On Thursday afternoon we drove to Branson for a few days. We stayed at the Clarion Inn at the Palace. We had a King suite with a jacuzzi. The accommodations were wonderful. We saw three shows and attended a travel club pitch. The travel club pitch was interesting, but it was not for us. It's benefits were resort condominium focused.
The shows were really great, and I enjoyed them all. We went to the Shoji Tabuchi show. He is a violinist, who came to America from Japan, when he was in his late teens. He is very much a showman and played a very wide variety of music. His wife is the producer and is very detailed oriented. We were told to make sure that we see the bathrooms. They were incredible, roomy, extremely clean, and very ornate.
We also saw Lost in the 50s with the Platters. It was super. There were lots of songs and lots of wonderful memories. Sally and I even danced a slow dance in the aisle of the theater (along with many other couples).
We also saw Broadway A Star Spangled Celebration. It was very good. It was a Broadway review with songs from many of the Broadway musicals.
I liked Shoji Tabuchi the best. There was a little bit of everything in his show and it was extremely well done.
We returned to Independence on Saturday evening. We drove up the west side of the state. It was very peaceful with almost no traffic until we got close to Kansas City.
Sally gave me a paper weight for my desk for my birthday present. It is a replica of a door knob from the Salt Lake Temple. It is awesome.
