What a magical evening.
July 7. Heritage Hall, Ogema Saskatchewan. Arleene Johnson Noga's hometown. We were honoured to be asked to perform Diamond Girls at the Ogema Agricultural Society's annual fair. When I decided to relaunch Diamond Girls last year, I added a few more stories about the Saskatchewan ladies: Julie's letter home, Elsie's wedding dress, Arleene's allocation to Fort Wayne, to name a few. How rewarding it was to have an audience hanging on every word during Arleene's interview by South Tribune reporter Chet Grant. And to have so many of Arleene's extended family come forwards after the performance to have their pictures taken with Amanda and our banner of the diminutive third sacker, iron lady, slugging stenographer, and Canadian women's AAGPBL spokesperson. A gentleman stepped forward to tell me that he had gone to school with Mary Baker's daughter Chick and that he knew Mary. While we swapped stories, Amanda's fans jockeyed for a photo opp. Earlier in the day I went for a ride on the Heritage train from Ogema to Horizon and back. This is well worth your trip, as is a visit to Solo Italia on Main Street for a reasonably priced and delicious wood fired pizza. We can hardly wait for September and Indian Head!
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