Brooksville, County Seat of Hernando County for more than one hundred years, was originally known as Melendez and was settled about 1845. A map printed in 1855 shows the town of Melendez as being the Capital of Benton County, now Hernando County.

Fort DeSoto, a military fort established about 1840 to give protection to settlers from Indians, was located at the northeastern edge of present day Brooksville on Croom Road about one-half mile east of U.S. Highway 41. Fort DeSoto was also a trading post and a regular stop on the Concord Stage Coach Line which ran from Palatka to Tampa. ...

British Soccer Camps provide players of all ages and abilities with the rare opportunity to receive high-level soccer coaching from a team of international experts. ...

The Sarasota Family YMCA involves a wide variety of activities, organizations, branches and locations. To the right you'll find a quick rundown of several of our largest clubs and services, as well as the essentials of each area location. If you need more detailed assistance, feel free to get in touch with us directly. ...

Johan Kriek Tennis Academy is dedicated to a modern game mentality, recognizing that upcoming tennis stars today and in the future have needs for training and motivation that are changing every year, and need to be individualized for each student. We know students are motivated by a diverse skill-set, both on and off the tennis courts. ...

British Soccer Camps provide players of all ages and abilities with the rare opportunity to receive high-level soccer coaching from a team of international experts. ...

CIFEL, the language school, was founded in January 1996, in Albertville, France. Two years later CIFEL established another language school in Megve, in the french alps. ...

We teach kids the joys of sailing! Classes available for kids aged 8-18. There are opportunities for everyone from beginner through the experienced racers. ...

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Sarasota Opera owns and performs in the historic Sarasota Opera House. The building has recently undergone a $20 million rehabilitation to restore the beauty of the 1920's theater, while creating an up-to-date opera house for the 21st century.
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Based in Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is in now in its 50th season.

Eugene OneginIn 1960 the group, then called the Asolo Opera Guild was formed to present the touring Turnau Opera in chamber-sized productions in the historic 320 seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota's Ringling Museum of Art. ...

Located 600 miles west of Ecuador, the Galapagos Archipelago is made up of over 100 individual islands. They are among the most isolated islands in the world and the wildlife here is in a class of its own. Swimming with sea lions twisting and turning just inches away from your mask and crouching beside a blue-footed booby as it performs its distinctive courtship dance are just two of the incredible animal encounters waiting for you. ...

Sea|mester offers a range of unique educational adventures where our students live full-time aboard either S/Y Ocean Star or S/Y Argo while spending their entire semester sailing from island to island, country to country or continent to continent in any number of global locations. In this way, no part of your experience is confined by the four walls of a traditional classroom. ...