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Monthly Archives: August 2007
An Ole Seagull’s review: Island Fire blazes onto Branson’ entertainment scene
Anyone wanting to experience a little bit of all that is Polynesia, either for the first time or in reminiscence, or who is looking for a new and unique Branson entertainment experience will not want to miss this show. Continue reading
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Pictorial Review:Taylor Hicks at the Welk Theatre
Taylor Hicks gave the packed house a fantastic show, filled with the energy and his passion for the music. Continue reading
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Bookings climb quickly for Branson Convention Center
The booking pace for events coming to the new Branson Convention Center is picking up and is in line to exceed projections. In an update report to the city of Branson’s board of aldermen at their regular Aug. 13 business meeting, Mark Hartman, General Man Continue reading
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Southern Gospel Sensations Star at Silver Dollar City’s Southern Gospel Picnic
Festival Features Top Performers, Great Harmonies & a Picnic Feast
August 30 – September 9. Featured artists include 2006 International Bluegrass Music Association Gospel Recording of the Year winners Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Dove Award winners The I Continue reading
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Comments on “Why aren’t more people playing at Branson’s shows?” editorial
The Aug. 19 article “Why aren’t more people playing at Branson’s shows?” by Gary Groman tries to dismiss the concern of the shows and other community members regarding the recent trend of visitors seeing less shows while they are in Branson. Here are a fe Continue reading
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Why aren’t more people playing at Branson’s shows?
Branson’s marketing brand proudly proclaims to the world the illusion that “Someone you love is always playing in Branson.” What the message doesn’t promise is that the “someone” will “always” be “playing” in a show or theater and that’s not necessarily a Continue reading
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Is Branson’s concern about affordable housing a conspiracy to curtail growth?
How can a reasonable person interpret a possible conspiracy to “curtail commercial business growth” and “an attempt to curtail wage increases and stifle the job market” from a statement reiterating the generally held community belief that there is a need Continue reading
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MoDOT study to determine if, and how long, Branson’s Taneycomo Bridge will be closed
Whether or not the Business Highway 65/MO 76 Bridge across Lake Taneycomo will be closed and, if it is, for how long has not yet been determined. It is but one factor that will be considered as the Missouri Department of Transportation, MoDOT, conducts a Continue reading
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A rating of 3 out of 9 doesn’t mean Lake Taneycomo Bridge isn’t safe
The bridge’s substructure, including piers and arches, is rated a 6, the deck, including the surface that vehicles drive on, is rated a 3, and its super structure, including the columns coming up off the arches is rated a 3. He went on to point out that t Continue reading
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Orvis 2006 Outfitter of the Year to Branson’s River Run Outfitters
The coveted Orvis 2006 Outfitter of the Year award was presented to Branson’s River Run Outfitters, owned by Stan and Carolyn Parker, by Perk Perkins, the CEO of Orvis and Dave Perkins, the Vice chairman of Orvis at the recent 2007 Orvis Guide Rendezvous Continue reading
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Branson Lake Taneycomo Bridge concerns
According to the bridgehunter.com website, the Taneycomo bridge was last inspected in 2001, when it was rated as structurally deficient. That rating may be merely programmatic to MoDOT, but it is not encouraging to the thousands of people crossing the bri Continue reading
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Beach Boys Served Up Summertime Fun in Branson
When you think of Branson in the summer, surfing probably isn’t one of the first activities that comes to mind. But when the Beach Boys took the stage of the RFD-TV Theatre in July, you couldn’t help but to have thoughts of fast cars, pretty girls on the Continue reading
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Branson’s Silver Dollar and Celebration City Awesome but…
Fire and Light show…was not very impressive but maybe it is cooler to see at night when the fire is going…there was both water and fire at the Celebration City light up the night show. We were very impressed with that.
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Separation agreement for Branson city administrator, Terry Dody, effective Jul. 31.
A press release from the city of Branson announces the departure of Terry Dody, ten year employee and city administrator since January 2000.” …A separation agreement was drafted last week and approved by Branson Alderman yesterday. Mr. Dody’s last day i Continue reading
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Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers to have new Branson home in 2008
Glenn Patch, the owner of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theatre in Branson, Missouri, announced that Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers…Steve, and Rudy, will join the roster of stars already performing at the theatre for the 2008 season. Continue reading
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Will $1.1 million microstudy answer Branson’s $1 million mass transit question?
Is there a mass transit bus system in Branson’s future? If the “million dollar” question can be answered there just might be, and it might be a lot closer than a lot of people think. Continue reading
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Ex Branson city administrator gets $151, 278 and no formal performance evaluations
City of Branson press release announcing departure of Terry Dody, city administrator does not mention just how much the separation would cost the city of Branson and the fact that it insured that no current employee performance evaluations would be part Continue reading
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Isn’t Branson Landing’s public square truly “our” public square?
The truth of the matter is that for the next 99 years or so, the public square at Branson Landing is not “owned” by the public. Yet, never has the public had more access to, or made more use of, the area occupied by Branson Landing’s public square. Continue reading
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Current city ordinances provide city minimal ability to regulate liquor and alcohol
The city of Branson’s board of aldermen held a special meeting at 10:30 a.m. on July 30 for the purpose of discussing the city’s liquor license policy and to review and approve current applications for liquor licenses submitted to the city of Branson befo Continue reading
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