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What’s happening in Central Florida
The most famous and well-attended horse’n’cow opera is the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee-St. Cloud, held each February and October, (800) 831-1844… The Annual Civilian Conservation Corps Festival Nov. 4, 2000, at Highlands Hammock State Park showcases clogging, folk music and live animal displays in tribute to the workers who built Florida’s state park system in the 1930s and ’40s, (863) 386-6094…The 34th Annual Highlands Art Festival is slated for Nov. 11, 2000 in downtown Sebring, (863) 385-5312… The Scottish Games and Irish Feis are held each Nov. in Ocala, (407) 426-7268… The re-enactment of the first battle of the Second Seminole War will be held Dec. 30-31, 2000, at the Dade Battlefield State Historic Site in Bushnell, (352) 793-4781… Celebrating more than 100 years of citrus production, the Florida Citrus Festival, Jan. 11-21, 2001, in Winter Haven, celebrates the state’s most popular export with fresh fruit and packing competitions, (863) 292-9810… Eatonville celebrates its most famous daughter with the 12th Annual Zora Neale Hurston F estival of the Arts and Humanities. Held the last weekend in January, the festival features public forums and dance competitions, (407) 647-3307…As winter draws to a close, Cypress Gardens lights up the night with the four-month Spring Lights Show beginning in January. Four million lights, animated sculptures, and a 100-foot high Tree of Lights will run up the local electricity bill, (863) 324-2111… February’s Mount Dora Arts Festival features heated, juried competitions in painting, printmaking, photography, and jewelry, among others, (352) 383-0880…Pioneer Park Days in Wauchula includes an Antique Engine & Car Show Feb. 28- Mar. 4, 2001, (941) 773-2161.
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