When a national celebrity makes an appearance at a city event, the rules are usually the same. They arrive, maybe do some press, glad-hand and say a few words, pose for pictures, and take off. Typically, that is enough to ensure everyone has a halfway decent time.
Dan Hampton does not do halfway.
It is a late January morning, and Hampton is pumped — pumped to be back in Arkansas, pumped to meet people, and pumped to hit Hot Springs as a headliner for the First Ever 23rd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. As he starts to reel off each and every reason why he is excited to head to Arkansas, one has to wonder: Is it possible for someone to jump directly through the phone?…