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Pigeon
Forge�s Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud Ready for Aug. 26 Public Opening
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New Smoky Mountain Forest History Center and Lumberjack Hall of Fame
Pigeon
Forge�s Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud Ready for Aug. 26 Public Opening
Pigeon
Forge, TN � August 2011 � Construction crews have completed work on Lumberjack
Sports International�s Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack
Feud, and the $10 million Pigeon Forge attraction will open as scheduled
on Friday, August 26, 2011.
Billed
as the �Smokies� Rowdiest Good-Time Dinner Show� with ESPN
timber athletes performing daily, Lumberjack Feud is also site of the
new Smoky Mountains Forest History Center and the Lumberjack Hall of Fame.
The
Center will feature displays and artifacts depicting the rich history of
East Tennessee, from Cherokee inhabitance through the rise of mountain
communities in the 1800�s. A large focus of the Center also includes the
logging boom during the early 1900s, prior to the creation of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
The
Lumberjack Hall of Fame will highlight the most well-known world-champion
athletes and major influencers of the sport.
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�Family-friendly
entertainment is a huge part of our mission at Lumberjack Feud, but so
is education,� said Lumberjack Sports International President Rob Scheer,
who was the first man to win the IRONJACK World Championship and holds
numerous world titles.
�The
Smoky Mountain Forest History Center at Lumberjack Feud should be on every
family�s Pigeon Forge vacation �to-do� list,� Scheer said. �The Center
will showcase the rich history of this area before the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park came into being, including the timber industry�s role in
shaping the culture and way of life here � which is largely an untold story.�
The
34,000-square-foot Lumberjack Feud arena will offer up to two dinner shows
every evening of the week, with performances by world-champion ESPN lumberjack
athletes. The show�s athletes will perform more than 10 unique lumberjack
sport events, featuring speed climbing, axe-throwing, chopping, sawing
and log-rolling.
Based
on actual historical events of the 1930s, the show at Lumberjack Feud features
thrills and competition while telling the story of two Smoky Mountain logging
families competing for rights to log the last remaining timber tract before
the National Park permanently shuts down the region�s timber industry.
Ticket
prices (including military discounts), group information and show schedules
for this family attraction can be located at www.LumberjackFeud.com,
or by calling toll-free, 855-244-3383.
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For
more information, contact:
Amy
Schwinge or Tyra Haag
865-982-6626
Mary
Beth West Consulting
for
Lumberjack Feud
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Online
Media Room: media.LumberjackFeud.com
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