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I just got back from watching a rehearsal of Sandstone Production's rehearsal of "Oklahoma!" for an article I'm writing for the newspaper. After watching the rehearsal, I have to say I'm really excited. This is going to be a great production of one of the best musicals of all time and the cast and crew seem really committed

While I was there, I recorded some video of the cast rehearsing the song "I Cain't Say No." Keep in mind, this was recorded outside on my cell phone, so the audio quality's not great. Hopefully this whets your appetite for more. Oklahoma opens next Thursday.

What are your plans for this weekend? If you don't have any yet, you might want to look into the following options.

• Ducks For Buck fundraiser at Wines of the San Juan. San Juan County's very own winery is one of my favorite spots in the area, and this weekend they'll be raising money to help out kids with Niemann-Pick Disease.
• A new art gallery is opening in Aztec. Norene Klemm and her husband James Joe are very committed to providing a new artistic space in Aztec, and I wish them the best of luck.
  
• The Bonnie Dallas Senior Center is having an outdoor flea market tomorrow morning. Should be a good chance to get some good deals.
• XTERRA returns to the Four Corners. XTERRA is a unique kind of triathlon that involves swimming, running and biking. This is only the second year Farmington's had XTERRA, but already it is ranked #5 in the nation. 

Are you doing any of these things this weekend? Something else? Why not let us know in the comments.

Did you get down to Orchard Park yesterday? I went there and got some video of the band performing. Here's San Juan College Company with their rendition of "Come Sail Away."

The date in the article that ran in today's Daily Times for the Summer Art Walk is wrong. The art walk is on Friday, June 11. We'll be running a correction in Sunday's paper. I'm really sorry for this folks, this was my mistake, and I'll do whatever I can to make up for it. 

It's Friday, which is a momentous occasion in its own right, but more importantly, it's the first day of the downtown TGIF celebration in Orchard Park. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be music and food down there to celebrate the arrival of the weekend.

I'm planning on going down today with my camera to get some video for the blog, so if you see me, be sure to say "Hi." See you there!

This evening, I had the opportunity to meet EllynAnne Geisel at the Farmington Public Library. EllynAnne is known far and wide for her work collecting and interpreting aprons , and she's not alone. Quite a few people came out to see her tonight at the Library, and they brought their aprons with them. One of the women who had a rather extensive collection, Terry McCloskey, was kind enough to go over her collection with me, so I took out my Flip video camera to record it.



Thanks Terry! If you missed EllynAnne's presentation, she'll be at a reception at Artifacts Gallery in downtown Farmington Saturday starting at 2 p.m.

Sorry for the few days absence. I recently moved to a new desk, and doing so had the unintended effect of unearthing all sorts of bits and pieces I needed to catch up on.

In the meantime, here's a video I shot last weekend of Cindy McNealy, the director of the Henderson Fine Arts Center Gallery at San Juan College, explaining the gallery's newest exhibit on Plein-Air Painters. The exhibit is going to remain up for the rest of the month, so be sure to head down and check it out.

It's the weekend San Juan County! What are your plans? Here's some of the things I plan on stopping by, and hopefully get some video for the blog.

• The opening reception for the Plein-Air Painters this evening at San Juan College.
• The puppet-building activity at the Gateway to Imagination exhibit this evening and tomorrow at the Farmington Museum
• A book signing by author Jeff Blackburn at Andrea Kristina.
• The opening reception for Gateway to Imagination, also at the Farmington Museum.

If you see me there with my Flip video camera, say hi. You might end up on the website.

Make sure you check today's copy of The Daily Times, as it contains this week's edition of Explore. And, of course, if you did not get Explore, you can find all of the articles right here on Daily-Times.com.