“Load up!” yells my dad, Kelly.
My family and I are headed down to Nashville, Tennessee for a long weekend; we are actually getting ready to get on the road now! My mom, sister, and myself all pile into the car, but not before I tripped over my own two feet; I have always been the clumsy one of the bunch! Finally, after the delay, we take off towards our destination!
While driving through Louisville, Kentucky I spot a billboard for a circus that is coming to town. If only I could go to the big top, where all the amazing, unimaginable acts will be…. “Now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for, Halle The Acrobatic Mastermind Minton!”
I walk out to the center of the stadium ready to nail my routine. “Hello ladies and gents, tonight I will
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My mother, father, sister, and I are in our favorite restaurant around, Rooster’s Red Party Barn and Bar. Despite the name, it is actually a very family friendly place, it is, I suppose, a party of all ages. The restaurant would not be true to its name if it were not in a big red barn, now would it? Rooster is the owner/announcer, and basically your right hand man around the joint if you need anything. RRPB & B is the local place to be on the weekends. They have live music every night on a classic wooden stage with white Christmas lights hanging from the edge; and of course the ceiling and loft too. “Hey y’all,” says Rooster up on the stage, “tonight we have a great show for ya! People have been asking all week who the musician of the night was, and I am here to finally tell and introduce you to..Drum roll please. Dolly Parton!”
“Why thank you Rooster, I appreciate such a kind hearted welcome!” Rooster smiles and nods ask he begins to walk off the stage. “How y’all doin’ tonight?” asks Dolly. The whole restaurant cheered back. “Usually I don’t play restaurant gigs,” starts Dolly, “but I heard my good friend Miss Halle was a local here, and I just couldn’t miss her!” I stand up and wave, shocked to see my friend I had not seen for several months. “Speaking of Halle, why don’t you just come up here and help me with a song!” I have sung with Dolly before, but never in front of a crowd. I am nervous, but I walk up on stage anyways, and start by giving
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“9 to 5, hit it boys!” shouts Dolly to the band. As the song begins something comes over me, and it did not feel like their was a crowd, just Dolly and I in the living room like old times. Singing, Dolly and I are dancing on the stage, in between tables, and even on the tables! It is pure bliss!
“9 to 5, working 9 to 5,” Dolly and I sing together as we finish up our duet.
“Give it up for Halle everyone!” shouts Dolly to the packed restaurant. We take each others hand and bow to the audience. The whole place is roaring, especially the bar upstairs.
“Thanks everyone! And thanks Dolly for letting me crash your performance for a little reminiscing!” I say to both the crowd and Dolly.
“No problem sweetheart, you go enjoy your family now!” Dolly says with a grin.
As I walk down from the stage back to my family's table, I am getting high-fives and “Good job!”s galore! Once I sit back down, Dolly begins her next song, and everyone starts clapping along….Clap-clap-clap-clap, I hear as my family is getting very into the current song on the local country station. I look surprisingly to my sister, as she is the most into it out of the three, which is very unusual for her. They are clapping along to the Carrie Underwood song, All-American Girl. Zoe and I have grown up listening to this song, making it one of our favorites by