shiboopi for lida rose and the librarian, marian!

Oh, I so needed this delightful musical tonight! But first, how about a fact that sounds like a joke?

"3500 trombone players can provide enough electricity to sustain a city the size of Poughkeepsie, NY, for more than 30 days."

That's just over 31,000 residents.

I wonder if the BoneLord knows that?

Having seen him in action, I fully believe that amount of wind power would be generated by him and 3499 other trombonists!

"The Music Man" only referred to 76 such instrument players, but that would still not do.

The Tybee Post Theater is certainly not large enough for that many musicians, nor for the 110 cornets close behind them.

In fact, I'm not sure just how many trombone men - or trombone women - there may have been, even from my vantage point in Seat 7 of the first row.

Yes, that's right - front row!!!

I made the choice to come tonight just about two hours before showtime, giving me just enough time to eat before making the drive... and buying my ticket right there!

Getting that perfect seat was no coincidence.

Right place, right time!

i thank You, God!

I even had a lovely hug and chat with the always charming Wesley Pridgen before the show - yes!

Then I had a lovely hug and chat with the always sweet JoJo Ward  after the show - yes!

Actually, I may have managed to steal at least three hugs from this actor I've followed ever since his time in "Greater Tuna" with the Armstrong Masquers!

That's been 8 years!!!

Plus, I even had a hug and a good chat with Lexi Ambrose, the director and choreographer of this staged reading of the musical.

Loved her pencil skirt with the front flounce!!!

Loved the staged reading, too!

As I told her, PBS had one recently for "Les Miserables", so maybe that type of production is coming into vogue as a less costly way to put on these big shows.

I would certainly be in favor of that if it meant more musicals for me to see!

I think the first such that I ever knew was done for "The Dreamer And The Devil", back in 2012, though I didn't get to be there.

I still have the CD, though!

I still hold out hope that the SavStageCo might someday present it, too.

That would be an answer to a dream!

That brings me to this meme from the sister-in-law of my sister-in-law Mary.

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Someone once asked me: 

"Why do your love music so much?"

I replied: 

"Because it's the only thing that stays when everything and everyone is gone."

Amen to that, and that includes the songs from musicals.

My mental jukebox is full of tunes, and ever-present.

Now, thanks for this adventure down to Tybee, it's been stocked with fresh versions of the songs recently reloaded from seeing the 1962 film one rainy evening.

Ya Got Trouble, Marian The Librarian, that the Wells Fargo Wagon can't solve, no matter how much you Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little!

'Til There Was You, Lida Rose, in Gary, Indiana, with Ice Cream!

You bet your sweet Shiboopi!

Hahahaha!

(smile!)