2013 July 15

Six Flags Great Adventure Announces

August 2013 Special Events

August is on the horizon and Six Flags Great Adventure is ready with some amazing events just for you! There are special events that everyone will enjoy.

Electric Adventure – Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Show – August 3 to 4

Six Flags and Area Event are bringing an expanded, two-day EDM festival to Jackson, New Jersey. Electric Adventure will feature performers such as Derro, DJ BI3ND, 12th Planet and many more. Tickets to Electric Adventure will allow guests to access private ride time, as the theme park will remain open past 10 p.m.exclusively for Electric Adventure ticket holders. The concert is sponsored by Takis® and requires an additional ticket that is not included with theme park admission. Visit http://ea13.wantickets.com/Events/125640/Electric-Adventure/ for more information.

Fright Fest Zombie Auditions – August 3 and 4 at 1 pm, 16 at 6 pm, 17 at 1 pm

Six Flags is casting for its largest collection of zombies in its longest Fright Fest in history. 200 scare-actors are needed to fill a variety of positions from the undead who roam the midways, to terror trail performers and technicians weekends from Sept. 13 to Oct. 27. No prior acting or scare experience is necessary. Six Flags seeks individuals with a passion for Halloween and scaring. Auditions include several fun acting exercises in a group setting. If interested, please complete the pre-employment application prior to attending an audition date at www.sixflagsjobs.com. Additional information and audition dates, times and locations are available atwww.sixflags.com/greatadventure on the “jobs” and “auditions” tabs. (Dance auditions for Dead Man’s Party areJuly 19 at 7 p.m. and 20 at 1 p.m. in the Showcase Theater.)

The Best of Reggae – August 11 at 6 p.m.

The Six Flags Caribbean Summer Concert Series presented by TriniFly returns on Sunday, August 11 to the Northern Star Arena. Guests will enjoy the tropical rhythms of Grammy Award-winner Beenie Man as well as other performers such as Bunji Garlin, Mr. Vegas, Christopher Martin, Lee Mazin, D’Angel and Devyn. The concert requires an additional ticket that is not included with theme park admission. Check CaribbeanConcerts.comfor more details.

NASH’s “Salutes Service” Country Concert — August 16 at 7 p.m.

Six Flags Great Adventure salutes all of our military service members with NASH’s “Salutes Service” Country Concert in the Northern Star Arena. Performers include Jaida Dreyer, Austin Webb, Dakota Bradley and Love & Theft. The concert is free with park admission or Season Pass.

Bridgit Mendler in Concert – August 25 at 7 p.m.

Bridgit Mendler of the Disney Original Series Good Luck Charlie will perform at Six Flags Great Adventure in the Northern Star Arena on Sunday, August 25. Guests can enjoy popular songs such as “Ready or Not,” “Hurricane,” “Breakthrough” and “City Lights.” The concert is sponsored by MIKE AND IKE® and is free with park admission or Season Pass.

2014 New Attraction Announcement – August 29

Six Flags Great Adventure and its sister parks throughout North America will announce exciting plans for the 2014 season. Great Adventure will release details about a record-breaking addition that will surely top “must-do” lists next year. Information, photos and video will be available at www.sixflags.com/greatadventure

Rock the Flags Christian Music Festival – August 31 at 4 p.m.

Six Flags will host the first-annual Rock the Flags Christian Music Festival on Saturday, August 31st. The concert begins at 4 p.m. in the Northern Star arena. Guests can look forward to speaker Tom Tichter, Emcee KJ-52, and performances by Jamie Grace, For King & Country and Casting Crowns. Rock the Flags requires an additional ticket that is not included with theme park admission.

Disclosure: All information provided by Six Flags Great Adventure. Contact Diane Sullivan at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on twitter at @3decades3kids.

Giveaway: The Art Of The Brick

Discovery Times Square NYC

Win A 5 Pack of Tickets (3 winners)

Lego fans unite, you will not want to miss out on this exhibit that just hit

Discovery Times Square, NYC. Being a mom of three, our house is pretty well stocked

with Legos of every shape and size. Over the years of parenting I have spent countless hours building freestyle Legos in addition to following pages of directions to complete a certain

Lego project. When I first heard about Nathan Sawaya I did a double take. I needed to find out more about him and his interesting life of building Legos as a career.

Meeting Nathan was a pleasure and hearing about his life and how this lawyer gone artist really intrigued me. That was only the tip of the iceberg. Nathan took our little group on a private tour of the new exhibit, The Art of the Brick-now at Discovery Times Square, NYC.

As we toured from room to room everyone was fascinated by more than one hundred of

wonder creations using nothing more than Legos. It all started with a brick and then another and another. I was wowed by the Sculpture Garden which included famous sculptures recreated in Lego forms. I asked Nathan as we chatted if the pieces were solid or hollow. He let me know they were hollow and because of their size would be way too heavy to transport if they were solid.

Nathan was very open and answered questions in each of the rooms.

This dinosaur took about twelve weeks to complete.
Pieces were easily recognizable with some of the most popular being The Statue of Liberty and a Head from Easter Island. There were so many unique pieces and so many recreations of famous painting including the Mona Lisa, American Gothic, One Pearl Earring and more. My six year old daughter loved the Lego Planet Earth that hung high above us as we walked down a stairway. My middle son was taken by The Swimmer which included a backdrop of lights simulating waves. As for me, I adored the stained glass Lego window that hung from the ceiling with the reflection of it below on the floor. I never would have known it was a Lego creation. If you are in the NYC area you will not want to wonderful exhibit. There is something for everyone!
You can find out more about The Art of the Brick here.