Showcase Harrison County Scheduled for November 12

Showcase Harrison County 2009 is scheduled for Thursday, November 12 at the Showroom of Horseshoe Southern Indiana. Showcase will kick off at 10 a.m. with a "Doing Business with Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center" seminar presented by Reggie Joslin of Crane NSWC. Exhibitor networking will take place from 11 a.m. to noon and Showcase Harrison County will be from noon to 7 p.m. Michelle Sollberger with BeechTree IT Solutions will host a "Social Networking" seminar from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Business After Hours, hosted by Horseshoe Southern Indiana will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the Habitat for Humanity Christmas Tree Auction beginning at 6 p.m. For more information call the Chamber of Commerce of Harrison County at 812-738-2137. Come check out the great businesses!

Plenty of sunshine and things to do in Historic Corydon and Harrison County this Saturday!

If you are wanting to get out and about this Saturday (Nov. 7), there are plenty of activities and events and with great weather in the forecast!

Turtle Run Winery, located at 940 St. Peters Church Road in Corydon, is having a bonfire, cookout and hayride beginning at 4 p.m. Pack up your lawn chairs and blankets and head on out for some good food and great wine. In conjunction with the cookout and hayride, Turtle Run's Concert Series will also take place. Fore more information you can call Turtle Run Winery (812-952-2650) or check out their website, turtlerunwinery.com.

If you get a craving for a little BBQ, you can support the Pisgah Lodge No. 32 F+AM who are having their annual Chicken BBQ from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The lodge is located at 300 N. Elm Street in the heart of Historic Downtown Corydon. For more information about the chicken BBQ call 812-738-2844.

Enjoy camping? O'Bannon Woods State Park will be having their Overnight Backpacking Trip. The trip begins at 1 p.m. and pre-registration is required. Fore more information call the park's office (812-738-8234) or visit interpretiveservices.in.gov.

Golf Shores Fun Center will provide two sources of entertainment for you. You can challenge your firends and family two a round, or two, of miniature golf on their 18-hole outdoor course and/or their 18-hole indoor blacklight course. After your victory, stay for some laughs at their comedy show featuring Matt Linville, Robert Morgan, Matt Brides and Adam White. Show times are at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and tickets are $7 per person. You can purchase tickets for the comedy show in advance at Golf Shores Fun Center, located at 2510 Landmark Way in Corydon, or at the door, if seats are still available. You may also call in your reservations at 812-738-0802.

We hope to see you out and about in Historic Corydon and Harrison County this weekend!

"NUNCRACKERS, The Nunsense Christmas Musical" at Hayswood Theatre

Buy your tickets now for NUNCRACKERS, The Nunsense Christmas Musical at Hayswood Theatre.

The Little Sisters of Hoboken are back in Hayswood Community Theatre's good-hearted and hilarious Christmas musical comedy, “Nuncrackers.” This time the good nuns have gone high-tech, televising their annual Christmas concert from their new cable access studio built in the convent basement. Reverend Mother Mary Regina has her hands full trying to maintain the proper convent decorum while marshalling her disparate crew to put on an entertaining show. Streetwise Sister Mary Robert Anne is a perennial show biz wannabe, yearning for the bright lights of Carnegie Hall. Spaced-out Sister Mary Paul is a former country music singer, and Sister Mary Hubert aspires to be a gospel singer. It doesn't help that Revered Mother herself grew up in a circus family and can't resist a turn in the spotlight. The audience has assembled and the show must go on, but everything that can go wrong does. Father Virgil tries to do a cooking segment but drinks too much of the recipe's rum. Sister Mary Leo, whose desire is to be the first nun ballerina, gets injured just before her big dancing scene in “The Nutcracker.” Sister Mary Paul, also called Sister Amnesia, keeps teaching the children the wrong lyrics for songs such as “Here We Come-a-Waffle-ing.” Even the convent's Christmas presents go missing. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the Little Sisters of Hoboken rise to the occasion with escalating mirth and mayhem.

This Christmas musical comedy will take place at Hayswood Theatre November 27 through December 13. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets can be purchased at the Blaine H. Wiseman Visitor Center or by calling 888-738-2137. For more information and ticket prices, visit hayswoodtheatre.com.

Watch Historic Corydon's Leaf Cam

Historic Corydon and Harrison County is one of five destinations participating in the state's tourism leaf cam promotion. To view Historic Corydon's leaf cam, go to http://www.in.gov/visitindiana/leafcam/ and click on Historic Corydon. The leaf cam will show the fall foliage as it changes through November 13.

Important update for those of you attending the Old Capitol Power Pull at Cockadoodle Days. The pull has been canceled due to the amount of rain that we've had and continue to be getting. Tickets that were purchased in advance for the Old Capitol Power Pull at Cockadoodle Days can be refunded at the Cockadoodle Days information booth at the festival during festival hours (Friday, September 25, 5 p.m. - midnight; Saturday, September 26, 9 a.m. - 1 a.m.) or mailed to:

Lucas Oil
P.O. Box 287
Brownstown, IN 47220

Make sure to bring all tickets that were purchased in advance for a refund.

All other scheduled activities are still taking place so be sure to check them out!

7th Annual Cockadoodle Days Festival

If you're in Harrison County this weekend, head to the Harrison County Fairgrounds for the 7th annual Cockadoodle Days Festival. This festival is full or family fun and free entertainment. Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League will be presenting, for the second year in a row, the Midwest Region Finals Old Capitol Power Pull. The overall festival is free but tickets for the pull can be purchased at the Blaine H. Wiseman Visitor Center by calling 888-738-2137. There will be contests and prizes, a silent auction, a mega yard sale, live entertainment, a beer and wine garden, art, craft and food booths, and much more! Activities will take place on Friday, September 25 from 5 p.m. - midnight (EST) and on Saturday, September 26 from 9 a.m. - 1 a.m. (EST). Check out Cockadoodle Days' website for more information.

Corydon an Ideal Weekend Get-Away for Those On a Budget

This blog was posted on the Indiana Chamber Blog on September 15.

My ladyfriend and I took advantage of some lovely late summer weather last weekend and headed down to Indiana’s former state capital — Corydon. We stayed at the Kintner House, a well-known bed and breakfast. We felt like royalty in the William Henry Harrison room, which serves as an homage to our former President (although his stint at the helm was brief).

While in Harrison County, we toured the first capitol building and an early Governor’s mansion (I even bought an artistic rendering of the scene from a local consignment shop for my new home).

In the afternoon, we took a cave tour at Squire Boone Caverns — an Indiana Chamber member. The tour was quite enlightening as we meandered through stalactites and stalagmites nearly nine stories below the ground. Seeing rock formations formed over millions of years is quite humbling — a feeling most of us don’t experience nearly enough (if my hours of watching reality television — or watching Kanye West do anything — are any indication). We also sported a serious glute burn on the 60-foot climb up a spiral stair case back to the surface.

All told, if you’re on a budget and looking to get away on a one-tank trip – to borrow vernacular from Bob Gregory – I highly recommend the Corydon area, especially as fall approaches. Visit Indiana’s blog has a more detailed post highlighting the history and allure of our former capital, as well.

http://www.indianachamberblogs.com/