Strang/Strang Duo

Hello All! Here is the 4th Update! This time staring Shiloh and Bethany's Duo which was on Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John. The Duo ended up being a very dramatic one with the story following a little boy falling over a cliff, a sister learning forgiveness, and a neighbor boy learning love for fellow man.

The characters were-
(S=Shiloh & B=Bethany)
Dani: S
Annette: S
Grandmother: B
Father: B
Lucien: B
Marie: S
Monsieur Givet: S
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Enjoy the pictures!

Before-

Strang/Strang Duo Partners

Just before we went to do Round 1 of the Duo we met Molly who befriend us and came to watch!

Eden's "Creative Shot"... Notice the look on her face... Hmmm....

This is our room... A large audience...

Shiloh patiently waits, Bethany is so excited, & De-De takes pictures....

Introduction-

(Note: De-De took pictures through the window of our Duo Room so we are posting our lines with the pictures.)

Shiloh: "We are Strang/Strang...

Are the Judges ready? Time Keeper ready? Then we will begin!"

Annette: "Can't you look where you're going? You knocked me into this ditch and I can't get out! Look at my copybook! All my exercises are smudged and torn I shall tell the school master it's all your fault LUCIEN MOREL!"

Shiloh: "Treasures of the Snow"/ Bethany: "By: Patricia St. John"

Shiloh: "And now the trouble all starts when Lucien finds little Dani making a snowman one cold evening."

Lucien: "Sneak! Telltale! Coward! Baby coming into school crying like that!"/ Annette: (Smug Smile)

Dani: "Grandmother?! I am going up the mountain to pick flowers for Annette's birthday... I will put them on the breakfast table with all my presents!"/Grandmother: (Sewing)

Dani & Lucien debate on the mountain...

Father: "Hello Mother, Annette. What is the matter Mother?"/ Annette: (Stirring Soup)

Well, we hope you enjoyed the Duo!

~Annette & Lucien

Jordan's Expository

Time for tournament update 3! Sorry you have been waiting to see this for so long. This time I'm going to focus on the pictures from Jordan's Expository. There will be more pictures to come such as Duo and Dramatic. So stay tuned!Jordan all ready to present his speech.
Competitor Jordan and Judge Daddy.
Action shot!
And another action shot. (This was the Final round.)

Jordan qualified 5th place in Finals. Congratulations Jordan! (Remember everyone: he had his sisters' help!)

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Bethany Strang

The Widow's Might

Ever since Isaac Harris was live blogging the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and ever since our family saw HueMoore's film: Bubble Trouble we were looking forward to seeing their newest one, The Widow's Might. After borrowing it from some friends we watched it, and watched it, and watched it... Yes, we have seen it many times and it has become one of our family's favorite movies and if we are not watching it, we are all harmonizing the songs together! :)

The Widow's Might is a story about a family who comes together to help a poor widow who is about to loose her home due to outrageous property taxes. Filled with comedy, adventure, and funny sibling moments this movie is a must see!

On the Harris Twin's website I found this letter which John Moore wrote to Fellow Rebelutionaries-- it's worth the read... especially when you see how far this family has come with filming and how one can do so much more "hard things" during their teen years. What an encouragement!

Our little brother Judah absolutely loves this movie and watches it with his cowboy hat and red boots on. Most recently he has started to recite Gators lines to me well I give him a bath and sings the lead cowboy's song: "Tra-gee" (Tragedy).
This movie is coming to theaters (Click here for a list of theaters) and it may be in a theater near you! Check out the trailer below and see if you too can see it! Be sure to tell us what you think!

~Miss Shiloh


60 Second Trailer Spot, Widow's Might from John Moore on Vimeo. This second one is my favorite trailer! :) Preview from John Moore on Vimeo. I wish they had a trailer with Angela and Reagan singing, but Behemoth has clips from the movie and clips from the soundtrack.

I hope your family will enjoy this film as much as our family has!

God bless you!

~Shiloh

April 1st: Fool's Day

This evening when I checked Jasmine Baucham's blog she had posted this quiz which the Botkin Siblings put together. Simply click on the picture and it will take you to the website to take the quiz. Be sure to read all the wonderful scriptures in between which will teach you the underling truth of a foolish heart. After completing the quiz you will be rated and given a scripture for your score.

Let us all strive to be wise like King Solomon and to lay aside the sin (foolishness) that so easily besets us!

~Miss Shiloh A. Strang

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. ~Proverbs 12:15

You're kidding! No, we're kidding!

Yes we are kidding! (That is, in goat standards...) We came back from the speech tournament last week and found that on Monday (the 16th) our goat Fiddle gave us two little kids. So all of us kids ran out of the house in excitement to see the kids! They are so cute. We were so thankful that they were not born while we were gone! Enjoy the pictures!

Since it was around Purim we named the two little does Vashti (the multi colored one) and Esther (the brown one).

When Judah holds the baby goats he likes to say: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Baby goat!"

All the kids.

Mommy with Esther.

Just a quick note: The rest of the NCFCA tournament pictures will be coming soon! We have not forgotten! But just to keep you hanging we will have pictures of us doing our speeches and some speech bloopers too.

So stayed tuned!

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Bethany

Speech Tournament Pictures!

Here are some pictures from the tournament (more later). Enjoy!

Rainmakers: Our Team Name!!!

Bethany, Jordan, and Shiloh ready to compete.

Our fan club, mascots, and cheerleaders! :)

Time to leave you hanging! Question: Can you guess why Bethany looks like this? Hmmmmm... Check back later to find out why!

Off to the Speech Tournament...!

Whew! That's all I can say after filling out applications, counting added words, and then going to bed at 11:45 PM last night (note from Shiloh: She went to bed this morning at 12:00 AM) ... it's been a whirlwind! Let me fill you in. Just less then a week ago we found out that this was the ONLY NCFCA speech tournament we would be able to attend. So we flew into a frenzy of practicing speeches, making boards, and copying off three speeches! Well now we're all ready to go! Make sure to check back to see our "Before and During the Tournament" pictures! Oh... and we will also post some travel shots. (After all... what's a blog with no pictures?!)

Please pray that everything will run smoothly here at home (pregnant does!) and at the tournament.

Just so you know here's what we are speaking on...

~Shiloh: Duo Interpretation (Treasures of the Snow, by: Patricia St. John) and Impromptu.

~Bethany: Duo Interpretation (with Shiloh) and Dramatic Interpretation (Evidence Not Seen, by Darlene Deibler Rose).

~Jordan: Expository (Basic Economics).

Special thanks to all of you who have watched and critiqued our speeches. We appreciate it!

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Bethany

Special Thanks to Shiloh for the NCFCA header.

"Well were off to the tournament and we know God rules!"