SEGMENT 21 of the musical "CANDELESCENCE" (written by Secretary Michael); the latest SCRIPT is found below; click to find the sheet music to this segment's necessary songs: "Keep Us Open, Keep Us Free", the Segment 21 Recitative, and the optional "Instrumental" for closing the scene;
Segment 21: Planning for the Big Concert
(late afternoon inside Garden School; Guru, Twimfina and Ace are cleaning-up the classroom while singing the same round that was sung in Segment 5)
GURU, TWIMFINA, and ACE
(singing)
KEEP US OPEN, KEEP US FREE / KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP US OPEN, KEEP US FREE / KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP US OPEN, KEEP US FREE / KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP THE WORLD, THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, OUR FAMILY
KEEP US OPEN, KEEP US FREE / KEEP THE WORLD OUR FAMILY
KEEP THE WORLD, THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, OUR FAMILY
KEEP US OPEN, KEEP US FREE
(please refer to the score for singing the following recitative)
GURU: I just can’t wait to see my Dad next week when they arrive!
TWIMFINA: And my parents and their students – more than twenty-five!
ACE: Glad we asked Commish’ner for a waiver to the law
GURU: Communication really is the answer to it all
TWIMFINA
The concert hall that we will rent is inside the Casino
A thousand seats, a modern stage, the largest one in Jeeno
I notified the media ‘cuz this will be historic
“Singing with Americans” – it’s even metaphoric!
GURU
As many viewers we can get – that’s what we’re working for
And if we get it televised, we’ll have a million more!
And friends will tell the friends of friends, and viewers will increase
And that is how a fountain-flush will someday bring us peace
TWIMFINA
I really like the Fountains, but the Flush is not so cool
You cannot change a person when you mock him as a fool
GURU
The target of our fountain-flush is not the GGG
Our targets are their followers, impressed by what they see.
ACE
The GGG are coming? Oh boy, those guys are tough!
The way they walk, the way they talk, I just can’t get enough!
I really like their guns, I think they’re cool and so provoking
I’d like one for my birthday [pauses for reactions] HA-HA, I’M ONLY JOKING!
TWIMFINA
That, my son, was not a joke – it was a hurtful gaffe
Please do not repeat it – it will never make us laugh
I know they seem so strong with all their guns and their obliqueness
But strength like that, you’ll someday learn, is actually a weakness.
ACE
I’m sorry that I said it, I just thought it might be fun
To have a passive pacifist request to have a gun
TWIMFINA
You think that we are passive? With all the work we do?
We are active pacifists – and you could be one too.
GURU
(putting his hands on Ace’s shoulders)
Ace is very smart and he is wise beyond his years
He understands the GGG – so let’s not have these fears
Let us all get back to work – our little family
We are active pacifists, so active we must be
END OF SEGMENT 21
