"I remember riding the bus up to Spokane just thrilled to death we would be singing with someone so famous. I can't recall what we sang, but I remember what a great time we had."

"My first date was at the Fox Theater. A girl in my second grade class invited me to see Mary Poppins. We didn't hold hands."

"Climbing the Fox's grand staircase as a child, I always imagined 'This must be what Cinderella feels like when she goes to the ball.'"

"Watching the Spokane Symphony perform in the Fox Theater I was mesmerized. Even then at the age of 14, I knew it was an experience that would change my life forever."