The hills are really crazy around Branson and I had enough stress driving the bus around here the first day that I knew it would be worthwhile to give the bus a rest and rent a car for the week, so I went out to do that while the girls stayed and played in the bus. I ended up getting a pale yellow PT Cruiser and Becca and I named it "Petie" (Roseann wants to rename it "TP", because the color reminds her of tapioca pudding.)
The girls had late naps and then we had dinner and went to see The Duttons perform. They blow me away and inspire me every time I see them. They are so creative with how they entertain, using many different aspects of their talents and incorporating video and set pieces and costumes and all kinds of different music and comedy approaches. They are all incredible musicians (each of them is a top notch fiddle/violin player, and most play several other instruments as well) and could easily hold an audience's attention with nothing more than their instrumental and vocal abilities, but they give so much more and really know the meaning of putting on a "show" and providing a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience. They've had a lot of kids since we last saw them and were able to work many of them into the act, which we all appreciated, especially Becca and Evee. They made the Top 10 of the TV show America's Got Talent last year and it was funny for Sheila Dutton (the mother) to describe the accolades they got during that run from people like Ozzy Osbourne, Simon Cowell and Jerry Springer. Afterwards we hung out and talked with them for a while about the whole experience and what we've all been up to. Roseann used to work with them and it's been about seven years since we've last seen them, so we had a lot of catching up to do, but it was very late by that point so we had to head back to the bus before too long and get to bed.
Petie, the PT Cruiser...
Roseann saving a tortoise that was in the middle of the road...
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