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 Yuma
is enjoying cool evenings and fresh mornings in the nation’s sunniest
city. Several Yuma, Arizona web sources provide updated Yuma
events, entertainment, community activities, music and other happenings around Yuma County. Some events are sponsored by Yuma Visitors Bureau, plus favorites from other partners
The Yuma Visitors Bureau markets the Yuma,
Arizona area within the travel and tourism industry and to the general
public. The nonprofit is funded in part by City of Yuma
hospitality tax revenues. Direct travel spending in Yuma County totaled
more than $577 million in 2009 and supported nearly 6,000 jobs. Travel
spending in the Yuma county also generated more than $36 million in
state and local taxes, according to visityuma.com.
This coming year, more than 16 festivals and events, along with a new
agritourism program to showcase its multi-billion-dollar farming
industry will be featured by the Yuma Visitors Bureau in 2011.
YVB is also partnering with YCNHA to market
the Yuma Territorial Prison and the Yuma Quartermaster Depot.
YCNHA, a federally designated heritage area, took over operation of the
two state parks after they were threatened with closure by Arizona’s
ongoing budget crunch. To provide the daily presence to operate
the park, YVB relocated its Visitor Information Center to the
Quartermaster Depot last November – a move that doubled VIC walk-ins and
tripled park visitation.
This year, an even more ambitious YVB
projects are on the drawing board for the Quartermaster Depot: the
creation of a Christmas Village with life-sized playhouses, thousands of
lights – and an ice-skating rink. The holiday fantasyland will
debut December 3 and remain open through December 23 with daily
entertainment and family activities. YVB plans to market the
Christmas Village to families across Arizona and the border region.
Construction of the Christmas Village
playhouses began in July, when temperatures in Yuma were well above the
century mark. Yuma also hosted film crews from the Weather Channel
and Food Network Canada over the summer months, part of an aggressive
media relations effort to put Yuma back on the map across the country.
Submit Yuma events for consideration to be posted.
Yuma's Christmas Village debuts its holiday fantasyland
Skating rink open through Dec. 30 for affordable family fun at historic park
After months of planning and
construction, a magical Christmas Village taking shape at the Yuma
Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park will open its doors to the
public at 6 p.m. Friday (Dec. 10) and remain open daily through December
30, 2010, except December 24 & 25. Open until 10 p.m. on its
debut night, Village hours are from noon to 8 p.m. all other days.
Offering daily entertainment and family activities, the
holiday attraction features a town square of fanciful walk-in-sized
playhouses surrounding an ice-skating rink, surrounded by thousands of
sparkling lights adorning the trees and buildings of the 10-acre
historic site.
A "Polar Pass" for Christmas Village admission costs $5 and
is good for unlimited return visits for $1 each. Kids age two and
under are admitted free. Skating is $5 for ? hour and includes
skate rentals for all ages and sizes.
The Christmas Village is a joint production of the Yuma
Visitors Bureau and the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area; the City
of Yuma is sponsoring the ice-skating rink, which features a high-tech
synthetic surface for skating fun under Yuma's sunny skies and mild,
star-lit nights.
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Each of the Christmas Village
playhouses offers free interactive activities for kids, from dressing
for career success in the Arizona Western College schoolhouse, to
animal-themed games and pet gifts for sale at the Humane Society of
Yuma's gingerbread house with its "Santa's Dog House."
Kids also will be able to buy "gold" coins from the
Foothills Bank vault they can use to shop for brothers, sisters, moms,
dads and others at Santa's Workshop, where all the gifts cost just $1
and volunteers will help kids wrap their packages "all by themselves."
Mr. Claus himself will be on hand opening night, then 4
p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (December 11-12); 4 to 7 p.m. next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 17-19); and 4-7 p.m. Dec. 23.
There's no charge to visit with Santa and professional photos of your
kids with the jolly old elf are available for $10 each. During
days and hours that Santa is not on hand, kids can "register" their wish
lists at the inn sponsored by the Hilton Garden Inn.
Free daily entertainment will be offered, with
performances ranging from ballet to cloggers and from mariachi music to
carols and show tunes. The Yuma County Library District will offer
a free story time daily (except opening night and Dec. 11).
A variety of adult and kids' classes are also being
offered on site, from Christmas makeovers to holiday crafts to cookie
decorating and gingerbread house construction. Some are free, cost
for others depend on the supplies involved, from $5 to $20.
Free spots for a special "photo opportunity" have been set
up around the Quartermaster Depot, and visitors to the Christmas
Village are encouraged to tour all the regular park sights. In
addition, food vendors will be on hand, along with face-painters and
giant inflatable slide or jumpers (extra charge).
The Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park is
located at 201 N. Fourth Avenue. However, because parking is
limited at the front entrance to the park, Christmas Village visitors
are encouraged to park around old City Hall (180 W. First Street), and
follow Second Avenue down the hill (north) and across the bridge to the
park's rear entrance.
Yuma Visitors Bureau markets the Yuma area within the
travel and tourism industry and to the general public. The
nonprofit is funded in part by City of Yuma hospitality tax
revenues. Direct travel spending in Yuma County totaled more than
$577 million in 2009 and supported nearly 6,000 jobs. Travel spending in
the county also generated more than $36 million in state and local
taxes.
Christmas Village FAQs are attached. Class and
performance schedules are available at www.visityuma.com (click on
Events & Festivals), along with a parking map.
December 2010 events in Yuma
December 9, 2010: Riders in the Sky – Christmas the Cowboy Way at the Historic Yuma Theatre (254 S. Main St., Yuma). Bring
in the holidays with this joyous bunch of cowpokes at a special holiday
concert. First in a series of six concerts thru March 2011, series
tickets $109, single performance $21. More info, www.yumashowtickets.com, 928-373-5202.
December 10, 2010: Dorothy Young Memorial Electric Light Parade
held at the Historic North End, Yuma, AZ. Free admission, lighted
floats, bands, equestrian units, more. This year’s parade theme is
“Storybook Express.” Parade ends with Santa welcoming visitors to
opening of magical “Christmas Village.” More info, visityuma.com, 1-800-293-0071, 928-783-0071.
December 10-30, 2010: (closed Dec. 24 & 25) / Christmas Village
held at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park. A magical
Christmas Village will arise on the grounds of the Yuma Quartermaster
Depot during December – complete with an ice-skating rink in the middle
of the desert! Come and marvel at thousands of lights decorating
the park and its trees, along with walk-in-sized playhouses depicting
stores, a church, a gingerbread cottage, Santa’s Workshop and historic
Yuma attractions. Entertainment, pageants, concerts, classes and
more. More info, visityuma.com, 1-800-293-0071, 928-783-0071.
December 10-30 (closed Dec. 24 & 25): Christmas Village at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot (201 N. 4th Ave., Yuma) A
magical Christmas Village arises on the grounds of the Yuma
Quartermaster Depot park in Yuma for the entire month of December –
complete with an ice-skating rink in the middle of the desert!
Come and marvel at thousands of lights decorating the park and its
trees, along with walk-in-sized playhouses including stores, a church, a
gingerbread cottage, Santa’s Workshop and historic Yuma
attractions. Entertainment, pageants, concerts, classes and more.
More info, www.visityuma.com, 1-800-293-0071, 928-783-0071.
January 2011 in Yuma
“Spirit of Yuma” festival celebrates military; Stephen Cochran to headline inaugural event January 21-23, 2011
The Yuma Visitor’s Bureau is proud to
announce an inaugural event called “The Spirit of Yuma Military
Festival” for 2011. This weekend-long event celebrating local
service members and veterans, the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground and
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma is scheduled for January 21-23, 2011.
To be held at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic
Park, itself an historic military installation, the three-day event will
honor Yuma’s active-duty Marines and soldiers, retired veterans from
all services and their families. The festival will include
interactive educational sessions, static displays, and a concert
featuring Stephen Cochran, a chart-topping country music singer who is a
former Marine. Continue reading about the 2010 Spirit of Yuma.
Yuma Crossing Hertitage Area events
The Yuma Crossing Heritage Area brings projects and programs to life for the Yuma community. Check the daily upcoming events Yuma Crossing Heritage calendar for January 2011.
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