CROSSFIT CITYPLACE OPENS DOORS AT NEW LOCATION

WEST PALM BEACH (December 28, 2012) – The exercise phenomenon of CrossFit has rapidly taken the country by storm and with it, a new studio in West Palm Beach now open called CrossFit CityPlace. First hitting the celebrity crowd of Hollywood and Manhattan, the innovative workout has become the most sought after exercise regimen in the country with the West Palm Beach studio providing area residents the opportunity to experience the increasingly popular method firsthand.

The West Palm Beach studio is strategically located at 2400 South Dixie Boulevard in West Palm Beach just north of Belvedere Road.  The owner, Matt Brewster has a long affiliation with CrossFit and is opening this new location to further brand the CrossFit franchise and grow his business.

Says Brewster, “We are excited to bring CrossFit to the tight-knit, fitness-oriented community of West Palm Beach and are offering a free trial class andfoundation course to ensure confidence and safety. We train all ability levels and scale the intensity or complexity to each individual daily. Our coaches care about each individual’s personal goals where clients will quickly see the benefits of this amazing program and how it can change your life.”

The concept of CrossFit incorporates hour-long classes that typically include a period of individual or group stretching, warm-up, a skill-development segment, and the high-intensity workout of the day (WOD). Performance on each WOD is timed with individual performances scored on a whiteboard to track progress and encourages competition, a big part of the training that incorporates the CrossFit experience.

Classes are being offered daily Monday - Thursday: 6am, 7am, 8am, (OPEN GYM 9:30am-11:30am) 12pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, Friday’s from: 6am, 7am, 8am, (OPEN GYM 9:30am-11:30am) 12pm, 5pm, 6pm, Saturday - 9am and 10am and Sunday at 11:30am.  To learn more about class schedules, please visit: www.exercisejourney.com or call: (561) 366-9348.  

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Linda Soper at (561) 835-9057 or email: linda@lindalanemarketing.com. 

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Photo Credit: CrossFit CityPlace

ANNUAL BOAR’S HEAD FESTIVAL RETURNS TO BETHESDA-BY-THE-SEA, JANUARY 6, 2013

PALM BEACH, FL (December 27, 2012) – A Perennial Holiday Favorite returns with the Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach Sunday, January 6, 2013 with performances at 2:30 and 4:30 PM.  The festival presents a medieval London Lord Mayor's Boar's Head banquet, complete with Beefeaters, Palm Beach Pipes & Drums, Lords & Ladies, strolling singers, instrumentalists, sprites, shepards, huntsmen, pages, jesters,  dancers, and parishioners.  With over 160 cast members, the performance is a re-enactment of the sacred songs and telling of the Christmas and Epiphany story, carrying forth the light of Christ's birth to all people.

An epiphany is a revelation and a climax of the Advent/Christmas Season. The Twelve Days of Christmas are usually counted from the evening of December 25th until the morning of January 6th, which is the Twelfth Day. Western churches celebrate the Epiphany season as it marks the moment when the Three Kings arrived in Bethlehem to deliver gifts to Christ, therefore revealing to the world that he was the Lord. The Boar’s Head is a mixture of old English and Christian tradition where favorite Christmas Carols, fantastic costumes and performances celebrate the joy of the holiday season and the Twelve Days of Christmas.

The History of the Boar’s Head Festival: An ancient legend serves as the basis for this Festival: an Oxford University student, while strolling in the forest reading the works of Aristotle, was charged by a wild and raging boar. The student, quick thinking, thrust his volume of Aristotle into the throat of the boar, putting an end to this deadly threat.

After the telling of this tale, the head of the boar was borne into a feast at Oxford. The celebration for the student's life came to represent the overcoming of brute force with reason. When the Church adapted the Festival, it gained a new, profoundly Christian significance: the boar's head, symbolic representation of evil, is overcome by good through the teachings of Christ (symbolized by light). Thus, Christ becomes the snare for evil.

The Festival we know today originated at Queen's College, Oxford, England in 1340. By 1607 an expansive ceremony was in use at St. John's College, Cambridge, England. The boar's head was decorated with flags and greenery sprigs to be carried in state to the strains of the Boar's Head carol. The Festival included lords, ladies, knights, historical characters, cooks, hunters, pages, Yule log, plum pudding and mince pie. Eventually, Good King Wenceslas, shepherds and wise men were added to tell the Nativity story. Persecuted French Huguenot Protestants who had learned this custom while exiled in England brought this ceremony to colonial America near Troy, New York. In 1888 a descendent established this ceremony at the Hoosac Episcopal School. Here Rev. Burroughs first saw it. He brought it to Cincinnati in 1939 and gave it a church setting. From a light and mellow celebration, it has evolved to a profoundly moving experience, for participants and spectators alike.

WHAT: Bethesda-by-the-Sea’s Annual Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival.

WHERE: The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, located at 141 South                                Country Road at Barton Avenue, Palm Beach (just south of The                                             Breakers Hotel)

WHEN: Sunday, January 6th, 2:30 PM and again at 4:30 PM

TICKETS: Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A suggested                                donation of $15 will be collected at the door

INFO:  www.bbts.org or by calling 561-655-4554  

CROSSFIT CITYPLACE OPENS DOORS AT NEW LOCATION STUDIO STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED IN WEST PALM BEACH

WEST PALM BEACH (December 11, 2012) – The exercise phenomenon of CrossFit has rapidly taken the country by storm and with it, a new studio in West Palm Beach now open called CrossFit CityPlace. First hitting the celebrity crowd of Hollywood and Manhattan, the innovative workout has become the most sought after exercise regimen in the country with the West Palm Beach studio providing area residents the opportunity to experience the increasingly popular method firsthand.

The West Palm Beach studio is strategically located at 2400 South Dixie Boulevard in West Palm Beach just north of Belvedere Road.  The owner, Matt Brewster has a long affiliation with CrossFit and is opening this new location to further brand the CrossFit franchise and grow his business.

Says Brewster, “We are excited to bring CrossFit to the tight-knit, fitness-oriented community of West Palm Beach and are offering a free trial class and foundation course to ensure confidence and safety. We train all ability levels and scale the intensity or complexity to each individual daily. Our coaches care about each individual’s personal goals where clients will quickly see the benefits of this amazing program and how it can change your life.”

The concept of CrossFit incorporates hour-long classes that typically include a period of individual or group stretching, warm-up, a skill-development segment, and the high-intensity workout of the day (WOD). Performance on each WOD is timed with individual performances scored on a whiteboard to track progress and encourages competition, a big part of the training that incorporates the CrossFit experience.

Classes are being offered daily Monday - Thursday: 6am, 7am, 8am, (OPEN GYM 9:30am-11:30am) 12pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, Friday’s from: 6am, 7am, 8am, (OPEN GYM 9:30am-11:30am) 12pm, 5pm, 6pm, Saturday - 9am and 10am and Sunday at 11:30am.  To learn more about class schedules, please visit: www.exercisejourney.com or call: (561) 366-9348.  

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Linda Soper at (561) 835-9057 or email: linda@lindalanemarketing.com.

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Photo Credit: CrossFit CityPlace

MARCH OF DIMES BORN WITH STYLE CELEBRATES FASHION THROUGH THE DECADE

PALM BEACH, FL (December 5, 2012) – The ballroom was packed with Palm Beach’s most fashionable young friends for the Inaugural March of Dimes Born With Style event held at the Beach Club in Palm Beach on Tuesday, December 4. The evening starred local men and women of style who dressed in fashions representing the decades from the fabulous 50’s to the glittering 90’s.  Fashionista, Palm Beach supplied the clothing for several of the models while DJ Adam Lipson spun tunes of each era while Josh Cohen emceed the event that had the crowd on its feet roaring with applause.

Committee members included Monique Javarone representing the 1950’s in a beautiful vintage chiffon gown, Sheryl Rosin representing the 60’s wearing vintage Monique Lhuillier, Justin Lynch in vintage Lily Pulitzer representing the 70’s, Davis McDuffie wearing his own black velvet smoking jacket and Kristina Olsen looking like a true Valley Girl wearing vintage Krizia taking us back to the 80’s, and a gorgeously statuesque Lori Stoll looking like a bronze goddess in vintage Halston.  Committee member, Carla Cartier did the styling for the event, working with the models creating hairstyles and make up that turned them into glamorous icons of the generation they represented.

While the Born With Style committee members modeled, Cohen announced several of March of Dimes’ achievements through the decades including the founding of the organization by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1950’s and his goal to eradicate polio. Other decade highlights included the development of newborn screening for PKU in the 1960’s, the development of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the 1970’s, and the continued research that goes into the innovative research and therapies that make the March of Dimes a leading organization for families and babies.

Other highlights included a brief overview of the organization by Irma Tybuszynski, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Palm Beach affiliate of the March of Dimes who spoke about the importance of the March of Dimes both locally and internationally and a personal story on the support of the March of Dimes by Sheryl Rosin on the premature birth of her now healthy and grown up teenage daughter.

Sponsors for the evening included the International Polo Club Palm Beach, Laura Moore Tanne, and Tire Kingdom. The evening also included custom-created live auction packages included a Christopher Kaufmann Bracelet, Gucci Diamante Duffle Bag, and tickets for the March of Dimes 75^th Anniversary Gala taking place in January.

For more information on the March of Dimes and to purchase tickets for the 75^th Anniversary Gala taking place in January, please call: 561-290-0905 or goon line to: www.marchofdimes.com/florida. 

About The March of Dimes:

The March of Dimes works in local communities across the country helping mothers take charge of their health, and supporting families when something goes wrong. The March of Dimes also acts globally: sharing best practices in perinatal health and helping improve birth outcomes where the needs are the most urgent.

US ROAD SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTES MOST SUCCESSFUL MARATHON IN PALM BEACH HISTORY

PALM BEACH (December 2, 2012) – It was a successful weekend for US Road Sports & Entertainment Group, the new producers of the Palm Beaches Marathon & Runfest who acquired the race in May. The organization, which produces some of the largest road races in South Florida, including the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon® sold out its slots for both the full and half marathon before the start at 6:30 AM on Sunday, December 2.

Both the men’s winner, Joe Kappel and the women’s winner, Charisse Winter had ever won a marathon. Both Floridians, Kappel, from Palm Beach Gardens, ran his personal best in 2:55:15 and Winter, from Altamonte Springs, in 3:09:19. The half-marathon winners were also Florida Residents - Evan Dehart, age 27, from Jupiter, Florida ran the half in 1:12:59 and Miami’s Alyson Venti, age 30, ran it in 1:27:18

US Road Sports, the leading authority in health and fitness event management, owns and operates many world-class destination events across the country that draw thousands of international participants including The ING Miami Marathon, the Publix Escape to Miami Triathlon, and the Chicago Half Marathon. The organization has a strong track record of charitable support and has helped bring more than $86 million in positive impact on businesses, tourism and community wellness in the South Florida market alone.

Results:

The top ten results for the men’s marathon: 1. Joe Kappel, Palm Beach Gardens, 2:55:15; 2. Hank Risley, Cedar Springs, Mich., 2:56:12; 3. Todd Alfuth, West Palm Beach, 2:56:48; 4. James Buckney, New York, N.Y., 2:58:21; 5. Ricky Montez, Palm Beach Gardens, 3:01:52; 6. Emilio Martinez Balbue, Santiago, Chile, 3:04:57; 7. Jason Brady, Santa Fe, N.M., 3:08:38; 8. Eric Kalina, Boca Raton, 3:11:55; 9. Virgil Bretz, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 3:13:23; 10. Alan Stob, Delray Beach, 3:14:44.

The top ten results for the women’s marathon: 1. Charisse Winter, Altamonte Springs, 3:09:19; 2. Eileen Baughan, Wyndmoor, 3:19:21; 3. Caroline Mantel, West Palm Beach, 3:21:46; 4, Lee Dipietro, Baltimore, Md., 3:24:53; 5. Julia Wreski, Fort Myers, 3:26:28; 6. Talia Zahra, Orlando, 3:31:37; 7. Kristen Grunza, Atlanta, 3:34:01; 8. Ilona Jaspers, Carrboro, N.C., 3:34:11; 9. Shelly Batton, Port St. Lucie, 3:35:06; 10. Lisa Moss, Fort Myers, 3:40:10.

The top ten results from the men’s half marathon: 1. Evan DeHart, Jupiter, 1:12:59; 2. Richard Dorazil Jr., Tampa, 1:15:24; 3. John Reback, Jupiter, 1:18:09; 4. Ryan Billings, Jupiter, 1:18:15; 5. Cosme Dos Santos, Port St. Lucie, 1:18:24; 6. Scott Colton, North Palm Beach, 1:18:56; 7. Adam Schiff, West Palm Beach, 1:19:00; 8. Myles Murphy, Miami Beach, 1:19:07; 9. Tim McDuffee, Boynton Beach, 1:19:36; 10. Chad Wilkinson, West Palm Beach, 1:20:13.

The top ten results from the women’s half marathon: 1. Alyson Venti, Miami, 1:27:18; 2. Angie Arendell, West Palm Beach, 1:27:45; 3. Mercedes Anderson, Jupiter, 1:27:56; 4. Megan Hartman, Jupiter, 1:30:18; 5. Erica Lazarus, Jupiter, 1:31:23; 6. Jennifer Rossano, Indianapolis, 1:32:24; 7. Vivien Wollitz, Coral Springs, 1:33:05; 8. Lanae Barnes, Palm Beach Gardens, 1:33:42; 9. Michelle Rafferty, Fort Lauderdale, 1:35:06; 10. Lilia Drew, Jupiter, 1:35:11.

For full results of Sunday’s races, please visit: www.runpalmbeaches.com.  Registrations for 2013 are now available at discounted rates and will take place Friday, December 6 – Sunday December 8, 2013.  If you would like more information on this topic or to schedule an interview, please call Linda Soper at (561) 835-9057 or email: linda@lindalanemarketing.

About US Road Sports: US Road Sports & Entertainment Group is a health and wellness company dedicated to the production of world-class endurance events. The mission of US Road Sports is to offer an unparalleled participant sports experience that showcases host communities and endures as a deeply valued local asset through events that are a part of the city’s culture, identity and brand. For each participant, US Road Sports strives to offer events that allow participants of all skill levels the opportunity to improve their physical and mental health and accomplish life-altering goals while having fun. US Road Sports provides sponsors and municipalities highly effective exposure to help maximize their presence and message in the community. 

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