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January 14, 2005
WINE AND DINE YOUR FUNNY VALENTINE
2005 Series of "Fun Weekends, The Westchester Way" Kicks Off in February
For Immediate Release
Contact: Traci Suppa
914-995-8500 / tls1@westchestergov.com
WINE AND DINE YOUR FUNNY VALENTINE
2005 Series of "Fun Weekends, The Westchester Way" Kicks Off in February
White Plains, NY - This year, treat your valentine to a special weekend or event! Take a trip to Westchester County, gateway to the Hudson River Valley, just minutes north of New York City. "Wine and Dine Your Funny Valentine" weekends, sponsored by the Westchester County Office of Tourism, offer great accommodations (available February 11-13, 2005) at attractive prices, in addition to an impressive choice of cultural evenings.
Book a cozy hotel room, and from there, add in some fun! Based on your interests and budget, it's easy to create your own Valentine weekend getaway with a few simple steps:
1) Reserve a hotel package. Special Valentine's Weekend packages have been created at six Westchester County hotels, and may include amenities such as champagne and chocolates, dinner for two, breakfast delivered in-room, spa services, valet parking, late check-out and more. Participating hotels include:
Dolce Tarrytown House, Tarrytown, 800-553-8118. http://tarrytownhouse.dolce.com
Doral Arrowwood Resort, Rye Brook, 800-223-6725. www.doralarrowwood.com
Holiday Inn, Mount Kisco, 888-452-5771. www.newyorkholidayinn.com
Radisson Hotel, New Rochelle, 914-576-3700. www.radisson.com/newrochelleny
Renaissance Westchester Hotel, White Plains, 914-694-5400. www.renaissancehotels.com/hpnsh
SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Tarrytown, 914-366-4600. www.tarrytownspringhill.com
2) Purchase tickets for an evening performance. Take in one of the following featured events:
The Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, now celebrating its 75th Anniversary, presents "Silent Surrealism" with The Hot Club of San Francisco on Saturday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. This event brings live musical accompaniment reminiscent of 1930's Parisian jazz clubs to four silent films, including "The Fall of the House of Usher". For more information: 877-639-3728, 914-739-2333 or www.paramountcenter.org
At the new White Plains Performing Arts Center at City Center in downtown White Plains, the Our Lady of Sorrows Men's Club will present "Late Nite Catechism II," a comedy, on Sunday, February 13 at 4:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, call 914-288-9016.
The Performing Arts Center in Purchase presents Les Ballets De Monte-Carlo on Saturday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. See Cinderella like you've never seen her, with brilliant contemporary choreography, fantastical images and haunting music. For more information: 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org
3) Round out your weekend with another special event or activity. Choose from a wide range of activities, including:
What better place than the Carriage House at Lyndhurst, the National Trust Gothic Revival mansion on the Hudson River in Tarrytown, to celebrate a romantic day of love with your sweet heart? Experience the first annual Sweethearts Dinner on Saturday, February 12, presented by Fabulous Foods. For more information on this pre fixe, four-course dinner, call 914-524-7900. www.lyndhurst.org
Valentine's weekend is the opening for "Bye Bye Birdie" at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, which runs February 10-April 23. A three-course dinner is served, followed by the captivating musical comedy of stage and screen. Conrad Birdie is the central character of a story about a rock-and-roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. 914-592-2222. www.broadwaytheatre.com
Enjoy a brisk "Valentine's Bird Walk" with an expert guide on Saturday, February 12, departing at 10:00 a.m. from the Croton Nature Center at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. Search for a pair of long-eared owls. Refreshments will be served. 914-862-5297. www.westchestergov.com/parks
Also on Saturday, February 12, the Westchester Chamber Orchestra performs Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, narrated by noted radio and television announcer Martin Bookspan, at Iona College's Joyce Auditorium in New Rochelle at 8:00 p.m. For more information, call 914-654-4WCO. www.westchesterchamberorchestra.org
Finally, bring your someone special to the Andrus Planetarium at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers for St. Valentine's Day Under the Stars, Sunday, February 13, 5:30-7:00 p.m. This will be an evening of live music under the stars, tales of love and devotion, snakes and a keepsake! 914-963-4550. www.hrm.org
The Westchester County Office of Tourism has introduced the Valentine Weekend promotion as its first in the 2005 series of "Fun Weekends, the Westchester Way," which will continue through October.
Details on this promotion (including all hotel phone numbers), can be found at www.westchestertourism.com.
Information on traveling to Westchester, including a free travel guide, tourism map, or special interest brochures, is available by contacting the Westchester County Office of Tourism at (800) 833-9282, or www.westchestertourism.com
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Traci L. Suppa, Marketing Director
Westchester County Office of Tourism
222 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 100
White Plains, NY 10605
tls1@westchestergov.com
(914) 995-8503
(914) 995-8505 (fax)
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