McAllen, TX

Hello everyone and Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a very filling day. A thank you goes out to Blandine's mom and friend who came out to see the show here in McAllen. We also have to thank Clare for a wonderful buffet at the Embassy Suites. It was hard although to be without Gail and Reina. We miss them even more on days like this. It was about 80 degrees out and that made it an even stranger Thanksgiving for us. We really felt like we were at a wedding reception or something. The buffet was great and I didn't even have to cook it. Although as Hurrah knows I haven't had to cook Thanksgiving dinner in a couple of years thanks to the New York trips. I hope all our Hurrafians are having a great time in the Big Apple and are enjoying the shows, the ones that are left. The cast and crew hung out at the pool later that evening after sleeping off some turkey and everyone was being thrown into the pool, even some parents. I was lucky enough to be spared, this time albeit. I was warned that my turn is coming, guess I'll have to keep guard. That is about all that we have been up to and we are off to Orange in the morning. I will blog to you later.

Love Ya,
John & Q

Waco, TX

Hello Everyone, Hope all is still going well. We are recuperating from the last few days. What a week we had. The last time I posted we were on our way to Midwest City, OK. The show is going well and the crowds are eating it up as usual. From Oklahoma we then went on to Dallas, TX for 4 days off, and oh what fun we had. The first place we visited was the Dallas Zoo, check out the pics it was a great day. The Next day we went to the Texas School book where the Kennedy assassination took place, this trip was dubbed a school day. The kids went through and were given a study sheet to fill out and give their opinion on what they thought about the whole conspiracy theory. We had gotten a ton of material on the subject because it was the 45th anniversary of his assassination and new material had been released in a magazine we bought at the Grassy Knoll. I also have lots of pics here also. On the third day we went to Six Flags over Texas. Oh what fun we had, there were not a lot of people at the park so we got onto almost every ride without a wait. We spent the whole day there and by the end it our legs were sore. Now for the big fun on Sunday we went to Texas Stadium to watch the COWBOYS play the 49ers. What a game and of course the Cowboys won making it a great week in Dallas. We also were very happy to see Max and Bethany who drove from Corpus Cristi. The four of us went to the game, then to his sisters house for an awesome cookout and time for Q and QQ to play some Wii with Max's niece. Thank You again for your hospitality. OK now on to Waco, TX probably the smallest stage the cast had to perform on. The Hippodrone is what they it and it was built in the 20's I think. They actually left out about half of the bridge to fit it on that stage. They were a bit cramped but the show must go on. Max and Bethany followed us up from Dallas to see the show in Waco. After the show the coodinators had set up a little meet and greet reception next to the theatre, so I snuck Max and Bethany in (Hush, Don't Anyone)lol. Max and I put the kids to bed, then proceeded to have a few beverages in the atrium of the hotel (if you haven't seen the pics of the atrium, you must) anyway we made it hard on ourselves getting up early. Now we are off to McAllen, TX for a show and Thaksgiving. We miss you all and Happy Holidays.

Love Ya,
John & Q

Toledo, OH

Hello All, Hope everyone is doing well. We are all doing fine, except for the rain and some snow flurries. That would just figure since we actually stayed in Toledo for 4 days.Sue, Mikey, Q and I treked in the rain to a department store some what like Wal-Mart called Meijer's after breakfast on the second day and picked up some boots. We figured this would not be the only trek in the rain and snow we would have on this tour. The cast performed 6 shows there and all were well received and packed, we actually had to sit in the nose bleed section on opening night and sat way in the back for the rest of the performances. I did although miss the Sunday matinee so I could catch up on some football. It worked out for all of us though. The kids only had a limited time between shows so I went over to a sports pub that looked like a renovated Chi-Chi's called Jed's that had an awesome steak with this bourbon BBQ sauce and warm potato salad that was also very, very good and put our order in, so when they got back to the restaurant the food was already on the table. We actually went to Jed's a few times for the steak it was THAT GOOD. A huge shout out goes to Gretchen and I hope I spelled it right, a friend of Gail's from work who had brought a coupl of friends to see the show in Toledo. They actually had better seats than we did, they sat 2nd row dead center and said they loved the show and was really excited to meet the kids. Gretchen even said that she almost cried when Q sang. Anyway, we are now heading for Mid West City, OK with a stop in Lebanon, MO to sleep. I did get a cool picture of the Arch and Stadium in St. Louis when we drove past. It is time to go so, I will post you later.

Huntington, WV

Hello all, sorry you have not heard from us in a few days. Internet access is always a bear on the road. Anyway the show is going well and the theatre in Huntington was amazing. The theatre was built in 1928 and is completely made of plaster no wood anywhere except for the stage. The pics of the theatre does not do it justice. After the show they threw the cast a little party at a near by swanky bar. Sorry I do not have any pics of the bar, I left my camera behind. But the kids had fun mingling with everyone who attended the show and party. You know Q never minds signing an autograph or two. I even got one of the posters from there. Next we are on our way to Toledo, OH another long trip, but at least we are there for 4 days. Its time for me to cut this short, you will hear from us again soon. Check out more pics on Picassa and Ive added some more articles.

Love ya,
John & Q

New London, CT

Hello again, I know it has been a while or actually it feels like I havent been on this blog for a while. Being home for the break was great. We have truly missed all of you. Sorry if we missed seeing you this time, we will be back home for a Christmas break. Congats, to Reina for landing the role of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol with the Virginia Stage Company. She even cut her hair for the part and it really looks cute. We are sooo proud and excited for her. We hope to catch one of her shows during the Christmas break. Back to the shows in New London, they went well and everyone was happy to see each other. We are currently still in Conneticut for the next couple of days then are off to West Virginia and beyond. I have added some new write-ups, so check them out. I also added some new pics, check those out also. Its getting late, so I will blog to you later.

Love Ya,
John & Q