I recall arriving home from school to Mom who was anxiously preparing a picnic. She bustled about, pleading for our cooperation so that we could get out the door and start the drive to Kirtland. She wanted us all to look presentable.
I remember eating our picnic by the quarry, with a camera crew circling us. Mom had made a birthday cake for "my birthday" which was on the picnic bench. We all had a laugh when Jon sat down without realizing it was under him. I seem to recall that David made the same mistake.
Later, at the temple grounds, we had to pretend to enjoy ourselves and feign interest in the temple tour. We didn't even get to go inside.
To an 8-year-old this was about as far from what I would have wanted for my birthday as I could imagine. So, by the end of the filming, I was miserable. The last shot of the film was supposed to be of me smiling at the temple, expressing joy at this birthday wish come true. But, no matter the pleading, I just could not oblige. And I haven't heard the end of it since.
Margaret
As far as the squished cake, as I (Jonathan) recall, Dave and I were horsing around (imagine that), Dave knocked me toward the cake, I tried to keep from obliterating the cake, but was only "partially" successful, meaning "part" of the cake was fine. As far as the other part of the cake, well, you aren't a half empty kind of person are you?
ReplyDeleteI remember being excited, on the one hand, that we got to be in the filmstrip, but thinking that if they were looking for a "Hollywood" family, they were barking up the wrong tree.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone ever see the filmstrip in Seminary? I was out of Seminary by then, so I never saw it 'til Steve sent us the slides last year.
ReplyDeleteI do recall seeing it a couple of times, once as a show and tell at a youth activity in Tulsa. We now own the original filmstrip and accompanying vinyl record, so if you can get a hold of a filmstrip projector and a record player we could help you experience that seminary moment.
ReplyDeleteOne of the funniest things about the experience came later when we actually got to see the filmstrip in seminary. The voices that were used were obviously those of Utahns, as the accents were not mid-western! We got lots of teasing from the class members.
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