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Our stake has done 24 hour roadshows for the past few years. On Friday night,
representatives from each ward go to the stake center about 7 p.m.
They pull a theme and a setting out of hats. For instance, this year the over all theme of
the roadshows was "Movies". From one hat, they would pull a theme such as
comedy, romance, drama, mystery, action, etc. From the other hat, they would pull a
setting such as nursing home, island, game show,
outer space, etc. They are also given a list of about 15 words or phrases that must be
used in each roadshow. These can be anything from Latin phrases that the kids don't
understand, to names from the scriptures, or popular phrases from commercials or recent
movies. It's really cute to see how creative they can be using them. There is a budget of
about $50 for each of the wards to use.
Everyone then goes back to their own buildings to brainstorm and start working on scenery.
They work until about 10 p.m. on Friday night and then meet again bright and early
Saturday morning. They work all day until about 5 or so. Then everyone goes back over to
the stake center. Everyone has a chance to practice once on the stage. Usually the wards
order pizza for the youth for dinner. Then the roadshow starts at 7. Each ward has 15
minutes to set up and put on their show. They have an opening act going on while they are
setting up.
We then give awards for best opening act, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor
and actress, best music, best message, best scenery, best
costumes, best script, and best overall. We have refreshments during the judging. This
year members of the singles ward were the judges. They were
probably the most impartial people we could get.
This year we spent a good bit of time discussing this in our Stake Youth Committee
meeting. We asked the youth if they wanted to change the format.
We suggested giving them a week or longer, or just doing it on Saturday. They all wanted
to keep it just the way it is. It's a lot of work, but the
shows just keep getting better and better every year! It is the best attended activity of
the stake.
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