All Is Calm
We took a chance on the weather for the end of November and went for a four hour drive down to Rosebud. We were rewarded with dry roads and a warm, in your face sunshine that nearly put me to sleep! But we made it safely to their town ….which had snow!
No sooner had we got the bags up the double staircases and into our pretty “Scots” room when our host, Corey, knocked on the door and mentioned that in just a few minutes the student show was about to play over at the Studio Theatre if we wanted to try to catch it.
We hurried over but found out the show was sold out. But Corrie and Carrie, our hosts, gave us their tickets and said they would see it another night and we could pay them later. How nice!
The play was about a group of “Romani” people (formerly the word “Gypsy” which is thought to be a racial slur now) tell the Christmas story. The character “Joey” says, “May the splendour of the subject keep you from laughing at its interpreters.”
We enjoyed the play although I found the chair seats very hard and uncomfortable for the hour and a half show. (Something to keep in mind for our own audiences when Terry’s play, “Dream” is performed there this spring.
After the student show it was time to head over for dinner at The Mercantile where we enjoyed the buffet offerings and we both tried a ‘mocktail’. Mine was a sweet drink with cream soda and a candy cane flavour.
Terry and I pre-booked seats in the front row for legroom purposes and therefore had a very good view of the musical “All Is Calm”. I didn’t even know it was a musical but I knew the true story of the 1914 Christmas Truce in World War 1. The Europeans and the German boy soldiers stopped shooting at each other on Christmas eve and they sang to each other instead. A Christmas miracle indeed! They even ended up playing soccer together before their commanders forced them to kill again (9 million soldiers lost their lives in that conflict.)
The music and harmonies were thrilling and brought tears to many an eye I’m sure. The very talented actors did a great job and seemed very happy to have bounced back from Covid the week before. We enjoyed the ‘talk back’ afterwards where you get to ask the cast questions.
After departing “Banks and Braes” B & B we headed over to the Country Inn B & B to have a nice visit with our friend, B.J., who runs the place. We chatted for a whole hour with fresh coffee to keep us warm. What a fun visit!
On the way home we took highway 21 instead of the usual highway and ended up in the wee town of Trochu for lunch at “Gerdie’s” who apparently loves everything owl themed…ha ha.
It was another interesting town which had a surprising number of interesting businesses open. Gerdie’s lunch was very good too. (We split a chicken quesadilla and fries.)
We had a safe ride home and are already really enjoying our latest audiobook called The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella.
