The Lighthouse
| Category: | Inspirational & Values |
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| Category: | Physical Comedy & Slapstick |
| Props: | 1 or 2 flashlights |
| Notes: | This is an inspirational skit about leadership and support. Requires 7-11 participants. Scouts form the lighthouse structure with their bodies. The narrator tells the story while Scouts act it out. Very powerful for teaching about working together! |
(This skit requires a narrator, 3 to 5 Scouts and an equal number of Scout leaders. Scouts play the role of lighthouse walls. Leaders will be "recruited" from the audience to assume a "support position." The skit begins with Scouts standing in a circle, facing out, with their feet touching - their feet are spread 2' - 3' apart. A single flashlight - or optionally 2 if more than 4 Scouts are used - is held at eye level and is passed around the circle. Scouts stand tall and hold the beacon's beam steady. The Narrator begins:)
[Narrator:] Many years ago the people of a seaside village built a lighthouse to warn approaching ships of a dangerous shoal near their harbor. The beacon from this lighthouse could be seen for miles, even in fog and storms. For many decades, the lighthouse stood firm and gave safe passage to all who sailed by the village. But as the years went by, the villagers grew old and so did the lighthouse. The villagers could no longer make repairs. The ocean's waves wore away the foundation. The weary lighthouse sagged and failed in its duty.
(The Scouts now bend at the waist, with their heads leaning toward the side. They bend their knees slightly and pass the light around, shining it erratically.)
[Narrator:] When the schooners and square riggers started to go aground on the shoals, the old villagers knew they had to call in experienced people to help solve their problem. People who were pillars in their own communities and who were as solid as rock. They turned to the leadership of The Boy Scouts of America.
(The Narrator now calls on some of the prestigious area leadership and instructs them to come forth and support their failing lighthouse. He instructs them to go down on their hands and knees and into holes in the walls - between the Scouts' legs. Leaders are facing in with their derrieres out, and are straddled by the Scouts who again stand tall and give a steady light.)
[Narrator:] Now with these new rocks placed into the foundation, the lighthouse once again shines a bright beacon and stands firm in the stormy surf to withstand the pounding of the waves.
(Scouts drop the flashlight and then hand paddle the leaders.)
(Freeze. Blackout.)