Costumed characters make appearance at Downtown Coffee Break
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It’s Halloween in Rome and the Downtown Development Authority really got into the spirit Friday during its monthly Coffee Break.
More than half of those in the dining room at Opi’s Buck & Duke Country Saloon donned costumes, and since much of the discussion centered on the slate of holiday activities coming up in downtown Rome — including today’s Downtown Trick or Treat — the fun-filled celebration fit the bill.
Among the most notable costumed were the staff of Seven Hills Salon who came as characters from the “The Wizard of Oz” with Cindy Carnes’ portrayal of the Wicked Witch and Brandi Camp’s Lollipop Kid winning prizes for “Scariest” and “Funniest,” respectively. The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority staffers garnered the “Most Original” as “party people” while the “Sexiest” prizewinner was Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Gail Johnson portraying a feather boa-and-boot-clad gal in search of Girls Gone Wild.
“Best Costume” honors were awarded to Jeanne Cahill as Olive Oyl — complete with packaged spinach — who was in search of her sailor. “I’m still trying to get Popeye off the Girls Gone Wild bus,” she said to hearty laughs from the group.
The meeting was spent going over the wide array of events to come over the next month.
Today downtown businesses will welcome youngsters costumed as everything from ghouls and goblins to princesses and pirates for trick or treating from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. while the Seven Hills Tellers will regale listeners with scary stories tonight at the Hallowed Hauntings of Chieftains starting at 8 p.m.
Other downtown events of note include the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo that kicks off with the Business After Hours event for members Friday followed by the main Expo for the public scheduled 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7.
That same day, downtown merchants will play host to the Downtown Sidewalk Sale that will allow you to shop along Broad Street while you enjoy music and the works of local artists.
Then on Nov. 13-14, they’ll welcome locals and visitors for the Downtown Christmas Open House.
Paula Blevins, of C&S Trophies and the DDA Coffee Break emcee, said, “The open house is the best time to invite people to come downtown to shop” and get the Christmas spirit going. She said the open house would feature horse and carriage rides, kiddie train rides and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Another holiday event to mark on calendars is the Downtown Rome Christmas Parade scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1.
Upcoming events
OCTOBER 2009
31st Downtown Trick or Treat
Participating businesses downtown - 11am – 2pm
31st Shorter College Home Game
1:30 Barron Stadium. College football at its finest, right here in Rome! General Admission - $10, Students - $5. For tickets, please call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
31st Hallowed Hauntings at Chieftains
Seven Hills Tellers meet for the 13th year of scary stories! Storytellers will weave frightening stories on Halloween night, Oct.31. Fun begins at 8 pm with stories for all ages, then at 9 pm, enter at your own risk! Not advised for small children. Adults $5, Senior Citizens $3, Students, $2. $1 off per ticket for Chieftains Museum members. 706-291-9494.
NOVEMBER 2009
6th Expo Business After Hours
5:30pm-7:30pm – Come preview the Business Expo at this member’s only Business After Hours event at the Forum. Admission is $5.
7th Business EXPO
Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 10am-4:00pm at the Forum
7th Downtown Sidewalk Sale
Bargains will be bountiful at the downtown sidewalk sale on November 7th! Enjoy music for local artists throughout downtown while you shop.
8th Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation
“Let’s Go to the Movies” will be the theme of the Three Rivers Singes concert at the Historic DeSoto Theatre on Sunday, November 8th at 3pm featuring Greg Price, emcee; Lisa Smith, guest soloist; Kay Ann Wetherington, dancer. Concert is free but donations will be split between the Three Rivers Singers and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation Restoration Fund.
10th Innovation Conference 9:00am – 11:30am.
This conference sponsored by Chamber of Commerce conference will feature the topics of Alternative Energy and Angel Investing. Jill Stuckey, Director of Alternative Fuels, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority will give the keynote address. Other speakers include Terri Denison, Georgia District Director for the Small Business Administration; Florian Stamm, associate in the Corporate, Internation an Sustainability practices of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; Stephen Barry, Vice President of Operations for MiaSole (a manufacturer on solar photovoltaic modules) and many more.
12th The Empty Bowls Project 5:30pm-7:30pm.
The Empty Bowls Project Dinner at the Rome Civic Center. This is a soup, salad and dessert meal and a pottery bowl that is based on a lottery system. We have had 300 bowls made and would love to sale out! All the food is donated from downtown restaurants. River City Ramblers provide music for the event. Tickets are now available for $20 at Earthwork Pottery, Harvest Moon, RACA and Rome Visitors Center. Proceeds in 2009 will benefit the Hospitality House.
13 – 14th Downtown Christmas Open House
Horse and carriage rides, kiddie train rides, Santa and Mrs. Claus!
14th Shorter Hawks vs. Bethel Wildcats 7pm.
Hall of Fame Weekend and Senior Night. General Admission - $10, Students - $5. For tickets, please call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
16 – Dec 6th AIDS Resource Council (ARC)
The ARC will sponsor a display of AIDS Memorial Quilts at the Rome/Floyd County Library from November 16th – December 6th. The quilts, representing 90 individuals who have died of AIDS, are poignant, artistic representations of lives ended much too soon. Collections jars will be placed in area businesses on December 1st to offset the cost of bringing quilts to Rome and continued work of ARC.
DECEMBER 2009
1st Downtown Rome Christmas Parade
“An Anniversary Christmas” is the theme of this year’s Christmas Parade taking place at 6:30pm.
18th NAIA “FAN”atic Friday
FANatic Friday entertainment by the Georgia Blues Brothers. Details are unfolding so stay tuned!! This event is not just for our visitors, we want the citizens of Rome & Floyd County to come out and show their support for the teams. We would also like to encourage the downtown merchants to consider staying open for this evening for “extra shopping time!”
More than half of those in the dining room at Opi’s Buck & Duke Country Saloon donned costumes, and since much of the discussion centered on the slate of holiday activities coming up in downtown Rome — including today’s Downtown Trick or Treat — the fun-filled celebration fit the bill.
Among the most notable costumed were the staff of Seven Hills Salon who came as characters from the “The Wizard of Oz” with Cindy Carnes’ portrayal of the Wicked Witch and Brandi Camp’s Lollipop Kid winning prizes for “Scariest” and “Funniest,” respectively. The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority staffers garnered the “Most Original” as “party people” while the “Sexiest” prizewinner was Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Gail Johnson portraying a feather boa-and-boot-clad gal in search of Girls Gone Wild.
“Best Costume” honors were awarded to Jeanne Cahill as Olive Oyl — complete with packaged spinach — who was in search of her sailor. “I’m still trying to get Popeye off the Girls Gone Wild bus,” she said to hearty laughs from the group.
The meeting was spent going over the wide array of events to come over the next month.
Today downtown businesses will welcome youngsters costumed as everything from ghouls and goblins to princesses and pirates for trick or treating from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. while the Seven Hills Tellers will regale listeners with scary stories tonight at the Hallowed Hauntings of Chieftains starting at 8 p.m.
Other downtown events of note include the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo that kicks off with the Business After Hours event for members Friday followed by the main Expo for the public scheduled 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7.
That same day, downtown merchants will play host to the Downtown Sidewalk Sale that will allow you to shop along Broad Street while you enjoy music and the works of local artists.
Then on Nov. 13-14, they’ll welcome locals and visitors for the Downtown Christmas Open House.
Paula Blevins, of C&S Trophies and the DDA Coffee Break emcee, said, “The open house is the best time to invite people to come downtown to shop” and get the Christmas spirit going. She said the open house would feature horse and carriage rides, kiddie train rides and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Another holiday event to mark on calendars is the Downtown Rome Christmas Parade scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1.
Upcoming events
OCTOBER 2009
31st Downtown Trick or Treat
Participating businesses downtown - 11am – 2pm
31st Shorter College Home Game
1:30 Barron Stadium. College football at its finest, right here in Rome! General Admission - $10, Students - $5. For tickets, please call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
31st Hallowed Hauntings at Chieftains
Seven Hills Tellers meet for the 13th year of scary stories! Storytellers will weave frightening stories on Halloween night, Oct.31. Fun begins at 8 pm with stories for all ages, then at 9 pm, enter at your own risk! Not advised for small children. Adults $5, Senior Citizens $3, Students, $2. $1 off per ticket for Chieftains Museum members. 706-291-9494.
NOVEMBER 2009
6th Expo Business After Hours
5:30pm-7:30pm – Come preview the Business Expo at this member’s only Business After Hours event at the Forum. Admission is $5.
7th Business EXPO
Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 10am-4:00pm at the Forum
7th Downtown Sidewalk Sale
Bargains will be bountiful at the downtown sidewalk sale on November 7th! Enjoy music for local artists throughout downtown while you shop.
8th Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation
“Let’s Go to the Movies” will be the theme of the Three Rivers Singes concert at the Historic DeSoto Theatre on Sunday, November 8th at 3pm featuring Greg Price, emcee; Lisa Smith, guest soloist; Kay Ann Wetherington, dancer. Concert is free but donations will be split between the Three Rivers Singers and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation Restoration Fund.
10th Innovation Conference 9:00am – 11:30am.
This conference sponsored by Chamber of Commerce conference will feature the topics of Alternative Energy and Angel Investing. Jill Stuckey, Director of Alternative Fuels, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority will give the keynote address. Other speakers include Terri Denison, Georgia District Director for the Small Business Administration; Florian Stamm, associate in the Corporate, Internation an Sustainability practices of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; Stephen Barry, Vice President of Operations for MiaSole (a manufacturer on solar photovoltaic modules) and many more.
12th The Empty Bowls Project 5:30pm-7:30pm.
The Empty Bowls Project Dinner at the Rome Civic Center. This is a soup, salad and dessert meal and a pottery bowl that is based on a lottery system. We have had 300 bowls made and would love to sale out! All the food is donated from downtown restaurants. River City Ramblers provide music for the event. Tickets are now available for $20 at Earthwork Pottery, Harvest Moon, RACA and Rome Visitors Center. Proceeds in 2009 will benefit the Hospitality House.
13 – 14th Downtown Christmas Open House
Horse and carriage rides, kiddie train rides, Santa and Mrs. Claus!
14th Shorter Hawks vs. Bethel Wildcats 7pm.
Hall of Fame Weekend and Senior Night. General Admission - $10, Students - $5. For tickets, please call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
16 – Dec 6th AIDS Resource Council (ARC)
The ARC will sponsor a display of AIDS Memorial Quilts at the Rome/Floyd County Library from November 16th – December 6th. The quilts, representing 90 individuals who have died of AIDS, are poignant, artistic representations of lives ended much too soon. Collections jars will be placed in area businesses on December 1st to offset the cost of bringing quilts to Rome and continued work of ARC.
DECEMBER 2009
1st Downtown Rome Christmas Parade
“An Anniversary Christmas” is the theme of this year’s Christmas Parade taking place at 6:30pm.
18th NAIA “FAN”atic Friday
FANatic Friday entertainment by the Georgia Blues Brothers. Details are unfolding so stay tuned!! This event is not just for our visitors, we want the citizens of Rome & Floyd County to come out and show their support for the teams. We would also like to encourage the downtown merchants to consider staying open for this evening for “extra shopping time!”
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