{"id":145442,"date":"2018-01-11T03:18:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145442"},"modified":"2018-01-11T03:18:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:18:18","slug":"dolly-parton-removes-dixie-from-stampede-dinner-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/11\/dolly-parton-removes-dixie-from-stampede-dinner-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton removes &#8216;Dixie&#8217; from Stampede dinner show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_145475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145475\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dolly-Parton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145475\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dolly-Parton.jpg\" alt=\"Dolly Parton (Photo by Eva Rinaldi - Dolly Parton, CC BY-SA 2.0)\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dolly-Parton.jpg 220w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dolly-Parton-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolly Parton (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=17293601\">Photo by Eva Rinaldi &#8211; Dolly Parton, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. \u2014 Country singer Dolly Parton has discarded \u201cDixie\u201d from the name of a popular dinner show. From now on, the attraction will simply be known as Dolly Parton&#8217;s Stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Parton said in a statement that the name change was spurred by changing attitudes and \u201cwill remove any confusion or concerns about our shows\u201d as the company that operates the attraction expands into new markets.<\/p>\n<p>World Choice Investments LLC currently operates the Stampede dinner show for Parton in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Branson, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>World Choice spokesman Pete Owens said Parton is referring shifting attitudes about the word \u201cDixie\u201d and its connotations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has added to confusion in discussions about the expansion of our dinner theatres to new locations across the country and around the world,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cSome of our guest comments and comments of developers, in markets around the country with whom we spoke, show a misconception of what our show is. They do not realize The Stampede is a very patriotic, spectacular, horse show with 32 beautiful horses as the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. \u2014 Country singer Dolly Parton has discarded \u201cDixie\u201d from the name of a popular dinner show. From &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":145475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[42748],"class_list":["post-145442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-country-singer-dolly-parton","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}