Andy Williams Theatre, Branson

Thanks to Judy at the Eldon Food Pantry we got inexpensive tickets to "Oh What a Night: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.  We chose seats for the 10am show on Tues Oct 16 and drove down Monday afternoon.  Takes about 3 hours, so is much like a trip to KC.  We stayed at a nice Fairfield Inn (thanks Kelly and Eric) which was very close to the theatre.

 Carol is waiting for me to return from the car, as I had forgotten the camera.

Poor shot of the theatre front.  Sun was strong!!!

They had a nice water feature with some "coy" koi!!  They probably get fed by other folks, but we didn't have any treats for them, so they swam quickly away.  Maybe we were threatening???

The grounds have many rusty metal animal sculptures and this giraffe was right on the path from the parking lot to the theatre front door.

Carol got to pose with "Andy".  He just died a couple of weeks ago which was quite "tragic" for Branson.  They have booked many good entertainers to keep the show going strong.

 Carol was more impressed with the Henry Moore sculpture.  Andy is watching over her shoulder!!

We have taken our seats in row 17 which had the least amount of steps and Carol has the aisle seat in case "mother nature" calls!!  We were some of the younger members of the crowd.  There were 3 busloads of elderly and not really physically "fit" attendees who got seated in the front 10 rows.  They had to walk down the wide steps with NO rails.  I was sure someone would tumble, but the ushers were always cautioning the folks.  The 4 guys who did the show were really excellent and had lots of energy.  We recognized almost all of the songs and had a great time.  The 2 hour show with a 15 minute intermission "flew by" quickly.
       I did almost get into "deep doo doo" the previous evening.  We had gone to a local BBQ spot near Table Rock Dam and decided to drive across it as the sun was setting.  However!! Road work on the damn dam made it a one way road, and the traffic from the Branson Belle(dinner theatre boat trip) was horrific.  I decided to take the long way back (forgetting that Dancing with the Stars was on Monday night!!!) and it really turned out to be LONG.  We did drive thru the Landing area and back around the blue road and finally to our hotel.  Yep, we were about 40 minutes late but her favorite dancers were still waiting to perform, so I am still alive today!!