<p>Sitting at a desk in the box office, Ann Maycock explains the premise of Shut Up Sit Down & Eat to a customer on the phone, her signature can of Diet Pepsi to her right. Ann recently celebrated her 26th Stanley Anniversary. This time included both volunteering and working.</p><p>In Ann’s estimation, the customer base is one of the best things about working at The Stanley. “I like meeting most of the customers,” she said. “I’ve met lots of different and nice people.”</p><p>This variety of people goes beyond customers. In her time at The Stanley, Ann met singer John Denver and actor Ted Neeley, who is best known for his role as Jesus in <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em>. </p><p>Ann also appreciates The Stanley building itself. “I love the beauty of it,” she said. “It’s like a second home to me now.”</p><p>She has seen many shows in her time at The Stanley. “I would hate to pick a favorite show out of the last 26 years. I have seen some pretty great shows.”</p><p>Shows at The Stanley have provided some memorable moments for Ann. One night that sticks out in Ann’s mind was when Dolly Parton came to The Stanley. There was a snowstorm; Ann recalls there being nearly 30 inches of snow. “I was really worried I might have had to spend the night here,” she said. “If it wasn’t for one of the stagehands with a truck, I wouldn’t have gotten home.”</p><p>Ann has spent a good amount of time doing ticket sales and has done so in different places.</p><p>At The Stanley, Phish fans, in particular, have turned to Ann for hard-to-find tickets for the band’s New Year’s Eve show at Madison Square Garden. As The Stanley sells tickets through Ticketmaster for regional events, they are able to get tickets for Phish’s New Year’s Eve show and Ann tries her best to get those tickets for fans. People have even come from Vermont to camp out and get these tickets from The Stanley’s box office. Ann said that her daughter Katie is a Phish fan who missed out on the New Year’s Eve show in the past, and she understands how important it is to those fans. </p><p>Ann started out selling hockey tickets, for 31 years, at both the Clinton Area and the Utica Memorial Auditorium. She began her ticketing career when she offered to sell tickets to hockey games in 1958 at the Clinton Arena in order to secure herself a seat at the games. This led to over a decade-long career at the Aud, then to her current position at The Stanley.</p><p>Her grandchildren are athletes, so watching sporting events is one of her many pastimes. Her oldest grandson, Dan Maycock, is the head coach for the MVCC hockey team and her two younger grandsons play hockey now. Over the years, Ann and her husband have traveled across Massachusetts and New York to attend their grandchildren’s baseball and hockey games.</p><p>Ann enjoys traveling and has been to all of the lower 48 states as well as Ireland, England and Scotland. One of her favorite trips is to visit her brother in Hilton Head, S.C. </p><p>She does not have to travel far to see her three children and four grandchildren, who she is happy to say all live locally. </p>
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