Archive for September, 2005



WVLT TV Knoxville, TN – Many families took flight into East Tennessee to escape Hurricane Katrina.
Two of those families ended up in Pigeon Forge..little did they know what they would find , until they met the owners of the comedy barn theater.
WVLT Volunteer TV’s Alan Williams has the story.
In television video of the miles of [...]

WBIR Knoxville, TN – A Louisiana family came to Pigeon Forge in search of a temporary haven. What they found feels more like heaven.
“Whatever I can do for you, whatever you need, what do you need, what can we do
and that’s how it was from the whole community,” says Daniel Lambert, a
refugee from a small [...]

Comedy Barn Theater Owner Buys a Truck to Provide Supplies for Hurricane ravaged Areas, and Rescue Victims
Pigeon Forge, TN – As word of Mr. David Fee’s kindness travels, more residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama pour into the Pigeon Forge area seeking refuge. The storm-battered families are finding clothing, food, housing, and entertainment when they [...]

The Mountain Press:
PIGEON FORGE, TN – It is fitting that John Emilien and his brother, Kenny, of Metairie, La., have a dog named Lucky, because that is exactly how they feel after the week they’ve been through.
The Emiliens were one of several refugees that were brought to Sevier County, thanks to the Hurricane Katrina relief [...]

The Mountain Press:
PIGEON FORGE, TN – Although he is in the entertainment business, David Fee and his associates at the Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group are in the humanitarian business as well.
On Sunday morning, with a police escort and an awaiting units with the Sevier County Ambulance Service, Fee, his employees, Tony Culbertson and Dennis Nelson, [...]