Someday - A Civil War Drama

Please Note: This is a stock photo, not an actual cast member from SOMEDAY.
I wasn't smart enough to remember my camera. As usual.

Credit: Free images from acobox.com



Last Saturday evening I went, along with my Mom and Ty, to the last performance of "Someday"

Below is what I stole borrowed from the OH Sesquicentennial website. Which you can go check out for yourself here.  It's just that they had already described it so eloquently, that I could never have done it the same justice.  :-) And I'm lazy... I really just want to get past the intro/background brew-ha and just put in my two cents worth.  :-))

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"The turmoil of war and the pathos of separated lovers come to life in the

Civil War music drama, Someday."

“Someday the war will end friends will be friends again,

and we will be together.”

War is war, wherever the place and whatever the time.  But when it touches your land and your family, its full impact hits home.  This was the experience of the people who lived in Carter County years ago.
The Civil War was fought here, in northeastern Kentucky, where the passions of divided loyalties strong emotion.
The stories of that time have passed through the generations.  One fascinating true-life drama is remembered by a descendant of a family whose course coincided with the path of War. 
The tale begins when the Confederacy was moving to secure the border state of Kentucky, where it had many supporters, but also many enemies.
It is summer 1862.  A young confederate officer Tom Clay, is sent home to Eastern Kentucky.  He is to form a group of Partisan Rangers to harass the Union forces occupying the area. 
Tom meets his sweetheart, Ann Rice, at a square dance.  A conflict arises between Tom and Ann’s Father, Bert Rice.  Bert is strongly pro-Union.  He sees Tom, his former friend, as a traitor to his country. 
Bert tells his daughter to forget Tom Clay.  Strong willed and deeply in love, Ann leaves home rather than give up her love for Tom.
After the Union forces are ambushed by Tom’s men, Bert helps formulate a plan for Tom’s capture.
Be ready to hold on to your emotions at the thrilling conclusion of “Someday!”
 
About the Author
“Someday” Outdoor Drama is a musical-drama written in 1990 by Robert Lee Harris.  “Someday” was written for the Kentucky Bi-Centennial and was first performed at Grayson Lake State Park during the summer of 1991.
Harris, who is a retired public school music teacher, a writer and composer, wrote the drama based on the life and times of people in the Eastern Kentucky are during the Civil War years.
The main character of the play, Tom Clay, is loosely based on the life of Hiram Rice, Harris’ great-great grandfather.  Rice was a County Attorney in Carter County and was a member Field’s Partisan Rangers.
“Someday”, which Harris also directed for several years, was subsequently performed for 12 seasons at Grayson Lake State Park.  Cast and crew numbered to over 50 with several members participating each season.

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FYI - Mr. Harris was my elementary school music teacher as well. I'm not sure how many years he did so, but during 7th and 8th grade years, he wrote plays for us to perform.  They were pretty cool.  I actually had the part of 'the gang-leaders girlfriend' in one. LOL. What fun memories!



So anyway, they brought the play out of retirement and did a few "encore" performances of Someday for the Olive Hill Sesquicentennial Celebration.  It's sad to say that in the twelve years that it was performed, I never went to see it.  I'm sure my reasoning was very sound, and my schedule was just too hectic to attend back then. (Honestly, had they served beer, I probably would have had season tickets.)

I am very glad I went this time. It really is a good story. As much as I love history, I'm not much on the Civil War. I find it too depressing, so I am sure that is one reason I had never been to see it.  This time though, one of my cousins had a part, so I had to attend.

Minus an occasional sound problem, it was very well done.  (It was probably only a problem for those of us with hearing problems. My Momma tried to tell me that loud music would destroy my hearing, but as usual I wasn't listening. Just another lesson, among many, learned the hard way. )

Ty , nearly a week later, is still going around the house singing:

                                    "He's a dirty, rotten rebel
                                     He's a dirty, rotten rebel
                                     And he deserves no better than he gets"

I have to give another big high-five to the people in my community who worked so hard in putting this outdoor drama on.  I have discovered there are many, many talented people in my small town.

Great Job Everyone!