Young Women In Excellence

Last Sunday we had our Young Women In Excellence program. This year we did a skit called the Prophet of Oz. Basically Dorothy finds herself on earth and needs to find her way back to Heavenly Father. She must follow the straight and narrow path (the yellow brick road) and hold on to the iron rod whenever temptation strikes. Along the way she meets the value sisters, Faith, Divine Nature, Choice and Accountability, Good Works and Integrity. They believe they have been named after values they don't posses. So together they set off to find the Prophet of Oz in hopes that he will give the value sisters their values and show Dorothy how to get back home. You can find the skit here.

It was a lot of work putting together the skit and Sherise did an amazing job. I was put in charge of the music and boy was that fun. The girls memorized their lines and the night went beautifully. We had a few practices but our big dress rehearsal was Saturday at 8:30 am. I was very impressed that ALL the girls showed up. They really did put a lot of work into this.

The girls at the dress rehearsal Saturday morning.

Our beautiful "Dorothy"

Some of the little extras we as leaders did was to put together a picture for the girls. Once the picture was taken I made these cute frames for them. It was a lot of fun putting them together and my friend Sherise did a lot to help me. I think they turned out great! What do you think?

As part of the decorations for that night we had the girls pick their favorite value and tell why they chose it. Our wonderful YW President typed it all up and displayed them individually. It was great for the parents to be able to read these beautiful testimonies.

Here is a picture of all the girls singing the final song

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

(Solo)
When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.

When all the clouds darken up the sky way,
There’s a rainbow highway to be found,
Leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun,
Just a step beyond the rain.

(Chorus)
Somewhere over the Rainbow way up high,
There’s my home in God’s kingdom,
Where my soul longs to fly.

Somewhere over the Rainbow skies are blue,
And the scriptures I read from,
Testify that it’s true.

I’ll value faith, integrity,
And choose good works, be scholarly.
Press forward.

I am divine in nature, true,
An individual of worth, whom,
Will hold to, the Lord’s word.

Somewhere over the Rainbow way up high,
There’s my home in God’s kingdom,
Where my soul longs to fly.

I will press forward, steadfastly,
To be with Father,
For eternity.