If she’s not “The Branson Show Queen” who is?
In a recent email Maureen Hannah, from Virginia, said, “I am about to break my record for number of Branson shows I have attended in 7 days.” She went on to say that she is coming to Branson during the week of December 4, 2006 and has tickets to 21 shows!
The last three times she was in Branson she went to three shows a day and saw 20 shows on each visit. Hannah has visited Branson many times over the last ten years and purchased a time share about five years ago that she uses early in December of each year. She loves the Branson area and said, “I can even see myself running the gift shop at The Moon River Theater if I ever really retire.”
She is a former dance instructor who still owns and operates a dance school. Each time she comes to Branson she brings a different assortment of friends. Hannah said, “Last time, I had two 87 year olds and an 80 year old and we had a ball.” She continued, “Where else can I relive old memories with people I grew up loving?”
Hannah is “under 60” and loves the variety that Branson’s shows offer. She goes to the established shows as well as some of the, what she calls, “new comer” shows and her list of favorites is constantly changing. Well, except for maybe one. She says, “Andy is my favorite.” She thinks that, “Jarrett Dougherty (with Pierce Arrow) is the absolute funniest man I have EVER seen!!!”
Hannah went for a personal record of 21 shows during her seven day visit starting on Dec. 5. On the morning of Dec. 11, she walked out of her 21st show, the Doug Gabriel Show and started for the airport to return home. She said that she had had a wonderful time in Branson and had seen both shows she had and had not seen before. Of the shows she had not seen before her favorite was the Brett Family. She loved the costuming and said, “It seems that each number was better than the one before it.”
She wondered “If anyone else has ever beaten that in seven days.” In any event it probably doesn’t make any difference because Hannah says, “Rest assured I will return to Branson to try for 22!”
Originally Published In the Branson Courier on Dec. 20, 2006.
