Branson, Missouri will once again play host to the acclaimed professional cycling event, Tour of Missouri, slated for September 8-14, 2008. One hundred twenty of the world’s premier cyclists will compete in 7 stages of this challenging 600+ mile trek.

Following a wildly successful inaugural Tour of Missouri in 2007, this year’s race will take riders, representing 15 teams and more than 20 countries, from St. Joseph, the historic site of the Pony Express, through the Ozarks, over the Katy Trail and the Mark Twain National Forrest, along the celebrated Route 66 and the winding Missouri River, with a brilliant finish at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

The Tour of Missouri, sanctioned internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and nationally by USA Cycling, is ranked only behind the Tour de Georgia and Amgen Tour of California for North American cycling events.

The Branson Stage

Daily races range from 75 miles to 125 miles, but Branson will host the 18 mile Stage 3 Time Trials which many teams believe to be all-important towards an overall win. Starting at The Branson Landing, the new commercial waterfront development on Lake Taneycomo in the downtown district of Branson, cyclists face what 2007 Tour of Missouri champion George Hincapie describes as “the hardest time trial course” he’d ever ridden.

In reverse order of their ranking, cyclists start in intervals of one minute each until the final 10 riders, who set out in two minute intervals. The course features a relentless grind through the hilly terrain around Branson, one of America’s favorite vacation hotspots.

To see an interactive map of the Branson leg of the Tour of Missouri please visit:

www.branson.com/tour-of-missouri.html

And for more information from the official Tour of Missouri website visit:

www.tourofmissouri.com

You are certainly welcome to join us in Branson as we cheer on the amazing Tour of Missouri cyclists!

Gary and Greybeard are proud to announce that on September 1, They will launch Radio Branson Dot Com. Branson Radio will be totally dedicated to the music of the area artists and entertainers.

Internet Radio?

According to Arbitron ratings, 54 million listeners tune into internet radio monthly, and 33 million on a daily basis.

We are having great success and celebrating our sixth year, with our first internet station, TMTR, (This Means Texas Radio – ), and our weekly syndicated radio show, The , Texas Music Radio Show (Which is goes out to 50+ am/fm and internet stations through-out the world each week). And to top it off, TMTR has been nominated for internet station of the year the last 3 years!

With so many great entertainers in the Branson area, we wanted to do all we could to promote the shows. So, last year we began interviewing Branson entertainers for TMTR, which listener response astounding.
Wishing we could do more to promote this fantastic area, Branson Radio was born. Our goal is to promote Branson entertainment and business, through internet radio. We will be broadcasting our stream 24 hours a day. At the helm, Gary Barton, (who has been going to shows in Branson for over 17 years!) and Greybeard, who made his first trip to branson last year and immediatly fell in love! We are also looking at several Branson oriented shows to run on the station.

Any way you look at it, it is going to be FUN!
So come join us September 1st and learn all about Branson and the Ozarks!

This Labor Day weekend Branson shoppers have a new Boutique to talk about…and shop at. Located at The Landing, Mi~La Boutique offers the newest, trendiest styles from the top designers in the industry.

Men, Women and Children can rock the hottest styles from 7 for all Mankind, Sakrid, 7 Diamonds, Voom, Lauren Conrad, Jessica Simpson, Betsey Johnson and Free People, just to name a few.

Coming soon are fabulous clothes from Ed Hardy, Smet, True Religion, Juicy Couture and Miss Sixty.

From Milan to LA, Mi~La has the trendiest styles from the top designers!