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It’s Time for the Old West Festival (Giveaway)

ShannanB — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:51:45 +0000

CLOSED

Being the mother of boys, I am all two familiar with the wild, wild west… I practically live there. So imagine my surprise when a friend of mine told me he ran the Old West Festival here in Cincinnati.

The festival, just a few weeks away, replicates an entire old west town (how cool is that!!) and is hosted just 15 minutes outside of 1-275, east of Cincinnati.

Since I haven’t had a chance to attend yet, here’s a bit about the Old West Festival, courtesy of the organizers:

The old west and a good ole’ fashioned gun fight go hand-in-hand. So, back by popular demand, four times daily starting at High Noon, the Big Irons Rangers return with their gun fight re-enactments. When the smoke settles and calm returns to the historic town, the Rangers will demonstrate trick shooting. Oh, don’t forget to come dressed in your best western garb as there will be a costume contest daily at 1:00 sharp.

The town will also be abuzz with period music on several stages. You’ll enjoy the sounds of the 1800’s with Changing Tymes and Gunpowder Creek, as well as Raison d’Etre, a trio mixing traditional folk songs with acapella swing tunes and Shaker hymns. Bob Ford and the Ragamuffins will get patrons stomping their feet daily.

Professor Faris’ Magic show will amaze, bewilder and astonish you. While enjoying a beer, sarsaparilla or root beer at the Long Branch Saloon, folks will no doubt get a “kick” out of Madam Gigi’s Outrageous French Cancan Dancers. Patrons will can also sit back and enjoy a good old fashioned melodrama – The Villain’s Deception.

After whetting your whistle, venture out into the prairie, where you can find talented artisans and period settlers selling their wares. Or, head into town to the pool and dance hall, western clothing store, vintage photo emporium and old-fashioned candy store.

The Old West Festival’s a grand time for the youngin’s, too. At 10:15 a.m. each day, the kiddies can get sworn in as town deputies. They will also enjoy old-timey puppet shows, storytelling and sing-a-longs. The youngsters can also participate in games, pan for gold, take a ride on the train, ride horses or ponies and cross the frontier in a covered wagon.

The Old West Festival runs Saturdays and Sundays, September 11 to October 10, 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Cost is $10 general admission; $6 for children ages 6 to 12; and children under 5 are free. Parking is FREE. The Festival is located at 1449 Greenbush Cobb Rd between Mt. Orab and Williamsburg, Ohio just off St. Rt. 32.

To give you a better feel for the Old West Festival, check out this video I found on YouTube. It gives a great overview of the event. You’ll see that they reall go all out to make it feel like you are back in western days.

* * * * * GIVEAWAY TIME * * * * *

One lucky Mommy Bits reader will win four passes to the Old West Festival!

There are several ways to enter, you can do one or all of them for additional chances:

Check out the complete entertainment lineup HERE, and leave a comment sharing what Old West Festival activity you are most looking forward to.
Follow the Mommy Bits blog on Facebook’s Networked blogs (left side bar, click follow this blog) and leave a comment letting me know you did so.
Visit my other site, Family Friendly Cincinnati, and enter the Old West Festival giveaway posted there. Leave a comment here saying you did so.
Tweet about this giveaway (include @mommybits) and leave a comment letting me know you did so.
Follow Old West Festival on Twitter: @OldWestFestival

Contest is open until 10pm Saturday, September 4th. Winner will be selected using a random number generator. Contest open to greater Cincinnati residents only. Winners will have 48 hours to respond.

DISCLAIMER: The organizer of the Old West Festival is a friend of mine. He gave me four tickets to giveaway on my blog ’cause he rocks!

See A Free Movie Tonight! Win a set of 4 Tickets!

ShannanB — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:42:00 +0000

General Mills wants to send you and your family to the movies for free and here´s how!
Beginning in November, you can get a free movie ticket when you purchase two specially marked packages of General Mills´ Cereals! They include specially marked boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix and Reese´s Peanut Butter Puffs.

After you buy the specially marked boxes grab the codes inside each box and go to : generalmills.com/moviecash and enter your codes and print off your free movie ticket!
To make it really easy check here for a participating theater near you – http://emoviecash.com/dis_locator.

*** Win it!***
Win a “Movie Moment” prize pack that includes 4 e-movie cash certificates ($12 each) and one (1) free coupon for a General Mills cereal. Just tell us your favorite movie moment. Mine involved my sister and popcorn laced with snow caps.

We will pull a winning name out of the old salad bowl on December 10th from those who leave a contact email address and a movie moment.

Want 2 extra entries? Tweet the giveaway, include @mommybits and Mention General Mills Movie Moments in your Tweet. Want 2 more? Subscribe to our news feed at the top of the page and leave a comment letting us know.

*Thank you to MY BLOG SPARK for the tickets and to General Mills for the coupons .

All opinions are my own! Hugs! Kathi

Win a Breville Ikon Hemisphere LCD Blender

ShannanB — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:38:00 +0000

Emily and Jenny over at Mommin’ It Up are hosting a giveaway for a fabulous Breville ikon Hemisphere LCD Blender. If you know anything about blenders than you know that this bad-boy is top of the line — it retails for $199!

The giveaway runs through Wednesday, November 11th and the gals are offering readers a number of ways to enter.

Good luck!

Yoplait Delights Yogurt Giveaway & Coupon

ShannanB — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Contest Closed. Congrats to Trisha!!!

It’s no secret that we are a Yoplait family. From my 4yr old’s obsession with Harvest Peach (Original only – in the RED packaging or it just wont do!) to my 2x daily consumption of Cherry Orchard – both for breakfast and as a late night snack, we love our Yoplait yogurt. I am even eating now as I write this post!

The reason I share this information is because MyBlogSpark recently contacted me with the opportunity to try a new variety of Yoplait – Yoplait Delights.

Yoplait Delights is available in four varieties – Chocolate Raspberry, Triple Berry Creme, Lemon Torte and Creme Caramel . One of the thins I like about it (aside from the taste) is that it only has 100 calories. This is less that what you’ll find in their Original line. I checked my fridge and both the Cherry Orchard and the Key Lime Pie contain 170 calories!!!

Want to try it? Download a $1.25 off coupon for Yoplait Delights Parfait first!

So in addition to giving me the chance to try the Yoplait Delights Yogurt- which was very good – Yoplait sent me a “Delight Your Day” gift pack that included a spa mask, wrap robe and slippers and they also are giving me one to giveaway!!

Want to win it?

Just share in the comments your favorite flavor of Yoplait yogurt. Contest open to US residents only. Runs through Thursday, September 10th. Winner will be selected at random.

Want 5 extra entries? Tweet about this contest and leave a comment saying you did so.

New Giveaway at Mommy Bits Reviews

ShannanB — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:00:13 +0000

Head over to Mommy Bits Reviews for my latest giveaway. I’ve got cashmere ladies, cashmere!

Moving Day Giveaway (sticky post)

ShannanB — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:03:44 +0000

Have you entered the Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway?? I’ve got tons of great prizes I’m giving away to celebrate the move to www.MommyBits.net. Click here for details and to enter!

Welcome. Take off Your Shoes and Stay Awhile.

ShannanB — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:16:26 +0000

The Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered, tweeted, blogged and updated their blogrolls/readers. Check back later tonight (after I put the kids to bed) for the winners!

Hello and welcome to the new home of Mommy Bits!! I am so excited to finally unveil the new design and new address- www.mommybits.net! I hope you’ll all take a quick moment to update your blogroll and reader (Pleaseeeeeeee!!!).

For Mommy Bit’s makeover I turned to the amazing Shannon Entin (Phat Mommy). Shannon and I met back in July at BlogHer08. In addition to being an awesome Mom, I discovered that she is also a very talented web designer. Working with Shannon was so easy. If you’re looking to redesign your blog, I’d highly recommend working with her. She really listened when I talked about the things I liked/disliked. I can’t thank or endorse her enough!!

To celebrate the move, and to help spread the word about the change in the Mommy Bits URL, I’m hosting the MOMMY BITS MOVING DAY GIVEAWAY and I hope you’ll agree it’s one EXCELLENT giveaway.

All of the items you’ll read about below were donated by their respective companies (Isn’t that awesome?!?!). I hope you’ll all thank them for their support by clicking on the links below. Without them The Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway would not have happened.

WHAT: Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway!

WHEN: November 1st – November 9^th

All prize winners, including the winner of the Grand Prize, will be announced November 10^th.

WHAT: An amazing array of prizes!

Grand prize – One lucky reader will win:

Lands’ End Women’s Regular ThermaCheck® 100 Half-zip Pullover, in your choice of color! (Quantity 1)

The ThermaCheck® 100 Half-zip resists static shock, static cling, and pesky particles like lint, pet hair and dust! The pullover is part of Lands’ End’s ThermaCheck Sport collection, which is lighter-weight and thinner than original ThermaCheck — making it ideal for layering and cool-weather exercising.

Brita / Filter For Good Gift Pack (Quantity 1)

Gift pack features a Brita water pitcher and a reusable (BPA-FREE) Filter For Good water bottle as seen on “The Biggest Loser.”

Case of Environmentally Friendly Primo Water (Quantity 5)

Primo is a new bottled water which offers the convenience of bottled water for families on-the-go without the eco-guilt. Primo’s bottles are made from plants, not crude oil, like traditional plastic water bottles, and is affordable at $4.99 for an 18-pack case. Primo is currently available at all Target, Albertsons, Publix and all Kroger and Kroger owned banner stores, Lowes Foods, Hannaford, Sweetbay and Winn Dixie stores.

50 FREE Snapfish.com Credits (Quantity 1)

Snapfish is my favorite resource for printing and sharing my families photos. To show how much I love them I’m throwing in a gift card I received from Snapfish at BlogHer08. The card is good for 50 FREE 4×6 prints.

In addition to the Grand Prize, I’ll be drawing winners for each of the following items:

Yoplait Kids Prize Pack/ Cocoa Puffs Combos Cereal (Quantity Available 5)

Prize pack includes a coupon for a free box of Cocoa Puffs Combos and a free six-pack of the drink-able or spoon-able Yoplait Kids yogurt, a cute travel cooler and a BrainQuest trivia game for ages 2-3.

eebee’s adventures DVD Set (Quantity 1)

eebee’s adventures are designed to engage you and your baby with rich play experiences that provide powerful lessons that memorizing letters, numbers, colors and shapes simply can and do not.

Case of Environmentally Friendly Primo Water (Quantity Available 5)

Set of Global Wonders DVDs (Quantity Available 2)

Global Wonder DVDS are a series of programs designed to expose children ages 2-7 to the customs and lifestyles of other cultures. Created by the former Executive Producer for Disney’s “Baby Einstein,” the videos open children’s eyes and ears to the worlds of various cultures through food, playing games, vocabulary and traditions.

PBS Kids SPROUT Gift Package (Quantity 1)

A favorite in the Boyer household, PBS Kids Sprout has generously donated a prize package full of Sprout themed items.

HOW: So how can you enter the Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway and win one of these fabulous prizes???

Update your blogroll with the new MommyBits.net URL then leave me a comment saying you’ve done it.
Twitter about my move with a link to the Moving Day Giveaway. Make sure you leave a comment saying you did this.
Help me spread the word about the move by blogging about the Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway on your blog! Make sure you leave a comment saying you did this.
Not a blogger or on Twitter? That’s OK. Just leave a comment. If there is a particular prize you are interested in, outside of the Grand Prize, mention it.

**** Earn bonus entries by doing more than one of the above (additional entry for each one you do)!!! Just shoot me an email (shannanb (at) gmail (dot) com letting me know which ones you’ve done so I can keep track. ****

OK, so that’s it! I hope you like the new look of Mommy Bits and that you’ll update your blogroll and reader with the new URL. A special thank you goes out to all the companies who donated items for this giveaway, to Shannon Entin who redesigned my blog, and to all of you for being my friends!!!

Laurie Berkner Giveaway

ShannanB — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:55:00 +0000

Over at Mommy Bits Reviews!

Hanes Kids Gift Certificate Give-a-way

ShannanB — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:46:00 +0000

Giving away a gift certificate for Hanes.com over at Mommy Bits Reviews. Go enter!

‘Bling for Babies’ Giveaway with Munchkin!

ShannanB — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:54:00 +0000

Head over to Mommy Bits Reviews for my new Bling for Babies giveaway with Munchkin!