VALENTINE PAWS ON PARADE & BLOCK PARTY

IT’S PUPPY LOVE AGAIN.. The 2nd Annual ‘VALENTINE PAWS ON PARADE & BLOCK PARTY’...with canine costume contests, dog parade, live music, and much more!

Canine Casanovas and Doggie Divas will parade down Mainstreet at Midtown as it presents the ever-romantic, fun-filled Second Annual Valentine Paws On Parade & Block Party on Saturday, February 9, 2013 from noon until 4:00 PM.

Proceeds will benefit Big Dog Ranch Rescue (www.bdrr.org), which provides shelter, care, and affection to homeless and unwanted… Show more dogs.

Our emcee will be Jesse Furman of The Jove Comedy Experience, so count on it being rather lively and entertaining.

Judging this year’s canine costume contests are local TV news celebs from all three network stations: Juan Carlos Fanjul from WPEC/Channel 12, Kait Parker from WPTV/Channel 5, and Shelli Lockhart from WPBF/Channel 25.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
•Best Valentines Costume
•Best Non-Theme Costume
•Best Dog & Owner Look-A-Like
• and the Grand Prizes of 2013 CUPID and VENUS

In addition to the canine costume contest and Paws on Parade, there will be two stages featuring ongoing live music, plenty of local purveyors of things canine and not, children’s activities, training demonstrations, and more. Guests can have lunch at one of Midtown’s hip, exciting, eclectic restaurants or vendors. Even if attendees don’t plan to enter their pooch in the costume contest, they are welcome to register and walk in the Paws on Parade down Main Street.

THE SCHEDULE:
NOON: Registration
1:00 PM: PAWS ON PARADE starts
1:30 PM: Best Valentines Costume
1:50 PM: Best Non-Theme Costume
2:10 PM: Best Dog & Owner Look-A-Like Costume
2:30 PM: The Crowning of CUPID and VENUS

+ LIVE MUSIC ALL AFTERNOON with The Rowdy Roosters (Dixieland), Jason Cardinal’s One-Man Band, and Thunder Grass (Bluegrass) – and more to be announced!

Advance registration/donations end at 9:00 PM on Thursday, February 7, 2013. After that, Paws on Parade and costume contest entrants must register on-site at Midtown the day of the event. All registration donations will go to Big Dog Ranch Rescue. Parade entries are $5; costume contest entries are $10.

Register online at www.midtownPGA.com/events/upcoming-events/valentine-paws-on-parade-2013.

For more information about registration, sponsorships, entertainment, vendors, or media, contact Belle Forino, Marketing Coordinator for Midtown at 561.282.4623 or email bforino@ramrealestate.com

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