In the summer of 1961, the Washington DC LDS Stake under took the production of the musical "Promised Valley". The musical was originally written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the settling of the Salt Lake Valley.
Our production was complete with orchestra, dancers, chorus and actors..children to adults. I was a member of the chorus. We had hours of rehearsals learning the music. Then there were additional hours spent putting all the elements of the show together. I had never been involved in a production the size that this one was and it was pretty exciting. We performed "Promised Valley" for two nights and offered the show to the public for free. I'm pretty sure that the high school auditorium was packed both nights.
Besides having a copy of the program of the show, I have a special memento. During either a dress rehearsal or an actual show, I tripped over a piece of scenery back stage. A nail protruding from the scenery base cut my foot. There was a lot of blood. I still have the scar on the top of my right foot.
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