Hollywood / LDS Squares
 



To celebrate the Relief Society birthday in March we did a version of Hollywood Squares (we called it LDS Squares)  My husband built a 12'x12' set with 9-3' wide openings for each contestant.  We named our squares different names.  For example we had Mrs. Gotta Gettit Done, Mrs. Zinga Song, Mrs. Carrie D. Message, Mrs. Cher D. Gospel, and the list goes on.  We even gave each of our squares different bio's.  For example....Mrs. Carrie D. Message: completes her visiting teaching by the first week of each month, and can recite from memory the monthly messages for the entire past year.  All our squares brought props and dressed up.  They were absolutely hilarious.  Our contestants were Patty Perfect and Peter Priesthood.  They too had bio's that were quite humorous.  Our hosts name was Burnt Sparks and I think he was a real key in getting everyone warmed up and in the laughing mood.  All our questions were Relief Society trivia.  One question was who was the 1st General Relief Society President?  What is the Relief Society Motto?  We had the audience help the contestants agree or disagree.  We did 2 rounds and that was just about all we had time for.  We then had our Relief Society president stand and say how grateful we were to the pioneers who started this wonderful organization and what a sisterhood we feel with one another and what a great time it is for all of us to join together once a month to interact, socialize and help one another.  She then ended it on a spiritual thought and the final touch was our Bishop's wife singing this beautiful song about Sisterhood and then last 2 lines she was so emotional that she couldn't get a word out and so she  whispered the last bit of the song.  Everyone had tears in their eyes.

If you are interested in doing this activity some night, you don't have to have the set.  My friend in California is also the Enrichment Leader and she did the same thing and put 3 chairs on the gym floor and then used the stairs that go in front of the stage and put 3 chairs on that and then up on the stage she put 3 more chairs so everyone was lifted up a different level.  Her's was a big hit too.

The best part of the whole night was seeing everyone sitting around laughing and enjoying one another's company.  Our Bishop was their to play the piano for his wife when she sang and he called me that night to tell me how much he enjoyed himself and that it looked like everyone else did too.  We had our biggest turn out that night, we were right at 50 women.  It was great.

 

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  December 4,  2006

 

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