June events.JUNE 4-8 Meridian Dinner Theatre: Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding The off-Broadway sensation hits Mississippi State University's Riley Center, inviting guests to get involved in this Italian-American wedding satire. Local talent joins the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of cast to produce this wacky wedding. Call 601.696.2200 or visit www.msurileycenter.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] june 5-15 Biloxi 22nd Annual Coast Coliseum Summer Fair This annual event features 10 days of family friendly entertainment. The 2008 fair will include a sea lion sea lion, fin-footed marine mammal of the eared seal family (Otariidae). Like the other member of this family, the fur seal, the sea lion is distinguished from the true seal by its external ears, long, flexible neck, supple forelimbs, and hind flippers that can be show, a backyard circus, safari, acrobats, a petting zoo, ice carving competition and much more. Call 228.594.3700 or visit www.mscoastcoliseum.com. JUNE 6 Laurel Blue Bash Held at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, this 15th annual event features a delicious barbeque dinner accompanied by the music of Bill "Howlin' Madd" Perry. Call 601.649.6374. JUNE 6-7 Clarksdale Delta Jubilee This three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. has been celebrating the Delta since 1984 and features a cooking contest, 5K run, live music, rides, concessions, 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. , and much more. Call 662.627.7337 or visit www.clarksdaletourism.com. JUNE 6-8 Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival The birthplace of the King of Rock and Roll This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. celebrates all things Elvis with a tribute artist competition, a parade through downtown Tupelo, an Elvis look-a-like pet parade, a Miss Elvis pageant, 5K run and live performances all weekend long. Call 662.841.6598 or visit www.tupeloelvisfestival.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] june 7 Ocean Springs 2nd Annual Red, White & "Blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. " Festival Get in gear for summer by celebrating one of the season's favorite fruits. Enjoy blueberry pies and dishes, swap recipes, and enjoy live music. Call 228.875.4424 or visit www.oceanspringschamber.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] june 7 Port Gibson Flowers for the Lord Just in time for summer, the Port Gibson United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). will be selling over 100 varieties of beautiful daylilies and seedlings in the church parking lot as a fundraiser. The sale starts at 8:00 a.m. Call 601.437.5959. JUNE 7-8 Coldwater Trade Days Over 300 booths offering a wide assortment of items and crafts make this flea market See computer flea market. flea market yard sale of used items at low prices. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Inexpensiveness the biggest in a seven-county area. Call 662.562.8715. JUNE 12 Jackson International Ballet Reunion Gala See some of the USA International Ballet Competition's most celebrated medal winners perform on the very stage where they launched their careers, followed by a "Glitter and Glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. " party at the Capitol Club. Call 601.355.9853 or visit www.usaibc.com. JUNE 13-14 Jackson Jubliee! JAM The capitol city's largest outdoor music and arts festival returns with some of today's hottest artists. Visit www.jubileejam.com. JUNE 13 Jackson "A Mighty Voice" Fundraiser Come hear a mother's tragic story and support this fundraiser benefiting the Thisbe and Noah Scott Legacy, promoting research and awareness for the rare and heart wrenching pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. motor neuron motor neuron n. A neuron that conveys impulses from the central nervous system to a muscle, gland, or other effector tissue. Motor neuron disorders, specifically BVVL. Call 601.956.1880. JUNE 14-JULY 31 Nesbit Nesbit Blueberry Plantation Come pick your own blueberries at the famous Nesbit Blueberry Plantation. Call to verify the best picking times. Call 662.429.3778. JUNE 20-29 Southaven Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first performed. The Likes of Us, written in 1965, was not performed until 2005. The musical parable of Joseph, his jealous brothers, and the multicolored coat that started it all hits the stage in Southaven as part of Desoto Family Theatre's 2008 season. Call 662.280.6546 or visit www.dftonline.org. JUNE 21 Bentonia Bentonia Blues Festival Held annually on the 3rd Saturday in June, this festival features internationally known blues artists, Southern-style food and drink and more. Visit www.bentoniablues.com JUNE 23-JULY 5 Jackson 61st National Appaloosa Championship Show The MS State Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. goes western for the week, with a western lifestyle and equine tradeshow and shopping pavilion, an equestrian event featuring cowboy mounted shooting, trick riding, freestyle reigning, Appaloosa games, and some of the most beautiful show horses in the state. Call 208.882.5578 or visit www.appaloosa.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] june 24-26 Vicksburg Miss Mississippi Pageant This annual pageant features 45 of the state's most beautiful women competing for scholarship money and the chance to be crowned Miss Mississippi. Call 601-638-6746 or visit www. missmississippipageant.com. |
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