Registration is open NOW for the Penguin Winter Carnival - either online via www.active.com or by mail!
You can get to either option from our main Registration Page at https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/registration.htm
Mail-in registration must be sent no later than Tuesday, January 18, 2005 (1 week from TOMORROW!) in order to arrive on time.
Registration online absolutely CLOSES on Friday, January 28, 2005 (2 weeks from Friday!).
There will be absolutely NO on-site registration after online registration closes - so be sure to get those registrations in NOW! :)
We currently have *23* people registered for all the FUN at the Penguin Winter Carnival and GALA BANQUET, and it would be even more fun if YOU were there too!
There's still time!!! PLANE FARES ARE LOW!!!!!
See our full schedule of activities at https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/schedule.htm and sign up today!
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Reason #7 to come to Penguin Winter Carnival:
Fascinating Tampa!
Tampa, meaning *sticks of fire,* is the third largest city in Florida, and the eleventh largest port in the nation. Each year Tampa enjoys the bright and colorful tradition of the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion, when a fully rigged pirate ship sails into the bay and *captures* the city.
Tampa was home to the world's first scheduled commercial airline service.
Some famous Tampa residents:
Babe Didrickson Zaharias, world-famous multi-sport Olympic athlete, lived there as adult until she died in 1956.
Julian Cannonball Adderley, jazz saxophonist, Tampa resident.
Dwight Gooden, baseball pitcher, born in Tampa.
Butterfly McQueen, actress (Prissy in Gone With The Wind), Tampa resident.
Jennifer Capriati, tennis player, from Wesley Chapel (Tampa Area).
Paul Wight, "The Big Show" Pro Wrestler, from Odessa (Tampa Area).
Wade Boggs, baseball player, http://www.floridagolfing.com/fgm/9803/boggs.htm
Nearby Tarpon Springs still maintains its reputation as the largest natural sponge market in the world with annual revenue in excess of $5,000,000. Commercial sponges come chiefly from the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Florida and the Mediterranean Sea. There are some 9,300 square miles of sponge yielding bottom in the Gulf of Mexico yielding four varieties of sponge.
Alligators grow throughout their lifetime, reaching up to 12 feet in length. Their jaws clamp shut with 3000 pounds of force. They kill their victims by carrying them underwater until they drown. Once endangered, Florida now has millions of alligators, enough that the fall hunting season was recently expanded. During their mating season (late March through early June), the males wander from their watery habitat in search of mates, and can turn up anywhere.
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This is one of a series of newsletters about the PENGUIN WINTER CARNIVAL, FEBRUARY 4-6, 2005 in Tampa, Florida.
Penguin Winter Carnival is a fun social meeting of runners, walkers, friends, and family attending the Run Tampa 2005 events, and will include special Friday morning workshops and get-togethers throughout the weekend. We welcome participants of all speeds!
For complete details and periodic updates, bookmark these websites:
Penguin Winter Carnival website:
https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/
Penguin Winter Carnival news:
https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/blog/
Join the Penguin Winter Carnival email discussion group:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/PenguinWinterCarnival/?yguid=103428986
Online registration for the Penguin Winter Carnival is at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1163969
Calling all snowbirds! Fly south in 2005 to join the flock for fun, friends, and frolic! All are welcome!
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