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Twas the Week Before Christmas Special Offer
Stay 3 nights and receive the 4th night FREE
Rates from $189 - $249
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Treat your family to an unforgettable holiday beach vacation in Southwest Florida. Stay 3 nights, receive the 4th night FREE at Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort. Treat your family the week before Christmas to a beach paradise vacation in South Florida. |
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Valid: December 15-21, 2007 |
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Rates from $189 - $249 |
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This holiday season, let the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort be your home for the holidays. Call 800-438-4373 and ask for our Home for the Holidays promotion code ‘HOL’
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From December 15 through December 25, 2007, treat your family
to an unforgettable holiday beach vacation in Southwest Florida
at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort and join in the
festivities of the 1st Annual Sand Sculpture Event.
Exclusive holiday activities and festivities include:
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Sand Sculpture building instruction and contest by John
Gowdy, world-renowned sand sculptor |
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Best in Show Sand Sculpture Contest with Resort Credit
Prizes |
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Water sports and games |
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Scavenger hunts |
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Nightly entertainment |
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Holiday themed spa treatments featuring peppermint scents
(contact Spa Reservations for pricing & availability) |
| Wednesday, 12/19 |
Instructional Sand Castle Building with world class sand sculptor John Gowdy |
| Thursday, 12/20 |
Sand Sculpture Contest (Sample prizes below) |
| Saturday, 12/22 |
Instructional Sand Castle Building with world class sand sculptor John Gowdy |
| Sunday, 12/23 |
Sand Sculpture Contest (Sample prizes below) |
| Prizes to include: |
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Complimentary 4-night stay at Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in a Gulf Front room. |
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Hertz Rental Car for 4 days |
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Breakfast for Two Daily |
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Dinner for Two in the eclectic Kurrents restaurant |
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$100 Gift Certificate to our upscale Resort Shops |
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Unlimited Water Sports for two |
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Round of Golf for Two at our resort private Rookery Golf Club |
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Couples Massage in our Couples room or two 50-minute spa services |
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Complimentary parking |
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John Gowdy is a New Jersey based artist specializing in sand sculpture exhibitions, demonstration and instruction.
He has achieved world-wide acclaim for his talents and has competed in nearly all of the major contests, holding many titles over the past decade. He has also organized several large sand sculpture expositions and competitions. In addition to sand, he also sculpts in marble.
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"Neptune" - Puerto Rico
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"The Rescue" - Jesolo, Italy - 1st Place, 1999
"Sandman Blues" - 1st place North American Championship, Virginia Beach, VA 2000 |
Professional Career
He has competed at the professional level in sand sculpture competition throughout the world since 1990, winning many national and international titles:
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1997 International Champion Parksville B.C. Canada |
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1998 and 2000 International Champion Jesolo, Italy |
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1999 American Champion Fort Myers Beach, Florida |
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1999 2nd place at the International Competition in Hardelo, France |
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1995,1999 and 2000 North American Champion Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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1997 and 2001 Voted 1st place by the people attending The World Sand Sculpting Championship in Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. Canada |
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