Historic Downtown Branson Landmark Celebrates 50 Years!

Still family-owned and operated, Dick’s 5 & 10 is a one-of-a-kind retail store that offers hours of entertainment for all ages. You’ll know that this shopping experience will be different from any other the moment you step inside the store. A Historic Downtown landmark for 50 years, Dick’s has over 50,000 different items and several unique collections on display.

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Limited Engagements

Charlie Daniels Band - April 28
(Performing At Mansion America Theater)

Charlie Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature "bullrider" hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on the Twin Pines Ranch (a boyhood dream come true), his love of horses, cowboy lore and the heroes of championship rodeo, Western movies, and Louis L'Amour novels, identify him as a Westerner. The son of a lumberjack and a Southerner by birth, his music rock, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel is quintessentially Southern. In fact, even his bent for all things Western is Southern, because his attire, his lifestyle and his interests are historically emblematic of Southern working class solidarity with the "lone cowboy" individualism of the American West. It hasn't been so much a style of music, but more the values consistently reflected in several styles that has connected Charlie Daniels with millions of fans.

Side Walk Sale

"Spring" to Tanger Outlets on Friday April 22nd and Saturday April 23rd, for our first sidewalk sale of 2011. Find huge outlet savings at your favorite brand name stores during this 2-day event. SELECT STORES will be open on EASTER Sunday April 24th. Visit www.tangeroutlet.com/branson to view stores open on EASTER.

Branson Tribute to Active Duty Military Personnel

Join us May 20-21 for a new two-day tribute to our active-duty armed forces. Of course, Branson honors America's heroes and veterans every day, but this new event gives those servicemen and women and their families an opportunity to reunite with others from all branches of service.“We feel it is important the active duty Armed Forces get as much recognition as the veterans of the past wars,” said June Tillis, interim vice chairwoman of the Branson Veterans Task Force.

The weekend's schedule:

Friday May 20, 2011 – Golf TournamentWhere active-duty personnel are the celebrities...7:00 am Registration for 8:00 am StartThousand Hills Golf ResortContact Branson Veterans Task Force at 417-337-8387

Friday May 20, 2011 – Showboat Branson Belle “Special Armed Forces Day Salute”7:15 pm Boarding begins for the 8 pm CruiseCall 1-800-417-7770 and ask for Special Rate Code: #6308Special Rate: $41.00 plus tax $44.06, gratuity not included

Saturday May 21, 2011 – BSA Pancake Breakfast7:00 am to 10:00 am Branson United Methodist Church (next to Veterans Memorial Museum)The Boy Scouts of America will serve pancakes. Open to the public for a donation and free to active-duty military and their families.

Saturday May 21, 2011 – Armed Forces Meet & Greet10:30 am to 1:00 pm - A reunion of each branch of the military... Reunite with friends and make preparations to wave flags and banners and show your colors for the afternoon “Big Show.”AIR FORCE: Branson Towers - 417-336-4500ARMY: Lodge of the Ozarks - 417-334-7535COAST GUARD: Veterans Memorial Museum - 417-336-2300NAVY: The Savannah House - 417-336-4540MARINES: Starlite Theatre - 417-339-3141Saturday

May 21, 2011 – Branson Doesn't Forget the Armed Forces “Big Show”2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at Tri-Lakes Center Theatre – Hwy. 248Tickets are free! Come show your support for our Armed Forces. Special guest speaker Gen. Steve Danner, Adjutant General of the MO National Guard; a star-studded "USO" show done as only Branson can! Featuring Todd Oliver & Irving, The Lennon Sisters, Dave Hamner and Jim Barber, John and Ambrus Presley, Paul Harris and The Cleverlys.

The Annual Salute to Travel and Tourism in America

National Travel and Tourism Week
May 7 - May 15, 2011
The first full week of May is annually recognized as National Travel and Tourism Week, a tradition first celebrated in 1984. Localized events are presented in cities, states and travel businesses nationwide to champion the power of travel. It was established as National Tourism Week when the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution in 1983 designating the week to be celebrated in May. In a White House ceremony, President Ronald Reagan signed a Presidential Proclamation urging citizens to observe the week with “the appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
Since its establishment, the U.S. travel community has collectively marked the event in a number of creative ways, from staging local rallies and conducting media outreach to securing proclamations and resolutions from local legislative bodies.

Come visit Stone Hill Winery

Newcomers to Branson may be surprised to find Missouri's oldest and most awarded winery as one of the town's most popular attractions. With 12,000 square feet of space, Stone Hill Winery's Branson location has been receiving and entertaining visitors since 1986. The winery, located at the junction of Highway 165 and Green Mountain Drive (just two blocks south of Business 76), delights thousands of tourists daily with a free, fun-filled hour of touring. Tasting Stone Hill's many award-winning wines completes the experience.

Visitors are guided through the huge winery complex where they witness the step-by-step winemaking process. First, a short film is presented, which depicts the proud tradition of Missouri winemaking and focuses on the vineyards and cellars of the winery's main headquarters in Hermann, Missouri. Next, guests are invited to soak in the delightful aromas of maturing Sherry, which is first baked and then aged in oak casks. Guests are then invited to watch the actual bottling process of Stone Hill's famous Spumante wines. The tour ends in one of six tasting rooms where visitors sample their way through an array of Stone Hill's award-winning wines and juices. The wines range from the dry, full-bodied Norton, a red wine that has captured international recognition, to the sweet and fruity Pink Catawba and Concord. Whether you are a serious connoisseur or just an occasional wine sipper, you are bound to find your perfect wine in the broad spectrum of Reds, Whites, Rosés, Spumantes and Dessert Wines.

After the tasting, guests are invited to browse through a wonderful selection of quality wine-related items in the winery's gift shop. If time is of the essence, not to worry. Tours and tastings can be customized to fit just about anybody's time constraints. So, if you're in a hurry and you don't have time for the tour, you can go straight to the tasting. We aim to please. Branson is all about entertainment, and Stone Hill Winery is no exception. Our customers come here expecting to be entertained, and we go out of our way to provide a tour that is educational, interesting, and, most of all, fun.

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