Our April 2012 E-Newsletter! Enjoy!

Posted by Casey Jones Village at 3/30/2012 2:44 PM
Categories: Events, Ongoing Events, Old Country Store, The Shoppes, Village Events, Casey Jones Museum, Upcoming Events, In the News, Jackson Area Plectral Society, Gift Shoppe, Live Music, To Go, Songwriters Depot
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Happy Spring!

April is an exciting month in Casey Jones Village as we celebrate many milestones - Casey Jones Day that commemorates the life and legend of railroad hero Casey Jones, the founding of the Old Country Store in 1965 and the founding of Casey Jones Village in 1978. Save the date for Saturday, April 28th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. We'll be having a day of festivities along with the Celebrate Art festival at the Art in the Village gallery and the Casey Jones Days old-time music jam with the Jackson Area Plectral Society. Join us!
Thank you!! What an honor to receive the The Jackson Sun Readers' Choice Award for Best Overall Restaurant, Best Local Attraction and Best Southern Cooking. We are thrilled. We also were very happy to receive the Runner-up Award for Best Place for Children's Entertainment and Best Buffet. Thank you to the readers of the Jackson Sun newspaper and the Jackson Sun for sponsoring this annual awards program.

Very exciting news! We are proud to announce that Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum will be featured on "Tennessee Crossroads", the popular television show from Nashville Public Television! We really enjoyed our filming with them. Be sure to tune in if you can. If you are not a resident of Tennessee be watching for updates when they post the segment on their website: http://wnpt.org/productions/crossroads/v2/
Last week several of us attended the Tennessee Association of Museums conference in Memphis! It was fun and informative. We love being a part of this wonderful group. www.tnmuseums.org
Thursday, March 8th was a historic day here in Casey Jones Village as Music Highway Crossroads served as the venue for an international broadcast to England in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, Magic FM 105.4 and Adventures in Radio. In this unprecedented event, a listenership of 1.5 million people enjoyed a four hour broadcast from the Music Highway Crossroads stage. Our thanks to the local media for covering this event: The Jackson Sun, WBBJ-TV and EPlusTV6.

Guests included music legends who call the Jackson area home - Rayburn Anthony, W. S. Holland, Carl Mann and Stan Perkins. Musical guests were our own Steve Patterson who is the manager at Music Highway Crossroads, Jimmy D. Taylor and Clayton Crowell. Enjoy this wonderful original tune they played during the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_syZ86XpPw&feature=share
April Events Y'all!
~ Casey Jones Day - Festivities Saturday, April 28th 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
including events at Casey Jones Museum, the Old Country Store, Music Highway Crossroads and Art in the Village's "Celebrate Art" festival.  The Jackson Area Plectral Society will be having an outdoor jam all day! Don't miss this exciting day!
~ Events for the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War Battle of Shiloh are being held at Shiloh National Military Park and Pickwick Landing State Park the first week of April www.tncivilwar150.com
~ Friday, March 30 - Rock-a-billy legends Rayburn Anthony & Carl Mann in concert at Music Highway Crossroads 7:00 pm
~ Weekly Music Jams with the Jackson Area Plectral Society . Every Thursday from 6:30 pm - 9 pm
~ Ongoing music events "Live from the Crossroads" at Music Highway Crossroads
~ Open Mic Night every Tuesday at Music Highway Crossroads
~ Indigenous Outreach International Fundraiser. They have their corporate office in Casey Jones Village! This event is Saturday, April 21st from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at Casey Jones Mini-Golf next to the Old Country Store. www.indigenousoutreach.net
~The 20th annual Bunny Run Car Show will be in downtown Jackson Saturday, April 21st and Sunday, April 22nd!  This fun charity event will be open to the public from 8-4 on the 21st and 8-10:30 am on Sunday.  Always a great day!   www.bunnyrun.info
~ The Old Country Store restaurant and Casey Jones Village are open daily except for Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. Join us on Easter weekend with your family on Friday and Saturday. Happy Easter!
~ Seniors Supper Night at the Old Country Store! Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 4 pm - 9 pm
~ To book your own event at Casey Jones Village email Alison Tritt Lane at atritt@caseyjones.com. Thanks y'all!
    We're Social! Join us!

    Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store
    56 Casey Jones Lane
    Jackson, Tennessee 38305
    1.731.668.1223 1.800.748.9588
    www.caseyjones.com

    The Best Whistlestop Between Memphis & Nashville!

     
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