BECAUSE the cheerleaders had no "usual" patriotic parade celebrations scheduled in 2012 that posed the question IF TV will not be having them anymore in 2012. Hell the world is gonna end with the Mayan calendar. Just when we are becoming FROGS....... NO 4th of July??? HOW RUDE!!!!!!! No Memorial Day to thank our troops? THAT is just WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why would al quada target me, an old useless geezer? Afraid of my gas? (merit to that fear) Afraid I might curse them? Beat 'em with a 9 iron? What makes TV a target? I say NUTS let's do our own thing!!!!!!

GOD Bless America

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I sent an email to Janet Tutt, VCDD District Manager asking if she could shed some light on the rumor.
She responded (within 2 hours) by attaching two emails she felt would clarify what transpired.
I have removed any email addresses from the two emails.
It is unfortunate that some of the posters on this thread advanced and added to the rumor and that over 1000 people viewed the rumor. They in turn probably told another thousand people and so it goes.


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Patriotic performances in The Villages
Hello Friends,

Below is a message which I sent and which I have since learned was incorrect and contained incomplete information.

I apologize for sending on wrong information and not checking elsewhere for the right information.

The Villages does over and above what it can to meet the needs and wants of the residents, including honoring our military.

It is not necessary to contact the Entertainment Dept. nor the Recreation Dept. other than to thank them for jobs well done.

If you sent this message to someone else, please let them know that the information is wrong.

I am sorry for the mis-information sent by me.

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Subject: The Villages did it!!!!!

The Villages did it--removed all of the Patriotic events for next year!

Memorial Day, 4th of July, 9/11,Veterans' Day.

What’s that all about?

I hope the veterans make a BIG STINK!

We need GOD AND COUNTRY more than ever!

I am upset. Other people are upset.

Let everyone know.

Contact the Entertainment and Recreation Departments.

Make your voice heard.

We are Americans and we want to celebrate our Patriotic holidays!

God bless America, The Villages & You and Me!!!!!

Do it now – pick up your phone or stop by to express your feelings on this decision.

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Parades
 

The other change that's coming is that for celebrations like St. Patrick's Day, Columbus (Italian Fest.) Day, October Fest., etc., The Villages will no longer have two simultaneous parades (one at each square). Instead they plan on having one huge parade at alternating locations, first LSL, then the next holiday at SpSp. Whereas now residents arrive about 2:45 for the 4:45 parade, they will start getting to the squares about 12:45 because the staging area will be much larger than before and the parking and seating will be at a minimum. Plus there's likely to be more vendors crammed into one square too.


Sounds like a good idea, right?

Skip

Is this a opinion, a rumor, or a fact?

Parades
 

Of course it's a fact. I don't spread rumors.

For Italian Fest., on Friday, 10/7/11, the parade will only be at Lake Sumter Landing.
For October Fest., on Thursday, 10/27/11, the parade will only be at Spanish Springs.
No parade for Veteran's Day on Friday, 11/11/11.

Skip

:blahblahblah: WHY NOT??? In a place with Sooo many Veterans don't we think they deserve it, one Hellava Parade,:boom::BigApplause::BigApplause: If we keep giving in to terror, we lose a piece at a time, till we have nothing! God Bless the USA.