Business Communication

AIDS AWARENESS SKIT (PARTICIPATION GRADES 4-8)
Enter people, 2 boys and 1 girl. They all sit around in a recess kind of situation, chatting as in a breaktime. A 2nd girl enters from the side…the boys all look at her and then one boy stands up and walks over to her (off to the side). Boy: Hello, my darling, how are you today? Girl: I am just fine! Boy: You are looking very beautiful today! Girl: Thank you! Boy: (whispering but loud enough so audience can hear): Do you know I love you very much? Girl: Ohhhh!

AT THIS POINT THE SCENE ABOVE JUST FREEZES AND STANDS STILL, WHILE A BOY WALKS IN CARRYING A BIG SIGN THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN READ WHICH SAYS: “WHAT IS LOVE?” THE BOY WHO ENTERS WITH THE SIGN THEN SAYS THE FOLLOWING TO THE AUDIENCE: “EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE FRIENDS WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG, BUT TRUE LOVE WAITS UNTIL YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO FIND A MATE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO TO MARRY. LOVE IS NOT JUST A CASUAL FEELING!”

THE BOY WITH THE SIGN LEAVES AND THE SCENE ABOVE WITH THE GIRL/BOY RESUMES. Boy: Today, I am feeling heavy; I have a big need! Girl: Oh, what kind of need? Boy: I have a fire inside. Girl: Let me go and get a glass of cold water to help cool the fire.

Boy: No, you don’t understand…meet with me in that dark place in those bushes over there, right after school is finished. Girl: For what? Boy: To have sex! THIS SCENE FREEZES AGAIN AND THE SAME BOY COMES OUT WITH ANOTHER SIGN WHICH THE AUDIENCE CAN READ WHICH SAYS: “CHOICES…YOU CAN SAY ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’. RIGHT OR WRONG” THE BOY SAYS THIS TO THE CROWD AND THEN EXITS. THE SCENE ABOVE RESUMES. Girl: I say NO! Boy: But, you are my darling, my sugar, and I love you more than I love myself! Please, I beg you, come with me over there after school! Girl: I said NO! (and the girl starts to slowly walk away from the boy) Boy: But wait, I will buy you soda, biscuits, and chocolate! Please? Girl: (stops and looks back with a question on her face) Meat? Boy: Yes, meat…I can get you some meat! You come with me to the... [continues]

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