OPINION
If you did not attend any of the three performances of Always… Patsy Cline, you missed, as Ed Sullivan would have said, 'a really big show.'
In fact, it was such a big show, that the band and the two actresses portraying Patsy Cline and her friend, Louise, had a standing ovation at the end of all three performances.
I have been involved with the Garage Door Theater for about five years now and I've never seen audiences give a standing ovation for three performances.
“Always… Patsy Cline” was the latest production at the GDT with 27 songs and 24 with Rae Sires belting them out.
She was backed up by the Bodacious Bobcats Band of six players: piano, bass guitar, acoustical guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar and drums.
Rae and the band performed their hearts out.
And in between all those songs, Louise told the story of her fanship and friendship with Patsy Cline.
Maegan Jasbring was perfectly cast for this character, a sassy little Texan gal who knew what Honky Tonkin was all about. As a honky tonk kind of gal, she was quite the character and we, the audience, loved her, laughed at her and with her, and at the end shed tears with her.
If you were fortunate enough, you might have been pulled up to the front of the auditorium to dance a song with Louise.
Patsy arrived on stage for her first number wearing a red cowgirl shirt and skirt, fringed in white and a pair of white cowgirl boots.
Yeehaw!
That outfit was a pure knockout!
She also wore a long sleeved, fringed black dress, reminiscent, to me, of the flapper era.
Gorgeous would need another syllable to fully express how lovely it was.
Her last dress of the evening was a white evening dress.
Rae looked like an angel (intentional) standing on that stage.
That was the effect they were after and, by golly, they got it!
Believe me when I tell you that no one in that audience wanted the performance for the evening to end.
We loved the show, we loved the performance, we loved the music and we loved those that brought it all together for us. I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Pilot Point Community Arts was responsible for choosing, purchasing the rights and producing the production. As much as we've tried to publicize our little Garage Door Theater with its 93 seats, people are still unaware that they can come to Pilot Point for live theater.
I hope you'll join us for the next program, also a musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
To purchase tickets, go to Starbright MPA.com, look for the performance name, choose your date and time, available seats, pay, and show up in September.
Same instructions apply for any performance at the GDT.
I don't want you to miss another performance.
See y'all there! When I lived in Annandale, Virginia, many, many moons ago, I was in the habit of washing my coffee grounds down the sink drain.
The inevitable happened and I had to call in a plumber.
I learned an important lesson at the expense of my pocketbook.
Never put grounds down the sink.
Another important lesson was to wipe all grease and oils out of my cookware and storage receptacles.
It was a lesson taught to the audience at the recent Lunch and Learn at the Pilot Point Community Center by Eric Francois of Capital Plumbing.
He gave the audience a lot of good pointers of how to troubleshoot, what to do and not to do with your pipes, etc.
I am looking forward to this month's presentation by Daniel Cunningham of Rooted In.
Please call and reserve a seat and a lunch for Wednesday, August 26 at 940-6865004 x 1.
Yep, they're feeding us. Can't wait to get my hands dirty with you.
As always, Mama C.
Cindy “Mama C” Faris is a Pilot Point resident, and she is offering life advice for any who want it. She can be reached at [email protected].
