Will you love the Sugar Sand Festival in Clearwater?

 

Will you love the Sugar Sand Festival in Clearwater Beach?

I did love being at the amazing Sugar Sand Festival 2017! There is so much to do and discover in Florida. Enjoy my videos from my visit which show you the magical time we had together.

VIDEO: 1 Let’s Go to Clearwater Florida for the Sugar Sand Festival

I was delighted with my balcony room at the brand new Wyndham Grand which overlooked the pool and the beach. I had great sunset views and walked on the beach for sunrise in the most amazing sugar sand.

Have you been diving in Florida? I went Scuba Diving with Captain Ryan from Tanks-A-Lot. Have you ever held a basket star? You can see me holding one in the video. We dove at Big A and Area 51.

Dinner at Salty’s with blackened mahi mahi was a great start to my Florida adventures.

VIDEO2 The VIP Dining Experience at Sugar Sand Festival is SUPERB 

The Sugar Sand Festival 2016 took 11 artists 11 days to build with 1000 tons of sand.  Fantasy was the theme and the creations were incredible. I loved them all.
The VIP dining experience at sunset was spectacular. I loved sitting in a chair made with sand, eating great food and listening to marvelous music.
Spending the day at Clearwater Marine Aquarium was amazing. They truly focus on Rescue, Rehab and Release for marine animals and their boat tour taught about the animals, the estuary and the mangroves. The children were able to touch creatures, observe a net pull and identify fish. We had a sea urchin, pinfish, catfish on our boat. We saw dolphins on our boat tour and back at the Aquarium we saw Hope and Winter from the Dolphin Tale movies!
Turtles, manatees, river otters and many other creatures are saved by the hospital facilities here. This marine life rescue center has over 700,000 visitors a year. There are over 400 volunteers helping care for the animals. You can participate and be a trainer for a day.
Where did we eat in Clearwater? Palm Pavilion Beachside Grill & Bar, Clear Sky Cafe and Frenchy’s South Beach Cafe.
The Palm Pavilion has live music every day and first opened in 1926.
 Master sand sculptors Damon Meri and Dean Arscott spoke to me about their love of art, sand and sculpting.
The Sugar Sand Festival supports a project for Sandy Lane Elementary School and brings students to visit Clearwater Beach. Some of them see the ocean and Pier 60 for the first time!
I loved being at the outdoor concert at Coachman Park. I have always enjoyed Jake Shimabukuro‘s music but this was the very first time I heard him play a live concert. WOW! He is fantastic! Definitely see a concert in Clearwater Beach!
Without a doubt, Kenny G gives a great show! He played in the crowd, he told funny stories and he is an incredible musician. His entire band is fantastic. I loved when he talked about how long they had been together and if you keep practicing, you will get there. Life takes practice and a sense of humor! I cannot wait to see another concert with this consummate entertainer!

Thank you to Clearwater Beach and the Sugar Sand Festival. My entire group loved participating. Thank you to Jason Frye for sharing the camera with me in this and other of the Florida videos!

I hope to see you at the Sugar Sand Festival 2018! Lisa Niver

Lisa Ellen Niver

Lisa Niver is an award-winning travel expert who has explored 102 countries on six continents. This University of Pennsylvania graduate sailed across the seas for seven years with Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and Renaissance Cruises and spent three years backpacking across Asia. Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel. On her award nominated global podcast, Make Your Own Map, Niver has interviewed Deepak Chopra, Olympic medalists, and numerous bestselling authors, and as a journalist has been invited to both the Oscars and the United Nations. For her print and digital stories as well as her television segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and been a finalist twenty-two times. Named a #3 travel influencer for 2023, Niver talks travel on broadcast television at KTLA TV Los Angeles, her YouTube channel with over 2 million views, and in her memoir, Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty.

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