“I think everyone feels fairly helpless and the most everyone can do is nothing,” Aadland said. Mitchell’s Joe Quintal Field did not take part in "Be the Light," but when activities director Cory Aadland received an email from Watertown’s Craig Boyens, it was an opportunity to jump into the mix. There was no affiliation with the "Be the Light" campaign that spread across the country as high schools fired up stadium lights for a brief period of time. Erickson and his volunteers wanted to take the movement statewide, partnering with Storybuilt Media to take aerial photos of the state’s biggest cities and add a livestream on Facebook. It’s about hope, a positive message and being South Dakotans.”įriday marked the second crack at Let it Shine South Dakota, after a quickly formed attempt to light up Sioux Falls on March 30 drew positive reviews. It doesn’t matter where you stand on what’s going on with the pandemic. In one way or another, we’ve all been impacted. “This is something we can all agree on - that hope is strong in South Dakota,” said Shannon Steffke, Let it Shine South Dakota volunteer. While response to the coronavirus has brought mixed emotions, Let it Shine South Dakota was designed to be apolitical, only to be a beacon of hope and a symbol of unity.
Multiple Mitchell venues - including Joe Quintal Field, Cadwell Sports Complex, the Corn Palace and Dakota Wesleyan University - banded together with buildings around the state as a part of Let it Shine South Dakota, designed by Sioux Falls resident Tony Erickson to show support for those battling COVID-19, the healthcare professionals working tirelessly to cure them, along with businesses struggling to remain open and people who lost their livelihood because of the coronavirus. On Friday, stadiums lit up across South Dakota as a reminder they are still there, waiting for events to return when it becomes safe.
For nearly two months, sports arenas and stadiums have been empty and eerily silent.
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