{"id":82064,"date":"2016-11-23T07:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T12:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=82064"},"modified":"2016-11-23T07:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T12:43:51","slug":"our-blessings-at-the-niswonger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/11\/23\/our-blessings-at-the-niswonger\/","title":{"rendered":"Our blessings at the Niswonger"},"content":{"rendered":"

As nearly 1,200 people laughed and enjoyed Elf: The Musical<\/em> at the Niswonger last night, I couldn\u2019t help but think of the many people it took to put the show on our stage.\u00a0 It was a spectacular show, with superb music, gorgeous sets, and colorful costumes.\u00a0It\u2019s a hilarious story about Buddy, the Elf, which also has many other sentimental elements to put one in the Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, many workers and volunteers started moving the show in at 8 a.m. and didn\u2019t leave until after 2 the next morning.\u00a0Four 53-foot semi rigs brought the show to our loading dock and had to be emptied and moved onto our stage and backstage areas to be constructed and ready for a 7:30 p.m. curtain.\u00a0Workers were busy right up to and even a bit beyond our 7 p.m. door time.\u00a0Once the show was over, our crew went immediately to work in undoing what they had just done a few hours earlier!<\/p>\n

We were fortunate to have this show at our venue.\u00a0They came to us after six days and eight shows at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit.\u00a0After our one night stop in Van Wert on Monday, they were off to Dayton for five shows at the Schuster Theater.\u00a0We are definitely running with the \u201cbig dogs\u201d in the entertainment business.\u00a0I know that many in our region appreciate coming to Van Wert instead of having to drive to the larger cities and fight the traffic and parking.<\/p>\n

It is such a blessing to have so many dedicated people willing to be involved in producing a show of this caliber in Van Wert.\u00a0Many had to be paid labor, but the ones who volunteer their time are due our deepest appreciation for the time they committed to making this show come to life on our stage for so many to enjoy.<\/p>\n

This show was almost an exception in the amount of work involved, but we have three more Christmas shows coming this season where many others will volunteer time too.\u00a0What a blessing all our volunteers are!\u00a0From stage crew to front of house volunteers, to those feeding the workers (thank you, Kandi Saunier), we are truly blessed.<\/p>\n

Up next is Sandi Patty\u2019s Christmas Blessings on Sunday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0Sunday night during the Christmas season is a perfect time to enjoy and be blessed with inspiring music from one of Christian music\u2019s all-time greatest singers: Sandy Patti. This five-time Grammy Award-winning singer will soar your spirits as we draw closer to Christmas.\u00a0Only about a hundred tickets remain for this show.\u00a0The same can be said for John Tesh\u2019s Big Band Christmas on Saturday, December 17; so don\u2019t delay if you want to catch these shows.<\/p>\n

The Andy Williams Christmas Show is tucked in the middle on December 10 and is sold out.<\/p>\n

Now is an excellent time to think about getting someone a Niswonger gift card.\u00a0Giving music is a wonderful gift to give at Christmas!\u00a0You can get gift cards at the box office any time and for any amount you choose.\u00a0Once we hit 2017, we have a whole new line-up of another 13 outstanding concerts to choose from. Our box office will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving so our employees can also enjoy being with friends and family.<\/p>\n

We all have so much to be thankful; not to even mention that my Dallas Cowboys are 9-1 going into Thursday\u2019s game with the Redskins. I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving filled with food, family, and fun!<\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As nearly 1,200 people laughed and enjoyed Elf: The Musical at the Niswonger last night, I couldn\u2019t help but think of the many people it took to put the show on our stage.\u00a0 It was a spectacular show, with superb music, gorgeous sets, and colorful costumes.\u00a0It\u2019s a hilarious story about Buddy, the Elf, which also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 02:37:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}