Hundred Sacks of Rice

Here is an embarrassing story.

At night, both me and Chris wanted to go and watch Sophie's play at the Lyric Hall.
We drove to a concert hall near our office.
The car park was full, and there were so many old people! We thought they must be those children's grandparents coming to see there play.

We walked into the concert hall building and tried to enter. The staff stopped us from entering and was trying to collect our ticket.
But Yoshikawa-sensei told us that the admission was free!
Me: We are from the Board of Education.
Staff: Doesn't matter who you are, you need a ticket.
Me: But Yoshikawa-sensei told me that we don't need tickets.
Staff: I don't know Yoshikawa-sensei, and I don't care... you need a ticket!

Then, me and Chris thought it was really odd. But we walked to the ticket booth and asked for the tickets.
Me: How much is the ticket?
Staff: 4000 yen please.
Me & Chris: *wait a minute...don't think we want to spend 4000 yen on a children's play*

THEN!!!!! I saw some posters far far way! It was posters of this Japanese Enka singer.

We finally realized that we are in the wrong place >.<
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Sophie's school was having a play called " Hundred Sacks of Rice"
It was a big thing for the school every year.
The school (Sakanoue)was built 140 years ago because of the hundred sacks of rice.
As far as the story goes, after the war, people in Nagaoka were starving. They didn't have enough rice to share among everyone.
One day their neighbour supported them with 100 sacks of rices.
People were happy about receiving the rice, but this person suggested that they instead of eating the rice, they should sell it for money and use the money to build a school for education.
However, after seeing the play, I still believe that they should just have eat the rice.