The primrose path

This weekend marks the annual Woodchoppers’ Jamboree and, with it, the events that so many people have come to enjoy; chainsaw tosses, pole climbing, ax throws and melodramatic performances. When the saws are put away and the wood chips are done flying, a long-held tradition of the weekend is to head to the Grand Encampment Opera House to watch the melodrama put on by Valley thespians. This year, residents will be seeing , “He Lured Her to the Primrose Path but He was Nipped in the Bud,”

Mary Martin, longtime Encampment resident and director of the Grand Encampment Opera Company (GEOC), is as...