Last night Garrison Keillor came to town with the Rhubarb Tour of A Prairie Home Companion. Of course we went. The show was lots of fun. No skits with cowboys or Guy Noir or anything, but lots of songs and poems, a performance by the voice guy, and News from Lake Wobegon.
The extra exciting part was going backstage after the show, thanks both to my brother (who met everyone at his hotel and somehow managed to get a free ticket for himself while driving a woman to the show who called up Mr. Keillor and said "my driver wants to come, can he have a ticket, too?" and somehow that included putting his name on the backstage list) and to this couple from church who we happened to see there and the wife also just happens to be a third cousin of Mr. Keillor and that gave her backstage privileges, too.
Unfortunately, we couldn't wait around long enough for Garrison to actually come out and talk to us (well, he was busy talking with the distant cousin in a back room), but I saw him walk by. And in the meantime Ryan and I chatted it up with Fred Newman (the voice guy) and Suzy Bogguss, the touring country singer.
We also happened to see several of the band members the night before at the restaurant/bar at Ryan's resort, and of course he talked to lots of them and gave Garrison rides in the golf cart while he was working. Le sigh, I am so jealous.
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*sigh* I am jealous as well
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