On Dec. 13 our local pro public transit advocacy group, Hungryneck Straphangers, will take a break from petitions, board meetings and protests to see what rock n/ roll, cand canes, prizes and fun can do to make the bus better.
Mount Pleasant, SC- Coleman Boulevard is Mount Pleasant’s holiday main street, running from the end of the Landmark Ravenel Bridge, past over 250 independent businesses to Ben Sawyer Blvd. and East Cooper’s gateway to the beach. On Saturday, Dec. 13 Jingle Bus will connect it and downtown Charleston so you can shop and celebrate while enjoying music and getting a chance to win free prizes every 10 minutes for 12 hours while a professional driver deals with the traffic.
Jingle Bus takes CARTA’s 41 Coleman Boulevard Bus and upgrades it to a larger bus and a holiday festival on wheels. The event in sponsored by the William Hamilton Law Office, in partnership with CARTA and the Town of Mount Peasant.
All anyone needs to enjoy the fun on the bus, the Mount Pleasant Holiday Market & Crafts Show and numerous merchant sponsored holiday activities along Coleman and Ben Sawyer Boulevards that day is a free pass available from over 30 merchants in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, N. Charleston and James Island. Jingle Bus also enables travel to Charleston with a stop at the Visitor’s Center downtown. A list of places Jingle Bus passes can be obtained and full Jingle Bus information can be found on the Hungryneck Straphanger’s Website at www.busec.org and includes the Mayor’s Office at Mount Pleasant Town Hall and the Visitor’s Center at Mount Pleasant Waterfront Memorial Park. Once you have a pass, make sure it’s stamped by a local merchant to validate it before you board.
A bus going 50 miles per hour over the Ravenel Bridge needs a lot of music to make it jingle. Jesse and Friends music studio is bringing nine hours of rock, folk and traditional music to the bus. Jesse and Friends has gathered young talent from around the region ready to put the rock in our roll. Anyone wishing to play on Jingle Bus should contact Jesse and Friends. They’ll be joined by DJ Art of Listening with a special set of Christmas Tunes titled, “I’m No Dreaming of a White Christmas” from tropical celebrations around planet Earth, Sharon Robles on acoustic guitar and William Christopher, bringing the great songs which built America and holiday favorites to his keyboard. The music cranks up at 8:30 am with a special set dedicated to the workers coming into Mount Pleasant on the bus who help our hospitality industry welcome visitors and locals to a weekend of holiday fun. Full information on Jingle Bus for Musicians.
Present’s help make the Holiday’s fun and one will be given away every 10 minutes on Jingle Bus. Prizes include 30 orders of Banana Pudding from Page’s Okra Grill, 35 Appetizer’s or Deserts from Burton’s Grill, two bike tune ups from Mikes Bikes, two spa treatments from Stox Spa, Salon, treats from the Sprinkled Spatula and two bottles of anti Monkey But Powder from Royall Hardware. Print your name and phone number on the pass before you deposit it in the box on board to participate in the drawings.
The biggest prize of the day goes not to someone riding on the Jingle Bus, but to the Merchant who gets the largest number of passes used on the bus. Mayor Linda Page is selecting a special prize from her family’s fifty year collection of antiques and unusual objects to serve at the Merchant’s Grand Prize for Jingle Bus 2014. Leaderboard updates will be tweeted from the bus with hashtags #jinglebus and #carta41.
Jingle Bus will take you over the river and into the woods and even if your Grandmother’s house isn’t in Mount Pleasant, it will be a fun ride for all.
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