{"id":10395,"date":"2013-12-10T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T17:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=10395"},"modified":"2013-12-10T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T17:13:45","slug":"captiva-holiday-villages-decorated-golf-cart-parade-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2013\/12\/10\/captiva-holiday-villages-decorated-golf-cart-parade-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Captiva Holiday Village\u2019s Decorated Golf Cart Parade winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Mixed Nuts,” non-commerical winner<\/p>\n

CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla. (Dec. 10, 2013)\u2014Winners of the Fourth Annual Decorated Golf Cart Parade were announced and honored on Saturday, Dec. 7 as part of the 2013 Captiva Holiday Village<\/a> festivities.<\/p>\n

Sponsored for the third year in a row by Royal Shell Companies, this year\u2019s parade had 50 decorated carts traveling from Chadwick\u2019s Square at South Seas Island Resort to Andy Rosse Lane, looping around Chapin and Wiles Drive and back past the Green Flash restaurant before returning to South Seas.<\/p>\n

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“Snow Renourishment,” best in show winner<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners included American Realty of Captiva\u2019s \u201cSnow Renourishment\u201d taking best in show, Kingfisher Vacations\u2019 \u201cRudolphin\u201d taking the commercial category and \u201cMixed Nuts\u201d taking the non-commercial category for the third straight year, featuring Betsy Hanna, Terry McClure, Cannella Mullins, Kim Nealon, Kathleen Nealon and Deb Wendall.<\/p>\n

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“Rudolphin,” commercial winner<\/p>\n

All entries were required to incorporate a holiday theme. A portion of the $20 entrance fee benefitted the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event judges included the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation\u2019s Executive Director Erick Lindblad, NBC-2 News anchor Kellie Burns and\u00a0internationally published travel writer and author <\/strong>Steve Winston.<\/p>\n

\u201cColossal thanks to the Royal Shell Companies for sponsoring the Fourth Annual Captiva Holiday Village Golf Cart Parade,\u201d said Parade Chair Denice Beggs. \u201cAlso many thanks to South Seas Island Resort for hosting the awards party and Doc Ford\u2019s for musical entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

This annual parade was made possible by a number of community businesses, service organizations, public servants and residents\u00a0including the Decorated Golf Cart Parade Committee, the Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce,\u00a0the Island Sun Newspaper,\u00a0South Seas Island Resort, \u2018Tween Waters Inn Island Resort and Best Boat Club & Rentals, Captiva Cruises, YOLO Watersports and Stilwell Enterprises\/Key Lime Bistro.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Decorated Golf Cart Parade will be featured in one of the Travel Channel\u2019s holiday specials \u201cXtreme Xmas,\u201d which will premiere Sunday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

From a California Christmas ice kingdom and an underwater holiday mermaid show to an extravagant festive boat parade and a turbo-charged manmade Santa-sleigh, \u201cXtreme Xmas\u201d takes viewers inside America\u2019s most unusual, wild, wacky, awe-inspiring and bizarre Christmas celebrations. The Travel Channel crisscrossed the country featuring the men and women who take Christmas celebrations to ultimate heights and dive deep into holiday celebrations unlike any other, including a Christmas golf cart parade in Florida, a holiday doggie dress-up contest in Conway, SC, an all-night rave in San Francisco aptly titled \u201cThe Elf Party\u201d and more.<\/p>\n

The four-weekend-long Captiva Holiday Village launched its 2013 spectacular the Friday after Thanksgiving with fireworks, tree lightings, holiday readings, musical performances and more.<\/p>\n

Each special-themed weekend will be a fun-filled extravaganza of sight and sound, set against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico and evening sunsets. During the event weekends, visitors will enjoy everything from a lighted boat parade and Junkanoo dancers to a Marching Mullet Parade and newly added Holiday Stroll at South Seas Island Resort.<\/p>\n

For more information or a complete schedule of events, visit\u00a0www.CaptivaHolidayVillage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2013 Captiva Holiday Village continues with the following events:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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