In March 2014, Dolly's Dixie Stampede hosted Pack Night, a fundraiser for the Reeds Spring R-IV School Foundation.
All of the evening's proceeds benefited the school foundation, which grants continuing education scholarships to Reeds Spring students and provides classroom enrichment mini-grants to teachers. The evening's speaker was none other than St. Louis Cardinals catcher, Tom Pagnozzi who spoke about educational excellence and reaching for a championship. Pagnozzi won three Gold Gloves at catcher during a twelve-year career with the Cardinals. He was also a member of the National League All-Star team in 1992. Terri Tucker-Wiest, Chairman of the Reeds Spring R-IV Foundation Board said,
“We are honored that Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction has offered to provide us such an amazing opportunity to raise money for our kids.”
Dixie Stampede was proud to serve the community and encourage education.
Dolly's Dixie Stampede is celebrating a milestone in Branson, Mo. Now in its 20th season, Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction is turning up the heat with a bigger, bolder, brighter Roman Ride of Fire.
The Roman Ride is a unique type of trick riding, featuring two horses moving side-by-side with the rider standing astride both horses. With one foot on each horse, the Roman Rider performs a series of fast-paced maneuvers. The Roman Rider will keep you on the edge of your seat as they split columns of fire and jump the horses through a ring of fire with precise timing. Accented with fire cannons and five times the pyrotechnics of previous seasons, the Roman Ride of Fire is even more spectacular.
Dolly’s guests will also see enhanced trick riding. The top-notch riders will perform daring feats which involve jumping on and off horses, standing atop horses and hanging underneath horses, while they gallop around the 35,000 square foot arena. Some of the tricks include the Hippodrome, the Apache Hideaway, the Full fender, the One-Foot Stand and the Tail Drag.
Dolly's Dixie Stampede also features the Return Of The Buffalo, stunning aerial acrobatics and friendly competition.
Pirates Voyage, along with Dixie Stampede, donated to Dolly's Imagination Library.
“This is an investment in the future,”
says Larry McCoy, Director of Marketing at Pirates Voyage.
“With this donation we help build a community of strong readers, who will grow up to be strong leaders.”
Dolly shares the gift of reading with children through her book gifting program that delivers free books to kids from the day they are born until they turn five years old.
In 1986, Dolly met with Fred Hardwick to discuss the concept of a dinner attraction that would become the Dixie Stampede. Twenty years later, this popular and unique theatre had expanded to three locations and reached another major milestone— 20 million visitors.
Two years after the initial meeting, Dolly and her team of developers opened the first Dixie Stampede Pigeon Forge, Tenn. That was 1988. Four years later, in 1992, Dolly’s plans for growth began to take off with the opening of a Dixie Stampede in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Three years later, in 1995, Dolly opened her third Dixie Stampede location in Branson, Mo.
Dolly's Dixie Stampede is a unique experience. It begins with an open air Horse Walk, where guests can learn more about the stars of the show—32 magnificent horses. Visitors are then ushered into a saloon, where they enjoy specialty drinks and snacks, as well as, some entertainment to prepare them for the main show. In a 35,000 square foot arena, guests are treated to a four-course meal, as they are thrilled by top-notch trick riding, singing, dancing and comedy.
