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Christmas Around the World

Cue Script

STANDBY

LQ 1

PSM: Brittany Corbett

GO
Before House Opens

PQ 1 Title
PQ 1.5 (Moving)

10 Mintues before start

LQ 3
PQ 1.9 (No Color/Moving)

Prayer Ready

House to Half & Annoucments

SQ 1 - Annoucements
Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to Brigham Young University, we would like to wish you a Merry
Christmas through our performance of Christmas Around the World: Timeless Stories.
This show is produced by the Department of Dance from the College of Fine Arts. BYUs World Dance
program is the most extensive of its kind in the country, and includes the Mountains Strings Folk Music
Ensemble, faculty and guest choreographers and over two hundred student performers, including
members of The International Folkdance Ensemble.
This year we are especially delighted to have in attendance many folkdance alumni who join us to mark
the 50th anniversary of touring our productions across the United States and around the world.
Welcome alumni!
Our special Guest Performers include BYUs Living Legends, and name of the Samoan childrens group,
and name of the Fire /dancers. For more information about these groups, as well as historical and
cultural notes about the dances you will see, please consult your program.
Take time now to silence your mobile devices, and please remember there is no recording or flash
photography permitted.
Now, as is our custom here at BYU, please join us in a word of prayer.
LQ 4
PQ 11

"Welcome Alumni"

Cue Prayer's Enterance

During Prayer

Following Prayer

Prayer

LQ 5
Deck: FOG

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OPENER
SQ 2 - Nar
LQ 6
PQ 11.1

During Prayer

In the Darkness, Following LQ 5

Deck: Enterances for Dancers

SPOT

PQ 12
PQ 13
PQ 14
PQ 15
PQ 17

When Eagle Enters CSL

Long, long ago
Did you hear the one about?
(tellers voice)A story! A story!
(multiple voices chant back) Let it come, let it go.
Now this is all true
Knock, Knock!
Whos there?
In the time before time
Hey! I can tell you want to know why
So long, long ago that we cant say when
This is what the Old Ones told me when I was a child
In a certain kingdom, in a certain land, in a certain village
Youre never going to believe this
Once upon a time

LQ 7

Dancers 1/2 way

Dancers in asles get onstage

SQ 3 - Nar

"Once Upon a Time"

2 beats into music

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Barta
We, all of us, from the time beyond time
To the here and now
Tell stories.
David
Stories to tell why
Stories to tell how
Barta
Stories of beginnings,
Of now, and of the future.
David
Of heroes and lovers, of fools and the wise,
Quests, comedies, and questions
And patterns made plain
Barta
Truth revealed in our stories binds us together,
And even across chasms,
We recognize one another!
David
We discover the new and the old,
Sort the imagined from the real.
And tell our most precious tales again and again.
Barta
And it came to pass
LQ 8
PQ 20

"Patterns made plain"

And It Came to Pass. GO!

Top of O' Emanuel

12 counts of 4 into O' Emanuel

Deck: FOG OUT

SQ 4 - Nar
PQ 21
Adult Shepherd voice
Suddenly the rush of sound was gone! We looked at each other and there was no question! We were
going to find the child the messengers described. And we did! The baby was there, just as they said.
Child Shepherd
I peeked over the edge of the manger, and I felt joy!

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LQ 9

1st Group

LQ 10

2nd Group

LQ 11

Following SQ 4

2nd Group/Music Speeds Up

LQ 12

Group turns to the manger

LQ 13

End of Music/ Exit

LQ 14
SPOT

3rd group enters

All Exit
Eagle Enters

SQ 5- Nar
David
Like a prayer the Eagle flies up to heaven and then returns to earth. With their assistance we will gather
the stories from countries and cultures tonight.

AZTEC
SQ 6
LQ 15

w/ SQ 5

LQ 16
LQ 17

When I see warrior SR.

1st Light Boom
King & Queen Almost at Center

SQ 6

King & Queen Cross Upstage

LQ 17.5

King & Queen Arrive Upstage

LQ 18

2:27 Tempo Change. Girl in Gold.

LQ 19

Gold Girl moves CC

LQ 20

All Dance Follows

End in Kneal

LQ 21
SPOT
SQ 7 - Nar

W/ LQ 18

Eagle Enters

PQ 31

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PQ 33
PQ 34

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Barta
There is only one constant in life, and that is change. Work and rest, love and
loneliness, hardship and joy, these all ebb and flow through time. How then
to tell these stories to the young ones whose reality is only the bright
present?
David
Posture, gesture, rhythm, music! Dancers can carry the tales, whether about
village fishermen working the river, couples joyously courting ,or darkly
dramatic entertainers romancing the crowd in a caf.
Barta
Young ones will divine pride of their heritage, if only we will tell the tales.

SQ 8 - Nar

FOLLOWS
Turkish storytelling voice: He He Heyamo!

TIDES OF ANATOLIA
SQ 9 - Track
LQ 22

w/ PQ 33

FOLLOWS:
Dance Starts OFF Stage

LQ 23

w/ SQ 9

Abrupt music change 1:45

LQ 24

Circle Formation

End of Dance

KRAKOWIAK
SQ 10 - Track
LQ 25

Tides Circle Formation

As tides leaves - Walking in Lines. They

dont stop

SL & SR Lines

End of dance

PQ 35
LQ 26

MUSIC SEGMENT
SPOT frame 4 ON
LQ 27
PQ 36

w/ LQ 26

Visua:l Javier moves to chair

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On Javier

Band Ready
When Javier Starts Singing

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NEW FLAMENCO
PQ 37
LQ 28
LQ 29
LQ 30
LQ 31
LQ 31.2
LQ 32.3
LQ 31.4
LQ 31.5
LQ 31.7
LQ 32
SPOT OUT
LQ 33
PQ 41
SPOT frame 2
SQ 11 - Nar

PQ 42
PQ 43
PQ 44

When Girls Enter

Visua:l Javier moves to chair

Girls CC. Raise Arms

Exit Circle
Formation ) (
1st Clap
2nd Clap
3rd Clap
4th Clap
Fast Circle
Arms Down for Arm Raise

Hair movement

End of Flamenco

As Flamenco exits

Eagle Enters

Barta
But what of duty? How to spark a yearning to support and defend
tradition, to move from remembering to action?
David
In the British Isles, the call to dance and sing captures both heart and
imagination, clearly evoking storied heritage and honor. Who can
resist the drums, bagpipe and pennywhistle?

SQ 12 - Nar

Follows

British Storytelling voice: Im tellin you true! After toilin all day in the mines, the rapper teams
would dance all night! Twere a point of honor!

RAPPER SWORD
LQ 34
SPOT frame 2 on Fiddle
LQ 35
LQ 36
SPOT OUT
Deck: FOG

W/ SQ 12

Follows: Boys walk right onstage

CC, Right after EN

Backflip CC

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SLIP JIG
LQ 37
LQ 38

Girls CC. Bending Down

1/2 way into transition music

Dance Starts - Move from Circle

Deck: FOG OUT

LQ 39
LQ 40

Girls on Sides EN. Tempo Switch

Men Enter

Start to Ex in lines. GO!

MUSIC SEGMENT/HARD SHOE

LQ 41

End of Slip Jig

Musicans come to Center

SPOT no color

Music change

Dance Taper Onstage

LQ 43

Fiddle X CC

End of Song

SWORD DANCE
LQ 44
SPOT on Bag Pipe

Bag Pipe enterance

LQ 45
LQ 46
LQ 47

Move to center, DS
W/ music

LQ 48
LQ 49
SPOT OUT

When Bag Pipe Set Onstage

Back to Swords
Move to Center
Back to Swords

Last move to CC

After Bow

A CASTLE CEILIDH
LQ 50
SPOT on Bag Pipe
LQ 51

End of Sword Dance

In places in Corners

Center circle

At the Music Splice

Bows

After BOWS - W/Exit MOSTLY OFF

LQ 52
PQ 45
SPOT OUT
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LQ 53
PQ 51
SPOT
SQ 13 - Nar
PQ 52

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w/ Bag Pipe Exit

PSM: Brittany Corbett

Eagle Enters

Barta
In the US. the story of the American Dream is not a misty wish. This
dream is characterized by grit, innovation, and a youthful, energetic
response when faced with the impossible.

SQ 14 - Nar
PQ 55

Follows

American storytelling voice: So then he told me You cant! and I said Why not!

BOOT KICKIN'
LQ 54
Saw Horses
LQ 55.5

Dancers Enterance
Dancers start exits

W/ Music
Warning
Ending Note, WOO!!

JUMBLEBERRY
LQ 56
LQ 56.5
LQ 57

Girls take off table clothes

Grid formation

Boys on Saw Horses

OFF Saw Horses
End of Dance

MUSIC SEGMENT
LQ 58
PQ 56

w/ LQ 57

with Jumbleberry exit. DARK

WESTERN WILDFIRE
LQ 59
PQ 57

End of Music Segment

OFF. B: Cues Band

CLOG SHOWDOWN
LQ 60
LQ 61
LQ 62
LQ 63
LQ 64

End of Western Wildfire

All dance

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End of Western Wildfire ON

4 men/4 women
all men
all dance
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LQ 65
SPOT
SQ 15 - NAR

Dancers Exit

Eagle Enters

Deck: FOG
PQ 61

PQ 62

PQ 63

PQ 64

Barta
Stories cross and re-cross culture, place and time, reflecting, refracting and
reinventing themselves.
David
And though stories may be of long ago and far away, the magic is that,
nevertheless , we tend to find ourselves within them.
Barta
A magical kiss is at the heart of countless courtship tales. And many a story
concludes with and they danced and danced into the night.
And then theres the tale of the supernatural, warning children to behave or
the monster, goblin, or witch will get you if you dont watch out.!
Latino storytellers voice:
Its true, I tell youI saw her flying on her broom! Who? La Bruja, of course!

La Bruja
LQ 65.3

Girl Enters

LQ 65.5

Speical on Girl- Almost CC

LQ 66

Eagle Enters

W/ Group Enterance - on sides

SQ 16 - Track

After Narration Ends

Deck: FOG OUT

Half circle formation

LQ 67

w/ Fog out

End of Dance

La Culebra/El Gaviencio/Jalisco LA NEGRA

SQ 17 - Track
LQ 68

W/ Bows

PQ 65
LQ 69
LQ 70
PQ 66
Deck: Big Sweep SR

Diagonal Formation
La Bruja re-enters w/
confetti cannons
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OFF Stage
USR and DSL
LL Enter . 59 @ Actual Enterance

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Papa Loko
SQ 18 - Track
LQ 71
LQ 71.5

During sweep

w/ music

LQ 71.7
LQ 72

Girls set onstage

Special out. Girls on white For EN GO!

Sholder Roll. Temp Change. 1:38

tempo change

End of Dance

End of Papa Loko

Eagle Enters

LQ 73
PQ 71
Warn Drummers
SPOT
SQ 19 - Nar

David
One thing is for sure. Children love stories because a story feels like
play to them. Especially stories of fantasy, and stories of heroes, real
and imagined.
Barta
But there is magic in the stories of the everyday, and how we react to
the opportunity for joy right in the here and now. Lets not forget to
tell those stories!

PQ 72
PQ 73
SQ 20

Follows

PQ 74

Polynesian child storyteller voice: Mama! Mama! Watch this

SASA/ LAPA LAPA

LQ 74
LQ 75
LQ 76
Deck: Big Sweep SR

w/ SQ 19

Children sit

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As they Enter
LL/s Enter
End of LLs

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FIRE KNIFE DANCE

LQ 78
PQ 78
LQ 79

Children exit

Fire Knife Dancers Enter

2nd torch lit

End of Dance

2nd torch lit

Eagle Enters

LQ 80
PQ 81
SPOT
SQ 21

PQ 82
PQ 83
PQ 84

David
When words fail, humans find another way. So our stories can be
found in the food we offer, the art we make, the music we sing and
play and the dances we dance.
Barta
During the holidays, especially, we share all these expressions of the
stories we have to tell and do tell with wit, delight, energy, and
exuberance!

SQ 22

Follows

Russian storytellers voice: Now you watch! The dancers move just like three horses pulling a sled,
just like Christmastime when I was a little boy on my grandfathers farm

TROIKA
SQ 23
LQ 81

w/ SQ 22

OFF/ Follows SQ 22

PQ 85
LQ 82
LQ 83

Girl on Disk
Men X USC to disk

LQ 84
LQ 85

Girl off Disk

Sleigh

Men re-set disk

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HOPAK
SQ 24
LQ 85.3
LQ 85.5
LQ 86
LQ 86.3
PQ 90
SQ 25 - Tag
LQ 86.5
LQ 87

End of Troika
w/ SQ 24

EN when set on sides

Bread Light - Half way down Diagonal

Out of Bread

Men Kneal

False Ending

In the blackout

Applause - then GO

2:30

END / Blackout

FINALE
Deck: replace Manager
LQ 89
PQ 91

Hopak Bow

As Hopak EX
W/ Music & Narration

SQ 26
Barta
It has been said that every story connects with every other story. What will you gather to tell?
How will you pass on your values, your wisdom and laughter? and dance? Will you take a childs hand
into yours? Will your prayers ascend to the Creator on the wings of an Eagle? What is your story?
Alumni Recognition:
We would like to recognize our alumni who have performed in Christmas Around the World and have
them share their light with us.
LQ 90
LQ 91

Music Swell
"What is your story?"

LQ 92
LQ 93
LQ 94
PQ 91

Start Exiting
Dancers EN

Turn to manger

End of dance - 3 beats

End of Finale

house up

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