Donny, as you well know, especially with new venues, locations where you've never performed, there always seems to be surprises. Such as: "Oh, I forgot to tell, you daughter will be singing about a dozen songs tonight, using your mic and sound system." Or, how about, "we have a meeting and some announcements to make, it won't take very long, then you can do your show." Two hours later, they're sill giving out awards and you're still waiting to play for four hours, hoping to get out of the place before midnight, when you were supposed to finish at 10 p.m.. Then, there's always, "we decided to move the banquet to the downstairs hall where there is more room. No, there are no elevators and it's two levels down, will that be a problem?" Then,the one I always love to hear after you've lugged in all your gear, set it up on a high stage and the hall manager comes up and says "Oh, didn't anyone call you? They didn't sell enough tickets, so they cancelled the dance yesterday evening."

Cheers,

Gary