Saturday, November 10, 2012

Roadshow

Our Stake held a roadshow this year. Well, kind of a roadshow. Each Ward had to get on / off the stage in a set amount of time, but we only held it at one location. (A traditional roadshow would actually be multiple locations and multiple performances in a single night). Below are some pictures from the dress rehearsal. Our production was "We Believe that with the power of God anyone can be a Hero!" This was written by Arah Kunz and Lisa Farman. They did a great job and it was very clever tying in all the various superheros.

Basic story line: Sister Primary (Nicole Simmons) was trying to find a new Sunbeam teacher as her current one was moving. She sang a song "Holding Out for a Hero" (accompanied by me, with revised words and while the YW did a dance number in the background). Her son came into the room (wearing a super hero cap) and gave his mom some encouragement "Never give up! Never surrender!" and zoomed off the stage. Then she took a nap and the Dream Sequences started. #1 Brother Gordon (that would be Flash Gordon) started teaching the class but as soon as someone needed help, he had to run off stage and save them. The Flash theme song played in the background. #2 Brother Parker (as in Peter Parker) came in to the music of Spiderman. And of course as soon as someone yelled help, he ran off the stage. The dream sequences ended with Sister Primary exclaiming that a super hero was not the answer. She got inspiration to have Sister Prince (as in Diana Prince, Wonder Woman) to be the new teacher. She sang "I'm No Superman" (with revised words) accompanied by guitar. Even though she was not sure how she could juggle everything, she was willing to try. The final line (Dakota G) was "Remember, that in a world of ordinary mortals, you are a wonder woman". And the Wonder Woman theme cued up. I helped during the auditions and rehearsals for our ward but accompanied just the one number. Audrey was in charge of collecting and cuing up all the background music during the performance. And while the other wards did their productions, both John and Audrey were in charge of the spotlights. Our friend Richard H did the sound/technician stuff with Doug T. After our ward finished, I went back to the refreshment table and volunteered my time for the remainder of the evening. (They served cookies, popcorn and licorice). It was a fun activity!