Two 2020 TJ's Corral Concerts Announced, Guide to Friday's Food Drive, Much More from the Carson Valley Inn

First Two 2020 Concerts Announced

What you may have been reading on social media since yesterday is true: In 2020 we’re bringing back two Concert Alumni from the early years of TJ’s Corral . . . with more concert announcements coming soon. Tanya Tucker was here in 2015 and she'll be returning 5 years later on June 6, 2020 with special guest Aubrie Sellers as part of her CMT Next Women of Country Bring My Flowers Now Tour. The Charlie Daniels Band was here in 2014 during the first full season of concerts in TJ's Corral. The CDB returns on June 26, 2020 as part of the Mike Tice Charity Weekend for the Kids. Tickets for both concerts go on sale at 10 AM this Friday, December 13 and more information is available on this page.

Some of the KTVN Crew Coming Here This Friday!

Quick Guide to This Friday’s Food Drive

This Friday is the KTVN Share Your Christmas Community Food Drive to benefit the Carson Valley Food Closet bringing plenty of activity near our RV Resort entrance from 6 AM to 6 PM. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your visit:

• Simply pull into our RV Park entrance anytime between 6 AM and 6 PM this Friday - plenty of volunteers (over 150 throughout the day) will be on hand to accept your donations, help unload your vehicle, give a snack to your dog and then weigh, sort and box tens of thousands of pounds of food in 12 hours!
• Cash and food donations will be accepted and everything collected at the CVI location goes directly to the Carson Valley Community Food Closet. Non-perishables are the key and here is a link to the 2019 Most Wanted Items.
• This year’s KTVN Channel 2 crew is Arianna Bennett, Angela Shilling and Marisol Bragg. Watch for them on TV and say hi when you drive through!!
• Santa will arrive by CareFlight helicopter at 9:30 AM (weather permitting) and will be here for pictures until early afternoon. During this time, kids can explore, climb on and crawl in fire engines and one of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office SWAT vehicles. Oh – if CareFlight is grounded, Santa will arrive on one very large East Fork Fire District “sleigh.”
• The Douglas County Library’s new Bookmobile will be onsite from 9:30 AM to 5 PM with all features and services available.
• Two Bloodmobiles will be accepting donations from 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 800-696-4484 or visit this site and sign up on line! Donors receive free meatballs provided by Wolf Pack Meats and prepared by the Western Nevada CattleWomen.
• Emergency vehicles light the way before dawn and at dusk
• All toys (new and unwrapped, please) donated at the Food Drive will go to Project Santa Claus.
• See you Friday!!

Christmas Fun & Frivolity This Weekend

• Breakfast with Santa is this Saturday, December 14 at the Genoa Town Hall with seatings at 8:30 AM, 9:40 AM and 10:50 AM. Contact the Genoa Town Office, (775) 782-8696 – seating is limited!
• The Annual Gardnerville Santa Crawl is also this Saturday and Sharkey's Casino will be welcoming all crawlers as usual. To participate bring $10.00 to Battle Born Wine or DST Coffee to receive your participation wristband. Then, enjoy drink specials at the participating businesses: JT Basque Bar & Dining Room, Battle Born Wine, DST Coffee, Overland Restaurant & Pub, The French Bar, Sharkey's Casino and Nevada Ugly! Donations will be split between Austin’s House & the Carson Valley Community Food Closet. The evening builds to the annual costume contest at Buckaroos at 10 PM. 

Frozen Christmas Tree

Our Frozen & Disney Themed Christmas Trees

This week we're featuring the back stories on the Frozen and Disney Christmas Trees that frame the "Family Photo Op" scene that greets your eye as you descend the steps to the hotel lobby. We pinned down our Chief Decorations Elf Eileen Knox to tell us about each.

Now in its fourth year, the Frozen Tree started when Eileen wanted to do a winter themed tree with snowflakes, snowmen, white ornaments and the like. "My mind naturally went to the Frozen concept. When I was decorating trees in our house as a kid, I was always taught to use some of the items that were in the home. That early-life lesson comes out in the Frozen Tree and thus you’ll see, dispersed among the many ornaments, items such as stuffed animals, snowman hats, dolls, a small lunch pail, toys, tiaras and even ice skates. If you look close, you’ll see one or more of the frozen characters including Ana, Elsa, Olaf and Sven!

Disney Christmas Tree

When asked which tree was her favorite, Eileen answered quickly and with a warm smile. "I certainly like all of the trees but the Disney Tree is my favorite as is it combines the two things I like most about Disney: Mickey Mouse and candy treats!” Growing up in Southern California, my mother started giving me Disney ornaments when I was just a baby and I've been collecting them ever since." Eileen has been going to Disneyland all of her life and she created the Disney Tree in the theme of Disneyland Main Street USA. "If you look closely, you’ll notice it is the most densely decorated of our Christmas trees with a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. I look at it as an explosion of Christmas . . . even the lights are shaped like Mickey Mouse and Disney candy!"

Snowmobiling in Nearby Hope Valley

Another Adventure Gift Idea
for Out-of-Town Relatives & Friends

Since we covered the winter-themed Frozen Tree above, let’s go with winter theme on our second in a series of adventure gift ideas for out-of-town relatives, business associates and friends . . . snowmobiling! Lake Tahoe Adventures is open for the year and offering snowmobiling adventures in Hope Valley, straight down Highway 88 from the CVI! Enjoy an exhilarating ride through Lake Tahoe's backcountry – from mountain meadows to peaks nearly 8,500 feet above sea level with unparalleled views of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. With a fleet of more than 100 snowmobiles, clothing rentals, and experienced-advice, Lake Tahoe Adventures is your number one snowmobile destination. For more snowmobiling information visit LakeTahoeAdventures.com or call 800-490-3995. For information on Carson Valley Inn gift certificates, check the details at this link and call (775-783-6606) or stop by the hotel front desk. 

This Week’s Promotions Lineup

• Ladies’ Night Wednesday: The fun runs from 5:30 to 8:30 PM including a Free Desk in a Box Gift for the first 150 ladies - it's a mini box that has staples, stapler, post it notes, paper clips, etc. You can carry it in your purse or bag. Over 100 include FreePlay. We’ll also have Pampered Chef Gift Baskets as hot seat prizes, free Bingo Games, free Raffles and a weekly Drink Special!
• 24 Days of Christmas Drawings Nightly thru Dec. 24:
• Sundays through Fridays: Drawings are between 6:30 and 7:30 PM with five winners picked from the virtual entries and through our Hot Seat selection program. The winners will be sharing in the evening’s prizes which include cash, free play, and a special holiday gift like those pictured above.
• Saturday: Drawings are held between 6 and 8 PM with 16 winners picked from the virtual entries and through our Hot Seat selection program.  We guarantee a $2000 winner every week. 
• Point Multiplier Friday: Earn 5 Points on slots and videos all day this Friday. 
• Point Party Sunday: You’ll be earning anywhere from 2X to 10X Points from noon to 7PM with the point multiplier changing every half hour. We guarantee the 10X Points will run for 30 minutes at least twice every Sunday in December. 

From the Sports & Race Book

• Sports Book Mike’s Musings:
• NFL favorites went 8-8 against the spread last week.  Five dogs won.
• Have to hand it to the Patriots; they take all opponents seriously, even the Bengals!
• How about those Broncos?  I don't really know what they're doing, but it seems to be working the last few weeks. They get 11 points against the Chiefs this week, so the odds makers don't seem to care what the Broncos have been up to.
• The Bowl games don't get going until December 20th.  How can they possibly fit them all in?  I hope Santa doesn't get distracted.
• Our Pro Pick’em Progressive Jackpot is $4,394 this week. Pick all 15 NFL winners on our weekly $5 Parlay Card and it’s yours. Each week it is not “hit,” the jackpot climbs based on the collective contest play at the CVI, Sharkey’s, Bodines and SlotWorld.
• Seasonal Wagers on board this week include NFL Football, the Army/Navy Game, NBA and NCAA Basketball, NHL Hockey and Horse Racing.
• Futures Bets on the board include: 2020 NCAA Football Championship, 2020 Super Bowl, 2020 NCAA College Basketball, 2020 NBA Championship and 2020 Stanley Cup.
• Football Extras:
• $2 Coors Light draft at the Casino Bar or in the Cabaret Lounge during all televised NFL and College Games.
• A couple of Free NFL Hats given away for each of the teams playing every Monday Night Football Game.
• Bar Snacks Delivered to Your Seat while you watch or play. Get the full menu and pricing at this link!
• Three Yeti 45 Coolers will be given away on Monday, December 23 during the Packers/Vikings MNF Game. Ask the bartender for more information when ordering a Coors at our Casino Bar during any NFL game!
• Poker Room Squares Pool: Earn squares as you play in live poker games during the week. Each week we kick in $160 and the payout is on the Monday Night Football Game – $40 to the winners of the first three quarters and the final score. Any unclaimed prizes each Monday roll to the next week. Last week one quarter was claimed so the total pool remains at $640 or $160 a quarter for the December 16 Colts/Saints game!

This Week in Our Restaurants

Katie’s Specials:

• Wednesday: CVI Smoked Chicken Legs served with jalapeno corn bread, mashed potatoes, bacon baked beans & BBQ from 11 AM to 10 PM for $6.99.
• Thursday: Spaghetti and A Giant Meatball with mozzarella cheese, fresh basil and parsley plus toasted garlic bread served from 11 AM to 10 PM for $7.99. 
• Friday and Saturday: Meat Lovers Platter including slow roasted brisket, pulled chicken & smoked sausage with choice of two sides from macaroni salad, baked beans, potato salad or coleslaw for $13.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.
• Saturday & Sunday for Brunch from 7 AM to 2 PM: Brunch Skillet – a combination of home fried potatoes tossed with peppers, onions, bacon & sausage, scrambled eggs & tomato, topped with melted cheese all for $7.99.
• Sunday Dinner:  "The Chandler" Chicken Dinner is served from 2 to 10 PM for $7.99.If you haven’t had it lately, we recently enhanced the seasoning and ingredients to achieve improved crispiness and juiciness of this very popular special and encourage you to check out this hearty dinner of southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes and cole slaw.
• Monday: Katie’s Shepherd’s Pie is a one-dish serving of sautéed ground beef with grandma’s brown gravy, peas and carrots for $5.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.
• Tuesday: Pork Chili Verde served with Spanish rice and black beans for $7.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.

CV Steak Specials:
This Wednesday’s special is Pork Stroganoff, pork tenderloin and a cream sauce of mushroom, Dijon mustard and Sherry wine served with egg noodle pasta. This Friday’s special is Grilled Duck Breast with a mushroom risotto. On Saturday night CV Steak features Garlic Studded Prime Rib. Sunday’s special is “Oscar Style” Fillet of Salmon with crab and Béarnaise sauce. CV Steak specials are served with fresh vegetable, choice of rice or potato – au gratin, baked, or a one-pound, twice-baked – tableside tossed salad and warm sourdough baguette.

Free Entertainment in the Cabaret Lounge

• Big Red Duo tonight: Carolyn Dolan can dive into powerful R & B, deliver a smooth jazz standard or a gentle country ballad.  For the last fifteen plus years, she has been performing with her rockin’ blues and R & B band, Carolyn Dolan and Big Red.
• Send It Thursday thru Saturday: Dance, tap your toes or just watch as this lively trio “Sends It” to the audience with lively tunes and fun!
• NFL Football Sunday and Monday Nights: We suspend live entertainment on Sunday and Monday nights during the fall so the featured night NFL games can be enjoyed on the big screen.
• Justin Lee Tuesday and Wednesday: Justin has made appearances with his band in our Cabaret Lounge and TJ’s Corral and this is an unusual opportunity to enjoy him close-up as a single. Justin has appeared at A Night in the Country, Nevada’s largest country music festival. 

Planning a Stay at the CVI? You will always get the best rate by booking directly with the Carson Valley Inn either online or by calling our Reservation Department directly at 775-783-6629 or 800-321-6983.

Comments? Have questions or comments about the CVI? Use the comments section below, shoot us an email or pick up the phone and call us @ 775-782-9711. Hit “0” when the automated voice comes on and you'll go right to the hotel operator who can get you to the correct person or department.  We have a lot more coming up at the Carson Valley Inn so check our Blog posting every Wednesday morning!