Chelsea Niemeyer, who is in charge of all the costumes and hair for our play, was exasperated trying to get Signe's stick-straight hair to hold the curls. So she resorted to some extreme measures Saturday morning before our matinee. The curls lasted for days; Signe got quite a reaction when she wore them to school Monday.
Chelsea's daughter Esther, a very good friend of Signe's, played Wild Prairie Rose (the "female Jesse James").