Your Guide to New York City

Here in Montreal, every summer we have a Jazz Festival & this year a new Francophone Festival was just started. I really like being around Festivals, with different types of artists, indie or major. I always wanted to move to New York City & I still do one day, but my question is, do they have any annual festivals or certain activities people participate in every year?

Allow me to be blunt, but after that car bomb that didn’t detonate in Times Square, all I can picture is yet another person trying the same thing…

Get a dedicated email address and sign up on guest list.
Use the same email to register on MySpace and add promoters there as friends. When something new pops up, they will shoot an IM or calendar update via email to you.

Do the same for Twitter as well. Good luck.

York is one of the ancient conurbations in England and has come a long form since the Romans introductory finished a fort between the River Foss and the River Ouse. The municipal that grew up around it was originally termed Eboracum and strong protective walls were created, forming the base of the city walls that remain today. The rectangular gatehouse of Micklegate bar marks the main entrance to the borough, but thankfully traitor’s heads are no longer presented there to deter rebellions.

Castle Howard is located 15 miles north east of York, just off the A64. The magnificent house has a charming 18th century Walled Garden and 1,000 acres of gardens offering breathtaking views towards the North York Moors and Yorkshire Wolds. Free guided outdoor tours take field daily between March and October revealing the secrets of the gardens and the architecture. Castle Howard also suggests six unique shops - an award-winning farm shop, chocolate shop, plant middle, a bookshop and two gift shops - as well as a restaurant and cafe.

The Whitby Pavilion is Whitby’s greatest theatre and function venue and suggests year round diversion from stage displays, dances, concerts, festivals and children’s events to exhibitions. Please telephone 01947 604855 for further details on performances and events. While in Whitby, look up the Whitby Wizard Science middle and appreciate 100 experiments and a specialist science gift shop. If it’s outdoor entertainment you’re after, a trip to Brimham Rocks near Harrogate could be just what you’re looking for. Be fond of impressive views over Nidderdale from a vantage point of nearly 300m. Fantastic rock formations of millstone grit, carved out over thousands of years by the actions of the weather, are rich in wildlife. Admission is free, but facilities might close in bad weather.

Fancy free parking, late night shopping and a monstrous selection of applauded High Street stores? See Monks Cross Shopping Park just a slender minutes from the city centre for a hassle-free shopping experience! Stores such as Marks & Spencer, Boots, Clarks, Top Shop, New Look, Next, River Island, W H Smith, BHS, Argos, Monsoon, Clinton Cards, PC World, Laura Ashley, Accessorize and Mamas & Papas as well as legions cafes and restaurants, including McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Starbucks can be found at Monks Cross.

Travel by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to drop over the seaside municipal of Whitby for a traditional British holiday experience. Take a break in the Tea Room at Grosmont Station - a genuine 1950’s railway junction - spot fabulous souvenirs in the two Gift Shops, pay a visit to the engine sheds and view the locomotives under restoration. Goathland or “Aidensfield” as it is noted to fans of Yorkshire TV’s Heartbeat suggests a refurbished Warehouse Tea Room with authentic furniture and artefacts, restored coal drops and a cattle dock to recreate the old North Eastern Railway of 1922. Take time out to adore the peace and tranquillity of the 1912-style station of Levisham, which is surrounded by walks and wildlife.

There is something for everyone in York - from memorable edifices and elegant gardens to impelling outdoor events and award-winning restaurants and no matter where you go in York, you are bound to demonstrate a fantastical day out, whatever the weather!

Caron Bednorze
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There are many different types of fundraising, but golfing is perhaps one of the biggest. One day golf charity affairs can raise untold amounts of money for organizations. Medical organizations, like the American Cancer Society, can routinely raise between 20 and 50 thousand dollars, simply by having a golf benefit. But tournament organizers but go above and beyond. They can no longer get away with posting a simple tee sign at a hole and expect the sponsor to be happy.

There are even more glamorous charity events that can raise even more money, even only in a day or over a weekend. For instance, Michael Strahan, of the New York Giants, recently kicked off his even with a concert by Alicia Keys at a restaurant in Manhattan. Strahan was the MC and got the celebrity crowd to part with more than 300 thousand dollars for prizes like a week on a yacht and a custom built motorcycle. The next day there was golf, which brought in even more money and even more benefit for the children’s charities that he was supporting.

There are lots of reasons that golf events work wonders for fund raising. First of all, they are a lot of fun to play in, even if the golfers are casual golfers and aren’t pro or serious about the sport. They can also provide great networking opportunities for golfers and charities alike, so people are more apt to do these types of fundraisers. Not only that, but golf events can publicize these worthy causes, making them more likely to be in the public eye. The National Golf Foundation estimated that in the year 2002, golf events actually raised around $3 billion for charity. The GTAA estimates that there is about 5 billion dollars raised each year through golf charities.

With the current economy, however, golf events are seeing the same types of frustration that other events are seeing. There are more golf events, because more charities are trying to get the money that they need. They know that golf events usually work to bring in the cash, but the events themselves are being attended by less people, so there is less total money being raised.

The way for charities to break through the problems with the economy and get that money from sponsors is simple; they must do things that other events aren’t doing. For instance, just charging a fee to put up a golf tournament sign during the event isn’t going to bring in the same sponsors that it used to but if the event can make each sponsor a participant in some way and do something fun or new with the sponsors, they’ll see an influx in them and therefore be receiving more money from them. It is important to actually make the tournament into a marketing tool for the sponsors, because this is where the money comes from and so this is what organizers need to focus on.

For instance, if those that are participating in the tournament are all doctors, they will be able to attract a great sponsorship package from medical supply companies or equipment companies. This can bring in lots of money. However, tournaments that charge players but don’t have many sponsors might end up not really making that much money after they have paid for course costs and other things.

Participants are attracted to golf events because they usually get to play on a course that they would be unable to play on during their regular lives. They get food and drink, often get goody bags, and might just get to hang around a smart or famous crowd of people.

In order to have a golf event that goes off without a hitch and makes the type of money that you need, it is important to plan it all exactly correctly. This takes time, and might even take some practice on your part. However, if you are raising money for a large charity, and want to bring it all in at once, a golf event can do just that.

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