I took a photo of those mysterious Brown Mountain Lights. This shot is of Table Rock, taken from Weisman's View about a mile across the Linville River gorge. I used a 15 second exposure time. It's amazing that I knew how to do that since I bought the camera exactly one week before this picture was taken. Click on the photo for a higher resolution view. This photo is ©2003 Bill Fox.

Since I took the above photo, I have never seen anything bright or long lasting enough to photograph... until Monday, June 8, 2009. This next shot is of a light down on the river to the south of Table Rock. It was on fairly constantly for a good long while. It may have been multiple lights at times and there definitely was some movement. This was the night after the full moon but the moon wasn't high enough in the sky to light the river so this photo doesn't show the location the way the Table Rock photos (yes, more of those to come!) are able to show a back lit mountain. Click on the photo for a full sized view. This photo is ©2009 Bill Fox.

From the same location, here is a shot of what appears to be three lights when the naked eye only saw one. Click on the photo for a full sized view. This photo is ©2009 Bill Fox.

While the red light in the gorge was putting on a show, another light appeared on the right (south) side of Table Rock. At times it was blinking on and off and changing colors. It stayed fairly stationary but moved about a little bit. Click on the photo for a full sized view. This photo is ©2009 Bill Fox.

This light kept on for quite a while. Here's yet another view. It was dimmer in this shot so I adjusted the thumbnail's color balance a little bit. But the full rez shot, as always is the raw, unadjusted original. Click on the photo for a full sized view. This photo is ©2009 Bill Fox.

I like to play in pit orchestras at local community theatres.   I've played bass, saxophone, guitars, and even synthesizers in shows like Jesus Christ Superstar, A Chorus Line, The Mystery of Edwin Drew, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, Promises Promises, Anything Goes, A Little Shop of Horros, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and many more.

I like performing in plays, too, though I have a little less experience in this area.   Back in the mid '80s when I lived in central Ohio, I was in a comedy improvisational group called ComedySportz^TM.   If you like the TV show "Whose Line is it Anyway," then you know the sort of fun I had performing in that style.   Theatrical roles that I've played include one of Joseph's brothers (Asher) in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1998) and Mr. Murry (1997) and Richard Hartzl (1999) in Miracle at The Pennsylvania Playhouse, a local Non-Profit community theater.

I also performed in the pits for many musicals with Worthington Community Theater and others in the Central Ohio area from 1986 to 1992.