Dixie Stampede

The sun played peekaboo today but the rain stayed away, to our immense relief. We are enjoying the sunshine but it's not supposed to stick around, with lots of rain headed our way again for the next few days. Ah well...

I warped up my 12" Ashford Knitters Loom today so that I could play with a new technique of weaving in loops along some of the edges of a piece. Later the fabric will be cut into panels and the loops crocheted to join the panels into a wider piece. If it comes out well, Quinn will have a new blanket for her dolls.

We went to a show today and saw Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. They did two shows for us and gave us a meal, and we had a great time.

The first show featured a juggler/magician who was quite entertaining. At one point his 16 year old stepson joined the act who had been juggling since he was 8 years old. This young man has won numerous juggling competitions all over the world--who even knew that there was such a thing as a juggling competition? 

After that act we were moved into the main arena where we saw quite a show, with a North vs South theme and lots of horses, trick riders, buffalo, longhorn cattle, chickens, piglets, singing, and comedy.

It a lot of fun, and during the show we were fed soup, biscuits, chicken, fried potatoes, pork tenderloin, apple turnovers, and beverages. We went home pretty full!