The Miami Valley was filled with the sounds of ABBA’s music, last night. Private voice students were performing in Centerville High School’s MAMMA MIA while I was house managing at Schuster Center with the sounds of ABBA guest performers and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.

I enjoyed spending time with a number of my fellow house managers, and as always, I had a great team of dedicated volunteer ushers. It was fun to sit in the loge lobby listening to the familiar sounds of my youth that have remained with me. I stepped inside for the final encore of “Dancing Queen” and loved seeing the entire1300+ members, of the audience on its feet singing and motioning in place. There were teenagers and octogenarians enjoying the moment together. It was cool.

I have some items to attend to today before teaching from 4 PM to 11:15 PM. On Monday morning I will be away from the house before another set of teaching from 4:30 PM to 11:30 PM. Tuesday will find me trying my best to keep up with completing laundry to prepare for the long haul of THE LION KING tour arriving at Schuster this Wednesday.

THE LION KING is a huge production. Their seventeen semi-trucks will arrive today to begin preparing and setting up for the start of Wednesday’s run. When THE SOUND OF MUSIC tour came through, they arrived early on the day of the first performance to begin setting up. This is an entirely different ballgame, much like FROZEN which was here one year ago.

A week from tomorrow will begin the Fairmont Industries plant and flower sale. Please support our high school students.

On with the day. I will probably be humming ABBA tunes throughout the day.

Make it a great day!