Okay, I am preparing to board a plane to Albuquerque in a couple hours to attend the Western Arts Alliance booking conference.

I am a little apprehensive given that my childhood hero Bugs Bunny was constantly taking a wrong turn there and ending up in all sorts of situations that he, as a cartoon could survive, but I doubt I could.

A few days ago, I got an email saying that the keynote speaker, Franc D’Ambrosio, wouldn’t be able to make it and instead there would be a presentation on the state of the arts that had previously been scheduled for Thursday.

Given my disappointment last year in the keynote speaker’s apparent lack of familiarity with the current operating environment, I have some hopes for the value of this year’s opening events.

I will let you all know how things turn out….

Edit: My mistake. The plenary speaker was a secret guest “he who will not be named” who ended up with conflicting obligations. Franc actually spoke at a lunch the next day. There was so much press about him talk and none about the secret guest, I mistook when Franc was speaking.

Only have 10 minutes on the computer bank here. Much blogging to come when I return!