This morning we had a pretty crazy script for "Path of the Warrior." The series has only about two services left, and it's one we did before some time ago, not to mention the repeat recently at Summer Xtreme. The point is, we're sort of riding this one out in a way with the skits, partly because the cast has been in-and-out somewhat. But that just leaves room to do crazy stuff, like this skit here...
KidPak Adventures: Path of the Warrior
Honor
CUE SLIDE: Asian Backdrop
CUE TRACK: 1 HERO (start at 1:52.5)
NARRATOR: “Welcome back to the Path of the Warrior. Today we have another one of the Seven Virtues of Shin Yu.”
CUE SOUND EFFECT: 7 VIRTUES OF SHIN YU
DANIEL: (offstage) “Seriously?”
NARRATOR: “It is honor. And our cast has invited you a story they will act out now.”
NARRATOR: “A long time ago, in a land far away
There’s a story that happened we still tell today
NARRATOR: There was a villain so vile, he did mean much harm
SKYLAR and MADDIE enter STAGE RIGHT
MADDIE: He was invading the country
SKYLAR: (entering) And he hurt my arm!
NARRATOR: Okay, that’s not true. And I know this is odd
It was injured at practice with the cheerleading squad
SKYLAR: True. I just thought it would make the story more dramatic.
SKYLAR and MADDIE shrug and exit STAGE RIGHT
NARRATOR: Yes, but no drama is certainly necessary
For in walked our villain!
NERDO enter STAGE LEFT – stays to left
NARRATOR: And look, he’s quite scary!
NERDO: I am not.
NARRATOR: Yes you are.
NERDO: Am not!
NARRATOR: Am so! Look, I’ll prove it.
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA enter STAGE LEFT, looking tough like brave soldiers.
NARRATOR: For in walked some soldiers, a very well-trained troop.
These soldiers were certainly an intimidating group
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA look at NERDO
NARRATOR: They saw the villain! They did not know what to do
And they all became frightened when they heard him say…
NERDO: Boo.
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA overreact and run offstage in various directions, screaming loudly in terror.
NERDO laughs, slaps his knee, and walks off stage LEFT, as DAWN enters STAGE RIGHT
NARRATOR: The situation was dire, and the Empress did say
“One person from each family must fight on that day!”
DAWN: One person from each family must fight on that day.
NARRATOR: That’s literally what I just said.
DAWN: You dare question your Empress?
NARRATOR: Dawn, don’t you think you’re taking this Empress thing a bit too far?
DAWN: How dare you! Guards! Guards!
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA enter STAGE RIGHT.
DAWN: (pointing up to SOUND BOOTH) Seize the Narrator!
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA noisily charge up to SOUND BOOTH.
NARRATOR: Wait a minute! No, you can’t! I’m just reading the story!
NARRATOR: (as others are dragging NARRATOR away) NOOOOOOO!
DAWN: Honor is showing great respect to others,
through words and actions. Was that Narrator showing me honor?
Let audience respond.
DAWN: Good answer!
DAWN turns with a flourish and leaves
NARRATOR 2: Uh… hello. Sorry about that interruption there. I’m Narrator Number Two.
NERDO (entering STAGE LEFT) “She said number two! Ha-ha!”
NARRATOR 2: Nerdo, this is a serious moment in our story.
NERDO: Oh. Sorry.
NARRATOR 2: Remember our villain? He’s still quite a threat
He’s marching this way, but we don’t know why yet.
NERDO: Hey, what happened to the other Narrator?
NARRATOR 2: He’s gone. I’m Narrator Number Two.
NERDO: She said it again! She’s number two!
NERDO exits STAGE LEFT laughing, as DANIEL enters STAGE RIGHT, limping, followed by MEGAN
NARRATOR 2: So the word went out for all those to fight
DANIEL: (gesturing to leg) Me? But I can’t. My leg is not right.
MEGAN: Dad you can’t go out and fight as you’re told.
You’re way out of shape, and you’re ancient, and old!
DANIEL: (offended) Hey now.
NARRATOR 2: His glorious fighting days were now all through
NERDO peeks his head out
NERDO: And his breath smelled so bad, just like number two!
DANIEL chases NERDO off STAGE, but DANIEL falls before getting to exit, grasping leg in pain.
MEGAN goes to DANIEL, helping him up and off STAGE LEFT as NARRATOR speaks
NARRATOR 2: Her father’s situation was indeed very grim
So that’s when Megan showed great honor to him
MEGAN returns STAGE LEFT on her own as NARRATOR speaks, as MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA enter STAGE RIGHT
NARRATOR 2: To keep him from harm, to the army she’d race
And it was there that she’d then try to take his place.
SKYLAR: (to MEGAN) You can’t be serious. You cannot fight.
EZRA: You aren’t a brave warrior. Yeah, you’re head ain’t right.
NARRATOR 2: And at this the other troops did point and laugh…
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA laugh really loudly, obnoxiously, with lots of knee-slaps and pointing. It continues to the point that NARRATOR 2 tries again, loudly…
NARRATOR 2: And at this the other troops did point and laugh…
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA laugh even harder, pointing, falling down, crying from fits of laughter.
NARRATOR 2: Pipe down up there!
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA immediately quiet down.
NARRATOR 2: For this girl was no soldier.
JEREMIAH: Not even by half!
NERDO enters STAGE LEFT, and MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA retreat towards STAGE RIGHT.
NARRATOR 2: But oh no! For here comes this n’er-do-well cad!
This looked quite demeritorious!
NIA: Or, in other words, bad!
MEGAN steps up to NERDO
NARRATOR 2: But that’s when our hero stepped up to this meanie.
And gave him a gift.
MEGAN hands NERDO a can of Beanie Weenies.
NERDO: Oh, look! Beanie Weenies!
NARRATOR 2: But her gift-giving here was truly not through
For now it was time to give gift…
NERDO: Say it…?
NARRATOR 2: (sigh)
NERDO: Say it!
NARRATOR 2: (resigned) …Gift number two.
NERDO: (laughing hard) She said NUMBER TWO!!!!
MEGAN hands NERDO an award certificate
NARRATOR 2: It was an award! For coolest villain ever
Why, Nerdo would cherish this gift here forever!
NERDO: I’ll cherish this gift forever! Thank you for honoring me!
NARRATOR: Our hero chose honor. She was not a big hater.
Which is why Nerdo left, as he said…
NERDO: Smell you later!
NERDO exits STAGE LEFT and DAWN enters STAGE RIGHT
NARRATOR: The Empress returned, and she looked on, quite proud
She said something to everyone, and said it quite loud
DAWN: (to MEGAN) You’ve saved us all. Now we honor you.
I now make you second in command…
NERDO: (popping in) Hey, that’s Number Two!
NERDO laughs at this until DANIEL enters STAGE RIGHT, glaring at NERDO, and then DANIEL joins MEGAN as NARRATOR speaks
NARRATOR 2: Without using a weapon, our hero had won
The Empress smiled at these two and said, ‘Well done.’
DAWN: Well done.
NARRATOR 2: Yes. I just literally said that.
DAWN: (to SOUND BOOTH) Excuse me? You dare question the Empress?
NIA: (muttering) Here we go again!
NARRATOR 2: Dawn. You’re taking this Empress thing way too seriously.
DAWN: (pointing to SOUND BOOTH) What? How dare you! Seize the Narrator!
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA noisily charge up to SOUND BOOTH.
NARRATOR 2: Wait! Stop! I was just kidding!
MADDIE, EZRA, JEREMIAH, SANTIAGO, SKYLAR, and NIA drag NARRATOR 2 away from SOUND BOOTH
NARRATOR 2: (as others are dragging NARRATOR 2 away) NOOOOOOO!
NARRATOR 2 hands microphone off to RANDOM VOLUNTEER before being whisked away.
DAWN: (to audience) Remember, honor is showing great respect to others,
through words and actions.
DAWN points at whoever has microphone at this point in audience.
DAWN: And so, our story comes to an end.
You there. You may end this story now. Tell the audience, ‘THE END.’
VOLUNTEER: The End..?
FADE LIGHTS
DAWN: Well done, commoner! (clapping as if to summon someone)
Follow me, peasants!
DAWN turns with a flourish and leads CAST off STAGE
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These are just sometimes super silly, but the kids in the audience were really into it, and that made it so much fun today. The cast had a great time this morning. We were planning ahead to "The Quest," plus Maddie was getting me a latte, which was nice too.
We got home, and Mom had a great lunch for us, some chicken marsala and rice, which was really delicious. Maddie had her usual pizza. The weather outside was really good, and the rest of the day was pretty much a day of rest. Maddie was studying her World History AP, taking a metric ton of notes. I was reading yet another R.L. Stine "camp" book out on the back deck, just because the water was so beautiful out there. These books are so quick and easy to read, and just adolescent fun. I almost feel like I have to defend my reading choices, as these are so middle school or younger. But they're fun. Tonight's book, of course, was a bit more complex, the fourth book in the series of adventures by "The Mysterious Benedict Society." We're almost done with that one - so close! We literally have about ten pages left to go or so, but it was late and I wasn't feeling well tonight.
Speaking of which, my blood pressure had this huge, huge spike this afternoon. I think it's related to an illness or something. I'm having all kinds of digestive issues all of the sudden, so we'll just have to see how that plays out. But someone else had COVID that we know, and I got "the letter" from work, if you can believe that. While many might believe "the pandemic is over," I'm getting a letter telling me that the CDC guidelines say I need to wear a mask for the next ten days because I was in close proximity to someone with that virus. Of course, I had it last year, and it was largely a weird digestive thing for me, along with feverish symptoms as well, sore throat, stuffy nose, and so on. So the digestive issues this time around are a a little concerning, a much-smaller variation of what I experienced before. Anyway, I'm not well and am being careful around the other family.
For example, I was separated from the family tonight when we sat down for movie night. We watched "The Corpse Bride" tonight, and we love that movie so much. But one thing I've never thought about before was the fact that once Victor's parents are seen riding out to look for Victor in a horse-drawn trailer, you literally never see them again in the movie. Or hear them. Or even hear of them.
What's funny is that all these times of watching the movie, I've actually never noticed that they're gone - we're just so focused on whatever else is going on with the movie. But regardless, it's a wonderful movie. Maddie thought briefly about being Emily for Halloween, but we'll see how that goes as we get closer. She definitely wants to wear a creepy bridal gown. Emily might be more challenging, as there are more bones involved, and blue make-up. If Maddie chooses to be Constance Hatchaway instead, I think the only thing she needs is a wedding gown and an axe!
Anyway, it was a good day today. We were watching hummingbirds and reading on the back deck, and just relaxing in this beautiful weather. And watching the chipmunks scurry on the back deck too. Those little critters discovered Mom's put the seeds in the extra room on the back deck, and they've found a way in. Clever little guys!
We said our prayers tonight, and that was that. It was a nice Sunday!
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