CHARLES CITY, IA (September 2019) - I loaded the camera bag into the backseat of my car and headed south on a two-lane road and I... I met a gravel road fla...

There was a nervous energy in the air. Anticipation. Like a comfortable, friendly tension.

"Honestly, we’re having so much fun making this whole thing from scratch.

Often times the dancing and singing and joking would stop, so director Janice Bergland or Music Director Derek Sturtevant could offer advice

Musicians are like organized crime, they tend to keep work within their "family" and they wear a lot of black clothing.

MIDWEST OF EVERYTHING (2019) - It has been a few years, so I don't remember exactly when I met Brent (Brent) and Joan (Juni West) Estlund, but I do remember ...

Midwest Life 101. Vinton, Iowa. When I was about 16 years old, my friend Kyle came over to my house driving his beat-to-shit old Ford. It was a 4-door someth...