Aladdin, Jr. is about to begin

I hope you all had a great Winter Break and are ready to get started.  Each one of you received a rehearsal calendar with a brief summary of what we will be working on each week.  At our parent meeting, I will be giving you an outline of which characters are in which scenes, so you will know if your child will need to attend rehearsal or not from week to week.  We do try to utilize as many cast members as often as possible to run through dances, songs, scenes, etc.  Also, each week I will be sending home an email with a detailed list of who needs to be at each rehearsal (both Monday and Wednesday for that week).  If you lose the email, or accidentally delete it, you will always find the same announcement on the musical blog www.hiddenhollowmusical.blogspot.com.  These emails will usually go out by Friday afternoon/evening of the week before. 
Here is the plan for this week
Monday, January 6th
4:00-4:45: Lead vocals.  Hopefully your and/or your child has had an opportunity to go through their script over the break.  If he/she has a solo singing part in the show, they will need to attend this vocal rehearsal.  Ensembles 1 and 2 do not need to come until later.
4:45-6:30: Lead blocking.  The leads will go from vocal rehearsal into blocking.  We will try to get through the first half of the show, so any and all of you who can be memorized through Friend Like Me would be great!!
5:00-6:30: Vocal Rehearsal:  Ensembles 1 and 2 will need to be here for Vocal rehearsal.  I will have song books for you when you get here. 
6:30-7:00ish:  Parent Meeting.  Please plan on coming to this.  This is a great opportunity for all parents to come and learn a little more about the show.  We will go through schedules, expectations, etc.  Also, if you are able to pay your donation on this night we will for sure be able to take cash or check.  We are finding out if we will have access to a card reader, but I won't know that until that night. 

Wednesday, January 8th
3:45-5:30:  Leads will finish up blocking on the first half of the show.
3:45-5:30: Ensembles 1 & 2 will have vocal rehearsal.
I know that on the original calendar that I gave you, rehearsals were scheduled to start at 3:45, however, we had to make a slight change on Mondays to have access to our music room.  Since Monday is an early out day, your child will need to go home after school and then come back at 4:00.  Please do not plan on your child staying  at the school and hanging out.  As teachers and faculty, we have meetings that go until 3:45, so we can not keep an eye on any children.  If rides are a problem, please message me and I will try and see if I can connect some of you that live in the same neighborhoods and arrange a carpool.