I saw the historic drama musical "The Christmas Schooner" at the Civic this evening and I highly recommend it. The actors/singers were excellent. Of course I'm always in awe of people who can act and sing and dance. The story, based on true events - the schooners who braved winter weather to sail from the heavily forested areas at the northern reaches of the Great Lakes to bring Christmas trees to homesick immigrants in Chicago in the late 1800s. Lots of references to German traditions which I enjoyed. About musicals and why I don't participate. When I was much younger I took my turn singing in church choirs and even in our high school chorus. It wasn't show choir in those days, no dancing all over the stage, we just stood still and sang. As long as I could stand beside a good strong soprano I could follow along pretty well. In fact, when my husband and children and I moved from Fort Wayne to Ohio many years ago, I received a note from a friend in the church we had just left, saying that she really missed me in the choir. I felt pretty good about that until I read her next sentence "Now I'm the tallest person in the front row."
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