Our time at the Carson Four Rivers Center in Paducah, KY will be one of our best memories. I really feel like I am a part of this community after being here these last few days. Mary and Brian put together a great residency – two workshops in the schools, participation in the kick off of the United Way’s READING IS MAGICAL program, a workshop for therapists at an area rehabilitation center, a teacher workshop for some pre-service teachers from Murray State University, and the final performance at the Carson Center. It was a fantastic three days.
The performance last night was such great fun – what an audience! The stage is beautiful and there’s simply not a bad seat anywhere in the theatre. Cindy snapped this picture while we were setting up the stage.
Doors opened at 6:30pm for the 7pm performance. The crowd had already started gathering much earlier so when the doors did open, people came streaming in to find their seats. As we moved closer to showtime, you could feel the energy and excitement build in the 800+ crowd. When we finally did hit the stage, they were ready for us!
Afterwards, I had the great opportunity to meet and talk with hundreds of people from the audience in the spectacular lobby of the Carson Center. The comments and conversations were encouraging as many people talked about the work we had done the previous days in the workshops and schools.
Thank you Mary, Brian, Joe, Bobby, Mike, and Jennifer for making our time on your stage so much fun! And thank you Paducah for being so supportive!!