We had a delightful evening at the "Solstice Night Family Evening of Musical Entertainment," held last night in the historic Mancos Opera House, owned by the VFW. It was, in part, a fundraiser for the VFW to help them restore the opera house. Good local entertainment, mostly by members of the Mancos Valley Chorus. Lloyd McNeil sang several songs, accompanying himself by playing the guitar and whistling. Lloyd is a virtuoso whistler, having placed second in an international competition in Reno, NV.
The crowd-pleaser, though, was definitely Lynn Robb's rendition of "The Mom's Song!" She gave it her all, and every mother in the audience could remember having said every line.
There'll be another one of these local reviews in August, and they said Joyce Simpson will be part of it. Joyce has a tremendous voice (and I mean that in every sense of the word) and will add a lot to the show, which was great already. The Cortez High Desert Theatre is doing two weekends of "Chicago" in the opera house in July; don't know if I'll be in condition to climb those stairs so soon after surgery ... maybe we can catch a performance in a more accessible venue.
It's nice to see the opera house in use. It's been a long haul, trying to return it to the position it held at the community's center for so many years (Diane Keaton played there in summer stock in the mid-60s). Hopefully, the VFW is unified in its efforts now; it was nice to see people who had been at odds with them in the past at the program last night. tv
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