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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Purchasing from gift shop...

« on: June 01, 2016, 11:57:54 AM »

Question for you SDC experts:

About a month or so ago, I happened to be at SDC with a lady friend and our four kids -- we don't have season passes, but she had guest passes we were able to get on. We happened into the gift shop at Fireman's Landing, and I noted that they had several Coast Guard related toys there. I am a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla in Springfield, and anything CG related in terms of kids tends to catch my eye. I wasn't able to buy anything, given my son was with me, but his birthday is next week, and I would like to get him one of the CG toys.

Here's where I'm a cheapskate -- I really don't want to purchase a ticket or season passes to go to the gift shop. Does SDC allow for "off-the-street" purchases or online ordering?

Todd

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SDC Memories/ Park History / John Corbin <sic?> Christmas album

« on: November 18, 2013, 02:24:25 PM »

Years ago a friend in high school gave me a tape of a folk singer who performed at SDC named John Corbin <sic?>. This particular tape was of Christmas music from the Middle Ages/Elizabethan period, and I believe was titled "Drive the Cold Winter Away". I also had another one of his tapes, "Whisky Before Breakfast", which had a great rendition of the song "Scotland the Brave" on it.

Is anyone familiar with these albums, and is Corbin still performing? I'd love to have a CD of them, especially the Christmas one. Even though we're not to Advent yet, I'd still love to hear those songs. 

Regards,

Todd

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Random Talk / Ozarks historian Brooks Blevins

« on: July 15, 2013, 03:44:45 PM »

There is a very nice (but concise) article about Ozarks historian & Missouri State faculty member Brooks Blevins in today's edition of the Springfield News-Leader:

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20130715/NEWS04/307150008/Brooks-Blevins-Missouri-State-University-Ozarks-history

I highly recommend his books Hill Folks and Arkansas/Arkansaw for excellent academic (but readable) histories of the Arkansas Ozarks. The chapter in the former about the rise and fall of Dogpatch USA and the history of Eureka Springs are very well done.

T.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Vineyard

« on: October 06, 2011, 11:43:36 AM »

A photo in the Wayback Machine thread showed a Vineyard at SDC, which jogged my memory of the place and a puppet show -- where exactly was it located in the park -- on "Cardiac Hill"?

T.