Bunny-Palooza Hops onto the Scene at Miami Seaquarium: Celebrity Grand Marshal For Easter Parade, Continuous Egg Hunts, More!

Salty the Sea Lion

Easter Weekend in Miami gets underway with Bunny-Palooza 2012 at Miami Seaquarium, which hops onto the Easter scene from Friday, April 6th to Easter Sunday, Sunday, April 8th, with the largest parade in the event’s more than 10 year history. 

Ariana Grande of hit TV Show Victorious,
to serve as Grand Marshal of Easter Parade
during all three days of Easter weekend

The Easter Parade will feature Ariana Grande, who plays Cat Valentine, on the hit TV show Victorious.


In addition, guests will enjoy continuous Easter Egg Hunts throughout the day, candy galore and five acres of adrenaline pumping fun with bounce houses, ‘Giant Fun Slide,’ Rock Climbing Wall and many prizes and surprises.  


A discount offering of $8 off admission to Bunny-Palooza is available with a receipt or coupon from Publix Supermarkets.  Each day 10 lucky fans will have the opportunity to Meet and Greet with Parade Grand Marshal Ariana Grande. For more information on Bunny-Palooza and how to enter to win a Meet and Greet with Ariana Grande visit www.miamiseaquarium.com.




“Easter is a big deal at Miami Seaquarium,” said Andrew Hertz, General Manager at Miami Seaquarium. “This year, by bringing in a celebrity Grand Marshal we are building on the tradition that we have created over the course of more than 10 years. The 2012 Bunny-Palooza will be bigger and better than ever before. We are happy to welcome Ariana Grande to our parade and invite all her fans to come out to see her.”


The Easter Parade will start at 12:30pm on each day, complete with marching bands, strolling performers, costumed characters and of course the Easter Bunny. In addition, during the festivities, bunny hoppers should be on the lookout for a Golden Egg, which will be hidden in one goodie bag that will be given out during Bunny-Palooza. The Golden Egg will give one lucky child and up to three other family members or friends, admission to Miami Seaquarium for their entire lifetime. 


For more information please call 305-361-5705, Ext. 225.  Miami Seaquarium is located at 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami.


Miami Seaquarium, South Florida's most popular tourist attraction, is a family-oriented marine-life park open to the public 365 days a year. The park provides visitors with a greater understanding and appreciation for marine life through shows, presentations and marine-life exhibits.


General admission to Miami Seaquarium is $39.95 and $29.95 for children (ages 3-9). More information on Miami Seaquarium is available at www.miamiseaquarium.com.  Like Miami Seaquarium on Facebook.

New Thanksgiving Black Friday Hours at all South Florida Macy's & 25% Off Savings Pass (Good Nov. 30-Dec. 5)

New this year! All Macy’s stores will be open at midnight for Black Friday shoppers!

Print this coupon out to shop Macy's Friends & Family on Nov. 30-Dec. 5 for 25% off on almost everything in the store! This includes Polo, Lacoste, Coach and many of our designer brands that are usually excluded!

Here is A Preview of Macy's Black Friday Specials:

• 50% Off Sharper Image iPhone/iPod Docking Stations
• $19.99 Rampage Boots
• $99.99 Kenneth Cole NY & Nautica Overcoats
• With Any $65 Fragrance Purchase, Receive A Digital Video Camera Free (One Per Customer, While Supplies Last)
• Buy One American Rag Sweater ($34-$49), Get One American Rag Pair Of Jeans Free
• Extra 20% Off Dresses
• $199 ½ Ct Diamond Studs In 14K White Gold
• $79.99 Designer Down Coats From DNKY, Laundry, Calvin Klein and More
• $99.99 Young Contemporary Wool Coat From Esprit, Steve Madden and More
• $16.99 Puffer Jacket (Boys 2-20, Girls 2-16, Infants)
• 40% Off Select Regular Price Coffee Makers, Tea Kettles And Espresso Makers
• $68.99 Cuisinart 7-Cup Food Processor
• $179.99 Kitchenaid Classic Stand Mixer (After $20 Mail-In-Rebate)
• $49.99 Tag Fairfield 5-Piece Luggage Set
• $65 Justin Bieber Limited-Edition Holiday Fragrance Gift Set (Includes 3.4 oz. Eau De Parfum spray and Justin Bieber’s new holiday CD with an exclusive downloadable bonus track. Also, receive a free scented poster, while supplies last.)

Macy’s will donate $2 from every purchase to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $100,000!


Black Friday deals available at all South Florida Macy's stores. Don’t miss the opportunity to shop early for the holidays at your favorite Macy’s locations:

• Macy’s Dadeland Mall
• Macy’s Aventura Mall
• Macy’s Downtown Miami
• Macy’s South Beach
• Macy’s The Falls
• Macy’s International Mall
• Macy’s Galleria (Fort Lauderdale)
• Macy’s Boca Raton
• Macy’s The Gardens (Palm Beach)
• Macy’s City Place West Palm Beach
• Macy’s Broward Mall
• Visit the Macy's website for a complete list of locations

...And Don't Forget:

To shop Friends & Family November 30-December 5 for 25% off on almost everything in the store! This includes Polo, Lacoste, Coach and many of our designer brands that are usually excluded! (Please print out the above coupon).


To watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 24 LIVE on NBC from New York City in Herald Square. Celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade continues to be the official kick-off of the holiday season.


For more information visit macys.com.


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The 15th Annual “Miracle On 136th Street” Holiday Parade at The Falls

The Falls 15th annual Miracle on 136th Street Holiday Parade will soon be marching its way into South Florida to kick off the most wonderful time of the year with a special guest starring as Grand Marshal.

Miracle on 136th Street takes place Saturday, Nov. 19 at 4pm at The Falls (Center Court), 8888 SW 136 St., Miami. More info at 305-255-4571, www.simon.com or on Facebook. The event is free and open to the public.

The celebration will include Santa’s first appearance of the season, along with internationally recognized costume characters, marching bands, motorcycles, clowns, vintage cars and local celebrities.

Parade starts at the east end of The Falls in front of Bloomingdale’s and will travel the entire length to the center, west to Macy’s.

Following the parade, The Falls officially kicks off the holiday season with the lighting of their more than one million white lights in the gardens that line the shopping area. The holiday lights will be on display through Jan. 6, 2012.

This year, the parade will benefit the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education, an innovative learning, teaching and training initiative dedicated to elevating the quality of early care and education in Miami-Dade County and beyond.

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The 29th King Mango Strut Dec. 26, 2pm in Coconut Grove

WARNING: THIS PARADE CONTAINS NUTS!
Join King Mango and his merry band of MangoHeads at the ultimate Tea party rally on Sunday, December 26th. Our theme this year is Restoring Humor.

At 2 pm, be there to witness the ceremonial banana dropping and the official start of the satirical parade to disperse gallons of oily jokes, slick skits and plumes of environmentally-challenged laughter into the pristine streets of downtown Coconut Grove. There's no containment dome, top hat, or blow-out preventers for this all-day gusher of GLEE that is guaranteed to last a long, long time. For this year's Grand Marshal nothing but A Pair of Nuts would do to restore humor. The Nuts are the comedy sketch duo, Yamil Piedra and Johnny Trabanco. Their position on powder wigs and their wacky You-Tube videos wowed the selection committee with their commitment to "Put the NUT back in CocoNUT Grove."

So bring your lawn chair and get ready to laugh because as creative as we are, we can't possibly make this stuff up. Ripped from the headlines:

• Get a pardon by Charlie Crist!
• Look out for Wikileaks!
• Glee club yourself with the Vuvuzelas Marching Band!
• Ask for today's special at the BP Café: Blackened Everything & Tuna Tar Tarred!
• Fly with Christine O'Donnell on her I'm-not-a-Witch Tour!
• Get that loving feeling from a TSA agent!
• Receive a blessed condom from the Pope!
• Become a member of Rick Scott's cabinet!
• Get bitten by bed bugs!
• Touch this junk and not get arrested!
• See what else the Chilean miners can crawl out of!

And if that wasn't enough to want to grab a beer and bolt out an airplane's emergency slide, watch out for Snooki, Lindsey Lohan, Brett Farve, Home Foreclosures, Illegal Aliens, and Lady Gaga. All this and Shakespeare ala Mango Strut performed by New Theatre!

Expect to see the usual Strut suspects: The Hare Krishnas, the Marching Freds, Running of the Bull Sh*tters, Coconut Grove Juggling Exchange, Progressive Marching Funeral Band, Little Mr. & Miss Mangoes, former Miss Mangoes and dethroned Miss Mangoes. King Mango Music Massacre will included bands: Iko-Iko, Tall Boys Soul Band and the Robby Hunter Band.

The Pre-Parade activities begin at 1:30 pm at the corner of Commodore Plaza and Main Highway with Grand Master C, Buzz Fleischman, from WLRN's 'South Florida Arts Beat' Radio Buzz hosting the Little Mr. & Miss. Mango Pageant (for kids 4-10). This highly competitive pageant will surely make the new weeper of the House of Representative, Rep. John Boehner, cry. Early polling shows everyone is expected to win. The winners will ride the first float of the Strut.

All parade-goers should arrive early this year to go through TSA checkpoints. Avoid pink thongs, gerbils and stocking stuffers to avoid delay and if asked, don't tell. Grope discounts are available.

Parade begins at 2 pm at the corner of Commodore Plaza and Main Highway. The parade turns left onto Main Highway, turns left onto Grand Avenue at CocoWalk and back to Commodore Plaza. If we are having too much fun, we will go around again until we all fall down. After the Parade, the Commodore Plaza and Fuller Street will remain closed and the King Mango Music Massacre begins. All the bands in the parade will continue playing until the festivities end at 6pm.

All this entertainment is free (cheaper than a therapist) and open to the public. There is plenty of parking along or near the parade route at Mayfair, CocoWalk, Coconut Grove Playhouse parking lot on Main Highway and Charles Avenue, St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove Elementary School, City garage at Oak Avenue and Mary Street, and the City garage next to the Sonesta Hotel. Click here for map for parking.

If you don't want to drive (who can blame you?) take the Metrorail to the Coconut Grove Station. There will be shuttle buses (the Coconut Grove Circulator) picking up eager parade-goers every 15 minutes at the station and dropping off 1 block from the parade route.

For more information, check our website www.kingmangostrut.org or call the Mango Hotline at 305-401-1171.

Putting the NUT in CocoNUT Grove since 1982!

Editor's Note: We don't normally run press releases unedited but this was too funny to touch!