The song, “Winter Wonderland,“ is a Christmas standard, but it certainly applies to what went on outside since yesterday afternoon. It was not snowing Friday afternoon when I let the dogs out to potty before I stepped onto the No. 17 at 3:40 PM. When I stepped outside to cross the street to the bus stop, it was already snowing heavily. By the time we reached downtown at 4 PM, it was still coming down pretty hard, but there was no solid accumulation.

When I began checking in the Volunteers/Ushers for SWAN LAKE at 5:30 PM, the sidewalks and streets were getting their first layer of snow, The ballet began at 7:35 PM, and it looked like it had been snowing for several days, not just a few hours.

We had a good many patrons who were running late due to the inclement weather. During the preshow curtain speech, the line of vehicles along Second Street heading to the parking garage was still quite lengthy. The curtain went up and I know that in the upper balcony, there were 50+ patrons we continued seating until 8 PM.

I wasn’t aware that we even had snow coming until the late afternoon when I saw my cousin, Sam Fisher, post a photo of the snow they had received in central Indiana. Naturally, the weather was the principal conversation for the evening. We had snow falling outside, and swans dancing inside; I fear there’s gonna be a good deal of molting and melting pretty soon.

It was nice to sit out in the balcony lobby, listening to Tchaikovsky‘s beautiful score. All levels of the auditorium were well-filled. There was a large group of students from Cedarville University, who were dressed to the nines and having the most marvelous time. It was like the days when I was their age when we dressed up to go to an event. I appreciate these college students.

Make it a great day!