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Portland Tribune
After more than a century of marching through downtown Portland on Southwest 10th Avenue, city officials have told the Rose Festival to move its parade route.
Rose Festival Foundation members begin looking for a new route. The festival was told by City Commissioner Steve Novick's office that it had to move the route to accommodate the Portland Streetcar, which travels on 10th and 11th avenues, or lose its parade permit in 2017.
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The Texas Birthday Bash is an event celebrating Texas Independence sponsored by the City of Navasota. Texas Birthday Bash is 2 days of country music & Texas themed family fun activities. Concerts, family activities and shuttles are completely FREE and held in historic downtown Navasota. For more information visit our website at www.texasbirthdaybash.com
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Ottawa Citizen
If you're coming to Ottawa for Canada Day this year, would you mind sending us your RSVP?
Despite the anticipation around the July 1, 2017, celebration of the country's 150th anniversary — and likely the biggest Canada Day bash the national capital has ever seen — no one involved in its preparations seems to know just how many people might actually show up to for the party.
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Pasadena Now
Tournament of Roses President Brad Ratliff announced famed Olympians Janet Evans, Allyson Felix and Greg Louganis as the 2017 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshals Thursday morning on the front lawn of the iconic Tournament House on South Orange Grove. The three Olympic legends and Southern California natives will ride in the 128th Rose Parade presented by Honda, themed "Echoes of Success" on Monday, January 2, 2017.
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CIM News Magazine
World Science Festival returns to Brisbane, Australia, in 2017 after inaugural success this year. Science Minister Leeanne Enoch has unveiled program highlights confirmed for the 2017 festival.
"The World Science Festival 2017 will build on the momentum of this year's incredible inaugural event that saw more than 120,000 people attend Festival activities and injected more than $5 million into the Queensland economy," she said.
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CBC News
Singers, acrobats and mimes flood the streets of B.C's capital every July for the Victoria International Buskers Festival.
But now the seven-year-old festival is juggling to stay afloat, after some of its former partner organizations withdrew financial support and launched a competing festival for the same month next year.
The new festival, called the Downtown Victoria Buskers Festival, was launched recently by the Downtown Victoria Business Association (DVBA).
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Orlando Sentinel
Just days after receiving permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones, Walt Disney World has announced what will be its first nighttime show using the unmanned aircraft.
A show using drones at Disney Springs will debut for the holidays. A brief clip Disney unveiled shows people using remote-controlled devices that create a Christmas tree of green lights in the sky.
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The Herald
Hermitage, Pennsylvania, city officials speak of the balancing act of providing for city services. There is only so much money to go around.
Is there a way to take some of the financial pressure off one of those city services? Officials are early in discussion about creating a foundation that would be devoted to the city's arts and parks activities.
WallacePancher Group, a Hermitage business that deals in environmental and engineering services, has tendered a proposal to help the city set up a foundation.
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Pasadena Now
The Pasadena Police Department wants the City Council to approve a new contract with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for support law enforcement services during New Year's Day activities, specifically the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl football game.
In keeping with a "Never on Sunday" tradition that has been in place since 1893, the 128th Rose Parade and the football game will be on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.
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The News Minute
After about three days of frenzied media reports and opposition attacks, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu spoke out on the "beach love festival" proposed to be held in Visakhapatnam.
The Times of India reported that Naidu felt the issue was being 'blown out of proportion' by the Opposition to "damage" the image of the state.
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Pollstar
Creek Fest, a country music festival near Cherokee, Iowa, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection after being sued by a firm that provided security for the event in late July.
The fest, which has no connection to the Cherokee Creek Music Festival in Texas, owes more than $1.5 million to creditors and has less than $50,000 in assets, according to court documents quoted by KCAU-TV.
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Associations Now
Don't settle for average. Let outside creativity bleed into your event.
The average conference with its average programming delivers average results. If average isn't good enough for your association, try a more creative approach to conference planning. Schedule it around a festival to provide an extraordinary experience your attendees will relish and remember.
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