{"id":255,"date":"2013-09-23T20:23:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2013-09-23T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T20:52:00","slug":"meeting-mr-keillor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Mr. Keillor!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a wonderful night at the Fitzgerald. It was all a bit much to take in.
\nI unloaded my gear and right away knew I was in another league. Everyone was so kind and welcoming and professional. Seeing ‘Katy Voc’ taped to the mic was even exciting for me!<\/p>\n

I was thinking earlier in the day about how when I was 15 I sang a solo at the Royal Albert Hall. It was for a large concert and my school was lucky to be invited. I actually got heckled during my song by a parent from another school!! They were misinformed that their kid would be the only one with a solo that night. They decided to yell at me while I sang. Crazy, but I kept on going and felt this held me in good stead for tonight’s show.<\/p>\n

I met Garrison Keillor after sound check and soon realized that my band had disappeared so Mr Keillor and I spent some nice quality time together. We discussed my girls and he thought of a poem with their names in it and the next thing I knew he printed me a copy of it!! Wonderful<\/p>\n

The show was so fun and getting to sing my own songs to such a large and welcoming audience was a thrill. <\/p>\n

I ended the night by singing an old English song called ‘Underneath The Arches’. It seemed like a good fit and although Mr. Keillor didn’t sing it with me I did choose it with him in mind.<\/p>\n

I am so grateful to my fellow musicians too. Simon, Clay and Paul. I truly shared the night with them and felt buoyed by their talents and kindness. At one point Paul leaned over and said “Remember, You’re here for a reason”. That meant so much and although I had moments of wondering if they invited the wrong band I knew deep down how hard we have all worked this year.<\/p>\n

Once we started to play I felt great and I’m so proud to have these talented guys on my side!<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone that came. I didn’t get a chance to see most of you but I am blown away by the attendance. Thank you. The whooping when I was introduced was much appreciated ; )<\/p>\n

I am so grateful for the opportunity and tried to soak up every moment of the night!\"1238783_526573170746869_401667315_n\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a wonderful night at the Fitzgerald. It was all a bit much to take in. I unloaded my gear and right away knew I was in another league. Everyone was so kind and welcoming and professional. Seeing ‘Katy Voc’ taped to the mic was even exciting for me! I was thinking earlier in the… Continue reading Meeting Mr. Keillor!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katyvernon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}