Snow the Musical

 The snow was the star of the weekend 

After months of long practices and weeks of set preparations the opening night for Jericho Road was finally here. Everyone involved was both extremely excited and nervous for people to see the musical. As someone who was helping out with the set design & a stagehand I was nervous because I was scared that the other stagehands would forget where the props & set furniture go. 

Throughout Thursday, we (the stagehands) had a couple of hiccups such as, the house walls falling on us when taking them backstage, forgetting to put the laptop on the table for a scene and taking a bit too long to arrange the props for a certain scene. However, it was not as bad as it could have been and the AV team had a couple of more hiccups than we did. 

During intermission (which was way too long) it started snowing… a LOT. People couldn't believe it was actually snowing on campus and those who have experienced the snow were unfazed by the fact that it was snowing. I think the thing is, that people were surprised by how much it was snowing and also the fact that it was sticking. 

Once the musical was finished, it had snowed even more. Some people couldn’t drive back home, so they walked to their homes if it was close enough, others called for their family members to pick them up from campus on their 4x4 trucks and some got stuck on campus so they sought refuge in the guest rooms at the dorms.

The following Friday morning, classes were canceled, the power went out in certain parts of Angwin, roads were closed and sadly the other two dates for the musical got postponed. 

Although most students were happy that they got a snow day, those students & others involved with the musical were not so happy. Some people's families flew in just to see them, but at least they got to see them perform once. Other people's families canceled their flights due to the weather. 

On the brightside, the cast got to perform an acoustic version of the musical on Saturday night, but it was not the same as performing the actual thing. 

Hopefully, some day soon they will be able to perform Jericho Road again on stage in its full glory.