A mystery Solved

A couple of times I have found white Indian paint on my black cassock, both times in the same place. The discovery leads to frenzied cleaning by Jessica, who is the costumer in charge of male Principals.

But where does the paint come from? Father Martin never comes into contact with Indians onstage, and steers well clear of them backstage.

A mystery. A small one, granted, but hey – it’s late June at the pageant. There are eons to go and anything to occupy our minds.

Tonight I figured it out.

Near the start of Big Battle an evil Indian (Troy Folkner) comes up to Father Martin’s cabin. Stalwart defender Tshombe Selby grabs him and throws him against the wall a couple of times before knocking him back into the sand. Troy does a back flip off the deck into the sand.

A little while later poor feeble Father Martin staggers over and leans on the wall right where Troy has been flung. As I staggered over tonight I looked at the wall and saw a big smear of white Indian paint that Troy had left behind.

Solution: adjust my blocking very slightly, lean against the wall eight inches to the left.