LISA DENTON: Barry, you can tell it was a good Easter if you're still pulling strips of green cellophane out of your hair. Or was I supposed to be pulling a hare out of strips of green cellophane? I forget. Either way, there was plenty of chocolate, jelly beans and deviled eggs, so I'm still full and happy.
As usual, there is much to see and do around town. Like Repticon this weekend at Camp Jordan. Snakes are so not my thing, but I know some people who have a gecko, and it's pretty cool. It's kind of hesitant when it walks, so it gets in the stance, but then just kind of rocks backward and forward without stepping. Kind of like Pee-wee Herman dancing to "Tequila."
BARRY COURTER: That's my signature move. More of the Gecko thing than Pee-wee, but it's all I've got. Did I ever tell you about my most memorable Easters? No? Well, alrighty. (Don't you love how it sounds like we are actually talking to each other?)
Anyway, one year our dog Snoopy decided to get an early start on the egg hunting, so he found most of them. All we found were several eggs scattered around with bite marks in them. He was a good hunter but didn't care for hard-boiled eggs apparently. Also, we didn't find a couple until several days later when the odor gave us a clue as to where to look.
Another year, I got a baby-blue mesh tank top in my Easter basket. That afternoon we decided to play a round of golf as a family. Mesh creates an interesting sunburn pattern. Now that I think of it, I could have claimed chickenpox and gotten a couple of days out of school. Dang.
LISA: I'm glad you cleared up the time line. For a minute there, I was picturing you in a baby-blue mesh tank top as an adult.
BARRY: Nah, baby blue isn't my color. I'm more of an autumn.
LISA: I bet the mesh burn was funny though. I'm not supposed to speak of it - like that's ever stopped me - but I know a couple who spent part of their vacation lounging on the beach. It was too hot to hold hands, but the wife did rest her hand on her hubby. After a while, his skin turned pink, except for where her hand was. Which, just to be clear, was on his chest.
BARRY: I've very excited about the premiere of "The Rose of Sonora" by the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. It was composed by our own George S. Clinton at the request of CSO concertmaster and violinist Holly Mulcahy. It's based on a strong female character and inspired by old Western movie soundtracks. It's really good, and it's so cool the two of them collaborated on it.
LISA: That'll be Thursday night at the Tivoli. Friday night, there's an opening reception for an art show called Pet Pop at Five Points Northshore that will have installations of and for animals, which is a little unusual. Miki Boni says she and other local artists will hang some of their works at a dog's eye level. Some dogs play poker. Some dogs are art critics.
And Saturday, there's a sculpture burn at the Sculpture Fields. Artist Andrew Nigh will build a three-story work called "Continuum" that will collapse in a downward, rotating fashion as it burns. It's the finale of Spring Into Sculpture, which starts at noon.
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Contact Lisa Denton at ldenton@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6281. Contact Barry Courter at bcourter@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6354.