MP launches carnival programme

The Northern Echo;  June 23, 2000 ;     79 words ......have now been published in the carnival programme. Launched by Ryedale MP John Greenway, it also includes a town history and past carnival photographs. Mayor of Pickering, Councillor Bill McCall, said: "I am fully supportive of the carnival _ it brings together...

Search is on for a new queen.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 23, 2001 ;     81 words ......and the closing date is April 17. The judging will be at the Warwick Arms Hotel on Tuesday, April 24. The entrants will be judged by town mayor Maureen Hooper, past carnival queen Becky James and Ken Hall, who is carnival procession chairman.

PEANUT FEST MOMENTS.(Suffolk Sun)

The Virginian Pilot;  October 19, 2006 ;     214 words ......a balancing act over a festival goer. Motorcycles stream past carnival rides at Peanut Fest in Suffolk. More than 400 motorcycles...a balancing act over a festival goer. Motorcycles stream past carnival rides at Peanut Fest in Suffolk. More than 400 motorcycles...

ANNUAL STREET PARADE IS AXED; But show goes on.(News)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 4, 2003 ;     255 words ......ahead with a parade at this year's re-named Tipton Community Show on June 14 and 15, but has instead launched a search for past carnival queens to attend a reunion. The street parade was dogged by difficulties following the introduction of stringent and costly...

TIMES PAST : Carnival conceret,august,1959

Evening Times;  May 30, 2002 ;     76 words ...THE people of the Gorbals showed that the 'No Mean City' tag attached to the district had little to do with reality. In August 1959, thousands of locals gathered in Thistle Street to watch a fund-raising show, billed as the Carnival Concert. The event was staged to raise funds for Gorbals

Bigger and better: Dogwood fest adds new attractions.

Times-News (Burlington, NC);  April 26, 2007 ;     430 words ......Saturday in downtown Mebane. The Dogwood Festival will still feature many of the staples that have attracted thousands in the past -- carnival rides for the children and a street dance Friday night, a golf tournament at Quaker Creek Golf Course on Friday afternoon...

Kids' carnival is a Halloween treat

Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL);  October 25, 2006 ;     433 words ......and prizes, a moonwalk, a cookie walk, treats and entrance into the Halloween room. Pay at the door and you get 10 tickets. Past carnival games have included tossing ping pong balls into fishbowls and Skee-Ball. Grown-ups can help kids with the craft projects...

Eid over heels!; Sunshine brings out the crowds.(ROP)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 1, 2002 ;     311 words ......biggest celebrations of Muslim life. In Bournville, residents marked 100 years of tradition with a centenary village festival. Past carnival queens were reunited and for VIP guest Betty Wynn there was the chance to remember the time she was crowned King of the Festival...

Mix of old, new cools carnival controversy.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 3, 2006 ;     456 words ......The new Harriet Island: The biggest change is turning this riverside park into Winter Carnival Park for 10 days. In the past, carnival events have been distributed across the city at such sites as Rice Park, Landmark Center and Como Park. Hot Dish Tent: A...

Earnings up 70 percent for Carnival, but impact of fuel costs looms.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  March 22, 2005 ;     461 words ......ourselves from fuel consumption. Fuel still only accounts for 5 to 6 percent of cruise costs, up from 3 to 4 percent in the past. Carnival also warned of general inflation in operating costs and a potential charge for a pension contribution in the United Kingdom...

Nine arrested in raids to take offenders off streets before Carnival.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 19, 2003 ;     439 words ......were banned from the celebrations. In addition to the intelligence operation, more than 80 letters have been sent to other past carnival offenders advising them not to attend. Police will continue their policy of intercepting criminals en route to the carnival...

End of the bunny trail

New Orleans Magazine;  April 1, 2003 ;     354 words ......enchanced their cuteness. Their neighborhood on St. Charles, where the oaks in the foreground still bloomed with beads from thew past Carnival, was splashed with the color of seasonal shifts in the city's life. Max Scheinuk, the flower shop's founder, started the...

McHenry County Fair brings back classic favorites.(Special Section)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  May 19, 2007 ;     165 words ......You must be between ages 16 and 21 to enter. Grandstand events aside, what would the McHenry County Fair be without all of the classic attractions from years past? Carnival rides, animals, craft shows, fair fare and more all will be on hand.

Florida-Based Carnival Airlines Plans to Launch IPO.(Originated from The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 5, 1996 ;     256 words ......of $200 million in the fiscal year ended June 30. It employs 1,350 people, including about 1,000 in South Florida. In the past, Carnival Air Chairman Reuven Wertheim has said the company wants to go public to raise money for expansion. But even without access...

Crik: Ashes not extinguished yet: Goldfield organisers

AAP Sports News (Australia);  January 16, 2008 ;     383 words ......several located in locals' backyards - also copped a drenching. After the tournament had been played on some dusty decks in the past, carnival co-ordinator Jayne Landsberg was trying to see the downpour's positive side. "At the end of the day the rain ensures fresh...