You Can "Sing Your Way to a FREE VACATION"!!!!!!

And Simon WON'T be judging you.  The entries are starting to come in so get your video ready!  ALL you have to do is write and perform a song about our Great Smoky Mountains.  You can go a capella or with a full string section, you can rap, you can beatbox, you can do it opra style.  Just be sure you are having fun when you do it!!!!
You can do it for you and your family or for a family that you think really, really deserves a FREE vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains.  Who could turn that down?!?!?!?!  And its easy to enter and easy to win!!

Here is what the winning entry will get:

 It's worth over $4,000.00!!  The prize package is 5 days and 4 nights in The Great Smoky Mountains.  But that is not all, along with accommodations you will get 2 adult and 2 child tickets to:

The Hatfield & McCoy dinner show

Dixie Stampede dinner show

Comedy Barn

Zip line tours

River Tubing

The Aquarium

The Titanic

Putt Putt Golf

Wonderworks

Tuckaleechee Caverns

Breakfast at Grandmothers Kitchen

Breakfast at Regan’s Pancake house

Dinner at Bullfish Grill

Dinner at Mama’s Farmhouse

Lunch from The Picnic Pantry

A Free Family Portrait

4 Great Smoky Mountains T-Shirts

The history of the Great Smoky Mountains DVD

And priceless memories!!!!

You just have to enter the contest and get here!

Here is all you have to do…….write and perform a song about the Great Smoky Mountains.  Be sure you don’t “borrow” any lyrics or melodies from another source!  Keep it clean, we're all families here.  Submit your entries to us at covecreekresort@gmail.com between the dates of March 1^st and May 1^st.  The winner will be selected by a panel of 5 judges and announced on May 15^th.  The prize package may be used between the dates of August 1^st 2011 through March 10^th 2012, excluding holidays.  See the contest rules here. 

We will post entrants that have made it to the final round (8 spots) on our blog.  You can enter as many times as you like, just be creative and have fun! 

Our Great Local Legend: Dolly!!!

It's not surprising that we have an affinity for Dolly Rebecca Parton.  The singer, actress, writer and philanthropist is the darling of our area.  Not only is she talented (writing over 3,000 songs in her lifetime) but she posseses a unique wit and charm.   She hasn't forgotten where she came from and continually gives to the communities of Gatinburg, Sevierville and Pigeon Forge.  She began the Imagination Library to provide books for children from birth to kindergarten.  Her inspration for the Imagination Library was her father who couldn't read or write, not from a lack of desire, but from a lack of opportunity.  She stated that she wanted to “put her money where her mouth is – and with such a big mouth that’s a pretty large sum of money”, and so she did.  Tennacious, intuitive and gracious she continually gives to the community in ways that aren't announced or read about.  Her affiliation with Dollywood and Splash Country and her own Dixie Stampede creates thousands of jobs and is a major economic contributor for the area.
  
So, enjoy just a few quotes from our "Book Lady" Dolly listed below.  Let us know your favorite or send us one we may have missed!

 If you time your vist just right you may get a glimpse of Dolly, she regularly returns to her Smoky Mountain Home and stars in the yearly kickoff parade for Dollywood each spring.  

1. I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

2. I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

3. If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

4. If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. 

5. I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
 
6. Storms make trees take deeper roots.

7. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

8. We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

9. You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try. 

10. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

11. I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.