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Parks & Recreation
4220 N Josey Lane
Carrollton, TX 75010
Phone 972-466-3080

Click on an event name below or scroll down to view event information.

Daddy Daughter Dance
Garage Sale
Kacie's Run
KOOSN

Pool Lake Trout Fish-Out
Mother's Day Concert
Thursday Night Dances

Pool Lake Trout Fish-Out

Friday, January 26 &
Saturday, January 27

Residents - $7/in advance
Non-residents - $10
Event day - $10

Josey Ranch Lake Park on Keller Springs

This annual event normally held at Rosemeade pool will be held at the pond near the sports fields at Josey Ranch Sports Complex this year due to renovations that are underway at Rosemeade and Thomas pools.

Tickets will be sold at Rosemeade Recreation Center only.
     January 15-18, 6 to 8 pm (residents only)
     January 20, 9 am to noon
     January 22-25, 6 to 8 pm

Proof or residency is required at the time of payment.
Cash or check only.
No refunds.
A limited number of tickets are available per time slot. Register early to get your preferred fishing time.
A fishing license is required by Texas Parks & Wildlife for participants aged 17 and older.

Fishing schedule
    Friday, January 26
          Morning - special and physically impaired
          Afternoon - Senior adults

     Saturday, January 27
          Morning, youth (ages 12 & under)
          Afternoon, open to public

Please call 972-466-9833 for additional information. 

Rockin' the Night Away Daddy Daughter Dance

Saturday, February 3
7 to 9 pm

Creekview High School
3201 Old Denton Road

This father and daughter Valentine's Day celebration will have you Rockin' the Night Away with your darling princess. It's a lively dance party with a photo opportunity, cookies and punch, make-and-take crafts, Valentine's Day games and prizes.

Registration is $20 per daddy daughter couple ($5 per additional princess) or $25 per couple and $5 per additional daughter at the door. Sorry, no moms allowed.

Sponsored by the Carrollton Police Association and Carrollton Parks and Recreation.  Please call 972-466-9800 or 972-466-9810 for additional information. 

R.L. Turner
Kacie Brekhus
Memorial Torch Run
5K and 1 Mile Fun Run

Saturday, April 21

Standridge Stadium
1330 W. Valwood Parkway

Named in memory of Kacie Brekhus, a 2003 graduate of R.L. Turner High School, proceeds of the 2007 "Kacie's Run" will support over 150 Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Special Olympics athletes. The event is hosted by R.L. Turner High School, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Educational Foundation and the city of Carrollton.

The Brekhus Family is the Title Sponsor of Kacie's Run. For information about sponsorship opportunities, contact the C-FB ISD Educational Foundation at 972-968-6543

Registration details for the 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run will be available in January at www.cfbisd.edu.

Community Spring Cleaning Garage Sale

Saturday, May 5
9 am to 1 pm

Crosby Community Center
1610 E. Crosby Road

Shoppers and sellers are invited to participate in this indoor community garage sale. Carrollton residents can rent 10'X10' spaces for $20 to sell items. One table and two chairs are provided for each booth. Non-residents can reserve a booth starting April 16. Only one booth per person/family.

Call 972-466-9810 for information or to reserve a space. Spaces are limited and proof of residency is required.

All items must be in good taste and suitable for family viewing. The city reserves the right to screen and reject items for sale. Items being sold cannot promote personal businesses. No solicitation is allowed during the sale.

Mother's Day Concert

Sunday, May 13
6:00 pm

A.W. Perry Homestead Museum
1509 N. Perry Road

FREE

It's a Carrollton Mother's Day tradition on the grounds of the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum and Pearl Perry Gravley Park! Bring your picnic basket, blankets or lawn chairs and relax while listening to the musicians performing on the front porch of the 1909 home. Free ice cream and lemonade will be provided. Children can make an old-fashioned handmade gift for mom.

Proud of your picnic? Enter the PICNIC CONTEST. Create a theme for your picnic and enter the second annual Mother's Day Picnic Contest in one of three categories, Best Family, Most Elegant, or Most Creative. Registration begins at 5:15 pm and judging at 6 pm with winners announced at the end of the concert.

Please call 972-466-6380 for more information.

Senior Center
 Thursday Night Dances

Every Thursday night
7:00 to 9:30 pm

Senior Center
1720 Keller Springs Rd

$5 per person admission includes a free dance lesson at 6 pm and entry into the dance.  Dance hosts are available.  Cookies and coffee at the break. Bands include Gary Lee - Ballroom, High Caliber - Country & Western, Southern Pride - Country & Western, Ronnie Martin - Ballroom, and Charlie Patteson - Ballroom. For adults 50+.

Please call 972-466-4850 for additional information.  Click here to visit the senior center web page and view a schedule for the Thursday night bands.

KOOSN
Kids Out On Saturday Night

Saturdays
 7:00 pm to midnight
 

$12 per person

American Indoor
1400 West Hebron Parkway

Organized weekly program of fun, games & activities for 4th thru 8th graders.  Join us for every Saturday night for:
  * Weekly dances
  * Special rock climbing nights
  * Pool tournaments
  * Video games
  * American Idol contests - judged Live!
  * Battle of the Bands
  * Learn new dances
  * Play soccer, baseball, football, ultimate Frisbee
  * Door prizes each week - prizes for competitions
  * Concessions
  * Best Monthly Parties are $15 per person and include Halloween, Christmas, 4th of July, Schools Out for Summer, The Drag (School starts), Beach Boys, Fifties, and your very own New Year's Eve Party!

On their first visit, each child must be checked in by a parent or legal guardian.  No re-entry.  Security is provided.  Presented by the city of Carrollton and American Indoor.  For more information please call 972-939-1100.

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Page last updated December 13, 2006, 10:18 am.