Anticipation

My fans who have read this blog - and both of you know who you are - know that I worked in show biz in many capacities from 1980 until 2010 when we moved to Meadville, PA. These last five years, I have built set pieces and props, designed sets for the first time ever, acted in three shows and built a wheelchair ramp. In 2009 I was paid $20 an hour for scenic construction. These last five years, scenic construction has cost me a couple hundred bucks, probably about a dollar an hour. Big difference.

Now I stand on the verge of a great leap into a real show biz town. Everyone asks me if I like country music, which in general I don't. But country music is not all that goes on in Nashville, any more than Disney World is all that goes on in Orlando. When we were in Nashville in April, there was a cultural events newspaper that informed readers that Natalie Cole would be performing with the Nashville Symphony in May. Not country music. I anticipate a cornucopia of possibilities for show biz work.

My first avenue of investigation will be casting agencies. In Albuquerque there are dozens of them, and I'm sure Nashville has at least several. I plan to break into voice work - commercials, audio books, newspapers and magazines for the blind - whatever there is. And several members of the Greater Nashville Unitarian Universalist Congregation have already figured on my assistance with scenery, props and acting with their theatrical entities. While my body is too fragile now to work in scenic construction like I used to, I can still be useful for small projects and less strenuous work on the big stuff. I anticipate a full and fascinating life ahead.

All we have to do now is pack up all of our stuff, get it onto a 26' truck, drive it to Nashville, unload it into our apartment and get our life in gear down there. Easy peasy.