We had a productive rehearsal on Thursday, and I am so appreciative to everyone who stepped up to help out with most everything on our list from the last email update. I am really feeling the difference that being pregnant makes on my energy and ability levels, and am so grateful that so many of you are volunteering to help out with some of the many tasks involved with making a great experience and production for so many children.
Here is the new list of important information:
1. Week of Musical Rehearsals and Performance Dates and Times: We will have rehearsal each day after school during the week of the show. Our remaining rehearsal schedule will look like this:
Thursday 2/16 - 3:15-5:15
Thursday 2/23 - 3:15-5:15
Thursday 3/2 - 3:15-5:15
Monday 3/6 - 3:15-5:15
Tuesday 3/7 - 3:15-5:15
Wednesday 3/8 - 3:15-5:15
Thursday 3/9- 3:15-5:15
Performance Dates/Times:
Friday 3/10 - 5:00 call time, 6:30 Performance
Saturday 3/11 - 2:00 call time, 3:00 Performance, Potluck Cast party meal from 4:15-5:15, 6:30 Performance
2. Students need to be rehearsing at home: Please make sure that students are rehearsing their lines, cues (when they need to say their lines) and songs at home. It is also helpful to have students familiar with the script in general because there are many times where all of the animals need to be acting or moving in a certain way.
3. Bring in base layer costumes: Please remember to bring in base layer costumes (see the color chart in the previous email) ASAP.
4. Need student drawings for the Poster: At Thursday's Rehearsal I handed out a simple sheet asking for student drawings of threes and animals for our poster. We will be collecting a selection of animal and tree drawings and combining them to be on the poster. If you child would like to submit a drawing of their animal or a tree, please turn the pencil/or ink (no color) drawing to my box in the office workroom by Tuesday morning at the latest.
5. Need choreography help: Specifically for the scene 3 Diurnal Animal Filtration Machine. This is very simple, scene, but we need to have someone take on leading these animals in the motions they will use to create the machine with their bodies. Please let me know if you are able to help with this.
6. Need someone to provide branches, pine cones and other forest foliage: For this same scene 3 we need some cedar boughs, pine cones, and larger sticks to create screens for the filtration machine. Ideally this person would work with the choreographer to hear what is needed for the scene and then provide those items.
7. Backstage Rehearsal Help: I have been leaving to-do lists for the back stage students to work on at each rehearsal, but without adult supervision, there is not much they seem to get done. We need someone to come and help them move through the to-do lists each week.
8. Microphones: We are in need of some more ways to amplify the students' sound during the production. If you have a mic or any equipment that might help with this, please email MO.
9. List of Set and Prop Items needed for our play: if you are able to make and/or bring in any of the following, please let me know:
- Cardboard for signs, fence posts, larger pieces or refrigerator boxes preferred.
- Need Fencing for farm animals to keep them “contained” during the rest of the show. They will live down next to the door to the hallway, opposite the band - need about 12+ feet of this.
- Need big signs that say “Fern Tree Forest” and “Fabulous Farm”
- Need "Party Decorations" for last scene saying things like "Welcome Home" (the brids are the ones who will "hang these" in the last scene - need to be on a string like a banner)
- Need a large cardboard moon and sun to represent the two different groups of animals that will be hung one on each side of the stage.
- Need large paper mache boulders for the Water filtration scene - at least 5-7
Have a restful weekend!
Cheers,
Caitlin
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