Kingsland, Georgia "Lovetown, USA"

Look for “Lovetown” activities in St. Marys and throughout Camden County…

 

 

OWN HEADS TO LOVETOWN, USA  KINGSLAND GEORGIA    Media Update For Week of January 24, 2012   Kingsland, Georgia has been selected by the Oprah Winfrey Network as the setting for a new original series to premiere later this year, Lovetown, USA.   After a nationwide search, OWN and BBC Worldwide Productions have selected Kingsland, Georgia to be transformed into "Lovetown, USA."  Two expert matchmakers including the real-life "Hitch," Paul Carrick Brunson, and Kailen Rosenberg, with over 200 successful marriages to her name and hailed as a true "love whisperer," will take over Kingsland for 30 days helping eight singles embark on a journey to find true love in their own backyard.  From the local mayor to restaurateurs, bosses and even married couples, everyone in the town will be involved.  This one-of-a-kind social experiment is the biggest dating challenge in TV history; examining the effects love can have on the DNA of one American community. The show is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions for OWN. Bruce Toms is executive producer. Izzie Pick Ashcroft, Rob Bagshaw and Jane Tranter are executive producers for BBC Worldwide Productions. Charlie Debevoise and Mark Hickman are executive producers for NorthSouth Productions.   The new series, scheduled to premiere this summer, will film 8 episodes in Kingsland over a four week period beginning in mid-February.   Read more: http://www.oprah.com/own/Lovetown-USA-About-the-Show#ixzz1jdv28VAv   Happening This Week:   Lovetown Execs seeking your input & suggestions: Have an idea for making the Lovetown USA series amazing?? Do you have a location idea that would make a fabulous date?? Do you have a business that could help with fantastic support in the quest for love?? If anyone has supplies, locations or ideas that they want to contribute to make Lovetown as amazing as possible, they can reach out directly to the production team! Here's an email to send your ideas & information regarding local participation in the show:   lovetownlocations@gmail.com   The show's department heads were in town this week and just wrapped up a terrific tech scout of the area. They visited many locations during a very short period of time and were even able to work in a tech scout trip to Cumberland Island. Many, many thanks for everyone who assisted in making this trip a huge success... and a very special thanks for Fred Boyles and Dennis Parsons, with Cumberland Island National Seashore, for making arrangements to our favorite island!!   The Lovetown team returned to LA on Tuesday afternoon, where they will continue the task of pre-production. We look forward to their next visit at the beginning of February, where they will begin moving the entire production team into town for 6weeks!!   For more information and to stay up-to-date on all the local activities related to the new show, like the Lovetown Kingsland Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Lovetown.Kingsland

 

2012 Travel Guide Unveiled at Annual Tourism and Hospitality Day event

 

For immediate release                                                                                                     Office of Communications

Jan. 24, 2012                                                                                                                         (404) 651-7774

 

2012 guide unveiled at annual Tourism and Hospitality Day event

 

Gov. Nathan Deal joined Georgia’s tourism and hospitality industry today for the annual Tourism & Hospitality Day at the state Capitol to highlight the important role tourism plays in Georgia’s economy. Representatives from the tourism industry presented Deal with a check representing $1.185 billion in state tax revenue generated from tourism-related expenditures in 2010.

 

“The tourism industry is a huge economic engine for the state of Georgia,” said Deal. “The more than 391,000 Georgians employed by the industry are an integral part of Georgia’s economy.” 

 

Deal also unveiled the new 2012 annual Georgia Travel Guide. This full-color, magazine-size guide features Georgia’s own Lady Antebellum on the cover photographed at Evans Town Center Park in Columbia County. The guide provides visitors with information on Georgia’s tourism assets including trip ideas, attractions, accommodations, events and more. 750,000 guides are distributed through the state’s 11 Visitor Information Centers, www.ExploreGeorgia.org, travel and trade shows and 1-800-VISIT GA. The Georgia Department of Economic Development partnered with Emmis Custom Publishing (publisher of Atlanta Magazine) on the state’s official travel guide. 

 

“Domestic and international visitors spent $21 billion in Georgia in 2010, an 8.3 percent increase from 2009. This increase in visitor spending contributed $2.4 billion in state and local tax revenue in our state,” said Kevin Langston, deputy commissioner for tourism for the Georgia Department of Economic Development. “Georgia was also the fourth fastest-growing destination in the United States for international travelers, with a 19 percent increase.”

 

The Georgia Tourism division markets Georgia as a premier travel and tourism destination in order to increase visitation and create jobs. The state is also launching a new tourism campaign “The South With A Twist.” The campaign highlights authentic experiences through bold and bright photography evoking a contemporary and modern feel. The new campaign can also been seen on ExploreGeorgia.org. The state’s tourism website had a 30 percent increase in website traffic, totaling more than 1.5 million visits in 2011. Our international efforts have helped us to achieve record numbers with more than 112 international tour operators carrying Georgia tourism product in the top-producing countries for inbound travel. The product development team and regional tourism representatives assisted 777 communities statewide to enhance their tourism product. Georgia’s Visitor Information Centers also served 12 million travelers last year and booked more than 30,000 room nights in Georgia hotels.

 

About GDEcD
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state's sales and marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, locating new markets for Georgia products, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a destination for arts events and location for film, music and digital entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development. www.georgia.org

 

CONTACT:

Stefanie Paupeck

Georgia Department of Economic Development

404-962-4075                                                             

Spaupeck@georgia.org

 

 

Drifters Second Chance

So many people missed out on The Drifters Tickets and asked to be put on a waiting list, so we've scheduled a second show. The Drifters will now perform at 6:00 pm on Saturday, February 4th and again at 8 pm. For those of you who already have your tickets, congratulations, and if you'd like to exchange your 8 pm show for a 6 pm show, there is an opportunity for that as well. So, anyone who DID NOT get their tickets or WANT TO EXCHANGE FOR THE EARILIER SHOW, please go Once Upon A Bookseller. The tickets are $48.50 for each show. Here are more details. You don't have to have your name on the waiting list to get tickets for the 6 pm show, but please get them early as we expect another sell-out!

The Drifters to Perform at Theatre by the Trax February 4 Additional 6 pm Show Scheduled

ST. MARYS, GA—The legendary music that inspired Rolling Stone Magazine to name The Drifters #81 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Times" is coming to St. Marys February 4.

Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters will be bringing back some of baby boomers' greatest memories with hits like Under the Boardwalk, This Magic Moment, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, and Save the Last Dance for me at the Theatre by the Trax.

The Drifters originally formed in 1953 and achieved 13 chart hits during their career, writing and performing doo-wop and blues all over the world.
Doug and Jeanne Vaught, proprietors of Theatre by the Trax, are planning a series of "Star Spectaculars" that will feature some of the music industry's most beloved performers. They felt that launching the series with The Drifters would set the perfect tone for future concerts.

"The Drifters are legendary," said Doug Vaught. "Their music is a blend of nostalgic magic and on-stage excitement that few new artists can lay claim to."
Vaught was referring to the showmanship for which groups like The Drifters are famous.

"It's not just the music that will have the audience on their feet," continued Vaught. "It's the show they put on that is absolutely electrifying. Audiences will quickly remember why their music is now part of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame."

Dr. Roy'z Magical Musical Time Machine is the opening act for the February 4th concert, a great choice to get the audience thinking "oldies but goodies," Vaught said.

The 8 pm show was sold out, so a second show for 6 pm has been scheduled. Tickets can be purchased at the St. Marys Welcome Center, 111 Osborne Street. For more information, about the Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters concert or Theatre by the Trax, call 912-552-5559.

Rail-Trail project expands through Woodbine

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12, 2012
Contact: Julie Swick
Phone: (912) 510-0464

 

Rail-Trail project expands through Woodbine

 

Woodbine, Ga. (January 12, 2012) – The County's Public Works department began construction last week with the City of Woodbine on their bike trail project, which is the second component of the Georgia Coast Rail-Trail project in Camden County.  This section of the bike path will add an additional 1.5 miles to the trail and is expected to be open by early Spring 2012.  The trail is being constructed along the old railroad bed south of the current trail in Woodbine.  Public Works is able to recover railroad rock from this project which will be used to offset and cover the costs of the County's participation in order to make this a budget neutral event as approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

 

In June 2010, the first 3.5 miles section opened to the public in White Oak, Georgia. The project was made possible by a public-private partnership between the PATH Foundation, Coastal Georgia Rails-to-Trails, Camden County's Public Work Department, and the Public Service Authority. Camden County and the PATH Foundation were awarded the 2011 Public-Private Partnership of the Year award presented by the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia for the Coastal Georgia Rail-Trail section in White Oak.

 

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Lovetown At Last

LOVETOWN, USA
After a nationwide search, OWN and BBC Worldwide Productions have selected Kingsland, Georgia to be transformed into "Lovetown, USA." Two expert matchmakers including the real-life "Hitch," Paul Carrick Brunson, and Kailen Rosenberg, with over 200 successful marriages to her name and hailed as a true "love whisperer," will take over Kingsland for 30 days helping eight singles embark on a journey to find true love in their own backyard. From the local mayor to restaurateurs, bosses and even married couples, everyone in the town will be involved. This one-of-a-kind social experiment is the biggest dating challenge in TV history; examining the effects love can have on the DNA of one American community. The show is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions for OWN. Bruce Toms is executive producer. Izzie Pick Ashcroft, Rob Bagshaw and Jane Tranter are executive producers for BBC Worldwide Productions. Charlie Debevoise and Mark Hickman are executive producers for NorthSouth Productions.

Auditions for River of Life

The St. Marys Little Theatre will be presenting River of Life, an original musical based on the history of St. Marys, on March 30, 31, April 6, 7, and 8. If you are interested in getting involved either as a performer or volunteer, please come to audition on SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 AT 11:00 A.M. at Theatre by the Trax. For performers, we will have the following characters (all will sing, but some of the songs do not require a great voice).
Timucuan Indians
Founders of St. Marys--Mr. Weed, Mr. Bartlett, etc.
Tall Ship workers
Acadians
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Choir members
Major Admiral Cockburn'
Three War of 1812 American troops
Grand lady to represent Orange Hall
Civil War Soldiers
Children (for railroad song)
Paper mill workers
Riverview Hotel--3 sisters
Sailors
And volunteers for tech assistance, stage management, lights, sound, etc.
Please let me know if you can come, or just show up at THEATRE BY THE TRAX,, 1100 Osborne Road. Call 912-729-1103 if you have questions.

I Know Jax TV program features Cumberland Island on Saturday, January

If you missed the Cumberland Island show on "I Know Jax" you are in luck... it will show again this Saturday, January 7^th, at 11pm on CW17. 

 

 

Nighttime Lunar Sky Watch Program

Saturday, January 28,

 

7pm – 9pm, Crooked River State Park

 

Event Description:

 

Nighttime Lunar Sky Watch Program

 

Join avid, amateur astronomers and their ‘very serious telescopes’ for an evening of telescopic viewing of the moon’s surface.  This ‘up close and personal tour’ of the 28% illuminated waxing (growing) moon also includes cloud-belts of Jupiter and its Galilean moons, star patterns called asterisms and The Great Orion Nebula.  Weather permitting.  Saturday, January 28, 7pm-9pm, Crooked River State Park, Saint Marys, GA, 912-882-5256, $5 parking fee and $3 program fee.

 

 

 

"Stalking the Wild Mushroom" - Saturday, February 4

“Stalking the Wild Mushroom”

Saturday, February 4, 2012

10:30 am-noon

Crooked River State Park (CRSP) Nature Center

St Marys, GA

Stalking the Wild Mushroom

 

The first of a series of informative, exciting and often surprising presentations about Wild Mushrooms, this program will cover various uses of fungi, their basic anatomy, classification of mushroom groups, and their natural habitats. Their beauty and biodiversity will be shared through entertaining discussion, complemented by color photography. Program presented by mycologists Alan and Arleen Bessette.  Saturday, Feb 4, 10:30am-noon at Crooked River State Park-Nature Center in Saint Marys, GA.  912-882-5256.  $5 parking fee plus $1 program fee/person