October 19, 2015
Celebrate an Italian Themed New Year’s Eve at Buckhorn!
Join us in an early celebration of the Italian Carnevale to bring in the 2016 year. Carnevale in Italy is a huge winter festival celebrated with parades, masquerade balls, entertainment, music, and parties. Children throw confetti at each other but our adult guests may enjoy doing the same! Mischief and pranks are also common during Carnevale, hence the saying A Carnevale Ogni Scherzo Vale, anything goes at carnival.
Carnevale has roots in pagan festivals and traditions and as is often the case with traditional festivals which have been adapted to fit into the Catholic ritual of Lent. Masks, maschere, are an important part of the carnevale festival. People also wear elaborate costumes for the festival and there are costume or masquerade balls.
Food, always central in Italian life, is of major importance at Carnevale and so in our celebration at New Year’s Eve. Our six course table d’hôte offering will delight the palate.
Aperitivo
This course will be served to guests as they gather in the dining room before the official start of dinner. Olives, nuts, cheese, sauce dips, and little fritters will be accompanied by complimentary champagne.
Insalata
Antipasto Salad with Bocconcini and Green-Olive Tapenade
Zuppa
Tomato Acqua Cotta
Primo
Home-made Ravioli with a
Delicate Cream Sauce and Giant Shrimp
Secundo
Herb Crusted Beef Tenderloin Roma with Red Onion Marmalade, Potato Flan and Asparagus
Dolce
Pear and Pistachio Pastries with Creme Anglaise
Music Pea Picking Hearts will provide music for listening and dancing throughout the evening.
Dress Fancy dress on New Year’s Eve gives the evening a special sparkle. Costumes are not required but are welcome. Masks are provided.
Package Our three night package includes accommodation, breakfast each morning, and dinner each night. Premier Rooms and Cottages: $795 Traditional Rooms $695
October 2, 2015
Fall Means OktOBER Fest in Gatlinburg
OktOBERfest returns to its Gatlinburg-style roots with 38 days of merrymaking from September 25 through Nov.1, 2015 as the resort commemorates the 205th anniversary of the popular festival held in Munich, Germany.
The Bavarian Fun Makers Band, in authentic costumes, will perform traditional Bavarian folk dances, schuhplattling, oompah music, sing-a-longs, yodels and more with daily shows and multiple performances every day during Oktoberfest. Special Oktoberfest Biers will be served along with traditional German wurst, schnitzel, sauerkraut, strudel, pretzels and more.
The first Oktoberfest was not really a festival at all, but the public celebration of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig I and Princess Therese of Bavaria on October 17, 1810. Held on a large meadow named the Theresienwiese in Munich, the party featured a horse race, beer, food, music and dancing. Anniversary celebrations continues each year, usually starting in late September and ending in the first week of October, with some six million people attending annually.
For more information on OktOBERfest call 865-436-5423 or visit www.obergatlinburg.com
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