Us & Them

To end Friendship Club this year I thought I'd do a pantomime skit. One day as I was driving home from Meknes by myself with the music playing, the whole idea for the show came to me very quickly - so I can only thank God for that! This is the first time I've ever done anything like this and it was so fun. We could have used a few more hours of practice, but oh well! Below the pictures is the synopsis & the links to watch it. Enjoy!

Mean girls







Nice girls!

US AND THEM: Synopsis

The Meeting: Two different groups of people meet and feel mistrust, prejudice and suspicion towards each other. They begin to have small conflicts which lead to pride, gossip, mocking, arguing and cruel words.

The Wall is Built: The two groups decide to build a wall between them to be separated from each other. But the problems grow as they throw accusations and lies at the other group.

The Wall Comes Down: The wall does not last long and it is torn down so the groups can fight and yell at each other face to face. But eventually each person collapses under the weight of their anger and sadness. It appears that Hatred, Conflict and Despair have won.

Love, Peace and Hope Arrive: Then comes Love, Peace and Hope. Together they push out Hatred, Conflict and Despair and try to revive the two groups. But it is difficult work and they are discouraged. Finally people begin to respond and get up. But they are still not willing to talk to each other until one brave soul crosses the line to talk to another. Both of them apologize and forgive each other which inspires the others to do the same.

A New Beginning: Finally the two groups join to form one group which dances together. Then members from both groups begin to talk and get to know each other discovering that though they are indeed very different from each other, they can still be friends. Together they discover that being friendly, comforting, being positive, helping each other and cooperating takes effort but is worthwhile. Once again the two groups join together to dance a truly joyful dance of friendship.

Love, Peace and Hope have won!


Here are the youtube links:

First time - filmed by Kolin Gonclaves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9oC2bikLs
Second time - filmed by Jonathan Wyrtzen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcUfKfHcLw