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Word from the CVBs Frontier Forts Muster and Comanche Pow Wow
in Fort Worth The Texas Frontier Forts Muster returns to Fort Worth April 23-25, 2004in the Historic Stockyards. Few people realize that Fort Worth actually began as a frontier fort in 1849. After the War with Mexico, the U.S. government established a line of forts from North Texas to the Rio Grande River in order to protect settlers. Fort Worth began as the northern fort in this defense system. Although the fort only lasted a few years, it planted the seed for a new city to be born on the bluff where the Tarrant County Courthouse now stands. The Forts Muster will provide a broad range of interesting activities for school groups, families and serious students of Texas history. Historical forts from around the state will set up camps with soldiers in frontier period uniforms, tents, and weapons. A military parade will take place twice each day. The Southwest Regional Cavalry Games will take place, with troopers putting their horses through the military drills of the era. The Quanah Parker Comanche Pow Wow will also be held from Friday night to Saturday night. For more information, contact the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau at 817-336-8791 or visit the website at www.fortworth.com. FUN CENTRAL Arlington, TX With Six Flags Over Texas ready to welcome guests during its Spring Break, March 6-7 and again March 13-21, FUN CENTRAL Arlington, Texas is just getting warmed up for the big season ahead. Don't miss the return of Casa Magnetica, a family favorite designed to drive you mad with laughter at its optical illusions. So, before things really heat up, come and enjoy the biggest and best theme park in Texas - Six Flags Over Texas. For the less adventuresome, don't miss two of the regions largest, one-of-a-kind crafts shows, The Country Peddler Show at the Arlington Convention Center, March 5-7 and the Texas Indian Market and Southwest Showcase, March 19-21. Then, bring the kids to experience CATS, one of the region's most exciting children's theaters, presenting Little Women through March 7, Theatre Arlington's production of Charlotte's Web runs through March 14 and the Youth Art Encounters at the Arlington Museum of Art will be exhibited until March 31. For more information on Arlington, go to www.arlington.org. Fourth Friday/Gallery Night In Historic Downtown Grapevine Grapevine is creating an evening of art, wine, and food. Each Fourth Friday of the month–March 26th this time – the Downtown Grapevine Arts District hosts its monthly Gallery Night. The artistic emphasis began in February and will continue through November. Other things will be going on in December, so the Fourth Friday event won't happen that month. Fourth Friday Gallery Nights are a unique, free, cultural event that are becoming popular evening escapes. This arts community “Open House” brings together locals and visitors who can share their enthusiasm for the arts, fine wines, and food. Most establishments serve refreshments after 5 p.m. and stay open until 9 p.m. and feature guest artists. Start early in the day on your walking tour to explore all the diverse shopping places. Visit the “Arts District” and meet featured artists. Dine at a local restaurant and take in a show at the Palace Theatre, or stroll through Grapevine tasting wine at local wineries and enjoy the refreshments and entertainment offered by participating businesses. All galleries provide maps. Enjoy! Grand Prairie,
Right In The Middle of Dallas/Fort Worth March signals Spring Break (15-19), and that means kids, parents, grandparents looking for fun things to do. When you stay in Grand Prairie, it's easy to get around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and experience all the excitement without spending all your vacation driving long distances to your destination. Jennifer Lopez, the latest wax figure at The Palace of Wax, joins a cast of Hollywood stars from past and present, lawmen and outlaws from the Old West, and United States Presidents. The Life of Jesus Christ is detailed. History is recreated in the Road to Freedom, and the best and worst of men are contrasted in The Spirit of Man. Have you ever experienced a Texas tornado? Just walk through Ripley's Believe It or Not! and hold on to your hats. Traders Village is open every weekend for shopping. Sunday, March 14, a Lowrider Car Show is on tap and Sunday, March 21, is Family Fun Day.March is an exciting month at NextStage. Kelly Clarkson/Clay Aiken headline the entertainment during spring break. Call 972-854-5111 or visit www.nextstage.com for more information. Thoroughbred horses will begin training daily March 15 at 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. at Lone Star Park. Noted handicappers James Quinn and Norm Hitzges will host seminars on March 6 and 20 respectively. Breeder's Cup ticket applications are being accepted now through Friday, June 4, 2004. Log on to www.gptexas.com or call 1-800-288-8386 for more information. The General's Birthday Bash on the Brazos This year, General Granbury's birthday will be a real bash for the community of Granbury, situated on the Brazos River just 35 miles southwest of Fort Worth. . . And you're invited to the party! March 27 & 28 will offer the best in beans, ribs, garden tractor pulling, and country music. It's a weekend of fun for the entire family. The annual General Granbury's Birthday Celebration, sponsored by the Historic Granbury Merchants Association, will kickoff with a lawn-garden-tractor pull at 8 a.m., and at 9 a.m. Festivities around the Downtown Courthouse Square will include arts and crafts vendors, beans and ribs cook-offs, and children's activities. Admission is free to all of the birthday festivities, including free birthday cake for everyone at 10 a.m. Saturday on the Courthouse Square. There will be a nominal charge for sampling the beans and ribs contest entries. Also a parade celebrating the General's birthday is scheduled for noon Saturday. The Brazos River Music Festival will follow the parade. Celebrities Charlie Robison, Jack Ingram, Cooder Graw, Gary P. Nunn, Mike Graham, Trish Murphy, Tommy Alverson, and Rodney Hayden will perform in concert as a fund raiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Hood County. Tickets are $25 for adults, and $10 for children under 12. The arts and crafts vendors and children's activities will run through Sunday at 5 p.m. For additional information about General Granbury's Birthday, the Brazos River Music Festival, accommodations, or park-and-ride locations, contact the Granbury Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-950-2212 or www.granburytx.com. New Glen Rose Walking Tour Map Available Glen Rose is blessed with an historic downtown square where most of the original buildings are still intact. A walking tour map is now available to allow visitors to not only read the history of Glen Rose, but also see the individual buildings. A total of 62 buildings are profiled on the map, which includes a number of historic photos and brief history of the area. The area included in the map covers approximately a 10 block section of downtown and includes Heritage Park. Heritage Park is home to four historic buildings including the Farr House, Wheeler/Epps/McMahom cabin, telephone building and the Lanham Mill Schoolhouse. While Glen Rose had all of the usual businesses, such as hardware stores, restaurants and theaters, most people are not aware that Glen Rose was once home of the smallest Coca Cola bottling plant in the world. Built in 1932 the plant featured a foot-powered bottling machine and deliveries were made in Model T trucks. Glen Rose was also once home to a number of sanitariums, although health resorts would be a more fitting description today. Many of these buildings are still standing and serve as homes and businesses. Inn On The River was originally the George P. Snyder Sanitarium and was built in 1920-21. Snyder was a well known magnetic healer and character, who was also supposed to have psychic healing powers. The Milling Sanitarium was built in 1911 and additions made to it in the 1930s and 40s. Today the complex is a private residence and Barnard Street Cottage. To obtain a copy of the map, call 1-888-346-6282. Denton's Texas Storytelling Festival Come to Denton March 25th through the 28th, 2004 for our 19th annual Texas Storytelling Festival. Audiences will hear spine-tingling ghost tales, Texas legends, Spanish cuentos, Irish yarns, memorable war stories, toe-taping music and many other things. Liz Carpenter, the former White House Press Secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and a Texas legend herself, will tell some stories of her own along with P. J. Pierce who is writing Carpenters biography. Held in Civic Center Park just a few blocks away from Denton's historic Courthouse Square, the storytelling festival is a one-of-a-kind event, featuring great family entertainment that includes stories and music from a variety of traditions. Under large circus-style tents, audience members sit on folding chairs as they fall under the spell of traditional storytelling, laugh at shaggy dog stories and tall tales, and perhaps learn a new urban legend or two or just reminisce about times gone by. Visitors can shop in the festival's gift shop and easily have a great meal onsite or in one of the nearby restaurants. From annual favorites such as "Tiny Tales for Tiny Tots," and expertly told Ghost Tales to this year's unique feature "From Our Mother's Hands" focusing on quilts, quilting patterns, embroidery, and other hand work. And this is just a short list of things you will hear and see. For those who want to make this an overnight adventure, Denton offers quality hotels, over 100 dining options, specialty shops, history, museums, and year-round fun. For more information, call 940-382-7895 or visit us at www.discoverdenton.com or www.discoverdenton.com. Current
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