Six minutes into an encounter played under a baking October sun, the vice-chairman had a new concern.
This encounter, played with delicious comic timing by Ms. Rabe and Mr. Furr, establishes the volatile mixture of pathos and humor that defines the production.
I watched her square, expressive face very closely because this bear — maybe 300 pounds and 10 yards away — would be the one deciding how the encounter played out.
"The ironic factor of this is, given how much Beethoven he's played in his life, this is his first encounter playing these pieces.
Interest in the second Scottish Cup last-four encounter, played on Sunday, has intensified now with the prospect of an Edinburgh derby cup final.
In a bone-shuddering encounter played out in front of Leeds' best crowd of the season (31,395), the second leg of the final at times threatened to become a violent scrap, the enormity of what was at stake proving too much for some.
Celtic have been below par since being eliminated from the Champions League but they were made to raise their game in a pulsating encounter, played in a cup-tie atmosphere at a venue where the Bhoys also won the championship in 2004.
But neither side did enough to justify victory in a tame encounter played in teeming rain.
Dumbarton, managed by former Rangers player Ian Murray, go four games without a win, but should have taken the lead in an encounter played largely in wind and rain.
