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Keep up with events, changes and improvements to Chastain Park and the Chastain Park neighborhood. Have an event or story you would like to share? Please do so by emailing carsonmatthews@bellsouth.net
Join the Chastain Park Swimming Pool
Be sure to join the Chastain Park Swimming Pool this summer. Household memberships are $350.00. All of the information is on their website at http://www.chastainparkathleticclub.org.
6 year old Ross Bernath who plays in the Shetland Red league at NYO in Chastain Park performed an unassisted triple play this month. The play was recorded by his father and uploaded to YouTube. The play was picked up by ESPN as one of their top plays, and was voted the #1 play. Congratulations to Ross!
2012 triPATHlon in Chastain Park
The Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead triPATHlon Presented by The Coca-Cola Company will be held in Chastain Park on Sunday May 6. The event will start out with a 400-yard pool swim in the Chastain Park Pool, followed by a 15-mile bike ride through Buckhead, then a 5k run which will end at the Chastain Park Amphitheater.
The triPATHlon will begin at the Chastain Park Pool at 7:30am located at 235 West Wieuca Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30342.
All of the details can be seen at http://gamultisports.com/ChastainParktriPATHlon/ or http://www.triPATHlonAtlanta.com/
Chastain-Tuxedo…
Chastain-Tuxedo Park Friends will hold its seventh annual Nine at Night Twilight Golf Tournament and Silent Auction on Saturday, May 5 at the North Fulton Golf Course at Chastain Park. This year’s event begins with check-in at 5:30 p.m. The evening will include dinner, drinks, music, dancing with a live DJ and a great silent auction! This year’s theme will be Caddyshack – make sure to dress up to win some great prizes! The golf tournament, a best ball tournament played with glow-in-the-dark balls, takes off with a shotgun start at 7:00 p.m.
Registration is now available online for the golf tournament ($155), or dinner/party only ($85) in addition to varying levels of corporate, neighborhood, and family sponsorships. Ticket prices and sponsorships are tax deductible. Space is limited; for more information and to register, please visit www.choa.org/nineatnight.
With some 100 members, Chastain-Tuxedo Park Friends is one of more than 30 Community Friends groups that support Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta through volunteer opportunities, fundraising events and special service projects.
2012 Chastain Park Amphitheater Concert Schedule
The 2012 Chastain Park Amphitheater Concert Schedule has been released and here you can find shows, buy tickets and view the seating chart. As new concerts are released, I will update this site. For more information on Chastain Park Amphitheater and photos of the venue, visit http://chastainparkblog.wordpress.com/the-chastain-park-amphitheater/
For tickets, visit:
www.chastainseries.com
www.livenation.com
www.classicchastain.org
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2012 Chastain Park Amphitheater Concert Schedule:
Saturday 4/28 8:00pm The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour Find Tickets
Saturday 5/19 7:30pm Steve Winwood with Michael Franti & Spearhead Find Tickets
Friday 5/25 8:00pm KC & The Sunshine Band with the Tramps Find Tickets
Thursday 6/7 8:00pm Sting Find Tickets
Friday 6/8 8:00pm Ben Folds Five Find Tickets
Wednesday 6/13 Gavin Degraw and Colbie Caillat Find Tickets
Friday 6/15 8:00pm Willie Nelson Find Tickets
Saturday 6/16 8:00pm Anita Baker Find Tickets
Friday 6/22 8:00pm Music of the Night: The Best of Londons West End Musical Theater Find Tickets
Wednesday 6/27 8:00pm Earth, Wind & Fire Find Tickets
Friday 6/29 8:00pm Al Green with the Blind Boys of Alabama Find Tickets
Saturday 6/30 7:00pm Jill Scott’s Summer Block Party Find Tickets
Tuesday 7/3 7:30pm Sarah McLachlan Find Tickets
Sunday 7/8 8:00pm The Jacksons: Unity Tour 2012 Find Tickets
Wednesday 7/11 8:00pm Diana Krall Find Tickets
Friday 7/13 7:00pm Summerland: Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit, Marcy Playground Find Tickets
Saturday 7/21 8:00pm The Temptations and the Four Tops Find Tickets
Tuesday 7/24 7:30pm Chicago & the Doobie Brothers Find Tickets
Wednesday 7/25 Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis and the News Find Tickets
Friday 7/27 Brandi Carlile Find Tickets
Saturday 7/28 Seal with Macy Gray Find Tickets
Saturday 8/4 8:00pm The Music of ABBA Find Tickets
Wednesday 8/8 7:00pm Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Musical Magic of John Williams Find Tickets
Saturday 8/18 8:00pm Sunset Jazz Fest: Will Downing, Lalah Hathaway, David Sanborn, Gerald Albright, Norman Brown Find Tickets
Friday 8/31 Foreigner with Night Ranger Find Tickets
Friday 9/7 Train Find Tickets
Saturday 9/8 Charlie Wilson Find Tickets
NYO Opening Day
NYO Baseball celebrated it’s opening day March 17. Here is a shot of the Opening Day festivities.
Two Middle Schools or One? Which is Better for Sutton?
Will Sutton Middle School located on Jett Road in Chastain Park continue to be a school that our middle school children can attend for grades 6-8? I certainly hope so, and a growing number of concerned parents are building a movement to keep it that way; and more importantly to create a smaller school and learning environment for our children.
Sutton Middle School
On March 4th, it was announced for the first time that the demographers’ options for creating smaller, more appropriate-sized middle schools were rejected. Instead, one large middle school was proposed with the possibility of a large sixth grade academy ranging from 600 – 700 students, by APS Superintendent Errol Davis.
The APS Board will be accepting feedback until March 26, 2012, and voting on this matter on April 10, 2012. Feedback can be directed to apsredistricting@atlantapublicschools.us.
The movement to create two smaller middle schools is called Meet in the Middle APS and their website is www.MeetintheMiddleAPS.com. On the website you can learn more about the cause, school size concerns, student transition concerns, and research that has been done on school sizes.
A petition has been created to show community support for two smaller middle schools http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/meet-in-the-middle-aps.html. If you are in support of this, you are encouraged to sign the petition before March 25th. After two days, the petition has already been signed by over 250 people.
Yard signs are being distributed today. If you are interested in getting one for your yard, please email friends@MeetintheMiddleAPS.com.
A discussion will be held on this issue at the Chastain Park Civic Association Meeting on Monday March 26, 2012 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be at the Chastain Horse Park.
