Giant MoonPie to Fall from Sky in Downtown Mobile AL

Giant MoonPie to Fall from Sky in Downtown Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Country music star Gretchen Wilson will be "Here for the Party" to sing in the New Year in downtown Mobile. All of the main entertainment will start off the music entertainment at the corner of St. Joseph and St. Francis streets on the edge of Bienville Square. The free celebration will begin with a Mardi Gras-style parade, and will end in an expanded laser light show and fireworks. It promises to be the best New Year's in the South and the perfect time to visit Mobile. In fact, the current issue of Garden and Gun magazine named the MoonPie event as the top New Year's Eve event in the South.

The 12-foot-tall electronic MoonPie will descend from the 34-story RSA Trustmark skyrise as the city welcomes 2014 and the beginning of Mardi Gras season. Mobile is the home of America's first Mardi Gras celebration, and the MoonPie is the favored "throw" of the hundreds of Mardi Gras maskers riding the floats during the extensive Mardi Gras parade season. Today, Mobile consumes more than four million MoonPies annually, and has adopted the delicious treat as an informal emblem.

Additional Information

For details on MoonPie Over Mobile, visit www.mobilenewyear.com

Information on visiting Mobile and images can be found at www.mobile.org.

More information on Gretchen Wilson is available at www.gretchenwilson.com




Media Contacts:


Kinnon Phillips Bill Lang, Director of Public Relations

The Bellwether Group PCH Hotels & Resorts

251/423-7114 205/965-9574

kphillips@bellwether-group.com bill.lang@pchresorts.com
SOURCE Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau

Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau

Web Site: http://www.mobile.org


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