Spent an evening attending the end-of-the-season performance by Uncle Roy and the Boys. Cool night with breezes blowing in from the Missouri River. It has been enjoyable to attend these outdoor performances this summer and to sit at the table with family and friends of the band. Already looking forward to next year's performances.
Showing posts with label good fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good fun. Show all posts
September 4, 2011
March 6, 2011
Serandepity, What Exactly Is It?
Huge fan of Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know?, yes I am. Been listening to the radio show since it started way back in '85.
Serandepity happened last week while I was tuned into Whad'ya Know...listening and laughing along...whilst working on an article about the South Dakota Hall of Fame - if you have not visited you need to...and that's a whole 'nother story.
You can listen in to what Michael has to say about all that by clicking on this Whad'ya Know link. The action starts at about 1:35.
Michael, YOU ROCK!
Serandepity happened last week while I was tuned into Whad'ya Know...listening and laughing along...whilst working on an article about the South Dakota Hall of Fame - if you have not visited you need to...and that's a whole 'nother story.
You can listen in to what Michael has to say about all that by clicking on this Whad'ya Know link. The action starts at about 1:35.
Michael, YOU ROCK!
December 14, 2010
Kram the Kanyon
Kram the Kanyon is an activity of the National Honor Society at Kimball School. This year the sixth grade class will be running the concessions - a potato bar. I'm telling you - I cannot wait.
Last year was my first experience with this event. To put it in simple terms - WOW! The whole town turns out for the girls basketball game. Donations are taken for K-6 outerwear and items for Kimball Center, which manages the local food pantry. Pretty much it's standing room only, lots of stuff is collected, and come early to eat.
Need more info? Check out the Kimball School website.
We'll be seein' ya' there.
Last year was my first experience with this event. To put it in simple terms - WOW! The whole town turns out for the girls basketball game. Donations are taken for K-6 outerwear and items for Kimball Center, which manages the local food pantry. Pretty much it's standing room only, lots of stuff is collected, and come early to eat.
Need more info? Check out the Kimball School website.
We'll be seein' ya' there.
November 22, 2010
Just Ducky
Whilst living on the eastern shores of Wisconsin I enjoyed the yearly May performances of Heart-a-Rama. Pure fun, and good jokes mostly at the expense of various "locals."
The Ola Players of Ola, SD recently presented "Just Ducky" at the Ola Hall in Ola, SD, population 106. A wonderful three-part farce replete with local jokes and innuendo.
A couple of my favorites. A young actress is bemoaning her "too common of a name. " by repeating many, many times that she would stand out in the crowd if her last name was something like "Konechne" (ka-nich-knee). That statement brings the house down, folks are hooting and hollering and clapping. I look at the couple sitting next to me. They say "Her maiden name is Konechne." Now I get it: She's really poking fun of her huge extended family, some of whom are in attendance. Koneche is sort of the SD version of have a surname like: Smith. If one is not a Konechne by birth, they are related by marriage to a Konechne.
An even bigger laugh was garnered by Aunt Mary, a crotchety old lady played by Pam. In the play Aunt Mary's (never seen) husband is Ted, as is her real-life husband, who is in attendance. In one scene Aunt Mary is going on and on and on to her niece that "Ted won't like this. Ted won't put up with this. Ted is going to do something about this. Just wait till I tell Ted. Ted is going to do something about this." Out of the darkness in the very back row comes a voice "NO HE WONT!"
We all recognized that voice as belonging to the real-life Ted shouting out to his wife. That brought the house down, stopped the play, got a standing ovation and made us laugh so hard we cried and the actors needed a prompt to continue.
The Ola Players of Ola, SD recently presented "Just Ducky" at the Ola Hall in Ola, SD, population 106. A wonderful three-part farce replete with local jokes and innuendo.
A couple of my favorites. A young actress is bemoaning her "too common of a name. " by repeating many, many times that she would stand out in the crowd if her last name was something like "Konechne" (ka-nich-knee). That statement brings the house down, folks are hooting and hollering and clapping. I look at the couple sitting next to me. They say "Her maiden name is Konechne." Now I get it: She's really poking fun of her huge extended family, some of whom are in attendance. Koneche is sort of the SD version of have a surname like: Smith. If one is not a Konechne by birth, they are related by marriage to a Konechne.
An even bigger laugh was garnered by Aunt Mary, a crotchety old lady played by Pam. In the play Aunt Mary's (never seen) husband is Ted, as is her real-life husband, who is in attendance. In one scene Aunt Mary is going on and on and on to her niece that "Ted won't like this. Ted won't put up with this. Ted is going to do something about this. Just wait till I tell Ted. Ted is going to do something about this." Out of the darkness in the very back row comes a voice "NO HE WONT!"
We all recognized that voice as belonging to the real-life Ted shouting out to his wife. That brought the house down, stopped the play, got a standing ovation and made us laugh so hard we cried and the actors needed a prompt to continue.
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