RJ & ESJ, thanks for your comments about how magical an experience it is to be up close. It has brought tears & goosebumps. I won't be in the first row, but 7th is pretty close and the best I ever had. I'll be sure to bring my cough drops. And I thought I was excited before! I can't wait! 
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"There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."
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