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Stat es Nashville & Smoky Mountains Music Tour $1797 April 17-25, 2012

This scenic trip to the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS Price Includes will also take advantage of the many great music desti- • Exceptional Travel nations that can be found along the way! Insurance Included! • Nine meals. Our tour will start in BRANSON, Missouri, known • Five musical shows. as the “Live Music Show Capital of the World”. This • Hotel Accommodations. small city is packed with theatres and theme parks. • Luggage Handling. You’ll see one of the best shows in town, with music • All Listed Attractions. that ranges from gospel to contemporary to patriotic. • Trip price based on The group SIX is performed by six talented brothers double occupancy. whose musical harmonies, vocal feats and singing Call for other room will amaze you. You’ll think you’re hearing a full band! options, single and 3-4 person occupancy After staying the night at the CLARION rates. HOTEL Branson, you’ll get a great start to • A $200 deposit due your day with a hot buffet breakfast. Our upon receipt of in- tour will continue on to the “Birthplace of voice. Balance is due Rock and Roll”, MEMPHIS, Tennessee. 6-8 weeks before departure. Also known as the “Home of the Blues”, this sce- Important! nic town is set high on the bank of the MISSISSIPPI See pages 4 & 36 for more RIVER in the southwestern corner of Tennessee. A information on reserva- tour of GRACELAND, the flamboyant mansion of tions and our incredible former owner Elvis Presley is a must! Then enjoy an travel insurance! incredible meal of local favorites like gumbo, shrimp, crawfish and BBQ at the KING'S PALACE CAFE on BEALE STREET.

The trip continues with two nights in “Music City”, NASHVILLE, Tennessee. Critical to the country mu- sic industry, this beautiful city is set amid gentle hills SIX

Page 18 © Jim & Cindy’s Tours, LLC Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry Appalachian Mountains in the middle of Tennessee. Our tour includes the own outdoor adventures. A special stop at the Hard COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME and the Rock Cafe to enjoy a meal is also planned. From GRAND OLE OPRY. The next show on our ticket Gatlinburg, travel north to BEREA, Kentucky. Enjoy will include dinner at the WILDHORSE SALOON a live show at the RENFRO VALLEY ENTERTAIN- (Nashville’s #1 dining and entertainment destina- MENT CENTER with traditional country music and a tion). Let's do some country two-stepping! barn dance. This theatre helped give entertainers like Red Foley and Homer & Jethro the spotlight early in As we close in on the SMOKY MOUNTAINS NA- their careers. While in Berea, plan to visit the KEN- TIONAL PARK, we will stop for two nights in PI- TUCKY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. GEON FORGE. Fun awaits you in this city, where most attractions can be found right off the main We’re off to horse country as we drive from LEXING- parkway. Founded by country queen, Dolly Par- TON to FRANKFORT, Kentucky. View the legend- ton, DOLLYWOOD combines roller coasters, ary landscape of this BLUEGRASS REGION as water slides and live bluegrass and gos- we drive the country roads around the Horse pel concerts combined with the fun of Capital of the World where lush pastures, a country fair! Live show tickets in- Call today for mile after mile of plank and stone fenc- clude the BLACK BEAR JAMBO- a detailed color ing, grazing horses and magnificent REE and the COUNTRY TONITE itinerary or print homes and barns are seen. THEATRE! one from the web! From Frankfort, continue on through Spend the next day touring the JCTours.com Louisville, Kentucky, across Illinois and SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL to St Louis, Missouri where we will stay PARK with a local step-on-guide. This the night. We make a special trip to view the breathtaking park encompasses 800 square SAINT LOUIS ARCH before we turn home miles of protected forest along the border of North to Wichita. Carolina and Tennessee. At the heart of it all is GATLINBURG, an ideal place for us to stop. Ex- plore the park, view the wildlife or embark on your Woodland Waterfall

10. Louisville, KY 11. St. Louis, MO 9. Frankfort, KY 8. Lexington, KY

1. Wichita, KS 7. Berea, KY 6. Gatlinburg, TN 5. Pigeon Forge, TN 2. Branson, MO 3. Memphis, TN 4. Nashville, TN

The Gateway Arch

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Located in the heart of the United States, Branson is a city full of great attractions and, as hard as it may be to believe, small town charm. With its many attractions and vaca- tion opportunities, Branson is one of the most visited cities in the country. There is a population of 7,500 in this charming city, but its shows and other entertainment draw an average of 7.5 million visitors a year. Another reason that Branson is so popular is its great location. Located within a day's drive of 50% of the US population, this city is literally in the center of the country. The city boundary encompasses 17 square miles, many of which are packed with theaters and theme parks.

We see the spectacular show, SIX—A showbiz spectacular of six multi-talented brothers, who take musical entertainment to a whole new level. SIX captivates their audiences with pure harmonies, astonishing vocal feats, and singing so robust you’ll think you’re hearing a full band. From Gospel to Patriotic to Contemporary to Doo-Wop to Clas- sics, SIX’s versatility is mind boggling!

We stay the night in the beautiful Clarion Hotel Branson right on the Strip. A hot breakfast buffet will await you in the morning. Memphis, Tennessee ~ “Birthplace of Rock ’n Roll” & “Home of the Blues”

Set high on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, in the southwestern corner of Tennessee, Memphis is known the world over as an immensely musical city - the cradle of the blues, the birthplace of rock 'n' roll and the location of Graceland, Elvis Presley's flamboyant mansion. We visit Grace- land and then dine at the King’s Palace Café on famous Beale Street. King’s offers such local favorites at gumbo, shrimp, crawfish and barbeque.

However, there is much more to Memphis than music. Named after the capital of ancient Egypt (a reference to the Mississippi being the Nile of America) this city is a hustler and an enterprising metropolis. There is evidence that its origins as a settlement date back to at least AD1000, when Native Americans lived and wor- shipped here—the modern town was founded in 1819. A natural crossroads be- tween New Orleans, St Louis and Chicago, Memphis became an important trad- ing center in the mid 19th century and the main shipping port for cotton grown in the Mississippi Delta.

We overnight here in Memphis.

2 Nashville, Tennessee ~ “Music City”

Set amid the gentle hills and farm- lands of central Tennessee, sprawl- ing Nashville attracts millions of visi- tors each year. The majority come to immerse themselves in country mu- sic. We visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry, as well as eat and dance at the popu- lar Wildhorse Saloon. We enjoy two nights in this sparkling city!

Behind the glitter and showbiz exists a hard-working con- servative city. Nashville has been the leading settlement in middle Tennes- see since Fort Nashborough was es- tablished in 1779. A state capital since 1843, it is now the financial and insurance center of the mid-South.

For all its "Nash-Vegas" image, the city has maintained a strong reputa- tion for learning. As well as holding over a thousand churches – more per capita than anywhere else in the country – it has been tagged the "Protestant Vatican" for its prolifera- tion of training colleges for preachers and missionaries, church administra- tive offices, and Bible-publishing plants.

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Set against the misty blue backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is a gateway to 500 thousand acres of Appalachian wil- derness. In addition to the natural beauty of Pigeon Forge, down home fun is await- ing you at Dollywood. Founded by country queen, , Dollywood com- bines roller-coasters, waterslides, and live bluegrass and gospel concerts, with a good ole country fair. The fun doesn’t stop here as we will see fabulous shows at both the Black Bear Jamboree and Country Tonite Theatre! Pigeon Forge offers action-packed fun around every corner, and most everything can be found directly on, or just off of, the five-mile long Parkway that divides the city. From the majestic beauty of the surrounding mountains to the bustling activi- ties that can fill the streets, Pigeon Forge will never cease to amaze. We have a 2-night stay in beautiful Pigeon Forge.

3 Gatlinburg, Tennessee

In 1916 when Andy Huff built the Mountain View Hotel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee to house timber customers, he probably did not realize he was beginning a tourist boom to the Smoky Mountains which would make the Great Smoky Mountains National Park the most visited National Park Service Park in the nation. We tour this amaz- ing park with a step-on guide. Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses some 800 square miles of protected forest along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. At the heart of it all is Gatlinburg, an ideal place from which to explore the park, view wild- life or embark on numerous other outdoor adventures. We have free time in Gatlinburg to shop and eat. They have a Hard Rock Café’!

We depart Gatlinburg to spend the night in Berea, Kentucky, just out- side of Renfro Valley, our next destination.

Renfro Valley, Kentucky Since being founded by local area native John Lair and others in 1939, Renfro Valley Entertainment Center has hosted the Renfro Valley Barn Dance, a traditional country music show which gave entertainers such as Red Foley and Homer and Jethro the spot- light early in their careers. The Barn Dance and other programming originating in Renfro Valley was broadcast over the CBS Radio Network until the late 1950s. Today, Renfro Valley is known throughout Kentucky and the rest of the country for its rich history of "Real Country Music by Real Country Folks." This tradition continues today with outstanding stage shows put on by the current cast of Renfro Valley entertainers. Also, since 1992, Renfro Valley Entertainment Center has hosted Headliner Concerts that fea- ture a mixture of well known country singers with newer artists, as well as bluegrass, gos- pel, and comedy acts. Renfro Valley, Kentucky is also home to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum which we will visit. Enjoying a family-style boarding house din- ner, a musical show, and visiting more than 20 unique shops and cabins at the Renfro Valley Entertainment Center is on our agenda.

4 Lexington to Frankfort, Kentucky ~ “Horse Capital of the World”

Our route takes us through Kentucky horse country...from Lexing- ton to Frankfort, Kentucky.

There is no better way to discover the legendary landscape of the Bluegrass Region than driving the country roads around the Horse Capital of the World. Lush pastures, mile after mile of plank and stone fencing, horses grazing, magnificent homes and barns: all this and more is there for your viewing pleasure.

When European settlers arrived on the scene, the Bluegrass re- gion was in use as a hunting ground for numerous Native Ameri- can tribes. Daniel Boone was one of the first Anglo-Saxons to ex- plore the area.

Lexington was founded in 1775, seventeen years before Ken- tucky became a state. William McConnell and a group of frontier explorers were camped at a natural spring when word came from nearby Fort Boonesborough that the first battle of the American Revolution had been fought in Lexington, Massachusetts. In honor of the battle, the group named their site “Lexington”. By 1820, Lex- ington, Kentucky, was one of the largest and wealthiest towns west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The City of Frankfort was founded in 1786 and was made the capital a mere six years later. Frankfort is now considered one of the most picturesque Capitals in the United States with its natural beauty and its beautiful historic and modern architecture.

Frankfort is a living, breathing history book. The town of Frankfort likely received its name from an event that took place in the 1780s when Native Americans attacked a group of pioneers from Bryan’s Station who were making salt at a ford in the Kentucky River. One of the pioneers, Stephen Frank, was killed and the crossing became known as "Frank’s Ford." This name was later shortened to Frankfort.

St. Louis, Missouri ~ “Gateway to the West”

We travel on from Louisville, Kentucky, across Illinois, and stop in St. Louis, Missouri. We stay all night here for a close-up view of the Arch.

In the morning, we load the bus and make our way back to Wichita, Kansas after a fun-filled vacation.

5 Nashville & Smoky Mountains Music Trip

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