Save on Tickets and Help Raise ICE! Cold Cash for Libraries At ICE! ™featuring How the Grinch Stole Christmas!©
Nashville, Tenn.—( July 25, 2007 ) Mr. Grinch isn't a mean one, he's just a middle aged one...50 years old this year! One of the most beloved books of all time, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss, is celebrating its 50th birthday. Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center is honoring the Grinch's birthday with a special attraction, ICE!™ featuring How the Grinch Stole Christmas!In honor of Theodor Seuss Geisel and Mrs. Audrey Geisel's commitment to literacy, Gaylord Opryland and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Inc. have teamed up with the Tennessee Library Association, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Nashville Public Library System, and the YMCA Association of Middle Tennessee in this exciting ICE! Cold Cash for Libraries effort.
ICE!featuring How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is an interactive, walk-through exhibit of larger than life ice sculptures that will tell the book's story in 1.5 million pounds of intricately carved, colorful ice. ICE! is an annual feature of Gaylord Opryland's world-famous A Country Christmas©, but this is the first time it will feature the Grinch. Approximately 150,000 people from all over visited last year's ICE! attraction located at Gaylord Opryland and many more are expected this year from Nov. 15, 2007 - Jan. 2.
This is how ICE! Cold Cash For Libraries works. Children can pick up coupons for ICE! at their local Tennessee public library beginning in late October, then register for a library card, if they don't have one. All they have to do is show the library card when they come to ICE! for a $2 discount and present the coupon to have Gaylord Opryland send a $1 donation back to their hometown library. Gaylord Opryland is also providing free How the Grinch Stole Christmas! books to participating libraries.
Discounted overnight vacation packages will also be available for Tennessee library groups/families wanting to participate inICE! Cold Cash for Libraries starting in mid-August by calling 1-888-999-OPRY.
The list of participating Tennessee public libraries is attached.
For more information, fun family activities and recipes go to www.wefrozethegrinch.com. For more information about the Tennessee Library Association, please go to www.tnla.org. To learn more about the Tennessee State Library and Archives, visit www.tennessee.gov/tsla. The YMCA of Middle Tennessee web site link is www.ymcamidtn.org.
Tm & (c) 2007 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All Rights Reserved.
ABOUT DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES, L.P.
Executive Vice President Susan Brandt heads the Dr. Seuss Licensing and Marketing office. The primary focus of the office is to protect the integrity of the Dr. Seuss books while expanding beyond books into licensed merchandise. The licensing effort is a strategic part of the overall effort to strengthen and protect the relationship consumers have with Dr. Seuss characters. Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) said he never wanted to license his characters to anyone who would "round out the edges." That is one of the guiding philosophies of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
ABOUT "A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS"
Gaylord Opryland's A Country Christmas®presented by Nissan is proud to present ICE!™ presented by Coca-Cola®, featuring How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. This is the Only SHOW like it in the USA! From the Grinch's frozen mountain top lair, to the interactive slides and surprises, this life-sized story told in ice will make even the coldest of hearts grow three sizes. The Radio City Christmas Spectacular®presented by Allstate® Insurance Company, starring the world-famous Radio City Rockettes® is back with dazzling costumes, brilliant choreography and favorite scenes, such as the "Living Nativity" and the "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers." There's The Pam Tillis Christmas Dinner Party™, Christmas on the Cumberland aboard the General Jackson® Showboat, Treasures For The Holidays Craft Show; Santa's E-mail; Carriage Rides; Photos with Santa; Brightest Star Fountain Show; Hall of Trees and nearly two million Christmas lights. It's everything Christmas and all at Gaylord Opryland®.
Media Contacts:
Kim Keelor 615.458.2887 kkeelor@gaylordhotels.com
Ann Dee McClane 615.458.2896 amcclane@gaylordhotels.com
ICE!Cold Cash for Libraries
List of Participating Tennessee Public Libraries
Adams Memorial Library (Woodbury)
Ardmore Public Library (Ardmore)
Art Circle Public Library (Crossville)
Auburntown Branch Library (Woodbury)
Audrey Pack Memorial Library (Spring City)
Benton County Public Library (Camden)
Bethesda Public Library (Thompson Station)
Bledsoe County Public Library (Bledsoe County)
Blount County Public Library (Maryville)
Brentwood Public Library (Brentwood)
Burritt Memorial Library (Spencer)
C.E. Weldon Public Library (Martin)
Chester County Library (Henderson)
Church Hill Public Library (Church Hill)
Clay County Public Library (Celina)
Cleveland Bradley County Library(Cleveland)
Clyde W. Roddy Public Library (Dayton)
College Grove Community Library (College Grove)
Collinwood Depot Branch Library (Collinwood)
Crockett Memorial Library (Alamo)
Dickson County Public Library (Dickson)
Dr. Nathan Porter Library (Greenfield)
Eagleville Bicentennial Library (Eagleville)
Edward Ward Carmack Public Library (Gallatin)
Elmer Hinton Memorial Library (Portland)
Everett Horn Library (Lexington)
Fairview Public Library (Fairview)
Fentress County Public Library (Jamestown)
Franklin County Library (Winchester)
Germantown Community Library (Germantown)
Gibson County Memorial Library (Trenton)
Gordonsville Public Library (Gordonsville)
Gorham MacBane Public Library (Springfield)
H.B. Stamps Memorial Library (Rogersville)
Hendersonville Public Library (Hendersonville)
Hickman County Public Library (Centerville)
Houston County Public Library (Erin)
Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)
Humphreys County Public Library (Waverly)
Jacksboro Public Library (Campbell County)
Jackson-Madison County Library (Jackson)
Johnson City Public Library (Johnson City)
Johnson County Public Library (Mountain City)
Justin Potter Public Library (Smithville)
Kingsport Public Library (Kingsport)
LaFollette Public Library (LaFollette)
La Vergne Public Library (La Vergne)
Lawrence County Public Library (Lawrenceberg)
Lebanon-Wilson County Public Library (Lebanon)
Lee Ola Roberts Library (Whiteville)
Lewis County Public Library (Lewis)
Lexington-Henderson County Public Library (Lexington)
Linebaugh Public Library System (Rutherford County)
McIver's Grant Public Library (Dyersburg)
Marshall County memorial Library (Lewisburg)
Maury County Public Library (Columbia)
May Justus Memorial Library (Grundy County)
Memphis Public Library System including:
Bartlett Branch
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Cherokee Branch
Cordoba Branch
Cornelia Crenshaw Branch
Cossitt Branch
East Shelby Branch
Frayser Branch
Gaston Park Branch
Highland Branch
Hollywood Branch
Levi Branch
North Branch
Parkway Village Branch
Poplar-White Station Branch
Raleigh Branch
Randolph Branch
South Branch
Whitehaven Branch
Millard Oakley Public Library (Livingston)
Monterey Branch Public Library (Monterey)
Morristown-Hamblen Library (Morristown)
Mount Juliet-Wilson county Public Library (Mt. Juliet)
Maury County Public Library (Columbia)
Myrtle Glanton Lord Library (Murfreesboro)
Nashville Public Library System including:
Bellevue
Bordeaux
Donelson
East
Edgehill
Edmonson Pike
Goodlettsville
Green Hills
Hadley Park
Hermitage
Inglewood
Looby
Madison
North
Old Hickory
Pruitt
Richland Park
Southeast
Thompson Lane
Watkins Park
Ned R. McWherter Public Library (Dresden)
Nolensville Public Library (Nolensville)
Oak Ridge Public Library (Oak Ridge)
Obion County Public Library (Obion County)
Parsons Public Library (Parsons)
Perry County Public Library (Linden)
Pigeon Forge Public Library (Pigeon Forge)
Putnam County Public Library (Cookeville)
Sam T. Wilson Public Library (Arlington)
Sequatchie County Public Library (Dunlap)
Sharon Public Library (Sharon)
Smith County Public Library (Carthage)
Smyrna Public Library (Smyrna)
Spring Hill Public Library (Spring Hill)
Tipton County Library (Covington)
W.G. Rhea Public Library (Paris)
Watertown-Wilson County Public Library (Watertown)
Weakley County Library (Dresden)
Westmoreland Public Library (Westmoreland)
White County Public Library (Sparta)
White House Public Library (White House)
Williamson County Public Library (Main Branch and others, Franklin)
Media Contacts:
Ann Dee McClane amcclane@gaylordhotels.com 615.458.2896
Kim Keelor kkeelor@gaylordhotels.com 615.458-2877