Shakespeare in the Park moving back to August

After moving to the Friday of Frontier Days in 2018, the Montana Shakespeare in the Park performance in Whitehall will be returning to August in 2019.

At a Whitehall Chamber of Commerce meeting last month, Past President Jan Throne told members she had again requested a date for Frontier Days, but MSHIP informed her that would not work and she selected the option of Thursday, August 29. Chamber members decided to pick "Merry Wives of Windsor" as the 2019 play.

Thorne also discussed where to host the event this year. Last year the event was held at Legion Park and in past years has been held at a residence on Yellowstone Trail. While both of those locations were discussed as options, two other locations emerged as other possible sites.

Tom Harrington discussed the possibility of using the fairgrounds, and the baseball fields were another option.

Harrington said that because there would not be a Friday night event at Frontier Days, there has been talk of hosting a concert with local acts at the fairgrounds.