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Dolly Parton drops 'Dixie' from name of Dixie Stampede dinner shows
January 11, 2018, 04:16 PM
lkdr1989Dolly Parton drops 'Dixie' from name of Dixie Stampede dinner shows
Good Grief
On a side note, wonder how this going to affect
Winn-Dixie or
Dixie cups? Will the Dixie Chicks be removed from music history....one can only hope
quote:
Dolly Parton drops 'Dixie' from name of Stampede dinner shows, citing cultural concerns
Country singer Dolly Parton has discarded “Dixie” from the name of a popular dinner show, “Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede,” due to cultural concerns.
From now on, the attraction will simply be known as Dolly Parton’s Stampede.
Parton said in a statement that the name change was spurred by changing attitudes and “will remove any confusion or concerns about our shows” as the company that operates the attraction expands into new markets.
World Choice Investments LLC currently operates the Stampede dinner show for Parton in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Branson, Mo.
World Choice spokesman Pete Owens said Parton is referring to shifting attitudes about the word “Dixie” and its connotations.
“It has added to confusion in discussions about the expansion of our dinner theaters to new locations across the country and around the world,” Owens said in a statement.
“Some of our guest comments and comments of developers, in markets around the country with whom we spoke, show a misconception of what our show is. They do not realize the Stampede is a very patriotic, spectacular, horse show with 32 beautiful horses as the stars.”
Many fans were not pleased with the removal of “Dixie,” and complained via Twitter.
Parton has previously stated that she considers herself an entertainer, and doesn’t like to get involved with politics.
At last year’s Emmys, Parton was joined onstage by Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda to present an award. Tomlin and Fonda took the opportunity to criticize President Donald Trump, but Parton did not join in.
http://www.foxnews.com/enterta...ltural-concerns.html
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zoom6zoomAre they changing the name of the song to "I wish I were in Dolly Parton"?
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. January 11, 2018, 04:20 PM
12131She should change her name to Dummy Parton.
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January 11, 2018, 04:21 PM
GWbikerquote:
Parton has previously stated that she considers herself an entertainer, and doesn’t like to get involved with politics.
Uh, yeah, right.
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January 11, 2018, 04:21 PM
RAMIUSHuge Tit Jamboree was already taken.
January 11, 2018, 05:25 PM
just1tymYou know, I've been wondering about Dixie Hwy now for some time. It goes for some ways up the coast, anybody's guess what they would call it in the future?
Regards, Will G.
January 11, 2018, 05:31 PM
downtownvquote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
Are they changing the name of the song to "I wish I were in Dolly Parton"?
30 years ago, I had the same wish!
January 11, 2018, 06:17 PM
Balzé HalzéReminded me of a joke a friend told me back when I was in the 5th grade.
"What's on top of Dolly Parton's tits?"
"Mountain dew!"
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January 11, 2018, 06:32 PM
ensigmaticOh FFS
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callibirdDixie Chicks are safe...they are down with the liberal struggle. Unless they delve in to liberal self loathing - which really wouldn't matter because no one cares about them anyway.
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January 11, 2018, 06:43 PM
parabellumDead to me
January 11, 2018, 07:04 PM
John SteedI've been wondering when the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" would be repudiated. No less an icon of the left than Joan Baez has recorded this one.
I liked the Movie
The Long Riders and really enjoyed the scene where a band was forced to play "I Am a Good Old Rebel". That will have to be sanitized out of the movie, no doubt.
... stirred anti-clockwise. January 11, 2018, 07:17 PM
darthfusterThere is no bottom of the PC pit. It has become hysterical.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier January 11, 2018, 07:20 PM
medic451quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Huge Tit Jamboree was already taken.
Im in, where and when...
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- John Wayne in "The Shootist" January 11, 2018, 07:22 PM
darthfusterquote:
Originally posted by medic451:
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Huge Tit Jamboree was already taken.
Im in, where and when...
I think it's a movie with really cheesy background music....
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier January 11, 2018, 07:34 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
quote:
Originally posted by medic451:
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Huge Tit Jamboree was already taken.
Im in, where and when...
I think it's a movie with really cheesy background music....
Naw, you're thinking Jumbo Jugg Jamboree.
January 11, 2018, 08:52 PM
Sunset_VaYou think Dolly Would?
Or to now be PC
Dolly Won't?
美しい犬
January 11, 2018, 11:54 PM
BassamaticWe just went to her DIXIE stampede last month. Sad to see her trying to stay politically correct and I can tell you most of the people there are not happy with this news.
That said, it was a pretty decent show.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. January 12, 2018, 08:43 AM
ensigmaticWon't she be kind of slapping her major demographic right across the kisser with this move?
Hell, I'm a Yank (tho with honest-to-God Dixie bona fides), and even
I find this offensive.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher January 12, 2018, 08:47 AM
parabellumRidiculous, stupid and absolutely unnecessary. Cowardly, pandering nonsense.
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