Pigeon Forge's Dollywood Wins Awards for Live Shows
The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions has announced the winners of its annual Big E Entertainment Awards for 2009.
Dollywood won a Heartbeat Award for Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke, a production that focuses on the lives of the people that call the Smoky Mountains home. The show features eight original songs written by Dolly Parton and tells the story of the last family leaving the area that would becom
e the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The $1.3 million production premiered this year, on May 9, 2009.
Dollywood Vacation Packages are on sale now.
Dollywood won a Heartbeat Award for Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke, a production that focuses on the lives of the people that call the Smoky Mountains home. The show features eight original songs written by Dolly Parton and tells the story of the last family leaving the area that would becom
e the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The $1.3 million production premiered this year, on May 9, 2009. Dollywood also won three additional awards at the Big E Entertainment Awards ceremony. Creature Adventures starring the Kratt Brothers, which premiered in 2008 and headlined the park’s annual KidsFest event for two consecutive years, won Best Live Edutainment Show. Park performer Gabriel Myers from Dreamland Drive-In won Best Male Performer. Dollywood’s Gem Tones, an a capella group that performs ’50s and ‘60s music, won honorable mention as Best Atmosphere/Street Performer.
Dollywood Vacation Packages are on sale now.
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