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Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Committee Meeting 060823
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We
do
have
two
of
our
members
that
would
like
to
an
excuse
for
asking
for
an
excuse,
absence,
Mr,
Salo
Otero
has
a
doctor's
appointment
and
Mr
Omar
mintas
has
a
funeral
service
today,
I
moved
to
excuse.
Our
two
members,
as
mentioned
motion,
carries
trixies
are
two
members:
do
we
have
any
public
or
citizen
comments
to
bring
to
our
meeting
today.
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Thank
you,
ma'am
chair.
We
are
what
we
call
the
the
tail
ends
of
the
fiscal
year,
we're
approaching
summer,
so
definitely
having
a
good
grip
on
our
budget
here
continuously.
Reviewing
our
numbers
from
here
to
September
and
we've
had
some
really
good
conversations
with
with
management
regarding
our
budget
for
next
year.
So
we're
still
on
track.
We
are
still
having
we're
still
within
our
budget
and
with
some
wiggle
room,
so
we're
we're
looking
for
work,
release
date.
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So
that
has
been
something
that
we've
been
working
with
both
agencies
in
Mexico
and
in
the
US
in
Mexico,
based
on
the
information
that
we've
received
from
the
new
tool
that
we
have
we've
been
making
changes
on
the
go
like,
for
example,
the
fact
that
we
not
only
know
that
visits
in
a
different
way
than
normal.
We
made
some
changes
to
move
some
of
the
money
that
we
were
spending
in
Mexico
City.
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Flight
now
we
move
them
through,
so
we
left
so
we're
making
changes
on
we're.
Reviewing
our
our
media
advice
on
our
regular
faces
to
make
sure
that
they
make
the
most
sense,
and
now
that
we
have
these
tools
where
we
can
almost
see
real
time,
it's
really
exciting
because
we
can
make
those
changes
and
affect
the
visitor
Behavior
faster
than
before
that
it
was
like.
Oh
last,
three
months
ago,.
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Sometimes
we
don't
have
to
pay
the
cost
of
having
a
booth
when,
like
ipw,
we
can
just
partner
with
them
and
get
a
like
the
benefits
of
without
the
price.
So
you'll
see
that
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
didn't
make
we
partnered
with
the
office
of
the
governor
would
have
a
great
relationship
with
them.
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The
executive
director
is
from
Laredo
the
executive
director
for
Economic,
Development
and
Tourism
is
from
Loretta,
so
she
was
really
excited
about
seeing
us
there
at
nightw,
so
one
of
after
the
event,
after
an
alarm
that
they
participated,
they
have
had
a
chance
to
participate.
In
another
event,
with
ratio.
Peradora
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
over
here
in
ipw,
and
they
were
so
excited
that
we
were
working
with
them
in
the
past.
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Don't
have
we're
in
natural
destination.
We
don't
necessarily
have
receptive
operators
here
so
for
travel
agents.
It's
a
little
bit
difficult
to
sell
the
visitation
per
se
because
they
don't
they
don't
have
a
product,
so
people
naturally
come.
So
what
we're
doing
is
we're
helping
them
at
our
destinations,
as
as
part
of
the
tour
that
they
already
have.
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And
so
we
we
worked
with
the
arena.
They
were
very
gracious
and
working
with
us
and
having
and
letting
us
move
the
operation
indoors
so
because
our
biggest
concern
was
that
people
were
gonna
want
to
stay
in
their
vehicles
and
then
something
to
happen
so
that
they
wouldn't
be.
They
wouldn't
realize
that
the
weather
gets
here
so
hot
and
that
they
try
to
ride
it
in
their
vehicles
without
understanding
that
heat
doesn't
come
down
in
the
evening
here.
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So
Arena
helped
us
with
moving
some
of
the
operation
insight
and,
of
course,
the
main
thing
that
we're
going
to
promote
with
the
Caravan.
They
have
a
really
good
system
of
communication
within
their
their
at
these
participants,
and
so
the
one
thing
that
we're
promoting
will
Network
exactly
yeah.
They
have
WhatsApp,
they
have
an
app
so
we're
promoting
heavily
promoting
for
them
to
find
hotels.
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Should
yes,
so
winter
winter
we're
talking
about
1500
here
summer?
This
is
the
first
time
they
do
it.
So
they
started
they
started
saying
it
was
going
to
be
like.
Oh,
we
only
have
100
people
registered
by
last
week.
They,
oh,
we
already
have
200
people
registered
and
it's
usually
a
hundred
more
than
what
they
have
registered.
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I
did
a
little
bit
of
conversation
because
I
could
pass
them
off
to
you.
Yeah
and
I've
I've
been
asking
why
they
saw
Laredo
because
approximated
to
San
Antonio
instead
of
Brownsville
or
Matamoros
or
benosa,
and
then
and
I
asked
but
you're
from
Mexico.
Why
are
you
coming
to
buy
this
stuff
here?
They
go
on
their
way
tomorrow.
They
want
to
deviate
because
they
don't
know
the
area.
You
know.
Violence
is,
and
also
this
is
very
expensive
than
that,
the
methane,
the
price
in
Mexico,
you
know,
so
they
their
dollar
or
their
basil
yeah.
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For
but
then
we
have
other
vendors,
for
example.
This
year
we
have
new
vendors
from
Vasquez
that
we
haven't
had
in
the
past.
So
every
year
we
try
to
bring
new
vendors
also
to
keep
a
mix,
a
good
mix
of
new,
with
the
favorite
products
exactly
and
even
the
the
print
last
year.
I
don't
know
it
was
an
example
for
me
is
last
year:
I,
don't
know
if
you
also
this
vendor.
It
was
a
new
vendor.
For
last
year
he
had
shoes
that
were
all
embroidered.
Oh
yeah,.
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Then
the
other
question
only
this,
of
course
we
want
the
customer
experience
to
be
good,
as
well
as
the
vendor
experience
for
everybody
who
comes
in
with
all
students.
I
know
that
we
had
people
and
we
actually
told
them
a
bank
which
is
unheard
of.
We
never
do
that
because
they
need
to
exchange
pesos
and
they
were
not
I,
don't
know.
The
problem
was.
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Wow
wow
and
the
thing
is
that
all
the
this
is
what
happens
most
of
the
truck
drivers
that
are
doing
business
on
Fridays
and
Thursdays
and
Fridays.
They
get
paid
in
dollars
and
they're
on
their
way
back
home
to
Mexico,
so
they
exchanged
professors
there
before
they
go
home.
So
that's
why
you
have
that's.
Why
opinion
allows
Trader
parking.
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With
yeah,
we
are
close
to
100
right
now
and
so
we're
hoping
that
Community
Learners,
hoping
that
we
could
get
to
200.
That's
the
goal,
the
we
already
have
everything
ready,
the
shirts.
We
have
everything,
it's
just
that
the
process.
Now
it's
now.
Anybody
that
is
over
18
has
to
get
like
a
background
check,
so
mostly
we're
trying
to
aim
the
high
school
students-
and
you
know
we
there's
a
lot
of
kids
that
have
been
out
as
well,
so
we're
trying
to
they
have
a
database
they've
been
reaching
out
to.
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Going
to
do
more
pushes
and
then
obviously
we're
going
to
continue
announcing
it
into
work.
But
have
you
guys
know
anybody
that
wants
to
volunteer?
You
know,
obviously,
hopefully,
in
the
end,
in
that
age,
between
15
and
17.
or
I,
think
yeah,
it's
15
17..
You
know
for
them
to
call
Community,
Development
and
register
and
everything's
done
event
right.
So
how.
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We
need
so
the
ideal
number
ideal
number
would
be
200
volunteers
per
ship,
yeah
wow
we've
never
got
a
200
politicianship,
but
if
we
get
from,
if
we
get
a
hundred
volunteers
per
ship,
that's
we
call
it
away
last
year
that
we've
also
trained
the
vendors
to
do
different
things
to
to
share
a
volunteer
to
maybe
have
one
volunteer
per
a
certain
number
of
booths
to
have
yeah
to
have
a
box,
so
people
can
pay
there.
So
we
do
different
things
to
when
we
don't
have
enough
volunteers
but
yeah.
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For
them
to
a
lot
of
the
times
to
translate
for
the
vendors
we
expect
for
them
to
manage
their
monies,
but
and
we
we
tell
them
like
you're,
not
you're,
you
should
not
go
anywhere
with
them
and
don't
take
them.
Fanny
pack
anywhere
else
go
to
the
restaurant.
No,
the
the
vendor
is
responsible
for
that
money,
but
you're
keeping
it
to
do
the
transaction.
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I
Having
like
these
kids
registered
like
for
several
demands
and
and
have
them
like,
train
them
and
give
them
like
more
like
establish
a
program
and
and
kind
of
take
them
under
your
wig
and
say
you
know
what
let's
we
can
give
you
this
customer
service,
you
know
orientations,
we
can
give
you
all
these
things
and
then
have
them.
You
know
what
are
kind
of
a
calendar
of
what
are
your
events
that
you
have
throughout
the
year,
that
you
need
volunteers
and,
and
you
know,
make
them
come
back
and
come
back.
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The
ones
that
require
the
background
checks,
but
there's
an
office
Community
available
that
has
that
office
and
we
partner
with
them
for
years
and
years
and
and
it
gets
it,
improves
every
year,
but
they
have.
They
do
have
those
those
lists,
events
and
they
have
contact
lists
of
kids.
That
might
have
done
volunteer
work
the
previous
year
and
they
already
know
what
to
do,
and
so
they
contacted
them
for
the
following
year.
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Can
talk
to
connect
to
development
and
see
all
these
options
that
you're
mentioning
will
we're
we're
taking
video
notes
and
we'll
we'll
touch
base
with
Community
Development,
because
all
this
we
don't
necessarily
control,
but
we
we
can
touch
base
with
them
and
say:
hey
can
we
do?
Can
we
bring
other
organizations
if
they
already
have
a
background
check?
Can
we
can
we
do
that?
So
definitely
all
those
ideas
we'll
follow
up
with
Community
Development
to
see
which
ones
we
can
apply
so
I,
don't
know.
Yeah.
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We
have
the
Special
Report
ITW,
just
to
give
you
a
quick
look
at
so
I
picked
up
this
one
of
the
largest
trade
shows
for
tourism
in
the
country.
This
is
the
national
CVB,
basically
inviting
travel,
writers,
travel
operators,
travel
agents,
receptive
everybody,
that's
in
tourism,
it's
invited
to
that
from
around
the
world.
It's
invited
to
that
event,
because
the
idea
is
to
bring
more
business
to
the
US.
So
there's
I
also
announced
an
ounce
of
Booth's
States.
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Entire
states
have
booths
with
their
key
attractions
or
key
destinations,
and
so
we
started
participating
last
year
through
the
Texas
Travel
office,
and
this
year
we
participated
again
through
Texas
Travel
in
their
Booth.
However,
we
did.
However,
we
this
year
is.
The
first
was
the
first
time
in
20
years
that
ipw
happen
in
yeah.
I
I
can.
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San
Antonio
did
an
amazing
job
posting
at
w,
and
so
because
it
was
in
Texas
because
it
was
in
San,
Antonio,
Texas
traveled.
The
episode
of
the
governor
was
in
charge
of
the
closing
event,
and
so
we
jumped
in
as
soon
as
they
announced
we
jumped
in.
We
were
one
of
18
destinations
from
Texas
at
the
closing
in
Venice
we
saw
I
mean
thousands
of
people
and
Monica
Woods
bear
please
an
arena.
We
have.
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We
had
to
borrow
an
employee
from
another
department
and
myself
and
at
one
point
we
had
so
many
people.
We
we
couldn't
I
mean
we
were
all
servicing
people
and
then
the
beautiful
thing
about
this
is
they
not
only
took
the
promo
which
I'll
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we
took,
but
they
took
a
moment
to
learn
about
the
destination.
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That
I
mentioned
were
interested
in
those
markets,
so
I
was
paired
in
love
with,
for
example,
San
Marcos
and
with
the
agency
Texas
travel
from
Mexico,
and
so
we
we
have
the
opportunity
to
sell
our
destination
to
all
those
travel
agents.
But
we
also
get
all
of
us
because
there's
17
destinations
there
and
we're
all
pitching.
At
the
same
time,
we
are
all
taking
notes
of
what
was
going
on.
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What
was
interesting
of
what
the
agency
wanted
to
see,
and
so,
if
you
were
sitting
in
a
meeting
where
somebody
said
hey,
I'm
interested
in
the
Border
I'm
interesting
on
the
writer
I'm
interested,
you
wrote
those
notes
and
then
we're
going
to
get
the
notes
from
every
meeting
that
happened
at
the
Texas
tribal
booth
during
the
week.
So
that's
why
we
really
like
participating
in
this
event
with
them,
because
we
get
a
lot
of
benefit
out
of
out
of
that.
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Didn't
work:
this
is
the
first
time,
so
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
was
mentioning
is
we're
gonna
have
they
have
a
really
good
system
of
communication.
They
have
an
app,
they
have
a
WhatsApp
group,
so
they
really
communicate
very
well
within
themselves.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
started
pushing
yesterday
is
for
them
as
soon
as
we
knew
that
we
were
gonna
change,
the
location
and
all
that
good
stuff.
We
started
pushing
that
they
need
to
find
hotels
for
the
night,
so
this
is
just
having
so
there's.
There's
two
things.
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One
of
the
biggest
concerns
is
they're,
the
ones
sitting
in
one
place.
The
Paisanos
can
go
and
do
their
process,
and
then
they
can
go
to
a
restaurant,
find
a
hotel,
but
we're
going
to
be
there
12
hours
sitting
there.
So
that
was
one
of
the
first
concern,
so
we
were
finding
a
mobile
unit
from
like
the
command
center
from
fire
to
put
them
in
there.
So
people
could
go
in
there.
F
Parking
lot
in
December
we're
gonna,
have
them
inside
and
then
we're
gonna
have
200
chairs
so
that
if
people
need
are
waiting
in
line
to
get
processed
by
immigration,
if
they're
waiting
for
something
they
can
cool
down
there
after
that,
they
need
to
go,
find
accommodations
because
it's
going
to
get
really
hot
during
the
night.
Also.
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Obviously,
Arena
Solid
Waste
for
all
the
trash
cans
and
the
pickup
public
works,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
leave
everything
clean
for
them
again,
Health
Department,
for
because
we
don't
know
if
we
were
going
to
have
food
or
not
and
also
to
provide
us
and
during
the
winter
we
even
they
even
have
their
mobile
unit.
Providing
testing
and
I
don't
know
if
a.
D
F
So
for
that
one
they
can
for
the
vehicle
permit
and
for
us
they
do
have
to
come.
I'm.
Sorry,
the
care
plan
is
well
organized
that
they
have
somebody
transporting
the
Paisanos
that
want
to
pay
their
Customs
coffee
already.
They
move
them
to
from
the
arena
to
the
bridge
they
cross
they
pay,
and
then
they
take
them
back.
So,
yes,
they're,
very
well
coordinated.
E
D
E
J
D
J
C
D
E
C
H
F
D
D
J
F
Was
not
everybody,
but
a
lot
of
people
on
social
media
were
making
fun
of
the
fact
that
somebody
had
won
the
trip
to
Laredo
and
then
why
would
people
come
to
it
whatever
exactly
and
so?
I
had
the
opportunity
LMT,
who
hosted
the
first
article
about
the
the
winning
the
demanding
the
trip
they
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
write
about
it
and
they
made
some
really
good
questions
and
I.
F
J
G
F
So
part
of
the
things
that
I
wrote
in
the
article
was,
if
you
don't
know,
we
invite
everybody
to
be
a
tourists
in
their
own
community
and
if
you
don't
know
where
to
begin
come
to
our
office,
what
happened?
We
have
these
resources
available,
but
we
can
guide
you.
We
can
help
you
because
there's
so
many
wonderful
things
to
that.
Our
community
has
to
offer,
but
we
might
not
know
where
to
begin.
So,
if
you
don't
know,
please
come
to
our
office.
F
I
I
try
to
bring
them
back
and
and
Pio
helped
have
this
kind
of,
like
kind
of
like
tie
a
bow
on
that
message.
With
the
press
conference
for
the
the
tours
and
the
topic,
the
main
theme
was
be
a
visitor
in
your
own
Community.
You
come
back
to
us
in
your
own
community,
so
we're
trying
to
drive
that
message.
F
J
F
One
of
the
things
that
Council
had
us
for
or
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
what
they
were
asking
for,
and
it
ended
up
being
this
and
so
we're
working
with
pi,
together
with
Pio,
is
kind
of
like
promoting
Laredo
as
a
destination
inwards,
and
so
we
cannot
do
it
with
our
funds
and
so
we're
partnering
with
Pio
to
do
this,
and
so
we're
promoting
Pio
has
a
great
campaign
call.
This
is
our
purpose.
What
is
yours
and
so
they're
integrating
us
into
that,
as
our
purpose
is
hospitality
and
tourism?
F
What
is
yours
and
so
trying
to
explain
to
the
community
what
we
do,
but
also,
why
do
we
do
what
we
do?
Why
do
we
have?
Why
do
we
say
we
have
attraction?
So
here
are
the
attractions.
This
is
what
you
can
do.
This
is
where
you
can
learn
kind
of
like
bridging
that
gap
of
information
between
the
visitor
and
the
local,
because
the
visitor,
we
know
we're
doing
a
good
job
because
they
want
to
come
we're
informing
them.
J
F
Yes,
so
we
they
already
gave
us
it's
interesting,
because
we
gave
them
a
list
of
activities.
So
we
said
this
is
the
package,
but
there's
all
these
events
happening
throughout
the
year.
If
you
come
during
wbca
we'll
make
sure
you
have
tickets
for
the
museum.
If
you
come
during
burning
Festival,
if
you
come
during
x,
y
and
z
and
they're
like
no,
we
want
to
go
do
or
do
you
like.
D
J
A
F
H
F
F
H
D
C
D
J
C
A
C
C
J
J
I
I
think
they're,
starting
with
the
younger
Generations,
so
we
start
getting
married
because
they
in
a
lot
of
ways
they're
way
better
than
us,
so
they're,
more
open-minded,
they're,
more
receptive,
they're,
they're,
more
willing
to
to
live,
and
you
you
see
and
I
I,
don't
know
where.
But
I
read
these
stories.
The
game
was
probably
the
paper
that
was
talking
about
a
lot
of
young
people
coming
back
to
Laredo
different
than
other
years
than
before.
You
will
have
this
kids
graduating
college
and
not
coming
back
to.
I
I
D
B
I
I
J
E
H
F
J
We
don't
even
know
about
one
day
and
I
said
well,
we
need
to.
We
need
to
expose
that.
We
need
to
talk
about
it
and
I
almost
go
back
to
you
know
people
talking
negative
about
Loretta
and
I,
had
oh
a
wise
man.
That
I
knew
is
no
longer
with
us,
he's
gone
with
God
and
he
and
he
used
to
say
you
know,
people
that
talked
negative
about
whatever,
because
you
know
the
radio
is
like
you
had
a
special
needs
child.
J
D
I
Don't
promote
it
because
yeah
and
I
think
it's
such
a
very
good
point
about
non-profits
I
think
we
should
do
a
better
job
on
working
together,
like
everybody
is
working
on
their
own
playing
and
we
don't
combine
those
efforts
and
we
just
for
them.
I
just
participated
on
a
board
planning
session
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
and
you
know
they
were
talking.
It
was
for
this.
This
specific
subject
was,
you
know,
was
part
of
our
conversation
and
discussion
and.
D
J
D
B
J
G
J
D
B
F
H
J
I
J
J
Tell
me
where
the
schools
I
mean
because
they're
small
businesses
and
we've
just
had
a
a
a
a
a
workshop.
You
know
an
invited,
you
know
small
businesses
and
you
know
we
had
people
from
the
city
and
the
schools.
You
know
to
come
and
speak
up
on
how
you
can't
open
that
door
to
to
a
business.
You
know
because
it's
a
lot
of
money,
you
know,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
the
things
that
I
like
about
this
Hispanic
change.
Yeah.
J
You're,
absolutely
right,
because
I
was
listening
to
the
story
of
this
woman
that
wrote
a
book
and
she
was
a
she
was.
She
was
an
airline,
stewardess
and
Hostess,
and-
and
she
said
that
you
know
she
wrote
her
idea
on
a
piece
of
napkin
when
they
were
going.
So
she
was
an
applied,
and
so
she
started
writing
it
down.
You
know,
and
it
was
a
story
about
a
flight
that
goes
down,
and
you
know
most
of
the
people
escaped
except
I,
think
it's
six
people
and
that
story.
F
Texas
sources
of
top
three
visitor
sources
for
for
May:
there's
some
information
that
that's
it's
monthly,
then
the
overnight
visitors
got
the
The
Economic
Opportunity,
that's
quarterly,
so
I
focused
on
this
quarter,
which
is
the
current
one.
So
we
have
April
and
May
I
will
add
the
information
for
June
once
we
have
it.
F
G
F
Sardico
is
a
source
of
all
the
data,
except
for
the
very
last
page,
come
on
tourism
sentiment,
score
will
use
PSA
and
it's
article
uses
near
and
oh,
the
other
thing
that
is
not
article
is
the
OTAs.
That's
key
data.
I'll
I'll
include
that
that
means
resources
in
the
next
one
I
actually
had
it
and
I
took
it
up.
So.
F
And
then
the
hotels
we
have
72
percent
wheat
we've
seen
us
like
and
probably
can
confirm
with
money.
We've
seen
this
by
decrease
in
occupancy,
but
the
AVR
remains
in
making
strong
yeah.
So
we
see
that
and
for
the
OTAs
it's
a
little
bit
different.
The
the
AVR
is
has
declined
a
little
bit
in
the
last
month
and
we
expect
for
it
to
go
up
during
the
summer
to
to
supplements
accommodations
for
a
pony
and
sisters.
B
J
G
G
A
little
bit
behind
the
scenes
work
there
and
the
link
to
my
tickets
should
be
on
the
Instagram
at
Laredo,
theater
and
yeah.
We'll
have
roller
skaters
and
the
chemistry
between
Prince,
Eric
and
Ariel
should
be
pretty
real
because
they're
a
real
couple
in
their
lives.
That
should
be
pretty
cute
and
yes
and.
C
C
B
A
F
F
J
F
D
G
D
F
Exactly
this
morning
yesterday,
she
was
like
okay,
I
have
a
few
more
than
you
don't
have
a
little
bit
the
producer.
He
was
like
because
we
gave
her
the
cup
on
in
front
of
the
media,
and
then
I
went
back
and
I
was
like
did
she
mentioned
producer
was
with
her
the
whole
time
either
wanted
to
take
the
picture
so
I
went
back
and
gave
her
his
cup
and
I
was
like
I
already.
Did
the
tour
too.