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    Cleveland Metroparks "Summer Beach Party" Presents A Classic Movie on the Beach!

    News & Press | July 2010

    Cleveland Metroparks "Summer Beach Party" Presents A Classic Movie on the Beach!

    Posted: July 21, 2010
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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

    JULY 20, 2010       

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

    BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 - or -  

    DAN CRANDALL - 216-635-3274

     

    "E.T. phone home" - a classic line, from a classic
    movie.  Come enjoy the 1982 classic movie "E.T." on
    the beach at Cleveland Metroparks free "Summer Beach
    Party" event on Saturday, August 7 from 5 to 11 p.m. at
    Huntington Beach in Huntington Reservation in Bay Village.

     

    Visitors can enjoy activities from 5 to 8 p.m., including: a sand
    castle building area, a fishing demonstration area with Cleveland
    Metroparks staff, kayak demonstration area with 41� North Coastal
    Kayak Adventures, live animals from Lake Erie Nature & Science
    Center, a dive team exhibit with Cleveland Metroparks Rangers,
    Island Jeff's Steel Drum Show, and more!  

     

    Kids can enjoy participating in beach games from 5 to 8 p.m.,
    including:



    *UFO Sighting Scavenger Hunt - Participants will be given a list
    of items to find along the beach.



    *Reese's Pieces Relay Race - Relay teams have to complete in a
    few activities, to win the Reese's Pieces.

    *Hula Hoop Contest - Who has the endurance to keep hula hooping
    into first place?

    *Shake-N-Bake Contest - Contestants get wet in the water and then
    cover themselves in the sand.

    *Limbo - How low can you go....while keeping your balance?

    Beach Blanket Bingo - A classic game of bingo featuring beach
    names.

    *"Ranger" Says - A good listening game; the person who
    listens to all the "Ranger's" commands will win.

    *Flying Saucer Water Balloon Toss - Last team to not break their
    balloon is the winner.

    *Cornhole - A Cleveland Area favorite!

    *Volleyball - Grab six friends and enter a team in the beach
    volleyball tournament.

     

    Day-of registration is required to participate in all games, and
    space is limited.  Prizes will be awarded. 

     

    The Lake Erie Monsters hockey team will offer face and hair
    painting, and plink-o and cornhole games, along with their mascot,
    Sully, hanging out, too.

     

    And, before the featured movie, warm up at the campfire and enjoy
    the sounds of Musical Mark at 8 p.m.

     

    Plus, witness nine-time World Champion Carl Jara as he 'plays in
    the sand' to design a special sand sculpture for this year's
    "Summer Beach Party."

     

    Carl Jara: a local prodigy who has been featured twice on The
    Travel Channel.  Jara has won nearly every honor there is to
    win as a master sand sculptor.  He is the only sculptor ever
    to have won more than one Sculptors Choice Award at the World
    Championships.  Jara has competed in eleven countries, more
    than two dozen states and continues to make a living "playing
    in the sand."  In addition to sand sculpting, Jara works
    for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as the Exhibits
    Artisan/Technician.

     

    Then, at 9 p.m., find a good spot on the beach to place the beach
    blankets and beach chairs for the 1982 classic movie
    "E.T."

     

    Huntington Beach is located off Lake Road in Huntington
    Reservation, between Crocker-Bassett and Columbia roads in Bay
    Village - north of the I-90/Columbia Road
    exit.          


     

    For more information, call 216-635-3200 or visit
    clevelandmetroparks.com.

     

    Experience the perfect location to view 'aliens' on the beach at
    "Summer Beach Party" of Cleveland Metroparks - part of
    your life, naturally.



     



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    EDITOR'S NOTE: To arrange an advance interview with Carl Jara,
    contact Bob Rotatori, Cleveland Metroparks manager of marketing
    & public relations (216-635-3263) or Dan Crandall, Cleveland
    Metroparks marketing specialist - events & promotions
    (216-635-3274).  Photographs and additional information are
    available, too.



     

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