Josh Turner, Hershey Bed and Breakfast

JOSH TURNER JUNE 18

American Music Theatre

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Enjoy Your Stay at Annville Inn & an evening of Josh Turner. Ahh, Bliss!

Deep-voiced Josh Turner burst onto the country music scene a few years ago with the powerful “Long Black Train,” and has since established himself as a country superstar with his #1 hits “Your Man” and “Would You Go With Me.”

Josh is touring in support of his new album, Haywire, which includes his most recent #1, “Why Don’t We Just Dance.” Nominated in the CMA’s Male Vocalist category, Josh has the honor of being the youngest member ever to have been invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.


"I've learned from certain people that it takes a lot of hard work, passion and love for what you do to have longevity in this career." --multi-platinum MCA recording artist Josh Turner

Whether it's with his deep, soulful voice, his South Carolina accent or his philosophy on life, Josh Turner has never been one to hurry. But a memorable country song recently convinced him to pick up his pace.The singer-songwriter was months away from scheduled recording sessions when he first heard "Why Don't We Just Dance," which became the debut single from his fourth studio album, Haywire.



Josh placed the song "on hold" with the music publisher so they wouldn't allow anyone else to record it. But when another artist expressed interest in the song, the publisher asked Josh to record the song to see if he liked it enough to keep it, and he did."We felt like we couldn't lose that one," Josh says. "It's a strong song and something that I could have a lot of fun with vocally.


I felt it would be a great center point for the record. It is positive and a love song and you can dance to it. Nowadays, that's a good formula."The excitement over that song fast-tracked the recording process and inspired his songwriting, propelling him to write or co-write five of the album's 11 songs: "Haywire," "As Fast As I Could," "Eye Candy," "Friday Paycheck" and "The Answer."


"This record has been the quickest record we've ever made from start to finish," says Josh. "But I'm glad our haste didn't make waste. I love every single song. One thing I've noticed is that you are definitely hearing more of my range, high and low on this album. I'm really proud of this record."And that's saying something, given what he's accomplished so far.



Since earning a standing ovation as an unknown singer on the Grand Ole Opry stage in 2001 with his impressive delivery of "Long Black Train," he has established himself as one of the most identifiable male vocalists in country music.The Hannah, S.C. native has sold more than 4 million albums and garnered two multi-week No. 1s ("Your Man" and "Would You Go With Me"). His debut album was certified platinum for more than 1 million copies sold, and his sophomore album, Your Man, was one of only four country albums to reach double-platinum status in 2006. Six years after his Opry debut, he was inducted into the prestigious organization, becoming one of the youngest artists to receive such an honor.

He recorded a CMT special with his musical hero, Randy Travis, and has spent time writing songs with another one of his heroes, John Anderson."For me, it is icing on the cake," he says of his success. "My biggest goal in life when I was growing up was to find the right woman to marry and get a record deal. I've accomplished both of those things, so regardless of what happens beyond that, I'm happy.""When I wake up in the morning, I think about writing and performing and singing country music. I'm happy I get to go out on the road making a living doing what I love to do and it's all because I chased my dream and never gave up."Blender magazine says Josh "is a country Barry White.

His burring voice can tease our sensuality in unlikely places." His rich baritone brings an undeniable sexuality to a love song, so it's no surprise that love songs have been among his most popular recordings. The majority of songs on Haywire are love songs; there's not a heart-break or cheating song to be found."I don't feel like you can have too many love songs," he says. "The world is always looking for that next great love song. It's like what Eddy Arnold told me a long time ago. 'If you have the opportunity to record a great love song, do it. That is what people like the best, the songs that are about a man and a woman.' I've really taken his advice to heart. If you look at my two number-one songs, those are big-time, positive, straight-forward love songs."

He's at his most masculine and sensual on "Lovin' You On My Mind" and the Don Williams' classic "I Wouldn't Be a Man" while he reveals his sweetness in "As Fast As I Could." He's timelessly romantic in "Your Smile," and "Haywire" and "Eye Candy" capture his playfulness and humor.

It was a father's love that inspired the Phillip White/Steven Dale Jones song "I'll Be There," and Josh was moved by lyrics such as, "When you need a coach or you need a fan/Need a castle built out of ocean sand/ Or a rainbow chaser, I'm your man/ I'll be there." While they were recording the song, keyboardist Gordon Mote suggested an arrangement change.

KISS here July 31, Bed and Breakfast Hershey PA

KISS COMING TO HERSHEY

JULY 31

HERSHEYPARK STADIUM

Throughout their 37-year career, KISS has sold 80 million albums, played in front of millions of people and become an integral part of American culture. Now, rock’s most iconic band is unleashing another assault on North America with The Hottest Show on Earth tour coming to Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.

Special guest for the evening is The Academy Is… Tickets go on sale Friday, June 11 at 10:00 a.m. KISS will perform such classics as “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite” as well as hits that they haven’t played in the US in many years.

KISS is also giving back to the United States Armed Forces by donating one dollar from each ticket sold to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project. KISS has given some of today's now-legendary bands their first shot by opening for the band at sold out arenas and stadiums around the world -- AC/DC, BON JOVI, RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and many others.

Now, the legendary rockers are partnering with Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, for Guitar Center On-Stage, an unsigned band competition that will provide emerging artists the chance to open for KISS at 22 of the band’s tour stops.

In addition, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley will choose one grand-prize winner to receive a $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree among other prizes. For more information, visit www.GCOnstage.com. Registration began on June 1.

There is no other band in the vast history of rock music that has mesmerized generations of music fans in the same way as this revolutionary and iconoclastic quartet that continues to acquire generations of new fans year after year.

For more information about Kiss, click here.

Hersheypark Concert Deal: Ride the day away at Hersheypark before you rock and roll all night! Hersheypark offers a special discounted admission price of just $33.95 to concert go-ers when using a Park ticket the day before, day of, and/or the day after the concert. Concert-goers may purchase one Park ticket per day during those three days. Just present your concert ticket at the Hersheypark Front Gate on each of the days to receive the discount. Purchase Park tickets at Giant Center Box Office when you purchase your concert tickets. Tickets for this show are $131.00, $75.50, and $45.50 (processing fees apply and eight ticket limit) and are available at Giant Center Box Office. They can be charged by phone at 717-534-3911, and online at HersheyEntertainment.com. The wristband policy will be in effect for this concert.
Fans are permitted on the Hersheypark Entertainment Complex property beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday, June 11. Two hours prior to the on-sale, fans are directed in front of Giant Center Box Office, where they are issued a numbered wristband. Wristbands are available for one hour, and at the conclusion of that hour, a selected fan will randomly select a wristband that will determine the line order. For example: if 1,000 wristbands are issued during that hour and the number 500 is selected, the person wearing wristband 500 will be the first person in line. Numbers 501 to 1,000 will proceed in line behind, followed by numbers 1 through 499. Once the line is in place, everyone arriving after the wristbands were issued will be escorted to the end of the numbered line.

Garden Bloom Report, Hershey PA Bed and Breakfast

The Annville Inn Gardens Bloom Report

What's In Bloom at Annville Inn Gardens? This blog for Monday, June 7th is going to list the major plants in most of our gardens. To list every plant in every garden that is blooming would be expansive, so for each garden, we will list some of the highlights. When you stay at the Inn, you can explore the Gardens and discover the other plants that are also in bloom!

Swimming Pool Garden: This year's Swimming Pool Garden is focused on blueberries. The variety of berries shown in this photograph is: "Misty." The familiar faces, Pansies, are still in bloom, still bringing smiles. Our five tree roses in this area, red Knock Out Trees, are about to break into full bloom. The small yellow bloom shown is Rose Moss (Portulaca (Portulacaceae )), the color is "Taquila Yellow."

Koi Pond Garden: Pink Primrose are interplanted with pink Foxglove (digitalis) and pink Astilbe for a pleasing color coordination. Beyond is red Yarrow, which picks up the red highlights in the digitalis. Echinacea is poised to burst into full bloom in the next few weeks.

Welcome Garden:

This Garden of foundation plantings, perennials and a scattering of annuals (such as Snapdragon) is one of the first gardens our guests encounter. Currently blooming in this garden are large Petunia baskets, Pansy, Marigold, Ageratum, and a nice stand of Bee balm, (Monarda fistulosa {pink}) shown below:

Ashie's Garden: Earlier we had more than 1,000 stalks of iris in full bloom. Those have now all been cleared away to make room for a variety of Poppies, Fever Few and Larkspur, which currently "own" Ashie's Garden. They will eventually give way to a mass of day lilies. Day Lilies, like roses, need to be deadheaded daily, and Craig says there is no way he'll be able to keep up with the day lilies once they start!

Formal Rose Garden: Although most of our gardens contain roses, the majority of them, and the greatest variety, occur in the Formal Rose Garden. In this entry of our blog, we are showing a partial view of the main rose garden, plus individual photographs of Climbing Fourth of Fuly (red & white), Heaven Scent (white-pink), and Show Biz (red).

Train Garden: Our Train Garden, home to our G-scale outdoor railroad, is the last garden for us to "wake up" from the long winter, and we haven't yet begun work there. Our cactus plants will be taken out of winter quarters and placed in the Train Garden this weekend. Giant Elephant Ears are already planted and about to sprout. The train currently runs through Foam Flower, ferns and numerous other perennials. The most glamorous part: it runs through a tunnel of gorgeous Zepeirine Drouhin (OGR, "Old Garden Rose".)

Tapestry Garden: Bright Yellow yarrow (Achillea millefoliumis) in full bloom, and Blackberry Lily (Belamcanda chinensis) are perking up every-

where!

Butterfly Garden: One of Rosalie's favorite roses, Opening Night, appears in two locations, the False Indigo (Baptisia australis) Lilac have finished for the year (already!) and the deep rooted Primrose (Oenothera) graces the entrance statue to the garden.

Japanese Garden: Currently in between blooms, the Pieris (pieris japonica) looks nice, and a pleothera of pink Gladioli has shot up, reaching skyward.

Sign Garden: A beautiful red hybred tea rose, Love, is in full bloom, surrounded by red Knock Out roses, and bright red Salvia.

Mail Box Garden: Several Knock Out roses, contrasted by yellow arbovide, and large clemaits and Zebra ornamental grass makes an attractive place for the mailman to deposit mail!

Four C's Garden: This is where we grow Clematis, Cosmos, Cactus, and Canna (Tropicana.) Currently, only the Clematis is in bloom.

Calendar Garden: Something always in bloom throughout the spring, summer and fall calendar. Headlining in early June is Red Hot Poker, (Kniphofia uvaria) which will be followed by white and purple liatrus later on. Earlier, the long bed was a riot of color from many varieties of Iris.

Romance Garden: Caladium, two types of fern and hosta are the present stars of this garden. Earlier a large collection of Bleeding Heart (dicentra) had the spotlight. We are keeping a nice stand of dicanthus (carnation family) in bloom here, and have had good luck with Forget Me Nots (Myosotis).

South Garden: (left) This southern exposure garden features a variety of plants including "winter onions" that we prize for their interesting, curly tops. Soon, we will dig them up, re-plant the tops, and watch it grow all over again. Also blooming in this garden is Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina ), a garden favorite for generations.

Tractor Barn West & North Gardens: Minature roses and Red Hot Pokers are stealling the show right now.

The small Horse Shoe Garden (below) is a riot of pink and white shrub roses, which will soon give way to a collection of gladiolis.

Hidden Garden of the Orange Rose:

This secret garden features rocker chairs and a strange, orange rose that we cannot identify. It produces prolofic orange blooms and a great place to read a book and relax.

Hosta Garden contains over a dozen varieties of Hosta. In addition, we have other varities scattered throughout other gardens on the property.

Other gardens soon to be filled with blooms include the Pergola Garden, Potting Bench Garden, East Garden, the Sunken Garden, and the English Manor Garden.




This is one of our favorite trees, we have a matched set, with one on each side of our lane. Their shape is classic, and they are wonderful shade trees. (Sweet Gum )

Dave Matthews Band, Hershey PA Bed & Breakfast

Dave Matthews Band Comes to Hershey!

Formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, VA by South African vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews, the Dave Matthews Band achieved worldwide stardom throughout the 1990's and 2000's.

Making a return engagement in our Hershey, the Dave Matthews Band will perform at Hersheypark Stadium July 9th at 7: p.m.

The Dave Matthews Band presented a more pop-oriented version of the Grateful Dead crossed with elements of jazz, funk, and the worldbeat explorations of Paul Simon and Sting. Matthews populated the group with several Virginia-based musicians -- bassist Stefan Lessard, saxophonist Leroi Moore, violinist Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and short-lived keyboardist Peter Griesar -- and the band built up a strong word-of-mouth buzz by touring the country constantly, with special attention paid to college campuses.

Griesar left the lineup in March 1993, but the Dave Matthews Band moved ahead in his absence, releasing the independent album Remember Two Things later that year and issuing a live EP, Recently, in 1994. After fielding offers from major labels, the band signed with RCA and released the debut effort Under the Table and Dreaming in September 1994. By the following spring, the record had launched the hit single "What Would You Say" and sold over one million copies, thus setting the stage for an extremely successful career.

Enjoy The Dave Matthews Band; Thrill to a weekend stay at the spectacular Annville Inn B&B, and rock to the Dave Matthews Band one of the two nights you are here. What a great weekend, what an excellent way to kick off the GOOD OLE SUMMERTIME!

Admission:
$70.00, $56.50, and $40.75 Service fees may apply. Ticket Limits: **Please note the total ticket limit is 6 on the onsale date** Ticket limit after onsale date is 10 total. Tickets for "No Service Fee June," available only at LiveNation.com kicks-off Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 12:01am ET and will remain in effect until 11:59 pm ET, Wednesday, June 30.

Event Details:

Special guest for the evening is Zac Brown Band. The group's Platinum-certified 2009 album,Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (RCA), was nominated for two GRAMMY awards – "Album Of The Year" and "Best Rock Album." Hailed as "their most electric album yet" (Rolling Stone, ****) and "spiritual and spirited" (People, "Critic's Choice"), Big Whiskey features some of the last studio recordings of founding member/saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who passed away in August of 2008.

Renowned for its live performances, Dave Matthews Band has sold over 17 million tickets throughout its career. The group was recently named the top-selling touring artist of the decade by Billboard and Pollstar - "The sold-out show...bore all the electricity and fervor of an extra-inning ballgame," said The Boston Globe. "In his lyrics and a voice that's both robust and melancholy, Mr. Matthews ponders the gap between public problems and personal pleasures...Yet the band rarely broods for long; the music stays brisk and upbeat," said The New York Times.

Dave Matthews Band has sold a collective 37 million CDs and DVDs combined. With Big Whiskey's debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in June of 2009, Dave Matthews Band became one of only two groups in chart history to have five consecutive studio albums enter atop the chart. Big Whiskey was among the Top 5 best-selling albums on iTunes in 2009.

For more information, visit click here. Tickets for this show are available at Giant Center Box Office. They can be charged by phone at 717-534-3911 or 717-534-3911, and online at by clicking here.

Note: Cameras, video recorders, movie cameras and press cameras are never permitted except by special permission of the artist's management.

Bring your camera, though, to Annville Inn. We have guests photographing our three acres of gardens, the gorgeous rooms, the beautiful in ground pool with a backdrop of the ever-changing Blue Mountains...even the food presentation at breakfast! There is so much to see and do at Annville Inn including our movie theatre, game room, pool table, hot tub, Jacuzzis, and gourmet breakfasts! All around us is hiking, antiquing, restaurants, galleries, museums and much more.

Hersheypark Concert Deal: Ride the day away at Hersheypark before you rock and roll all night! Hersheypark offers a special discounted admission price of just $33.95 to concert go-ers when using a Park ticket the day before, day of, and/or the day after the concert. Concert-goers may purchase one Park ticket per day during those three days. Just present your concert ticket at the Hersheypark Front Gate on each of the days to receive the discount. Purchase Park tickets at Giant Center Box Office when you purchase your concert tickets. ALL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.