Choreographed By Fred Astaire Dance Studio And Featuring Community Dance Leaders, Debut Of The Downtown Boca Bop Kicks Off
The Inaugural “Meet Me On The Promenade: Downtown Boca”,
A Two-Night, One-Day Fest To Showcase Downtown Boca’s Best
Downtown Boca invites the South Florida community to be part of the celebratory kick-off for the inaugural Meet Me On The Promenade: Downtown Boca -- a two-night, one-day fest to explore Downtown Boca’s best -- by participating in the debut of the “Official” Downtown Boca Bop Community Line Dance that has been choreographed by Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Boca Raton to “I Like It” by Enrique Iglesias to promote the new generation Downtown Boca on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 6 p.m.
All area residents, businesses (large and small) and their employees, business associations, nonprofit memberships, schools and university student bodies, sports teams and cheerleaders are encouraged to don their organizations’ branded t-shirts and come out and show their spirit and support of Downtown Boca by participating in the Official Downtown Boca Bop community line dance. Hundreds are expected to join in the fun and be part of this family-friendly, all-inclusive community opening ceremony in and about Sanborn Square — at the heart of the Pedestrian Promenade — as together they will dance through the Promenade led by the Fred Astaire Dance Studio instructors and community dance leaders. A $500 prize will be given to the school with the most participation; must have at least 25 students, parents, teachers and supporters wearing their school shirts to be eligible. To register groups, businesses and organizations in advance for premium positions, visit www.downtownboca.org and click on the Promenade icon link.
To learn and practice at home, work or school, Downtown Boca Boppers can take video lessons posted at downtownboca.org, DowntownBoca Facebook, YouTube and www.bocadance.com with some public practice sessions to be held at various hot spots throughout Downtown Boca. Live entertainment and interactive family activities will follow in Sanborn Square. Downtown Boca Bop Line Up and Dress Rehearsal begins at 5:00 p.m. with line up beginning at 5:30 p.m. and festivities and dance to start promptly at 6 p.m. Click here to register groups, businesses, schools, and organizations in advance for premium positions.
An open-to-the-public dress rehearsal for anyone who wants to participate in the Downtown Boca Bop begins at 5:00 p.m. with line-up beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dance to commence at 6 p.m. immediately following ribbon-cutting festivities for the new Pedestrian Promenade.
ABOUT “MEET ME ON THE PROMENADE: DOWNTOWN BOCA”
Downtown Boca puts out the celebratory welcome mat and invites residents and visitors to “come early, stay late…where something for everyone awaits” on Friday night and all day and night on Saturday October 21-22, 2011 when the destination debuts its inaugural Meet Me On The Promenade: Downtown Boca, a free and open-to-the-public two night-one day fest featuring the Downtown destination’s best. The event will open with an official ribbon-cutting of the new Downtown Pedestrian Promenade immediately followed by the debut of the street-filling “Official” Downtown Boca Bop community line dance, family friendly activities and live entertainment at Sanborn Square on Friday, October 21st. On Saturday, October 22nd the event kicks-off with the American Cancer Society’s 10th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk that is routed to take the more than 6,000 participants throughout Downtown Boca followed by a day and night filled with exciting programming and arts showcases, attractions, family and pet friendly activities, live entertainment, and a Promenade “Dancin’ In The Streets” party.
Meet Me On The Promenade: Downtown Boca celebrates the recent completion the City of Boca Raton and CRA’s $5 million enhancement program and new Downtown Boca Pedestrian Promenade that has created a new destination hub at its centrally located Sanborn Square Park. The new reconstructed paved streets and widened sidewalks strengthen the physical and experiential connection and enhance and promote walkability between south and north ends of Downtown Boca. With the strategic installation of new pop-up bollards that can easily be raised to close off the streets around Sanborn Square, the new hub provides yet another great outdoor event locale within Downtown Boca for both private and commercial rentals and community activities.
To share the new “sense of ‘walkable’ space and place” and showcase the eclectic live-work-play-stay features of Boca's new generation Downtown for all generations, Meet Me On The Promenade event programming is designed for discovering all there is to see and do along the newly paved Downtown Boca Pedestrian Promenade and the areas and businesses that it connects on East Palmetto Park Road, N.E. Second Street, N.E. First Avenue, Boca Raton Road, from Mizner Park to Royal Palm Place.
Friday night festivities hosted by the Boca Raton Resort & Club will open at 6 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony launched by the debut of the Official Downtown Boca Bop a community line dance: that is being choreographed, produced and led by the award-winning Fred Astaire Dance Studio based in Downtown Boca and feature celebrity dance leaders. Dress rehearsal begins at 5 p.m. with the It will be followed by live entertainment and family activities in and around Sanborn.
Meet Me On The Promenade Saturday morning kicks off with the American Cancer Society’s 10th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk that begins at the Mizner Park Amphitheater and takes walkers through the new Downtown Boca Promenade and the north and south ends of the Downtown destination. Following the walk, attendees should head to one of three Downtown Boca Information Centers where they can register to participate in the event’s “Sip & Stroll Around Downtown Boca” self-guided discovery tour program will guides attendees through Downtown Boca's community’s assets: dining, shopping, fashion, culture, family fun, living, and nightlife and all the Meet Me On The Promenade scheduled activities and programming, entertainment, retail and dining discounts, and giveaway offerings.
The “walk-friendly” event schedule features plenty of live entertainment; family-friendly activities; sports programming; a classic and exotic car show with display of cars to be auctioned at the 2012 the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, including 50th Anniversary Shelby Cobras (a 289 and a 427); nonprofit and cultural showcases; a Health-Full Community Pavilion; an Art Attack Artists & Crafters Village Art Expo; Boca Raton GreenMarket; food tastings, demos andspecial Promenade weekend menus; trunk shows; the first annual "Picture Downtown Boca" open photography competition exhibition presented by South Florida Sunrise in association with the Boca Raton Museum of Art and Multi Image Group; art gallery shows and auction; guided and self-walking tours of Historic Downtown Boca hosted by the Boca Raton Historical Society; Celebrate Art! free afternoon at The Boca Raton Museum of Art; ArtScape featuring interactive arts programming and entertainment at Mizner Park; Segway tours; the popular Gourmet Truck Expo; “chances to win” and two nighttime “Dancin’ In The Streets” parties are just a few of the offerings. There will be Segway tours throughout the Downtown Boca community on Saturday. Participating retailers and restaurants will be extending evening hours. Plenty of free parking and complimentary trolley transportation provided during event hours.
Programming partners to date include: Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Boca Raton, Cruz-N-America, Gourmet Truck Expo, Art Attack, Boca Raton Children’s Museum, Boca Raton Historical Society, Boca Raton Museum of Art, South Florida Sunrise, Multi-Image Group, Allianz Championship, Junior League of Boca Raton, Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, South Florida Parenting, Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance/Boys & Girls Club of Broward County, bocaparent.com, Habitat For Humanity, Beehive Fitness, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Travel & Cruises, Rotary Club of Boca Raton "Future Stars", and Segway Tours of Delray Beach.
Founding sponsors of Meet Me On The Promenade include Premier sponsors: Boca Raton Resort & Club (Friday Night Host), Verizon Wireless Cellular Sales South Florida (Downtown Boca Segway Tours Sponsor), and Office Depot (Small Business Partner); Gold sponsors: Office Depot Foundation (Family Zone Host), Boca Raton Regional Hospital (Welcome Bag Sponsor), HSBC Bank, Ram Realty Services (Art Attack Artists & Crafters Village Art Expo Sponsor), Investments Limited/Royal Palm Place (Trolley Sponsor), GGP/Mizner Park (Trolley Sponsor), Penn Florida Companies (Welcome Center Host), Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Boca Raton (Official Downtown Boca Dance Studio and Presenter of the Official Downtown Boca Bop Line Dance), Kaye Communications, Inc. (Programming Development Partner, A Sip & Stroll Presenting Sponsor), Multi-Image Group (Official AV Sponsor) Boca Raton Museum of Art and South Florida Sunrise (Presenter of "Picture Downtown Boca" Photography Competition); Silver sponsors: Coldwell Banker Residential (A Sip & Stroll Presenting Sponsor), Comerica Bank (A Presenting Sponsor of Cruz-N-Downtown Boca), HubGARAGE.com (A Presenting Sponsor of Cruz-N-Downtown Boca), Allianz Championship (Sports Zone Sponsor), Dr. Peter S. Wohlgemuth, D.M.D., P.A. (Health-Full Community Pavilion), Sheehan Autoplex, American Fine Wine Competition, Palm Beach Outdoor Cinema Events (Programming Sponsor), Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza (VIP Tent), LivingFLA.com, and Bocaraton.com; “Friends of Downtown Boca” sponsors: Habitat For Humanity (Programming Sponsor), Kimley-Horn & Associates, and Boca Raton Travel & Cruises.
Community Partners to date include: Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and American Cancer Society-South Palm Beach Unit. Media sponsors includes but is not limited to Forum Publications and its City Link, South Florida Parenting and Boca Piquant publications; WRMF Radio; Boca Raton Tribune, bocaparent.com, South Florida Sunrise, Coastal Star, and Boca Observer.
For more about all there is to see and do at Meet Me On The Promenade: Downtown Boca, visit www.downtownboca.org.
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