{"id":1150,"date":"2012-11-30T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2012-11-30T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:44:31","slug":"celebrate-the-holidays-in-winter-park-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/celebrate-the-holidays-in-winter-park-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Holidays in Winter Park this Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 14pt;\\\"><strong>Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\\\"alignright size-full wp-image-1151\\\" style=\\\"margin: 0 0 10px 10px;\\\" title=\\\"Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/files\/2012\/11\/tree-at-night-for-webpage.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"WINTER PARK FL\\\" width=\\\"198\\\" height=\\\"297\\\" \/>Kick off the holidays at the 23rd annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony\u00a0in Central Park in downtown Winter Park.\u00a0 Bring the entire family to this free event for an evening of holiday cheer as Park Avenue is transformed into a Winter Wonderland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy performances by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St. Margaret Mary Catholic School Choir<\/li>\n<li>New Warner Chapel<\/li>\n<li>Colby Center for Dance and Performing Arts<\/li>\n<li>Park Maitland \\&#8221;Singing Eagles\\&#8221; Glee Club<\/li>\n<li>Orlando Harmony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tree lighting will be broadcast live on WFTV &#8211; Channel\u00a09 with anchor Bob Opsahl. Afterwards, families can enjoy refreshments provided by local businesses, plus face painting, caricatures and visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday, November 30<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a05 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Central Park<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 14pt;\\\"><strong>Leadership Winter Park Pancake Breakfast<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Presented by Fannie Hillman + Associates &amp; Vanson Constructors<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img class=\\\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1152\\\" style=\\\"margin: 0 0 10px 10px;\\\" title=\\\"Leadership Winter Park Pancake Breakfast\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/files\/2012\/11\/pancakes-150x150.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"150\\\" \/>The Leadership Winter Park Pancake Breakfast has become a holiday tradition. \u00a0Help us turn pancake batter into a stack of dough! Proceeds from the breakfast benefit six Winter Park area elementary schools to assist teachers with the purchase of necessary school supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Come early, enjoy a delicious breakfast and get a great seat for the Winter Park \\&#8221;Ye Olde Hometown\\&#8221; Christmas Parade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Saturday, December 1<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a07-10:30 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Central Park stage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>$6 Adults \/ $4 Children, includes pancakes, sausage and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.winterpark.org\/content\/pancake-breakfast\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\">Order tickets in advance here<\/a>\u00a0or purchase at the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 14pt;\\\"><strong>Winter Park \\&#8221;Ye Olde\\&#8221; Hometown Christmas Parade<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Presented by Bright House Networks<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Supported by Main Street Children\\&#8217;s Dentistry, Rollins College &amp; Towncare Dental<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img src=\\\"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/files\/2012\/11\/141-300x199.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" title=\\\"Winter Park &quot;Ye Olde&quot; Hometown Christmas Parade\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"199\\\" class=\\\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1153\\\" style=\\\"margin:0 0 10px 10px;\\\" \/>The Winter Park Chamber of Commerce is proud to host the annual Winter Park \\&#8221;Ye Olde Hometown\\&#8221; Christmas Parade. \u00a0The event has been held on the first Saturday in December for 60 years, making it the longest-running holiday parade in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the parade will be under the direction of honorary grand marshal, U.S. Congressman John Mica, and will travel down Park Avenue, starting at Cole Avenue and proceed south to Comstock Avenue. \u00a0More than 100 units will participate including marching bands, local police and fire departments, scouting groups, local dignitaries and, of course, Santa Claus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Kick off the holidays at the 23rd annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony in Central Park in downtown&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,238,347,4],"tags":[917,911,321],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-park","category-downtown-winter-park","category-holidays","category-winter-park-events","tag-central-park","tag-downtown-winter-park","tag-holiday-tree-lighting-ceremony"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/winterparkfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}