SHS students prep for "Wild" spring musical

Sounds of singing, dancing, shouting and laughing have been echoing through the Sidney High School auditorium for the past month as nearly 30 students prepare for this year's spring musical production set to debut in early April.

"We've been doing musicals for probably 15 or 16 years," Director David Mead said. "We do one every year."

This year's production is "The Wild, Wild, Wildest West" by Christopher Gieschen and Bill Francoeur. The show is a comedic melodrama about a cold-hearted banker who attempts to defraud a widow of her land, while the local sheriff has to deal with a gang of villai...