Mesa Easter Pageant - April 2010

Easter weekend Conner, Marcy,Ethan,Alexis and I went to Mesa to the Easter Pageant. It was a great addition to the Easter Season. The theme was Jesus the Christ.
It was a beautiful night and the performance is on a Hugh stage on the grounds right next to the temple and the visitor center. The Pageant is one of the biggest of its kind, It was very well done...the costumes the sounds system...live animals and birds...beautiful colorful costumes.
The cast along with the missionaries roamed the audience before the performance talking to people, answering question. The soldiers and the baby lambs caught Ethans attention . Some of the roman soldiers would let kids try on their helmet and touch their realistic swords...we weren't fast enough to get that attention. Ethan got to touch one baby lamb. With the tabernacle choir singing in the back ground in the warm evening air...twas wonderful...so mellow.

The scens and the actors were beautiful....In a short hour they portrayed the life of our Savior. Jesus Birth was one of my favorite scenes with Mary dancing for joy while Joseph tended to baby Jesus:) Also the angels on the top of the stage...with trumpet and song they praised the Savior of the world...the Son of God.
The closing scene was very moving....Christ was surrounded by the multitude of angels and went up into the sky...I mean way up...you could not tell what was propelling him upward...very realistic and beautiful.
The kids hardly moved through the whole hour...very special spirit there.