Saturday I missed one of the most fun days in Herkimer, the Village Wide Garage Sales. I thought briefly of asking Steven to be the guest blogger for the day since he planned to attend, but I really feel it is too early in my blogging career for such a thing, and there was no guarantee Steven would say yes. So I drove sadly by tents being set up and goodies arranged on picnic tables. But one must earn a living, after all. For one thing, I have to pay my Time Warner bill so I can continue to blog.
By the time I was driving home everything was over. Steven had only been to a couple sales and had not bought me anything. Darn! No matter, our Mohawk Valley activity for the evening involved the Ilion Little Theatre (ILT), and we did not want to be late. We had volunteered to do the door for closing night of Happy Birthday. I was a little trepidatious, not having worked box office since my college days, about a hundred years ago. It turned out to be pretty fun.
Steven found the money in the secret hiding place he’d been told about. No, I’m not going to tell you where the secret hiding place is! In fact, I shouldn’t have even mentioned that there was a secret hiding place. Forget I said anything! Anyways, the money isn’t there any more; it’s in the safe. Or maybe even the bank account by now, so there. George, the director, used to be the group’s treasurer, so he could answer any questions. We also found some written and printed instructions, so I felt all set to face the public.
The public, I must say, is pretty nice. We managed to sell quite a few 50/50 tickets but were less successful in selling tickets for the basket of goodies that was also being raffled. Steven was able to find the coffee and get that going. He also located the switches for the lobby lights it was our responsibility to turn off, as well as the key to the door we were supposed to lock.
Most of the audience were returning fans or friends and family of the cast. We saw one fellow Steven used to work with who was checking out ILT for the first time. “I guess they let anybody work here,” he remarked when he saw who was waiting to take his money. I think on the whole we did rather well. We only locked out two people at intermissions, and they got let back in so did not miss any of the play.
Steven and I also managed to enjoy the show even though I felt a little worried about turning on lights and serving drinks during intermission. So here you have another fun thing to do in the Mohawk Valley. You can not only watch at ILT play; you can also volunteer. Visit their website at ilionlittletheatre.org.
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