Crescent, Bluff, Music Cities are next tour stops

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Geez, I gotta get out of this heat and humidity! That’s what I’ll say if I make one stop on my dream pickleball-and-music tour. As you’ll recall, I’ve written a series of columns about U.S. cities where I’d like to play pickleball and take in their rich music scenes and/or history. Those I’ve examined are Kansas City; Clear Lake, Iowa; Minneapolis; Seattle; San Francisco; Los Angeles; and Lubbock and Austin, both in Texas. Here, I’ll share three other stops on my wish list – one of them in Louisiana, the other two in Tennessee. I’ve not visited/passed through Tennessee, so I can’t say what the weather’s like there. I have, however, been in Louisiana. It was 30-plus years ago and I was invited to travel with the speech and debate team at my alma mater, Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri). The team was competing at Louisiana Tech University, the alma mater of legendary NFL quarterback-turned-sports commentator Terry Bradshaw, and competing…

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