Southfork Ranch
Join us at the legendary Southfork Ranch, made famous by the Ewing Family in the television series Dallas! Often called “The World’s Most Famous Ranch,” this venue has a unique and longstanding history and fun southern flare.
From southforkranch.com
In 1970, Joe Duncan built a 6,000-square-foot mansion on a 200-acre property for his family. Then in 1978, Lorimar Productions began filming Dallas. They wanted to film this new show for CBS-TV on location in North Texas, and they knew right away that this beautiful mansion built by Joe Duncan was the place to do it.
Exterior shots were filmed at the property, and the Duncan family still lived on-site in the early years. Although the Lorimar Production studio had built an entire mock-up of the inside of the ranch, they continued to film the exterior shots at the property through 1989. After 1989, Dallas was filmed entirely in the studio. However, the reunion movies, J.R. Returns and War of the Ewings, and the documentary Return to Southfork came back to the ranch for filming.
Throughout the unprecedented success of Dallas, the Duncan family started to receive requests to hold private parties and special events at the ranch. They set up a tent and hosted events outside while still living there. As the demands increased, the family found it difficult to continue living in what was quickly becoming the leading tourist destination in the Dallas metropolitan area. In 1985, the family moved away, and Southfork Ranch became solely a tourist and filming property.
When two successful Texas Country Music artists, Jolie Holliday and Sonny Burgess, find themselves coming together on the same music path, it only seems natural to join forces to become the dynamic duo known as Jolie & Sonny. Add love to the mix, and the result is a talented husband and wife duo committed to creating real, traditional Country Music.
Jolie Holliday, is a native of Dallas, TX who was inspired and encouraged by her mother to begin performing in her early teens. Jolie’s songs and CDs have reached #1 on the European charts, CMA/Indie World Country Chart, and Top 10 on the Texas Music Charts. She received the Young Talent of the Year Award at the German CMA Awards and Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year at the CMA Indie Awards.
Jolie entertained crowds on bigger stages at the State Fair of Texas, Chevrolet NASCAR, Chevrolet Auto Shows, CMA Music Fest, WinStar World Casino and Resort, and Choctaw Casino.
Jolie’s most recent highlight coming at Casa Manana theater where Jolie performed the lead role of a country music legend in the Broadway presentation Always, Patsy Cline April 2021.
Sonny Burgess, a native of Cleburne, TX, has earned numerous music awards, including CMA Artist Winner, Texas Country Music Hall of Fame member, performing for former governors and presidents, performing at the Grand Old Opry, hosting country award shows, and walking the red carpet at the American Country Music Awards.
Sonny’s humanitarian endeavors include a full-time position at Fort Worth Cook Children’s Hospital as Director of Clinical Programming. His work in the Child Life Zone allows him to teach the kids to play guitar, write songs, and record those songs for them and their families.
From the twinkle in his eye to his firm handshake, it is easy to see that Sonny Burgess is a true traditional country artist with a heart as big as his home state of Texas. When Jolie and Sonny are not preforming or recording, they both enjoy working with patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center spending countless hours bringing joy to these most vulnerable children and their families. They also are actively supporting charitable organizations with their own 501(c)3 non-profit Music Heals Network. Jolie and Sonny were honored to receive the Rosie Moncrief Wings of Hope Award, and the In-Kind Gift Award in 2020 -2021.
