The Nauvoo Pageant



The official Nauvoo pageant tee-shirts have a quote on the back

"And giving of ourselves---There was so much to give."

The Nauvoo pageant has begun in Nauvoo.  The dates are July 10 through August 4, 2012.  What a wonderful pageant it is.  It is held in Nauvoo on an outdoor stage every Tuesday through Saturday at 8:30 p.m.  In addition there is a Frontier Country Fair every pageant night at 7:00 p.m.  Round dancing, handcart pulls, pioneer games, concessions, and crafts are all included.  There is no charge for any of the events.

Liberty dancing at the Frontier Country Fair

Carolina dancing barefoot at the Frontier Country Fair with who knows who.

The pageant has a professional cast and a family cast.  The family casts come for two weeks.  The first week they practice and the second week they perform in the pageant.  Our children, Marianne and Robert Johnson, and their six children were able to be in the first week of the pageant as family cast members.  Mark and I went often and I went a few times without Mark.  I can never resist a play that has my family performing.  It was wonderful.  In this post I will share some photos of the Johnsons in the pageant.

The Johnson children with the professional actors portraying Emma and Joseph Smith in the pageant.  Deseret, Carolina, Clarissa, Liberty, Emma, Joseph, Morgan, Hyrum.

Deseret carried a flag in the opening of each night's program.

Deseret is carrying the blue flag at the top left.  The Nauvoo Brass band is playing the Star Spangled Banner and the bagpipe band is at the right and left of the stage.

Desi with flag entering the stage.



 The pioneers are portrayed entering Nauvoo from the Mississippi River.



Marianne in green skirt & bonnet, Liberty in front of her, Carolina in green pinafore, Robert & Hyrum carrying a trunk, Clarissa behind.  Morgan must be behind one of them.



Robert in a dancing scene.  He is about 4th from the left in green pants and brown vest.





Clarissa jumping off a trunk.  

 

 

Carolina is dancing at the front and middle in a green pinafore.  Liberty is to the left of her.

The picnic scene.  Marianne is kissing Robert hello as he comes home from working.



During the picnic, Carolina skips around the family.



Marianne in the gold dress second from right in group dancing.  Clarissa is in the middle in green.  They were happy that the temple would be built.



Carolina in green, Liberty, Hyrum, and Morgan



The children playing games.  Hyrum was chosen as pitcher.  Morgan is left of Hyrum in brown vest.  Carolina at right.







Hyrum pitching and Morgan batting at right.

Marianne sewing for the temple--middle back

Robert in the center panel--working on the temple.





The finished temple.  Marianne is right in front of temple with her arms around lady in red.  Clarissa, Deseret are seated.  Robert and Hyrum at left standing where they heaved the temple up.



Hyrum and Robert leaving Nauvoo with their trunk.



Liberty and Carolina leaving Nauvoo.  Marianne & Morgan can be partly seen at left.

Marianne and Morgan leaving Nauvoo.  Clarissa at right behind them.

Deseret and Clarissa leaving Nauvoo.

The finale..Hyrum is near left, Liberty near the center.  Clarissa and Marianne and Deseret can be seen.

The pageant was wonderful.  The ending testimonial was that our Savior lives.  Joseph Smith bore testimony that He lives because he saw Him.  It was a great production which left us feeling very happy.

The Johnson family had such a good time and we enjoyed watching them so much.  They are back home now, but will never forget their experience.  We won't ever forget it either.

The pageant runs through August 4.  Come and see it!