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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Stewing and steaming
I've had quite a bit on my plate this week as the winter activities are winding down (with the exception of the speech team)...here's a nugget I want to share from Monday night's school board meeting: the fall play performed last November had strong participation from the 7th and 8th grades (15 total students) but just 2 freshmen, one sophomore, no juniors and just one senior. Doing additional math shows that out of 172 students in grades 9-12, only 4 participated in theater.
I find this to be simply wild: 168 students out of 172 did not participate in theater in grades 9-12. That is utterly unacceptable.
'Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon' drew in the students
For numerous members of B-B-E's theater this fall, the fall two-act play was their first official high school activity. This took place with 28 cast members and 7 crew members. We should all be proud that numerous kids got to experience comeraderie and teamwork that's found in an organized school activity.
Here's a clip featuring part of Scene I from Act II in the final show on Sunday:
More to come. Today is press day. I have to make good progress and brace myself for the possibility that utility workers could knock out my power - or Internet. Everything in our alley is marked behind the office...but I'm paranoid.
And now it's Tuesday night... OH! For the love of God...that note I wrote mid-morning on this blog about being paranoid about what was taking place in the alley behind my office rang true...at about 1:40 p.m., the Brooten Fire Department responded to a call that a natural gas line had been severed. It was a 2-inch line that ended up spewing natural gas into the air for just over 50 minutes. By 2:25 p.m., Dooley's Natural Gas workers had repaired the line. They didn't cause the damage, but they had to fix it. Thank goodness they did so in a timely fashion!
We just had one of the greatest weekends I can remember (VIDEOS)
A remarkable, incredible achievement took place this weekend...or rather, a string of achievements, with the B-B-E high school theater pulling off three outstanding performances of the fall two-act play Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon at the Olson Auditorium stage.
Here's a video of the cast and crew soaking up the love from fans after opening night on Friday:
Exact turnout figures will be tallied this week. The estimate is around 700! That is the most for three nights of a fall theater performance at B-B-E since the 2013 fall musical featured Tarzan. In 2013, the musical production of Tarzan featured 22 cast members and 3 crew members. It was directed by Julie Lloyd and Lucy Lloyd.
The families and the staff members involved in B-B-E's theater have worked incredibly hard to build and build and build! The hard work paid off this fall with 35 students taking part in the fall two-act play.
A quick glance over all of my cameras shows at least 1,400 pictures from all three shows. When the dust settles, I hope to get 40 to 50 of them printed in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper in the November 20 and November 27 issues.
And now it's Monday night...
Here's a video featuring the end of game one in the third-place match at state...
We're a little more than one week past the state volleyball tournament. I'm still finishing up volleyball coverage for the newspaper, and I will need quite a few days to get through all of my fall two-act play pictures from The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.
Cast interviews, come see the show! Opening night is tonight! (VIDEOS)
The opening show for B-B-E's fall two-act play "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" starts at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, November 14 at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. Additional coverage is found at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/4t2QK. The second night is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, and the matinee finale is at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
After last night's final dress rehearsal, I put a couple of the younger members of the cast on the spot with brief interviews. They are part of 35 students in the cast and crew!
Here's Morgan Theis and Henry Bromenshenkel...
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Olson Auditorium. You can see a few photos from the final night of dress rehearsals by clicking here: FinalDressRehearsal.
Created Friday morning...
Here's an iMovie reel lasting about 1 1/2 minutes...
With footage from fall rehearsals, including last night...
Don't miss out! Three shows...pick one! Or more than one!
Friday night update...opening night was SOLD OUT! It was a FULL HOUSE at Olson Auditorium! More to come. I took 293 pictures tonight just on my cell phone. I'm pretty sure I went over 500 pictures from opening night.
In just over 24 hours from when I'm typing this, the opening night will be underway for B-B-E's fall two-act play The Brother's Grimm Spectaculathon.
Created Friday morning...
Here's an iMovie reel lasting about 1 1/2 minutes...
With footage from fall rehearsals, including last night...
Which show are you coming to?
Here's part of a scene from rehearsal tonight during Act I:
And here's a video clip from early in Act II tonight at rehearsal:
The theater students pulled off two complete run-throughs tonight. They are a group of rock stars at the Olson Auditorium stage!
The opening show starts at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, November 14 at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. Additional coverage is found at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/4t2QK. The second night is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, and the matinee finale is at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Here's a video recorded during the prematch drills last Friday during the state semifinals at Grand Casino Arena:
In other news...
The AT and T cellular tower on the west side of Brooten has been restored. Since before 6 a.m. today and into the evening hours, cell service from AT and T was non-existent unless you could grab some of the signal off of Belgrade's AT and T tower. Once I got home from the play dress rehearsal, I noticed that the AT and T 5G network had been fully restored.
It was a LONG day without cell service in town.
I was reading University of Minnesota-Morris news, and I see Kaden Pieper is on the UMM Cougars men's basketball roster. He is a junior at UMM and a 2023 graduate of B-B-E high school. As a junior at B-B-E, he had a key role in the boys' basketball team's playoff run to the state finals in March of 2022. Through the first two games of the current season, Pieper has scored 25 points while collecting 18 rebounds.
On Friday...
Today, I've learned that the U.S. Post Office has lost numerous bundles of newspapers this week. From what I can tell, Glenwood and Elrosa newspapers are missing. The list may grow as the day goes on. It is currently my belief that the U.S. Post Office is trying to kill my business.
On a brighter note, a new (refurbished) videocamera is on its way to our news operation! It was ordered earlier this week. As of this afternoon, it arrived in a FedEx Chicago distributing center. It may arrive in time to record the Saturday night show of the fall play.
We have just two days remaining before the opening night of The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon two-act play will be performed at Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school. Which show or shows are you going to?
The Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website is getting articles updated: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com. One of the new web articles features coverage from the Brooten Veterans Day program held on Tuesday at the elementary school.
**UPDATE on Thursday...
Here's a fix from a big mistake I made in the newspaper this week: https://shorturl.at/9XmPW.
Fall theater group is rocking it...and volleyball sweeps! CMC champs! (VIDEOS!*)
The 40 students who are part of the fall play at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium are rocking it. The show is just a little over 4 weeks away. We are fast and furiously trying to promote it. That effort will increase week by week. The fall play is "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" with show dates of November 14, 15, 16. The first two shows are 7 p.m. affairs, and the Sunday show is a 2 p.m. matinee.
Here's a short video from rehearsal last Friday:
As you can see, that isn't an actual rehearsal video. Rather, it's a video clip during a break in rehearsal. Director LaMont likes to keep things light-hearted, and she does an excellent job of it!
And another video from last Friday at Olson Auditorium:
I'll seek out the online link for ticket purchases.
In volleyball news...
The B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team, which was ranked No. 7 in the latest Class 1A state QRF rankings, has finished the Central Minnesota Conference schedule with a perfect 7-0 record! They wrapped up sole possession of the CMC title with a 25-14, 25-19, 25-13 sweep tonight at Maple Lake.
B-B-E's offense featured a total of 99 attacks, 36 for kills with a 22.2 percent hitting efficiency. They also piled on 8 ace serves with 40 digs and 6 block assists.
The Jaguars take a 20-6 record into the Sub-Section 6A-South playoffs, which will begin next Wednesday, October 22 at home in Brooten with a 7 p.m. first serve.
Maple Lake finished the CMC schedule with a 2-5 record. They are 11-16 overall heading into the Section 5AA playoffs.
Here's Coach Borgerding in a postmatch interview after the Jaguars beat EV-W on Saturday:
Coach Borgerding's teams have both won CMC titles. Last season, in her first year as head coach, the Jaguars shared the CMC title with Maple Lake with 6-1 records each.
Central MN Conference scores on October 14:
Paynesville Area 3, Holdingford 2
Royalton 3, Eden Valley-Watkins 2
Now that the dust has settled on publishing the October 9 Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper, I shift gears to the next issue along with catching up on blogging, sports reporting and theater reporting. I don't think I'm the only one who is going about our work this week with a heavy heart. Grappling with grief from loved ones passing away is difficult. It obliterates your concentration and focus. It can lead you to becoming ill. In some cases, it can make you more prone to accidents. Adults are grapping with the anxiety that comes with extra worry about our children.
One week ago at this time, I was in New London standing in the lobby of Peace Lutheran Church outside the sanctuary. I was randomly checking my phone, which was turned to silent mode. Anxiety ramped up just a bit while I was waiting for my wife to arrive at the church. She wasn't responding to my texts, but I knew she could have been driving, in which case she would not see the messages. Just a few minutes before 2:00, I saw her and one of my daughters walking up from the parking lot. They parked the Suburban at NL-S high school's lot. My anxiety fell. A sigh of relief.
Let's go back just a little over 2 weeks ago. Life was much different during the period of time leading up to and including the Color Run.
Here's a video from the finish line; during this time, the Jaguar Kids Connection students were coming in:
The color burst video was just uploaded. You can watch that by clicking over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/NW7fh. Warning! You may get "The Chicken Dance" song stuck in your head.
Today, we gear up for a road trip to Royalton. In terms of work, that's at the top of the list. The Royals are ranked No. 34 in Class 2A by QRF. Their overall record is 16-4, and they are 5-0 and in first place in the Central Minnesota Conference.
UPDATES:
Royalton won game one 25-19.
BBE won game two 25-21. It has been a hell of a match so far.
*The Jaguars are now in first place alone after defeating the Royals 3-1!
There's another round of newspaper coverage coming next week for "Lucky Stiff" the Musical at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium.
From opening night! Here's the second scene of Act II last Friday night:
Don't forget! The Sunburg Fire and Rescue team hosts ham and turkey bingo TONIGHT starting at 7 p.m. at their community center. Please support them! The event features a really awesome gun raffle! All the details have been in the last 2 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.
Now it's wheels up to Minneapolis for the Minnesota Farmers Union state convention.
On Sunday...
I'm happy to report I had a successful and safe trip to and from Minneapolis on Saturday night.
The Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Lutheran Parish Free Spirits youth group turkey dinner is being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Crow River Church. Don't miss out! This is a great meal with free will offering. Come support a great cause! The proceeds will help pay for Christmas gifts for local families in need.
Theater career concludes for 5 seniors today (VIDEOS)
The final show of "Lucky Stiff" was held this afternoon in front of an "okay" crowd which was probably just fine considering how nice the weather has been this weekend. (I still don't rate that as an excuse for not spending 2 hours in Olson Auditorium supporting our musical students...but that's for another day.)
My estimate is that about 120 attended today's musical, which was the official end of the theater career of 5 members of B-B-E's Class of 2026.
Here's Savannah Finken leading a high-energy dance during a scene in Act I this afternoon:
The five seniors who "held down the fort" this fall to anchor the fall musical are Coby DenHartog, Savannah Finken, ReAnn Stalboerger, Kora Martinez and Tia Nelson. They will be terribly missed on that stage. For Tia Nelson, this was her sixth musical performance. If the COVID drama would have never taken place, she would have been in 7 fall musicals at B-B-E. Incredible!
Fortunately, the well is not dry, and ample talent is coming up the ranks. The musical cast has 11 returning for next year who they can add to. They are good!
Here's two of the seventh graders in the "Monte Carlo" scene during Act I this afternoon:
More to come tomorrow. I'm taking the rest of tonight "off" and watching a Christmas movie with family. I have two difficult days ahead of me trying to assemble a large Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper that will lean very, very heavily on musical coverage. Just about all other news coverage has been set aside while throwing everything at promoting "Lucky Stiff". It was worth it! It always is.
Well, now it's Tuesday...
Last night, at Olson Auditorium, the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team held their season awards banquet. I'll have coverage from that coming up...
To watch the Voice of Democracy first place winner, Macey Roering, give her speech, you can click here: https://shorturl.at/rVvQ9. The video was from the high school's Veterans Day program on November 8.
Fall musical's opening night was incredible (VIDEOS*)
The musical students did an outstanding job tonight performing the opening show of "Lucky Stiff" at Olson Auditorium tonight. The two-act show lasted a total of 1 hour, 50 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.
**Hot off the computer! Here's an iMovie creation featuring images and video from the musical opener:
Here's a four-minute long video featuring the cast and crew greeting fans after the show concluded tonight:
Now begins the backbreaking work on my part of combing over all the video and photos!
I'll go back and post this video which was recorded near the end of rehearsal on Wednesday this week:
Tonight's crowd was "okay" and I am estimating we had about 120 to 130 in the seats. I'll get a firm number tomorrow from Director Steph DenHartog. Seating capacity at Olson Auditorium is around 270. What this means is that the total weekend had the ability to draw in over 800 people. Many seats went unsold tonight.
Click here to see my web article that highlights tonight's show: https://shorturl.at/BJm6v. As of late Friday night, just 49 tickets have been sold for the Saturday night show. We need to double that! And then bring in another 100 at the door to purchase tickets...there's no reason we can't get 200 or more in the auditorium on Saturday night.
The final show is at 2 p.m. on Sunday. As of Friday night, just 40 tickets have been sold for Sunday.
Here's a video clip featuring the first 50 seconds or so of the opening scene on Friday night:
Saturday morning update... no additional tickets have been sold since last night. As of 11 a.m., 49 tickets have been sold out of a possible 270 for the Saturday night show. Disappointing! Also, for Sunday's afternoon show (2 p.m.), ticket sales stand at 40 as they were last night. This makes for just 89 tickets sold out of a possible 520 for the final two shows.
Saturday afternoon...tickets sold for tonight's show have increased to 60. That is good!
More musical coverage! The show is really, really coming along! (VIDEO)
This week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper contains ample coverage of the upcoming fall musical at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. If memory serves me correct - and it does not always do that! ...this week's Voice contains Q and A profiles of 8 cast members of 'Lucky Stiff'.
To see additional musical coverage, and to read about what the musical is about, you can click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/section/bbe. I hope to do a quick count of the current number of presale ticket sold for the three nights of the musical. (Ticket link is below)
Here's a video recorded at tonight's rehearsal:
This show is VERY good! They are REALLY coming together! You do NOT want to miss it!
UPDATE on ticket sales: as of Wednesday night, 138 presale tickets have been sold. I find this encouraging. I badly want more sold, however, as we need to show a great response for the musical and give our Fine Arts students the support they've earned. The Olson Auditorium seating can comfortably hold over 800 across three shows. We have many, MANY seats to fill this weekend!!
Thursday night update...
The show had 143 seats sold as of this evening!! This is terrific! You can catch another update with a new rehearsal video from this evening by clicking here to redirect to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper: https://shorturl.at/LBktv. I also have a small photo album that feature photos taken at tonight's rehearsal. They are from both Act I and Act II, and a link to click on and find that photo gallery is here: https://shorturl.at/S9WmC.
Yes, indeed! It is time to ramp up B-B-E fall musical promotion! In a big, BIG way! I've got a ton of work to catch up on after exhausting myself on a 14-page Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper issue. This week's paper was QUITE lacking on musical coverage. Unfortunately, it has only two musical student profiles included...and then a large splash of ink on page one.
Here's a glimpse of the new musical posters that will soon be seen everywhere across Jaguar Country!
In other news...
You can click on the following link to see news articles at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website. The latest one added features a video recorded at Harold Jacobson's funeral on Saturday in Swift Falls: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/section/news.
The musical is coming! the Musical is coming! (VIDEO)
This blog post will be expanded out tonight and tomorrow (Tuesday) to promote B-B-E's fall musical called 'Lucky Stiff' - coming to the Olson Auditorium theater stage at B-B-E high school on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - November 15, 16 and 17. You can purchase tickets and read more on the musical by clicking over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/x1LQC.
The easiest response to someone asking, "What's the musical about?" is to tell them that it's a high school musical version of the hit 1989 movie "Weekend at Bernie's" that grossed a whopping $30 million that year on a $15 million production budget.
Here's a video clip featuring a glimpse of musical rehearsal back on Friday, October 25:
I strongly encourage you to come out and watch at least one of their shows! If you don't take in any of the musical nights, you are cheating yourself and the musical students! Don't be that person!!
Tuesday updates...ELECTION DAY!
My Bonanza Valley Voice SmugMug events albums are being updated this week. I'm getting mostly caught up through a couple weekends ago...you can see local events (community and school-related) photo albums by clicking here: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2024-B-B-EBonanza-Valley-area-events.
I have a whopping 12 event folders of separate, distinct events that have taken place across the past couple of weeks that I want to get included in this week's issue. That's about as high as I've ever seen it. October included a crazy number of local events. We are lucky to live in an area with such a high level of activities that we can participate in!
TUESDAY NIGHT election results...
You can follow local election results at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website...click on this short link to redirect your web browser to my election night article: https://rb.gy/99srez.
Musical draws outstanding crowd for final show (VIDEO)
The B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium had a terrific crowd for the final show of The Addams Family - School Edition today. With a large chunk of the Sauk Centre theater students in attendance, the crowd surpassed 200!
Here's Tia Nelson doing her thing!
More to come! The cast and crew are partying at the high school tonight in an exciting after party!!! If your son or daughter isn't in theater, they should be! It's tremendous to have a front row seat to how valuable the experience is for high school kids.
Glowing success for Musical's second night! Don't miss the final show!!!
It never gets old to write about when our local students do well in their school activities.
The second night of B-B-E's fall musical The Addams Family - School Edition was once again terrific! To read about the opening night, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://tinyurl.com/5x8u4bn3. Information is included in that web article about purchasing advance tickets online. You can also purchase at the door, although try to arrive by 1:30 p.m. today to select your seat(s)...the final show is today at 2 p.m. at Olson Auditorium!!
Here's senior Maddy Carroll during one of her feature moments as her character, Uncle Fester, sings a love song to the moon
Maddy was outstanding in her role as Uncle Fester during her first time on stage. She was part of the musical's cast in 2021 and 2022. Maddy also fulfilled the role of the grim reaper, and she put an enormous level of energy and personality into that role as well.
What these musical/theater students have pulled off is truly amazing to witness first hand. The musical's cast is the youngest and most inexperienced we've ever had on stage at B-B-E. You would never realize that by watching it.
The entire show, including a 15-minute intermission, lasts about 2 hours, 10 minutes. As I stated in large, bold print on page one of the November 16 Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper: you can support our Fine Arts programming to the same extent we support our sports teams!! The musical cast and crew have worked hard this entire fall, since the first week of school, and they deserve your support. As of 11 a.m. today, roughly 200 seats remained unsold for today's final musical show. I counted 78 presold tickets. Let's fill up the rest of those seats!!!
Sunday afternoon intermission update! we have over 200 here at Olson Auditorium watching the final show!!! Terrific turnout!
Excitement fills the air across Jaguar Country as the musical students prepare for the opening night of The Addams Family - School Edition which will grace the stage of the Phil and Lucille Olson Auditorium at B-B-E high school.
Click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website and watch a video interview of Maddy Carroll, standing next to the honorary plaque for the late Phil Olson, Belgrade school music director from 1947 to 1983. Link: https://tinyurl.com/yyc426v3. In 2021, the remodeled auditorium at the high school was named in honor of him and his wife, Lucille.
We are immensely proud of all our theater students. The two seniors, Carroll and Jeffrey Cihlar, have been outstanding!! We are extremely grateful for their contributions and their abilities to help bring new students into the theater this fall.
**Here's one of B-B-E's great theater student! Now graduated, here is Dylan Hirman being interviewed outside Olson Auditorium late this afternoon:
Don't miss this show! They have worked hard and deserve your support. It won't hurt people to support the Fine Arts at B-B-E as much as we support our sports teams. Trust me: you can do it! It will be good for you.
**And after the show, I'm thrilled to announce that the opening night was a marvelous success!! This very young cast was absolutely amazing!! I hope you can see one of the next two shows. Ticket sales were what I will rate "STRONG!" which is outstanding. Unofficially, they had at least 170 seats filled in the auditorium that has a capacity of about 265.
*Here's a video featuring the scene outside Olson Auditorium after the musical concluded:
Altogether on the night, I took over 400 pictures. It has been an exciting night!
Time for bed! We have wheels up at 8 a.m. to drive to U.S. Bank Stadium.
A mild week as we prepare for State Semis! (VIDEOS)
The temperatures surpassed 60 degrees yesterday across the Bonanza Valley area. Farmers have been able to continue field work and other outdoor work in preparation for the upcoming winter. I'm happy we will be able to get this next weekend behind us without any winter weather to speak of! The week continues to be a week that is telling everyone to spend as much time as possible outdoors!
If you haven't heard, the state semifinal football game is at 11:30 a.m. in Minneapolis. Before that, however, we have the opening night of the B-B-E fall musical the night prior! Friday night, just two days from now, the musical opener begins at 7 p.m. Order your ticket in advance!
Click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website and find the ticket link in this web article: https://tinyurl.com/49zurh62.
*Here's a fourth quarter video from the state quarterfinal game on Friday:
**Here's a video from the opening two minutes of the second quarter in the state quarterfinals:
On the final defensive play of that video, the Jaguars forced an incomplete pass when Noah Kampsen and Mason Commerford collapsed on quarterback Levi Hahn on a 3rd-and-8 play. The Crusaders then punted with 10:46 left in the second quarter from their 44-yard line.
On to Saturday!
The Minneota Vikings are defending Class 1A state champions. I haven't done a great deal of studying on them yet. I hope to get to that tonight. Now it's time to head west to the printing press!
This will be the heaviest lift of the year since May.
For the first time since the May 26 issue was published, the Bonanza Valley Voice will expand to 16 pages this week. It's sort of a nightmare right now. We'll see how the night goes.
The nerves and anxiety of that combined with other anxiousness about the upcoming fall musical and the state semifinal football game have created a difficult week. I continue to plead with and encourage everyone to purchase your musical tickets! Get them now! Learn how by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/2kztc3fa.
The list of college athletes from B-B-E who are excelling at the next level is too numerous to really properly cover. However, currently, two members of the Class of 2023 are making an impact on their college teams early in their respective freshmen seasons. Tiyana Schwinghammer, who I wrote about on Saturday, had another strong game tonight in the Northland Community and Technical College's women's basketball home opener, which they won 83-56 against a North Dakota team from Bottineau. At MSU-Moorhead, Abby Berge has averaged 17 minutes per game while scoring 15 points overall in two contests for the Dragons. MSU-M just lost a heartbreaker 63-57 in overtime to No. 10-ranked University of Central Missouri in Claremore, Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon.
Here's a pick-me-up: Superintendent Walsh recently spoke with one of his former student-athletes he coached earlier in his career. This person is now a high school game official, and he told Walsh specifically that the B-B-E football team displayed exceptional sportsmanship during the game he officiated. This was either in Swanville in the regular season or at Fargo, because it involved Upsala/Swanville Area. I may clarify that with Walsh if I remember to. Regardless of which game it was, it was terrific to hear this at tonight's school board meeting. This type of good news is what helps power me through tough days and nights like tonight.
The heat is on! Pressure, pressure, pressure! The pressure is coming from the need to dramatically increase coverage for B-B-E's upcoming fall musical!
You can read more and order tickets by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/434j7e75. At that web article at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website, you can order tickets in advance and select your own seats! Let's show our support and fill up Olson Auditorium for all three shows!!!
The student cast numbers 17 strong, and so far the newspaper has only provided coverage of four of them. The next 2 weeks will be loaded with musical coverage including interviews of the remaining 13 cast members. Oh Boy!
My Monday night became consumed by an incredible police standoff in Belgrade after 7 p.m. tonight. You can read more about that on The Voice website: https://tinyurl.com/2k7kms4d. So much for ramping up musical coverage tonight! Yikes! That will have to wait until tomorrow.
NOTICE to the community:
The B-B-E Jaguar Wrestling Club is seeking another community group or organization to take on the community can trailer responsibilities in Belgrade, Brooten, and Elrosa starting in January of 2024. Can trailers will be discontinued at the end of 2023 if nobody is willing or able to take on this responsibility. To inquire or if you have any questions, please contact 320-250-4166.
