Spencer Hinckley: Show Time Utah

Matt, Matt's Laura, and I went to the "Old West Dinner Show" in Pleasant Grove starring Emily as the Sheriff's Deputy Andy and Joann and as the Steal n' Thunder band leader. If you're not quite sure what an "Old West Dinner Show" is, let me explain. You go to Show Time Utah at 20 S. Main St. in Pleasant Grove. There are two ticket options: one is for the show and dinner, and the other is for just the show. When you buy just the show, you just sit there and watch the show while everyone else sits there and watches the show and eats dinner.

Well, the show was great. Joann led Steal n' Thunder like she's been performing since she was 3, playing guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. She played a few of her own compositions as well as some old classics, including a mean Orange Blossom Special.

Andy (Emily Stevens) was the Sheriff's deputy. Let me tell you about the Share-iff: he is your typical old west town sheriff--loud, not too intelligent and not very eloquent. His friend, the Can-Can girl (or something) had some rubies stolen some he and Otis were looking for the thief. There were several suspects, including Spencer. Spencer tried to hide the evidence (the rubies showed up on the rail next to his chair) buy placing it on the opposite side of the room when the sheriff wasn't looking. Somehow, the rubies ended up back behind Spencer, who was then arrested and taken off to jail (backstage) where he was forced, with the other suspects, to put on a skirt and wig and dance with the Can-Can lady. Well, Spencer's Mom told him never to cross-dress, so he decided on another variation of the can-can woman skirt (see the pictures).

Well, the grand finale came during Andy's (Emily's) aria "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun." Try as she might, Andy couldn't get the sheriff to notice her femininity: wielding that gun around all the time just made her look like another man. Hence her lamenting "you can't get a man with a gun" (see the video). Well, the can-can woman helped Andy out, who, after retreating backstage, then reemerged as Miss Andrea, and the sheriff couldn't keep his eyes off her (much less all the other cowboys in the room!).