EGNC

To: Middle School Parents and students.
From: Ms. Wilson
Re: Schedule Specifics for Dress rehearsal and performances.


SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY DRESS REHEARSAL AND
PERFORMANCE DAYS FOR EGNC.

SUNDAY, March 25--------FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL

12:30 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 Carlson
1:00 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 CAST
2:20 NOTES
3:00 BLUE CAST break, CHORUS, CREW and ORCHESTRA break.

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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 Notes
6:00 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 DETAILS

Performers: 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 schedule
Monday, March 26 BLUE CAST OPENING 6:00pm call/7pm curtain
Tuesday, March 27 BLUE cast 6:00pm call/7pm curtain
Wednesday, March 28 BLUE cast 12:30 pm call/1:30pm matinee curtain

Wednesday, March 28 RED CAST OPENING 6:00 pm call/7pm curtain
Thursday, March 29 RED CAST Matinee 12:30 call/1:30 matinee curtain
Thursday, March 29 RED CAST 6pm call/7pm curtain

EVENING 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.