Surviving Yesterday! lol

I survived yesterday! LOL When going over Rachel's line up of songs we knew we were dealing with senior citizens, after all it was a retiree's luncheon. So we first had her perform songs from current country music and ended the show with the older more classic tunes. When she ended her show it was to a standing ovation and the man along with his wife who are in charge of booking the talent, were holding hands and had tears rolling down their faces, a few others in the audience too and of course I wept like a willow!

She had opened the luncheon with the National Anthem (A Cappella), before she was to take the stage to sing this, one of the waitresses who was familiar with this regular group told me about 'George.' George loved to sing "God Bless America" much to the chagrin of his fellow retirees, (George who is turning 93 this year!) I was more than happy to let this man sing his song, even if it was not well received that George was going to sing this song again among his peer group, a few moans later George took the stage and reminded us that we have a war going on and that some of our children won't be returning from it (a very somber moment for sure.......many from this group served in more than one war!) I think a majority of Americans forget about it in their daily lives unless they have a loved one who has/is serving this country right now. I don't care that George sang off key and was totally tone deaf I thought he was awesome and so did Rachel! You Rocked George!!! LOL

I had given Richard (the man who booked Rachel for the show) about 50 of her pink daisy business cards, by the end of the luncheon all but 2 remained which he said he was keeping! LOL After the show and luncheon many came up to give that baby of mine a hug along with their best wishes and words of encouragement of pursuing her gift. She singled out George and told him he can sing with her anytime he wanted to! He got a big kick out of that!

Even though I am Rachel's biggest fan, Mother and devoted roadie the one thing I forgot to do yesterday was take a picture of my baby up on that stage shining brightly but hey I was lucky I didn't let my nerves get the best of me and loose my lunch where I stood! LOL  She later went to rehearsal for the show she is booked for on Sunday, She is too sing the National Anthem to start the show, Travelin' Soldier and God Bless the USA during intermission and then end the show with Amazing Grace.........you can bet I will remember to snap picture to that performance and hopefully I can get her to do an AOLBYPHONE entry singing Amazing Grace for you all. Thanks for those that always leave wonderful comments for her to read, they make me beam and make her a lil more proud of herself.

Until next time!