Gould Hall at View was bursting at the seams with a music-loving audience that gathered for the Songs for the Strand benefit on Saturday, August 3rd.
Filled to capacity well before the 5 p.m. program began, volunteers set up chairs outside on the lawn for those supporters willing to settle for enjoying just the audio aspects of the show.
The program included a wide variety of tunes from such popular musicals as the Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Mary Poppins and the Phantom of the Opera, as presented by choruses representing every age group from throughout the community.
It was not only a community presentation but a family affair as well with many musical and dance selections performed by combos of husband/wife, sister/brother, grandmother/granddaughter, sister/sister, and mother/daughter teams.
Between sets the audience was entertained by Emcee Travis Kiefer who posed a variety of movie trivia questions, and Bob Liddle who played show tunes on his saxophone.
Songs for the Strand was presented by a group of volunteers led by Marie Adams, who also provided piano accompaniment throughout the program.
The event was organized to assist the Strand Theatre with its digital conversion. Though admission was free, the performance raised $5,362 through free-will donations.
