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A special night for the ladies is Kimberly’s Pumps & Pearls at the historic George Washington Hotel Ballroom. In its 9th year, the event features a shoe contest along with dancing, grand door prizes, and a night of high style and fun. The date is Monday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are limited – buy early!
Sports Yes, the Bloom has sports! Enjoy the Festival as a spectacle for mind, soul, and body. Play in the Virginia National Bank Pro-Am Golf Tournament on Wednesday, April 27. Run in the 35 year old Valley Health 10K Race at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30 (an officially sanctioned event with chips and cutting edge technology). There is also a Shenandoah Valley Orthodontics Kids Bloomin’ Mile Race at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 29 sponsored by Shenandoah Valley Orthodontics with a 1000 plus children running the course.
of the Harry Byrd family and MGM Executive Tom Baldridge who also served as Executive Director of the Festival, such notables as descendants of George New this year is the Apple Blossom Tennis Washington, Ulysses Grant, and Robert E Pro-Am to be held on Saturday, April 23 in Lee, ambassadors from various parts of the conjunction with the Winchester Country world, presidents (Kathryn Eisenhower was Club. Look for updates on this new event the 1953 Queen and Luci Johnson in 1964), via e-blasts and online at author Margaret Mitchell, Benny Goodman www.thebloom.com, and Facebook. and his orchestra, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, If you would rather see and hear the sports Van Johnson, Hopalong Cassidy, Ed Sullivan, A new hit emerged last year with the celebrities without breaking a sweat, purCyd Charisse, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Winchester Cider Works Tasting and chase your tickets early for the often soldPat Boone (daughter Laury was the 1977 Orchard Tour. It is held on the first Sunday out Partlow Insurance Sports Breakfast at 8 Queen), Dan Aykroyd, Mary Tyler Moore, of the Bloom, April 25. It’s a special and a.m. on Saturday, April 30. Val Kilmer, Sean Astin, Erik Estrada, Debbie nostalgic treat to actually walk among the For the Family apple trees. (According to the Old Farmers’ Reynolds, Mario Lopez, Scotty McCreery, Jimmy Dean, Dottie West, Tanya Tucker, Mostly, the Bloom is for the whole family - Almanac, the temperatures are slated to be in the low 60’s - good for flowering fruit trees.) Crystal Gayle, Jessie Owens, many, many parades, carnival, midway, contests, events in the park, the Kids’ Bloomin’ Mile, the One last tradition to create for yourself: col- football stars as well as Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Brooks Robinson, Willie Mays. spectacle of all the crowds and vendors and lectibles. Some folks keep each year’s sousmells of carnival foods – elephant ears, fry- venir program book; the Crown, Cork & Last year’s superstar visitors were Lee ing onions and sausage, and cotton candy. Seal cans with Bloom dates and logos, oth- Greenwood and Kevin Jonas and the Queen’s And kids of all ages enjoy seeing firetrucks ers collect the Festival pin from each year or mother, Candace Cameron. These are just up close and personal - 9 a.m. on Friday, some of the noted visitors to the Bloom. the annual mug. The Apple Blossom store April 29 is both a show of firefighting will be filled with pink and green items for This is Your Invitation equipment and a fire truck rodeo, both free everyone in the family. The store will be th to the public. Families enjoy strolling the opening April 4. Check the website for times You are cordially invited to the 89 “Unforgettable” Bloom. Please come. For parade routes and Winchester Old Town, and location. celebrity announcements and details checkseeing the pink blossoms painted on the out www.thebloom.com and follow the street designating the parade’s “trail of pink Celebrities Past celebrities have included, with the help events on Facebook. petals.” Also back this year is Car Credit Nation’s Apple Blossom’s Got Talent with a $5000 prize. Over a three month period, participants are judged to select the finalists who will compete to be the winner on Wednesday, April 27. There have been singers, dancers, musical combos, hula hoop artists, and comedians. Come see what kinds of talent ABGT will show this year and see who wins the big money.
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