The fur will be flying, so to speak, at the Lake of the Ozarks’ second annual Canine Cannonball competition, set for June 6-8 at the Dog Days Bar & Grill in Osage Beach.

This wet-and-wild event will judge dogs in three categories: the Big Air Wave (dock jumping), Extreme Vertical (high jump), and new this year, the Speed Retrieve (fetching).

Festivities will get underway at 3:00 p.m. on Friday with registration and practice.  The Big Air Wave dock jumping competition will start at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.  The Extreme Vertical high jumping contest will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday.  On Sunday, the “pier pressure” will intensify with Speed Retrieve at 11:00 a.m. and continue with more Big Air Wave dock jumping events at 1:00 p.m., culminating in Amateur finals at 3:30 p.m., Semi-Pro finals at 4:00 p.m. and Pro finals at 4:30 p.m.  Winners will be award monetary prizes based on total registration fees, as well as medallions and ribbons.

From circus acts to movies, and popular fiction to popular music, “That’s Entertainment!” will spotlight a broad range of mass entertainment by portraying innovative figures that helped democratize this field.  On the Osage Beach Chautauqua stage, part actors, part scholars, and very talented individuals will portray Thomas Alva Edison, Walt Disney, P.T. Barnum and Margaret Mitchell and will take us to visit the past.

Chautauqua was a cultural movement from the late 19th century to approximately 1932 that grew from a gathering of week-long bible study in Chautauqa, New York, to summer time touring programs of lectures, music and socializing under a big tent.   In the 1980’s Chautauqua returned as a historical festival where scholars portrayed or impersonated historical figures and engaged the audience in discussion.

Today Chautauqua performers portray historical figures in full costume, speaking in first person to the audience.   Chautauqua performers are part actors, part scholars with dedicated research skills necessary to learn their monologue.

“Chautauqua is the most American thing in America!” ...Teddy Roosevelt.
[ Complete Schedule]

Some of the nation’s top Christian contemporary and rock recording artists, plus several rising stars, will perform at the 10th annual Crossover Christian Music Festival, June 12-14, at Central Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks.  One of mid-America’s largest Christian music events, the Crossover festival is expected to attract 10,000 music fans to the Stoneridge Amphitheater in Camdenton.

New this year, the three-day worship experience will offer both the main stage and a side stage featuring up-and-coming acts, as well as food concessions, merchandise vendors, and opportunities to meet the performers.  In addition, Crossover will participate in Essential Records’ National Talent Search on the new Alternative Stage.  Admission is free for the shows on the alternative stage from 9:00 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m.

In addition, Crossover will be one of 14 festivals around the United States participating in Essential Records’ National Talent Search.  One winner selected from each venue will compete in Nashville for the ultimate prize: a recording contract.
[ Complete Schedule and Talent Search Competition Information]

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