“I was able to sit in the pit, and I remember being in the back, and watching, and he would just turn the page, and pick up an instrument, and turn the other page, and pick up another instrument.” Her friend was able to get her an even better seat the next day. “And it was worth every penny! I just thought this is the best entertainment I have ever seen, and this is hands-down the best flute part ever.” “It was an obstructed view seat, which was a folding chair behind a support pole, that I paid full price for,” Ragsdale explains. And though Ragsdale was not immune to the shock of Diana’s death, her world was changed even more by the show she was witnessing. That night, the world was talking about the death of Princess Diana in France (where it was already past midnight). A musician friend had invited her to see the new musical during its tryout run in Minneapolis. Flutist Kay Ragsdale remembers the exact moment she knew she’d be part of the “Lion King” phenomenon.
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