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STUDENT GROUPS
EDUCATIONAL FUN-DAMENTALS
Student Groups
Comedy Barn, Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Show,
Smoky Mountain Opry
Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show
These three theaters offer a variety of performance
banquets for choirs, bands and dancers, Lumberjack Feud
opportunities for bands, show choirs, dance and choral
is home to the Smoky Mountain Logging History Center
groups, as well as backstage and educational tours.
and Lumberjack Hall of Fame. Team-building opportunities
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also are available. 865-286-1178
Country Tonite Theatre
The Old Mill
Performing student groups can enjoy a special tour
Students get a glimpse at what life was like for the area’s
package and have the opportunity to be the opening act
early settlers by touring the authentic stone grinder and
for the Country Tonite show. Choose from backstage tours,
learn about the role the Old Mill played in the Civil War.
Q&A sessions with the cast and specialized workshops on
865-428-5458
singing, comedy, dancing and more, all designed to
accommodate the needs of individual student groups.
865-453-2003
In addition to offering a performance venue and awards
Outdoor Gravity Park
Outdoor Gravity Park, home to OGO and the Fishpipe,
is the iconic New Zealand adventures where you slip, slide
Dolly’s Homecoming Parade
and get wet in an 11-foot transparent ball that rolls down
This springtime tradition in Pigeon Forge offers marching
a 1,000-foot hill. If dry is your preference, the harnessed
bands the perfect opportunity to perform in front of more
OGO allows up to two riders, harnessed in before rolling
than 50,000 people, while taking part in a parade like no
head over heels on the sidewinder track. 865-366-2687
other—one that features Dolly Parton as its grand marshal.
Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge
Dollywood
Ripken Experience is a six-field complex that hosts world-
Explore Dollywood’s 150-acre classroom filled with
class youth baseball tournaments nine months of the year
Adventures in Education! History, physics, zoology and
and offers year-round branded programming, including
geography are just a few of the subjects students can
events. The six lighted fields feature synthetic turf and each
explore. Students receive a free lunch when visiting the
one resembles an existing or historic ballpark.
park Monday through Friday, and teachers receive a free
Opens spring 2016.
season pass voucher with every 15 paid admissions.
Dollywood is a great performance venue for school bands
or choirs. 1-888-428-6789
Titanic Museum Attraction
The school program at Titanic Museum Attraction allows
students to learn more about the ill-fated ocean liner.
Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction
Audio tours and hands-on experiences provide a sense
Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction offers
of what it was like to be a passenger or crewmember on
special gatherings, dedicated dinner shows and themed
board the Titanic. 1-800-381-7672
meeting space, as well as performance areas for school
choral groups and bands. 1-800-356-1676
Wear Farm City Park
This 40-acre sports facility is ideal for sports competitions
Forge Cinemas/Tomb: Egyptian Adventu