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 prefrence, 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.