This weekend in Georgia, Dec. 16-18, 2011

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This Weekend in Georgia
December 16 - December 18, 2011

In This Issue This Weekend Holiday Celebrations

Welcome to Georgia Tourism's weekly newsletter! Our "This Weekend in Georgia" newsletter offers ideas for quick getaways or extended vacations. Visit www.ExploreGeorgia.org to
learn more about happenings around the state.

Don't Break the Bank Where's Izo?
Visit Explore Georgia's facebook page to follow Izo as he experiences all that Georgia has to offer this holiday season!
Georgia State Parks

UGA's Coach Dooley Book Signing at Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, GA Saturday, December 17th Get the perfect gift for UGA fans this Christmas! Coach Vince Dooley will be signing his newly released book History and Reminiscences of the University of Georgia as well as his other books. In addition, a great variety of collegiate gifts will be available in the Christmas Village.
Doubles Disc Golf Tournament at North Georgia Canopy Tours
Lula, GA Sunday, December 18th Play Georgia's ultimate disc golf course at North Georgia Canopy Tours. The 61 par, 18 hole course features wooded and open fairways, multiple river crossings and a signature chicken house hole.

Check the Georgia State Parks' Last
Minute Availability
page to see which lodge rooms, cottages, yurts, campsites, picnic shelters and group shelters are available for the upcoming weekend.

Il Brasso Magnifico Concert
Morrow, GA Sunday, December 18th Led by music director Mark Williamson, current and former members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, as well as other major orchestras and ensembles, reunite for the return of Il Brasso Magnifico. You'll enjoy holiday music in classical, jazz, and popular styles, plus other favorites to celebrate the season.
Polar Express Pajama Party at the National Infantry Museum
Columbus, GA Saturday, December 10th Wear your pajamas, make holiday crafts and munch on cookies before watching the children's classic The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience on the giant screen!

Holiday Celebrations
Christmas Lights at Cornelia City Park
Cornelia, GA Now through Sunday, January 1st
36th Annual Music of the Holidays
Atlanta, GA Saturday, December 17th - Monday, December 19th
A Baroque Christmas
Augusta, GA Saturday, December 17th
12 Bands of Christmas
Augusta, GA

Sunday, December 18th
The Magic and Mystery of Christmas
Rome, GA Sunday, December 18th
English Christmas Dinner
Darien, GA Sunday, December 18th
Magical Nights of Lights
Lake Lanier Islands, GA Now through Sunday, January 1st
Fantasy In Lights at Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, GA Now through Friday, December 30th
Enchanted Garden of Lights
Lookout Mountain, GA Now through Saturday, December 31st
Don't Break the Bank
This year we will feature ideas from the article "100 Ways to Woo Your Special Someone Without Breaking the Bank," featured in the 2011 Georgia Travel Guide. If you can't wait for next weekend's newsletter to get more ideas, download your copy of the Travel Guide today.
#2: Visit Stone Mountain Park. Get physical with a hike and see the faces of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis up close in the largest bas-relief in the world.

For more things to do this weekend, check out ExploreGeorgia.org!
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