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Unique Holiday Themed Adventures and Destinations

December 6, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 2 Comments

Unique Holiday Themed Adventures and Destinations

I invited travelers to share some of their favorite unique holiday-themed adventures and destinations. Their recommendations will definitely inspire you to add a lot of these holiday destinations to your list.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, Holiday Travel, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bardstown, Christmas, Grapevine texas, Hardy's Reindeer Ranch, holiday, holiday lights, Holiday Trail of Lights, holidays, Jordan, kentucky, lights, Louisville, Mega Cavern, reindeer, Shaker Village, travel, UK

Unique Holiday Experiences in Kentucky

November 26, 2019 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

Unique Holiday Experiences in Kentucky

Looking for a unique experience around the holidays?

Kentucky has several holiday adventures throughout the state that are perfect for making memories with friends and family.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, Featured, Holiday Travel, On A Date Adventures, Travel Tagged With: Bardstown, holiday, kentucky, Newport Aquarium, Scuba Santa, Shaker Village

What to Look Forward to at Winterfest This Year

November 26, 2019 By Nedra McDaniel 3 Comments

As someone who grew up in the Cincinnati Metro area, Winterfest at Kings Island was a holiday event that I looked forward to every year.

A few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised that it exceeded my expectations with its return after a long hiatus.

This year you will discover that Winterfest is continuing to expand offering more entertainment and adventure options for the whole family.

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Filed Under: Amusement/ Theme Parks, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, Holiday Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, Cincinnati, holiday, Kings Island, Kings Island Amusement Park, Winterfest

10+ Cincinnati Holiday Events That You Don’t Want to Miss!

November 17, 2019 By Nedra McDaniel 2 Comments

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There are so many great holiday events around Cincinnati that I look forward to each year.

As your calendar fills up, you will want to make sure that you save these dates so that you don’t miss out!…

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, Holiday Travel, Travel Tagged With: Christmas, Cincinnati, holiday, Holiday Events

A Christmas Story House & Museum in Cleveland

December 5, 2017 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

 

One of the places that I was SO EXCITED about visiting during my media trip with Positively Cleveland was the house from the movie “A Christmas Story.” It was actually even on my adventure list.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, Featured, Holiday Travel, Museums, Solo Adventures, Travel Tagged With: 30 something therapy, a christmas story, A Christmas Story house and Museum, breakfast with nick, Christmas tradition, Cleveland, cleveland ohio, food hussy, holiday, Holiday tradition, leg lamp, the steel trap, tradition, travel

Things to Do at Christmas at The Galt House Hotel

December 11, 2015 By Nedra McDaniel 5 Comments

Things to Do at Christmas at the Galt House Hotel

The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky offers a lot for families to do around the holidays.

Each year, Christmas at the Galt continues to grow with additional activities offered for families.

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Filed Under: Family Adventures, Holiday Travel, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: 4th Street, Christmas, Christmas at the Galt, Christmas at the Galt House, holiday, kentucky, Louisville

Antique Christmas at the Taft Museum of Art

December 6, 2014 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

Antique Christmas at the Taft Museum of Art

The Taft Museum of Art is one of Cincinnati’s hidden gems. During the holiday season you can see an amazing collection of Christmas decorations that date all the way back to the late 1800’s in their “Antique Christmas” exhibit.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Art, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Holiday Travel, Museums Tagged With: Antique Christmas, art, Christmas, Christmas decorations, holiday, Taft museum of art, vintage

LEGO Fun at BRICKmas at Newport on the Levee

November 30, 2014 By Nedra McDaniel 2 Comments

BRICKmas at Newport on the Levee

BRICKmas is an exhibit for anyone who enjoys creativity and fun. The OKILUG (Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Lego User’s Group) have put together another incredible display that will amaze audiences young and old.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Art, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Special Event/ Exhibits Tagged With: BRICKmas, Christmas, holiday, LEGO, Newport on the Levee, OKILUG, train display

Christmas Saengerfest December 6 & 7 in Cincinnati ~ Giveaway

November 29, 2013 By Nedra McDaniel 9 Comments

Last year was the revival of a Cincinnati tradition that began in 1849. My interest in the Saengerfest Choir festival first began after taking the Spirit of Christmas Tour that highlighted beautiful historic churches in Over The Rhine.

Christmas Saengerfest Choir Festival Over the Rhine Cincinnati Ohio

Christmas Saengerfest Choir Festival Over the Rhine Cincinnati Ohio

 

 

The tour shares stories about how each of the churches were central to community. The tour also lets you hear from various ministers and priests and parishioners who are still dedicated to serving the community. (you can read more about it here)

 

Christmas Saengerfest Choir Festival Over the Rhine Cincinnati Ohio

 

 

I LOVED the Spirit of Christmas Tour and my husband and I LOVED Saengerfest last year!!!! The experience was absolutely beautiful in every way. The choirs, music, venues and atmosphere create an incredible memory to share with loved ones.

 

Christmas Saengerfest Choir Festival Over the Rhine Cincinnati Ohio

 

 

Here is a little more about how Saengerfest started.  As someone who grew up in the Cincinnati area, I had no idea that our city had such an incredible tradition for so many years.

 

Cincinnati is known as the birthplace of Saengerfest, a German tradition that celebrated choir singing groups, or “Saengerbunds.” The North American Saengerbund was developed by German immigrants, and originally only consisted of choirs from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Indiana. The newly formed Saengerbund decided to carry on the German tradition of Saengerfests in the United States, and held the first-ever Saengerfest in Cincinnati in 1849.Saengerfest grew quickly, and in merely three years the size of the group more than doubled. By 1870, Saengerfest consisted of almost two thousand singers and over 60 choirs. Cincinnati was bringing thousands of people into the area to witness these celebrations and even attracting national attention.

A 1879 article in the New York Times detailed the event in Over-the-Rhine and described it as “worthy of comparison with the Mardisgras of  Southern cities.”Saengerfest not only involved the German immigrants and constituents of the area, but it attracted thousands of people from across the U.S. The event continued to grow and return to Cincinnati regularly, eventually becoming a huge tradition of the area. However, this began to change with the introduction of the May Festival in 1873. A lot of people dismissed the festival and were resistant to embracing it for fear of taking attention away from Saengerfest. Eventually, the May Festival gained a great amount of attention and detracted support from Saengerfest. Despite the resistance efforts, many talented singers and supporters broke away from Saengerfest to perform in the May Festival. The popularity of the May Festival continued to grow, and the attention surrounding the traditional Saengerfests slowly died down. Though Saengerfests are still a part of the North American Sangerbund tradition, Cincinnati has not hosted Saengerfest since 1952 and the support has greatly dwindled.  It is time to bring this Festival Back. 

 

I love the heart behind the organizers of Saengerfest.

Two years ago, during the Spirit of Christmas Tour American Legacy Tours came across two revelations. First, that people love the churches and sacred spaces of Over-The-Rhine. Second, that these places need exposure. With the current renaissance in the community everyone from business owners, community non-profits, and developers have received assistance. The religious community has not, and we wanted to help generate exposure for the work these groups do. In some cases churches have membership of just 20 people, but serve the needs of over 300 people from GED training to soup kitchens.

 

During Saengerfest there are multiple choirs performing at multiple churches each hour. This gives attendees the option to chose their own adventure and experience the diverse beauty and talent offered. There are 9 choirs and 5 venues that will host the event.

 

Christmas Saengerfest is December 6th and 7th
Friday December, 6th 6-10pm
Saturday 7th 5-10pm
Christmas Saengerfest Choir Festival Over the Rhine Cincinnati Ohio
You can purchase tickets online and at the door the day of the event at Memorial Hall.
Tickets are $35 for a 2 day ticket
$20 General Admission
Kids 12 and under are FREE!
 
See award winning choirs from the World Choir Games and visit five great venues in Over-The-Rhine.  Enjoy great Beer from Christian Moerlein and food from Taste of Belgium,Servatii’s and more.  Shop at the Holiday market.Tour the Churches, Hall, and Brewery and help support numerous organizations with one ticket.  Shuttle buses will be available to move patrons from venue to venue.
 

*Washington Park has a parking garage that is central to all of the churches.

I’ve been given tickets (6) pairs to giveaway to Saengerfest for Friday or Saturday night!!

 

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Disclosure: I was given tickets for giveaway and review purposes. All opinions are my own. 

Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Giveaways, On A Date Adventures Tagged With: choir concert, Christmas, Christmas Saengerfest, Cincinnati, holiday, Ohio, Saengerfest, Saengerfest giveaway, ticket giveaway, tradition, travel

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