The Maricopa Stake (Arizona) MIA put on its third annual roadshow in December, 1934. “Since its inception,” the Improvement Era report says, “it has remained the most popular event of the year.” The great distances between wards in the stake required that the stake be divided into three zones, with the acts being presented on three successive nights (they really did take these shows on the road in those days).

The winning act — unfortunately, the ward isn’t named — used “Treasure Island” as a theme. The show’s “pirates” found a treasure chest containing all the good things done in the MIA.

But you aren’t going to see these pirate costumes used again in YM/YW activities during our lifetime, I think!

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