The Biggest Thing To Happen.....

.........to such a small town.

     There is a major factor in the entertainment industry that many people forget about.  No matter how talented entertainers are, without this there would be no Hollywood studios, no radio, no Broadway and no professional sports.  It is the fans of any kind of entertainment.

     Yes, fans is usually a term for attendees of sports games, but it goes for any kind of entertainment.  You have your big fans who camp outside all night to try and get into a theatre for the first night of a movie release.  They wait in line with their smart phones so that if they don't make it to the box office before a game or a concert is sold out they can purchase over the internet.  They work hard and most make on the lower scale of average income.  Fans save and spend their hard earned money so that they can go to the movies, purchase songs, see a Broadway show, watch their favorite sport in person, pay for  cable and televisions so they can watch their favorite shows.  These people, who thankfully are fans of something, are what pays the salary for the entertainers and everyone involved.  Yes, advertisers pay money which contributes largely to most venues.  But if there weren't fans, advertisers would not have anyone to pay attention to their ads. Fans are what keeps a person, group, team, studio and the like afloat.  A person cannot be successful in entertainment without fans.  People who stick with them from beginning to end and all the fans who join in between. 

     I saw proof of the importance and power of fans this past year.  I was amazed at how much support for one person's talent came out of so many people.  It still does.  The fans are still here. Talking, messaging, tweeting, facebooking, blogging and voting in online polls.  They do this because they are excited for an album release from a guy they find posessing one if not all of the following qualities:  wonderfully talented, handsome, kind, hard working, thankful, humble, and very appreciative to and for his fans.  I believe he is all of these things.  Which is why his loyal and adoring fans from all over the globe worked on forming watch parties, facebook and twitter campaigns and getting in every vote they possibly could to further him in the pursuit of his dream.  A dream that seems simple, but truly is very hard to achieve.  The dream to make a living at doing what you love and being able to do it as long as you live.  Because nothing else would make you completely happy with life.  Casey James' fans have helped him, and are still helping him, to achieve that. 

      So let's go back and take a look at some videos from the day that the biggest thing happened to a small town.  The day that Casey James, an American Idol finalist, came home to Millsap.

Special thanks to filmmaker Tony Proctor of Slow Tilt Films in Fort Worth who so very nicely obliged when I asked him to come video and edit Casey's performance in Millsap.   

The above and below videos were recorded and edited by Tony Proctor.

And now thank you to all of the fans for the YouTube video posts.  Without you all, this would have never been possible.

Fan videos from his D/FW appearances!!

AND NOW VIDEOS OF THE FANS LOVE AND SUPPORT.  YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC!  I LOVE THESE FAN VIDEOS!!!!

Like this one, so cute!

And now a message from Casey I'm sure all you fans have seen!

      Casey fans, old and new, here's to a successful career for a talented young man from Cool, Texas.  Thank you again for all of your love and support and helping Casey James become the biggest thing to ever come out of our little town. 

God bless,

Pattie Hart

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