Day One - Saturday -
September 11th
Salt Lake City/ Kansas
City/Independence/Liberty
This morning we will depart to
Kansas City. If you are not traveling with group from Salt Lake please
plan to arrive by 1200n to meet the group at the airport.
We will have a lunch stop before
we travel over to the Independence side of town and start our trip into this
history of our faith. Here we will explore Independence including the LDS
Visitor's Center with its interactive exhibits that will help bring the area to
life. We will then visit the site that has been dedicated to a
important future Temple. We will also then visit the Community of Christ
(RLDS) Auditorium and temple. After a great Kansas City BBQ dinner we will
check into our hotel for the night. (D)
Day Two - Sunday -
September 12th
Liberty/ Far West/
Adam-ondi-Ahman/Nauvoo
Today we will get to spend our
Sabbath at some very sacred sites. Our touring today will begin as we
drive to Liberty to visit the Jail and Visitors' Center. It was here during the
winter of 1838 that the Prophet Joseph Smith was imprisoned for four and one
half months and received the 121st and 122nd sections of the Doctrine and
Covenants.
As we continue on our next stop
is the Far West Temple Site to see the corner stones that were placed and the
plaques that explain the importance of this site. We will stop in Hamilton to
pickup box lunches and then on to Adam-ondi-Ahman, where many significant events
have taken place and where important future events will occur.
After our stop we will continue
on Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain shared his love for this riverboat town
and world. We will board the Mississippi Queen river boat to we
enjoy a dinner cruise on the Mississippi.. After a short drive up river we
arrive in Nauvoo!! (B,L,D)
Day Three - Monday -
September 13th
Nauvoo “The City
Beautiful”
We will have our full buffet
breakfast at the hotel this morning before we begin our adventure into
Nauvoo-The City Beautiful. We will start at the LDS Visitors Center where
we can enjoy the tribute Gardens with its many statues honoring women. We
will view the new film Joseph Smith “Prophet of the Restoration” to get us ready
to see the city our pioneer ancestors built from a swamp.
After a lunch stop we will
continue our tour at the Joseph Smith homestead, the Mansion House, the Red
Brick Store, the gravesite of Joseph, Emma, Hyrum and other family members that
are buried there. We will have time to walk the “Trail of Hope” and read exerpts
from personal diaries of the Saints. Your understanding will increase you read
about the hard ships and struggles they went through. Tonight
the balance of evening is at your leisure. This is a great time to
take a walk down to the temple for some night photos. (B)
Day Four - Tuesday -
September 14th
Nauvoo “The City
Beautiful”
Our day begins with a morning
Temple Session for those who would like to attend. After the temple we
will go back to the hotel to change our clothes and give you time to have lunch
and shop. We will then meet and drive to the old pioreer
cemetery where you can see the names and headstones of those who made it to
Nauvoo, but not on with the Saints into the Utah Valley.
From here we will return to
restored buildings of Old Nauvoo and you will have time to wonder around and
visit the different homes and building that have been restored. Places to
make sure not to miss are Time and Seasons Office, the Browning Gun and
Blacksmith Shop to only name a few and be sure to see the homes of Brigham
Young, Wilford Woodruff and the Heber C. Kimball!! Dinner tonight is at
the famous Hotel Nauvoo, one of the best meals you will have on tour!
Following dinner we will enjoy a
musical production called ‘Rendezvous' at the Cultural Hall before returning to
the hotel for the evening. (B,D)
Day Five - Wednesday -
September 15th
Nauvoo/Carthage/Branson/SIX
We bid farewell to Nauvoo as we
travel the old road to Carthage, where we will view the production of the ‘Life
of The Prophet Joseph Smith,' that is shown exclusively at the Visitor's Center.
At the conclusion of the production, we will tour the jail itself where the
Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. You will never
forget the feeling of love and sacrifice you feel as you enter the bedroom that
door still shows the actual bullet holes from the attack that ended Joseph and
Hyrum's lives.
Lunch will be en route and then
on to Branson, Mo, America's #1 Entertainment destination in the U.S.A.
Dinner tonight will be at the famed Lamberts restaurant, "home of the throwed
rolls", REALLY!
To start off our Branson
entertainment we will see the show SIX. You won't believe what comes out
of the mouths of this amazing vocal band. The group SIX is made up of six real
brothers - Barry, Kevin, Lynn, Jake, Owen, and Curtis Knudsen. SIX uses only
their voices to produce all the instrumentation, rhythms, and harmonics of band
and vocals. The resulting sound is exhilarating and hip, and compares to the
likes of "Take Six" or the "Nylons." SIX has received the prestigious Harmony
Sweepstakes award and has won numerous CASA awards for their recordings and
vocal arrangements. (B)
Day Six - Thursday -
September 16th
Red, Hot and Blue/Jim
Stafford/Shoji Tabuchi
This morning's show will be Red,
Hot and Blue. One of Branson's most-popular shows is now bigger, better
and more exciting than ever before! These incredible entertainers sing and dance
their hearts out in this fabulous high-energy, beautifully costumed production
show featuring the timeless melodies you will absolutely love! Sit back and
relax as the "Hardest Working Cast in Branson" takes you on a nostalgic journey
back to the classic jazz era of the 1940's, the hilarious 1950's, the Rockin'
1960's, the disco flash of the 1970's and much, much more!
We will have a lunch stop and
then the entertainment continues with the Jim Stafford show. I hope you're
ready to laugh because Jim will give you something to laugh about! From
the opening moments of his zany show you're in for an action-packed adventure
and some incredible guitar playing, not to mention some deliriously delightful
surprises that await you during his show.
After dinner tonight, we will
finish our full day with world famous Shoji Tabuchi. You will get to meet
all the Tabuchis - Shoji, his wife Dorothy, & daughter Christina - as you
experience the blazing violins, stunning harmonies, and world-class choreography
of this musical extravaganza. (B)
Day Seven - Friday -
September 17th
Brett Family/ City Tour
/Andy Williams
This morning we will spend with
the Brett Family. This fast-paced variety show is jam-packed with
feel-good music including barbershop, 40's, 50's, 60's, country, gospel,
patriotic, bluegrass and the best a cappella you'll hear in town. As an added
bonus you'll love the hilarious magical comedy of Mike Bliss, and the
exceptional talent of the Rise-n-Shine Band, comprised of award-winning
musicians.
After the show we'll get to see
some of the spectacular sights this hidden city in the Ozarks has to
offer. We will have a lunch/shopping stop before we have dinner at
McFarlin's and then tonight we will be thrilled to see the Andy Williams
show! Andy has put together an All-Star Variety Show which will
feature up to six different variety acts that will be performing with him.
The show will be reminiscent of the variety shows that were aired on NBC years
ago. Back then it was one of NBC's top rated programs. (B,D)
Day Eight - Saturday,
September 18th
Branson/Kansas City/Salt
Lake City
After breakfast this morning, we
will board our motorcoach to travel back towards Kansas City; but not before we
make 1 final stop by Precious Moments Chapel. Inspired by Michelangelo's
Sistine Chapel in Rome, Precious Moments artist and creator, Samuel J. Butcher,
designed and constructed the Precious Moments Chapel as his way of sharing the
joy of his faith with the world, and it has become his crowning work. The Chapel
is so much more than just a building, touching the lives of those who enter its
doors with a sense of peace, hope, and promise since it opened in 1989.
After a lunch break we will
continue to travel back to Kansas City. Then fly home ready to share with
friends and family all the fun you had and memories to last a lifetime. If
arranging your own air be sure to do your departure after 5pm. (B)
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