Last night, I had the pleasure of having dinner with Jan (Exec. Director of the Morrison Center) and Jennifer (a former Miss Idaho and friend of mine).  Downtown Boise is very hip and the restaurant in which we ate was awesome.  I enjoyed the fish tacos!

Today, we were off to the Morrison Center to begin setting up for our performance on Friday night.  We arrived a little before noon and found the stage crew ready to get started.  We have been looking forward to this performance for a long time.  We were here in 2005, worked with a great crew, and had a wonderful audience.  I know the economy is going to hit us a bit on ticket sales but I’m still excited that it will be a terrific audience!

The entire stage crew here is so professional, easy-to-work-with, pays attention to detail, and makes the day pretty fun.  With the bulk of the show set at this point, tomorrow we will deal with the intelligent lights, tweak the lighting cues, check/set the sound, etc.  It’s a HUGE stage with tons of space but they were able to make it intimate enough for our show.

It’s also a huge venue with about 2000 seats.  I know these guys have done everything they can to get the word out about the show – radio, television, banners, posters, etc.  I’m trusting that, in the end, all their efforts will result in a great audience.

I left mid-day to head over to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital to work with some of the kids there with our Healing of Magic program.  Fox 12 was there and they plan to do a nice story on the Sunday 9pm news.  I’m hoping to get a copy of it.  The kids were great and their determination to learn combined with their enthusiasm when they get the trick never makes for a dull moment!  This is always a very special time for me and I’m thankful for the opportunity to share a little of my magic with these guys.

We’re going to relax a bit tonight.  Tomorrow morning will come early.  Matt is picking me up around 5:45am to head over to Fox 12 to make an appearance on the FOX MORNING SHOW.