Tonight was the last night of the Lubbock Moonlight Musicals http://www.lubbockmoonlightmusicals.org/ summer presentations; the play was "The Sound of Music." A favorite of mine. It was very well done. The play really does emphasize more of the politics of the time, because of a few additional songs. The quality of the acting, the sound equipment, the choreography really has improved over the years. I am glad to be able to attend these plays.
Last month, when I went to see "Fiddler on the Roof" I brought a light jacket, in case it rained. If it rained harder that then light jacket could help, the play would have been cancelled.
The sky was threatening but I did not go prepared tonight. The weather forecasts were that the storms would stay to the north. The general director announced the same, and reported he was in touch with the National Weather Service http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/ in Lubbock. The play had barely begun when the big drops started. If you know about rain in Lubbock, these big drops usually signify not much of a storm, especially with the cloud cover being broken and not very thick. But, it rained enough that we had to take a 10 minute break, which probably lasted longer than 10 minutes. The orchestra pit is in the open, and they got the instruments into shelter very, very quickly.
I ran up to the car and got my poncho and blanket. I was more prepared to stay than I realized. Just as the play started to resume, so did the sprinkles. But it was just that. The director said if they had to they would continue with just the piano, and the orchestra could leave. The orchestra stayed.
As the play ended, the big drops began again. But stopped before I got to the car.
We desperately need the rain. I hope we get it. Currently, we are getting a light sprinkle. According to The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com the rain is a small band but there might be some heavy areas of rain.
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