CP - INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM COVERSHEET

Title of CP: ________Money does grow on trees

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Interpreters Name(s): _____Brian Polston_____________________________________
Date of Program:
________12/3/15_________________________________________________________
Location: ____the forest behind the PEIF on the path that in between the Peif and
dome by the glass walk way and when walking out turn right on to the path that is
in the forest closet to the parking lot side______
Resource: __ A red Pine ____________________________________________________
Theme: ___ They life cycle of a tree in a tree plantation____
_____________________________
Name of Character/Personification: ______Mr. Pine
Jr._____________________________
Summary of Characterization/Personification program: ________ I started out
being planted by a scary big machine that panted rows of us at a time. Then they
left us there for 60 years or so and then the humans come back and take 1 out of 10
of us or they take a row of us and leave 2 rows in between the rows they take. They
mostly take the pulps and some of the elders which they call us saw logs. And then
they haul them away to a foreign land when we never see our brothers and sisters
again. _________
Your GOALS for this interpretive program (what you want to accomplish
through your program): ______________i want to stay in character the whole time
and keep talking in the same voice__________

1. Logistics
a. Forest behind the PIEF/ DOME
2. Agency & Audience
a. U.S. Forest Service
b is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and
grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
http://www.fs.fed.us/documents/USFS_An_Overview_0106MJS.pdf
c. is ORLM students at Northern Michigan university.
3. Interpretive Performance. Growth of a tree
4. Organization
a. Red Pine plantations
b. The life cycle of a Red Pine on a plantation

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d.
e.
f.

Natural Environment
They life cycle of a tree in a tree plantation.
To stay in character the whole time.
Theme Development Outline. (This is your outline of the content information
that you will use to deliver your message. Use 3-5 points/sub-themes as
needed; written in declarative sentences. This section should be organized in
outline format and clearly identify the main points/sub-themes that will
support your theme. Each main point/sub-theme should have the key content
you have researched and will use to support your CP).
a. The two ways of planting Red Pines.
b. How long it takes before red pines can be harvest
c. How the Red Pines have economic benefits.
g. Perspective to be used (cross cultural comparisons, manufacture or feel, etc.)
a. I want to tell my audience about the development though time of a red
pine tree.
h. Title
a. Money does grow on Trees
i. Details of characters life and setting
a. I started out being planted by a scary big machine that panted rows of
us at a time. Then they left us there for 60 years or so and then the
humans come back and take 1 out of 10 of us or they take a row of us
and leave 2 rows in between the rows they take. They mostly take the
pulps and some of the elders which they call us saw logs. And then they
haul them away to a foreign land when we never see our brothers and
sisters again.
j. What is your characters name?
a. Mr. Pine
k. What is your role or occupation?
a. Oxygen producer
l. Where do you live? (geographic location, kind of residence)
a. In the forest where grows most commonly on level or along gently
rolling sandy plains or on low ridges adjacent to lakes and swamps.
m. What is your social status?
a. Elder
n. When were you born? How old are you?
a. I was born in the forest. I am starting off as a young tree just planted
and then being an old tree getting cut down
o. Where was your place of birth?
a. In a red pine plantation
p. What is your economic status?
a. Important
q. What
a.
r. What
a.

are your interests or skills?

I like swaying in the wind because it is relaxing
level is your education, where was it, who taught it?
I gained my knowledge though growing up and learning from the elders
when I was younger.
s. What are you wearing?

a. Green forest service pants green shirt with red pine needles on me. Also
I will have branches for hands.
t. What do you own/carry with you every day?
a. I carried branches
u. What do you do to make a living?
a. I made oxygen
v. What are the names and ages of brothers and sisters?
a. I tens of thousands of acers of brothers and sisters their ages vary
mostly from 9 to 79.
w. Are you married? If yes, how long?
a. No
x. When/where were you married?
a. N/A
y. Why didnt you marry?
a. I didnt need to be married to have children
z. What are your childrens names and ages?
a. I forgot all of their names because I had so many children aging from 0
to 50 years old
aa.
How did you arrive to where you are living now?
a. I was planted here when I was a sapling
ab.
What is your health status?
a. I was in good health until I got cut down and sold for money.
ac.What was/is important to your character?
a. I get to help all of the humans because they have to use paper and build
thing out of wood.
ad.
What is your voice like (raspy, low, high, accent, etc.)?
a. Raspy
ae.
What is your general personality (serious, gruff, silly, etc.)?
a. Stiff, woody, dry sense of humor.
af. What are the issues and perspectives applicable to your character?
a. Trees for money
ag.
What is the purpose or point of view of the character?
a. To show that Red Pine help everyone.
ah.
Other appropriate and useful information?
5. Delivery
a. Clothing and props needed
a. Ill need red pine branches, possible an old man mask or a forest service
hat. Ill wear green pants and a green shirt with branches that I have as
hands.
b. Activity or artifact included
a. N/A
c. Sounds and smells/odors for character and setting
a. Smell like pine and the sounds of nature
d. What story will you tell?
a. Ill tell that how I got where I did and what I am there for. Also Ill talk
about how I help all the humans by supplying them with pulp wood and
saw logs.
e. Entrance plan

a. Ill be in character in the wood and Ill have the audience meet me on
the path and I will awake as a tree.
f. Exit plan
a. I will finally get cut down and when I fall over to end it.
6. Involvement a. I can have one of my of the audiences members cut me down at the end
of my talk
7. Objectives
a. I want to have better flow when I talk during my interpretive talk.
b. Eighty percent of the audience will be able to know how it is to live on a tree
plantation.
8. Risk/Safety

Risk/Safety Assessment Worksheet (RE 381_F14)

Risk to Audience

Location and
Risk
Axe handle
Falling

Assessment
Injury, slivers
Tripping over rocks
and roots

How to avoid/reduce
risk
Use caution when using
it
Watch where you step

Can this be
done?
Yes
Yes

Risk to
Site/Resources
Location and
Risk
Damage to plants
Path damage

Assessment
Standing on plants
Path expansion and
Erosion

How to avoid/reduce
risk
Watch where I stand
Stay on path

Can this be
done?
Yes
Yes

9. References
Pilon, J. (Ed.). (2006). Guidelines for Red Pine Management. Retrieved December 1,
2015, from https://www.michigan.gov/documents/Red-Pine-Lite_96501_7.pdf
Martin, J., & Lorimer, C. (n.d.). How To Manage Red Pine. Retrieved December 1,
2015, from http://forest.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/publications/82.PDF
What to do with a 60 year old unmanaged red pine stand? (n.d.). Retrieved
December 1, 2015, from http://www.forest-to-faucet.org/pdf/red-pine.pdf