Learn how to make and present holiday cocktails that will have your friends believing you are a true

ORLANDO (Nov. 1, 2012) – While parties, feasts, decorations, and carols are all a welcome part of the holiday season, the associates at Rosen Hotels Resorts recognize that friends traveling nurses operating room and family are what make the season bright. Friends and families reuniting to share memories and create new ones are at the heart of the holiday celebrations at the company's three award-winning leisure and convention hotels. Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek will play host to a variety of traditional and innovative holiday events showcasing local visual and performing arts groups, as well as a host of holiday buffets and teas, hands-on activities such as chocolate making, holiday tree decorating, craft cocktail making, traveling nurses operating room cookie decorating, and much more. While there is a charge for dining and other selected activities, many of events at each of the hotels are offered at no charge and are open to anyone in the community who cares to share in the spirit of the season.
Capturing the true spirit of the holiday season, Rosen Shingle Creek also is proud to present a new program to benefit Runway To Hope. From Nov. 28, 2012 through Jan. 4, 2013, the hotel will raise funds for the Orlando-based charity traveling nurses operating room (www.runwaytohope.org), a not-for-profit organization founded by Mark and Josie NeJame. Runway To Hope's mission is to serve and provide direct support to the children and families in the Central Florida community who have been impacted by pediatric cancer. Throughout the season, Rosen Shingle Creek will sell boxed ornaments for $15 each available for purchase at the hotel's front desk to benefit the charity. Josie NeJame traveling nurses operating room will decorate a themed Christmas tree in the Rosen Shingle Creek lobby in celebration of the holiday giving campaign.
For a complete listing of all of the holiday events at Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza, please refer to the information below. Special room rates also will be available at the hotels on select dates. Please call each hotel for more details.
It's all about Santa! Visit Santa's Workshop, put in a gift request with the big man and his number one elf, get a photo taken, sing along with Christmas carols and enjoy holiday cookies and punch. Santa's Cookie Stop is located in the hotel's lobby next to the holiday tree.
Join us at Café Matisse where Santa and one of his hard-working elves host a breakfast and gift event. After breakfast with Santa, children can select their gift for wrapping (wrapping station, paper provided). Adult supervision is required. One gift is included with purchase of each child or adult lunch buffet. Space is limited; reservations recommended. Stay over on December 21, 2012 for just $79 plus tax and receive Breakfast with Santa included in the price of the room.
Dine under the stars at Jack's Place this holiday season and receive a complimentary holiday caricature traveling nurses operating room with the purchase of dinner for two. Jack's Place is named after Harris traveling nurses operating room Rosen's father Jack, who worked as a safety engineer at the Waldorf traveling nurses operating room Astoria NY starting in 1932. As a side vocation, Jack sketched thousands of caricatures of celebrities and VIPs visiting the hotel and who autographed their drawings, traveling nurses operating room a selection of which are now adorning the walls at Jack's Place at Rosen Plaza. Cost of each caricature without dinner is $10 per person traveling nurses operating room including tax. Reservations are suggested.
Then, stay to learn tips and tricks from the pros to impress your guests this holiday season at our hands-on tasting events conducted by our experienced team of award-winning traveling nurses operating room chefs and beverage professionals. This is the perfect activity for anyone hosting traveling nurses operating room parties this season or just looking for a fun Friday night with friends. Attend one or attend all sessions. Guests will have the opportunity to watch the professional traveling nurses operating room demonstrations and then make their own, tasting everything along the way. Take home gifts, recipes and tips are included and an extra special holiday gift will be provided to guests that attend all three sessions. Cost is $25 plus tax per adult. Space is limited; reservations recommended.
Learn how to make and present holiday cocktails that will have your friends believing you are a true mixologist. Then watch as our chefs show you amazing tricks to make any food presentation a masterpiece. Two cocktails and hors d'oeuvres included.
Learn insider tips for food and wine pairings traveling nurses operating room and how to pick the perfect bottle of wine for a gift from our wine expert all while enjoying five wine and nibbles traveling nurses operating room combinations that will make your holiday party sparkle. If this wasn't enough, traveling nurses operating room you can get your holiday shopping done as wines will be available for sale with holiday packaging to take home. This is true multi-tasking at its best! Five wine with tasting bites included.
Learn how to craft beautiful and delicious miniature desserts including our unique Fruit Sushi created traveling nurses operating room and taught by our Pastry Chef. Dessert wouldn't be the same without a sweet concoction presented by our resident mixologist. Two cocktails and desserts included.
From 5:30-6:30 p.m., join guests in the Grand Lobby where roving traveling nurses operating room carolers and a visit from Santa await to spark holiday cheer. From 8-11 p.m., jam to the sounds of the band Chill Switch who will perform live holiday favorites and jazz in the Lobby Lounge. In addition, enjoy one of two of our holiday dining offerings and our holiday gift to you of free holiday entertainment:
From 5:30p.m. 6:30pm, join us in the Grand Lobby where roving carolers will delight traveling nurses operating room with songs of the season, then have dinner with the jolly one himself during Dinner with Santa in Café Gauguin. Family fun to be had as young and old enjoy our International Holiday Dinner buffet featuring our award-winning Herb Crusted Prime Rib, stations of holiday favorites from around the world and an extensive selection of holiday cakes and pies and ice cream sundae bar for dessert. Restaurant reservations recommended.
For the grown–ups, enjoy a three course prix-fix gourmet menu expertly paired with wines selected by our sommelier at the award-winning Everglades. After dinner, enjoy reserved seating in our Lobby Lounge, an after dinner cocktail and sweet bites all included in dinner price while jamming to the sounds of the band Chill Switch who will perform live holiday favorites and jazz from 8:00p.m. -11:00pm. Cost of three-course wine pairing menu is $45 plus tax and gratuity. Reservations recommended.
Enjoy a bountiful buffet lunch with Santa at the hotel's Café Gauguin, get your picture with Santa and then decorate cake pops with our Pastry Chef to the tunes of favorite holiday songs. Santa and cake pop decorating included at no charge in the regular price of each lunch buffet. Adult supervision required. Cost is $15.95 plus tax and gratuity for adults; $9.95 plus tax and gratuity per child age 4-12; children under 3 are free with a paying adult. Space is limited; reservations recommended.
Greet Santa as he makes his appearance from the North Pole, then stay for selections from The Nutcracker Ballet traveling nurses operating room performed by the Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance and Windermere Ballet Community Theatre. Santa and caroling will begin at 6 p.m., followed by ballet performances. After the ballet performances, join holiday revelers at the hotel's traveling nurses operating room Osceola Winter traveling nurses operating room Path located outside on the lower lobby to enjoy with holiday karaoke. A cash bar and snacks will be available for sale from 7:30 -9:30 p.m.
Enjoy a visit from Santa and holiday caroling and then tap your toes as Miriam and Val's School of Dance and The Sanford Pops Dance Troop present a variety of ballet, tap and contemporary holiday dances. Santa and caroling will begin at 6 p.m followed by the Sanford Pops. After the ballet performances, join holiday revelers in the hotel's scenic Rose Garden for holiday karaoke. A cash bar and snacks will be available for sale 7:30 -9:30 p.m.
Join us for Rosen Shingle Creek's newest tradition, traveling nurses operating room the Shingle Creek Winter Wonderland Stroll. Stroll among the hotel's pristinely manicured grounds now magically transformed traveling nurses operating room into a winter wonderland complete with gently falling show (at 7:30, 8:00, and 8:30pm), holiday carolers and a beautifully lit 25-foot Christmas tree and tree lighting by Santa Claus. Enjoy storytelling and winter characters such as the Sugarplum Fairy, Snowflake girls, Santa and his elves, available for photos. Or take a ride on the Shingle Creek Express Train with our very own conductor. traveling nurses operating room Those who want to truly revel in the spirit of the season can grab the microphone for holiday karaoke. The event is free and open to the public. Cash dining carts and cash bar will be available for sale 6:30-9:30 p.m. Snow falls nightly 7:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Santa tree lighting at 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy a traditional English-style tea service with a deluxe assortment of sandwiches, imported teas, lemonade and fabulous desserts along with a visit from the Sugar Plum Fairy. The stunning costumed character will pose for photos, sign autographs and mingle with guests from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Each child will receive a complimentary tea hat, and each guest will receive a complimentary photo and novelty holiday frame by which to remember the special day. Space is limited; reservations recommended.
Back to the 1960's we go for a "Mad Men" holiday! Have fun making retro holiday hors d'oeuvre and cocktail recipes with Emily Ellyn, previously featured on the 2012 Food Network Star. Guests will enjoy holiday cooking demonstrations, food and cocktail making and sampling, a photo with Chef Emily and will go home with recipe cards. Space is limited; reservations recommended.
Put on your glitz and glam for Rosen Shingle Creek's first annual Holiday Tap 'n Tea Social. Mix and mingle with girlfriends of all ages while enjoying tasty treats from the hotel's award-winning culinary team and lively tap performances featuring the Sanford Pops. Your afternoon will be captured in a photo to take home as a gift. Space is limited; reservations recommended.
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