today buckets n boards did the preshow for the show SIX. they did such a great job and the crowd was very much into buckets n boards! and then the main show....
SIX is pretty badass. i mean really. there are obviously some seriously corny shows in town that you leave screaming at intermission. we didn't get to stay for the whole show since gareth had to get to work and i had to get to billy bobs (another reason why i love branson) to chow down on a cheeseburger and fries...and gareth's fries. Anywho, SIX is a group of six (duh) brothers that use no instruments. just their voices. one bro is the drums and the rest of the guys sing in perfect harmony. google them. i was pretty impressed. i even laughed at their "funny" jokes.
another reason why i'm having a great day is that a long lost friend called me today! dr. wilson. he is getting ready to go to uganda to visit the community where the watoto children's choir is from. i couldn't believe the wonderful coincidence! we love that choir! he asked me if i wanted him to bring me home a ugandan baby. honestly, i once thought that that was the path for me and my family. i wanted to at least foster a child from uganda. and then... you know how things go. perhaps there will one day be a ugandan in the family. there are over 3 million children in uganda that need families. i just can't believe dr. wilson is a part of that relief effort. he is going there to set up a fish hatchery. (he is a retired veterinarian) when i heard his voice on the phone.... my eyes teared up! he is just someone that you feel fortunate to know. he said perhaps we can get together when he returns from nicaragua. (he's going there right after uganda) what a life! what! a! life! i worry about a trip to utah and he's changing the world one country at a time!
i guess it just goes to show that there are people that make things happen and people that think about making things happen. i'm somewhere in between. i'm going to strive to be more of a make things happen type of person. i have tons of ideas that i get passionate about but i rarely follow up on them. we'll see how this goes. i'll keep you posted.
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I'll take one child of indeterminate age and one new pre-show job. Thank you, G
WOW-if you talk to Dr. W again tell him i said hello!! i can see a ugandan in your family. And i did google six. pretty dope!! peace.
when dr. wilson called me he asked if you were still in Rogers because he flies out of fayetteville on sat. he wanted to take you to dinner. and i was like "what am i chopped liver?" and he was like "yes."
That's funny-good ol Dr Wilson. Hey side note-I listen to this radio thingy at work it's pandora.com. Anycrap, you just put in a song or artist and it plays stuff that is all the same type of music. So I've been listening to things such as Dixie Chicks, NKOTB, Bette Midler, and now my newest station is Matt the Electrictian!! It's awesome. And so are you.
I too, was impressed with SIX"! Hopefully, one day, BnB will be pre-showing after all...
I love your blog. People think GARETH is the funny one... You, my dear, are a riot! Is there nothing you can't do?!
Keep it up!
deb
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