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Tony Orlando Continues a Veterans Tradition
By Mindy Honey - Branson Tri-Lakes News
In 1993, Tony Orlando offered his first free Veterans Day show at his Yellow Ribbon Music Theatre in Branson with 600 people in attendance. Orlando said that was the first free Veterans Day show in Branson. In 1994, Orlando brought Bob Hope to Branson and the area’s Veterans Day celebration gained national attention.
Fifteen years later, Branson’s celebration has become the largest gathering of veterans on Veterans Day and Orlando continues to offer his free show.
Saturday Interview: Daniel O'Donnell
By Keith Duggans
The O’Donnell phenomenon took hold in the 1990s, and by the end of the decade he had headlined everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Sydney Opera House. At the beginning of this decade, he turned his attentions to the US and started from scratch, playing concerts for 30 fans in Branson, Missouri, the Vegas of country music. There were times he became dispirited, but his manager, Sean Reilly, was convinced there was a market out there. On the road, they met a young hopeful named Garth Brooks.
“He had just started,” O’Donnell says. “I remember Garth coming in and talking about how ‘awesome’ it all was.” Like homesteaders stumbling off track in search of water, they toured the Midwest until they got a break on a public service television show.
Then hundreds and finally thousands of Daniel acolytes came running from the prairie towns to Branson, as helpless to his charms as the women who flock to see him in Ireland and England. Now, he can sell out the big venues in Branson in advance and a television show over there is the next logical move for him. He tours for six months and spends the other six with Majella, relaxing by both his Donegal and his Tenerife shores.
Read more...Andy Williams still strives for the moon
By Steve Grant - KY3 News
BRANSON, Mo. -- Andy Williams has 20 gold and platinum albums. He hosted a network television variety show. He’s been a headliner in Las Vegas. He is a former longtime host of the Grammys award show, and is the first non-country music star to open a theater in Branson. All this was possible because of a song called "Moon River."
Williams has written the story of his musical life. The entertainment legend recently shared memories about his 70 years in show business in an exclusive interview.
Williams is coming up on 82, and still performing the hit that produced his first fortune, after he sang it on the Academy Awards show way back when.
“The next day, it sold 400,000 copies,” he said.
It's the title of his memoir of a lifetime in entertainment: “Moon River and Me.”
