{"id":148,"date":"2004-03-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/article\/bransonfest-ushers-in-spring-season"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"bransonfest-ushers-in-spring-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"BransonFest ushers in spring season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><FONT size=3><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN class=header1><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o \/><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">The spring tourism season is welcomed to the Branson\/Lakes Area with the popular BransonFest, a five-day showcase of live entertainment, arts, autograph sessions, food and many other activities.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">BransonFest is being called one of the American Bus Association&#8217;s Top 100 Events for 2004<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">The popular event will be held April 6-10 at the Welk Resort in Branson. Showcase concerts, sample menus from several local restaurants, arts and heritage, outdoors and many other events and opportunities are planned. More than 50 Branson entertainers will perform during the event. Tickets are required for the showcase concerts; other events are free.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">The talent line-up for the showcase concerts are as follows. Lists are tentative and subject to change.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Tuesday, April 6, <st1:time Minute=\"0\" Hour=\"19\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">7 p.m.<\/st1:time><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">: Host Tom Mullica. Performers: Red Skelton, A Tribute by Tom Mullica; Doug Gabriel, the World Famous Platters, the Osmonds, the Braschler Music Show, Pierce Arrow, and Roy Rogers, Jr., and the High Riders.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Wednesday, April 7, <st1:time Minute=\"0\" Hour=\"14\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">2 p.m.<\/st1:time><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">: Host Jim Owen. Performers: Spirit of the Dance, Broadway! A Star-Spangled Celebration; Jim Owen, The Haygoods, Country Tonite, Bob Anderson and the Rat Pack.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Thursday, April 8, <st1:time Minute=\"0\" Hour=\"14\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">2 p.m.<\/st1:time><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">, Host to be announced. Performers: Baldknobbers Jamboree, Ronnie Prophet, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Pam Tillis, the Lowe Family of <SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Utah<SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">, Ronnie McDowell and Jason Petty.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Friday, April 9, <st1:time Minute=\"0\" Hour=\"14\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">2 p.m.<\/st1:time><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">: Host Paul Harris. Performers: Todd Oliver, #1 Hits of the &#8217;60s, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Darren Romeo, the Voice of Magic; Dino Kartsonakis, Lost in the &#8217;50s, and Paul Harris and cast.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Saturday, April 10, <st1:time Minute=\"0\" Hour=\"14\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">2 p.m.<\/st1:time><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">: Host to be announced. Performers: Jim Stafford, Red, Hot&#8230;&amp; Blue!; John Tweed, Brett Family Singers, Stuck on the &#8217;70s and the Osmonds.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\"> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #646464\">Tickets to the showcase concerts in the Welk Theatre cost $29.50 per show or $130 per person for all five shows. Tickets and information are available at 800-505-9355 or 417-337-7469. Group rates are available by calling 800-808-9355 or 417-336-1228.<\/P><br \/>\n<P> <\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BransonFest, a five-day showcase of live entertainment, arts, autograph&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows-attractions-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}