Here's a short highlight reel from Act II last night at Olson Auditorium:
More to come. It's time to get my electronics in order for the third and final showing of 'Anastasia'! This will be senior night when the cast and crew will honor the three beloved seniors: Dylan Hirman, Paige Klaphake and Tiyana Schwinghammer.
Upon further review, I now see that I took 444 photos on opening night of the musical. I thought the number was closer to 370 or 380.
A quick college volleyball update:
The St. Cloud State University Huskies women's volleyball team lost a mind-blowing heartbreaker in the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen tonight in Wayne, Nebraska. Facing the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears, the No. 7-ranked Huskies took a 2-0 lead in sets, including a 26-24 win in the first set with a 41.5 percent hitting percentage across those two wins. The No. 3-ranked Golden Bears proceeded to pull off a very difficult reverse sweep with wins by scores of 25-19, 25-21, 15-13. In the final three sets, C-SP limited SCSU to just 12.9 percent hitting. Also crazy: C-SP came back from an 11-7 deficit in game 5 with an 8-2 run to extend their season. Kern played in all five sets and earned one kill, one ace serve to go with nine digs.
Kern is a freshmen for SCSU and part of a contingent of underclassmen who contributed heavily to this year's success. They finished 28-6 overall and one win short of the Elite 8 of the NCAA D-II national tournament. This was the deepest postseason run for an SCSU team since the 1995 squad reached the Elite 8.
