September 16

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. ~ Gloria Steinem

It was a long, long day. From two separate music venues, the latter with three different groups, with a book signing in between. And, the Super did another three hours garden prep at the theatre in the morning . . .

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? ~ James Thurber

September 11

[And now Quinie’s discovered how to attain the heights . . . ]

[Uffda! She does it all the time now . . . ]

[After the Super’s morning gardening adventures, it was off to Carlos Creek Winery for an afternoon session with Elsa Lee . . . ]

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back. ~ Richard Lewis

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends. ~ Walt Whitman

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. ~ William Lyon Phelps

I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you. ~ Robin Williams

[Discovered fellow friends of a famous local writer (also often seen at Cardinal athletic events) . . . ]

[Said famous local writer . . . ]

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. ~ Michael Crichton

[Keep an eye out, Elsa will be playing the winery several times through the end of the year . . . ]

[Then we hot-footed it over to Cherry Street Books for the first book of another local writer . . . ]

[Then came the long day’s journey into night . . . ]

[Back to the theatre for even more fun and excitement . . . ]

[The natural garden the Super purged that morning . . . ]

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? ~ Christina Aguilera

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~ Pat Benatar

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. ~ African proverb

It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

[For the volunteer dining and subsequent music . . . ]

Here’s to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no-pay. ~ Robert Orben

[Step up to the table and sign in please . . . ]

[The theatre board president chefs under the watchful eye of a retired pharmacist . . . ]

[The fixin’s bar . . . ]

Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start. ~ Anthony Bourdain

There are three kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, ‘what happened?’ ~ Casey Stengel

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. ~ Fran Lebowitz

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. ~ Dave Barry

[The bar . . . ]

[Dave and Karin thought they had signed up for art painting class, but since their easel was facing the wrong direction their application was denied . . . ]

[Spoiler alert: We had only seen Chris Koza previously (at this year’s Resorters Golf Tournament) – all three performers (with their bands) were terrific!]

[Theatre executive director Nicole with Sidney, a season staff member, begin the festivities . . . ]

[Sidney was responsible for putting this show together for which she gets major kudos!]

[Joanna Schnedler, Executive Director, MN Music Coalition, on the Caravan du Nord program . . . ]

[Many thanks to her and this program . . . ]

[Leading off with Brianna Kocka . . . ]

[The ever present and irreplaceable Janet . . . ]

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle. ~ Hillary Clinton

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. ~ Paul Simon

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. ~ George Carlin

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. ~ Woody Allen

Instant gratification takes too long. ~ Carrie Fisher

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. ~ Robert Benchley

[Jillian Rae was up next . . . ]

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise. ~ Jerome K. Jerome

[Jillian was trained as classical violinist, but apparently plays all manner of instruments . . . ]

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. ~ Joey Adams

[Apparently the official caravan photographer . . . ]

[Chris Koza joined her for a duet – in music lexicon, that’s two people singing together . . . ]

All generalizations are false, including this one. ~ Mark Twain

People always ask me, ‘Were you funny as a child?’ Well, no, I was an accountant. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ~ Albert Einstein

When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always. ~ Rita Rudner

[Chris Koza put the capper on the evening . . . ]

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. ~ George Burns

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings. ~ Jay London

I have an unfortunate personality. ~ Orson Welles

Every dogma has its day. ~ Anthony Burgess

Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine. ~ Christopher Pummer

If at first you don’t succeed, blame your parents. ~ Marcelene Cox

[As the night was wearing down, it was time for a walkabout . . . ]

Someone told me that when they go to Vermont, they feel like they’re home. I’m that way at Saks. ~ Caroline Rhea

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done. ~ Steven Wright

[The view from the president’s loge . . . ]

If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like. ~ William Feather

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. ~ Oscar Wilde

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively. ~ Lawrence J. Peter

We’ll love you just the way you are if you’re perfect. ~ Alanis Morissette

I never said most of the things I said. ~ Yoig Berra

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. ~ Ogden Nash

As far as I’m concerned, ‘whom’ is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. ~ Calvin Trillin

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening. ~ Franklin P. Jones

[Winding down . . . ]

[And as we slowly drift off into the night . . . ]

[It’s time to say goodnight folks!]

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? ~ W. Clement Stone

Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark. ~ O. Henry

Up Next: Grape Stomp this weekend; Homecoming next weekend. Oy!

September 16

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. ~ Casey Stengel

As we wander wobbling toward the solstice, it turned out to be one of those weeks that requires two part coverage . . .

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid. ~ Hedy Lamarr

September 9

[We began the day with a full contingent of Fat Boys for our early morning walk . . . ]

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. ~ Mel Brooks

Only the mediocre are always at their best. ~ Jean Giraudoux

Such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. You know the sun is there but you can’t see a thing. ~ Joyce Carol Oates

[The final event of the season was coming to Theatre L’Homme Dieu in two days. Time to go out and tend the gardens . . . ]

[Deb, Ruthie, I spent two hours laboring in the hot sun! OK, it was an Alexandria perfect 70 degrees making one appreciate even more farm laborers who do this 12 hours a day in 100 degree weather . . . ]

[The weeds are going fast . . . ]

[Their bodily remains . . . ]

[Two seasons have now been scheduled betwixt and between COVID . . . ]

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. ~ Robert Benchley

What’s another word for Thesaurus? ~ Steven Wright

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening. ~ Alexander Woollcott

I don’t have a bank account because I don’t know my mother’s maiden name. ~ Paul Poundstone

[After the morning walk and then gardening, my watch said “Goal 2x” . . . ]

[The artistic photo above courtesy of gardener Deb . . . ]

[For now we were at the Garden Bar on 6th for an evening of fun and excitement with Tuesday Night Club on a Thursday . . . ]

[That’s Terry, Jim, Bill, and Al – All-American names all . . . ]

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know. ~ W. H. Auden

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ~ Mae West

[There are no photobombs comparable to those inflicted by Ralph . . . ]

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. ~ Nikita Khrushchev

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ~ Mark Twain

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. ~ James A. Garfield

Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. ~ Bill Vaughan

[And then I went for the “Deb effect” . . . ]

I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. ~ Stephen Fry

[The Super and Karin, avid supporters of the local music (and wine) scene . . . ]

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. ~ Chris Rock

[The Super attempts a “through the wine glass” shot while Ralph’s supervisor looks on bemusedly . . . ]

[Janet as photographer, and as the most ardent supporter of the arts in the 5-state area . . . ]

September 10

[Then it was on to Willy T’s at the Holiday Inn for an evening with Anthony . . . ]

[Little did we, or he, know his brother Tom from Otsego would be dropping by to assist. The entire Miltilch family seems to have been blessed with the music gene . . . ]

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ~ Isaac Asimov

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. ~ Bertrand Russell

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. ~ P. J. O’Rourke

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. ~ Billy Connolly

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. ~ Joe E. Lewis

I can resist everything except temptation. ~ Oscar Wilde

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. ~ Saul Bellow

[And then there’s football . . . ]

[Alex’s opening home game against Bemidji. We circled by the field on the way home from Willy T’s to see our Cardinals led 24 – 0 at halftime . . . ]

[We won 38 – 20 . . . ]

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. ~ Mark Twain

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. ~ Steve Martin

Up Next: Part 2

September 6

* Why yes, my birthday often does fall on the Labor Day holiday, hence it’s a ‘birthiday’ . . .

From our birthday, until we die, / Is but the winking of an eye. ~ Willliam Butler Yeats

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. ~ John P. Grier

September 3

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ~ Wlliam Shakespeare

[The Music Club of Alexandria and Ashby took a 37-mile road to trip to Battle Lake to hear our friend Anthony Miltich perform at Stella’s, one of his favorite haunts (photo credit above to Deb Trumm) . . .

[Battle Lake is widely known to Jess Lourey fans as the locale for her murder-by-month mystery novels . . . ]

What’s so wrong with admiring from a distance? Mira’s quirky puppy love for Chief Wenonga, a well-muscled fiberglass statue in her Minnesota small town, might be a safer love pursuit than online dating. But when the 23-foot Chief goes missing from his cement base, Mira’s not the only citizen to be crushed. The town of Battle Lake is celebrating their statue’s 25th anniversary and no amount of blue, sugar-soaked popcorn balls at Wenonga Days can uplift their gloomy mood. (jessicalourey.com)

[The Super and Deb making their arrival on Battle Lake’s main street . . . ]

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. ~ Robert Frost

[Both here and next, the performer photographed his audience. From the left around: The Super, Birthday boy, John and Helen Etnier, Karin and Dave Berg, and Paul and Deb Trumm . . . ]

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.  ~ Benjamin Franklin (Editor’s note: At seventy, the bathroom . . . )

[Anthony visits with the Super . . . ]

[While Deb captures the moment . . . ]

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. ~ Orson Welles (Editor’s note: At 74, the rage against incontinence . . . ]

[Helen, Anthony, and Karin; oft mistaken for Tony Orlando and Dawn . . . ]

STELLA-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!

I intend to live forever — so far, so good! ~ Steven Wright

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing ‘Happy Birthday.’  ~ Steven Wright

It takes a long time to grow young. ~ Pablo Picasso

[The Super’s Reuben . . . ]

[My pasta primavera . . . ]

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~ Truman Capote

Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.  ~ The Beatles

Live long and prosper. ~ Mr. Spock

The first hundred years are the hardest.  ~ Wilson Mizner

[When his spotlights came on, it was almost a Biblical experience . . . ]

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. ~ Oscar Wildxe

There is still no cure for the common birthday.  ~ John Glenn

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. ~ Groucho Marx

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow. ~ Margaret Fuller

What light through yonder window breaks?

[‘Yonder window’ on the back wall . . . ]

[Say goodnight, Stella . . . ]

[An artsy from Deb . . . ]

September 4

[Laddie joined me on my birthday morning to watch a replay of the Cardinals volleyball game. We won, in straight sets, to go to 4 – 0 on the season . . . ]

[The afternoon was spent at Carlos Creek Winery with Julie and Bruce as Patchouli . . . ]

Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?  ~ Prince

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty. ~ James Thurber

Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece? ~ Bobby Kelton

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I’m one year older, everyone else is too. ~ Glorida Swanson

Put candles in a cake, it’s a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, and somebody’s drunk in the kitchen. ~ Jim Gaffigan (Editor’s note: I prefer birthday pie . . . )

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons. ~ Eli Cass

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. ~ Plautus

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it. ~ Boris Johnson

[After a set, the mechandise stand is the place to catch up on things . . . ]

[Attempting to “cover” Deb’s photo from the previous night . . . ]

The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday. ~ Paris Hilton (Editor’s note: Who am I to disagree with Paris Hilton?)

What’s a soup kitchen? ~ Paris Hilton (Editor’s note: Well, there’s always that . . . )

You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’ ~ Jerry Seinfeld

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old. ~ Mary Smich

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’ ~ Sam Levenson

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier… I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. ~ Steven Wright

I binge when I’m happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I’m at a birthday party. ~ Kirstie Alley (Editor’s note: Far be it from me to disagree with Kirstie Alley . . . )

[At the next break, a commingling of the music and book clubs . . . ]

[It’s kinda like the 7th inning stretch . . . ]

[So, I thought I’d wander around and see what the view was like from the mezzanine . . . ]

This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday… I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn’t let me – Homeland Security. ~ Art Buchwald

We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It’s the day I was born. My mother’s birthday, and a lot of my friends’ birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date. ~ Beyonce (Editor’s note: She obviously knew I was born on a 4th . . . )

I have given myself a Tesla for my 60th birthday. ~ Stanley Druckenmiller (Editor’s note: Yo, Stanley! Over here! . . . )

I can put my legs behind my head and sing ‘Happy Birthday.’ ~ Emma Rossum (Editor’s note: I’d rather have a Tesla . . . )

Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time – every time I have a birthday. ~ Laurence Olivier

[Thanks to Julie and Bruce for their birthday gift of three hours of great music . . . ]

[And then it was home for the unveiling of my birthday cards and presents . . . ]

[This was a present from my sister. Now I forgot where I put it . . . ]

Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~  Tom Wilson

I’m most comfortable in my birthday suit. ~ Amanda Seyfried

[The Super promoting a healthy diet . . . ]

September 5

[OK, Labor Day actually didn’t occur until the next day, but by then we were ready for a day of rest . . . ]

[We were eating lunch at the Alexandria Golf Club with Uncle Tom & Aunt Mary Kay from Scottsdale, and with their daughter Beth and my brother Cam from The Cities . . . ]

[We started on the patio as it was a beautiful day. But the club was down to one server (the summer help has all gone back to school) who had been worn to a nub the day before, so we moved up on to the deck. But after we got our food, the bees discovered that too. So we had to move inside where a good time was had by all . . . ]

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. ~ William James

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays. ~ Henny Youngman

[Our four out of town guests toured the golf course. Everything is lush and green after 5 1/2 inches of rain in the last week . . . ]

[Mary Kay and Tom . . . ]

[Tom’s winning a Resorters flight 70 years ago was enough to garner access to the golf carts . . . ]

[It’s family photo time . . . ]

Being part of a family means smiling for photos. ~ Harry Morgan

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. ~ Rodney Dangerfield

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. ~ W.C. Fields

[Cam is a Gopher fan. His bubble is also slightly off center . . . ]

[This time we didn’t use Dave’s designated parking spot . . . ]

[But we couldn’t pass up the photo op . . . ]

[After lunch at the club, home to the shores of Lake H2Obert . . . ]

Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch. ~ John Stewart

If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. ~ George Burns

[Bon voyage, as off they go in the rental Hoosier mobile . . . ]

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. ~ Brigitte Bardot

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house. ~ Anthony Anderson

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. ~ Phyllis Diller

Up Next: ????

September 2

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. ~ Grace Slick

It’s hard to believe, but it had been three years since BAT last performed in Alex. And when he and Brenda showed up at Carlos Creek Winery, with all the old regulars there, it was like a reunion party . . .

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf. ~ Pete Townshend

August 28

[The morning dawned looking like this . . . ]

[Somehow BAT went on as scheduled – outside from 1 – 4:00 – on a day in which we received a quite necessary 3 1/2 inches of rain. The rain stopped at about 12:30, and started up again shortly after 4:00 . . . ]

[Picking up as last we remembered him. Restringing his guitar before performance, and then going straight through from 1 – 4:00 in his bare feet . . . ]

[The Super’s “missing you at . . . ” shot for Facebook . . . ]

If you really love guitar, you’re going to spend every waking hour stroking the thing. ~ Frank Zappa.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. ~ Joan Jett.

[Once always on the road, BAT and Brenda settled in Flora-Bama a few years ago and now come to see us when they can . . . ]

I’m only myself when I have a guitar in my hands. ~ George Harrison.

I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell from anyone else. ~ Les Paul

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions. ~ B. B. King

Everyone has their own sound, and if you’re heard enough, folks will come to recognize it… ~ Chet Atkins

Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it. ~ Thom Yorke

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday and take it in front of other people… ~ James Taylor

Playing guitar is a never-finished journey. ~ John Fogerty

As a guitarist, I’m usually able to play any sort of instrument – as long as it has strings… ~ Ramin Djawadi

Let me, entertain you . . . ~ BAT

[My camera equivalent of BAT playing the guitar backwards over his head . . . ]

[The Super takes a shot . . . ]

I just go where the guitar takes me. ~ Angus Young

[The regular crowd has settled in . . . ]

[The sun is shining, the temperature’s fine . . . ]

I sing a bit and play guitar. ~ Jesse Metcalfe

[Abandoned the kitties at home. They will never forget it . . . ]

I couldn’t find my rain hat . . .

[All available as a result of a county work release program . . . ]

[All have been approached for cameo appearances on “American Pickers” . . . ]

[All have discovered the true meaning of life in their latter years . . . ]

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo… ~ John Frusciante

[Thank you, BAT! Come back and visit us again soon . . . ]

August 29

[It was a beautiful late August day. The Super and I decided a ride in the convertible would be suitable for the conditions. We had never been to Rolling Forks Vineyard before (when you come to the “fork” in the road, take it) – and it would require driving beyond the city limits of Alexandria. The storms that hit the day before (surrounding BAT’s performance) produced a lot of fallen trees along the Lake Reno shoreline heading south on Highway 29 to Glenwood . . . ]

[Rolling Forks has been open for about a year now. It’s on the SE side of Lake Minnewaska. This view is looking directly north where if you could be elevated a tad higher you could see Alexandria about 23 miles distant . . . ]

[A view of some of the vineyards just below us . . . ]

[More grape vines directly ahead, with Lake Minnewaska (the 13th largest lake in the state) in the background . . . ]

[Zooming in on some vines . . . ]

[A bird of prey circled above . . . ]

[It was not a great crested grebe . . . ]

Wine is sunlight, held together by water. ~ Galileo Galilei

[The Super at our front row seats . . . ]

[We are on the edge of the prairie, at some altitiude above the lake. It was quite windy (somewhat akin to Ted Cruz) . . . ]

[This is a full service vineyard, with food, beer, tap beer, goodies and souvenirs . . . ]

[We hammed it up for our server . . . ]

[Of course, I had to ask “What’s the capital of Burkina Faso?” when she asked if we had any questions . . . ]

[We would soon venture out upon that grassy overlook . . . ]

[Said grassy overlook zoomed in upon . . . ]

[The back of the winery for outdoor seating and music . . . ]

[The view from the aforementioned grassy overlook . . . ]

[And we are thus closer upper to the lake . . . ]

[Looking west toward the Starbuck end of Minnewaska . . . ]

[The Super provides perspective . . . ]

[We came all the way by highway, but figured there must be a direct route down to the lake . . . ]

[This is it, Selnes Road. The winery is located at 21505 Selnes Road. At the bottom is Lakeshore Drive, where a right turn almost immediately deposits one at Peters Sunset Beach Resort . . . ]

[Arriving at Lake Minnewaska . . . ]

[And then Peters Resort . . . ]

[A family gathering at said resort in the early 2000’s . . . ]

[Also home to Pezhekee Golf Course . . . ]

[Resort stuff in the water for entertainment . . . ]

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ~ Henry David Thoreau

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. ~ William Wordsworth

[Continuing on past Peters Resort . . . ]

[The rain of the previous day greened things up . . . ]

We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun. ~ Winnie The Pooh

A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. ~ Henry David Thoreau

[Glenwood’s city beach . . . ]

[On the way back home, north on Highway 29 . . . ]

“Old cowboys go to heaven, but what happens to their boots?” asked Suzanne Blair, stating that the question was the inspiration for what started off as a cute project for her family that they now refer to as “Boot Hill.” Blair and her husband, Ted, first put up a couple fence posts and an American flag at the edge of their property more than a decade ago. They then placed old Western boots that belonged to them and their kids on the fence posts. They thought that would be it. (Echo Press 9-11-15, w/ following photo)

[Said boot posts as we speed by . . . ]

[The spoils from Rolling Forks Vineyard . . . ]

August 31

When my information changes, I change my mind, What do you do, sir? ~ John Maynard Keynes or Paul Samuelson (“The Nation” 9-3-21)

[On this day, to some degree or another based on the above, the local chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby reconstituted itself at the Methodist Church. We haven’t met since before the pandemic began. It’s never too late, but there isn’t much time. Just ask Senator Sanders . . . ]

This is not a partisan debate; it is a human one. Clean air and water, and a livable climate are inalienable human rights. And solving this crisis is not a question of politics. It is our moral obligation. ~  Leonardo DiCaprio

If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money. ~ Guy McPherson

Up Next: Appears to be music and family (of course, you can say that everytime) . . .

August 22

The Salty Dogs at Carlos Creek Winery. From left to right: Annie O’Flynn, Greg Donahue, Erik Schultz, and Tom Mulder. They have played together for many years now, though they each have been and are members of other bands or performed solo. They are all long time friends – and we all have a good time when they perform . . .

[Both boys of finance, they have retired (or semi such) to the more honorable avocation of music . . . ]

Because you have things like ‘American Idol’ and you’ve got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it’s easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock. ~ Dave Grohl

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that’s where you can be your most authentic. That’s where you have the most power. ~ Boy George

[What makes them kind of special is that they can play anything: Rock ‘n roll, folk, country, jug band, classic ballads, creole, classical violin, irish, et al. In Greg’s other band, he wears a tuxedo and plays violin for the Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra. They go 35 miles away to Elbow Lake to get Annie and her accordian, necessary when they’re all really on their game and she leads on songs like “Galway Girl” . . . ]

I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things. ~ Ron White

Most bands don’t work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult. ~ Bruce Springsteen

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion. ~ Lawrence Welk

Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music’s really all I’ve ever done. ~ Hunter Hayes

‘Life,’ wrote a friend of mine, ‘is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.’ ~  E.M. Forster

…the violin — that most human of all instruments… ~  Louisa May Alcott

I had gone full-on folkie; I’d had it with bands. ~ Dan Fogelberg

Rock ‘n’ roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands… I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let’s don’t leave out the economics. No way. ~ Chuck Berry

Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note – and we won! ~ Cheech Marin

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. ~ Nancy Gibbs

I’m a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice. ~ Bill Monroe

The cello is a hero because of its register – its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator. ~ Mstislav Rostropovich

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. ~ Joan Jett

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. ~ Andres Segovia

[A fan . . . ]

I want my fans to love themselves. ~ Lady Gaga 

Back in the days, the groups and the bands that we listened to were like Earth, Wind and Fire, Santana and Grateful Dead. We don’t have a lot of those bands anymore. ~ Sheila E.

Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that. ~ Flea

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies. ~ Prince

Most bands don’t even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years. ~ Peter Steele

One of the easiest ways to get a buff back is with exercise bands. They’re inexpensive, and you can increase resistance by moving a hand to shorten their length. ~ Denise Austin [Editor’s note: Well, it is a “band” quote . . . ]

In the next two weeks, you have the likes of BAT, Patchouli, Elssa Lee, Jackson & the Burn all coming to town. Reember to bring cash for the tip jars. ~ Me

I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever! ~ Jesse Ventura

Up Next: Probably bands . . .

the 100th Annual Resorters Golf Tournament with Faces in the Crowd

August 24

Tom Lehman

Corky Krogstad

Kyle Lee

Erik Schultz

Ken & Jan Esala

Ruthie Obert & Gordy Anderson

Norty Blanchard (2) & Dave Berg (4)

Dave Berg

Ale Heinen, Alayna Eldred, Ciara O’Connor & Aisling O’Connor

Ciara O’Connor

Aisling O’Connor

Tom Vipond

Al Grundei

Dave Berg

Norty Blanchard

Kristen Hoskins & Ciara O’Connor

Faux 4th Estate

Ruthie Obert & Faux 4th Estate

Beryl & Don Waldeland

Gordy Anderson on Voice of Alexandria w/Joe Korkowski

George & Tricia Ladd

Roger & Barb Riley

Jerry Rose

AGC Club president

Gordy Anderson

John Perino

Jerry Rose

Ruth Anne & Randy Tronnes

Tom Mulder & Erik Schultz

Lisa Grimes

Ruthie Obert (in Dave Berg’s parking spot)

Chris Koza

Dave Kjos

Chris Haugen

Al Edenloff

Echo Press editor

Don Johnson

Judy & Don Johnson

Richie “Ranger Gord” Braun

Cora Larson

Hannah Boraas

Alayna Eldred & Ale Heinen

Jonny Mogambo

Judy Blaseg & John Engelen

Ruthie Obert & John Engelen

Alayna Eldred

Tom Ryan & Al Edenloff

Betsy Aldrich & Al Edenloff

Braeden Sladek

Wendy Kohler & fan

Championship crowd (photo on loan from Echo Press)

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe. ~ Bob Williams

They say “practice” makes perfect. Of course, it doesn’t. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection. ~ Henry Longhurst.

August 23

The crowds gather at the AGC clubhouse for the final round of the Resorters . . .

August 7

The morning of the championship rounds – men’s semi-finals and women’s final – dawned in dubious weather. There was actually some moisture around, so we opted out of golf. That afternoon, as previously reported, we had an engagement with Elsa Lee at the winery. The weather remained iffy – but with continous weather radar checks we were pretty sure we could catch the men’s championship on the back 9. Through the wonders of modern technology we were able to follow the ongoing matches. We were delighted to hear that “the kid,” Braeden Sladek, had defeated the overwhelming favorite (by Calcutta betting), Donald Constable, who won the Resorters in 2010 and then was a pro for 10 years, in the semi-final. Braeden would thus be playing for the championship, and we were off for the golf course by 4:00 . . .

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end. ~ Chuck Hogan

[Once at the golf course, we just looked for the crowds. They were on the 14th hole. The Super, on the left, led me across the back 9 to the assembling masses around the 16th green . . . ]

[This was also a hub of several holes, so there was a concession tent . . . ]

[Other flights were playing in front of the men’s championship match, which was the last one on the course. Alayna Eldred had by now won the women’s championship . . . ]

[Between holes 15 and 16 . . . ]

[A panorama of that area . . . ]

[Walking in the middle of the far fairway (14th) is Braeden and his caddy . . . ]

[Meanwhile, back where we were waiting, Echo Press editor Al Edenloff was interviewing Tom Ryan, the Men’s Masters champion . . . ]

[The crowd has now moved to the 15th tee . . . ]

[Editor Al has found another interviewee, Betsy Aldrich, Women’s Executive champion . . . ]

[Now waiting at the 16th green, the Sladek-Kelly Brown match was “all square” . . . ]

Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good. ~ Sam Snead

[Panorama around the 16th green . . . ]

[Braeden was on in two, putting for a birdie . . . ]

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls. ~ Lee Trevino

I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet. ~ Muhammad Ali

[A good putt, but still a little meat on the bone . . . ]

[Kelly Brown’s 2nd shot went over the green, he made a poor chip, but then sank what had to be a more than 20-foot putt for this par. Braeden then needed this putt for the halve . . . ]

[And he made it. Match still all square . . . ]

[The par 3 17th . . . ]

[The crowds made it hard for me to get any photos on this hole. But a roar went up from the green. Braeden won the hole with a par and went to 18 with a 1-up lead . . . ]

[The crowd storming down the 18th fairway . . . ]

[Braeden said later he did not hit the driver, with a 1-hole lead he just wanted to put his tee shot in the fairway . . . ]

[He did. Perfectly placed for a little flip wedge. Meanwhile Kelly’s drive was behind a tree behind the 11th green. He actually made a terrific low draw punch shot around the tree which just rolled off the back of the green . . . ]

[The winning shot by Braeden . . . ]

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens. ~ Bob Hope

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would’ve been a great shot. ~ Sam Snead

Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting. ~ Peter Dobereiner

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago. ~ James Caan

Most people play a fair game of golf – if you watch them. ~ Joey Lauren Adams

What a shame to waste those great shots on the practice tee. ~ Walter Hagen

Practice puts brains in your muscles. ~ Sam Snead

[Perfect shot – maybe a 15-footer – guarantees no worse than par . . . ]

[Kelly could not up and down from behind the green – Braeden wins!]

[Likely many more championships to come . . . ]

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around. ~ Rick Reilly

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything. ~ Jack Nicklaus

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture. ~ Winston Churchill

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much. ~ Buddy Hackett

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool. ~ George Brett

Swing hard in case you hit it. ~ Dan Marino

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. ~ A. A. Milne

Up Next: Dunno, finally caught up . . .

August 23

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic. ~ Earl Wilson

Here’s how I led off Part 1: Meanwhile, back at the Resorters. We are now into day 6, the penultimate day leading to the championship matches the following day . . .

So, now after a brief interruption to cover the Theatre L’Homme Dieu Soiree, we’re back to continue the activities of Day 6 . . .

August 6

[I left the women for a bit to check on another Alexandria wunderkind. I had yet to see Braeden Sladek play, though he has been playing at the national level since he was 11 or 12. He will be entering his junior year of high school (so, has classmates among the state champion girls team). I’m back at the 1st tee to watch him tee off in the quarter finals of the mens’ championship level . . . ]

[He was the last of his foursome to hit. The other players hit drivers on this short par 4 – but like most club members (such as myself in my day) Braeden hit an iron for position . . . ]

I’ve had a good day when I don’t fall out of the cart. ~ Buddy Hackett

Golf is a billion-dollar industry devoted entirely to hope. ~ Deepak Chopra

[Well, so much for playing for position. He ended up well into the rough behind some trees . . . ]

[He was able to hit over the trees but short of the green. He lost the hole . . . ]

[He went well left off the tee on No. 2 as well, but I think halved the hole. Here he’s teeing off on No. 3, using a driver for the first time . . . ]

After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind), I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn’t fix in a hurry. ~ Bill Bryson

You know what the game of golf is, don’t you? It’s basketball for people who can’t jump and chess for people who can’t think. ~ Tom Robbins.

[I noticed a lot of the championship caliber players, men and women, really dive down into the ball . . . ]

You have the opposite of poker face. You have like miniature golf face. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

You ought to take more exercise, if you’re inclined to have a liver. Play golf. ~ Daphne du Maurier

[Looking back at #3 tee box and #2 green (on the right) . . . ]

[#3 green on the left, #4 tee box on the right . . . ]

Golf camaraderie, like that of astronauts and Antarctic explorers, is based on a common experience of transcendence; fat or thin, scratch or duffer, we have been somewhere together where non-golfers never go. ~ John Updike

[Braeden teeing off on #4 . . . ]

And the wind shall say: ‘Here were decent godless people: Their only monument the asphalt road And a thousand lost golf balls.’ ~ T. S. Eliot

Golf is an ideal diversion but a ruinous disease. ~ Gerald Ford

They say golf is like life, but don’t believe them. Golf is more complicated than that. ~ Gardner Dickinson

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don’t have to waste energy going back to pick it up. ~ Tommy Bolt

[Braeden was struggling. I believe he was 3 down at one point on the front 9. I went back to watch the end of the women’s semi-final. I subsequently learned Braeden made a great birdie on #9, crossed over to the back 9 where he played terrifically to come back and win the match . . . ]

[We found the women on the #14 green where Ale sank a nice putt . . . ]

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. ~ Ben Hogan

He loved the game. The battle that raged inside each player’s head. The little ball that sat motionless, defying you to hit it. No defenders, no game clock, no excuses. And maybe that’s why the highs were so high and the lows felt so low. Could you in the moment quiet your thoughts and execute? It was glorious when you did! ~ Philip Wyeth

A boss once told me, ‘Colleen, it’s not about the meeting, it’s about the Scotch after the meeting. You either need to learn to drink or take up golf.’ Turns out I’m not a good Scotch drinker. ~ Colleen Ferrary Bader

[Alayna teeing off on #15 . . . ]

It takes exactly eighteen shots tae polish off a fifth o’ a bottle o’ Scotch, thus, a game o’ golf equates tae eighteen holes. ~ Steve Alten

A well hit golf shot is a feeling that goes up the shaft, right through your hands and into your heart. ~ Ben Hogan

There is no movement in golf that cannot be made more difficult through diligent study and practice. ~ Henry Beard

Mini-golf is a lot like life. It can be difficult. It can be rewarding. And there are windmills. ~ Joe Tessitore

[Ale teeing off in #15 . . . ]

In order to develop a golf swing your thoughts must run in the right direction. ~ Ben Hogan

Hitting down is an important part of iron play. With the exception of the putter and the driver remember that you hit down on every other shot in golf. ~ Ben Hogan

Muscular freedom is probably more important in golf than in any other sport, but very few players take the trouble to get loosened up. ~ Ben Hogan

Straight down the middle; It went straight down the middle . . . ~ Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen

I’ll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine. ~ Bruce Lansky

[Ale’s 2nd shot on #16 – after another huge drive . . . ]

[Hole #17, par 3, Alayna hitting is currently 1-up on Ale . . . ]

I made the last putt. It just didn’t go in. ~ Tom Kite

Golf is a mental disorder. ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. ~ H.L. Mencken

I’d like to see the fairways more narrow. Then everybody would have to play from the rough, not just me. ~ Seve Ballesteros

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. ~  William Wordsworth

[Ale’s tee shot on #17 . . . ]

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. ~ Grantland Rice

Man blames fate for all other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole-in-one. ~ Bishop Sheen

[Alayna won the hole and the match . . . ]

[Ale won a close match between them the previous year. Obviously, they match up well . . . ]

[Alayna went on to win the championship the next day against Madison Herzog . . . ]

The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree. ~ Brian Weiss

You’ve just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you’ve hit it. ~ Sam Snead

Up Next: Resorters championships . . .

August 22

This wraps up the soiree for this year. We’re looking forward to what next year may bring . . .

August 19

Lynn leads us off again . . .

[At Table #1 (in your program and your hearts): Paul, Deb, Kathy, and Rich . . . ]

Ain’t we cute?

[Paige, having a hoopful of fun . . . ]

[Drew and Anna are tapping up a good time . . . ]

I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls. ~ Gene Kelly

[Then President Jim gave his “state of the theatre” presentation . . . ]

[Something he does very well, with a combination of gravitas and wit . . . ]

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. ~ Oscar Wilde

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. ~ Oscar Wilde

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. ~ Laurence Olivier

[And then Glen came back – it was time to raise our pledge cards . . . ]

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists. ~ Stephen Sondheim

The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich. ~ Will Rogers

The play was a great success, but the audience was a failure. ~ Oscar Wilde

[OK, this audience wasn’t a failure. We raised $175 thousand plus for the theatre on the night!]

[Congratulations to us!!]

Renee and Rush dance in celebration . . .

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~ Vicki Baum

We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams. ~ Albert Einstein

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. ~ Dave Barry [Editor’s note: Au contraire . . . ]

Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order. ~ Samuel Beckett

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. ~ Martha Graham

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov

Do a loony-goony dance ‘cross the kitchen floor, put something silly in the world that ain’t been there before. ~ Shel Silverstein

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance. ~ Confucius

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. ~ Satchel Paige

If you want to help the American theater, don’t be an actress, be an audience. ~ Tallulah Bankhead

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience. ~ Andy Goldsworthy

Ambushing the audience is what theatre is all about. ~ SirTom

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it’s so accidental. It’s so much like life. ~ Arthur Miller

My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me. ~ John Barrymore

[Tablemates Kathy and Rich enjoy a twirl around the floor . . . ]

[Paul and friends wrap up the evening . . . ]

[Nicole and John . . . ]

[Turns out they’re related to each other . . . ]

[Board member Terri; board member Dave; and Karin, super patron who’s a friend of one and related to the other . . . ]

[Tim and Ken and Jeanne and Deb and Ruthie and Marianne . . . ]

[I think they’re ready to call it a night . . . ]

[And I think they’re ready to call it a night . . . ]

Say good night, everybody. And many thanks again for a fun and productive evening . . .

Good night!!

But theatre is also a public event, a spectacle or a show, attempting to please or amaze the audience by a display of exceptional stage achievements, that is, special performances. In that sense, like sporting events or the circus, theatre serves what I shall call the performance function: it satisfies our natural desire to achieve or witness something extraordinary. ~ Jean Alter

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water. ~ Vanessa Redgrave

It is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in. ~ Charles Dickens

Up Next: Time to finish the Resorters . . .

August 21

This is part 2, which means we’re in the middle of three parts . . .

I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the pavement. ~ Francois Truffaut

Well the least favourite question is the one that one’s asked particularly about in Japan is what’s the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that’s about eighty bucks. ~ Andrew Lloyd Webber

August 19

Lynn is leading us off again . . .

[Paul did me proud by also wearing trousers of the non-floor length variety . . . ]

I was on a tour of a Restoration comedy in 1996, and in Moscow we stayed at the Metropole hotel, off Red Square. The food there was opulent, but in the Maly theatre canteen, there were just a few pieces of rye bread, peanuts, and gherkins. I stood in the queue and burst into tears. ~ Nicola Walker [Editor’s note: Well, I and the aforementioned father-in-law are big Nicola Walker fans . . . ]

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. ~ George Bernard Shaw

[A new patio will look great in front of the new facade . . . ]

[Dream big . . . ]

[Sandy and Dennis and Lynn and champagne . . . ]

There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. ~ Bette Davis

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I’m tired. ~ Brigitte Bardot

I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not. ~ Coco Chanel

[The Super thinks this looks like a really good idea . . . ]

Champagne makes you feel like it’s Sunday and there are better days around the corner. ~ Marlene Dietrich

Why do I drink champagne for breakfast? Doesn’t everyone? ~ Noel Coward

Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Jeanne and Tom and Debbie, long time friends and patrons of the theatre . . . ]

[Last seen trying to extricate themselves from the channel between lakes Geneva and Le Homme Dieu . . . ]

[Rush Benson from “Wonderland,” performed at TLHD two months ago . . . ]

Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can’t talk and dance at the same time. ~ Ginger Rogers

[Lynn is the master of all she surveys . . . ]

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. ~ George Balanchine

[Rush and his wife, Renee Guittar . . . ]

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~ Mata Hari

[By special request . . . ]

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain. ~ Martha Graham

Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~ Charles Baudelaire

[One never knows where or when one may run into a high school classmate . . . ]

[Jeanne and Ken . . . ]

[Ken specifically advised in advance he was not wearing shorts . . . ]

[Which may be why they seem oblivious to Paige, the performer on their left . . . ]

[The dining room for 120 attendees . . . ]

[The Super kept a sharp eye on our table (#1) lest someone attempt to pilfer it . . . ]

[The welcoming from Phil and Katie . . . ]

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd. ~ Sarah Bernhardt

It’s one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work – the night watchman. ~ Tallulah Bankhead

And we’ll have fun, fun, fun now that daddy took the T-bird away. ~ Brian Love/Brian Wilson

If you’re sixty-something, pushing 70, the chances of you getting a tremendously fascinating part in the movies are very low, as to be almost negligible, or even in television. But in the theatre, there are still things to do, very interesting, very profound things. ~ Brain Dennehy

I’m on the outside (looking in). ~ Little Anthony

When we’d suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, ‘Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.’ As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing. ~ Ian Mckellan

[Nicole somehow generated two seasons of performances through a pandemic . . . ]

[Even thought of putting Thor on sheers behind the stage?]

I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil… and if ya don’t like it, and ya don’t want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It’s all about self-promotion, and it’s not always the fun part of it. ~ Gail O’Grady

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. ~ Michael J. Fox

The cost of a new sewer is how much? ~ Nicole

We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner. ~ Eleanora Duse

[The artistic director of Minnetonka High School who brought the blockbuster “Bright Star” to our theatre two years ago . . . ]

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler – I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books. ~ Harvey Keitel

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people. ~ Vivien Leigh

We depend on the critics to give us a glimpse of what happened. Bernard Shaw championed Ibsen, who got the most terrible notices for his plays. Kenneth Tynan championed young writers, and as a result, the theatre has changed radically. ~ Diana Rigg

[Katie Perry, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer/SVP at Knute Nelson, thanked TLHD for live performances of “WonderLand” at Grand Arbor . . . ]

[Jim and Jan Pence, with Jack Reuler behind Jim, the flow of TLHD leadership over the last decade . . . ]

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn’t even know there was a show business! ~ David Geffen

[My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don’t know if they have that in England, but you eat a dinner while you watch a play. And she ordered a glass of wine. I was like, “Oh my God. This is, like, the most sophisticated thing I have ever done. ~ Geena Davis

[The TLHD staff . . . ]

[Merci beaucoup!!]

[And now with auctioneer Glen Fladeboe, it’s time to make some money for the theatre . . . ]

[Beginning with all the auction items on the easels in the patio-to-be area . . . ]

I get too hungry for dinner at eight. I like the theater, but never come late. I never bother with people I hate. That’s why the lady is a tramp. ~ Lorenz Hart

[Chef Matthew Jensen, fresh from his appearance on the easel poster . . . ]

[And, of course, made the dinners for 120 people this night . . . ]

[My Maque Choux (bell peppers, sweet corn, tomato, onion, garlic, celery, cream) served over wild rice was delicious!]

Seems reasonable to conclude part 2 with the producer of our meals . . .

I have done film, television and theatre – all at a pretty substantial level – I don’t think it’s possible for American actors to do that. ~ Helen Mirren

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I’ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy. ~ Quentin Tarantino

Up Next: Part 3 (then back to the Resorters)