DIAL UP THE ENERGY. Don’t miss the All Access Power Up Pre-show Party!
Arrive an hour before show time and step onto the arena floor to meet our performers and animals. It’s your chance to learn skills from the stars of the show and discover how to be CircusFit®. This action packed event will get you Fully Charged and ready for the show to begin. Plus, watch one of our incredible Asian elephants paint a masterpiece, and enter for a chance to win your very own pachyderm painting. The fun starts an hour before show time, and it’s free with your ticket!
Don’t miss Fully ChargedSM, the all-new surge of circus entertainment fromRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®where megawatts of thrills explode off of the arena floor with breathtaking dare-devilry, superhuman stunts and never-before-seen performances that energize Children of All Ages!
The most electrifying edition ever ofRingling Bros.®celebrates performance power that boosts circus-goers excitement. The amazing acts, which can only be seen at The Greatest Show On Earth®, include Tabayara, a dynamic animal trainer whose rare ability to communicate with animals allows him to ride rearing stallions at a fully charged gallop and orchestratemajestic four-ton Asian Elephants in a symphony of dance. When he stands inside a cage, eye to eye with twelve ferocious tigers, Tabayara sees family where others see danger.
Audiences will feel the earth shake when the Ukrainian strongman duo ofDmitry Nadolinkskiy and Ruslan Gilmulin, who are as wide as they are tall, enter the arena. The brawny twosome give the word manpower a whole new meaning as they lift large cumbersome telephone poles, which weigh up to half-a-ton, and twirl them above their heads while acrobats balance atop.
The Fearless Fernandez Brothers dial up the thrills as they perform daring feats of athleticism on the Twin Turbines of Steel, including, extreme jumps and twists inside the moving wheels! Audiences will crackle with excitement as they watch Guillermo perform a three hundred sixty degree flying forward somersault, three stories in air, a feat so difficult it has only been attempted by one other person in the 141-year history of Ringling Bros.The Human Fuse, Brian Miser, sets the arena sky ablaze as he rockets through the air from his self-made human crossbow. Don’t blink as he flashes across the sky in less than a second, and travels 80 feet at 65 miles per hour.
Ever wonder how many clowns it takes to change a light bulb? The hilarious hoopla continues to flow as the clowns from the world-famous Ringling Bros.®clown-alley, charge-up the audiences’ funny bones with hysterical silly antics and clownish comedy.
You can only experience this current of excitement at Ringling Bros. Fully Charged! Get your ticket for high-voltage fun today!
This time around the Circus is also doing some social good with this campaign ARE YOU FULLY CHARGED? This is a unique initiative in which we’re encouraging everyone everywhere to check their smoke detector batteries to make sure they’re (wait for it) — Fully Charged. Yes, there’s a Facebook page – http://facebook.areyoufullycharged.com — and there’s also a contest to win one of 10 family four packs of tickets to the show: http://contest.areyoufullycharged.com
Use code BLOGGER saves $5 on all non-VIP tickets to all shows (except opening nights) for the Prudential Center (Feb. 23-27), the IZOD Center (Mar. 2-13) and Nassau Coliseum (Mar. 16-20).
We’re doing a raffle for a family 4 pack to see the circus on March 2nd at the IZOD Center and keep and eye out on Facebook.com/dadarocks for giveaways to the other shows!
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59am EST. March 1, 2011.
You get 1 entry for placing a comment with what your favorite circus
act is and please use some method for us to contact you in the comment
(twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@Ringling_NYC_NJ @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/dKbTSN and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win @Ringling_NYC_NJ tickets from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/dKbTSN
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook –facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook of the circus –facebook.com/Ringling.NY.NJ you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You will have 10 hours to reply before we pick another winner
Disclaimer: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s provided these tickets for the raffle.
Baseball: How To Play The Game: The Official Playing & Coaching Manual of Major League Baseball [Amazon] by Pete Williams. As spring training has just got underway, we’re reminded that its time to start thinking about little league too (like how I made that jump?!). In all seriousness there are books that are just designed to look super pretty and gather dust on a coffee table, this isnt one of those books. This books puts the best of the best Major League Baseball players right into an educational break out of drills, tips, advice and coaching. From every aspect of this game there is a superstar right there giving you basic advice, talking about tips and highlighting key points for playing that position.
The comprehensive guide has fully illustrated with action photos of MLB stars illustrating key points and drills for each defensive position, this book also includes special tips from MLB players on batting, base running, the rules of the game, and coaching. This will be an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to coach or play the game.
It really covers it all: Batting, Pitching, Base running and sliding, Specific drills for playing all defensive positions, Coaching and rules, Offensive and defensive strategy. Partial list of Big League tips on How to Play the Game: Tony Gwynn (hitting), Sammy Sosa (judging fly balls), Bernie Williams (playing the outfield), Mark Grace (approach to hitting), Alex Rodriguez (fielding ground balls), Jeff Bagwell (hitting), Roberto Alomar (fielding ground balls), Jaret Wright (pitching mechanics), Edgar Renteria (how to play SS), John Lackey (improving your pitching), Carlos Delgado (mastering 1B), Rocco Baldelli (basic approach at plate), Cristian Guzman (fielding ground balls), Danny Kolb (good approach on the mound), Dontrelle Willis (pitching strategies), Torii Hunter (playing the outfield), Jason Marquis (pitching with control), Chone Figgins (sliding), Orlando Cabrera (improving your game), Gary Bennett (becoming a better catcher), Ervin Santana (pitching under pressure), Mark Teixeira (playing 1B), Ryan Howard (hitting), Joey Gathright (playing the OF), Troy Tulowitzki (succeeding at the plate), Joel Zumaya (pitching with poise), Josh Johnson (pitching with confidence).
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. February 25nd, 2011.
You must comment telling us who would you want to learn from? please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@dadarocks #MLB #Baseball – http://dad.tc/hpF7Fy and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win a #MLB #Baseball How to play the game book Thanks to @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/hpF7Fy
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook –facebook.com/dadarocks you must comment that you’re a fan (and leave a little note on the wall)
You get 1 extra entry for suggesting to your friends to become fans of DaDa Rocks (and leave a little note on the wall) — under the logo of DaDa Rocks is Suggest to Friends name
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a friend on Google Connect (right side below facebook box) – you must also comment that you’ve become a friend
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Universe Publishing for the prize for this raffle. It’s also limited to the USA too.
Congrats its less then 48 hours till valentine’s day and what do you have to to show for it? Maybe you picked up a card? hopefully right? cause if your card stores are anything like mine there is nothing left starting tomorrow. So for you last minute people we’ve got printable cards from Pocoyo [Elly, Pato, Loula, and Pocoyo]. There you go great for kids and ok for your significant others.
Now need those last minute treats? Starters Candy – my wife certainly has a sweet tooth for dark chocolate and I’m sure many others out there do too… she’s not a fancy $40 box of chocolate type of girl, which is good cause I’m sooooo not a spending $40 on chocolate type of guy. She loves a good old fashion russell stover, willy wonka, hershey’s type of girl (WIN!). For me I’m totally a red licorice dude, and if you’re taking notes I love australian red licorice and dried strawberries.
How about physical gifts that’ll last? Well there is always photos and photo albums with tons of 1 hour labs its a fairly easy task. Next idea you can pick up a nail or hair gift card, geez have you looked at the prices of those things?! so picking up the tab is a super gift.
For those techies out there you can always walk into any Verizon store and pickup a new bluetooth headset… I’ve always been a big fan of Jabra so the Jabra WAVE in red headset features the most comfortable and stable wearing-style. Featuring innovative new wind-noise reduction technology and Voice Guidance, the Jabra WAVE is available in three designs exclusively at Verizon Wireless. The WAVE offers even greater comfort than behind-the-ear legacy products, but with a thinner, sleeker design. The WAVE is available in black and red – and has a corded version in black. $59.99
Which leads us to the giveaway… Yes, its going to end after valentine’s day so you better not count this as the gift.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. February 22nd, 2011.
You get 1 entry for placing a comment what your gift idea or desire is and please use some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@Jabra_US @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/hCAsxL and you must also leave a comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win a @Jabra_US Wave in RED from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/hCAsxL
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook –facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must a comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for suggesting to your friends to become fans of DaDa Rocks (and leave a little note on the wall) — under the logo of DaDa Rocks is Suggest to Friends name
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook of Jabra –facebook.com/Jabra.US you must a comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You will have 12 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Jabra is providing these devices for the raffle.
I’m a mega-super mega fan of The Beatles, I grew up listening to their music… I grew up going to their concerts (well the remaining beatles that is…) there wasn’t anything in the baby market of strollers that really was cool for Dad until I saw this… When the Maclaren first released the Beatles Yellow Submarine stroller [Amazon] I was drooling… I had an older Maclaren, that I put it through hell – I mean this stroller was abused – we took it around to EVO Conference in Salt Lake, to Texas, to Florida, to over place we drove – its still around being no worst for the wear. So when I got this stroller and said go test it… I was like a kid in the candy store – I beat on this stroller beyond the normal use… Its even become the stroller I’ve used this winter pushing in to snow banks, sheets of ice and its still awesome!
First the design is amazing! You can see this stroller from across the room, I get compliments on this stroller all the time – its that pretty. Plus its SUPER Light weight. Running down the basics it has a five-point safety harness, lockable front swivel wheels and linked parking brakes. Its built on the Quest frame, features include the convenience of the one handed compact umbrella fold with carry strap (awesome for airplane trips) and a carry handle, a four-position recline, hand mesh shopping basket, height adjustable shoulder harness (so it can grow with your child). It comes with a specialty printed raincover and the hood is water resistant plus it comes with an great psychedelic-print seat liner thats reversible. As an add on there is a foot muff [Amazon]. This stroller is a great option for babies three months (need that stable neck) to 55 lbs.
Another factor when buying a stroller beyond weight and function is going to be the warranty and all Maclaren Buggys are backed by their world-class engineering and the industry’s first Sovereign Lifetime Warranty. Which to date I haven’t had to use… really I’ve beat this stroller up… and its gone everywhere my child has in the last 3 months. One thing that I do want to bring up is that this stroller has the redesigned hinge which is now rounded so you dont have to worry about that recall or about hinge covers.
So while this looks like it’ll be daddy’s stroller one of the best parts is how light weight it is coming in at just 12 lbs my wife is usually carrying it up and down subways steps with no trouble at all.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. February 22nd, 2011.
You must comment telling us why you think this stroller is cool? please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@maclarenNA #Beatles Stroller @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/enxY3H and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win a @maclarenNA #Beatles Yellow Submarine Stroller Thanks to @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/enxY3H
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan on facebook –facebook.com/dadarocks you must comment that you’re a fan (and leave a little note on the wall)
You get 1 extra entry for suggesting to your friends to become fans of DaDa Rocks (and leave a little note on the wall) — under the logo of DaDa Rocks is Suggest to Friends name
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan of maclaren on facebook –facebook.com/maclarenbaby you must comment that you’re a fan (and leave a little note on the wall)
You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing (right side subscribe by email) – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a friend on Google Connect (right side below facebook box) – you must also comment that you’ve become a friend
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Maclaren for the prize for this raffle. It’s also limited to the USA too.
When you’re a blogger you get tons of packages (some wanted and some not) and between UPS and Fedex I’m on first name with both guys that show up to drop the packages off.
Every once in a while I’m asked to ship something back out or send a gift to someone and the days of prepaid labels have seen to go away. So lately I’ve been running to my local UPS Store. It’s awesome being in a city where there are a ton of these little shops that can handle packing it, and shipping it for me. I also like that I can pickup supplies, something that seems to always be lacking when you’re ready to ship something off.
Be sure to check out The UPS Store to see what they can do for you. #lovinlogistics
Since I want everyone to get a taste of it! I’m going to giveaway TEN $25 giftcards…
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. February 9th, 2011.
10 Lucky people will win $25 giftcards to UPS Stores! Tell us what you’d use the $25 towards and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: #lovinlogistics @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/geGEnw and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: Entering win $25 to UPS Stores #lovinlogistics from @dadarocks on http://dad.tc/geGEnw
