Check Out Our Old-Fashioned Summer Fun Blog Contest!

UPDATE: we have 8 wonderful blogs on our home page that our Triangle TRACKS members are voting on today. Check them out here!


Triangle TRACKS would like to kick off summer with an “Old-Fashioned Summer Fun” blog contest. What were your favorite old-fashioned summer fun activities and how are you keeping those traditions alive for your children? Did you operate a lemonade stand? Love grandpa's homemade ice cream? Catch fireflies? Build creek dams? Post your story on the Triangle TRACKS blog by Wednesday, July 8 and we’ll feature all entries on our home page July 9. Then, we’ll ask members to vote for the old-fashioned summer fun activity they identify with the most from their own childhood by the end of the day July 10.

The writers of the top two winning blogs will each get a four-pack of tickets to an outdoor concert performed by Grammy winner Dan Zanes and Friends at the North Carolina Museum of Art July 18. They’ll also get a Dan Zanes CD! Writers of the third- and fourth-place winning blogs will each get a four-pack of tickets to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s outdoor showing of “Kung Fu Panda” July 11. Both events will be held in the 2,700-capacity open-air theater Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park.

Read more about the concert here, and the movie showing here. Good luck!

13 Things Track 4 Families Can Do Before Heading Back to School July 28

Visit the Triangle TRACKS calendar for details on all of these events.

1. "The Greatest Places" IMAX® Film Opens, Jan. 6.

2. Check out an open Carolina Hurricanes practice. They're free! View the practice schedule here.

3. Marbles Kids Museum Can Opener, Jan. 17

4. N.C. Museum of Art Presents Family Fun Saturday: Envelope Book, Jan. 17.

5. Check out a track-out camp, like the one at Dreamsports Center in Apex.

6. N.C. Museum of Art Presents Family Fun Saturday: Clay-Relief Workshop, Jan. 24.

7. N.C. Symphony's Young People's Series: "Bugs Bunny on Broadway," Jan. 24 and 25.

8. N.C. Museum of Art presents "Family Fun Saturday: Clay-Relief Workshop"" Jan. 24.

9. Marbles Museum and IMAX Open – Teacher Work Day, Jan. 26.

10. Go to a movie! “Hotel for Dogs” opens Jan. 16, and "The Tale of Despereaux" and "Marley and Me" are currently in theaters. (Please see reader comments on "Marley and Me" at this link before you take the kids to this movie.) IMAX is currently showing a great selection of movies, and Blue Ridge Cinemas is showing "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" and "The Dark Knight."

11. Check out Kidzu Musuem's Carolina Creations Workshop: Sock Snow Friends, Jan. 22.

12. Shop the Kids Exchange Sale at the N.C. State Fairgrounds Jan. 23.

13. Stop by the grand opening of BounceU in Apex Jan. 24.