| Opening Number at Wings Awards 2004 --Part 1 | |
Jim Zielinski Writes "Forbidden Parkway III: Road Rage
The 2004
Wings Awards Ceremony was just like being at The Academy Awards in
Hollywood--thanks to Jim Zielinski and the Still Not Ready for Prime
Rib Players (Teri Nelson, Tee Quillin and Delle Lloyd). Billy
Crystal...watch out! Here are the words to the opening number, cleverly
written by Jim Zielinski and performed by the group of talented actors and
singers. If you missed this, I'm sorry--but this was one of the great
moments in Huntsville's theatrical history!
Forbidden
Parkway III: Road Rage
by JZ
1
WINGS
CONTENDER
(to
Hey, Big Spender, from “Sweet
Charity”) –
ALL
TEE:
The minute you
walked in the joint –
DELLE:
I could see you were the per-fect di-rec-tor…a real fine actress –
TERI:
Good singer, dancer, too.
JIM:
Bet there’s no-one here does costumes bet-ter than YOU,
ALL:
So let me get right to the point:
Just
because you’re best, it does not mean you’ll wiiiiiiiin –
WINGS
CON-TEN-DER!
You’ll……be
empty-handed again!
(SPOKEN):
JIM:
Welcome, welcome to the 2003-2004
WINGS Awards Celebration! It’s
a year of dysfunction!
DELLE:
The dysfunctional Grandma from “Yonkers!”
TEE:
The dysfunctional women of “Eleemosynary.”
TERI:
The dysfunctional kingdom of “The
Lion in Winter.”
JIM:
And Vivian, not to be outdone, brought us “Ragtime,”
the story of an entirely dysfunctional country!
DELLE:
Before we get started, a little information.
If you’re having trouble finding yourself on the ballots, here’s a
clue:
JIM:
If you’re a supporting character, you’re probably listed under the leads;
TERI:
If you’re a lead character, you just might be in supporting;
TEE:
If you were spectacular, you might not be listed at
all;
DELLE:
If you didn’t do anything, you might be on the ballot, anyway;
JIM:
AND if you’re a
dog,
ALL:
…The sky’s the limit!
JIM:
As to how the judging goes, each participating organization, and The Arts
Council, are responsible for selecting a minimum of two objective judges.
And sometimes they do!
DELLE:
So that’s a grand total of SIXTEEN judges, who are tasked to go to see
and rate e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
TEE:
However, the only show the judges all attended this year was “The Laramie Project”!
TERI:
Which is NOT a finalist!
TEE:
So NOW
you know how the system WORKS!
JIM:
And if you read some of the judges’ notes, you’ll understand why they
have to remain “anonymous”…
ALL: FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES…!
DELLE:
So now that you’re totally
confused, let’s irritate you as well,
with these lyrical slams of the top ten finalists!
TERI:
Let’s take it down for “Free to Be You and Me.”
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