Back in Time

For my birthday, Mark purchased tickets to see "Civil War" at the West Valley Hale Center Theatre. So this Saturday we nearly LITERALLY returned to the south to a space in time that totally intrigues the two of us. This performance was SO well done, it was unforgettable. Our neighbor, David Weekes, was the Union officer and Joseph Paur, (Rigoletto) was the Confederate officer. They were excellent, but then, all of them were. There was a Negro woman that so spoke to my soul.

Most of the play was music. When we go to iTunes, all the songs are there but NOT like they sung on Saturday. Talking w/David at church yesterday, Hale Center cannot do a CD of the music: so sad.

There was a song sung by a Union officer. It's a letter he's writing his wife, thinking he won't be alive after the battle the next day. It's called "Sarah". Then her response is just as endearing, expressing her gratitude just to be able to honor him by carrying on his name. I sat there and cried through this exchange of love!

On the way home, Mark and I quickly agreed that this performance of "The Civil War" was even more astounding and incredible than any reenactment we'd been to, which is saying A LOT! We both LOVE reenactments, especially of the Civil War. We "feel" the South.