 The lights will go up this Friday on the Bemidji Community Theater's latest production, The Sound of Music. Lakeland News reporter Sheryl Moore was in the audience for a dress rehearsal tonight and has a preview. It's a story treasured by many. The musical is wonderful. There's a lot of very heartwarming moments and a lot of relevance to things that are going on in today's world. It's one of those that's just really touched my heart, not only the story, but of course, the music. There are 51 people in the cast. We have a crew of about another 25 or 30 and a children's choir of 13. Probably 75% of the cast has been in the show before and about 25% are brand new. The cast tells me they've been rehearsing since August. It's been a long, hard, but exciting journey and they can't wait to open a night. We've been working three nights a week, definitely, for all of that time and as the process went on, we added time. Even if you're familiar with the story, there's some new things in this production that interesting sets and a children's pre-show choir to get the crowd excited. When people come here, they're gonna be able to see their friends and their friends' children and their cousins and so forth up on stage and doing a really good job. All the directors and people that are in this and doing it have worked so, so, so hard to get this all together on time. In Bemidji, Shrelmore, Lakeland News. The sound of music at the Bemidji Community Theater will run through next weekend. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.