Tour
Schedule Review
Tepid black coffee and rye toast in his study, Alan looks
over the schedule which was just e-mailed to him by an account manager at
Ambrosia. He is worried. Initially he was thrilled by what he thought would be
a pretty busy 30 days but now he’s studying the gaps. Indeed it is a good
schedule but Alan needs to map out travel and activity between events. For
starters, it looks like he’ll stay in Cleveland through Saturday evening
working out a shuttle to and from Canton.
Do-able. He’ll fly to Detroit for one night and head back to St. Louis
for 10 days. Hmm. From STL: Fly to Columbus and back. Cincy and back. Indy and
back. Short flights. Easy enough.. Missouri Athletic Club in STL. Fly or drive Kansas
City? Maybe he’ll drive. That way he can
drive to Bentonville on the Wednesday. On his yellow pad he scribbles notes
that fill two pages:
Tour
First Half- Cleve-Canton-Detroit - 15 Days
Tuesday – Fly to Cleveland
Wed - Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – visit RnR
HoF
Thursday – book signing? Donius’ publisher meeting?
Friday – Theater, Museums?
Saturday - Canton (Football Hall of Fame). Make time for HoF
exhibits.
Sun – Fly to Detroit - Is there a government/leaders group I
might contact in Detroit?
Monday – Detroit. Late flight to STL?
Tuesday – devote time to Negative Space
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Tour
Second Half: Columbus-Cincy-Indy-STL-KC-Bentonville
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday - Columbus (Ohio State University) – Where is kid (The
Beast) fromYoungstown?
Saturday
Sunday
Monday – Cincinnati
Tuesday
Wednesday - Indianapolis
Thursday
Friday - St. Louis
Saturday
Sunday
Monday – Drive to KC (4 ½ hours)
Tuesday - Kansas City
Wednesday – Drive to Bentonville (3 ½ hours)
Thursday -Bentonville, Arkansas (Walmart corporate
headquarters)
Total
- 30 days
The last sip of coffee from his mug causes him to make a bitter
face and put the mug on a side table. He speed dials Ambrosia. It rings once
and he disconnects. He speed dials Bob Caster’s law firm. It rings once and he disconnects.
His phone rings. His caller I.D. says it’s Coach Robert Siena but when he
answers it’s not the coach but a young sounding female voice. “Coach wanted me
to call you to see if he can confirm Cleveland and Canton. He’s kinda pumped
about Rock n Roll and NFL Hall of Fame visits back to back. If you need a copy
of his presentation, we’ll be happy to send it on over. As you know the coach
likes to speak somewhat extemporaneously so his speech is more like an outline.
I’m sure he’ll be great though.”
“Thanks. But please tell the coach we are still working on logistics
and content. Is he gonna be able to join us in Detroit or not, by the way?”
“Well Coach Siena and I are gonna finalize a lot of details when
he gets back from Miami. Can I call you back in a couple of days?”
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