A recap of last week shows what some of the children did to earn extra money. Playing off of the skills they knew they had and others they just learned they could do in order to get some spending cash. The town is really happy with the new Town Council and believe they are doing a really good job. But these are still kids and they must have some kind of mental stimulation at all times or they’ll end up bored out of their minds.
Sophia is in the center of town willing to spark up a “bore-a-thon” since her and many others are extremely bored. They have nothing to do when there’s no work to be done, and want a little excitement. DK and a few others decide to call a town meeting in order to get some life back into the Bonanza City with whatever ideas anyone can come up with for good times.
The Town Council meets up and heads to read from the journal. The journal of course lets them that boredom was a big downer even in olden times and could really hurt the morale of the townspeople. The Council discusses it for a little while and decides to have a town-wide talent show for everyone to enjoy.
Ok hold it a minute. I’ve been wondering. Were the kids observed for a while at random points and then the journal was written up? Because how does it always seem to let them know exactly what they need advice on? Sure it’s probably huge and has tons of info in it, but it just seems too perfect.
Anyway, the Council announces their decision to have a talent show and put a sign-up sheet up for anyone who wants to participate. You can really tell this was a great idea because the kids are all excited. This leads to a bit of a dilemma as the Council wonders if the winner of the talent show should be the one who gets the gold star. At first I didn’t think this was the best idea, but leave it to a child to prove me wrong.
Zach speaks up and says that entertainment is extremely important. Anyone that can make the others smile and laugh did a good deed and worked really hard to do it, and for that should be rewarded. Point well taken.
The kids are all over town practicing their acts and it is really amazing the knowledge these children have. Every week I’m impressed. Greg and Blaine decide to don the roles of “Romeo & Juliet” with Greg taking over the female part. Interesting and quite amusing. Jared is practicing lines from Shakespeare and is really getting involved in it. He’s quite good. Olivia is thinking of doing some stand-up.
I give Olivia credit there because stand-up is not the easiest thing in the world to do. Sure you can recite some lines from a play or recreate an event, but coming up with your own material is something entirely different. And considering everyone has different senses of humor; she’s going to have to come up with some comedy that is town-wide enjoyable. Kudos to her.
After dinner was made, Savannah started wondering whether Bonanza City was really the place she wanted to be. She was becoming extremely homesick and missing her family. Some tried to talk her into staying and that she had a family there, but it didn’t seem to do much convincing.
It seems that the “lazy” gene actually has infected a few others as Migle and Natasha of the Blue team didn’t want to do any work. Greg thinks the best idea is to just bomb the next showdown so his team can end up as the laborers and the girls would have to do something. A nice touch as some of the kids begin calling them Paris and Nicole. HA!
SHOWDOWN!
This week has had a very big theme on entertainment and since that is the focus, then it shall be the subject of the showdown. The teams must do a paint-by-numbers art piece to win this week. Of course it can’t be that easy so the kids soon learn that their medium shall be ABC gum. As we all know by now, that means “Already Been Chewed.” I’m not sure if the tipped over port-a-potties or this is grosser to be honest with you.
Anyway, the kids start out chewing their gum and sticking the correctly colored pieces to their art work as needed. Blue and Green take the first leads as the other two teams fall behind. Yellow seems to be having trouble chewing their gum quickly enough. It’s going back and forth between Blue and Green even though Green seems to have the upper hand. Well they would if they could keep their gum sticky enough to stay on the canvas.
After all is said and done, Green wins their first challenge of Kid Nation and are the Upper Class. I told you it was close as Blue finishes a fast second and they end up in the Merchant Class. Red finally finished and ended up as the Cooks while Yellow would be the laborers. Yellow couldn’t quite finish their painting in time; therefore the huge reward would not be won.
Still they must see what they missed out on and one choice would have been paint. The kids could have painted the town as they see fit. The other crate held all the things they would have needed to throw a big party. Yes the party looked inviting, but I think the paint may have done wonders for the kids. Painting can be fun when done with others and it would have changed up the scenery for them which I think is much needed.
The talent show is approaching and Savannah still wants to leave.
DK took over to MC the event as everyone was getting some last minute practice in. Kelsey was first and played a piece on an old fashioned piano. Not bad. A bit of singing is done and other random acts, but it doesn’t matter as long as they are enjoying themselves. Jared’s Shakespeare rendition comes up and it is awesome. He has an accent and does it perfectly. Greg was in drag, Olivia did her comedy, and some more singing commenced to close out the show.
This really looked to brighten the spirits of the kids, but I wonder what they’ll do next since this was only one night? All in all, it did work because Savannah was inspired enough to stick around.
The gold star commencement ceremony is at hand and it boils down to Olivia and Kennedy. Kennedy did a rap act to end the talent show along with some dancing and it wasn’t too shabby. The Council talked it over and decided that Kennedy was the best this week and deserved the star. Divad doesn’t seem very happy as she feels she truly deserves the gold star and right now. Get a grip kid.
Kennedy calls home and her parents are thrilled. It really warms my heart when the kids call home and both they and their parents are excited for them. Just being away from home and living on their home is hard enough, but they have proved themselves in such a way that they deserve recognition. And considering how cruel kids can be, recognition from their peers is awesome.
Next week there is going to be a huge announcement that could shock the ways of Bonanza City. Some of the young pioneers could be greatly affected by it and it doesn’t look too good. As if things needed more turmoil, some kids start turning their backs on one another and the teams really start to pair off. I love controversy. This is your Captain speaking folks, and I’ll see you next week as the brawl continues.
