NASHVILLE – The Country Music Association’s very popular CMA Songwriters Series is coming to the U.K. and Ireland for the first time with special performances in February 2012 scheduled for London, Belfast, and Dublin, CMA Chief Executive Officer Steve Moore announced today. The international tour will be known as CMA & BMI Present the CMA Songwriter Series. “The CMA Songwriter Series began in 2005 in New York and has expanded   Read More ...

Attention Women and Men are invited to a Candy Cane Christmas LIFT (Ladies In Fellowship Together) LUNCHEON & CANDY CANE CHRISTMAS Saturday, Dec 17th, 11:00 -1:00 Pathways Church1126 Wagner Drive Sevierville, TN 865-428-6312 $11.00 each – Please call to reserve tickets before Wednesday, Dec 14Child Care Provided – Children must have a reservation through Guests Services. Related Stories:No Related Posts

Earlier this year, Governor Haslam appointed three business leaders to chair various aspects of the way to re-think tourism for the State of Tennessee.   Those leaders are Chairman, Colin Reed from Middle Tennessee, President and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment; Co-Chair,Ted Miller from East Tennessee, President of Dolly Parton Productions and Co-Chair, Jack Soden from West Tennessee, President of Elvis Presley Enterprises.   The Tennessee Tourism Committee and Commissioner Susan   Read More ...

Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about our delicious official state fruit. Tennesseans are quite fortunate because many of our united states, such as South Dakota and Arizona don’t even have a “state fruit” (I guess tumbleweeds don’t yield berries). Until recently when our Tennessee state legislature formally adopted our fruit (see Chapter 154, Public Acts of 2003) citizens of Tennessee   Read More ...

Be sure to check out the New Year’s Eve Bash – Party with a Cause live from the Music Road Hotel Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. The even will help benefit the Safe Harbor Child Advocacy center. The event will feature live performances by 3CD along with special guest Malcolm Link. Also be sure to enjoy heavy hors d’ oeuveres, party favors, a midnight toast and more. For packages and   Read More ...

The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce’s 49th Annual Sevierville Christmas Parade will be held Saturday, December 3 beginning at 11am in historic downtown Sevierville, Tennessee.  The parade grand marshal will be 2010 Sevierville Citizen of the Year Betty Ogle, who will ride in a horse drawn carriage provided by Heritage Carriage Rides. Other entries include a 1949 Dodge wrecker that looks like “Tow Mater” from the Disney movie “Cars,” the General   Read More ...

Everyone is invited to special holiday open house being held at the LeConte Medical Center Gift Shop. Stop by Wednesday, December 7, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. to check out our unique holiday merchandise including ornaments, nativities, great hostess gifts, stocking stuffers, and our newest addition Mud Pie children’s clothing!  As always our gift shop staff will be offering complimentary gift wrap for your purchases. We will offer special holiday   Read More ...

Best-selling Contemporary Christian singer Amy Grant will be joined by her husband Vince Gill for a breathtaking performance of “Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song)” during “CMA Country Christmas,” airing Thursday, Dec. 1(9:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles will host the two-hour holiday extravaganza with performances from “American Idol” runner up Lauren Alaina, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery, Kellie Pickler,   Read More ...

GATLINBURG- Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced plans to close the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road to all vehicular traffic on Wednesday, November 30, and to impose a partial closure on Thursday, December 1. During that time, Park forestry technicians will treat hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)-infested hemlock trees with a horticultural oil sprayed from large truck-mounted units as they have been doing since 2004. In the event of   Read More ...

The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce and Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation are coordinating the 4th Annual E.L.F. Mini Golf Tournament to raise Dual Enrollment Scholarship funds for students attending high schools in Sevier County.   Business and student teams are invited to participate in the event to be held December 6 beginning at 3pm for business teams and 4pm for student teams. The tournament will be hosted by Ripley’s Old   Read More ...