Youth Roadshows

Roadshows.  Unless you are a Mormon, you probably have no idea what a roadshow is.  I'm not sure if I can explain properly.  Roadshows are an interesting phenomenon.  I've never been in a roadshow, my first experience was as an adult audience member.  Let's just say I left shaking my head, thinking, "wow, what was that?"

Roadshows vary by location, but in our little corner of Mormondom, roadshows are basically short skits or one-act plays written, produced, and performed by the youth.  This is done in a very short time frame with no given resources.  Each ward prepares their own show and obviously adults are asked to help organize and supervise the kids.  Here is where Dave and I come in.  We along with two other adult couples were asked to help with roadshows this year.

All I'm going to say about roadshows is that they are a lot of work, take a lot of organizing and coordinating, are VERY cheesy and silly, but are worth it because most the kids love doing it and for "older" people like Dave and I, it is fun to work with the Young Men and Women in the ward.

We spent about month preparing with the youth.  We have some great performers in our ward.  All the kids came through and did a really good job.  They wrote the script, were responsible for their own costumes, learned all their lines, and even danced in a grand finale.  What good sports!  Their roadshow was based on the theme "Bedtime Stories" and they did a medley of Disney stories including Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast and Finding Nemo.

During all the practices and performances, I was SUPER busy so I didn't get any pictures.  I didn't even get to see the actual performance because I was backstage--thank goodness for video. 

This is Ashey's sheep costume, sort of.  We took the picture after the show, so it's
a little worse for the wear, but I wanted to have at least one picture.