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Georgia,
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Food & Drink: Atlanta offers an extensive choice of food, its restaurants covering a wide variety of cuisine, from Continental to Thai to Ethiopian.
Theatres & Concerts: The Academy Theater is a professional outreach theatre. Alliance Theater Company, housed in the
Woodruff Arts Center, presents a main stage season from August to June. The Fox Theater, saved from demolition and known as the ‘Fabulous Fox’, stages concerts and Broadway productions of hit musicals like The Phantom of the Opera. The Atlanta Ballet performs during spring, autumn and winter, and the celebrated Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs at the Woodruff Arts Center, led by music director Robert Spano and principal guest conductor Donald Runnicles.
Nightlife: Nightlife varies from intimate piano bars and dinner theatres to the underground music clubs of Atlanta. The Buckhead and Virginia-Highlands communities in Atlanta have a thriving nightlife.
Shopping: Lenox Square Mall and Phipps Plaza, both shopping centres in Buckhead, can be reached by MARTA bus and rail.
Sport: Georgia is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts due to its temperate climate. There are around 400 golf courses in the State, including the Augusta National Golf Club which is home to the Masters Golf Tournament. Tennis is also popular across the State, particularly at the Lincoln Tennis Center which hosted Olympic matches in 1996. Other sports including mountain biking, hiking and fishing.
Special Events: The following is a selection of special events occurring in Georgia in 2005:
Jan 30
Celebrating FDR's 124th Birthday, Warm Springs. Feb 1-28 Festival of Camellias, Fort Valley. Feb 2
Annual Groundhog Day Celebration, Lilburn. Mar 1-30
St Patrick’s Festival (the world’s longest), Dublin. Mar 4-6
Springtime Made in the South, Augusta. Apr 4-10
Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta. Apr 16 Southland Jubilee, Greensboro. Apr 23
Kite Founder's Day Festival, Wrightsville. May 5-7
18th Annual Lewis Family Homecoming & Bluegrass Festival, Lincolnton. May 7
Pine Tree Festival, Swainsboro. Jul 2-4
Fantastic Fourth Celebration, Stone Mountain. Jul 9
Thunder Over Thurmond, Lincolnton. Oct 1
Oliver Hardy Festival 2005, downtown Harlem. Dec 3-4 Victorian Christmas, Thomasville.
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