Sunday 2 November 2008

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Awake: 6:52am Temp 53 sleep 6+49 fog, then sunny overnight @ Branson, MO.

Kathy makes a breakfast of: eggs over easy, bacon & whole grain toast. In talking with Grace last evening, we agreed to go with them to a place of worship this morning. Gary calls with a reminder of pickup time: 10:10am.

About (3) miles east is a large theater that didn’t make it; now it’s a place of worship by the name: Tri-Lakes Church. There must have been over a dozen greeters all total from the time we entered the parking area until we walked into the theater church auditorium.

The service consisted of lots of congregational singing led by the pastor & his wife, accompanied by a fairly loud & active band & large TV screens on either side of the stage projecting the words while casual dancers performed on stage to the music. After many songs, Pastor Mark began his sermon: Decay every day………Crave the new wave……………& Glory in their shame……. for close to an hr. He was a fairly good speaker.

People experiencing personal problems were then invited to come forward & have the ministerial team members pray with & over them. To me, the sermon & the whole service resembled a revival meeting, even though I’ve never experienced one in person, only watched them in the movies. The service lasted almost (2) hrs. Grace & Gary tell us, this is not like their Presbyterian service. We return to our campground & await the next adventure: pickup by G & G @ 2:00pm.

They easily convinced us to join them in seeing the: David Lomascola Show. Dressed in his white tuxedo, he plays a red, glittering Baldwin grand piano valued at over $600,000. He arranges all his own piano music & is accompanied by his music director, Ron Burch. David delivers a show that is powerful, entertaining, soothing, & educational. He is relatively new to the Branson arena but has performed throughout the U.S. including Las Vegas (Bellagio, Flamingo Hilton, Caesar’s Palace) etc. Some of the music arrangements included: Phantom of the Opera; How Great thou Art; the jaw-dropping…Bumble Boogie & Flight of the Bumble Bee, etc. There were only about (20) in the theater but when the word gets out about his talent, I bet they’ll be standing in lines.

Back to our campground, Kathy & Grace decide to have a combined dinner at G & G’s Newell. Grace serves an appetizer tray & wine & then dinner: stewed steak in tomato gravy and peas; Kathy adds the fresh salad & rice that she brought. Grace has pumpkin pie & coffee for dessert. We enjoyed good food with lots of good talk.

Back in our motorhome, we finish watching: “The Little Princess” with Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, etc. Shirley stars as a Victorian waif who makes good in this lavishly mounted, colorful production. 1939. Temple made many movies during her youth; such a remarkable actress.

Lights out: 11:11pm

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