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.