My Entourage (from L to R): Andrew Jackson (or $20 for short), PYT, The Miracle Worker, The Boss, The Boss's Boss, L-Hay, and The Fix.
Then of course, there was the subject of entertainment. At first, I was begged to perform a one person show, but I warned them, that the demand would be far too great. As amazing as the Academy of Fine Arts is in Lynchburg (truly a fantastic venue for any special event), most of the time we would be looking at the Kennedy Center or the Roanoke Coliseum to accommodate the audience I would attract. Therefore, in an effort to, well I suppose, mellow out the event, we decided that perhaps some other performers might take away from the glare of my limelight and provide a more reasonably size event, logistically. Normally, I would have one group open for me, but due to the sheer magnificence of my talent, they felt that it would be better to have individual groups offer “openings” for me throughout the night.
Paddy Dougherty, a megastar in her own right, was THRILLED to finally meet me.
Special Edition: A subgroup of the Amherechoes, which was instrumental in making me the megastar I am today.
I even allowed one of my staff, Ashley Zach (I think, most of the time I just read her name tag), to join in the fun. She did an amazing job. Keep plugging along and you might one day (no time soon, mind you) be as amazing as me.
Wasn’t that sweet? And each and every one of them did a fantastic job warming up the audience for the next time I graced the stage.
Then, at the last minute, we almost had a deal breaker. They told me, that due to sound levels in the space, that it wasn’t very conducive to having only one performer at a time. Well, of course, this took me aback. How on earth could they find someone of equal level to me share the stage? How could they afford it? J-Lo is busy with Idol now, Bieber is opening his movie, and Barbra and I haven’t spoken since that little tiff over whose noodles had more tofu at P.F. Chang’s. (seriously Babs, grow up). Well, they told me that there was this man who was kind of funny, knew how to tell a joke or two and would help keep attention on me throughout the course of the night. We had met once or twice before, not socially of course or anything, so I figured, why not. I mean, this is a charity benefit, and I do want to help this darling company. And there is a good chance we wouldn’t have to socialize or make eye contact through this course of the night (don’t want him to be starstruck!), so I said, sure, Bill Bodine could come along for the ride.
He did a pretty good job at the event (although the man can’t keep his hands to himself in the dressing room. Seriously, dude, I'm married!)
So all in all, it was a fantastic evening and one in which I sincerely hope our audience had just as much fun as I did.
Jeff Price
Semi-Retired Megastar
Endstation Board of Directors
1 comment:
Oh my......you're back! Awesome! So glad you are not going to keep your megastar under a bushel any longer.
Cheers,
Sally
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