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Places to go, people to see & things to do in Missouri, June issue
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Happy Father’s DayI had two options for the subject matter of this month's
editorial. I could either wax eloquent about Father's Dayor choose from a myriad of festivals scheduled for thismonth.
Festivals are great. There are thousands of varieties toentertain, educate and enrich us. But festivals come andgo whereas fathers are important all the time. Festivals orFathers? Fathers or Festivals? Festivals to/with/for/aboutFathers? Activities could include a most-beloved t-shirtfashion show. Or perhaps it would be more interesting to
hold a World's Ugliest Tie Competition.When it came right down to it, there wasno contest. Somewhere in the middle ofthe battle of the F's between fathers andfestivals, I was reminded of a story. I don'tknow who wrote it and I am writing itfrom memory, so my apologies if it con-tains any errors.
The Story of the Prodigal Sonin the Key of F
Feeling footloose and fancy free, a feather- brained fellowasked his fond father to fork over the family finances. He fledfar into foreign fields and frittered away his fortune feastingfabulously with faithless friends. Finally, he found himself afeed flinger in a filthy farmyard.
“Forsooth!” said he. “My father's flunkies fare far fancier.”So he returned to his fond father and said, “Father, I haveflunked! I have foolishly forfeited family favor.”
“Phooey!” said fond father. “Fetch the fatted fatling. Letfrivolous folly begin for fond frater has returned.”
So often, this story focuses on the son and his return home.But let's consider the many attributes of the father. He wasgenerous, patient, forgiving, loving and welcomed his son'sreturn in spite of the many bad choices this young man hadmade.
One time during a women's group study, someone made thecomment that nobody had a good father figure. I quickly dis-agreed. My father was all the things a father should be: lov-ing, patient, generous, gentle, faithful, forgiving, respectful . . .and the list goes on. No, he wasn't perfect. No one is. Hewill be the first person to say so, which also makes him veryhumble.
This year for Father's Day, take the time to let your fatherknow how much you love him and appreciate him. I just did.Now, all I have left to do is plan a Festival for Fathers. Nowwhat did I do with that ragged old shirt and ugly necktie?
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A note From the EditorAbout the Cover :
Celebrating their 40thAnniversary this year,
Worlds of Fun andOceans of Fun have
been combined tooffer one admissionprice for both parks.
See page 9 fordetails.
Kandy Derden, Managing Editor
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People to SeeAt the Blue Note
Weird Al YankovicWeird Al YankovicLive on 9th Street!Live on 9th Street!
Wed, July 24, 2013Wed, July 24, 2013Doors: 6 pm / Show: 7:30 pmDoors: 6 pm / Show: 7:30 pm
Tickets $25Tickets $25
Few would have guessed that “Weird Al”Yankovic, who as a shy, accordion-playing teenagergot his start sending in homemade tapes to the Dr.Demento Radio Show, would go on to become thebiggest-selling comedy recording artist in historywith over 12 million album sales. Now entering hisfourth career decade, he has won 3 Grammys (with14 nominations) and countless awards and acco-lades for Weird Al classics like “Eat It,” “Like aSurgeon,” “Fat,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “AmishParadise,” and “The Saga Begins.” His most recentalbum Alpocalypse was released on June 21, 2011,charting at #9 Billboard – the highest debut of hisstoried career. The first single from the album wasthe Lady Gaga parody “Perform This Way.”Alpocalypse was nominated for two GrammyAwards, for Best Comedy Album and Best ShortForm Video for the “Perform This Way” MusicVideo.
In addition to his recordings and world-famousmusic videos, Yankovic is also well-known for hiscult-hit feature film UHF (1989), his late ‘90s CBS
Saturday morning series The Weird Al Show andthe numerous AL-TV specials that he’s made forMTV and VH1 over the years. His previous albumStraight Outta Lynwood (2006) spawned theBillboard Top 10 single “White & Nerdy,” the videofor which spent two months at #1 on iTunes andgarnered over 150 million hits on the Internet.
Since then, he released his greatest hits packageThe Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic (Legacy), wrote,starred in and directed the themed attraction Al’sBrain: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain (fea-turing cameos by everybody from Fabio to PaulMcCartney) and attracted over 3 million followerson Twitter. And with the recent release of his chil-dren’s book When I Grow Up (HarperCollins), Aladded “New York Times Bestselling Author” to hisresume. An app version of the book for the iPhoneand iPad, which recently won a Webby Award, isalso available.
Last year, The Nerdist Channel debuted Face 2Face with “Weird Al” Yankovic, a web series whereAl “interviews” some of the biggest stars in showbusiness including Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage,Julianne Moore, Morgan Freeman, and many others.On October 1, Abrams released Weird Al: The Book,an illustrated coffee table book on Al’s life andcareer, and the follow-up to his HarperCollins chil-dren’s book, My New Teacher and Me!, is scheduledfor June, 2013.
Weird Al and his band of three decades has per-formed over 1,000 career concerts and continues totour throughout the world.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Worlds ofFun celebrates its 40th anniver-sary by unveiling a completelyrenovated Oceans of Fun water-park, marking the completion ofthe largest waterpark expansionin the park’s history. This exten-sive project is highlighted bycombining both parks into a sin-gle admission ticket and the addi-tion of six new slides.
Worlds of Fun offers unbeatablevalue by combining both Worldsof Fun and Oceans of Fun to oneticket admission. Now with bothparks for the price of one, everyguest will have access to 235-acresof rides, slides, shows, and attrac-tions, complete with the massivewaterpark expansion.
The six new slides that nearlydouble the park’s waterslidecapacity are housed on a 65-foot-tall complex overlooking SurfCity Wave Pool. At the peakstands Predators’ Plunge, whereguests climb into one of threeAqua-Launch chambers with afloor that suddenly drops out to ahigh-speed near-vertical drop anda series of loops and s-curves in atranslucent flume. Known as
Constrictor,the fourthslide featuresdouble tubesspiralingdown anenclosedslide withfour 360-degree tightturns.Sharks’ Revenge, two otherenclosed tube slides, feature highspeed drops and banks.
Other new additions at thewaterpark include renovated poolareas, new retail locations, andguest amenities such as newcabanas and more lounge chairs.New food offerings are highlight-ed by the addition of Chickie’s &Pete’s, which has been recognizedby ESPN as ‘Best Sports Bar inNorth America’.
“The 40th anniversary season isour biggest yet with the Worlds ofFun and Oceans of Fun now all inone park, and all in one admis-sion price," states Frank Wilburn,Vice President and GeneralManager at Worlds of Fun. “Wecan’t wait to share our new
world-class waterpark andWorlds of Fun with all of ourguests."
Worlds of Fun is now opendaily, and the waterpark opens onSaturday May 25 with both parksincluded with any admission tick-et. Guests, who want to enjoy all235-acres of attractions all seasonlong, including Halloween Hauntin the fall, can purchase a GoldSeason Pass at worldsoffun.com,at the park during operatinghours, or by phone at 816-454-4545.
Worlds of Fun is owned andoperated by Cedar FairEntertainment Company, a pub-licly traded partnership that islisted for trading on The NewYork Stock Exchange under thesymbol “FUN.”
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COLUMBIA - Multi-platinum selling singer/song-writer Dierks Bentley will perform outside Live on9th Street hosted by the Blue Note on June 13 at 7p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are now on salefor $35.
The block of 9th Street between Broadway andWalnut will be closed with the entry gate at thenorth end on the corner. Beverages will be servedboth outside and inside and this event will be heldrain or shine. For mor information, visit www.the-bluenote.com
Bentley’s tour has forged his own brand of coun-try music, combining classic country songwriting,influences of bluegrass instrumentation and theenergy of rock ’n’ roll. Bentley’s sixth studio album,“Home,”released earlier this year, debuted at No. 1and has spawned three consecutive chart-toppinghits, marking 10 career No. 1 songs for Bentley as asinger and songwriter. Home also garnered Bentleythree 2012 CMA Award nominations for Album ofthe Year and Single and Song of the Year for the titletrack. His five previous studio albums have soldmore than five million copies and earned him aninvitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.
Opening for Bentley will be Chris Stapleton. Afterjust one decade in Music City, Kentucky nativeChris Stapleton has accomplished more than mostmusicians hope to accomplish in a lifetime. Vivid,edgy, passionate - no matter the adjective used todescribe his music, no word can truly capture thedepth of his prolific songwriting, soulful voice, andhonest musicianship. He moved to Nashville in thefall of 2001 with a catalog of twenty songs, a suit-case, and his guitar. After hearing simple guitar andvocal recordings of the songs Stapleton had writtenby himself, Liz O'Sullivan was determined to signhim as a songwriter at the newly formed SeagayleMusic. Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois were equallyenchanted, and within two months, Stapleton hadwhat many songwriters wait years for: his first cut.
Fast forward ten years later, and he has too manysuccessful collaborations to even count. He writesfor any number of reasons - the commercial market,his own enjoyment, because he or a co-writer has anidea, but the joy of it - and his greatest work - isborn of not ever knowing what the purpose is. Leftto his own devices, he is aware that he can be "wayout there," but his diverse catalog is proof that heunderstands consistency, creativity, and the impor-tance of marrying the two to be a successful song-writer.
"I don't sit around dreaming up singles for artists -that's just not gonna happen" - these claims that hedoesn't take the time to worry about what directionwriting will take create co-writes conducive to cre-ativity, resulting in chart topping singles withKenny Chesney, Josh Turner, and Darius Rucker. In2006, Stapleton joined forces with Mike Hendersonand seasoned veterans Richard Bailey, MikeFleming, and Tammy Rogers to form TheSteelDrivers, a bluegrass band with rock, country,and soul influences. Writing with Henderson sincehis move to Nashville years earlier created a collec-tion of remarkable songs, most of which wereunlikely to be recorded by commercial country.Henderson strove to play a regular gig, and beforethey knew it, they were playing all original songsand catching the eye of record label executives.Their first record garnered the band a Grammynomination, and their sophomore effort, praised bycritics, earned them two more Grammy nods.
People to See: Dierks Bentley
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Also explore the magnificent Katy Trail State Parkby bicycle, June 2-7, or June 9-14, when you join theSix-Day Katy Trail Bike Tour. As you pedal your wayfrom Clinton to St. Charles, a guide offers insightsabout the longest rail-to-trail conversion in theUnited States (237.7 miles).
This is a six day, Inn-to-Inn tour, meaning you havewonderful places to rest each night. Plus, a vehicle
shuttles your luggage,lunch and bicycle andequipment betweenstops. This is a greatopportunity for bicy-cling enthusiasts toexplore the MissouriRiver corridor. Tourdifficulty is rated frombeginner to intermedi-ate. Remember – thereis a Support vehiclealways close at hand!
In 1986, the track between St. Charles, Missouri andSedalia, Missouri ceased to operate, thus opening anew chapter for the land. In 1990, the first section ofthe “Katy Trail” was opened. Today, the Katy Trail isa Missouri State Park and a 225-mile rail- trail gem,the longest rail-trail in the country.
The Katy Trail travels through the most scenic areasof Missouri. Most of the journey finds us intertwinedwith the Missouri River. The scenery changes often,towns over filled with quaintness, the breadbasket ofthe country, limestone bluffs, and even forests will be
your compan-ions on this 6-day journey.
For moreinformation, call 800-272-4141 or visit online athttp://wilderness-voyageurs.com/katy-trail-bike-tour.html
Tour de Corn Bike RideReady for a fun competition on two wheels? Take
your pedal power to the 12th Annual Tour de CornCharity Bicycle Ride, June 21 and 22. For the ride (it’snot a race), choose between 15-, 30-, 65-, and 100-mileroutes, all beginning in the town of East Prairie. Allroutes are on state highways, in rural agriculturalareas. The terrain is flat except for some rolling hillson the 100-mile route.
No matter which path you prefer, you’ll be reward-ed by beautiful views and frequent stops; some stopseven include live entertainment and fresh-cookedsweet corn in conjunction with the 39th AnnualSweet Corn Festival
The annual Tour de Corn is a fun bicycle ride forall ages and all levels. The ride features frequent,well-stocked rest stops; fresh-cooked sweet corn; liveentertainment; rolling support and gear; and greathospitality.
The bicycle ride is held on Saturday; but if youarrive in East Prairie on Friday you can attend theMain Street Party, complete with food, live music andlots of vendors. For more information, visit online atwww.tourdecorn.com
Things to Do:Ride Your Bikes!
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