McConaghy Music Tour
Enjoy Dollywood, Nashville, Memphis, & Branson
November 13-30, 2008
18 days
Welcome reception in Minot, North Dakota. Journey through Minneapolis to Amana, Iowa, where a step-aboard guide will take you on a tour of the Amana Colonies (seven German villages).
The Powder House at the Amana Colonies
Travel to Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's birthplace. In St. Louis, ride to the top of the St. Louis Arch and enjoy a Mississippi river cruise. Spend noon at the old Union Station then tour the world's largest brewery (owned by Anhauser-Busch). In Louisville, Kentucky, see the Churchill Downs racetrack and Kentucky Derby Museum. In the evening, attend Kentucky's #1 Country & Western Dinner Show. Head to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Enjoy shows at The Comedy Barn Theater and Country Tonite Theatre. Take a guided tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visit Dollywood Theme Park.
Dollywood
Continue on to Nashville, Tennessee. Free time in the Opry Mills Shopping Center. Tour the new Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Enjoy the Grand Ole Opry. Take a morning guided tour of Nashville. Explore the huge Opryland Hotel.
The Grand Ole Opry
Drive to Memphis, Tennessee, stopping at Casey Jones Village on the way. Tour Elvis Presley's Graceland, then head west into Arkansas and then to Branson, Missouri.
Elvis' suit and guitar (above)
Enjoy a Moe Bandy show and an evening show with The Presleys. The next day, see a Dalena Ditto show in the morning, spend a free afternoon exploring Branson, then see an evening show with Tony Orlando joining The Lennon Sisters. Next day, leave Branson and stop at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield. Windup banquet the next day in Watertown, South Dakota. Then back to Saskatchewan via Minot.
Itinerary may change. Contact us for a full itinerary, for price information or about any other questions you may have.
Photo Credits: Powder House by an employee of the National Park Service (so public domain), Dollywood, 1986 by rjones0856 on Flickr, whispering bill (at the Grand Ole Opry) by Runder on Flickr, DSCF1065 (Elvis' suit and guitar) by n9qhf on Flickr.