Recalculating......

Those GPS devices sure get disappointed when you go in a different direction than they expect.  It tells you "Turn right", and instead you turn left; it says, in an exhausted, frustrated voice, "Recalculating".  Like people. sometimes technology is easily discouraged.  But then it bucks up, trying to get you on the right path again.

Flying Dragon Arts Center recently is experiencing some bumps in the road, some unexpected moments of recalculation.  That is in the nature of community theater.  People come and go.  Sometimes they move, sometimes they just get burnt out, sometimes they get mad at each other, sometimes there is a power struggle.  In a children's theater particularly, some will grow up or out of the phase that theatre is what they want to do.  And in a community Waycross's size with it's seeming inability to economically grow beyond a certain point, it is hard to retain the young adults who find more opportunity outside the area.

Flying Dragon, like all community theaters,, will have people come and go, but the heart of it's purpose will always be there.  There will always be a corp group of people that care enough to help the group survive and continue.  There will always be new people, excited and fresh to the theater, eager to grow and learn, who will constantly help revitalize things.

So don't lose faith in The Flying Dragon.  Seasons will go on, recalculating will be done.  As far as a building goes, I am sure whatever we find, people will follow.  Because as The Wizard of Oz taught, home is where the heart is, home is where the people you love and who love you are.

Of course, really good air conditioning would be nice too.