Today I flew from Smyrna to Bentonville. It was not a pleasant flight. There were low clouds along the route so I could not fly as high as usual, which slowed me down, and made it bumpy. To add insult to injury it seemed like there were dozens of fires down below as farmers cleared their fields and the acrid smoke not only permeated the air in the cockpit, but also reduced visibility below 5 miles in many places. When you're moving more than 2 miles every minute you'd really like to be able to see at least 5 miles ahead.
I was glad to arrive in Bentonville, and even gladder when I saw Linda Denny eagerly waiting for me at the small terminal building.
Bentonville, Arkansas is famous.
Bentonville is the tenth largest city in Arkansas, and boasts the headquarters and first store of the world's largest retailer, Walmart. There's even a WalMart museum, fronted by the original 5-10 cent store Walton's (see pictures https://goo.gl/photos/NJq8vgm9D9m5Cn7K8) where toys and drug store items of the past are sold.
But if you're a Sweet Adeline, Bentonville is famous as the home of ArkApella, 2014's most improved chorus in Region 25, "Heart of America". Web and Social Media manager Linda Denny wrote to me and invited me to visit and I couldn't resist.
Headed up by two year director Prudence Hagan, this small chorus is way up in the north west corner of Arkansas, one of the few states I have never visited. Would they want to talk about Hillary Clinton? Thankfully we did not discuss politics. But we DID do a lot of talking, eating, and even some singing. It's kind of fun when you all know the same song but sing it differently... singing Ain't He Sweet and in the back of my mind I'm thinking Oh-theyBreatheHere -Ooh-fasterHere -I'mSlidingYou'reNot- NiceDynamics. I like their interpretation!
The chorus had planned a lovely party for me. The prior week. So I missed my party. They reportedly had a good time (without me) and the restaurant complimented the group on their singing. Chalk this one up to Hurricane Joaquin. Still we managed to enjoy time together, and I found them genuinely warm and lovely people, as befits the Heartland of America, they definitely had hearts in harmony.
I was glad to arrive in Bentonville, and even gladder when I saw Linda Denny eagerly waiting for me at the small terminal building.
Bentonville, Arkansas is famous.
Bentonville is the tenth largest city in Arkansas, and boasts the headquarters and first store of the world's largest retailer, Walmart. There's even a WalMart museum, fronted by the original 5-10 cent store Walton's (see pictures https://goo.gl/photos/NJq8vgm9D9m5Cn7K8) where toys and drug store items of the past are sold.
But if you're a Sweet Adeline, Bentonville is famous as the home of ArkApella, 2014's most improved chorus in Region 25, "Heart of America". Web and Social Media manager Linda Denny wrote to me and invited me to visit and I couldn't resist.
Headed up by two year director Prudence Hagan, this small chorus is way up in the north west corner of Arkansas, one of the few states I have never visited. Would they want to talk about Hillary Clinton? Thankfully we did not discuss politics. But we DID do a lot of talking, eating, and even some singing. It's kind of fun when you all know the same song but sing it differently... singing Ain't He Sweet and in the back of my mind I'm thinking Oh-theyBreatheHere -Ooh-fasterHere -I'mSlidingYou'reNot- NiceDynamics. I like their interpretation!
The chorus had planned a lovely party for me. The prior week. So I missed my party. They reportedly had a good time (without me) and the restaurant complimented the group on their singing. Chalk this one up to Hurricane Joaquin. Still we managed to enjoy time together, and I found them genuinely warm and lovely people, as befits the Heartland of America, they definitely had hearts in harmony.
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