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| Granger Smith or Earl Dibbles, Jr? Find Out Saturday Night |
Granger
Smith Concert Saturday! The
kickoff to our TJ’s Corral season is Saturday when the Granger Smith Tour rolls
into Minden . . . with the Frankie Ballard Concert
following just 5 nights later on Thursday, June 2. Tickets for these and some of our other 2016 TJ’s Corral Concerts are available either online
or at our hotel desk. This being the
first concert of the year we’d like to answer some of the commonly asked
questions and remind concertgoers of our few guidelines: If you have tickets to pick up, the Box Office opens at the TJ's Corral entrance at 4 p.m.
on concert nights. Our TJ’s concerts go on rain or shine, warm or cool. The desert
weather tends to cool down as the night goes on so bring what you need when you
come in ‘cause there’s no re-admittance into the concert area after your ticket
has been scanned. Also, a friendly reminder that pets, lawn chairs, drones, and
outside food/drinks may not be brought into TJ’s Corral . . . and both smoking
and vaping are allowed in designated areas only. If you have questions, or need
handicap assistance with seating, please call us prior to 4 p.m. on concert
nights at 775-783-7766.
Finally
– A Summer Shoot! Many of the clay
shooting enthusiasts who have attended our February shooting outing over the
years have asked us to put something together in the summer. So, we have our
first Summer Fun Shoot ready for sign ups! The event is
August 7 – 9 with 300 targets spread over two days of shooting, a reception on
arrival night and a traditional family style Basque dinner at the JT on the
final night. The details are at this link . . . check it out and join us!
Lots
happening this weekend: In addition to the Granger Smith Concert on
Saturday night we also have quite a bit going on in the casino this weekend. Friday
drawings are at 8 and 10 p.m. plus Inn Club members earn 4X points from 4 p.m. to
midnight. Saturday we’ll have 70 hot
seat drawings between 2 and 8 p.m. with a guaranteed $100 winner every time – that’s
$7,000 total for the day. Sunday, the May Grand Prize Drawings in our $100,000
Giveaway are at 3, 5 and 7 p.m. with $5,000 Guaranteed! Monday is the final Salute to Our Troops kiosk
swipe - $1 for every INN Club member swipe will be donated to The Nevada
Military Support Alliance. We wrap up the month on Tuesday with our May Scratcher Giveaways at 6 and 8 p.m. with the
chance to win up to $5000!
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| Beatles Tribute in Minden Park Friday Evening |
Beatles in the Park Friday: Carson Valley Inn has been helping sponsor
the GE Family Concert Series
since its inception many years ago. The first of five concerts on the 2016
schedule is this Friday night in Minden Park when Paperback Writer – a Tribute to the Beatles performs starting at
6:30 PM. Produced by the Douglas County Parks and Recreation department, the concerts are free to the public thanks to the generous support of GE, the CVI and the many other Carson
Valley businesses that contribute annually to preserve our small town
heritage and atmosphere.
Graduation Week – Who’s Turning 50? Congratulations to all of the graduates of Aspire Academy High School (tonight in TJ’s corral) and Douglas High
School (Thursday night at the DHS Athletic Field). We wish you the best of success and
happiness as you enter the real world. Enjoy life every minute as it goes by
fast . . . consider this: the energetic high school graduates in 1984 who turned
18 that summer and were the first to have jobs at the Carson Valley Inn when it
opened in early August . . . are turning 50 this summer! Were you one of those
1984 DHS graduates who worked at the CVI in the summer of 1984? Post a note in the
comments section below and let us know what you’re up to these days!
Free Cabaret Lounge Entertainment: Jonathon “JB” Barton entertains tonight, the Voodoo Cowboys take the stage Thursday thru Saturday, The Nighthawks are here Sunday and
Monday and John Palmore returns Tuesday and Wednesday. Playing together since 2009, the Voodoo Cowboys have appeared at most
major casino venues in Nevada. Not the
cryin' in your beer type country band, they are the life of the party with
their dance-inducing, hard drivin' country music and rock n roll. The group has
rocked crowds on numerous stages around the world, as well as sharing stages
with such rock and country stars as David Nail, Little Texas, Ron Keel, Toby
Keith and many more. The Nighthawks
perform a wide variety of styles covering artists from Alan Jackson to ZZ Top,
including great classic country tunes and expert performances of classic rock
songs.
May is Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month. We are acutely aware of the danger that
wildfire presents to the residents of many areas of Carson Valley and our
surrounding communities – especially Lake Tahoe to the east and Alpine County
and the extended Sierra Range to the south. We have partnered with the
multi-agency committee that sponsors this movement the last few years and are
pleased to do our part again this May. Please take a few moments to visit the Living With Fire website.
Wine
and Hamburgers – How’s That Work for You?
- Today is National Wine Day - not to be confused with National Drink Wine Day which is in February. We're starting to think all it takes is an INN Club Card and the influence of a couple of glasses of wine for anyone to declare their own "National" day of just about anything. To pursue your dream of infamy, we suggest you slip into CV Steak, pick one or two selections from the wine list, sit back and start planning your very own "National Day!"
- Saturday is Hamburger Day. Not being inclined to reinvent the wheel this week, we’ll go with the following which we had in this blog last year on Hamburger Day . . . Because it all but still stands and it’s all good information and it represents our recommendations in order from traditional to more adventurous: The Bodines Restaurant Double Cheese Burger with beer-battered French fries is our north sister property's biggest seller. The Cheese Burger is also Katie's biggest seller, but we suggest stepping it up a notch with the Smoke House Burger(double bacon, cheddar cheese and hickory BBQ sauce). Next up the gastrointestinal delight ladder are two from Sharkey's Jackpot Café: The Drunken Burger (includes one well shot or domestic draft beer) and the Volcano Burger (stuffed with ghost pepper cheese and chorizo, topped with more ghost pepper cheese and spicy secret sauce). And for a most-un-traditional and "bet-you-can't-eat-the-whole-thing" experience, go for the Gourmet Hamburger (aka The French Disaster) in CV Steak.
Interesting & Helpful Tidbits and News
- Sports and Race Book: This week you can bet Major
League Baseball, US Open Golf
Futures, Horseracing, the NBA Conference Championships, the NHL Playoffs. the Indianapolis 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlottesville on Sunday.
Ice Chest Hot Seat Prizes for Tonight's Ladies' Night - Ladies’ Night Tonight: The first 150 ladies who sign up for Ladies’ Night tonight receive another Logo Flower Pen! To kick off Memorial Day weekend our hot seat prizes tonight are ice chests filled with related summer goodies like a beach towel, chair, sunscreen and lots more. As always, there’s also a ladies-only drink special, raffle and games
- Duck Friday, Prime Rib Saturday, King Crab Sunday in CV Steak: Our Friday special in CV Steak is Grilled Duck Breast for $28. Saturday night’s special is Garlic Studded Prime Rib for $26 and Sunday's special is one pound of King Crab Legs for $32. All three 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 demi-loaf of bread.
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!
