Call Me Ned is the kind of musical that could only be conceived by those that know the folklore of Nederland. When Patrice LeBlanc and her husband Ed Schoenradt moved to Central City in 2018, somebody suggested to them that they should write a musical about the beloved Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival. Having years of experience in writing musicals and songs together, they came up with the concept and wrote the script in five days.

The show was originally performed in March 2019 for the 2019 Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival. The performances for 2020 and 2021’s festivals (and the festivals as a whole) were canceled due to COVID-19. The show was able to perform in the Teller House Courtyard Gardens in the summer of 2020, but the show hasn’t been performed since. Now, for the 2022 festival, the show is coming back.

The story follows the much beloved Grandpa Bredo, the frozen dead guy himself, after someone forgets to lock his tuff shed and he is thawed out. He tries to explain to everyone around him that he is the real Grandpa Bredo, but since everyone around him is celebrating FDGD and is also dressed up as Grandpa Bredo, no one believes him. When someone finally notices the tuff shed is unlocked and Grandpa Bredo is gone, they believe him to be stolen and set out on a quest to find him.

The 45-minute musical features six songs and involves audience participation throughout. LeBlanc is beyond thrilled to be able to have community theater again, as COVID has prevented such theater from happening as often. The cast and crew adore the show as much as the writers do, and audience members often came back for a second showing because they thought it was so much fun. A song from the musical was even recorded for a radio station in Australia doing a feature on Grandpa Bredo.

It’s clear that Nederland’s love for Grandpa Bredo and the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival is just as strong now as it was before the pandemic, and this musical promises to capture that spirit.

Call Me Ned will be performed twice this year – once as a premiere performance in the Elks Lodge in Central City, 113 Main Street, on March 18, 2022, at 7 p.m., and once as a showing for the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival on March 19, 2022, at the Backdoor Theater in the Community Center in Nederland, 750 HIghway 72 North. 

Here are the listings of live music this week! Check it out and support your local musicians.

Busey Brews

Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m. - Haley and Ryan Benthall

Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. - Lost Penny Duo (Dahlby and Nadine)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuseyBrews/

Website: https://buseybrews.com/

Email: contact@buseybrews.com

Location: 70 E. 1st Street, Nederland.

Phone: 1-855-633-2739

Caribou Room

Saturday, March 12 at 8 p.m. - Keller Williams

Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. - Gasoline Lollipops

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecaribouroom/

Website: https://www.thecaribouroom.com/

Location: 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland.

Phone: 303-258-3637

Howlin Wind Brewing

Saturday, March 12 at 4 p.m. - New Family Dog Duo

Friday, March 18 at 5 p.m. - NoGo Gilbillies

Saturday, March 19 at 5 p.m. - Steepland String Band

Sunday, March 20 at 3 p.m. - Micki Balder

Saturday, March 26 at 4 p.m. - Andrew Cooney Duo

Website: https://www.howlinwindbrewing.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howlinwindbrewing

Location: 51 A Main Street, Rollinsville.

Phone: 309-825-5245

Jamestown Mercantile

Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. - Paul Kimbiris

Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m. - The Cosmic Charlie’s

Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. - Chris Ryan Weist of Wood Belly

Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m. - David Lawrence and the Spoonful

Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. - Eric Richard Stone and Tom Hall

Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/jamestown. mercantile/

Website: https://www. jamestownmercantile.com/

Location: 108 Main Street, Jamestown.

Phone: 303-442-5847

Kathmandu

Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m. - The CBDs

Location: 110 N. Jefferson Street, Nederland.

Phone: 303-258-1169

Last Stand Tavern

Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. - Karaoke

Saturday, March 12 at 5 p.m. - Derek Hall

Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m. - St. Patrick’s Day party with Jordan Yewey

Friday, March 25 at 6 p.m. - Karaoke

Saturday, March 26 at 5 p.m. - Lee & Gary

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laststandtavern/

Website: http://laststandtavern.com/

Email: laststandtavern@gmail.com

Location: 32138 Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon.

Phone: 303-642-3180

Ned’s Cafe

Dam Jam on Thursdays at 10 p.m. Karaoke on Sundays at 7 p.m.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eatatneds/

Website: https://www.eatatneds.com/

Email: eatatneds@gmail.com

Location: 121 N. Jefferson Street, Nederland.

Phone: 1-303-258-0614

Very Nice Brewing Company

Thursday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m. - Group ukulele class with Doug Brightwood

Saturday, March 12 at 5 p.m. - Rick Lobato

Thursday, March 17 at 5:30 p.m. - Group ukulele class with Doug Brightwood

Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. - Jazz by Dan Williams

Friday, March 25 at 6 p.m. - Jay Stott

Saturday, March 26 at 5 p.m. - Eric Stone

Facebook: www.facebook.com/verynicebeer

Website: www.verynicebrewing.com/

Location: 20 E. Lakeview Drive, #112, Nederland.

Phone: 303-258-3770

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