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Silver Dollar City reveals
packed show programme for ‘09
Chinese acrobats feature among highlights
Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri, is supergroup JEERK. Five spectacular performers use their percussion skills, body
planning its biggest ever year of live movements and an array of novelty props to drum, dance, and crash their way
entertainment with more than a dozen “blue- through this loud but fun stage show, again making its US debut.
ribbon” productions planned. “From a show Other planned productions during the season include the new 28-member
perspective, there isn’t a time of year when we Peruvian music and dance troupe Jallmay, the Feet of Fire Irish dance show,
are not offering something spectacular,” says VeggieTales live stage show, the Magic of Peter Gossamer, the All American
Brad Schroeder, director of special events. Cowgirl Chicks trick riders, Wings Over Missouri birds of flight, the Headin' West
“Silver Dollar City is like a 50-acre performing musical drama, and an acclaimed production of A Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
arts hall, constantly presenting the best shows There’s also Great American Country Nights in Echo Hollow, featuring
we can create and find worldwide.” contemporary country hits with a
Opening with World-Fest on April 4, the talented cast of singers and
JEERK
Zhejiang Balancing Monks of China bring their dancers.
unique show to the United States for the first Silver Dollar City is an award-
time ever. An internationally-acclaimed troupe winning theme park based around
of two dozen acrobats and head-balancing the 1880s and features, in
monks, they demonstrate mastery of body and addition to its strong show
mind. This show is being created and co- programme, 30 themed rides,
produced for Silver Dollar City by Love over 100 demonstrating
Productions of New York City. craftsmen, six annual festivals and
Rhythm and dance stomps to the stage in specialty foods throughout the
The Zheijiang Monks
June when KidsFest welcomes the Swedish season.
La Ronde welcomes The Mummy
La Ronde, Montreal, Canada, will present The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Emperor, live! this season. Inspired by the blockbuster film of the same
name, it is a walk-through attraction of approximately 300 square metres in
which visitors will encounter surprises, thrills and mystery. La Ronde will
become the second theme park in the world to host this attraction (after
Dreamworld in Australia).
Open at La Ronde for a limited time only – June 19 to September 7 – the
attraction appears as a result of an agreement netween the park and
Sudden Impact Entertainment Company (SIEC) of New York, which works
very closely with Universal Studios. An adaptation
of the haunted house experience, The Mummy:
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, live! entertains
between 500 and 700 people an hour.
JRA lands park in Nigeria
Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) has landed its first project in Nigeria. The
Cincinnati-based design firm has been chosen to provide the masterplan and
preliminary concept design for the new Calabar Theme Park in the city of the
same name.
Initial plans for the park are at a very early stage but include rides, shows
and attractions celebrating the spirit and culture of the West Africa sub region.
The “world class” park is intended to complement existing and emerging
tourist attraction in the region including the adjacent Tinapa Business Resort.
The project will also provide tremendous employment opportunities for the
people of Calabar and Cross River State.
“We are honoured to be working with His Excellency Liyel Imoke, the
governor of Cross River State, on this prestigious project,” says JRA executive
vice-president Dan Schultz. “This is an exciting project for us, especially since
we have found the spirit of co-operation as well as the warmth and hospitality
of the people of Calabar to be outstanding.”
10 APRIL 2009
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