Become a Winterfest Partner – a variety of sponsorship opportunities from $5,000 and up
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Captain’s Log
Meet the Staff
Lisa Scott-Founds
President and CEO
Dawn Diehl
Event Director
Kathleen Keleher
Marketing & Parade Director
Interns and Office Staff
We Want You! Become A Winterfest Intern
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CONTACT WINTERFEST, INC.
Call: 954-767-0686 or Email: info@winterfestparade.com
Winterfest Welcomes New Chair: Susan Renneisen and 2019-2020 Board / Advisory Members
Installation of Winterfest 2019-2021 Chair, Susan Renneisen, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Winterfest Board and Advisory members met after the turnover for the first meeting of the 2019/20 year followed by a get-together hosted by the property.
For a complete list of the Winterfest, Inc. Board and Advisory Members:
https://winterfestparade.com/board-and-advisory-members
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2019 MISS FLORIDA USA® scheduled to be a part of the Winterfest Celebration
Miss Florida USA® Nicolette Jennings will be a part of the Winterfest Celebration for 2019. She is scheduled to attend the Winterfest White Party and will be on a showboat in the Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade. More details to come as we get closer to the event.
MEET THE 2019 MISS FLORIDA USA®
Nicolette Jennings
Nicolette Jennings graduated cum laude from the University of Florida in four years with a B.S. degree in Telecommunications and an outside concentration in sports management. While attending the University of Florida, she worked as a sports reporter and sports anchor at WUFT, a student-run on-campus news station, and a sports coordinator for ESPN 98.1 FM 850 AM WRUF. She was Vice President of Membership, and President at Zeta Tau Alpha.
This past fall Nicolette interned with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in charge of producing live shows for social media outlets, interviewing players and coaches, creating and producing video stories about players and taking video of different game day events, including game action.
Currently, Nicolette is working towards her master’s degree in sports management online at Texas A & M University. Once she has graduated with her master’s degree, Nicolette wants to work for a professional sports team as a team reporter. Nicolette’s ultimate career goal is to be a sideline reporter for a major sports network.
When she is not studying for school, watching or playing sports, Nicolette enjoys relaxing on the beach, working out and volunteering. Some of the charities for whom she enjoys volunteering are Claudia Meyer Foundation, Women with Purpose, Bright Pink, Children’s Miracle Network, Operation Gratitude, Our Military Kids and Junior Achievement.
taken from: https://www.missfloridausa.com/reigning
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2018 Winterfest Manual
Sonia Rodriguez – 2018 Child Ambassador
The 47th Annual Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
will host an exclusive area for special guests during the Grand Marshal Reception.
Featured Guests will be cancer survivor Sonia Rodriguez and a Miami Dolphins legend.
For more information on Sonia Rodriguez or to receive her bio, please contact WOW MKTG in Coral Gables wowmktg.com
or contact Winterfest, Inc. 954-767-0686
Celebrate the Holidays with Winterfest
MAKE WINTERFEST YOUR HOLIDAY DESTINATION
HOST FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS WHILE BRANDING YOUR CORPORATION – BE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY
Call Winterfest and celebrate with us.
For information on Branded Holiday Parties, call 954-767-0686.
Pick our theme for 2019
2019 Grand Marshal – Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels – 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade
The 2019 Grand Marshal Experience will be hosted at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
This Winterfest Celebration welcoming our Grand Marshal Bret Michaels includes dignitaries and celebrities who join us at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to celebrate, Winterfest style. RECEPTION BY INVITATION ONLY.
Captain Lee, Miss Florida USA, Miss Teen USA, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Miss Latina Internationals.
This fabulous reception is the prelude to the parade. Many local VIP’s, dignitaries, sponsors will be on hand to welcome this year’s celebrity Grand Marshal. Fort Lauderdale’s Mayor, Dean Trantalis, will give the Grand Marshal a key to our beautiful city and Riverwalk, Inc. will present a brick in his/her name(s) for the Riverwalk Celebrity Walk of Fame on the banks of the staging area of the Parade.
Please view photos of our past parade Grand Marshals Huey Lewis, Big & Rich, PITBULL, Flo Rida, Deborah Norville, Barry Gibb, Brooke Burke, Kim Kardashian, Alonzo Mourning, Jim Belushi, Lorraine Bracco, Frankie Valli, Randy Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and many more on our Facebook page.
This is a private reception to honor our Grand Marshal. Become a Sponsor – Get Invited!
SPONSORSHIPS are still available with this event.
Boat Committee Meeting Have Started!
It is looking like Winterfest with the start of the Parade’s Boat Committee Meetings. We are happy to announce our 2018 host location – Lauderdale Yacht Club. If you would like to be involved with the “Best Show on H2O” – please contact Kathy at the Winterfest office. 954-767-0686.
Home of the Parade’s Boat Committee Meetings!
Lauderdale Yacht Club was founded in 1938 and is located in the Heart of Sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Home to one of the most elite junior sailing programs in the nation, LYC continues to strive in our endeavor to invest in the Youth of the Community, who are interested in Seamanship. In addition to Sailing, the Club has a wide variety of Social Events, Fine Dining, Marina, a Thriving Tennis Program, Junior Olympic Swimming Pool and much more. Members at Lauderdale Yacht Club enjoy an elegant lifestyle with exceptional service that offers traditional and family friendly values.
For more information about our Club and its amenities contact our Membership & Communications Director, Michelle Metzger at michelle.metzger@lyc.org.