ADVISORY/Port of Miami to Celebrate International PortFest: A Remarkable Journey Around the World.News Editors/Entertainment & Calendar Writers ADVISORY...for Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 28 & 29) MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002 The Port of Miami International PortFest, a family fun-filled festival, will be held on the Port's picturesque waterfront. The festival will be a celebration of the Port's valuable contribution to international trade and tourism in the region. The Ports-of-Call International Pavilion Village will showcase international trade products, tourism, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , live entertainment, wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos , authentic seafood seafood Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. , and other exotic dishes from Thailand, Nigeria, France, Uruguay, Barbados, and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "Shipmate's Corner" will be dedicated to children and their parents. They will experience exciting foreign cultures as they get their Passport to Adventure stamped to be eligible to win great prizes such as a seven-day cruise.
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 28th and Sunday, Sept. 29th
12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
WHERE: Port of Miami, 1015 North American Way
In addition, as a way to raise the public's awareness of Operation On Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard will be conducting a boat parade, which will give the local boating community an opportunity to come together as a show of support for Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . The parade will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m. The parade route will begin at the Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Marina and run along the south side of Dodge Island to Bayside bay·side adj. Situated very close to or on the shore of a bay: bayside cottages. . Anyone interested in participating in the PortFest 2002 Operation On Guard Boat Parade can register at www.miamidade.gov/portofmiami. The Port of Miami Job Fair will also be held on Saturday, September 28th, at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., in Terminal 12. Attendees interested in pursuing a career with local government, international trade, travel and tourism, law enforcement, construction, and several other industries can meet potential employers. |
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