Hank Williams Tribute show report

We worked our tails off putting on the Cajun Cook Off and 3rd annual Whole Lotta Hank tribute show Friday night. There will be several posts worth of reflections I am sure. Thanks to all the hard working people who made it go; this was a great team effort, and everybody hopefully knows how much I appreciate the pitching in, and enthusiasm. We have to say we were disappointed with the turnout/ crowd, but we had a great time, and think we have something to build on. There will be "second guessing" about the venue, I am sure, but we gotta try somethings don't we? The music as always was fantastic, The Queens and their band, Steve Peck and Jonny Nutter, and our mystery final performer, all did a great job of a good mix of Hank songs. They are the backbone of these tributes, with their fine music and performances, and working hard on their set lists, and stories. JT and Corey did great setting up the Dils Center stage for the show, and it went smooth. All the folks who worked on the Cajun Cookoff did a great job putting that part on for the first time, and we gained some valuable experience. I think the participants felt "treated" appreciatively, and will feel it was a good event for them. We gave out a huge amount of prizes, mostly thanks to Ashlie's scrambling around these last few weeks. I am pooling the fund raising from the vinyl record sale and the Hank Tribute to go to support the foster care program here at CHS, and we are looking at right around $1000 to support that work in the community.