Back in August Dan and I roamed around Fairbanks checking out the sites and visiting tourist destinations. One of the places we went is presented here today. A little late in time, but not on the cosmic scale. It’s now November 15th and the temperature here is -10F. It’s nearly noon and that’s probably going to be the high today. There is around 6″ of snow on the ground and shrouding the trees so it looks nice, I’ve got the winter clothes you might imagine, and I’ve become use to the cold so although my cabin is only 64F right now, I’m very comfortable. I am a little worried about how the RV will survive the winter but I see lots of them parked around town so if other people aren’t worried, I don’t suppose I should be either.
Across the river from the RV park where I had been staying at this time, I’ve mentioned that there is a nice park named Pioneer Park. It has reconstructed many of the original cabins built by the pioneers who had moved here in the late 1800’s. Most of the cabins are now used as small stores with tourist trinkets. The park also has two theaters, an art gallery, restaurants, a large dry docked paddle wheel boat, etc.
So, we were wandering through the park and noticed a playbill for a comedy revue that evening. Bought our tickets and returned later. I asked Dan to take pictures since I’d forgotten my camera, that’s why they aren’t very good. The cast came out on stage and told us they liked people taking pictures of them so we could flash away. The revue was funny, most of the jokes were a little dated but this is Fairbanks not New York so we didn’t cause any trouble. They even did the old ‘Who’s on First’ bit. The cast worked hard to entertain and for the most part didn’t fail us.
Here’s the stage just before curtain, the piano player has begun to play a few melodies from the late 1800’s:
One of the cast played a little:
A little ‘Can-Can’ to keep our interest…the dancer in the middle is one of the guys:
The gal there in the purple was a real beauty, good actress, good voice, big expressive eyes, etc., she has it all:
And a big finish after an hour and half of fun, comedy and music:
