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BACK IN BRANSON NOVEMBER 14TH 2011
GENE
WILLIAMS, FOUNDER OF THE LONGEST RUNNING COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION SHOW, 1961
GRAND OLE OPRY DJ OF THE YEAR, GEORGE D. HAY HALL OF FAME “FOUNDER OF THE GRAND
OLE OPRY” INDUCTEE IN 2009,
2007 NOMINEE IN THE BRANSON HALL OF
FAME AND RECIPIENT OF FOUR TELLY AWARDS HAS FOUND HIS WAY HOME TO BRANSON, MO.
THE LONG TIME CAREER IN COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION FOR GENE WILLIAMS BEGAN IN 1963
IN JONESBORO, AR AND LATER SYNDICATED ACROSS THE NATION TO 173 MARKETS AND HAS
TAPED OVER 2,400 SHOWS. ON NOVEMBER 14TH
2011 AT THE MICKEY GILLEY TEXAS CAFÉ
AND CANTINA GENE WILLIAMS WILL ONCE AGAIN JOIN TOGETHER WITH HIS LONG TIME
FRIEND MICKEY GILLEY AND CO-HOST DELANA DITTO LIVE!!!!!!!! THREE HALF-HOUR
SHOWS BEGINNING AT 1:00PM WILL BE TAPED AND “OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC” THE MICKEY
GILLEY TEXAS CAFÉ & CANTINA HAS BEEN NEWLY REMODELED TO INCLUDE STAGE, LIGHTING,
SOUND AND OPEN FLOOR SO THAT EVERY SEAT IN THE HOUSE CAN VIEW THE LIVE ACTION
AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW.
MICKEY GILLEY WILL BE A REGULAR ON THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE THROUGH OUT EACH TAPING. IN ADDITION A NEW AND VERY TALENTED COUNTRY JUNCTION BAND WILL PERFORM AND BACK UP ALL GUEST STARS LIVE AT EACH SHOW. TO ENHANCE OUR CELEBRATION OF THE HOMECOMING GENE WILLIAMS WILL BE GIVING OUT DOOR PRIZES TO THE FIRST 50 LADIES-DINNER AT THE GOLDEN CORAL, NEXT 50 GENTLEMEN-A BOTTLE OF LUCAS OIL PRODUCTS “THE NATIONAL SPONSOR OF THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW, AND ALL FIRST 250 GUESTS WILL RECEIVE A BIG, JUICY, ARKANSAS BLACK APPLE COMPLIMENTS OF THE BLACK APPLE MAN, HWY 65 JUST ONE MILE SOUTH OF LESLIE, AR.
TO ADD TO THE LONG LIST OF ACCLAIMED GUEST STARS THAT HAVE APPEARED ON THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW SUCH AS JIMMY OSMOND, JIM OWEN THE WORLD FAMOUS PLATTERS, LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS, JOHNNY LEE, ED MCMAHON AND ROY CLARK TO NAME A FEW, THE NOVEMBER 14TH DAUBE FOR THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW WILL BE IF NOTHING BUT SPECTACULAR WITH A LINE UP TO INCLUDE MICKEY GILLEY, SIX, AND THE TEXAS TENORS.
GENE WILLIAMS HAS AN EXTENSIVE ACCREDITED HISTORY IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WITH HONORS FROM BOTH MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOURISM. THIS ANTICIPATION OF THE MOVE BACK TO BRANSON AT THE MICKEY GILLEY TEXAS CAFÉ & CANTINA HAS BEEN A LONG TIME DREAM COME TRUE FOR GENE WILLIAMS AND PROMISES THE BEST GENE WILLIAMS COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW YET….. THE GENE WILLIAMS SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU NATIONALLY BY OUR SPONSOR LUCAS OIL PRODUCTS FOUND AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO PARTS STORE, TRUCK STOPS NATIONWIDE.