{"id":13201,"date":"2011-06-16T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/?p=13201"},"modified":"2018-03-28T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:18:52","slug":"branson-stars-set-june-26-2011-joplin-benefit-concert-telethon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/2011\/06\/16\/branson-stars-set-june-26-2011-joplin-benefit-concert-telethon\/","title":{"rendered":"Branson Stars Set June 26, 2011 Joplin Benefit Concert & Telethon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Branson Stars Set June 26, 2011 Joplin Benefit Concert & Telethon <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Branson, Mo. 6-14-2011) \u201cSend donations for Joplin now\u201d is the message the Branson community wants to deliver on June 26, 2011, during the live concert and telethon being staged by the Southwest Missouri town known as the \u201clive music show capital of the world\u201d. The live benefit concert will be at The Mansion Theatre and tickets are on sale now for a minimum donation of $50 by calling 1-866-707-4100<\/strong> or visiting JoplinBenefit.com.
\nAs of this date the jam-packed night of special entertainment will include performances and appearances from stars and celebrities including:
\nJim Stafford
\nShoji Tabuchi
\nLiverpool Legends
\nCarrie April Tillis
\nHughes Brothers Show
\nTodd Oliver & his talking dogs
\nThe Lennon Sisters
\nBaldknobbers Jamboree
\nAcrobats of China
\nThe Duttons of America\u2019s Got Talent
\nBuck Trent
\nJ. Eddie Peck from the Young & the Restless
\nBarbara Fairchild
\nGrand Country Music Hall
\nGod and Country Theatre
\nPierce Arrow Theatre
\n3 Redneck Tenors of America\u2019s Got Talent
\nThe Haygoods
\nJim Barber of Hamner-Barber Variety Show
\nTom Mullica as Red Skelton
\nLegends In Concert
\nKirby VanBurch
\nShowboat Branson Belle
\nDoug Gabriel
\nSons of the Pioneers
\nCircle B Cowboy Show
\nThe Brett Family
\nBranson Variety Theatre
\nLegends of Kung Fu
\nPresley\u2019s Jubilee\u2026and more!<\/strong>
\nJoplin, Missouri was hit by an EF5 tornado that brought winds exceeding 200 mph, destroying over 8,000 homes, 400 businesses, 5 schools, and St John\u2019s Regional Medical Center (Mercy Health Joplin). \u201cJoplin is a great neighbor and folks there need for their community to be made whole again,\u201d said Ann Stafford, event organizer and co-owner of the Jim Stafford Theatre in Branson. \u201cBranson\u2019s stars and our local businesses and volunteers want to help that process happen. We believe assisting St John\u2019s Mercy Hospital to operate while rebuilding is vital to the stability and health of the entire community both economically and spiritually. We also believe that as musicians and show people, who make our living from the arts, that it is important to the children of Joplin to also have their music programs put back in place.\u201d Proceeds from the concert and telethon will go to St John\u2019s Mercy Hospital and to the Joplin Schools\u2019 music programs.
\nSt John\u2019s Mercy Health Systems has committed to keeping all 2200 employees on the payroll indefinitely. \u201cThat\u2019s a big undertaking for a non-profit,\u201d adds Stafford, \u201cand essential to the economic vitality of the entire Joplin community, and in fact to Branson as well as to Missouri.\u201d
\nThe Joplin High School\u2019s loss in musical instruments alone exceeds $280,000. \u201cOur goal is to reach out to everyone to donate instruments or to purchase instruments for the kids through a silent auction being held on the 26th during the live concert. There\u2019s a list of specific instruments needed at JoplinBenefit.com,\u201d said Jim Barber, President of The League of Theatre Owners & Show Producers as well as co-star of the Hamner-Barber Variety Show & Theatre. \u201cWe believe that by keeping the music alive in the schools, the lives of the children of Joplin will be enriched during this time of recovery.” Instruments may be dropped off at the College of the Ozarks Christian Ministries offices, The Mansion Theatre, any Palen Music Stores and Hoover Music Store in Springfield, Missouri or at any of the Mercy Health Systems offices.
\nThe show will be broadcast live via television, radio and the internet. As of press time the following had announced their air times:
\nKOAM-TV and FOX 14 in Joplin, Missouri from 7-10pm Central Time
\nRFD-TV network from 7-10pm
\nAccess channels on Mediacom stations through the Midwest,
\nCW affiliates in Springfield MO, Wichita KS, and Fayetteville AR; ABC affiliate in Fayetteville AR; the NBC affiliate in Victoria TX; and the CBS affiliate in Greenville MS.<\/strong>
\nThe Branson Cares Benefit will be available via satellite for television broadcast from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. KOAM-TV and Fox 14 in Joplin are producing the show and have graciously donated the equipment, labor, and the satellite services for this event. The event will also be closed captioned provided by Caption Solutions of Lawrence KS. (Metro Sports of Kansas City and Freebird TV of Olathe, KS provided the production truck and satellite truck, respectively).
\nThe League of Branson Theater Owners and Show Producers (The Branson Show League) is producing the Joplin Benefit Concert & Telethon presented by Branson Cares. Other Sponsors of the event are KOAM-TV, the Branson\/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB, a variety of area businesses, and numerous volunteers.
\nKOAM, in providing the live broadcast of the show and facilitating the satellite uplink, is making it possible for the telethon to be shown in communities throughout the country, with those station placement efforts currently underway. Viewers are advised to call their local TV stations to check the schedule to see if their hometown stations are airing the Joplin Benefit Concert and Telethon presented by Branson Cares.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donations to the Joplin relief effort may be made to: <\/strong>
\nBranson Cares Joplin Benefit
\nc\/o The League of Branson Theatre Owners and Show Producers
\nPost Office Box 5083
\nBranson, Missouri 65615
\nOr by visiting JoplinBenefit.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Branson Stars Set June 26, 2011 Joplin Benefit Concert & Telethon (Branson, Mo. 6-14-2011) \u201cSend donations for Joplin now\u201d is the message the Branson community wants to deliver on June 26, 2011, during the live concert and telethon being staged by the Southwest Missouri town known as the \u201clive music show capital of the world\u201d. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[16,61,41,19,7,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}