The Starlight Community Theater's production of the Music Man premiered with 3 performances this last weekend from Thursday through Saturday. The play is going very well, despite 2 major interruptions/distractions. On Friday night, I was leading the quartet in a song (I play Jacey the high tenor) across the stage for a Lida Rose reprise when the fire alarms in the high school went off. I would like to thank our stage crew for experimenting with the fog machine for the next scene for the 1st time during that quiet interlude! What did I do mid-stage when the alarm went off? Considered walking everyone off and then decided that the show would go on (at least until we slowly sauntered off singing, seeing the scene through to the bitter end). Both the audience and the cast members had to exit the building, so the quartet decided to entertain the audience until we were allowed back in. On Saturday night, the air conditioning went out in the building a couple of times, requiring maintenance. They were able to fix it, but our audience suffered the heat to enjoy our performance. FYI: Anyone in the Phoenix North Valley of Arizona can look forward to ProMusica auditions over the next few weekends, so sign-up!
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