Events such as these bring visitors to Canton for more than just the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshr

The second week-end park plaza hotel winter park in November kicks off the holiday season in Canton, Ohio with two much-anticipated seasonal park plaza hotel winter park events. Celebrating its 40 th year, the Christkindl Markt, sponsored by Canton Museum of Art affiliate group the Canton Fine Arts Associates, features art and fine craft vendors from both the northeast Ohio region and out of state. The holiday extravaganza 'Old Fashion Canton Christmas, it its fourth year, brings the variety show back to the Canton Palace Theatre stage.
Events such as these bring visitors to Canton for more than just the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival in the summer months. This year, the motor coach group tourism industry has discovered what downtown Canton has to offer for holiday tours. The organizers of 'Old Fashioned park plaza hotel winter park Canton Christmas had a vision to make the event a destination for the holiday park plaza hotel winter park season. Many passionate persons shared resources and contacts, plus spent time and energy making this happen in 2011, stated Laurie Fife Harbert, OFCC public relations consultant. We are excited that the motor coach companies were as happy to hear about the event as we were to present it to them.
Country Coach Adventures and Ohio Travel Treasures have scheduled nearly 20 buses to participate in events on November 12 in downtown Canton. Now that the Carousel Dinner Theatre has closed, we are thrilled park plaza hotel winter park to have 'Old Fashioned Canton Christmas to promote to our customers. This is a new and exciting park plaza hotel winter park theater event to draw groups to Ohio, stated Carol Glessner of Country Coach Adventures. We also love the fact that the proceeds from the show go to a good cause, Glessner said, referring to the percentage of ticket sales benefiting local Stark County non-profits Hammer Nails Inc., Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Stark County park plaza hotel winter park and MajesticVoice. Tickets are $20 if purchased prior to October 28, after which they will be $25. Tickets are available park plaza hotel winter park through the non-profit organizations or at www.cantonchristmas.com park plaza hotel winter park .
Tour busses will bring visitors from throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina to Canton. In addition to the holiday events, tourism dollars will be spread throughout the restaurant and hospitality business in the area. Fife Harbert and Glessner both hope to see more Canton area attractions become involved. This is a great start to a lot of future tour groups coming to Canton, Glessner stated.
Festive and colorful, the Christkindl Market spans November 11-13. Area residents have long known this event to be THE place to do one s holiday gift shopping. Customers from a bit farther away this year will have the opportunity to partake in Canton park plaza hotel winter park s long-standing holiday gift-buying park plaza hotel winter park tradition, as 10 tour buses will be arriving at the Christkindl Markt on November 12. Held in the Cultural Center for the Arts, this important Canton Museum of Art fundraiser park plaza hotel winter park features glassware, jewelry, park plaza hotel winter park pottery, paintings, metal sculpture, photography, floral arrangements and holiday items, park plaza hotel winter park stated CMA Marketing and Development Manager Mary Byrne. Tickets are $6 in advance or $7 at the door and may be purchased by calling 330-453-7666.
To further encourage Canton as a holiday destination, park plaza hotel winter park a by invitation only 'meet and greet will be held between the matinee and evening shows of 'Old Fashion Canton Christmas. Sponsored by ArtsinStark and the Stark County Convention and Visitors park plaza hotel winter park Bureau, this gathering will bring together Canton s movers and shakers involved in promoting the city and executives from the motor coach companies. Networking and idea sharing will take place to promote Canton for the holidays and for future tour group events.
'Old Fashioned Canton Christmas organizers hope to get more local organizations and attractions involved in future years. Canton area establishments holding holiday events in 2012 and beyond may contact them through the website at www.cantonchristmas.com . Plans are also in the works by OFCC organizers for a USO-themed show in Canton in July.
Kathy Gray is the Web Content Manager for the Canton/Stark park plaza hotel winter park County park plaza hotel winter park Convention Visitors' Bureau (CVB). Originally from the rural flat lands of Northwest Ohio, she enjoys park plaza hotel winter park exploring the rolling hills of Stark County park plaza hotel winter park with her husband Aaron and two kids, Andy and Marybeth. They're park plaza hotel winter park always on the lookout for their next big Stark County adventure! You can find Kathy online as the voice of the CVB's Facebook and Twitter pages at Facebook.com/CantonOhio and @CantonStarkCVB .