One more Amy Grant meeting

So last night turned out to be pretty nice. We arrived at 5:30 and looked around at all the stuff they had up for auction. There were about 600 items! I came across an autographed t-shirt and cd from Amy Grant. Minimum bid was $40, so I figured what the hell. I placed my bid, checked it a while later and I had been outbid by at least 4 other people. More power to 'em! That's ok though, I still got an autograph AND a picture! :-)
Welll, they made us all walk around until 8 o'clock, at which time they finally opened up the doors to the ballroom. Our feet were hurting SO fucking badly. We were both wearing boots. The dress code was dressy/casual/cowboy/shiek. Most everybody was wearing cowboy boots, jeans, hats. We took the "dressy/casual" route.
Anyway, the ballroom was spectacular. This was at the Westin La Paloma hotel, by the way. The ballroom was very well decorated, the food was awesome! But the best part of the evening was the hour-long performace by Amy Grant. She has been lending her talent and time to this cause for 10 years now! As I mentioned in my previous blog, this is all to raise money for the Ara Parseghian research to find a cure for Niemann-pick type C disease that has claimed the lives of 2 of the 4 children of the Parseghian family. One of the daughters, a 16 year old girl, is suffering from the disease now, and they fear she will not last much longer. They will then be left with 1 child. One child out of 4. Tell me that aint fucked up!
So, anyway. Amy did her thing and afterward she signed a few autographs and posed for a few pictures, despite having to leave to go to the airport to be home in TN for her daughter's confirmation the next morning. This is the 2nd meeting with her and she's always so cool! That's why we love Amy Grant. She hasn't let fame and fortune go to her head. She hasn't forgotten who it is that has gotten her to where she is today. The fans. Cyndi Lauper couldn't give a shit. But that's another story altogether.
On another topic, today I finished shooting the final scenes for a student film in which I star. It's called Saving Hector. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product. We will go to the screening on May 16th. Well, peace and blessing my friends!