5-Minute Friday: Delight
By Sabrina on 17 February 2012 / 5-Minute Fridays, Fine Arts / 4 Comments
On Fridays we link up to Lisa-Jo at www.thegypsymama.com and "stop, drop and write" for five minutes. The idea is to refuse over-thinking and over-editing, and just write for the joy of it, using a prompt word she picks. My extra goal is that I try to connect her prompt word to our blog theme for the week. This week at 7 Sisters we've been looking at Drama.
Lisa-Jo's prompt word is "DELIGHT." Ready, set, go!
What brings that look of DELIGHT to homeschool actors' faces?
Is it the bright lights of the professionally designed theater?
Is it the elaborate set pieces on which they perform?
Is it the expensive costuming, sewn by expert hands?
I've seen literally hundreds of delighted faces among homeschool student actors over the years, and in my experience the lights, the sets, the costumes are not the source of delight.
Take a look and tell me what you think:
Our sets are folding tables and chairs, a couch, or a wooden box.
Our lights are the track lights installed in the ceiling above our church's platform.
Our costumes came out of our closets, or were picked up at the local thrift store.
So what is the source of delight?
It's delight that comes from TELLING WONDERFUL STORIES. Actors are storytellers, and when we encourage them to step out in a character's skin and tell an amazing story to the audience, they can't help but get excited.
It's delight that comes from TEAMWORK. A cast is a team, and working together to produce a show helps them learn to truly have each other's backs.
It's delight that come from DOING ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. Being in the spotlight isn't the same thing as hogging the spotlight.
An actor with his or her heart set on God steps into the spotlight and instantly makes us all aware of the greater Light that came into the world to bring us salvation and life.
Interested in learning more about Drama, and all the delightful ways you can include it in your homeschool? Download the FREE white paper, Why Drama is Important in Your Homeschool.
Going to Teach Them Diligently Convention in Spartanburg, SC in March? Sabrina is speaking there about Drama....it will be a blast! Comment and let us know you're coming to TTD...we can't wait to meet folks!
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4 Comments
Ms. Kathleen
February 17, 2012 5:57 pmHow cute and what a wonderful experience for the kids. Have a wonderfully delightful day
Sabrina
February 17, 2012 7:07 pmThanks! Hope your day is delightful, too!
HopeUnbroken
February 17, 2012 7:45 amyou've captured it well here. there are stories to be told, and we have an advantage as Christians in the telling. good thoughts!
steph
Sabrina
February 17, 2012 7:07 pmThanks so much for stopping by!