Nauvoo Pageant, night 3

This morning there was an optional choir rehearsal for a musical number in tonight's cast meeting. I went, naturally. Sadly, it was musically rather pedestrian; we merely sang a hymn in unison. The director spent most of the rehearsal describing to us the differences between a secular choir and a church choir. His main emphasis was the dichotomy between the oneness of a Zion community (the church choir) and dependence on a director (the secular choir). I'm not sure I completely agree with his classification, but it's an interesting thing to think about with any choir. Afterward, he presented a powerpoint, during which I read my scriptures.

We were scheduled to do baptisms for the dead at 12:30. So we did. The font was nice and warm. I got to wear two sets of clothes, a practice called "double-suiting," so that I could begin by being baptized, change, and then be confirmed. I ended up sitting through a huge number of confirmations: probably over 200. Jorgen fell asleep a couple of times. But it was good. Spiritual. I liked it.

Then it was time to prepare for the pageant. We went to the chapel, had a cast meeting (20% of the audience last night gave a referral) at which the choir assembled this morning sang, and held a district meeting. (We can get even more referrals.) We played some game involving laying down on the floor, crossing arms, and slapping the floor in sequence. I still don't know why. (Referrals are good!) Then we sang "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam." (By the way, we need to get referrals.)

I actually talked to people before the pageant. And actually challenged a couple to consider people who might like receiving a copy of the pageant music (attached to a missionary, of course). But afterwards, I talked to basically zero people. Geoff had told me to meet him at the front of the stage again, which I tried to do. But it's really hard to meet someone who isn't there. By the time I had abandoned hope of the appearance of Geoff, half the people had left, and everyone else was either leaving or in the middle of a conversation with other pageant members. On the bright side, though, we did perform the highland fling for a man who promised to post it on YouTube.

It again didn't rain. It's expected to tomorrow and Saturday.