Back in KY

Meanwhile, back in Kentucky things have been CRAZY!! There was a scare last week that we might have to move out of our hotel, what started as a rumor we discovered was going to a hearing on Tuesday and later Thursday but by Thursday evening we had good news, a judge said that the hotel couldn't close without giving its employees 60 days notice. Whew!

Here's where it gets strange. Around noon Friday we got a call that the hotel had closed it's doors and everyone had to be out by 6p on Sunday! So now our poor festival had to scramble to find the over 1200 room/nights for all of us and all of the new people whe had just arrived and for all the incoming festival participants and celebrities. It was Crazy. But on Sunday I bid farewell to my river view and moved 4 miles away from the theater to the Super 8. Instead of all being in one place, the festival participants are now spread out over 5 hotels all over town. We feel a little disconnected but things are moving on.

Before moving day, several of us made our second trip to Goldie's Operyhouse in downtown Owensboro to see our Marketing Director (Travis') wife doing a Dolly Parton review. Tara was FANTASTIC! She looks like Dolly and even more, she SOUNDS like Dolly. The show got a little surreal toward the end of Act I, but overall it was a good time!

And tonight... the Festival officially opens with an Olympic Type opening ceremony at 5p and we'll be off and running. My show opens tomorrow night and then we'll have 10 days to see 14 performances and do all the other things I want to show Pete now that he's here!