Events at Disciples Village, 14 Apr 2105
(Press Release courtesy Disciples Future Service, embargoed to 15 Apr 2105, Noon EST)
(DFS) Robin Run Cryofacility & Disciples Village Historic Site
Spring is always an exciting time for the costumed interpreters at Disciples Village, an interpretive site operated by the Indiana State Museum and Robin Run Cryonics.
With men in "neck-ties" and women in period "Laura Ashley" dresses, you will be greeted for an afternoon of singing 19th and early 20th century "hymnody" accompanied by antiquarian expert Luis Jones-Carfagna on a restored Hammond B-3 electronic organ. Lengthy readings from actual simulated paper sheets (made from fractal planar fungi, reconstituted as laminar material), which do not scroll up like modern electronic/reloadable wireless paper, but are actually read page by page. This creates an atmospheric effect in the worship space, with an audible rustling as the group turns their pages roughly in unison, while sharing the unique theological language and rhythms of this point in time. There is a vaguely hypnotic effect in the recite and respond pattern which no doubt was part of the popularity this quaint form had through the 1950's, supplanted by more general availability of psychotropic drugs in the decades following.
Along with an immersion experience in the particular ritual behavior of the socially dominant group of the day, you will also hear a sermon "preached," or read from an elevated, enclosed platform. The attention paid to this archaic form of exhortation and education will help you further sense and understand this bygone age.
After your "worship experience," the interpretive experience continues in our on-site restaurant, named appropriately enough, "Fellowship Hall" and placed in a semi-belowground structure, approximating the mystery and seclusion considered part of a church meal at that time. Most entrees include the key ingredient "cream of mushroom soup" as a binder, which was so ubiquitous as to possibly include sacred connotations. Deviled eggs (simulated with various soy proteins with vegetable dyes), green bean casserole, and something our historian/chef calls "bing cherry jello" are also on the menu.
Please join us for our Spring Festival at Disciples Village! All proceed go for the upkeep and maintenance of the Cryofacility at Robin Run. To register, key your homepad to Zone 12-6374, and credit 8 communals apiece to prepay and reserve your space at the meal. We hope to have actual restored "folding chairs" for each attendee to sit on at the meal; if you are in medical category 4 or above, a cushion may be helpful -- all other ability classes are provided for fully!