Hermann Wine Trail

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Blogger; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist

Date:  11/27/2010
Post:  1,164

Did you know that the Hermann Wine Trail was listed as one of the top ten road trips for food in America by National Geographic's "Drives of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Most Spectacular Trips"?  I didn't know it until I read about it at HermannMoNews today!  Poor Richard 2011 is doing a great job digging up "great stories of local interest"!  Go check out the story, and while you're at it, add HermannMoNews to your Favorites List .....

http://hermannmonews.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-10-road-trips-include-hermann-wine.html

Reciprocal Links:  http://www.DSchaefer.Vemma.com (Nutrition For A Lifetime), http://www.Heart2HeartLyrics.blogspot.com (Song Lyrics Seeking Singer-Songwriters), http://www.HermannMoNews.blogspot.com (The 'Drudge Report' of Hermann), http://www.RivertownRecipes.blogspot.com (Great Local Recipes), http://www.WatkinsOnline.com/richardhschaefer (Watkins Natural Products)

Other Recommended Links:  http://www.HermannAdvertiserCourier.com (Gasconade County's Newspaper of Record), http://www.Time4Pie.com (Great Pie, Coffee & Conversation)

The Hallelujah Girls , a Jones-Hope-Wooten Comedy

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist

Date:  11/5/2010
Post:  1,017

I attended the opening night performance of the 'Hallelujah Girls' at the Showboat Theatre in Hermann earlier tonight.  I enjoyed it and think many of our readers might also enjoy it.

Next performances:

Saturday, November 6
Friday, November 12
Saturday, November 13

All performances start at 7:30 pm.  Advance tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center.  Adults - $10.  Seniors - $8.

Javier Mendoza Band Plays The Showboat Theatre

Published by Clark Kant, Editor In Chief

Last night I shelled out $15 for a ticket to see Javier Mendoza and his band at the Showboat Theatre in Hermann.  I was not sure I'd enjoy Mendoza's pop/rock/Spanish style of music.  My suspicions were confirmed about twenty minutes into the show.  Javier Mendoza is just not my cup o' tea.  As for me, I much prefer the music of Sonny Buttermiller and the Peace Valley Orchestra, the Berger Melodians, Ken Starke's Moonlight Serenaders and, of course, the once well-renown B. A. Wagner Orchestra.  I also thoroughly enjoy Ernest Tubb, the Texas Troubadour, Willie Nelson and Family, and Eric Clapton.

But I digress.  Back to Javier Mendoza.  It turns out that Mendoza's show was not well-attended as half of the seats in the small theatre went unsold.  Most attendees were either Mendoza groupies, Showboat Theatre board members/patrons, a scattering of Hermann residents, a few Hermann visitors, plus one energetic young photojournalist who created quite a distraction by popping up and down to get more action shots than should have been necessary.

About forty minutes into the show, I just couldn't stand it any longer, so I quietly left.  But the evening wasn't a total loss.  I strolled over to Wings-A-Blazin', my favorite sports bar and restaurant in Hermann.  Turns out the Texas-Kansas game and the Nebraska-Kansas State were being broadcast.  Perfect!  I ordered their Pasta Marinara with chicken and a big glass of diet Pepsi.  It doesn't get any better than that!

Clark Kant
Editor In Chief