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Edition 22, Volume 4
November 15, 2009
Welcome to our Newsletter...
Hello Everyone,   

  Due to medical issues with one of our main staff members, we missed an edition of our newsletter from November 1. Sorry about that! Please send some prayers our way, we appreciate it! Now on to the newsletter for November. Thanksgiving is next week and we know just the place to visit to get that Thanksgiving Meal you have been dreaming of, "The South Jersey Shore"! If you are looking for some unique places to find the perfect holiday gift for a family member or friend, a feast fit for a king for Thanksgiving Dinner, the perfect accommodations to rest your head for the holiday, a GREAT show or play, look no more...just CLICK HERE and your worries are over! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday and give thanks for the things that matter most to you! Find it all on our network of GREAT VACATION WEBSITES. Please tell everyone about us, we appreciate it GREATLY!


All of our camping enthusiasts can now search for campgrounds located in the States of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and now Pennsylvania on our newest site GreatVacationCampgrounds.com. The site is a work in progress, but it does have the necessary information to help you find the best camping facilities for your liking. The NJ campgrounds can also be found on www.GreatVacationGuide.com. If you are a campground owner and your campground is not on our site :( and we are sure you will want to be included, please contact cheryl@GreatVacationGuide.com and she will be happy to add your facility to our family. 

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While staying at the Jersey Shore please look for our guidebooks in your room and get plenty of Great Vacation Information in the Great Vacation Guide!!! We will be placed in 10,000 guest rooms in the South Jersey Shore Area this season. Please mention us every time you visit one of our Great Vacation Advertisers.
   
   Our main website GreatVacationGuide.com is a network of all the Great Vacation websites serving all of the Southern New Jersey shore. You'll find historical, beach and other related information on the sites at this time. There's a lot more coming to those sites as we speak.

Sincerely,

The Great Vacation Staff
“Great Vacations We Will Help You Find In 2009!”


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All entries must be received by November 30, 2009
for the 2009 Photo Contest.
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Please join our Photo Contest for 2009! This year we are only accepting 3 photos per person. You can submit 1 photo for each of the 3 categories ( Best Vacation Photo, Best Nature Photo, Best Overall Shore Photo). Include your name, address and phone number so we can properly identify your photo if it’s featured. The best photos chosen by Great Vacation newsletter readers will be in the final competition. Winners will receive wonderful prizes, and the best photos will appear in the newsletter, and also in 2010 Great Vacation in-room guides!
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Great Vacation Things To Do


Featured Businesses- Fun Activities
Union Park   
727 Beach Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone 1-609-884-8811    
   
Union Park, Sophisticated, Virtually Flawless says the Philadelphia Inquirer and ZAGATS gives it the Highest rating. This is the place for a romantic dinner for two or a social evening with friends and family. Set in the newly restored Macomber Hotel, Union Park features two dining rooms with fireplaces, cherry and mahogany furnishings, antique fixtures and silver service. The relaxed elegance is matched only by the quality of food and service.

For information: (click here)
Union Park

Gia Ristorante     
3001 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood, NJ 08260
Phone 1-609-729-5959    

Visit Gia to experience the true taste of Italy as you feast on traditionally prepared dishes amidst a warm Tuscan setting. The menu is a creation of love from chef/owner Vincent Chiarella, whose culinary education began thirty five years ago. His dishes reflect the "old world" style, utilizing the freshest & most authentic ingredients to insure a most satisfying dining occasion. Tuscan inspiration adorns the three separate, intimate dining rooms where you can enjoy the evening sunset from the wall to wall French doors. Gia is a BYOB establishment & we invite you to bring your favorites!

For information: (click here)
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Cape May Stage
For information and reservations, (click here).

East Lynne Theater Company presents...
"Christmas in Black and White"
  "Boston harbor, 1895, a gray morning, the deck wet, the iron all beaded with frost, all the longshoremen in heavy pea-jackets, the whole ship in a bustle, and the favored first-class passengers just leaving.  Among the hundreds of people going and coming, pushing and hauling, stands Nora, an Irish girl, her knitted hood already covered with frost, and tears hanging from her black eyelashes.  The poor thing looks right and left and up the pier and down the pier – and in that whole crowd of busy people - her big brother is not there, as he promised to be and should be."
     Thus begins one of Edward Everett Hales' Christmas stories, "9 Linwood Street," one of several that are part of East Lynne Theater Company's world premiere, "Christmas in Black and White." Based on the writings of American authors, its holiday time from the point of view of African-Americans and newly arrived immigrants from 1845-1935, adapted and interpreted by two master storytellers: Stephanie Garrett and Gayle Stahlhuth. Garrett is a popular participant in ELTC's "Tales of the Victorians."  Last season, Stahlhuth presented "O. Henry's Christmas Stories" as a solo show, portraying over thirty different characters, for which Jacob Schaad, reviewer for "The Gazette," awarded her the "Jacoby Award" for the year's Best Female Performer.  
     The tales are told in storytelling fashion, where each performer portrays multiple roles. With the flick of a wrist, the bend of the waist and the change in the tone of voice, a character can come to life in a heartbeat. Tales included are based on the works of Zora Neale Hurston, T. Thomas Fortune, Chester Himes, Edward Everett Hale, and local resident, Chris Clemans's story about the Whaler's Cottage and the Coachman family who owned it, right here in Cape May County.  
     Performances of "Christmas in Black and White" are on Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28, Sunday, December 6, Friday, December 11, and Saturday, December 12 at 8:30p.m., where the company is in residence, at The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St., Cape May.  Tickets are $23 general admission; $13 for full-time students; and anyone age 12 and under is free. 

     Gayle Stahlhuth is in her eleventh year as ELTC's Artistic Director, and as such, has directed over half of the 54 shows she's produced, including "Why Marry?," the first play to win the Pulitzer Prize. She's appeared in Off-Broadway, regional, touring productions, and on the Chautauqua circuit.  Recently, she performed in the five-character musical "One Man Band" starring Broadway-veteran Ken Jennings, written by James Lecesne and Marc Elliott, with music by Emmy-winner Larry Hochman, at Luna Stage.
     Stephanie Garrett is a storyteller, who has worked at Historic Cold Spring Village and appeared in ELTC's "Women and the Vote," "Rain" and "The People of Cape May v. Johan van Buren." She is also a favorite short-story performer for ELTC's popular "Tales of the Victorians," where members of ELTC read American classics on the porches of B&Bs to the delight of tourists and locals – a favorite Cape May pastime, and is past President of the Greater Cape May Historical Society.
     Season tickets for the 2010 Mainstage Season of ELTC, now celebrating its 30th year, are available and make a great present! Only $90 for five terrific shows.
     "Christmas in Black and White" would not be possible without season sponsors Curran Investment Management, Aleathea's Restaurant, La Mer Beachfront Inn, and funding received through a grant from the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism, a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the generosity of many patrons.

For information and reservations, contact ELTC at 884-5898, or (click here).

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Gayle Stahlhuth and Stephanie Garrett in East Lynne Theater Company’s  
production of "Christmas in Black and White"


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