You don’t want to miss out on the fun this March as we celebrate Mardi Gras. Celebration Foundation presents a series of Brass bands playing at different locations across Celebration. Join us for some great classic big band hits! Concerts will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church at 7:30pm staring March 7. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.

Brass Band of Central Florida 
Saturday March 7th, 7:30pm
Community Presbyterian Church
511 Celebration Avenue


Steep Canyon Rangers 
Grammy Award Winning Bluegrass Band! One of the best in the nation!
Saturday March 28th, 7:30pm
Community Presbyterian Church
511 Celebration Avenue

Tickets: $25 for adults, $10 for students!
Tickets available at the Celebration Foundation office, Imagination Realty or Eventbrite:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebration … 5?aff=eac2



Exciting Events Planned for Thriving in Place!
Click below for more information:

Lunch & Learn April 8 – Functional Independence Training

Volunteer Orientation Training – Sign up below.

Meeting #1 Tuesday March 31, 2015
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer- … 5915896876

Meeting #2 Thursday April 2, 2015
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer- … 5915965080

Save the Date – Tuesday, April 14 Meeting with Big Rock Partners regarding planned Independent, Assisted Living and Memory Care Unit on Celebration Blvd. Watch for more information. 

Community Survey results from December Town Hall meeting –
http://www.thrivinginplace.org/community-survey.html


Mardi Gras Party with a Purpose was a Great Success! 
Photos from the Evening posted on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/the.celebration.foundation


Celebration Foundation – 610 Sycamore Street, Suite 110 Celebration, FL 34747
407-566-1234
www.thecelebrationfoundation.org

• Race day begins at 7am on Sunday, January 25, 2015
• Packet pick-up will be available Friday evening (5-8pm), Saturday (10am-6pm), and race morning (5:30-6:30am)
• Expo will be held Friday 5pm-8pm and Saturday (10am-6pm)

Visit http://www.CelebrationMarathon.com  to register

The Top Ten Reasons to Run the Town of Celebration Marathon & Half Marathon:

Enjoy some fresh baked pie with your friends and family. Better yet, why not pie-in-the-face someone you know? This year, we are adding a new “slice” to celebrating the heavenly dessert. Who doesn’t love a pie eating contest, “name that pie” blind taste testing contest, pie exchange (applications available at Town Hall), kids activities, and more!

‘Pie in the Face-Penny Wars’ will begin on January 3, 2015, and end on January 23. Jars will be placed in Town Hall with the name and picture of Celebration community leaders (see below). This is your opportunity to see your local police, deputy, school principal, high school coach, executive director and others get a pie in the face. Each person will designate a charity or organization that their “war pennies” will go toward.

Bring your pennies (nickels, dimes, and quarters, too) to Town Hall and place them in the jar of the person you want to see get pied. We will weigh all the jars at our Pie Day event at Lakeside Park.

Pie-me-in-the-Face Participants:

	Captain Andy Lang, Osceola County Sheriff’s Department Charity: Relay For Life
	Gloria Niec, Executive Director, The Celebration Foundation Charity: The Celebration Foundation
	Steve Waring, Executive Director, Celebration Town Hall Charity: Multiple Sclerosis of Central Florida

	Mytron Lisby, Celebration K-8 Principal Charity: Best Buddies (program for ESE students)
	Martin Brown, Aquatics Manager, Celebration Town Hall Charity: SPCA
	Chris Lavoie, Celebration High School Athletic Director Charity: Celebration High School Athletics Department Programs

Jerry Weiland, Osceola County Sheriff Office Charity: Special Olympics of Osceola County

Join us Friday, January 16 through Sunday, January 18 for the best deals in Town Center at the Annual Winter Sidewalk Sale! Enjoy discounts on winter merchandise. Great deals from your local merchants. Discounts vary from store to store.

Don’t miss out, come out and take advantage of discounts and deals you wont find anywhere else.

January’s Food Truck Friday will be a special night for all who attend! During the free event, residents and guests can enjoy more than a dozen of the best food trucks in Central Florida who will come together and provide delicious eats! Enjoy great music, children-friendly activities, and family fun!
If your family has a hard time deciding on what to eat because everyone wants something different, this is the perfect choice for dinner! Everyone gets to choose what type of food they want… and it is a tough decision! Stop by on the second Friday of each month from 5- 9 p.m. at Celebration Town Hall parking lot, 851 Celebration Ave.
**Although tables and chairs are provided, it is recommended that you bring a lawn chair or a blanket to sit on, since this is a popular event and seating is limited.
January’s list of gourmet food trucks (schedule may change without warning): Kona Dog, Chillin N Grillin, The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck, Kona Ice, Barnwood BBQ, The London Fish and Chippy, Over the Top Pita, The Crepe Company, In Yer Belly, Treehouse Truck, Magic 4 Ur Palate, and El Cactus Azul.. See you there!!

The Celebration Community Chorus Presents “The Joy of Christmas”

One Performance Only

Saturday, December 6 – 7:30 pm

Admission is FREE

Community Presbyterian Church

511 Celebration Avenue

This program has something for everyone – including our first “sing-a-long” with the Chorus!  You and your family will be invited to join in and assist our Celebration songsters as they “Deck the Hall” and “Hark the Herald”.  This 40 minute concert is sure to fill your heart with “the Joy of Christmas”.  Mark your calendars and plan to attend.  You won’t want to miss it!

Let it snow this December 6th! Floridians rarely get to enjoy a white Christmas but Celebration residents get the sunshine, warmth and the snow. With more than eight tons of real snow, residents of all ages can enjoy making your very own snow angels during our Holiday Fest. But that’s not all!

A very special guest, dressed in red, will be making an appearance at the event held at Town Hall on Saturday, December 6. Pictures with Santa will be available for adults, children, families, and/or pets for a suggested donation of only five dollars. All proceeds will benefit Celebration¹s local Relay for Life event, held next year.

Celebration’s very own X-Factor Dance and Gymnastics group will provide great entertainment by performing their special holiday show.

In addition to making snowmen, there will be holiday ornament decorating for children to take home and display on their special family trees. Let’s not forget the cookies! Delicious cookie decorating will also take place and we will finish out the night with the showing of the family-friendly film Jack Frost, while munching on popcorn and enjoying yummy snow cones. You won’t want to miss it!

Schedule:

Holiday ornament & cookie decorating:    4- 5:30 p.m.

Real snow:     4:30- 6 p.m.

Pictures with Santa:     5- 7 p.m.

X-factor performance:     6 p.m.

Jack Frost Movie:     6:30 p.m.

A free concert for kids of all ages featuring Jason Castro on December 20. Come celebrate the season with a free concert at Celebration town Center. Concert begins at 8:15pm, come early to get a good spot.

Come to 701 Front Street in downtown Celebration FL for a Christmas treat, the Radio Disney stars will be on hand for the Radio Disney Holiday Concert, featuring After Romeo and Taylor Buono. You do not want to miss this holiday special, so grab your friends and family and make it down town Celebration for a Christmas concert unlike any other.

Concert runs from 5:30-10pm.

Come to 701 Front Street on December 6th for Celebration of Voices where you can enjoy the music of Disney radio singers and more. Concert runs from 4-10pm. Tell your friends and come early to get a good spot.

This will be great family fun, good for all ages.