There are a couple of houskeeping items I need to address this week. First of all the rehearsals are going great. We are working so hard and I am sure this is going to be a great show. On Friday morning, the PTA came to me stating that we had collected $1400.00 for the musical and we have spent $1600.00 already (This includes $570.00 for the play rights and $614.00 for t shirts). After I panicked, I spent a good portion of that night going through the cast and choir list and figuring out how much money we should have collected vs. the amount of money we have collected. There is a difference of about $900.00. I know I sound like a broken record, but we really can't pay for all the things we need to pay for without donations. I understand that some of you are not able to donate. If this is the case, please let me know and I can bring that information to the PTA. They are willing to cover the kids that can't donate, we just need to know. If it was an oversight, please bring me the money as soon as you can. In saying all of this, I will be passing out t-shirts in the next couple of days to those who I have donations from. I know this sounds harsh, but I need to either have the donation, or know that your child is one that needs to be covered by PTA before I hand out the shirts. This is just another way for me to take inventory as well. I am grateful to all of you who are being so patient with me. Please keep in mind that this is our first year and there will be many bumps in the road. I am already taking note of things that work and don't work for next year.
Also, I have bought/collected a lot of materials needed for costumes. I know that many of you are willing to help with this aspect of the show. I will be holding a parent meeting in conjunction with the PTA meeting that is scheduled for this Wednesday. The PTA meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 and the musical parent meeting will be from 6:00-6:30. Please plan on attending this meeting, as I would love to send home materials for you to work on and bring back.
The rehearsal schedule this week will be as follows:
Monday: 4:30-6:00 We will be working on several different things on Monday. Mrs. Patin will be working with Kaa. Mrs. King will be working with the elephants (including Colonel Hathi and Baby Elephant). I will be working with the main characters in the first part of the show; including Mowgli, Bagheera, Kaa, and Baloo. Miss. Ovard will be working with Shanti and her girls in making their flowers. We do not need members of the jungle to be here that day.
Wednesday: 4:00-5:30 We will need all members of the cast on Wednesday to go through the first half of the show. This includes all jungle members. I am considering having the choir come for this rehearsal as well, however I need to see how much we get done on Monday before I decide. Choir parents, will you please check the blog sometime on Tuesday to see if there are changes made concerning the choir.
Thanks again for your support and patience. I LOVE working with your children and I hope it is turning out to be as great of an experience for them as it has been already for me!!!
I wrote about selling advertising in the programs on Aubrey's form that we turned in with the check off on what we would be willing to help with. If you are interested in doing this I am still willing to go around to businesses and collect advertisements/payments. It is a good way to collect money and for them to advertise to a local audience. It is fairly easy to do, just have a form letter written up on Hidden Hollow letterhead and then generally you can do like a quarter page, half page or full page sizes and have a set price for each one, like $25, $50 and $100. Advertising is an expense that businesses can write off and many are always looking for ways to get word out. Just another option for raising funds. Thanks, Janae Gonzalez
ReplyDeleteI would love that!!! I have been meaning to get to you about this, and I am excited to get the ball rolling on this. Are you able to come to the parent meeting on Wednesday night so we can talk?
DeleteYes I can come from 6-6:30pm Wednesday night
DeleteIf we can get a link to the PTA website where we can pay with a credit card, I can pay right now. If not, I can't until later this week.
ReplyDeleteLet me check with Jen Sorensen on that! I will get back to you!
DeleteI can't make it to the parent meeting on Wednesday, but I am willing to help with whatever needs to get done!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I can't make it to the parent meeting, either, but, I can do whatever!
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