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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Young Christians Weekend 2013
« on: April 07, 2013, 06:49:52 PM »
Hey, we had a wonderful weekend for YCW 2013 at SDC.  The weather was beautiful, the crowds were large, and the entertainment was great.  I spent my time in Echo Hollow...long days, but the Lord blessed us mightily.  Here are a few representative pics.

Friday night's talent was the Rhett Walker Band.  They were terrific.





For events such as this we often contract a production company to provide shade/rain cover and extra lighting for the concerts.  SDC#1fan was on that crew this time and was our light jockey.  Great job, Kevin.  Thank you for all your help.



Saturday's rally featured David Crowder Band, and Shay Robbins from Kanakuk Kamp.





Sunday's service featured Leeland, and of course, Joe White.





We were also privileged to be able to hear our entertainment manager, Mike Hefley's, daughter sing.  She did very well.



Mike




Thank you, Lord Jesus, for a wonderful weekend.


 


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General Silver Dollar City Talk / The Pinkerton Man- Western Stunt Show
« on: September 15, 2012, 10:22:33 PM »
I hope you all come to see the Stunt Show in Echo Hollow this fall.  It's a lot of fun.  Features professional stunt people as well as some of our own street troupe and the Sons of the Silver Dollar.  Check out this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERKGAQJpYY8

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Random Talk / Are you ready for some football?
« on: September 01, 2012, 10:12:21 AM »
Doesn't look like KC will have an exciting season.  St. Louis might fare better.  Mizzou in the SEC...how do you think they'll do?  I predict 6-6.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Interesting development
« on: July 02, 2012, 12:01:22 AM »
HFEC's expansion into the real estate market was alluded to a couple of years ago in orientation, but this is the first evidence I've seen of it.


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As most of you know, Nik Wallenda and his family are performing at SDC's Opera House this summer during Kid's Fest.  This Friday, he will walk on a high-wire across the horseshoe bend portion of Niagara Falls. The stunt will be televised live on ABC at 8 pm, Friday, the 15th, with a countdown show at 7 pm.  Be sure to watch.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/daredevil-nik-wallendas-unprecedented-niagara-falls-tightrope-walk-to-air-live-on-abc-friday-june-15/

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nik-wallendas-walk-niagara-numbers/story?id=16528783#.T9llo5iuWSo

And here is a short video in which Nik talks about his dream for this stunt.

http://igg.me/p/114001

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Random Talk / Philadelphia Duck Boat Accident video released
« on: May 06, 2012, 09:30:39 AM »
Many of you recall the Duck boat accident in Philadelphia which propelled HFEC into the national spotlight.  New compelling video has just been released which shows exactly what occurred:  http://video.foxnews.com/v/1617290903001/fatal-boat-accident-video-released/?playlist_id=86856&intcmp=obnetwork

It's certain that HFEC will not escape unscathed from the current court proceedings, but hopefully, most of the blame will be placed on the company that operated the barge.

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Random Talk / Cardinals Fans In Mourning
« on: December 08, 2011, 09:56:20 AM »
It's a sad day in Cardinal Nation today.  Albert has decided to sign with the LA Angels for $250 million and 10 years.  I just saw that that works out to about $68,500 a day for the ten years.  Glad he's going to the other league.  Anyway, an era is over...so long Albert.

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Random Talk / Cardinals in a tie for the NL Wild Card!
« on: September 27, 2011, 11:03:39 PM »
Hasn't been much baseball talk on the board this season, but I just wanted to let you all know that the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Astros tonight to gain a tie with the Braves for the NL Wild Card race.  One game remaining in the regular season...a Cards win coupled with a Braves loss tomorrow night puts them in post-season play.  A Braves win with a Cards loss puts the Braves in.  Both win or both lose and they have a one game playoff in St. Louis on Thursday.  It don't get much more exciting than this.

Go Cardinals!!!

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SDC Memories/ Park History / This Day In History
« on: August 02, 2011, 10:43:42 AM »
The purpose of this column is to identify particular dates in the history of SDC that were pivotal in it's development.  It is just for fun, therefore the veracity of some of the entries will be unable to be verified.  I'll get it started and you'll get the idea...please feel free to contribute.


August 2, ??BC
Ground breaking on what has come to be known as Marvel Cave began on this date in history when, while foraging for food, local entrepreneur, Oz Erk, tripped over the skeleton of a saber-toothed tiger.  As he stumbled forward, his foot landed on it's scapula, driving it into the ground.  Recognizing the value of this new "tool," he demonstrated it's usefulness to his peers by beginning to dig in the ground.  Before long he was able to retire as hundreds lined up, willing to trade food and other items for a chance to try their hand with the new tool, all the while expanding the size of the hole.  Originally just a by-product of Oz's entrepreneurial skills, the hole is now a popular tourist attraction in the region which was named for him.  Sadly, Oz's original scapula wore down to just a nub after several months of use and is now lost to us.


There you go.  Does anyone know of any other events that might or might not ::) have happened on this date that relate to Silver Dollar City?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / No Echo Hollow Show Monday night
« on: May 28, 2011, 10:40:01 PM »
There is no show in Echo Hollow Monday night, the 30th.  Somebody put some wrong information on the SDC website.

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Random Talk / Happy Mother's Day!
« on: May 08, 2011, 10:07:22 AM »
I don't know how many of you out there are mother's, but to all of you, I wish a Happy Mother's Day!  May your day be filled with many blessings from God!

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Random Talk / Osama Bin Laden dead!
« on: May 01, 2011, 11:22:45 PM »
having been killed in a strike by US forces in Pakistan.  The streets of Silver Dollar City are safer after today.  Congrats and good work to all who had a part in the efforts to bring Bin Laden to justice.

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Random Talk / Any Lady Antebellum fans?
« on: February 26, 2011, 09:49:27 AM »
The other day while watching a bit of the Grammies, Lady Antebellum came on and sang their release:  "Need You Now."  I turned to my wife and asked "Is this a new song?"  She said "Yes," but I knew I had heard it before.  Mystery solved...give a listen to this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1z2inwJ2o

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Marvel Cave pics
« on: December 18, 2010, 07:50:16 AM »
Here is a link to some pictures of Marvel Cave that appeared on the website of a local TV station.  No credit is given so I don't know if they were submitted by a staff photographer or a regular tourist, but they're pretty decent pictures.

http://www.kspr.com/news/ky3-pictures-marvel-cave-121710,0,1307225.photogallery

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Lightning strikes the AP
« on: November 25, 2010, 07:41:36 AM »
I just heard on the local news that at about 1:30am, lightening struck the top of the American Plunge and started a small fire which was quickly put out by Station 10.  The picture showed only minor damage to what I suspect is the small cubicle at the top of the lift just before the plunge.  I would assume that that means AP will be closed for a time...oh wait...it's not open during OTC anyway is it.  Here's a link I found after hearing that...no picture though:  http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=361466

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