"MAKE WAY FOR YOUR BETTERS!"
Dec. 16th, 2003 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shirenomadWell, Bethlehem closed yesterday, and I'd consider it a success. The rain that was supposed to strike Sunday blew through at about 1am and was gone by 6, so we had a slightly soggy landscape but did not have to cancel or even delay the night's performance. Didn't quite meet our goal of 10K visitors, unfortunately, but I'd consider 9.4 pretty good.
The sheep pen is right outside the "city gate". We don't see much of the goings on in the city as a result, at least not until the angel directs us in (Bill Wright, on a rising platform that comes out of a rooftop). On the other hand, we get a lot of attention from curious folk who are just arriving, as well as those waiting for Angel Bill's announcement. Well, actually, the sheep got the attention. Most of them were mostly well-behaved, if shy; there was one, on the other hand, who was either trying to be social with all the people or probing the fence for weak points. Either way, he got a lot of scritches behind the ears for his troubles.
Had the occasional hazards of any large scale event like this, of course, but the only big one was our Gaspar (wise man number 3). He rides in on a person-drawn cart. Which lost the pull-bar and nearly sent him flying during the second-to-last performance yesterday. He wound up walking the rest of the way to the stable, while the royal announcer stayed in character by blaming the worthless servants pulling the cart. Somehow Gaspar delivered his lines with a straight face, then we all razzed him after the show was over ("you had to WALK? in the MUD?!?") ^^;
Speaking of the wise men, the city guards had WAY too much fun clearing a path for them through the crowds. Balthasar (wise man 1) rides a live camel into the city, so it's really a good idea to give him plenty of room, and the guards make sure of it! (See the entry title. There was also "You think this is enough room for a camel? I DON'T THINK SO!")
And the award for best dialogue in the show:
Reuben's wife: Tell these people we have no more room.
Reuben the Innkeeper: We have no more room.
Joseph: Please, sir. My wife is with child and could give birth at any moment. Anything will do.
Reuben: *thinking hard* We have a stable.
Reuben's wife: A stable? A stable? What kind of man would do such a thing?! If I were with child, would you be putting me in a stable? Your mother comes and gets three rooms, but to a pregnant woman it's a STABLE?!?
...this is going to totally encourage Teep = Bird comments, I just know it. Sorry, Teep.
The sheep pen is right outside the "city gate". We don't see much of the goings on in the city as a result, at least not until the angel directs us in (Bill Wright, on a rising platform that comes out of a rooftop). On the other hand, we get a lot of attention from curious folk who are just arriving, as well as those waiting for Angel Bill's announcement. Well, actually, the sheep got the attention. Most of them were mostly well-behaved, if shy; there was one, on the other hand, who was either trying to be social with all the people or probing the fence for weak points. Either way, he got a lot of scritches behind the ears for his troubles.
Had the occasional hazards of any large scale event like this, of course, but the only big one was our Gaspar (wise man number 3). He rides in on a person-drawn cart. Which lost the pull-bar and nearly sent him flying during the second-to-last performance yesterday. He wound up walking the rest of the way to the stable, while the royal announcer stayed in character by blaming the worthless servants pulling the cart. Somehow Gaspar delivered his lines with a straight face, then we all razzed him after the show was over ("you had to WALK? in the MUD?!?") ^^;
Speaking of the wise men, the city guards had WAY too much fun clearing a path for them through the crowds. Balthasar (wise man 1) rides a live camel into the city, so it's really a good idea to give him plenty of room, and the guards make sure of it! (See the entry title. There was also "You think this is enough room for a camel? I DON'T THINK SO!")
And the award for best dialogue in the show:
Reuben's wife: Tell these people we have no more room.
Reuben the Innkeeper: We have no more room.
Joseph: Please, sir. My wife is with child and could give birth at any moment. Anything will do.
Reuben: *thinking hard* We have a stable.
Reuben's wife: A stable? A stable? What kind of man would do such a thing?! If I were with child, would you be putting me in a stable? Your mother comes and gets three rooms, but to a pregnant woman it's a STABLE?!?
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...this is going to totally encourage Teep = Bird comments, I just know it. Sorry, Teep.
