Archive for September, 2007

September 17th, 2007

Tourism Boosts NJ Farms (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

New Jersey farms don’t just get money from acres of blueberries or cranberries. Indeed, in 2006, they pulled in $57.5 million from visitors who bought produce at farm stands, cut their own Christmas trees or went on haunted hay rides, according to a study released Monday by the state Department of Agriculture.

September 17th, 2007

Train tugs the kids’ fascination at fair (York Daily Record)

Sep 13, 2007 — Don’t tell Lisa Boll that trains are only for running around Christmas trees. For the past 14 years, the York Township resident has been designing and building train displays and landscaping for gardens and outdoor spaces.

September 17th, 2007

Christmas trees not available in forest (The Union Democrat)

Christmas trees won’t be cut this year on the Stanislaus National Forest, after all.

September 17th, 2007

New way to catalog seasonal changes (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Like an omen, a harbinger, or possibly just a gentle reminder, my first Christmas catalog arrived in the mail Wednesday, harkening and heralding the true arrival of fall.

September 17th, 2007

Yazbeck and O’Bryan Will “Love a Piano” in Toronto White Christmas (Playbill)

Tony Yazbeck, New York City Center’s recent Tulsa in Gypsy , is expected to sing and dance opposite Shannon O’Bryan — in roles respectively created by Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen — in the new Toronto production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Playbill.com has learned.

September 17th, 2007

Barry Manilow Greatest Songs of the Seventies (ABC 7 Chicago)

Barry Manilow’s latest album, The Greatest Songs of The Seventies, will arrive in stores on September 18th, 2007.

September 17th, 2007

Country icon to drop his first Christmas album in over 18 years. (IGN Music)

September 14, 2007 – Country legend Randy Travis will get a jump on the holidays when he releases Songs of the Season , his first Christmas album in over 18 years, on September 25th, 2007, via Word Records.

September 17th, 2007

PITCHING A HARLEM HOLIDAY (New York Post)

Coming this winter: It’s Christmastime at the Apollo. Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater has its sights set on gobbling up some of the lucrative holiday business dominated by Radio City Music Hall’s annual Christmas Spectacular with a family-friendly…

September 17th, 2007

KIMBERLY LOCKE SPEAKS VIA HER BLOG: Singer Clarifies Reunion Comments. (Eurweb)

I just wanted to clarify that recently during an interview regarding my “Christmas” album with Billboard, I was asked about any fellow Idols that I may speak with.

September 17th, 2007

Why are people already putting up halloween decorations … – Chicago Sun-Times

Why are people already putting up halloween decorations …Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 16 hours agoThese are the same people who start decorating their house for Christmas in mid-November! What is the rush? Slow down people. I mean, is life that bad that …