Tammy Fest II

My how time flies.  It's hard to believe a year has past and that it's time once again for the annual Tammy Fest. 

For those that might not be familiar with Tammy Fest, it's simply the annual celebration of the life and music of the First Lady of Country Music, Miss Tammy Wynette.  Some fans celebrate on her birthday, May 5 (1942), or on the day of her tragic death, April 6 (1998).  The Divas choose to celebrate on December 10, just because.  Actully, the first Tammy Fest was held on December 10 last year just because it was one of the few evenings we both had free on our busy holiday calendars. It was such a success that we knew we much do it every year.  Believe me when I say that preparations have been under way for months and months. 

A lot of planning goes into Tammy Fest: child, husband and parent care needs to be arranged, the menu needs to be planned, shopping lists need to be assigned, and most importantly, Tammy Wynette memarobelia needs to be purchased from EBay. The items in our collection have more than tripled since Tammy Fest last year; we check on EBay daily for interesting items that we might want to acquire.  I'll go on record and say that the coolest EBay purchase this year has to be the Hot Wheels-like replica of Tammy Wynette's tour bus.  All of the details for this year's festival have been painstakingly worked out, and Tammy Fest II is guaranteed to be a success. 

I can't disclose all that will take place during tonight's Tammy Fest; it is largely shrouded in secrecy like the meetings the Masons have.  But I can give you a brief rundown of the evening's events.  The food will be prepared while listening to the Tammy Wynette Christmas cd.  Also at this time, items from the Tammy archives will be put on display.  Next comes the pomp and circumstance - the Tammy Wynette figurine will be taken from the china cabinet and placed in the center of the fireplace mantle for the evening.  Then we eat and drink while we watch our Tammy Wynette concert dvd approximately 4 times through.  At the close of the evening, the figurine will be placed back in the china cabinet until next year's Tammy Fest.  As I said, the majority of the event has a "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" theme, but I think you can get the gist of things. I might post a few pictures tomorrow.