Monday, May 9, 2016 – Handcarts

Today it rained off and on but we still put in a full day on the visitor’s center grounds. We even got in a trip to the dump/burn pile too. The forecast is for two more days of rain.

Tonight we preformed in “Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo” twice. Normally there is only one show a night but when the demand for tickets exceeds the seating capacity of 90, they have us put on a second show that starts 15 minutes after the first one gets over. For some reason both of tonight’s shows were filled to capacity. 

In the second show, about a third of the audience were the YPM’s (Young Performing Missionaries) that came to watch the old folks act. The YPM’s arrived, all 48 of them, last week.  They have hit the ground running with all day rehearsals for the two Nauvoo Pageants they will be performing.  The Pageants start in only 2½ weeks from now so they don’t have much time left to prepare. 

All of our “Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo” audiences are great but tonight’s second show was even better than usual because of all the YPM’s watching. They really got into the show; they participated, cheered, laughed, applauded, hooted and hollered.  When the play was over they gave us old folks a standing ovation. The YPM’s were great. Oh, and by the way, I got all of my lines right in both shows!