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<\/a>Of course this year wouldn’t be complete without thanking a few people that helped me get to this point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My wife: Thanks for supporting my dream. Thank you for being my guiding light. Thanks for allowing me to play with toys all year long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rod Sipe:<\/a> Wow! I still remember the first time you snuck into the back of my nonexistent audience\u00a0to watch my little show and then stuck around to\u00a0give me a little advice. You must have seen something in me that I didn’t know was there, because your friendship and mentoring over the years has been invaluable. And then, working with you for eight years was an all encompassing course in “How to Entertain”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maestro: Thanks for taking a chance on me and allowing me the opportunity to show how much I’d grown as an entertainer in the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And of course I thank YOU. Thanks for sitting and watching the show and then dropping a little something in the hat at the end; I really appreciate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My wife suggested I need to come up with an end of season ritual. I guess that’s another thing I’ll need to think on for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The season has come and gone. I have to say it was some of the best weather I can remember for the entire run (except for the final day). As always there were things I learned and things I forgot, but at the end of it all, I think it worked out pretty good. Steve … Continue reading Season wrap up<\/span>