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Get the Show on the Road

Get the Show on the Road

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Get the Show on the Road-Taylor County Show ChoirMany times, Lisa Gupton told her show choir students, “Let’s get the show on the road.”  She was telling them, “Get ready. It is time to perform.”

Not only did Lisa’s choirs perform locally, they also traveled to other cities, including :

  • New York
  • Washington D. C.
  • Chicago
  • Boston

To get the show on the road means to start.

Don’t wait. Be prepared. Don’t delay.

This expression may have a show business origin.

In the past, common traveling shows included:

  • Plays
  • Vaudeville
  • Circuses

After the first performances, many traveled to other cities. Like Lisa’s students, some continue to do that today. Performances that begin on Broadway frequently travel across the country.

We don’t have to be in show business to get the show on the road.

Neither do we have to go anywhere. We must simply start what we need to do where we are.

However, we want to be sure the show is ready.

Lisa’s students and other performers practice long, hard hours before their first show. Let’s not hit the trail until we are good to go.

“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands” (Psalm 119:60 NIV)

Thanks to Becky Nash Rowe for the suggestion and to Lisa Gupton for the photo.

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Bring Down the House

Bring Down the House

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Bring Down the House-cast of Once Upon a MattressUniversity and community plays often bring down the house. Audiences love local drama and give frequent standing ovations.

Actors have a great time too, as we see with this Campbellsville University cast.

Entertainers bring down the house when the audience claps, stands, or cheers for a long time.

 The greater the approval, the longer the ovation. Comedies bring down the house with laughter.

According to The Free Dictionary, “The term comes from the mid-eighteenth-century theater.” It implied noise loud enough to endanger a house. Back then, if audiences did not laugh or clap at a joke, comedians would say, “Don’t clap so hard; you’ll bring the house down (it’s a very old house).”

Real life rarely brings down the house.

We don’t receive applause for activities such as:

  • Cleaning
  • Going to work
  • Cooking
  • Mowing
  • Caring for family needs

However, all that work needs to be done – over and over again.

Keeping up the good work means far more than bringing down the house.

May we always prove worth our salt, whether we receive praise or not.

  • Faithfully follow God’s call.
  • Work well.
  • Serve others.
  • Live the best life possible.

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God?” (Galatians 1:10 NIV).

Thanks to Jane Ashley Pace for the suggestion and to Ariel C. Emberton for the photo.

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