EGNCTo: Middle School Parents and students.From: Ms. WilsonRe: Schedule
Specifics for Dress rehearsal and performances.SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY
DRESS REHEARSAL ANDPERFORMANCE DAYS FOR EGNC.SUNDAY, March
25--------FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL12:30 BLUE CAST, CHORUS, ORCHESTRA and
CREW call. You must be at school no later than 12:30 and no earlier
than noon. All actors into make-up and costume. Make-up first, then get
into costume.12:40 ORCHESTRA warm-up in Carlson1:00 WARM-UP (physical
and vocal) for BLUE CAST and CHORUS onstage in Carlson. CREW pre-set is
finished by this time. House opens at 1:15.1:20 CURTAIN—BLUE CAST2:20
NOTES3:00 BLUE CAST break, CHORUS, CREW and ORCHESTRA
break.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3:00 RED
CAST CALL. Happy Birthday Emma! Snacks and cake will be available. NO
EATING IN COSTUME. NO EXCEPTIONS.3:15 RED CAST into make-up, then
costume.3:30 BLUE CAST released which means YOU MUST GO HOME if you are
in the blue cast. You may not stay for the other dress rehearsal.3:45
Warm-ups onstage for RED cast—physical and vocal…including CHORUS.4:00
House is open.4:15 RED CAST Curtain.5:15 Notes6:00 RED CAST is
released. CHORUS is released. ORCHESTRA is released. Go home and get
some sleep!6ish CREW is released when the props, costumes and set
pieces are put away for the evening.Hi All.Tomorrow is our last dress
rehearsal. We will run rehearsals in costume and make-up just as if we
had a real audience.To Do:BE Prompt.ORCHESTRA: 1. Wear black clothing
appropriate for an orchestra member. Remember, you represent our school
when you are out in front as a member of the orchestra.2. Please make
sure your clothes and body are clean every day you arrive to play. That
means you will have to wash your orchestra black clothes a few times
(at least) by the time we get to our final performance.ALL ACTORS:1.
Wear comfortable clothes that have a button down shirt so you can get
into make-up and then easily change into costume.2. Wear clean
undergarments and SHOWER AND PUT ON DEODORANT BEFORE YOU COME TO
REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCES—EVERY SINGLE DAY you are rehearsing and
performing. This is especially important for people who are sharing
costumes.ALL:1. Bring your paper, pencil and a water bottle that has
your name on it.2. Bring a healthy snack just in case you need it. You
will be working hard for the entire rehearsal with short breaks and a
half an hour break at 3:00.PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE DETAILSPerformers: ALL
actors, musicians and crew must arrive at school 1 hour before each
performance.TARDINESS: If an actor is late, we will assume the actor is
ill and call in an understudy from the other cast. ALL participants are
required to arrive on time for every call. There will be a sign in
sheet for actors, crew and orchestra backstage beginning on Monday,
March 26 for the opening performance.Performance scheduleMonday, March
26 BLUE CAST OPENING 6:00pm call/7pm curtainTuesday, March 27 BLUE cast
6:00pm call/7pm curtainWednesday, March 28 BLUE cast 12:30 pm
call/1:30pm matinee curtainWednesday, March 28 RED CAST OPENING 6:00 pm
call/7pm curtainThursday, March 29 RED CAST Matinee 12:30 call/1:30
matinee curtainThursday, March 29 RED CAST 6pm call/7pm curtainEVENING
PICK-UP:The show lasts about 55 minutes. Your child(ren) should be
ready to go home about 90 minutes after curtain time in the evenings.
They will be available at the usual time of 3:15 after matinees just
like any normal school day.A few suggestions for parents:Make sure your
child gets plenty of rest this week. The schedule is very demanding and
they are excited and nervous.Regular meals are important. I suggest a
light meal before you take your child to school for his/her call. He or
she will probably want to eat again after the performance.Don’t be
surprised if your child is very “jazzed” when he or she arrives home
after a performance. It’s really normal to take some time to come down
from the excitement of a performance experience whether you are crew,
orchestra, cast, videographer, ticket person etc..Listening to music or
quietly reading in bed might help your child calm down and be ready to
sleep after she/he arrives home.I or another middle school faculty
person will not leave the building until every child is picked up after
evening performances.My cell phone number is (see note sent home).
Please use it ONLY in case of an emergency. Please call if your child
is ill as soon as you are able.ILLNESS:We are fortunate to have two
full casts of principles. If a child in the chorus is ill, please call
me and we will adapt our staging.If a principle actor is ill, I will
call the actor from the other cast to come and perform the role in your
(ill) child’s absence.NOTE: if your child performs for an ill actor, I
will allow the ill actor to do a performance later in the run in place
of your child. We are a community and I want to allow each child to
have the opportunity to do three performances. We have all the
emergency numbers for parents listed in the emergency book in the main
office. We want to be able to reach actors from the red cast for blue
cast performances if needed and visa versa. We will assume we can reach
one parent via cell phone in case of emergency. If you are going to be
anywhere where you aren’t reachable via cell, please email me at
lwilson@bakerdemschool.org. with the details of where you can be
reached in an emergency.Thanks all.Ms. W.
