Giant MoonPie Dropping to the Sounds of the Village People on New Year''s Eve in Mobile, Alabama
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(firmenpresse) - MOBILE, AL -- (Marketwired) -- 12/18/14 -- If you think it is fun to stay at the YMCA, wait until you experience the four-diamond Renaissance hotels adjacent to this year''s celebration. This year marks the seventh MoonPie over Mobile New Year''s Eve celebration and will feature the Village People and Evelyn "Champagne" King. The two acts will perform in downtown Mobile on the edge of Bienville Square, an easy walk from the and .
Chattanooga Bakery, where the MoonPie was invented, will also be baking the world''s largest edible MoonPie, and the evening''s activities will officially kickoff with the ceremonial cutting of the MoonPie. To welcome in the year 2015, and the beginning of Mardi Gras season, a 12-foot-tall MoonPie will descend from the 34-story RSA Trustmark Building.
Mobile is the home of America''s first Mardi Gras celebration, even before New Orleans joined in on the fun. MoonPies have been a popular item to throw into the crowd during Mardi Gras parades since 1952 and Mobile consumes more than four million MoonPies annually.
The MoonPie Over Mobile event has been featured in Garden and Gun Magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine. Both publications and other national media have named MoonPie Over Mobile one of the "must do" New Year''s Eve events in the country.
"Mobile''s New Year''s Eve Celebration featuring the MoonPie Over Mobile has become a cultural phenomenon across the country," said Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson, who is credited for creating the MoonPie Over Mobile concept. "Every year, more and more people are getting involved, and thousands more revelers come out to enjoy the festivities. I look forward to this New Year''s Eve being the best that has ever been in our city."
start at $179 for New Year''s Eve. For those wanted to stay in a historic property, start at $219 and are across the street from the giant MoonPie. For more information on the New Year''s Eve event, visit .
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Datum: 18.12.2014 - 13:09 Uhr
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