We met Chrissie and Brock at Fiddler's Hearth for dinner and then walked over to the Morris Performing Arts Center. It was a warm and beautiful evening in South Bend.
Styx took the stage at 9 p.m. and the Morris was packed to the rafters - not an empty seat in sight.
After listening to two hours of classic Styx tunes, which included Lady, Come Sail Away, Renegade, Crystal Ball, Grand Illusion and more, we made our way out to the street - which just happened to take us past the stage door and their tour bus. There were approximately 30 people waiting around and we thought, "why not". So we parked ourselves front and center at the fence - right outside the door to their bus and we waited....and waited. It just so happened that I stuck the copy of Chuck Panozza's book "The Grand Illusion" into my purse. (I had run to Barnes and Noble the day before to purchase it). So, I waited patiently, with my book and pen in hand. As they came out one by one, they stopped and signed autographs and posed for photos. They acted like they had all the time in the world - it was really awesome!!!
Here's Chrissie and I with Lawrence Gowan (keyboard and vocals).
Finally, when we were about ready to give up - out walked Chuck. (Kind of hard to believe that Styx started with this man and his brother as 12 year old twin boys in the basement of their home in Chicago). I held up his book and he walked right up to me and thanked me for buying it. He asked my name and wrote a nice "thank you" inside the cover.
He shook hands with Bob and my evening was complete. We headed home with the memories of another great concert spinning in our heads.
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