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TOUR OPTIONS
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OPTIONS
Kingsport Attractions and Entertainment
- Guests can participate in "whodunit" fun at a Murder
Mystery dinner at Allandale Mansion, Renaissance Center
or the Red Room. Enjoy a catered dinner and a lot of laughing
when you choose one of these plays as a surprise for your
guests.
- Murder in the Peacock Room -
Set in a dinner lounge, the evening opens with a
performance by the lounge singer. A murder takes
place, and throughout dinner a detective questions
all who may have been involved.
- Murder Endowment -
Join Colonel Pinkerbottom, his family and staff at
his "mansion" for an unforgettable award dinner.
Each table represents a "philanthropic" organization
competing for a million dollar award. The wealthy
donor's staff and family members become suspects
when a murder interrupts the proceedings.
- Murder at the Hi-Skool Reunion –
Join the class of ’76 for a homicidally hilarious
mystery. Every case of puppy love was a case of do
or die! Your group will be voting on “Most Likely
to Get 20 Years to Life.”
- Murder at the Speedway –
After the “Deepends 500”, join the winner and his
sponsor for a post victory press banquet. Sparks
fly and tempers flare, and then a double murder takes
place. Was it the girlfriend, the racetrack PR manager,
a sponsor? Your head will be spinning trying to figure
this one out. Who says you can’t get away with murder?
- Murder at the House of Bingo –
The owner of a “posh” establishment and his chef
along with their “Call Girls” entertain Bingo fans. An
interruption from Crusty ol’ Aunt Rowena and a surprise
murder makes for an entertaining evening. Detective
Telly Wice and the Bingo playing audience work to
solve the “who-dun-it.”
- The Will to Die For –
Friends and relatives of the late Big Daddy Dockerfeller
gather for dinner and the reading of BD’s will. The
will disappears and a murder occurs. Detective Monday
and Detective-to-be Friday questions the list of
suspects including the tour group.
- Your group will be startled when the Motorcoach is “hi-jacked”
by a country couple looking for a groom for their oldest
daughter. This entertainment is known far and wide as “Wiving
Miss Daisy or Kingsport’s Country Hijacking.” The group
is taken to Exchange Place, a historic farmstead from the
1800’s; the “ceremony” is duly performed and the wedding
guests are treated to a tour of the bride’s dowry and a
dinner reception.
- Exchange Place is also an interesting setting
for a costumed guided tour and demonstrations on spinning,
basketry, quilting, rope making or hoecakes.
- A walking tour and perhaps a barge ride, highlighted
with wolves howling (maybe? depending on their mood) awaits
you at Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium. Your
group can have a catered lunch at the Farmstead Museum
or just tour this interesting place. Some of the guests
will be taken back in time as they view the antique farm
implements and tools.
- Visit our Nation’s only registered historical site which
was both a stage stop and a boatyard. Netherland Inn is
a three-story building which hosted many famous persons
including Presidents Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and
James K. Polk. With stage coaches, mail coaches, oxcarts
and river traffic, the Netherland Inn was a popular place
in the busy Boat Yard community which was originally “King’s
Port”.
- If your visit is between May and September, “Bluegrass
on Broad” in downtown Kingsport is available on Friday
nights for those who like “free” entertainment in a relaxed
setting.
Regional Attractions and Entertainment
- Get up close and personal with America’s favorite NASCAR
track at Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway. The
speedway’s new Fan Zone provides an intimate look at racing
with interactive videos, a replica of the track’s 36 degree
banking, drag-race simulators and real cross-sectioned
stock cars. Get your taste of the driver’s perspective
with a guided track tour, which even includes a ride around
the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile”.
- Stay over a Saturday night and experience traditional
mountain music at the Carter’s Family Fold in Hiltons,
Virginia. A “full house” is typical to listen to the melodic
sounds of local and famous entertainers as they carry on
the work of A. P., Sara and Mother Maybelle Carter.
- Northeast Tennessee’s newest attraction is the “Gray
Fossil Site.” A prolific Miocene-aged fossil site
at Gray, Tennessee, is attracting scholars, volunteers,
and visitors from across the country seeking to learn
about the rich paleoecology of Southern Appalachia. A
33,000-square-foot visitor's Interpretive Center will
open in June 2007 as a fully functional museum, including
a permanent display, classroom, preparation lab, collection
storage area, and offices for research.
- Enter another era when a tour guide escorts you through
the main street of Jonesborough. A scheduled storyteller
can bring the past alive and the group can get a little
exercise as they stroll through some of the quaint shops
or visit the International Storytelling Center.
- Abingdon, Virginia’s Barter Theatre is one of
the oldest professional theatres in the nation. Enjoy a
matinee or evening performance.
- Become the guests of the William Cobb family and let
costumed interpreters help you experience life on the frontier
at Rocky Mount Museum. Enjoy the Cobb family performing
their daily tasks of cooking, weaving, and candle making
in this living history museum.
- Explore the museum and enjoy the interpretive program
at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area where you
will find a reconstructed Fort Watauga. Hear the story
about the “muster” of the Overmountain Men and their march
to fight the “Battle of King’s Mountain”, proclaimed by
history books as the turning point of the Revolutionary
War. Visit in July and enjoy the outdoor drama “The
Wataugans.”
- Farmhouse Gallery and Gardens is one of East Tennessee's
hidden treasures and the home of Wildlife Artist Johnny
Lynch and his family. On their farm in the mountains of
East Tennessee, the Lynch's have created a showcase of
this area's natural beauty where birds, butterflies, wildlife
and peacocks abound! Your group can relax with lunch or
dinner, music and/or storytelling. This place is a genuine
“walk with nature.”
Other Northeast Tennessee/Southwest Virginia assets are:
Andrew Johnson National Historic
Site |
Greeneville, TN (35 minutes) |
Birthplace of Country Music Museum |
Briston, TN (30 minutes) |
Countryside Vineyards & Winery |
Blountville, TN (25 minutes) |
Doak House Museum |
Greeneville, TN (35 minutes) |
The Home Place |
Weber City, VA (25 minutes) |
Natural Tunnel State Park |
Duffield, VA (40 minutes) |
Tipton-Haynes Historic Site |
Johnson City, TN (30 minutes) |
"Trail of the Lonesome Pine" Summer
outdoor drama |
Big Stone Gap, VA (55 minutes) |
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