The Great Smoky Mountains: Maggie Valley Square Dance Vacations Bring International Stars to Pride RV Resort.

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High in the Great Smoky Mountains in beautiful Maggie Valley, North Carolina spring travelers will find have some very entertaining options as Pride RV Resort as the full park opens for the spring season May 1st. 
Now in it’s third season, Maggie Valley Square Dance Vacations boasts a tremendous calendar of square dance events, presenting many of the world’s top square dance callers.
The 2013 Maggie Valley Square Dance Vacations talent line-up: Tony Oxendine, Jerry Story, Jack Pladdys, Darryl Lipscomb, Bob Asp, Marshall Flippo, Ken Ritucci, Jimmy Roberson, Jim & Pris Adcock, Tom Miller, John Preston, Chris Burchfield, Walt Bull, Hal Barnes, Bill Harrison, The Blackfords, Ted Kennedy, Stan Russell, Gary Shoemake, Ken Bower and Darryl McMillan.
Pride Resort offers several ways to square dance, with Square Dance Week Stay and Dance packages, dance-only tickets, and Terrific Tuesdays where your ticket to dance is only $7 per person with one caller calling and $8 per person with two callers calling. The full schedule is available in the 2013 Maggie Valley Square Dance Vacations catalog, free to download at www.PrideRVResort.com orwww.GSIInternational.org, the website for Grand Square International, one of the world’s top square dance organizations. 
Dances run from April through October and offer something for square dancers of all levels. 
Highlights of the dance schedule upcoming include:
May 19th-23rd Tony Oxendine and Stan Russell calling for Mainstream/Plus Dancers.
June 2nd-6th Tony Oxendine, Jimmy Roberson and The Adcocks calling Plus Dancing.
June 9th-13th Tony Oxendine, Jack Pladdys calling Intro to Plus DBD.
All dances are held at the new event facility onsite, The Pride Center, which frequently hosts Smoky Mountain weddings, events, and business conferences. The Pride Center has hardwood floors and a great view of the smoky mountains. 
This is square dancing at its best!
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Pride Ministries announces Sunday service at 10am at the Pride Center:
Pastor Charles Shaver will be hosting guests of Pride and the Maggie Valley community for non-denominational worship each Sunday morning at 10am, beginning May 5th. Service is held in The Pride Center onsite at Pride RV Resort.
Additional calendar events TBA.
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Pride RV Resort is a lush, sprawling campground with breathtaking vantage points to view both the North Carolina and Tennessee Smoky Mountain ranges. Bristling Jonathan Creek runs along the backside of this  “well-kept secret”, offering excellent fly-fishing opportunities onsite.
 
Contacts:
Pride RV Resort
“Nice. Next to nature.”
4394 Jonathan Creek Road
Waynesville, NC 28785
Reservations: 1-800-926-8191
GM: Jerry Kerr (Direct) 704-507-9565
Corporate Office
Pride RV Resort
2520 Sardis Road North, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28227
The Pride Center
Special Events and Weddings Facility
Booking: 1-800-926-8191