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Feb. 17, 2010
Michelle Coats, APR, CPRC
Community Information
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March events
at the Volusia County Ocean Center
The Ocean Center in Daytona Beach is
garnering a lot of national interest
these days - national sales
meetings, national comedic acts,
national car audio and motorcycle
shows and national athletic
competitions. Thousands of
conventioneers and event attendees
from around the world are expected
to patron the Ocean Center’s public
and private events this March.
From 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday, March 3 - 6, the
Daytona Cycle World International
Motorcycle Show will fill the Ocean
center exhibit hall and west parking
lot with street bikes, tricked-out
customs, accessory vendors and live
entertainment. The show’s Daytona
Beach dates represent the 12th tour
stop on a nationwide tour, which is
in its 17th consecutive year.
Admission is free all days.
Motorcycle parking is $5 in the
facility’s south parking lot,
adjacent to the Peabody Auditorium,
and car parking is $10 in the
garage. Learn more about the event
online at
www.motorcycleshows.com/daytona.
On Friday, March 12,
US Foodservice
will have a vendor fair and sales
meeting in the Ocean Center
ballroom. More than 200 sales
representatives and vendors are
expected to attend. According to its
web site, US Foodservice is one of
the United States largest
foodservice distributors of
national, private label and
signature brand items. The company
also will hold its Food Show at the
facility Tuesday, March 30.
The 24th annual Spring Break
Nationals (SBN) will return to the
World’s Most Famous Beach from 10
a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
March 13 - 14. Open to the public, SBN is a mobile electronics trade
show featuring manufacturer’s
displays that showcase the latest in
automotive sound, vision,
navigation, Bluetooth devices and
OEM (original equipment
manufacturer) integration products.
Tickets will be $10 at the door
(cash only).
H.T. Hackney, a wholesale grocery
distributor based in Knoxville that
serves 21 states in the Eastern
U.S., will hold its
Daytona Beach
food expo in the Ocean Center
exhibit hall Tuesday through
Thursday, March 16 - 18. One hundred
seventy exhibitors and 1,000
attendees are expected.
Comedian, ventriloquist and
television star
Jeff Dunham is
bringing his “Identity Crisis Tour
2010” to the Ocean Center arena at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. This will be
Dunham’s first appearance in Daytona
Beach. Tickets may be purchased at
the Ocean Center box office, all
Ticketmaster outlets, online at
 or by calling
Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.
The Pan American Championships for
Trampoline and Tumbling, hosted by
USA Gymnastics, will be in the Ocean
Center arena Tuesday through
Saturday, March 23 - 27. USA
Gymnastics clubs from around the
world will bring advanced-level
athletes to compete. Six hundred
athletes and coaches from the U.S.,
Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico
and Puerto Rico are expected. The
event is the result of a joint
booking effort of the Ocean Center
and the Daytona Beach Area
Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The Spring Home and Garden Expo 2010
will fill the facility’s exhibit
hall March 26 - 28. The show will be
open free to the public from 10 a.m.
- 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. More
than 250 exhibitors will showcase
home and outdoor products and
services. Free seminars will focus
on gardening and landscape design,
home organization, financial
planning and more.
Finishing up a busy month at the
Ocean Center, Ace Gymnastics
competitors and supporters will give
their all in the “Daytona Beach Open
2010” in the Ocean Center ballroom
Friday through Sunday, March 26 -
28.
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