Festival of Arts members were treated to a preview of the theme for the 2013 Pageant of the Masters at the annual meeting.
Work began on the 80th anniversary of the pageant long before the 2012 season ended, but the theme was kept under wraps until the meeting. "The Big Picture" will be a tribute to motion pictures as an art, often inspired by masterpieces of the past.
The theme was announced by pageant Director Diane Challis Davy in a "trailer," written by pageant script writer Dan Duling.
"Eighty years in the making, and featuring a cast of hundreds, 'The Big Picture' leaps off the screen and onto the stage and into your hearts," read Challis Davy in a voice a couple of octaves lower than usual.
"Watch as 3-D becomes 2-D before your eyes. Experience 'The Agony and The Ecstasy' of creation and marvel at 'The Day the Art Stood Still.' And just keep telling yourself: 'They're alive! They're alive!'