruno

William Cantwell

Darron Chadwick

Juan Miguel Cukier

Bonnie Eastwood

Jeff Eckert - 2006 Best in Catagory Award Winner

Beth Erlund

Ummarid Etharong

Paula Green

Thomas Hogen

David Hunter

Kay Kendall

Meredith Kuntzsch

Jack Leslin

Ellen Marshall

Gregg Murray

Marita Parisi

Aaron Reed

Eric Sauvageau

Garry Seidel

Margot Trombley

Al Vinsant

Cheryl Ward

Mike Williams

Zhiyong Ye

Painting

Kenneth Aunchman

Michael Babyak

Margaret Bayalis

David Berger

Jackie Berkley

Donne Bitner - 2006 Best of Show Award Winner

Sandra Bottinelli

Jose Camacho

Sidney Carter

P. J. Commerford

Scott Coulter

Marta Crawford

Michael Donner

Dominique DuBois

Lynne Fischer-Roche

Hong Gao

Charles Gatewood

Peter Gerbert

Geri Geremia

Lauren Graham Cunningham

Kathleen Green

S. A. Habib

Jeremy Hansen

Geoffrey Harris

Marian Howard

Harry Jarman

Britta Jepson

Stephen Koury

Michael Kuseske

Patricia Leddon

Tung S. Lee

Donald Levesque

Li Li

Alan Lin

Diane Lublinski

Hyacinth Manning

Dawn Kinney Martin

Kathleen McNeill

Robert Mier

Carol Napoli - 2006 Judges Choice 2D Award Winner

Bruce Nawrocke

Paul Nikitchenko

Ken Orton

Bruce Peeso

Polly Podolsky

Art Reilly

Charles Ross

Jeanne Russell

Jacquelyn Schindehette

Karen Seamon

Steve Seibel

Lin Seslar

Yelena Sidorova

Jane Slivka

Larry Smith

Reif Snyder

Richard Toft - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Sandra Trower

Bill Turner

Eric Emile Walker

Li Wang

Jan Whitney

Domi Williams

Laura Williams

Rob Wilson

Quan Wen Wu

David Yuan

Dong Yuan

Photography

Mike Bacon

Richard Brown

Doug Cavanah

Karin Connolly

Laurie Coppedge - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Luciano Duse

John Galbo

Ginny Ganong-Nichols

Kavan Geary
Chris Honeysett
Ross Jeffries

Brad Kelly

Ken Laffal

Alex Ludden

John Margerum

Ron Mellott

Darren Olson

Doug Remien

Keith Ruddick

Robert Salyers

Mark Wilson

Sculpture

Paul Anderson

Mark Edwards

Rod Garrett

Peter Haddow

Richard Hager

Scott Hiestand

Jack Hill

Ruth Jellema

Dennis Johnson

Linda Levy

Eric Sauvageau

Victoria Sexton

Andrea Striewski

Grant Ward - 2006 Best in Catagory Award Winner

Gene Wilkinson

Street Musician

Paul Price

Chris Sidwell

Kayle Strong

Marcille Wallis

Paul Zimmer

Watercolor

Lyse Anthony

Judy Barnewolt-Jones

John Bayalis

John Bowen

Terry Denson

Kuei Dorman

Jorge Fernandini

Lynn Ferris - 2006 Award of Excellence Winner

Lu Fuller

David Gill

Ted Head

Lori Jenkins

Win Jones

Witha Lacuesta

Mary McShane

Martha Miller

Charles Munday

Linda Neal

Beverly Pinyerd

Gene Rizzo

Drew Strouble

Michael Weber

Barbara Zimmerman

Disney's Year of a Million Dreams

Acclaimed Photographer Annie Leibovitz has taken some spectacular shots to launch Disney's Year of a Million Dreams. These include David Beckham as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty fighting Maleficent the dragon, Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella in custom made gown designed by Nicoletta Santoro with a 62 carat Harry Winston tiara and Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland twirling in a teacup with Lyle Lovett as the March Hare and Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter.

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/disney/26636/