SCRIPT
Presentation (20 minutes)
- Skeletons & Scavenger Queen pre-set in back gallery
- Vultures, carts, Scavenger Queen Pedicab pre-set on back plaza
- Protestors exit garage unto 33rd street (CUE: after Bel Kongo passes)
- Protestors pass back plaza on Indian Creek to 34th street
- Vultures, Skeletons, Scavenger Queen follow with carts and pedicab
- Scavengers perform”When I Am Laid in Earth” on 34th, between bleachers
Chase (5 minutes)
- Protestors lead vultures and skeletons down Collins Avenue
- “Remember me” chorus accelerates as Scavengers chase Bel Kongo
- Scavengers chase Bel Kongo onto 35th Street
Battle (10 minutes)
- Protestors use placards as shields to fight Gueirreros
- Skeletons and Protestors without placards fight Gueirreros with Red Pom pom sticks
- Vultures charge Boat/La Siren with carts
- Bel Kongo Singers with banners and snake protect Boat/La Siren
- Park Elevator opens with Siren Court — battle freezes
- Sing off: Siren Queen + Kongo Queen vs. Scavenger Queen
- Siren + Kongo Queen win
Triumphal March (5 minutes)
- Siren Queen leads procession down Collins to 36th Street singing “Cherish Your Light”
- Bel Kongo follows, performing “La Siren, La Balen”
- Gueirreros guard Scavengers until Bel Kongo safely on road, then follow Bel Kongo, performing maculele
- Scavengers follow, reprise “When I Am Laid in Earth”