Va and I have been very busy this week recreating Nazareth. Adventurer Camp-in is tomorrow night, so we’ve been at it every evening since Tuesday. Because we will have church before the Camp-in starts, we can’t even finish building all the sets we need. So tomorrow afternoon, we will dive in and finish it off. Here’s some of what we have so far:
The left canvas is one we painted maybe four years ago to use in the Cradle Roll Sabbath School classroom. They use this when the program in there is about Jesus as a boy. Since it’s set in Nazareth, and the Camp-in is also set in Nazareth, we decided to press it into service again. The canvas on the right is one of nine that we painted this week. This particular one is supposed to be a continuation of the scene on the left.
Va adds olives to the olive trees
These canvasses form three walls. This olive grove is the back wall. Va is busy painting olives on the trees.
There are four more rooms that will need a similar (but less extensive) treatment. For those, we are just using blank canvas drop cloths and some bed sheets. Actually, all of the painted canvasses are just drop cloths.
We had several Pathfinders come out and help us Tuesday evening, and a few more came out on Wednesday. When they were here, we spread tarps out on the carpet, laid the canvasses on top of them, and painted the sky and the hills. For this we used latex paint and paint rollers. A couple of kids used half our paint on the first sky. So I cut the paint with an equal amount of water, and Va bought another gallon of light blue, and another gallon of brown. We cut those 1:1 with water too. The next day we suspended them from the ceiling. Yesterday we painted the trees and grassy spots, and today we added the olives and some rocks. Also, today I extended the house.
The thing that makes this a Camp-in, is that when the Nazareth program is over, we spend the night. When we wake up, I have a Pathfinder meeting, and during that, we will record segments of the Pathfinder skit on video using some of this same scenery. Two birds. One stone.
I am exhausted. I have been exhausted every night when I’ve gotten home. But Penny doesn’t understand this. She wants me to throw her (broken) frisbee.
Please?
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February 3, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I’m exhausted just reading about it! Reminds me of when my son was a cub scout. At least you’ll be able to get into the woods again when it’s over.
February 3, 2012 at 8:53 pm
I still have to look over my script for tomorrow night too. I’m playing a carpenter, and I’ve read it exactly once. I hauled most of my antique hand tools to the church already (none of which had been invented until hundreds of years later, but these kids aren’t crack historians so they’ll forgive me that). I still need to bring my shaving horse, and we’ll do that sometime tomorrow.
February 3, 2012 at 9:36 pm
I haven’t been in a play since I was one of the wise men in 4th grade, so I’m certainly not one to offer advice. I have noticed though, that it is usually when the actors forget a line here and there that everyone starts to loosen up and laugh and have a good time.
February 3, 2012 at 9:56 pm
I guarantee that I will use my script as a guideline and ad lib most of it. It works better that way (at least for me).
February 4, 2012 at 3:14 am
Enjoy the exhaustion before ya know it the kids will be grown and possibly moved off to another state. Wonderful photo of Penny. Her anticipation is evident. Good Luck with the play and camp in.
February 4, 2012 at 7:52 am
Thanks Jim. I do enjoy getting exhausted this way.