In 2003, Alpine started a community theater program and did "The Sound of Music", which had been done by the community 20 years earlier. Mark played cello in the "pit". The performances were done in an outdoor amphitheater — that's why it looks like Mark is sitting on stone seats. They kept having problems with it raining, forcing one performance to get cancelled, and another delayed. All the musicians had to keep scrambling for cover to protect their instruments. Mark loved playing in the pit and has played in a number since then.
