Parton ending Dixie Stampede show in Myrtle Beach

Dolly Parton said Wednesday in a news release she is ending the 18-year run of her Dixie Stampede dinner theater at the end of the year.

Parton says she will bring a new attraction to her theater in 2011 called Pirates' Voyage. The show will include a buccaneer battle with a pirate theme and a five course meal.

Dixie Stampede was a dinner show with a cowboy theme that included 32 horses, trick riding and a stampede of Longhorn steer.

Parton says Dixie Stampede will end with a run of Christmas show sin December. The new pirate shows will start in June.