Re: Roadshows, Part I

The final roadshow that I remember in our stake was a vast improvement
over some of the other extravaganza years.. they had gotten out of
control, so we got the theme 48 hours before the event, we had write
it.. costume it, etc all in that time. It was great, we worked on it 2
days, then were done with it. Some shows were great, some stunk, but
the ratio was about the same with the short notice vs the long prep
event, so I really liked the short notice. It wasn't a hardship to
anyone. I semi-cheated though, I suggested we pre-arrange barnyard
costumes for the actors... figuring that any theme in the world could
be played out in a barnyard.. and we would already have costumes. We
won on costumes, but the play we wrote was lame.. and lost on overall.
And by that time we had abandoned the "road" part of the show, and we
only did it on one place. I was told as a youth too many auto
accidents in the "road" portion.. so the Church banned it.. no idea if
that was true.

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