A Tight Community

Those of you who have lived in small towns are familiar with this.

Close knit community.

For the last two nights at the play, eight women showed up to help serve the food and wine tastings.

Where did they come from?

It amazes me that the director and food manager could gather 8 women in a town this size in 2 days...to work! I know the time frame because I saw the FaceBook posting making the request.

But they all showed up and didn't even get to see the show...they were working.

The play we just finished was an unusual event, produced and directed by our good friend.

It was 3 one act plays with 3 food and wine tastings between the acts. And, yours truly and Yella playing music between the acts, food and wine.

So it was a social/thespian/music event.

People loved it. I personally thought it was a little tedious but I was part of the help, so what do I know.

It was held in the new event center which is a fantastic venue for shows and concerts. Full stage and stage lighting with a pro sound system. A great place to shine.

And Yella did shine.

In this small community, she makes quite an impact.

The first night, the wife of the owner of the Zanzabar Bar ran over and introduced Yella to her husband. He was a dry, flat affect European man. No warmth from him.

At the intermission, he found Yella and told her she had moved him, and that doesn't happen often. All this stated in a flat, dry affect with no visible emotion.

He should tell his face what's going on inside.

We have learned that you can't evaluate a person's enjoyment of the arts by looking at them. I used to think the people visibly enjoying themselves were the only ones. But many enjoy things with no external evidence.

Needless to say, Yella has been invited to sing at the Zanabar.

At least a half a dozen people came up to me suggesting their "new idea" of a project for Yella, mainly some kind of concert and CD sale thing.

There is a latent, ripe demand for Yella to do something big in this town. So many people want to see her in an event that is dedicated to her.

That's got to be gratifying.

As it turns out, there is so much to do that it is near impossible to plan and schedule an event like this. I guess you pick a date and go for it.

We'll see what happens.