Our good friend Cindy is a music teacher and an over achiever. Instead of having a relaxing summer off, she decided it would be great fun to do a summer production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat". Here you see Jeremy (Joseph) and Cindy (Director) showcasing one of the plays posters.
Laura, Cindy's daughter, was the narrator for the production. This was quite a role as she had to tell the story in song. She will be telling us about a person who is a dreamer and can interpret dreams of others.
In biblical times there was a man named Jacob. He had 12 sons, but his favorite was Joseph. He gave him a beautiful coat of many colors.
The other brothers were very jealous and were going to throw Joseph in a pit and leave him there to die. While they were doing this they saw some Ishmaelites approaching. They quicky changed their minds and sold Joseph off to slavery in Egypt.
In Egypt Joseph worked for Potiphar and was a good and faithful servant.
However, Potiphar's wife wanted to seduce Joseph. He tried to get away from her, but they were caught and Joseph was thrown in prison.
The narrator continues the story telling us how Joseph interprets the dreams of two other prisoners - the Pharaoh's butler and baker.
During this time the Pharaoh is also having strange dreams. The butler, now free, tells him about Joseph.
Joseph interprets the Pharaoh's dreams and tells him there will be a time of plenty followed by famine. The Pharaoh is so impressed that he makes Joseph his second in command.
Back in Canaan, Jacob's family is having a hard time. They decide to go to Egypt to ask for food. They appear before Joseph, but they do not recognize him.
Joseph does not make it easy for his brother's. Remember, they were going to put him in a pit to die and then sold him as a slave to get money. Joseph eventually accuses his brother Benjamin of stealing his precious golden cup. The brothers defend him and Joseph eventually sees that they have changed their ways and are now good men.
Joseph reveals himself to his brother's and everyone rejoices to be back together again. Jacob is happy to have his son back and once again gives Joseph a beautiful coat.
We thought the play was fabulous. We enjoyed it so much that we are going back to see it again on Sunday. It makes it even more special for us in that many of our friends are in the production, or helped in some way to make it great. Of course there is Cindy, Laura and Jeremy. Bruce, Cindy's husband/Laura's dad, was in charge of set design and construction. Wilma was the light and sound operator. Then we had Rick, Bonnie and Doug on Keyboards. Doug also added a little tuba. Eric was on percussion and Matt played base. A couple Lutheran pastors, Joel and Lydia, were also in the play. Char made his coat. Isn't it perfect? Ron and I made the sheep and camel. We didn't paint them, but we did cut them out. I always think of us as the "groupies" for our talented friends.
Laura and Jeremy, our stars in many ways.
