GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT, then, we beseech You, O Lord, this service of our worship and that of all Your household. Provide that our days be spent in Your peace, save us from everlasting damnation, and cause us to be numbered in the flock You have chosen. Through Christ our Lord.
AMEN
"The Best Place This Side Of The Smoky Mountains!"
At Dollywood, we celebrate the best of life as we light up the Smokies with rides, slides, music, food, and laughter - day and night. We invite you to our Tennessee home where you can hold on tight to those you love most in the great outdoors in each beautiful season of the year. Start planning now! SOMETHING FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
Dollywood Theme Park
Incredible experience... Authentic fun... Unforgettable memories... Crafted daily. Spanning 160 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains, Dollywood, theme park offers more than 50 world-class rides, high-energy entertainment, award-winning dining, and the friendliest theme park atmosphere in the world! We even received an award for being so friendly!
Where Is Dollywood? Set in the region's foothills, the amusement park is located at 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. Part of the park’s draw is its picturesque setting. Dollywood is in Pigeon Forge, just 25 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and many of its attractions draw from the region’s rich heritage. The park showcases its Appalachian legacy by proudly displaying local folk arts, music, and more.
Dolly Parton is the favorite daughter of the Smoky Mountain Area. Her life is a true rags-to-riches, Cinderella story. One of her top songs, "Coat of Many Colors" was inspired by her own childhood that saw hardships such that the clothes she wore were patched together from already worn-out scraps of clothing. Dolly wrote practically all of her own songs, timeless for their heartfelt accounts of hardship, heartache, and love.
An American Icon Known throughout the world for her music, films, and most of all, her voice, Dolly Parton is an American Icon. To her credit, Parton has more than 25 songs that reached number one on the Billboard country charts, with 110 charted singles and 41 Top 10 albums during her career. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Star on the Nashville Star Walk. For her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States, the U.S. Library of Congress awarded Dolly the Living Legend Medal in 2004.
She earned the nation's highest honor for excellence in the arts when she was presented with the National Medal of Arts in 2005. To top it all off, Dolly even has a bronze statue in her likeness on the courthouse lawn in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee. Parton captured the Best Original Song nomination for an Academy Award.
Lifetime Achievement
The 2011 Grammys awarded Dolly the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. Dolly is a nine-time Grammy winner and although she could not make it to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award she sent a video message that was played at the awards ceremony where she stated she’s “working on some new stuff” and she has plans to “win at least seven more Grammys.”
Dolly Parton Statue The Dolly Statue in Sevierville is an excellent photo opportunity. The sculpture itself is beautifully crafted in cast bronze and depicts Dolly perched upon a mountain boulder with a guitar in hand and a song in her heart. It is a tribute to a truly talented artist and a cherished daughter of the Smoky Mountains. To visit Dolly's hometown and her statue, take I-40 to exit 407 and proceed south on The Great Smoky Mountains Parkway for 10 miles. At traffic light number 15.5, make a left onto Bruce Street and then take a left again at Court Avenue. The statue is on the East Lawn of the Sevier County Courthouse, at 125 Court Ave, Sevierville, TN 37862.
Dolly's Smoky Mountain Home Dolly Parton was born in Sevierville, Tennessee in 1946. As young as age 8, Dolly was playing the guitar and making up her own songs. Music was a way to rise above the poverty her family endured, if only for a short time. Her large family, which eventually numbered 12 children in all, shared a run-down one-bedroom log cabin on Locust Ridge. At age 13, Dolly's musical talent was broadcast on Knoxville radio airwaves. Dolly was popular locally, but her talent took her to Nashville, the "Music City." The day after she graduated from Sevier County High School in 1964, she left the hills of East Tennessee and began her journey to international fame. "I Will Always Love You", made its debut in the album Just Because I'm a Woman. Dolly Parton met her future husband Carl Dean on her first day in Nashville at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat. She married him in 1966, two years after they met, but not before she told Dean that she had no plans to give up her pursuit of success as a country singer. Dolly's talent gave her that success when she was asked to join the Porter Wagoner television show as the new "girl singer." Along with the television show, she signed on with the RCA record label. In 1969, Dolly joined the Grand Ole Opry. Decades Of Hits During the following decade, Dolly wrote and performed many of her most popular songs, such as "Just Because I'm a Woman" and "I Will Always Love you," a song so successful that even Elvis Presley was interested in covering it. Her success gave her independence from Wagoner in 1974, and she won the Country Music Association's female vocalist award in 1975 and 1976. Dolly Parton received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "9 to 5" Trio boasts four singles that reached the Top 10.
THE WILD EAGLE - AMERICA'S FIRST WING COASTER ********************* DOLLYWOOD Dollywood is a theme park jointly owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment. It is located in the Knoxville-Smoky Mountains metroplex in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Hosting nearly 3 million guests in a typical season from mid-March to the Christmas holidays, Dollywood is the biggest ticketed tourist attraction in Tennessee.[2] In addition to standard amusement park thrill rides, Dollywood features traditional crafts and music of the Smoky Mountain area. The park hosts a number of concerts and musical events each year, including appearances by Dolly Parton and her family as well as other national and local musical acts. It is also the site of the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame.
WHEN WE (MY CHILDREN, MYSELF & MY SOON TO BE EX-HUSBAND) WENT TO "DOLLYWOOD THEME PARK" BETWEEN THE YEARS 2005 & 2008, WE RODE ON THE WOODEN ROLLER COASTER PICTURED BELOW:
INFORMATION COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA AND A FEW OTHER SITES, PICTURES TOO. BY: DEBORAH KIM B-KENNEDY HICKS 11/09/2021
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