{"id":48467,"date":"2017-09-22T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=48467"},"modified":"2021-09-17T19:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T19:06:29","slug":"revisiting-the-magical-splendor-of-the-ballroom-hoopla-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2017\/09\/22\/revisiting-the-magical-splendor-of-the-ballroom-hoopla-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Magical Splendor of the Ballroom: Hoopla Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48470\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48470 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-headshot-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Darcey Engen '88\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-headshot-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-headshot-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-headshot-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-headshot.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darcey Engen &#8217;88<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sod House Theater, which was founded by Augsburg alumni co-artistic directors\u00a0Darcey Engen \u201988\u00a0and\u00a0Luverne Seifert \u201983<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>who are also husband and wife, presents \u201cHoopla Train\u201d with Yard Master Yip and his Polkastra starting on September 21 through October 15. \u201cHoopla Train\u201d is an event performed in old vaudevillian tradition with live music, singing and sketch comedy and is a show that welcomes the whole family. Dancing, with music provided by the Chmielewski Funtime Band, will be encouraged throughout the show, and free dance<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48469\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-husband-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Luverne Seifert \u201983\" width=\"214\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-husband-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-husband-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/darcey-engen-husband-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luverne Seifert \u201983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>lessons are offered one hour prior to the show time. Along with this, there will be a live talent show contest for audience members and prizes will be given out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are interested in bringing the young and old back into the ballroom to revisit its magical splendor and its power in building community,\u201d said Darcey Engen, \u201cWe\u00a0were enthralled with the polka and waltz dancers of greater Minnesota, and witnessed a passionate commitment to this kind of community engagement. We are thrilled to bring \u201cHoopla Train\u201d to the Twin Cities.\u201d \u201cHoopla Train\u201d has been performed previously in 14 historic ballrooms and dance halls across Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The cast stars Darcey Engen, Elise Langer, Jim Lichtscheidl, Eriq Nelson, Kimberly Richardson, Luverne Seifert, Andrea Wollenberg and the Chmielewski Funtime Band. Tickets for \u201cHoopla Train\u201d are $20 for adults; $10 for children, students and seniors and can be purchased at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sodhousetheater.org\/\">www.sodhousetheater.org<\/a>\u00a0or 612-414-2032.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sod House Theater, which was founded by Augsburg alumni co-artistic directors\u00a0Darcey Engen \u201988\u00a0and\u00a0Luverne Seifert \u201983\u00a0who are also husband and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-departments","category-spotlights","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48467"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51093,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48467\/revisions\/51093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}