Daughtry causing a buzz

Nice to have the buzz back. The "buzz" is when we have a concert announcement that causes the phones to ring and the e-mails to be sent. Such is the case with the announcement that Daughtry will be playing the Time Warner Cable Theatre at the Resch Center. The May 21 concert is the first rock concert to do that in a while. Nice to see a bald guy do so well for himself.

Rock concerts have been hard to come by in the past year or so. Prices, touring dates and the economy have all played a role. Oh, there have been concerts out there to book, but not ones that we believed were viable for Green Bay. Viable meaning a ticket price that you could afford and we wouldn't lose our butt on. Having said that, we have another pretty good one on the docket Feb. 9 with Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Skillet and Like A Storm at the Brown County Arena. Rock on!

WWE & ME

Another interesting day at the office last week....or should I say out and about. I had the chance to escort WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler (no, his mother did NOT name him that). Ziggler was part of the Smackdown show at the Resch and I took him to a few media stops in the morning before wrapping up our half day at Green Bay's Lombardi Middle School where in the photo you see him talking to students in the library. This is one of the few times I get to escort someone in a limo. Usually it's me driving my Honda Accord.

Life for a WWE Superstar is definitely life in the fast lane. He says he only gets about a day and a half off a week, but the first day is spent sleeping trying to catch up on the shut eye he lost the previous week. These guys are entertainers and athletes. He watches what he eats. Breakfast consisted of six egg whites among some other healthy stuff at Perkins. For the record, I had oatmeal. WWE picked up the tab. He works out daily. So do I. That's where the similarity ends. He has tons of hair. I don't. He was a decorated college wrestler at Kent State. I decorated the X-mas tree in the communcations department at college. All in all, it was a great morning of gaining insight into the life of a WWE Superstar outside of the ring.

The other legendary Curly

In these parts, when the name Curly is brought up you right away think of Lambeau. But the other legendary Curly was in Green Bay this past week when Harlem Globetrotters legend Curly Neal made an appearance at the Globetrotters game at the Resch Center. Those of us old enough remember him being the master of ball handling and appearing during the glory days of the Globetrotters when they were regularly on ABC's Wide World of Sports and of course on Scoobie Doo! Curly was great and always had a smile on his face. He was super friendly to all of the fans and a few lucky ones got to him personally in a Resch Center suite as part of a promotion. He's pictured here with PMI Entertainment Group Marketing Manager Paula Testin.

Coming up this week at Shopko Hall is one of my favorite shows and I'm not even getting married. It's The Wedding Show - one of the best looking shows we have all year because the hall looks great with black carpeting and the well dressed vendors. Did I mention the free samples of wedding cake? Seriously, if you know someone who is getting married, this is the show to go to. Many of our vendors choose this show as their only form of advertising for the year because it's that successful and it's the largest and most prestigious show north of Milwaukee. Look for morning show coverage from CBS 5 on Friday morning and FOX 11 on Saturday morning.