Thanksgiving 07, Day 1

Our first show when we hit Branson was Six. The Knudsen Brothers do acapella music, with a lot of beat boxing and bass vocals to make it almost unbelievable that the whole thing is done without instruments. We were excited to see their Christmas show, and it didn't disappoint. In fact, the Christmas portion was one of the best we've seen. The Christmas music really lends itself to their style of performing. This is now Dan's favorite show in Branson, so I'm sure we'll be back.

And this photo I took because I thought maybe this trip I'd amuse myself by taking photos of some of the worst costumes in Branson:

It's really not that bad, but the rhinestones just put it over the top. We love Jak, though. He's a great bass singer, and he makes Dan and Ches laugh so hard they start crying. And hey, he's a big bald man and if anyone can pull off a rhinestone studded shirt, I'm sure it's him.

We had gotten up to head for Branson at 4:30 am, so by the time we left Six, we were dragging a bit. OK, dragging a lot. I personally was drinking tons of caffeine, something I usually don't do past 2 pm. Ches chose to take a moment in the condo to sit in the window seat and read a book:

So there's my photo report for day 1. It's kind of light on photos because I didn't pull my camera out much. If you'd like to read the very detailed trip report I wrote for that day, you can download it right from my blog. Download tgiving07day1.rtf Just save it to your hard drive and then open using your favorite word processing program.

Next up... a massive Haygoods report, with lots of details for my message board friends!

P.S. Here's a link to the Jim Shore stuff that I discovered. We got a big nativity piece, and I got a snowman as my first piece of the collection I plan to build. A piece every trip, that will be my motto. And oh my gosh, I just saw the Amish stuff... must have....

Comments

[Shanna]

So, I decided to treat myself to a break from homework, and read a lovely trip report. I wanted a long break, so I read the long one! We actually saw Six for the first time, this Nov, and that was only because YOU enjoyed it so much. (My mom also loves your reviews, and thought it would be wonderful to see after all your good reviews!) I love to see pictures, and to say: "Hey, I've been there!!!" We too, had a wonderful time, and laughed until we cried. Just can't get over the sunglasses. ;-) And, the Christmas music was beautiful! Tell Dan he has good taste. And we bought all the CDs we could. :-) Ok, enough rambling...but, my favorite part of the report had to be when Brady thought you were going to fall off the hill...I mean, "mountatin". I suppose I've never been a young man, maybe it's a bigger hill through his eyes. Just kidding, but it made me laugh, and I'll probably think about it next time we're driving there. Looking forward to the Haygood review very much! And looking forward to chatting with you more...I'm still new at this MB thing. ;-)

[laura sturley]

I bought Jim Shore items (Christmas and other stuff) from http://www.shop-tilludrop.com. They have some great deals there - cheaper than some of the other places I've tried to shop at! I love that stuff too.. it's so.. HOLIDAY!! :)