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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013
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BALLOONING EDUCATION PROGRAM. Classroom programs on hot air ballooning and Majestic Flyway in Hudson and area schools. Programs coordinated by Hot Air Affair Committee, pilots, Viking Electronics and The UPS Store-Hudson.
10:00 am: MAJESTIC FLYWAY SUPER SALE AND BUTTON INSTANT PRIZES at Hudson businesses. Winter clearance sales and special events. Check your Hot Air Affair button number against numbers posted in participating stores Feb. 1-3 and you could be an instant winner! Pick up your button at the Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau office or participating businesses. Shop Elan Clothing, Dilly Dally Gifts, SEASONS on St. Croix Gallery, Grapevine Interiors “AT HOME”, The Purple Tree, Lavender Thymes, Art Doyle’s Spokes and Pedals, Knoke’s Chocolates, CocoBello, Abigail Page Antiques, Marnie Marie Photography, Pangea International Jewelry & Gifts, The Nova, Hudson Flower Shop, Applebee’s Restaurant, Urban Olive & Vine, Massage Envy-Hudson , Chapter2Books, Dough Boys Pizza, Digital Garage/Mac Xprts, Joyful Expressions, La Rue Marche, The Ugly Sister Boutique, FreeStyle Yogurt, Bert’s Coffee Café, The Enchanted Atelier and Bella Luce Boutique.
WALKING ART SHOW throughout the Hudson area. See framed photos of what flies over Hudson—hot air balloons, eagles, swans and lots more with feathers. Photos for sale with proceeds to feed Hudson’s wintering flock of trumpeter swans.
HOT AIR AFFAIR GEOCACHING throughout the Hudson area. Go to www.geocaching.com for coordinates of winter friendly geocaches in Hudson and the St. Croix Valley. NEW geocaches hidden in the immediate Hudson area.
11:00 am: BOOK SIGNING Chapter2Books, with wildlife photographer, naturalist and award-winning author Stan Tekiela. Birding Guides and more.
7:00 pm: TORCHLIGHT “MAJESTIC FLYWAY” PARADE, FEATURING PRIZES FOR THE BEST OVERALL PARADE UNIT, THE BEST UNIT BY HOT AIR BALLOONISTS, THE BEST “MAJESTIC FLYWAY” THEME UNIT AND THE BEST KAZOO MARCHING BAND.Hot air balloon pilots and crews displaying blasts of fire. Parade participants line up at 6 pm at Wells Fargo Bank parking lot and parade travels down Second Street. Prizes in each category. Please call 715-386-8332, 715-386-6217 or 715-381-2050 by noon on February 1 to register. Parade sponsors include Viking Electronics, St. Croix Self Service Storage, Hudson Bowling Center/Plaza Lounge, O’Connell Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Inc., Valley Agencies—Dennis Lee, Culver’s-Hudson, Agave Kitchen, Valley Orthodontics, Oral Surgery Center, Holiday Stationstores, Winzer Stube, Bob Smith’s Sports Club, Barker’s Bar & Grill/San Pedro Café, Rock & Tait Exteriors, Applebee’s Restaurant, Mattress Galaxy and Red Cedar Canyon Assisted Living and Memory Care.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY , immediately after parade over Lakefront Park and the St. Croix River. Sponsored by Andersen Corporation. Grand finale to downtown festivities.
6:30 pm: LIVE MUSIC JAZZ at Urban Olive and Vine, 520 Second Street.
8 pm: CONCERT FEATURING AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST REED GRIMM, Hudson High School Auditorium, sponsored by Youth Action Hudson. Grimm and his talented siblings Jennifer and Trey Grimm perform with proceeds benefiting YAH and Hudson SAFE. General admission tickets at County Market and Family Fresh Market and premier seating tickets at YAH office..
9:00 pm: KARAOKE at Plaza Lounge, Plaza 94.
10:00 pm: DANCE at Dick’s Bar & Grill, 111 Walnut Street.
