Variety Show 2008

Submitted by Susan Angell

If you missed this, you missed out on a fabulous show put on by many talented persons. First of all our MC, "The Marilyn Voter", is just one hot ticket. She sings, does improv, jams with musicians and is just a great entertainer to behold. The children were wonderful. Dena played piano, Faith played piano and sang, Alexandrew did a brief improv on piano, Caleb played the guitar and Aaron Matthews was our invisible entertainer. He experience a little stage fright and sang his song from "the wings". Our Pastors performed a wonderful swing dance. Dan and Chris performed a duet accompanied by Ruth. Rosemary and Linda W put on a hilarious puppet show with very unique sea creatures in a story written by Rosemary and with her own puppet creations. Sally Smith performed a stand up comedy routine. Sally's costumes are a whole act in themselves. Jean Swanson told us a joke from the audience. Betty Smith sang a sweet Irish lullaby. Pastor Jamie sang a love song. The ushers sang for us and they had rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed and were just so good. Fred Wade played the piano. Merrill sang beautifully. Glory Dunn read to us the tale "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and poem "Comfort"and this woman is a natural story teller. Pastor Jamie strummed bass and Tim Wedge sang and they were a class act BUT when Marilyn ad libbed and jammed with them on one song, they were GREAT! In the kitchen Janice Huelin's crew Jody F, Carol B, served coffee and sweets that they had purchased or made or received from lots of people like Barb N, Betsy M and Becky G. Earle Harvey was here there and everywhere and I am not exactly sure what his role was, other than recruitment guy, but I do know he did it very well. Our unsung heroes and directors, Chris worked her magic using her persuasive ways and her fabulously talented family and Merrill Kaiser worked hard getting this show on the stage. Maybe we are off Broadway, OK, way off Broadway, BUT we were spectacular.