Aug. 17, 2011 - Nauvoo Tour - Missionary's Stage Play
In
this final page of our Nauvoo tour, I photographed the free stage play
the missionaries put on for all the Old Nauvoo visitors at the end of
the day. Stage performances were an important part of community
entertainment in Old Nauvoo.
The stage players came out waving to the crowd welcoming us to Nauvoo.
The men danced for us.
Then they all "shed a tear" for us.
Shortly, a narrator, played by the town's newspaper printer, began to tell the story of the city from it's inception to the time the inhabitants were forced to leave.
There were those who played the role of old residents who didn't quite accept the Mormons.
The men pretended to be horses pulling a buggy to deliver the news.
The ladies sang to us their story of one of the first women's organizations in this nation, the Relief Society formed in Nauvoo, which is still an important part of our church today.
The missionary stage actors sang to us about their sad departure.
In the end, they sang about how happy they were as a society.
As we left for our motel, Linda wanted to get one final photo of the Nauvoo Temple, a night photograph. It took several attempts with both cameras until we got this photograph, a great way to remember what a wonderful time we had here.
The stage players came out waving to the crowd welcoming us to Nauvoo.
The men danced for us.
Then they all "shed a tear" for us.
Shortly, a narrator, played by the town's newspaper printer, began to tell the story of the city from it's inception to the time the inhabitants were forced to leave.
There were those who played the role of old residents who didn't quite accept the Mormons.
The men pretended to be horses pulling a buggy to deliver the news.
The ladies sang to us their story of one of the first women's organizations in this nation, the Relief Society formed in Nauvoo, which is still an important part of our church today.
The missionary stage actors sang to us about their sad departure.
In the end, they sang about how happy they were as a society.
As we left for our motel, Linda wanted to get one final photo of the Nauvoo Temple, a night photograph. It took several attempts with both cameras until we got this photograph, a great way to remember what a wonderful time we had here.