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Programming
Special Events, Festivals, & Convention Planning
- Festival Network Online
- International Association of Assembly Managers
- International Festivals & Events Association
- International Special Events Society
- Paradise Events - local Ellicott City, MD - clowns, characters, fireworks, etc.
- Professional Convention Management Association
- Special Events Magazine
The Arts
- Americans for the Arts - economic benefits of the arts
- American Visionary Arts Museum
- Baltimore Folk Music Society - dances and musical performances
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Center Stage
- The Crafts Fair Online - Craft Ideas
- The Lyric Opera House
- National Craft Association
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- ProAm Dancer - Mid Eastern Chapter - serving Central MD, Northern VA, and DC - everything you want to know about ballroom dancing
- The Smithsonian Institution - Washington, D.C.
- USA Dance - ballroom dancing and dancesports
Outdoor, Fitness, and High Adventure Activities
- Adventure Associates - corporate team building and training worldwide
- Adventure Cycling
- Adventure Sports Online
- All Earth Eco Tours
- American Volkssport Association - Maryland walks
- Bungee Zone
- Fly-fishing in Saltwaters
- Geocaching - a great new outdoor sport using a handheld GPS
- GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Page
- Go RVing - Go get your new Recreational Vehicle (RV) and explore!
- Inline.Now - The Inline Skating Resource
- The Institute for Outdoor Leadership & Education
- International Mountain Climbing School
- Le Parkour - a new way of experiencing gravity
- Mountain Bike e-zine
- National Shooting Sports Foundation
- National Speleological Society - cave exploring
- Paintball.com
- Performance Videos - videos on how to do several adventure sports
- Professional Association of Diving Instructors- PADI - international organization for SCUBA diving and dive trips
- Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation
- Safari Club International
- Skatelog.com - Inline Skating and Quad Roller Skating
- Sustainable Living Guide - how to live in harmony with nature
- Take Me Fishing
- United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) - home of the U.S. Ski Team
- United States Snowshoe Association
- Upward Enterprises Adventure Programs - more team building & leadership training programs
- The Walking Connection
- WOMBATS - Women's Mountain Bike and Tea Society
- Worldloppet - literally ski around the world
- Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
Camping, Camps, and Summer Recreational Programs
Camping Organizations
- Summer Camps and Recreational Programs - listed seasonally
- The Ultimate Camp Resource - great program ideas for campers by campers
Natural and Historical Interpretation
- American Association for State & Local History
- Ancestry.com - discover your family history
- Buckskinners Page (re-enactors)
- Catonsville Historical Society
- Catonsville Web
- Historical Re-enactors PLUS!
- Iowa's Living History Farms
- Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education
- Maryland Coastal Bays Program - Grants and Advocacy for the Chesapeake Bay
- Maryland Historical Society
- Maryland Humanities Council - Maryland History Day
- Maryland Science Center
- National Aquarium in Baltimore
- National Association for Interpretation (InterpNET)
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Natural Inquirer - USDA & USFS youth pages
- Natural Resources Recreation Reference Resources - Humboldt State University,CA
- Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. - historical re-enactors
- Society Hill - a directory of historical societies in the United States, Canada and Australia
- Sojourns in Nature - nature Interpretation photography
Sports and Specialty Games
- American Sport Education Association
- Billiard and Bowling Institute of America
- Bowling Proprietors' Association of America, Inc.
- Bracket Maker - free program to develop your own tournaments
- Character Counts
- Disabled Sports USA
- Disc Fly - disk golf supplies
- Ethics Resource Center - sports ethics links
- Games Kids Play
- International Olympic Committee
- Kin-Ball - a new sport that all can play
- Leisure Activity Ideas
- Miniature Golf Association - United States
- National Alliance for Youth Sports
- National Athletic Trainers' Association - guidelines for minimizing the risk of injury in high school athletics
- National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association
- National Women's Football Association
- North American One Armed Golfer Association
- Pop Warner Football
- President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports
- Roller Skating Association International
- Skin Diver Online (SCUBA)
- Women's Sports Foundation
Hobbies & Activity Areas
- Barbershop Quartets - A Surprising History
- Children's Music & Songs
- Games Kids Play
- Scavenger Hunt Anywhere
- The MacScouter - Scouting Resources Online - games, skits, songs, stories, cooking, much more
- The National Senior Spelling Bee
Gardening Sites
- Brent & Becky's Bulbs - once known as the Daffodil Mart - lots of spring & summer flowering bulbs
- Home and Garden Information Center - University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
- Home and Garden Network
- King's Mums - mail order your mums for greater variety
- National Gardening Association
- Plant Hardiness Map (NE)
- Southern Living Magazine Online
- United States National Arboretum
- Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association - find out where the haunts are in your town
- Nature Songs - a site with the songs and sounds of birds and animals
- Recreational Miners Association
- Silly Putty U.
- Single Action Shooting Society
- The Humane Society of the United States
- William Fuld - the creator of the Ouija Board; Ouija Board trivia and mystery
- Women Fly Website
Seasonal
June
- Favorite June Birthdays
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D-Day - June 6, 2008
- National Trails Day - June 7, 2008
- Baseball Hall of Fame Opened - June 12, 1939
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Father's Day June 15, 2008
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- Ice Cream Soda Day - June 20
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July
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July 4th Database! - Everything you ever wanted to know about our country's birthday!
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Bastille Day - July 14
- Cherokee Constitution Day - July 26
August
- August Holidays
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Other August Holidays - by the month, the week, and the day
- International Friendship Day - August 3, 2008
- Amish Friendship Bread Recipe
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