Did you miss out on your High School Prom night? Or was it the best night of your life and you are desperate to take a trip down memory lane once again? Well fear not because one of the most famous bar and restaurants in Lake of the Ozarks, Captain Ron’s Bar & Grill, is holding its annual Vegas Prom Night!

Captain Ron’s Annual Prom Night is being held on April 30 at Captain Ron’s, Lake Road, Sunrise Beach, Lake of the Ozarks. As well as the world famous hospitality, Captain Ron has lots of other exciting entertainment on offer for Prom Night guests.

There will be a Texas Hold ’em poker tournament with a $50 entry fee and prizes are on offer for those who are lucky enough to end up in 1st to 6th place at the end of the evening, so if you are a poker fiend and you want to impress your date, enter now! And for the ladies who enjoy a touch of romance, Funny Farm Miracle Carriages are offering carriage rides for $10 a ride.

Captain Ron will also be judging the best dressed couple of the evening, so make sure you dig out that diamante encrusted prom dress and Ralph Lauren tuxedo for your chance to win a fantastic trip to Las Vegas. But even if you are not lucky enough to win, everyone who makes an effort to dress up in prom wear will be invited upstairs for some free appetizers and beverages.

The Vegas Prom Night festivities kick off at 9pm and continue until late, so dig out your tuxedo and prom dress and come along for a wonderful night of fun, music, and hospitality, Captain Ron style. All proceeds of the evening to benefit Versailles High School Cheerleaders Competition Squad.

The Kelly’s Clown Golf Classic is a fund raising long drive event on April 30 featuring cocktails and a reception, plus a breakfast event on May 1 for amateur golfers in the Lake of the Ozarks local area.

The first fund raising event is an auction, cocktails and reception evening at the Osage National Golf Club. Cocktails are provided courtesy of LO Profile and hors d’ouvres are a gift from Central Bank of the Lake.

The second fund raising event is a 10am tee off on river and mountain at Osage National after breakfast provided by Mills Insurance. The event takes the format of 3 man teams to play, so you can either choose to enter your own team, or request that the organisers place you on a team.

Players who wish to stay overnight between the two events can take advantage of a special room rate for accommodation booked at the Osage National. Further information on the cost of entry for all events can be found on the Kelly Sport website or by contacting Randy Kelly on 573-348-4700.

Both events have been organized to raise much needed funds for the Lake Area Dream Factory, a local charity that makes dreams come true for critically and chronically ill children. This year, thanks to the tireless fund raising activities of its supporters and patrons, the Dream Factory will grant more than 350 dreams to children in need, but they still need your help in providing much needed support to even more sick children living in the local Lake of the Ozarks area.

So if you are a keen golfer and you want to help raise cash for this extremely worthy charity, come along and enjoy a fun night of cocktails and hors d’ouvres in the company of fellow golfers before playing a competitive game the next day!

Sponsored by the Lake Area Fiber Arts Guild, the 6th Annual Fiber Arts Festival will be taking place on Saturday April at the Harper Chapel Community Hall in Osage Beach, Lake of the Ozarks. The Fiber Arts Festival will be open between 9am and 4pm, so make a date in your diary for this popular arts and crafts festival in the Lake of the Ozarks local area.

This year’s fiber arts festival has been moved to a new venue at the Harper United Methodist Church on Highway 54. The Community Hall is air conditioned and heated and is blessed with plenty of space so visitors can make the most of the vendor booths, craft demonstration area and of course, the fashion show. Food will also be provided by the church, so if you fancy a drink or snack in between browsing the arts and craft stalls, you can take a break for some refreshments.

The festival is a celebration of local arts and crafts and anyone with a keen interest in all things creative is welcome to come along and browse the various booths. Admission to the fiber arts festival is free and there are plenty of arts and craft demonstrations and vendor booths to keep artistic types entertained for hours.

Attractions to look forward to include a fashion show at 2pm, a contest for homemade fiber craft to be judged at 1pm, a kids activity booth, made in Missouri hats, shawls, scarves, jewelery and purses, stalls selling assorted yarns, weaving and knitting materials, alpaca merchandise, handmade paper items and Jewelle.

Local vendors participating at the Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival include The Yarn Basket, Whirlwind Ranch, Fabrics and Friends, J Wray, Alapaca d’Auxvasse, Hill Creek Yarn Shoppe, J&P Crafts, Jim Smith, Rigid Shuttle Handwoven, Carol Zeman, Kay Killinger, and others.

The Crappie Masters State Tournament and Kid’s Fishing Derby takes place at the Captain Ron’s Bar and Grill on April 16, Ozark Beach, Lake of the Ozarks, so if you are a keen amateur crappie fisherman and you think you can hook a fine fish on the day, bring your kit along and test your skills against the best fishermen in Lake of the Ozarks.

The crappie tournament is a one day national qualifier for the first section of the Missouri State Championship and winning Missouri State Champion will be decided from the team that accumulates the most points from the combined tournaments scheduled to take place at Laze Ozark, Mark Twain Lake, and Truman Lake this year.

Team registration and late entry for the Crappie Masters Tournament will be taking place at Captain Ron’s on April 15 at 5pm and for those who are interesting in finding out all the details, there will also be a seminar held at 6.30pm on the same day. Fishing will begin at 7am the following morning and the weigh in will take place at 3.30pm.

And for the kids, there is also a Crappie Masters Kid’s Fishing Rodeo running concurrently on April 16 at Captain Ron’s. Entry is free to under 15s, so bring the kids along for a chance to fish in the beautiful clear waters of Lake Ozark and win some great prizes. Older kids (10 and upwards) will have the opportunity to qualify for the National Championship to be held at Millbrook, Al. Registration for the kid’s crappie tournament will start at 8am and there will be a host of fun activities for families taking place between 9am and 11am.

Captain Ron’s Bar and Grill is a popular lake side venue serving food and drinks from steak to seafood. On weekends, there is usually a wide variety of live entertainment on offer. On the day of the Crappie Masters Tournament, breakfast will be served from 7am, so make sure you arrive nice and early to take advantage of the hearty food available for hungry fishermen and women.

The Crappie Masters Fishing Tournament is the perfect opportunity for visitors and locals alike to try their hand at fishing for Crappie in Lake Ozark. The water is clear, clean, and full of crappies just begging to be caught by you and your team of fellow fisherman, so come along and test your fishing skills!

Easter is about many things, but for kids, Easter Eggs probably sit top of the list of fun things to eat around Easter time. But apart from spending many happy days eating so much chocolate that you feel unbearably sick, what else can you do with an Easter egg?

The answer is play with it! EGG-Mazing races and Easter egg events are rapidly becoming hugely popular Easter events for families across the United States and Lake of the Ozarks is no exception.

What is an egg-mazing race? An Egg-mazing race is very simple: all you and your team have to do is follow the map, solve the clues, and find the hidden Easter eggs! But even though it sounds simple, in fact it is more difficult that you might think, so if you want to win a prize, make sure you select a team of people who are clever at solving clues and map reading!

In order to celebrate Easter 2011, the First Family Church in Osage Beach, Lake of the Ozarks, will be holding a special family Egg-Mazing Race on April 23. Even if you not a member of the First Family Church congregation, you and your kids are more than welcome to attend the Easter celebrations being held at the Church of the First Family, 645 Hwy 42, Osage Beach. The Easter celebrations will be taking place between 9am and 2pm and kids can enjoy a wide range of fun activities including an Easter egg hunt and large inflateables.

An online application form for entry to the Egg-mazing Race 2011 is available from the First Family Church website at www.myfirstfamily.org/register.

Races are as follows:

Morning:
Pre kindergarten 10.30 am
Kindergarten – first grade 10.45 am
2-3rd grade – 11 am
4-5th grade- 11.15 am

Afternoon:
Pre kindergarten – 12.30 pm
Kindergarten – first grade 12.45 pm
2-3rd grade – 1 pm
4-5th grade- 1.15 pm

Egg-mazing races have been separated into different age categories to make it much fairer for the children and in previous years, this has proven to be a great way of making sure that even the smallest of children can fun.

This year, the Church of the First Family has promised to provide more than 50,000 eggs—yes, you read that right—50,000! That is a whole lot of eggs, so we doubt there will be many people who still want to eat eggs at the end of the day. And even if it is raining on the day, the event will still go ahead!

The 3rd Annual Lake Area Taste Challenge will be taking place on April 17 at Inn at Grand Glaize, 5142 Hwy 54, Osage Beach, Lake of the Ozarks. Sponsored by the Lake Area Chamber, this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever and lots of local restaurants and eateries will be competing for the coveted Taste Challenge Award of Excellence.

The Taste Challenge is designed to showcase the best dishes on offer from some of the finest restaurants and local eateries in Lake of the Ozarks. Each venue will be serving a sample dish from their extensive menus and guests will have the opportunity to eat to their heart’s content and then vote at the end of the event using the judging ballot card you received upon arrival. The voting system is very simple: you pick the best dish in each category and at the end of the event, the votes are added up and the winner is declared. Each person who buys a ticket can sample as many dishes in each category as they wish.

Typical examples of dishes on offer include mouth watering starters and appetizers, fresh soups prepared using local ingredients, succulent meat and vegetarian main courses, crisp salads, tasty sandwiches and, for those with a sweet tooth, a delicious selection of decadent desserts.

For those who are new to the Lake of the Ozarks area, or even for those who are simply passing through while on vacation, the Lake Area Taste Challenge is a great chance for you to sample some of the fine food on offer at the best local restaurants in the Ozark area. The premise is very simple: you can choose your favourite dishes from the selection on offer and discover which place you want to go back to for more at a later date. This helps to garner new customers for the restaurants competing against each other and at the same time, you can enjoy a relatively cheap feast.

The Taste Challenge will be taking place between 11am and 2pm so do not be late, or you might miss out on the culinary opportunity of a lifetime. This is a popular event that only started two years ago and the numbers of attendees has increased yearly, which is hardly surprising considering the excellent food on offer for a very reasonable entry fee of $10 per adult and $5 per child.