The Event ~ Elvis Revisted

Last nighte Tim and I went to a Joseph Hall concert in Mitchell.  He is the young, newest Elvis impersonator who reached fame and stardom on America's Got Talent about two years ago.  I watched him move up into the final four winners circle on that tv show.  Although he didn't win, he definitely became a hit as he now has his own show in Branson.

I had been an avid Elvis Presley fan in the late 1950's.  Not so much so when he got fat and on drugs  before his death in the late 1970's.  I loved his music and his movies that he was in.

Last nite Joseph Hall did an incredible job with his Elvis character.  I loved the songs and the memories his act recreated.  It was a good concert.  An eventful time!

The Event ~ Passing the Bucket

Several years ago my friend, Mari Schwarzkopf, brought me a Christmas gift which she put into a coffee can wrapped in fabric with a wire coiled into it for a handle.  I thought the creative can was super cool, and certainly too cute to discard. 

The following year, with our little gift exchange between friends, I presented my gift to her in the same decorated can/bucket she created the year before.  The bucket has been passing back and forth every year since. Neither of us kept track of the years or what the bucket was filled with, but we know for sure that this was at least the 8th year, if not the 10th year for the passing of the bucket.   It even still has the same tissue paper in it, with the wire handle tied with the same raffia ribbon!

This was my year to fill the bucket and present it to her.  I did this last nite when we met Mari and Gene, and Ernie and Connie Bussinger for dinner at Mulligan's.  We had a very pleasant and leisure evening, lingering very long after dinner as we all caught up with the comings and goings in our lives.   A fun evening with special eventful friends.

We agreed last nite that it was a fun tradition we want to keep alive as long as we are both able.  Merry Christmas, Mari.