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<\/p>\nI got the chance to see On Golden Pond at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia on Sunday afternoon and I’m still thinking about it. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the VPP for a show.\u00a0 I almost forgot what a beautiful theatre it is.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
My seats were up in the balcony with a great view of the stage.\u00a0 We got there early and I sat in the seat, overlooking the stage, eager and so excited.\u00a0 \u00a0Mostly for the chance to be in the same building as the woman I looked up to so many years as “Caroline Ingalls” on Little House on the Prairie.<\/p>\n
I grew up watching Little House.\u00a0 I still gravitate towards re-watching old episodes as a pick me up.\u00a0 \u00a0There is just something so simple and so feel good about that show no matter how old you get.\u00a0 Actually, I might appreciate it MORE now at my age.\u00a0 I used to feel a connection to Laura Ingalls, right down to the braids.\u00a0 Now, I appreciate the character of Caroline just a little bit more.\u00a0 Seeing her as a wife and mother.\u00a0 Caretaker of the family.\u00a0 Such a strong character.<\/p>\n
So I admit, as the lights dimmed and the performance began, I was more than excited.\u00a0 \u00a0As Karen Grassle walked on stage, in the character of “Ethel” in On Golden Pond, my heart raced.\u00a0 I was a bit emotional being in the same room.<\/p>\n
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I wasn’t sure what to expect with this performance, barely remembering the classic movie.\u00a0 But from the very beginning, I was all in.<\/p>\n
It was full of laughter, perfectly timed jokes.\u00a0\u00a0Walter Borden who played Norman was brilliant in his role.\u00a0 Not bad for an “old poop” as Ethel called him on stage numerous times.<\/p>\n
It’s a love story.\u00a0 Relationships.\u00a0 Family.\u00a0 Connection.\u00a0 Forgiveness.\u00a0 Heartbreak.\u00a0 Sadness.<\/p>\n
So well done.<\/p>\n
VPP is just one of the many treasures we are so very lucky to have in this area.\u00a0 \u00a0I’m so grateful I got the chance to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I got the chance to see On Golden Pond at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia on Sunday afternoon and I’m still thinking about it. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the VPP for a show.\u00a0 I almost forgot what a beautiful theatre it is.\u00a0 \u00a0 My seats were up in the balcony with","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5443,5442,5441,5440],"class_list":["post-20271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-karen-grassle","tag-on-golden-pond","tag-the-vpp","tag-victoria-playhouse-petrolia"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 17:19:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2022\/07\/what-an-amazing-show\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20274,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20271\/revisions\/20274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}