Andy Williams returns to the stage, Thursday evening at 7:00pm. Area appreciation discounts will be offered starting with this Thursday evenings show and running through the Sunday September 5th evenings show. Tickets are only $10.00 each for local residents of Stone, Taney, Greene, Christian, and Ozark counties in Missouri as well as Boone and Carroll counties in Arkanasas. Children 17 and under are free and tickets are available at the box office with ID.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

You’re invited to a FREE one night only VIP performance of The Brett Family Show 2010! We haven’t done a VIP night in the Ozarks community in 6 years, so it’s about time huh? In case you’re wondering, you are a VIP.

You can reserve seats for your VIP self and as many of your VIP friends and family as you’d like by phone, e-mail, or Facebook:

Phone: 417-336-4222
E-mail: [email protected]
Facebook: post to the event wall

MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE FULL NAME AND NUMBER OF SEATS.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater. It’s going to be a ridiculously fun evening. Just leave your socks at home because we might knock ’em off! Can’t wait to see you! Spread the word!

P.S. If you’re working Wednesday night, you can come on Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. for the same wonderful FREE price. Just go through the same RSVP process as you would for the night show.

Beginning Saturday, the Presley family will be seen weekly in more than 40 million homes. Their half-hour music and variety series premiers at 6:30 p.m. “Presleys Country Jubilee” stars three generations of the family, and the producers have added guest appearances by other Branson performers.

The show airs during the six-hour Saturday night schedule of continuous music and entertainment that earns high Nielsen ratings. It follows “Reno’s Old Time Music Festival” and precedes “The Marty Stuart Show.” The channel is carried by systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV, Comcast, Mediacom, Time Warner and more than 600 rural cable systems.

Source: BLACC/CVB

16th Annual Hot Winter Fun Big Show
Heats Up Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater’s Stage

Branson, MO – (Thursday, January 18, 2010) – As the weather starts to heat up so do the stages in Branson, Missouri and at 7:00 PM on Monday, February 8, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater will be sizzling with Branson’s 16th Annual Hot Winter Fun Big Show! Branson, dubbed the “live music show capital of the world”, is the perfect place to escape the winter blues during January and February and Branson’s Hot Winter Fun Big Show is the perfect event to sample a wide variety of shows and performers jam-packed into one exciting show.

The Hot Winter Fun Big Show provides the audience an opportunity to see portions of several shows that are open during the winter months of January, February and March. The Big Show will be emceed by popular Branson entertainer, Bob Leftridge of the Baldknobbers Jamboree. Shows on stage include Jim Stafford, Legends In Concert, Hughes Brothers Show, Pierce Arrow, Kirby Van Burch, Cassandre’- the Voice of an Angel, Circle B Supper Show, Grand Jubilee, Keith “Red” Allen, Ricky Boen & Texas Mud, Tony Roi, Smoke On The Mountain, Always & Forever Patsy Cline, Buckets N Boards, Comedy Jamboree, Red, Hot, & Blue, Rock N Roll is Here to Stay, Rock U Mentally, Top 10 Rock and Roll Revue, and more.

Tickets for Branson’s 16th Annual Hot Winter Fun Big Show are currently on sale and can be purchased by calling Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater directly at 417-339-3003.

“The Big Show has become a tradition for many visitors who plan their trip to Branson around the event. It’s also something local residents enjoy because they get to see some of the new shows opening for the season and some of their long time favorites debuting new songs and acts,” says Jeannie Horton, President of The League of Branson Theatre Owners & Show Producers (The Branson Show League) and General Manager for Legends In Concert.

“Marketing the months of January, February, and March as Hot Winter Fun started in 1994 as a way to let our guests know they could enjoy the Branson experience year ‘round,” says Cindy Merry, marketing chair for The Branson Show League. “The Hot Winter Fun Big Show was created to raise funds to market Branson. Last year the funds were used to help run a $300,000 television campaign in Dallas that featured over 50 Branson stars inviting visitors Branson. We hope to be able to recreate a similar program in 2010.”

The Branson Show League sponsors the annual Hot Winter Fun Big Show. All of the entertainers donate their performances and many volunteers and local businesses help produce and market the show.

For tickets call 417-339-3003 or 417-335-STAR today. Tickets are $30 plus tax and service charge for adults, $ 9.95 plus tax and service charge for children ages 4 through 12.

Media Contacts
Cindy Merry, 417-739-4925, [email protected]

About The League of Branson Theatre Owners and Show Producers (The Branson Show League)

The Branson Show League works to increase the success and well-being of the theatrical industry in the “Live Music Show Capital of the World” — Branson, Missouri. With over 100 live shows featuring music, comedy, magic, dancing, acrobats, theatrical plays, and more, the diversity and variety of choices of live shows make Branson a unique and fun-filled family vacation destination. The League strives to increase interest in Branson shows and show attendance, increase profitability for the Branson show community, and to promote communications between the shows and theaters as well as throughout the Branson community.

To help businesses understand new sales tax rules, the League of Branson Theatre Owners & Show Producers has invited staff from the Missouri Department of Revenue to a meeting at noon Friday (Dec. 18) at the Radisson Hotel on Mo. 76.

The meeting is open to anyone impacted by the new ruling. There will be representatives there from industries including ticket resellers, theaters, hotels and tour operators.

Kemp Horn of the CIRCLE B SUPPER SHOW, Branson, Missouri is proud to announce that the RIDERS OF THE CIRCLE B will be headlining at the GENE AUTRY FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL, in Gene Autry, Oklahoma. This festival is held each year on the weekend closest to Gene Autry’s birthday, September 29th and is a celebration of the legacy of the singing cowboy’s films and music.

This annual gathering brings in cowboy singers, cowboy poets, storytellers, western film stars and look-alikes and tens of thousands of visitors from around the country, who love cowboy movies, music, and fun. Activities include: Western Music Shows, Vintage Film Festivals, Cowboy Poetry Presentations, Screening of Contemporary Western Films, Workshops, a Birthday Party for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a host of other related activities.

The activities this year are scheduled for September 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.
On Sunday the 27th, the week’s activities will come to a climactic close with a very special Cowboy Church service, featuring the music of Branson’s own CIRCLE B SUPPER SHOW, performing some of their cowboy gospel favorites.

Michael Horn says, “it is an honor for us to be asked to appear at this unique and historic event. We are especially pleased to represent the heart of Branson by being the special music at the Cowboy Church Service, which is the high point of the week and closing event”.

The RIDERS OF THE CIRCLE B perform cowboy music and comedy stage shows all year long at the CIRCLE B SUPPER SHOW in Branson, Missouri, the “Live Music Show Capitol of the World.” The RIDERS feature the talents of Kemp, Michael and Christiana Horn, as well as Louis Darby, John Fullerton, and Earl Vaughan.

For more information about the festival, visit www.geneautrymuseum.com.
For information about Branson’s Circle B Supper Show visit www.CircleBShow.com or call 800-678-6179.

Cirque Imagination Brings its National Tour to Branson

Cirque Imagination’s “Montage,” comprised of world-class former Cirque du Soleil performers, is bringing its act to Missouri. Following performances in Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta, the show’s next stop on its national tour will be at Branson’s Tri-Lakes Center.

“Montage” acts include hand-balancing, contortion, pole climbing, and aerial artists climbing chiffon straps- all choreographed to music. The audience will also have the chance to meet, take photos and get autographs from the “Montage” star performers.

The talents featured in “Montage”- called “mind-boggling” by the LA Times- provide entertainment for audiences of all ages, at family-affordable pricing.

“We created the company because we saw the need,” said Judy Blake. “In these unprecedented economic times, we want to provide truly amazing entertainment without the extravagant cost.”

Prices range from $15 to $34, with passes for families of four available for $99 plus tax. Tickets will be limited and in high demand, due to the limited number of performances scheduled for September 13-19, and November 29-December 5. For ticket information and show times, call the Tri-Lakes Center’s Box Office at 417.336.0219, or visit www.trilakescenter.com.

For photos and additional information about “Montage,” visit www.cirquemontage.com, or contact Judy Blake, Director of Business Development.

Judy Blake
Cirque Imagination
Director of Business Development
832-754-6700
[email protected]

Press Release
For Immediate Distribution
July 8, 2009
Contact: Michael Horn
417-336-1828
CrossTies FINDS NEW HOME AT CIRCLE B
CrossTies, a vary talented and entertaining bluegrass and gospel group, has moved to the Circle B Theater in Branson, MO. Bluegrass shows, with a touch of gospel, are performed at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. A free all-gospel show, “Country Cathedral” is held every Sunday Morning at 11 a.m.
The combination of CrossTies’ superlative instrumental talent, combined with their “pure and refreshing” award-winning voices, results in a unique bluegrass show that is fun for the whole family.
The Circle B Theatre is also home to the long-running cowboy music and comedy of the Circle B Supper Show. A two-show combination ticket allows visitors the option of seeing both shows, including a delicious dinner starting at 5 p.m.
CrossTies is made up of the Glaspy family and several fabulous local Branson musicians.
Jim Glaspy has toured the country and played in Nashville sessions with national recording artists including the Dilliards, Mac Wiseman, The Cox Family, Albert Lee, Gov. Jimmy Davis and Chubby Wise. Jim has won the national Dobro championship and the Texas state guitar flat-picking title twice! He is such a gifted instrumentalist that he is endorsed by many national music companies including Gibson Guitars, Stelling Banjos, Fuller’s Vintage Guitars, and even a beverage maker, Dr Pepper!
Jim and his wife, Karina, began performing their own family show in 2006. They are joined by daughter Katey, who plays bass and, according to many audience members, “sings like an angel.”
Well-known local fiddler, Louis Darby (two-time Louisiana State Fiddle champ, and Canadian Open Fiddle champ) and multi-instrumentalist John Fullerton (“Branson’s Singing Cowboy”) join CrossTies to the delight of everyone seeing the show.
For anyone that wants to see “Bluegrass at its Best!” – make sure to see CrossTies!
For more information, please call 1-800-678-6179 or visit www.bransoncrossties.com.

On October 24 – 27, 2010, the Chuckwagons of the West Jamboree will be at Circle B in Branson, Missouri. Top national cowboy music and comedy acts plus special guests will be entertaining at anticipated sold-out shows.
The Horn Family brought Circle B’s brand of cowboy music and chuckwagon-style vittles to Branson 6 years ago, but Circle B has been around for long before that. Circle B Ranch in the Black Hills of South Dakota was founded in 1976. The founders made it a priority to be members of the Chuckwagon Association of the West. Christiana Horn says, “when we took over Circle B, a big part of our identity came from the Chuckwagons of the West. They wrangled us into the group we’ve become.”
The Chuckwagons of the West began over 50 years ago, when Russ Wolfe and several close friends started inviting tourists to their evening cattle roundups and serving them food at the Flying W in Colorado Springs. Invevitably, someone would pull out a guitar and sing old cowboy songs for the guests. Since then, there have been many “chuckwagon” style groups to spring up around the country. A small core of folks loyal to the original cattle drive spirit and the Association’s goal “to provide the highest level of quality and value in family entertainment and food” is still affiliated with the Flying W through the Chuckwagons of the West. http://www.flyingw.com/ChuckwagonsAssociation.aspx
Each year, the Chuckwagons of the West meet for a “jamboree”—a thank-you to loyal fans, and a time to swap stories and advice with other members. The Jamboree is held at a different Chuckwagon each year. October of 2010 will mark the first time it has been held in Branson.

In addition to some of the finest cowboy music and comedy acts in the world performing at Circle B in Branson, there are several surprises in the works. “Branson has a lot of good, cowboy entertainment, so we’ve reached out to some of our cowboy friends. We are blessed to have friends like Dusty Rogers agree to be a part of the event, as well as Johnny Lonestar.” says Kemp Horn
In addition to Circle B in Branson, the other members of the Chuckwagons of the West are: the Bar –J in Jackson, Wyoming, the Bar –D in Durango, Colorado, the Circle B in Rapid City, South Dakota (now operated by Horn relatives, the Lawson Family), the Flying J in Riudoso, New Mexico, and of course, the Flying W in Colorado Springs, Colorado. All are expected to appear at the 2010 Jamboree. “When we get together for a jamboree, it makes me lightheaded to be sharing a stage with so many cowboy music heroes!” says Circle B mandolinist John Fullerton.
For more information, please visit www. CircleBshow.com, or call 1-800-678-6179.