DOLLY PARTON CONCERT

I have been a fan of Dolly Parton for many years, especially her movies—Nine to Five, Rhinestone Cowboy and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Of her hit songs, my favorites are Here You Come Again, I Will Always Love You, Nine to Five, Islands in the Stream, Hard Candy Christmas, and Backwoods
Barbie. Currently, Dolly, known as the Queen of Country is starring with Queen Latifah in a new movie, Joyful
Noise. She owns Dollywood, an amusement park in Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee, that I almost was able to visit a couple of years ago, but due to
flooding in the area, the convention I was planning on attending was cancelled.
So when Mystic Lake Casino announced Dolly Parton would be appearing in concert
on July 27, I marked it on my calendar. Generally, since we live so close to
Mystic Lake, if it works out we can make it that night to the concert, we go
over to Mystic to see if anyone has extra tickets to sell. Since Mystic Lake
Casino gives away free tickets to their high rollers, there usually are extra
tickets available. My birthday is on July 25, so I thought seeing Dolly in
concert would be a great way to celebrate. That night we went over to the
casino a little early to see what we could find in the way of free tickets and
as soon as we arrived at the box office area, I saw a man asking if anyone
wanted a free ticket to the Dolly Parton concert. I immediately went over and asked
how much he wanted for it and he assured me he didn’t want anything since it
was a comp ticket, but he only had one. My boyfriend wasn’t a big fan of
Dolly’s anyway so he was more than happy to let me make use of the ticket and
pick me up after the show. Sitting by myself next to strangers is not my
preference, but hey it worked out okay. The seat was excellent and Dolly was
quite the professional performer, engaging the audience with stories from her
life, dancing in four inch heels while singing, playing various instruments and
looking gorgeous as usual. I was thrilled to celebrate my birthday with the
opportunity to see Dolly perform all her old songs along with songs from her
new album and I wholeheartedly look forward to seeing her new movie, Joyful Noise.