Some people found him and they had been feeding him but they couldn't get close to him.

He looked at me from 10 feet away and he came running at me.

People pulled it off with few true disappointments.

That really went crazy. We had hundreds of phone calls from that one small ad. People said 'If you know something about lights, you may know something about dictionary stands, bookcases, and desks.' So we just listened to what people wanted and grew from that.

I think we've accomplished that. Now we've got people coming from, I've heard, a hundred to two hundred miles away ... this was never intended to be a state-wide program at this one facility.

We don't want people to think they have to put on pearls and furs to see opera. We want people to feel comfortable and have an engaging experience. We want them to be challenged by the material, but not by the economics. Opera is not just for the wealthy.