The Week We've All Been Waiting For!!!

It's finally here.  It has been fun to walk around the school the last week and feel the energy and excitement buzzing around about the opening of The Jungle Book.  The cast and crew are all excited, the student body and faculty are excited, and I can hardly wait.
This is going to be a long post, so sit back and relax while I bombard you will a ton of information.
Here is the schedule for this week.
For rehearsals this week you will need to coordinate with others to get your child to and from Frontier Middle School.
Monday:  4:00-6:00ish
Rehearsal at Frontier
This will be a dress rehearsal of sorts.  We will be wearing our costumes and have all of our props without makeup.  During this rehearsal the most important thing that will happen is we will be working with the Frontier techs to figure out lighting, mics and sound.  We will run through the show as many times as possible during this rehearsal.
Tuesday: 4:00-7:30ish  Please have choir kids there by 5:00
Dress Rehearsal at Frontier
This rehearsal will be a little longer due to the fact that we will need to get in and do make up on all the cast members before we have our dress rehearsal.  This will give our cast and technical support a chance to see realistically how much time we have to get ready.  Please send your child with personal items in a bag or backpack for them to get ready.  For example, a hairbrush, curling iron, comb, etc.  We have face paint that we will be doing on most of the characters.  If your child is in the choir, please send them in blue jeans and their Jungle Book t-shirts.  Also, if you could put basic a little bit of blush on their cheeks that would be great.  Please follow this protocol for all the performances.
Wednesday: 4:00-7:30ish, Please have choir kids there by 5:00
Opening Night
Please have your child to the school by 4:00.  We will need to begin getting on make up and doing hair.  Again bring your personal items in a back pack or small bag with your child's name on them.  If you are planning on attending the performance on Wednesday, you will be able to take your child home after they have changed out of their costumes.  If you are not planning on attending the performance, I would plan on picking them up by 7:30.  If we are earlier than that, they will have access to a phone to call.
Thursday:  We do not have a night time performance on Thursday, however, we will be doing a short assembly for the students.  This assembly will consist of The Bare Necessities, I Wan'na Be Like You, Shere Khan, The Battle and the Finale.  These numbers include all of the cast, including the choir.  Because we are doing the assembly in the morning (9:30) I will need all cast members to school and in my classroom by 8:00 to start getting ready.  This is where it gets tricky.  If your child is an A tracker, they will need to come to school, check in with their teacher and then come to my room.  After the assembly, they will have a normal day in their classroom.  If your child is a B tracker, they will need to come at 8:00 and just come right to my classroom.  They will also have a normal day after the assembly (this includes staying through B track time).  I know it is a little unfair for the B track students, but these are the arrangements Mr. Tillman made with me.  It is a little less confusing and challenging for their teachers to keep track of.  Finally, the choir members do not need to come to my classroom until after B track recess.  They will need to wear their Jungle Book t-shirts to school.
Friday: 4:00-7:30ish  Please have choir kids there by 5:15
Friday will be exactly like Wednesday.
Saturday: 1:00-7:30ish  Please have choir kids there by 2:15
Saturday will be a long day for us.  At 1:00 we will begin getting ready for our 3:00 performance.  After the 3:00 performance we will be having a small cast party with pizza and cake.  Then we will begin getting ready for our 6:00 performance.  If any of you are able to stay a little later after the performance to help us clean up and get everything ready to bring back to our school, I would really appreciate it. 
I know this post is a little long, so thank you for reading all the way through the end.  I have one last bit of information.  I have hired a company to do a professional video recording of the show.  This will allow you to all enjoy the play without having to sit behind a video camera, phone or tablet.  His company does not however prevent you from doing your own recording if you want.  He will be selling copies of the video at the performances.  He will not charge us money for coming out and videotaping, however, he requires a minimum of 25 orders ($500.00 in sales).  If we don't reach that amount, we will need to compensate him the difference.  Each DVD will cost $20.00.  This price compensates him for his time in producing the video.  We will have order forms at the Junior High starting on Monday during dress rehearsal.  If you are interested in ordering a video, please pick up an order form and turn it in at the ticket table. 

Get Ready, Get Set, Here We Come!!!

This is our last week of rehearsals!!!  I can't believe it.  Thank you to all of you who came over Spring Break to help with sets, props and costumes.  We really did get a lot done and it really is coming together.  If you are still willing to help out at home, we do have a couple of sewing projects that still need to be done this week!  These are simple projects, so if you are able, please leave a message or email me and let me know.  I really would appreciate it.
Also, I have a sign up genius for the nights/days leading up to and including performance dates.  I will need a lot of help the week of April 20th-25th, so please click here to sign up.
This week we will be practicing Monday-Thursday.  The rehearsals will include everybody cast and choir.  These rehearsals will begin at 3:30 and go until 5:30.  Please have your child attend each rehearsal for the entire time.  I know that there are probably many conflicts with this new schedule, however we have a lot to work on and not a lot of time.
I am really grateful for all of your help and your dedication to this musical.  We can see the finish line and it is so close!  Thanks for your continuing support.

Work Week

There won't be any rehearsals this week however we are going to have two work days.
Monday: we will be working in sets and props. We have a lot of little projects to get finished and could use all the help we can get. I will be at the school at 9:30 and should be there until about 3ish. Please come anytime and stay for as long as you can. My hope is that we get all the sets and props done for our last couple of rehearsals.
Tuesday: this will be our sewing day. If you don't sew but you are willing to help we still need you. If you do sew and you want to bring your machine we will have work for you too. We have a lot of little things to work on to finish up costumes.  We have projects big and small.   Again we will begin around 9:30 and will finish up around 3ish.

Programs

Hello Parents!
I am so proud of all the cast and crew that have been involved in the musical this year.  They have worked so hard and I am continually impressed with their talent as well as their work ethic.  They have made this such an enjoyable experience for me.  I will be sad when it is all over.  
This week and next I will be selling space in the programs for you to leave a short, congratulatory note to your child.  The cost will be $5.00 and you can write a short message (approximately 30 words long).  I will be sending all of the program information to Rebecca Gagnier for design and printing of the program by the end of spring break.  Please email me your message by Wednesday, April 8th if you are interested in having it printed in our program.  You can also send your money to the school by Monday, April 13th.