February 17th

Wednesday, February 17th
White Rabbit, Cats, Alice, 3rd and 4th Grade Cards
You will be working on I'm Late.

Creatures, Lobsters, Small Alice and Dodo Bird
You will be working on and finishing up Ocean of Tears and Caucus Race.

Tweedles
You will be working on and finishing up How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands.  We also will be blocking lines between Caucus Race and How D'Ye Do.

Stage Crew
We will have a short meeting with Mrs. Coombs and Miss. Ovard.  The meeting will probably only last about 30 to 45 minutes.

Choir
Choir practice will probably go from 3:30-5:00.

A Few Updates

I am so excited and impressed with all that has been going on over the last month or so during rehearsals.  I am impressed with the amount of work that all of your children are putting into the show.  We are making great progress and by the end of this week we will have everything blocked and choreographed through Scene 4.  That makes me so excited and happy.

I am writing this post for a couple of different reasons.  First of all I want to let you know of a couple of things that are coming up.  Next week we will be starting to meet with our stage crew.  I have quite a few kids that are signed up for stage crew, however, I know that some of you are only interested in working with hair and make-up.  We need to have a meeting with all stage crew and this meeting will be on Wednesday, February 17th during rehearsal time.  Secondly, I am getting ready to order t-shirts.  Just as a reminder, t-shirts are for all cast, crew and choir members.  The cost of the t-shirts is covered by the donations that have been collected.  If you haven't paid your donation yet, please do so as soon as possible.  If you are unable to pay the donation, please send me a private email and let me know, jcoombs@alpinedistrict.org.

The last thing I need to make you aware of is regards to costumes.  This musical is a bit different than last year, in that each cast member will have a pre-Wonderland costume as well as a Wonderland costume.  Our budget is not big enough to cover the cost associated with providing 2 costumes for each cast member, so I need your help.  I have included a list of characters in the musical and costumes that they need for the opening number.  These items should be things that they already have at home.  Please find your child's character name and the items of clothing they need.

Alice (small, medium and tall):
White tights, black dress shoes

Cheshire Cats
Denim Overalls (shorts, pants or capris are fine)
Tennis Shoes

White Rabbit
Blue Jeans and a plain colored t-shirt
Tennis Shoes

Mad Hatter
Bright Colored leggings and a plain colored t-shirt (doesn't need to match)
Crazy socks

March Hare
Shorts or jeans and plain colored t-shirts

Doorknob
Jeans and Brown colored shirt

Queen of Hearts
Red t-shirt and black pants (shorts or capri's are fine)

King of Hearts
Pants and top that have any combination of red, white and black

Royal Cardsman/Cards
Jeans and plain t-shirts (any color is fine).  They can wear jean shorts, pants or capris.
Cards also will need black pants and black long sleeved shirts to wear under their card costume.  The pants can be sweats,  or leggings and the shirts can have a graphic on the front cause it will be covered, it just needs to have long sleeves.

Rose, Petunia, Lily, Violet, Daisy and Flower Ensemble
Anything with a flower print on it (dress, pants, shirts)  You can mix and match plain with flowered print for example flower leggings and plain t-shirt, or jeans and a flower print t-shirt.

Caterpillars
Jeans and orange or green plain t-shirt

Dodo Bird
Jeans and t-shirt, nothing particular

Lobsters
Leggings and plain colored t-shirts

Creatures
Jeans and t-shirts (shorts, capris or jeans are fine)

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Jeans and striped t-shirts (red and white, blue and white or black and white stripes)

Also, all female cast members need to have a black pair of short spandex (bike shorts) or spankys and a cami to wear under their costume.  Due to the number of people in the musical and quick costume changes, it is best if they have something under their costume so they can quickly change and stay modest.

Thank you all again for your help and cooperation with all of this.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment or email me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

February 8th and 10th

Monday, February 8th
3rd and 4th Grade Cards, Alice, Cats, White Rabbit
You will be working on the March of the Cards and finishing up I'm Late and Very Good Advice

5th and 6th Grade Cards, Queen of Hearts, and King of Hearts
You will be working on the March of the Cards and Painting the Roses Red

Lobsters, Dodo Bird, Creatures, and Small Alice
You will be finishing up the Caucus Race and Ocean of Tears

Doorknob, Alice, Tall Alice, Small Alice and Cats
You will be working on blocking for Scene 2 and Ocean of Tears

Wednesday, February 10th
Flowers
You will be practicing Dodgesonland Part 2

All Cards, Queen of Hearts, and King of Hearts
You will be working on the March of the Cards

Lobsters, Dodo Bird, Creatures and Small Alice
You will be practicing Caucus Race and Ocean of Tears

Tweedles
You will be working on How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands

Caterpillars, Mad Hatter, March Hare
You will be working on Vocals (We are almost ready to start blocking all of you :))

Choir
We need all choir members to come and work on I'm Late, Alice in Wonderland and Ocean of Tears and Caucus Race

February 1st

First of all, I didn't realize when I made the original schedule that Parent Teacher conferences are coming up this next week.  Due to these conferences, we will NOT be having rehearsal on Wednesday, February 3rd.  This is plan for Monday's rehearsal.
February 1st:
Flowers: 
You will be working on Dodgsonland Part 2.  Platform Flowers will be working with Mrs. Watson and Floor flowers will be working with Mrs. Peterson.
On Stage Cards:  The onstage cards will be learning the rest of Painting the Roses Red and practice what has already been learned.
Alice, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cats 3rd and 4th Grade Cards:
We will be working on learning the rest of and practicing I'm Late.
Lobsters, Creatures, Dodo Bird and Small Alice:  You will be working on the Caucus Race.

January 25th and 27th Rehearsal

I hope that this post is not too confusing.  First of all, we are making good progress and it has been great the last couple of weeks to be able to break into small groups and work on things that pertain to our specific characters.  I am very appreciative to all of the volunteers who have come to help out thus far.  Second, it seems that in my planning, I am trying to do too much in one day.  We are just not getting through as much as I would like to.  What can I say;  I dream big! :)  In saying that, this is what we will be working on this week.
Monday, January 25th
Small Alice and Caterpillars
You will be working on Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.  We are not ready to block this song, however, we will be working on the vocals
Cards (Only Elsa Hardy,Ammon Pease, Zach Rawlings, Madi Haslam, Macy Emerick, Andrew Smolke, Sara Gubler, Whitney Wood, Braden Ward, Angie Power, Kamillah Villareal)
You will be working on the onstage dance for Painting the Roses Red
Flowers (plus Lilia Wiggins, Kelsey Gray and Sophie Wallace)  
You will be working on your flower dance for Dodgesonland Part 2
All Other Cast Members EXCEPT Tall Alice, Mathilda, and 3rd and 4th Grade Cards
You will be finishing up Dodgesonland Parts 1 and 2.
Wednesday, January 27th

It's the moment we've all been waiting for...  We are going to have the Choir come to their first rehearsal.

Tweedles

You will be working on How do you do singing and lines

Medium Alice, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cats, 3rd and 4th Grade Cards

We will be working on I'm Late; Blocking and Vocals

January 20th Rehearsal

OH MY GOODNESS!!!  I LOVE THIS CAST!!!  This last week was awesome.  We all worked so hard and got so much done.  I hope you are all enjoying this as much as I am already.  I have included in this post a plan for this week's rehearsal.  Please come ready to work on the outlined scenes/songs.
1.   All Cards + Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts and Royal Cardsman will be working on Painting the Roses Red.
2.  All Flowers will be learning their dance number for Dodgsonland Part 2 (We will also be trying on costumes, so wear leggings and or spankys and an undershirt/tanktop)
3.  Cheshire Cats 1, 2 & and 3 will be working on the Prologue as well as scene 1.  Have lines memorized because we will be working on blocking.
4.  White Rabbit will be working on I'm Late (singing) and Mad Hatter, Medium Alice, March Hare and Creatures will be working on Very Merry UnBirthday (singing).

If you do not find your character name on this list, you will not need to attend rehearsal this Wednesday.  Have a GREAT 3-day weekend.

January 11th and 13th rehearsals

Rehearsals will begin this week on Monday. All cast members will need to be at both rehearsals. Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-5:30. We will be working on the opening number; Dodgesonland parts 1 and 2. Choir members and stage crew do not need to come this week.  Also, if you haven't turned in your paperwork or your donations you can turn that into the front office. We will have a card reader at Monday's rehearsal if you want to pay by debit or credit card.