June 27th, 2010
Beginning June 28th, Country Cascades’ continental breakfast will include a made-to-order omelette station. Our on duty cook will prepare individual dishes as requested. Guests choose from optional ingredients: cheese, bell pepper, onion, or ham.
Continental breakfast is included with every room reservation at Country Cascades. Current menu selections feature
- Made to order omelettes
- Make your own Belgian Waffles
- Biscuits and Country Gravy
- Hard Boiled Eggs
- Hot & Cold Cereal
- Fresh Fruit
- Toast, Bagels, & Doughnuts
- Coffee, Tea, Juice, & Milk
- Cappuccino & Hot Chocolate
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May 8th, 2010
It’s time for great music and great food in Sevierville. The Annual Bloomin’ Barbecue and Bluegrass Festival, a headlining event for Smoky Mountain Springfest, takes place May 14-15. Admission to the popular celebration is FREE.
This two day street party takes place in downtown Sevierville with live Bluegrass and plenty of varieties of barbecue for sale, kids activities, and a Barbecue cook off.
There will be live bluegrass music all weekend long, filling the streets with this classic southern style of music. Performers of note include Blue Highway, Darrell Webb, and the Dan Tyminski Band.
The Mountain Soul vocal competition is a unique tribute to hometown hero Dolly Parton. Contestants perform one of the many songs penned by Ms. Parton herself.
The Barbecue cook-off is a Tennessee State Championship competition. Judges and participants will abide by rules from the sanctioning body, The Kansas City Barbecue Society. There are four categories: Chicken, Ribs, Pulled Pork, and Brisket.
Hours:
- Friday May 14, 5pm-10pm
- Saturday May 15, 9am-10pm
Full Schedule
Special rates available from Governor’s Inn,
an elegant Sevierville hotel offering spacious rooms and suites.
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May 6th, 2010
Country Superstar Dolly Parton returns to her home town this Friday, May 7, for the 25th annual Dollywood parade The parade will be start on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge at traffic light #7 at 6pm and travel to light #3.
Ms. Parton will serve as Grand Marshall, leading a contingent of Dollywood performers, bands from area schools and floats from local attractions and businesses. Clowns and other marchers will be along throwing candy to spectators.
Ms. Parton grew up and attended school in Sevier county before leaving for Nashville to realize her country music dreams. A regular performer on the Cas Walker shows as a little girl, Dolly never forgot her roots. In 1986 Parton became co-owner of Silver Dollar City and changed the name to Dollywood. Her reasoning for such a venture? As Dolly says, “I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.”
To that end she has been quite successful, doubling the size of Dollywood to a total of 150 acres. New attractions this year include Adventure Mountain, a mountain side obstacle course including four courses with varying degrees of difficulty. For smaller children there will be a kids play area called “Camp Teachittoome”.
Frequently in the past Dolly has also made surprise appearances insider her park the day after the parade. With this being the 25th anniversary of Dollywood, the park has been surprising guests on its own with prizes given away randomly during the season.
Special Dollywood packages are available to celebrate the 25th anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 15th, 2010
Terry Evanswood begins a new show in Pigeon Forge this March. The Wonders of Magic will be presented at WonderWorks near Traffic Light Number 0.
Winner of the prestigious International Magicians Society’s Merlin Award, Mr. Evanswood is a world class magician par excellence. He has performed in Cancun, Aruba, Sarnia, Miami Beach and countless other venues. His magic ranges from sleight of hand to grand illusions.
WonderWorks is an upsidedown, interactive museum featuring physical as well as mental challenges. From optical illusions and the inversion tunnel to rock wall climbing and a 5.3 Richter Scale “earthquake” – you’ll be amazed when you let your imagination run wild.
WonderWorks is also home to the Hoot n Holler Dinner show, Lazer Tag and much more.
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