Never seen so long between posts. I'm getting ready for my first job, although a small one not far from home. It's the first time I've worn real clothes since the surgery. My son is loading my stuff for me.
No more than two hours, with several breaks for speeches and announcements.
Breath for singing is the biggest problem, but nothing I can't get around.
I can do this.

Good luck on the gig Don....just take it easy and have fun,....little by little you'll be good as new...enjoy and let us know how it goes! I'm off to a big dinner dance gig this evening myself, ....give em hell baby!

Don it sure is good to know you are feeling good enough to have at it again.

This is manna for the soul for you.

Bill G

Just got home from a one hour job, and did two hours last night - I'm gettin' old, and damned it ain't near as much fun as it was cracked up to be.

Gary

All the best Don. Ease into it and know your limits.

God Bless,
Don

Go get 'em, Don ... it will be like riding a bike for you ... the cream will rise to the top and no one but you will know the difference - if there even IS any - ...
Just don't OVER do it ...

Go get enm Don. You will make it.

It actually went great. This was a $1,000 per plate fund raiser for the City Marshall. At dinner I sat at the table with the Sheriff, Mayor, Attorney General and a guy who owns an oil company.
I brought home 7 huge steaks, a large bag of jumbo boiled shrimp, 7 baked potatoes and an entire cheesecake.
I also booked three more parties tonight.
They had guys load and unload all my stuff. They even had a guy to plug stuff in so I wouldn't have to bend.
This is why it was so important for me to play this job. I do several each year for them. I have made trips as far as Oklahoma City with them, and am scheduled to do that again this year.
This is a rather elite group of good ol' boys who pretty much determine who gets elected and what gets passed in North Louisiana.

P.S. the two Nanos did great. Nothing but compliments. There were 95 guests and about 30 workers and they covered the room easily. It was about 200 feet by 75 feet, just guessing. I could have handled more people.
The guy built this room just for these functions. It has nice bandstand, complete kitchen, large warehouse and several large freezers for storage. It's all inside a super-secure building that also houses his business. That is a whole nuther story!

I almost forgot. This was my second job with the PA900. There was an interval of a couple months since the last one. I'm far from having it optimized for my needs, but I think that just shows that features, styles, sounds, etc., are not nearly as important as we think they are. I had everything I needed and nobody cared if I cut a few corners!
SHHHHHH!
There are things you realize need addressing when actually playing a job that you don't think of at home. Nothing big though.

Uh ... Don ... about that take-out order ... is that part of your new heart healthy diet ?!? ...