Also while in town, Dolly made good on her contribution to the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation auction and hosted fans Tabby Hall and Sabrina Taylor, who placed the winning bid for $75,000 at the Foundation’s fund-raiser a couple of weeks earlier for her “5 To 9″ prize package. They and 10 friends visited Dolly’s Tennessee Mountain Home retreat Thursday night for a barbeque dinner and mini-concert with Dolly, and   Read More ...

Dolly on Friday paid a visit to Dollywood to recognize her Uncle Bill Owens for his efforts to restore the American chestnut tree, which included planting a tree next to the Backporch Theatre. At the event, she took questions, including about her legendary banjo instructor Applejack, who she said was a combination of her Uncle Bill and another pickin’ neighbor they called “Sawdust,” and the park’s upcoming 25th anniversary, about   Read More ...

There were numerous dignitaries on the dais for the 75th anniversary re-dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Wednesday on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, but it was Dolly outshining them all as the anniversary’s international ambassador. Following her performance of “My Mountains, My Home” from her Sha-Kon-O-Hey! musical (the CD from which has raised more than $200,000 for the park, Superintendent Dale Ditmanson announced at   Read More ...

As one of her last acts as the Ambassador for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park anniversary, Dolly Parton will plant a new hybrid American Chestnut Tree on Friday, September 4, 2009, Noon EST, at the Dollywood Theme Park, Backporch Theatre, to honor the accomplishments of her Uncle Bill Owens and to launch a hopeful effort to repopulate the Great Smoky Mountains with this lost tree species.  For 25 years,   Read More ...

DIXIE STAMPEDE, FOOD CITY PRESENT THIRD ANNUAL FUN-FILLED CHILDREN’S “WHOADEO” ON SEPT. 26 PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede has partnered once again with Food City stores for their third annual “Whoadeo” on Saturday, Sept. 26, featuring stick horse competitions, a parade of horses, a small carnival and prizes. One way to register for the event is during the Food City Whoadeo coloring contest, under way now through Sept. 16;   Read More ...

As many fans have wondered for weeks, Dolly will make at least one appearance at Dollywood when she visits the area for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th anniversary re-dedication in September, a park spokesperson confirmed to Dollymania.net. She will be at her theme park Friday, September 4, and is expected to make one of her usual tours of the park grounds in the Dewitt antique car. No word   Read More ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Dollywood’s Splash Country, the Smoky Mountains’ premier outdoor water adventure park, announces the addition of Slick Rock Racer, a multi-lane mat slide for the 2010 season. “Me and my brothers and sisters used to play in the creeks around home in the Smoky Mountains, and more times than not, we’d land on a mossy covered rock that sent us for a ride like you wouldn’t believe,” Dolly Parton   Read More ...

Dolly Parton will release Dolly, a four-CD box set on October 27. Dolly is comprised of 99 songs and is the first multi-CD, multi-label deluxe box set compilation ever to represent her life’s work and will be released through RCA Nashville/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Dolly Parton has charted at least one Top 5 country hit in each decade since the ’60s. She has also charted at least   Read More ...

Congratulations to Dolly Parton fans Sabrina Taylor and Tabitha Hall of Gatlinburg, TN for placing the winning bid for Dolly’s contribution to this year’s Evening of Elegance fund-raising auction to benefit the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation with an amazing $75,000 donation to win Dolly’s “5 To 9” prize package! Donors came from all over the world including Scotland to try and take home the right for one couple to   Read More ...

Fall at Dollywood will lift you up with the biggest Southern gospel festival in the Smokies—four weeks featuring more than 250 FREE concerts! Gospel Celebration Performers include: Aaron Wilburn October 10 & 11 Ball Brothers October 9 & 10 Brian Free & Assurance October 11 & 12 Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen October 4 & 5 The Crist Family October 18 & 19 Brian Free & Assurance Crystal River October 4 & 5   Read More ...