SPONSOR LISTINGS

Visit the official site for the Durango & Silverton Railroad
or call 877-872-4607

Bar D Chuckwagon
970.247.5753 - 888.800.5753
Great Western stage show and delicious barbeque supper. Open nightly Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Reservations required.

Boot Barn
830 S. Camino Del Rio,
Durango 970-247-7720 www.bootbarn.com
While you're in Colorado, skip the souvenir shops. Instead, take home the real - the Wild - the west from Boot Barn.This is where cowboys find everything you want incouding shirts, jeans, hats and accessories.

Soaring Tree Top Adventures
970-769-2357
www.soaringcolorado.com
Tree Top Adventures, the largest, safest zipline tour available anywhere, has just gotten larger. In 2011, three new spans will open to the public, making a total of 27 ziplines in the ecofriendly course.

Grumpy's Restaurant & Saloon
at The Grand Imperial Hotel
1219 Greene St., Silverton 81433
1-800-341-3340 • www.grandimperialhotel.com
World-famous French Onion soup. Live honky tonk piano. Featured in John Feilder's "Best of Colorado." Open year-round. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Full bar with microbrews on tap. Located at the Grand Imperial Hotel.

Natalia's Family Restaurant
970.387.5300 - Silverton
Just 60 feet from where the train stops! Affordable family dining, serving hot American, Italian, and Mexican favorites.

Strater Hotel
699 Main Ave. - Durango
970.247.4431
Get on board and experience the charm, history and excitement.
Inside the Strater:
Mahogany Grille
Henry Strater Theater

The Jewelry Works
965 Main Ave - Durangp
970.247.3173
Creators of custom one-of-a-kind jewelry.

Southern Ute
Cultural Center & Museum
www.southernutemuseum.com
Come Live Our Story. Opening June 2011

Stay the Trail
www.staythetrail.org
The mission of Stay The Trail Colorado is to encourage the responsible use of the roads and trails that are open to motorized recreation in Colorado. Stay The Trail Colorado is a program of the Responsible Recreation Foundation. Looking for resources and information aout the use of off-highway vehicles? visit Stay The Trail for maps and up-todate information.

I don't think Melodrama Theatre got its name by accident. If there is anything about Melodrama that an audience would remember, it would be the DRAMA! There is the unpredictable complication of the plot, the lovable hero
and the conniving villain. Add a dash of "Old Fashioned" entertainment through Ragtime piano tunes and amusing Vaudeville acts and you have the perfect recipe for a night of, you guessed it, drama!

The historic Henry Strater Theatre is poised to
open the 2011 summer with two fantastic shows
featuring, "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "After
Dark." "We had such a great response from our 2010 summer Melodrama that we wanted to
create an even better theatre experience for our audience this year," said General Manager, Michelle Thom. "From tourists to locals, the Melodrama created such a buzz throughout
the community we knew we had to up the ane for 2011".

Located at the historic Strater Hotel in Durango, Colorado, the Henry Strater Theatre has been
putting on shows and Melodrama since the early 1960s when it housed the Diamond Circle Melodrama. Each Melodrama production is always followed by a set of Vaudeville routines that are hilarious and clever and enjoyed by the entire family."The Pursuit of Happiness," by Lawrence and
Armina Marshall Langer, is a tale set during the American Revolution, of a loveable Hessian
soldier wanting to surrender to the Americans as he is charmed by the idea of the 'American
Way.' This is a fun and patriotic play with just the right amount of the inevitable complications of
the period.

"After Dark," by Dion Boucicault and adaptation by John T. Baker, is set in 19th Century London and is the convoluted combination of mistaken identities, lost inheritances and trickery that characterizes classic Melodrama. "After Dark" features the highly anticipated arrival of the
speeding train as it races towards its victim, the hero and beautiful heroine, and of course
our conspiring villain.

The Durango Melodrama at the Henry Strater Theatre will begin nightly showings on June
10 through September 24. Each show will start at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday,
with the two shows running on alternating nights. Reservations can be made online, by phone, at the theatre box office or at the Durango Train ticket office. Ticket prices start at $18. Dinner and a Show packages are also available, featuring a three-course meal at the Mahogany Grille

-By Lorraine Bittles