Fezziwig’s Ball

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PARTIES:

(The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge a happy time from his youth—his apprenticeship with the kind Mr. Fezziwig. A
festive gathering is in proress. Scrooge sees himself as a young man, and sees his first love, Emily.)
MR. FEZZIWIG
“A toast!”
We’re so glad to have you here tonight!
MRS. FEZZIWIG
Pour some wine and
Have yourselves a bite!
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Here’s to all
Who’ve come to pay a call:
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Mr. Fezziwig’s annual
Christmas ball!
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
MRS. FEZZIWIG
Where do bankers
Gallivant like boys?
MR. FEZZIWIG
Where do vicars
Make a holy noise?
MRS. FEZZIWIG
What’s so hot
You’ve got to shed your shawl?
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Mr. Fezziwig’s annual
Christmas ball!
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
MIDDLE CLASS
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
UPPER CLASS
Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat?
WORKING CLASS
No! … Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
MRS. FEZZIWIG
What makes nannies
Laugh until it hurts?
MR. FEZZIWIG
What gets grannies
Kicking up their skirts?
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Where do babies
Dance before they crawl?
ALL
Mr. Fezziwig’s annual
Christmas ball!
ALL
Food and friendship,
Wine and song,
No one turned a-
Way!
We look forward,
All year long
To Christmas Eve when
MRS. FEZZIWIG
Mr. F. puts every penny
Toward the joy and good of many …
HABERDASHER, OTHERS
Haberdashers dashing down the beer,
WORKING CLASS WOMEN
Porters courting
Any girl who’s near,
ALL
Maids and masters dancing wall to wall,
MRS. FEZZIWIG
Mr. Fezziwig’s annual Christmas ball!
(Everyone dances!)
MIDDLE CLASS
Rat tat tat tat tat! ho!
WORKING CLASS
Rat tat tat tat tat! ho!
ALL
Fezziwig’s annual Christmas …
(The Upper Class Couples take the floor and dance elegantly. The floor is now relinquished to the Working Class Men.)
Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat
Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat!
MEN
Here’s to all who’ve come to pay a call!
ALL
Mr. Fezziwig’s annual
Christmas ball!
(Young Scrooge and Emily dance. Old Srooge almost dances with them. Then they’re swept up in the dance and pulled apart.)
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
Rat tat tat tat tat … ho!
Hearts are beating,
Cheeks are turning red!
Dancing, laughing,
Welcome and well-fed!
MR. AND MRS. FEZZIWIG
Such a glad time
Had by one and all!
SCROOGE
It’s the finest
Ball I can recall.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
And for joy,
The price is always small!
SOME GUESTS
Mr. Fezziwig’s…
SCROOGE
…Fezziwig’s
OTHER GUESTS
Fezziwig’s
SOME GUESTS
Annual…
SCROOGE
Annual…
OTHER GUESTS
Annual…
SCROOGE, GHOST, AND ALL
Christmas ball!
ALL
Rat tat tat ta ta ta ta ta
ta ta ta ta tat – ho!
[Thanks to jessica_t for lyrics]
[Thanks to Jeffrey West for corrections]

Everybody Hurts

https://youtu.be/8GmpyaJw49

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you’re sure you’ve had enough
Of this life, well hang on
Don’t let yourself go
‘Cause everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it’s time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
If you think you’ve had too much
Of this life, well hang on
‘Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don’t throw your hand, oh no
Don’t throw your hand
If you feel like you’re alone
No, no, no, you are not alone
If you’re on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you’ve had too much
Of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
Everybody hurts, sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts

Dance on the Edge of a Sword

Choreography and Set: R., with help by Sho Kyong
Music: “Dance on the Edge of a Sword” by Zorch Boomhauer. (SL musician)

R. says “Represents the anger and pain I fight every day. The constant storm in my head.
You must be true to your word, and if you stray from the path, you’ll be slashed to bits.”

Let me Dance on the edge of a sword
Let me stand and fall by the weight of my words
Let me walk in the sun
Let me choose where I run
as I Dance on the edge of a sword

The world and all it’s wisdom
Seems easy to forgive
Because from where I’m standing
Every man dies, but not ever man lives

Two paths lay before you
Which one will you choose
Because from where I’m standing
You have the most to gain when you have nothing to loose

Echoes

The names of the wraiths are Kevin and Bartholomew.

Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where’s or why’s
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky

Eagle

They came flying from far away, now I’m under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
They’ve seen places beyond my land and they’ve found new horizons
They speak strangely but I understand

And I dream I’m an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings
Flying high, high, I’m a bird in the sky
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all night, and we fly wing to wing
I have questions and they know everything
There’s no limit to what I feel, we climb higher and higher
Am I dreaming or is it all real?

Is it true I’m an eagle?
Is it true I can spread my wings?
Flying high, high, I’m a bird in the sky
(I’m an eagle)
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
(What a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

And I dream I’m an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings
Flying high, high, I’m a bird in the sky
(I’m an eagle)
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
(What a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
Flying high, high, I’m a bird in the sky
(I’m an eagle)
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
(What a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please