Florida Boys - You keep a knocking but you can't come in!

I guess my aunt and uncle were lucky to see the Florida Boys when they did. Looks like they've been locked out of their theatre.

Theater mysteriously closes
By ELLEN BROWN - October 3, 2008

"Mystery surrounds the closing of the Smoky Mountain Showplace Theatre in Pigeon Forge, which most recently featured gospel act The Florida Boys."

The theater was closed on Sept. 15 at the instruction of renters Sherry Bowman and Bob Deason, former general manager Lesley Duran said."We went into work Monday morning and the phones were already cut off -- none of us had any warning," Duran said. "Sherry and Bob came in and told everyone to go home because they were locking the doors. They said they weren't putting anymore money into the theatre. They didn't even have the decency to tell us beforehand." Read the rest of this article at the Mountain Press. (registration required)

According to the article, a large picture of the Florida Boys is still standing outside the theatre but hasn't been removed despite pleas from group owner, Charlie Waller.

I called the Smokey Mountain Showplace Theatre to see if I could speak to someone concerning this, but, just like the article stated, their telephone has already been disconnected. Their website is still up and running as of this writing.