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By Times Staff
Published October 20, 2006

Group's fall show is one cool mystery

A novelist throws a party in her mountain retreat, but doesn't figure that a blizzard will snow the guests in for days.

That's just long enough to figure out who poisoned one of the guests.

Pelican Players, a South Shore community theater group, has cast its fall play.

Par for the Corpse, directed by Bob Benford, keeps audiences guessing and on the edge of their seats.

See if you can pick out the killer from a lineup of questionable characters including a runway model, a jet-setter and a serial womanizer.

The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Kings Point Theater in Sun City Center.

Other curtain times are 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 20. Tickets are $7.

Pelican Players is a nonprofit organization that funds scholarships for high school seniors interested in pursuing the arts. Call 633-1753.

Fall calendar busy at state fairgrounds

Fans of Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett, Motley Crue and Brooks and Dunn will want to mark their calendars for November and plan a trip to the Florida State Fairgrounds. The fall season at the fairgrounds at Interstate 4 and U.S. 301 serves up a menu of musical tastes, plus quality crafts and antique vendors, a YuGiOh! tournament, an RV show and a home show.

The fairgrounds is also home to the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center, a magnet for horse shows. A competition among saddlebreds, Morgans and ponies starts off equestrian events Nov. 3-5. Other events featuring hunters and jumpers, pintos and walking and spotted saddle horses will follow.

The Arabian Horse Association of Florida brings Arabian, Half-Arabian and other national show horses to the Charlie Lykes Arena on Nov. 22-25. Call 621-7821 or check out the Web site for the fairgrounds, www.florida statefair.com.

Dive into delicious fun at Seafood Festival

If there ever was a good time to break the diet, this is it.

The Ruskin Seafood Festival promises two days of culinary and olfactory delights Nov. 4-5 at E.G. Simmons Park.

A host of area restaurants will fill the air with the aromas of steaming crab and lobster, fried grouper and coconut shrimp, among many other dishes. Landlubbers can get hamburgers, hot dogs and Italian sausages or black beans and rice. If all that isn't tempting enough, expect to encounter vendors of fresh-squeezed lemonade, cinnamon roasted almonds and kettle corn.

Interactive games for children include a costume contest for the best mermaid or pirate. Register one hour before the event, which starts at 2 p.m. Nov. 4.

E.G. Simmons Park is at 2401 NW 19th Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5. Admission is $5 for all adults except seniors, who pay $4. Children under 12 get in free. Call 645-3808 or go online to www.ruskinseafoodfestival.org.

[Last modified October 19, 2006, 07:40:19]