ACT ONE

(Lights up. It is the scene of the outside of a rather small house. BEN DANDY, MARY DANDY, SAL DANDY, and JACK DANDY enter with boxes. This should show that they are moving.)

Jack: Mom, do we have to move? I mean. . .come on. New school, new friends, new bullies,.

Mary: Jack, there are no bullies at Redwood Middle.

Sal: Are you sure? Scrub day is pretty big back then. Luckily, I'm going to the high school. (He puts his boxes in the "truck" offstage.)

Ben: What's Scrub Day?

Jack: Exactly. Do you know what they do on Scrub Day? The eighth graders torture the seventh graders throughout the whole day while sixth graders get to watch and enjoy.

Ben: It won't happen. (He exits.)

Mary: If it does, I'll talk to principal. Deal! (exits)

Jack: UURRRGGGHHH! No one gets it! (SAL enters)

Sal: Don't worry, bro. You can lead scrub day next year. If you ever make it! (he laughs as he leaves into the house.

Jack: (not meaning it) Oh yeah! (exits)

(A big moving truck is shown going across the stage. After it leaves, the MOVING WORKERS are shown behind it.)

Music Starts, "Footloose" (originally from the musical "Footloose")

SOLO WORKER #1

Been working so hard

I'm punching my card

Eight hours for what

Oh tell me what I got

(During the next phrase, SCHOOL KIDS, including GIRLS TRIO, BETSY, TINA, ROGERS, CHARLIE, are seen at desks in school.)

SOLO WORKERS #1/2

Been working so hard

I'm punching my card

Eight hours for what?

SCHOOL KIDS

For what?

WORKERS

For what?

SCHOOL KIDS

For what?

TINA

Been working too damn hard

I'm punching that same card

Eight hours busting my butt

Oh tell me what I got

WORKERS

I've got this feeling

That time is holding me down

GIRLS TRIO

I've got this feeling time is holding me down!

SCHOOL BOYS

I'll hit the ceiling, or else I'll tear up this town

ALL

Tonight I gotta cut loose

Footloose

Kick off your Sunday shoes

Please, Louise

Pull me offa my knees

Jack, get back

C'mon before we crack

Lose your blues

Everybody cut footloose

GIRLS TRIO

You're playing so cool

Obeying every rule

Dig way down in your heart

You're burning, yearning for some -

ALL

Somebody to tell you

That life ain't passing you by

BETSY/TINA

Life ain't passing you by

ALL

I'm trying to tell you

It will if you don't even try

WORKER #2

If you'd only loose

ALL

Cut footloose (whoa-o-oh-oh)

Cut footloose (whoa-o-aoh)

First! We've got to turn you around

Second! Then put your feet on the ground

Third! Now take a hold of your soul

Life keeps holding me down

Everybody cut everybody cut footloose!

(Blackout.)