EVENTS
Candlelight tours, dinosaurs, veterans, and more
Candlelight Tours
Seasonal candlelight tours transport you to an elegant past in Bardstown where My Old Kentucky Home is decorated for Christmas in antebellum style. Amid elaborate period holiday costumes, music, and traditional refreshments, the mansion is decked out in splendid 1800s fashion, beautifully accented by the glow of candles everywhere. Guests enjoy a guided tour with refreshments afterward each Friday and Saturday, November 23-December 8, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost is adults $7, seniors $5, children ages 6-12 $3.50, under age 6 free. For more info, go online to www.parks.ky.gov and click “Recreation Parks,” or call (502) 348-3502 or (800) 323-7803.
Cars of Country Music Stars
The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green welcomes a “Country Music Stars and Cars” display November 3 through January 18, 2013, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. See 14 Chevrolet vehicles owned by country music celebrities, including George Strait, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Marty Robbins, Brad Paisley, and more—and memorabilia too. Exhibit included in admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 ages 6-16, under age 6 free; family (same household) $25, active military free. For more info, go online to www.corvettemuseum.org, click on Information/Upcoming Exhibits, or call (270) 781-7973.
76th Annual Christmas Parade
The largest Christmas parade in Kentucky and the tri-state area will march down Second Street in downtown Owensboro on November 17 at 4:30 p.m. The parade’s 76th year features bands, lighted floats, a historic calliope, Miss Kentucky, a police motorcycle drill team, and St. Nick himself. Owensboro basketball star and 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship Gold Medalist Rebecca Greenwell will be Honorary Grand Marshall. In celebration of being located on the mighty Ohio River, the renovation of Smother’s Park, the Mitch McConnell Plaza, the new river wall, and the new hotel and convention center being built along the river, this year’s theme is “River Front Christmas.” For more info, go online to www.christmasparade.net or call (270) 313-1566.
Dinosaurs Love Veterans
Dinos are in a dither at Dinosaur World in Cave City, where all veterans are admitted free on Veterans Day, November 11, with our deep thanks for all our veterans have done. (Active military admitted free every day, and $1 off admission for military dependents. ID required.) Regular admission for nonmilitary visitors $12.75 adults, and $9.75 children ages 3-12. Pets come free. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more info, go online to www.dinosaurworld.com or call (270) 773-4345.
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