Letter to Cast & Families

Dear West Stake Youth and Parents,

We are so excited to be given the opportunity to work with you in preparing the Calgary Temple Youth Celebration to be held on Saturday, October 27th in the Corral on the Stampede grounds.  As you know, we have now had a Kick-off Fireside and 3 rehearsals.  We are adapting and fine-tuning each rehearsal to best meet your needs and to get the most out of the time we have together in preparation for this wonderful event.  Each youth will have several opportunities to be on stage during the celebration.  We wanted to get a letter out to all families to be sure that everyone has a better understanding of what their participation will be.

ALL YOUTH in our stake will participate in the following scenes:
Howdy (White-Hatting ceremony)
"The Light of the Temple" by Loralee Laycock - ALL Sing
Introduction
"The Light on the Hill" by Terry Wasden - ALL Sing

Ranching Scene 
"The Farmer and the Cowman" by Rodgers and Hammerstein - ALL Sing & Dance
"Old Joe Clark" - ALL Sing a portion & Dance

Hockey - 6 YM have been cast to rollerblade and all others will be spectators surrounding the playing surface and cheering
"The Good Old Hockey Game" by Tom Connors - ALL Sing and Act
Temple Announcement Scene
Light Up Finale
"Arise and Shine" by Andrew Hawryluk - ALL Sing

As you can see ALL youth in our stake will have plenty of participation time in the celebration.  You can also see that there are 5 full songs to be prepared and memorized by every youth in the stake.  All youth will also have some dancing and acting to do in the Ranching Scene and Hockey Scene.

In addition to these scenes, some youth have been cast in an additional scene.  You may have heard about these as the Nativity Scene & the Chinese Heritage Scene (which includes: Ribbon Dancers, Fan Dancers, Dragon & Lion, Gymnasts and Percussionists).  The youth cast for one of these scenes are performing in that particular scene IN ADDITION to the "All Youth" Scenes listed above.  Thus, these youth will need to be in attendance at the "All Youth" rehearsals times as well as those specified for their additional scene.

Just 39 days and 5 (stake) + 2 (regional) rehearsals to performance time!  We won't be able to do it unless you put some time in at home with the audio and video recordings.  Be sure to take part in the "Listen/Watch" contest!  

Please go to: weststakeyouth.blogspot.ca

We look forward to working together to make this celebration an exciting and inspirational presentation which illustrates our love for the Lord and our gratitude for the incredible blessing it is to have a House of the Lord in Calgary!

Andrea Hudson and Marilyn Bennion