Information for Sunday!

Dear Thespians,

Sunday rehearsal Schedule

All MS in Scene 5 & Scene 6 plus Fionas, Shrek & Donkey	​9:00-11:00
M, K, 1, 2 Grades	10:00-1:00
3rd Grade	9:00-2:30
4th & 5th Grades	9:00-3:30
Crew	12:00-4:00
ALL MS CAST	11:00-6:30

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What do I need to bring to Sunday rehearsals?

All Cast/Crew Info

• Please bring script to Sunday rehearsal 
• Please wear shoes in which you can move and dance (NO BOOTS) 
• Please bring a water bottle (ALL cast and crew) 
• Snacks will be provided for ALL cast and crew. 
• PIZZA LUNCH! 
  • This Sunday, all students will be able to purchase pizza for lunch, if they choose. Please bring $1.50 per slice. If you do not wish to purchase pizza, please pack a lunch!

STAR WALL

We will be making a wall of fabulous photos featuring ALL cast and crew!  Please send in this Sunday,  an envelope with your child's name on it,  a 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 head shot/school picture/close up photo of your child (only your child in the picture please), with their name and grade on the back of the picture and envelope.  Photos will NOT be returned so please make a color copy or print a copy if you do not wish to give us an original. For copies of photos - photo paper, card stock, or regular paper are all acceptable.

COSTUME NEEDS

• ​ALL M-2  LS Boys please bring in a pair of Khaki Shorts in a bag with your name  to Sunday's Rehearsal
• ALL 3rd Boys please bring in a pair of black pants/jeans in a bag with your name to Sunday's Rehearsal.
• All 4th grade boys please bring in a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt in a bag with your name to Sunday's Rehearsal.
• All 5th grade boys please bring in a pair of black pants in a bag with your name to Sunday's Rehearsal
• All 5th grade girls please bring in a pair of black leggings (all the way to the ankles, not capris  in a bag with your name on it.

SHOE, HAIR, MAKEUP INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED ON THE BLOG THIS SUNDAY.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Thank you to all who have signed up to assist with our show. If you have not already done so, please click on the Volunteer Link to see the available (yellow) volunteer opportunities we have. The sheet is view only so that no one accidentally overwrites information. Please email Mr. Frank at dfrank@davisacademy.org  with the volunteer opportunities you would like to fill.

This Sunday’s Volunteers hours begin at 10am. Thank you!

If you want to join this group and assist with

•           Sizing leggings/shirts on children

•           Costume/Tunic cutting and decorating (glue gunning and cutting ribbon!)

•           Volunteers with dance backgrounds who can help actors polish dance moves

Please feel free to join.

One additional request from KP.  Request for volunteers to serve on special effects make-up application volunteers who have expertise in makeup.  These volunteers will report to the March 8 rehearsal from 9 to 11 to practice the lead & supporting make up designs. Email Mr. Frank if this fits your background experience.

SEE YOU SUNDAY IN THE SWAMP & AT THE CASTLE!!! :)

LAST CALL FOR SIZING!

Hi all,

About 75% of our Lower School Cast and only 50% of our Middle School Cast have filled out the costume sizing forms. Thank you to all of those who have submitted the form.  Please if you have not done so already, please fill it out by tomorrow (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. so that your child may have a properly fitting costume!  Time is of the essence. Thanks for your help! :)

Please click on the links below:

• MS COSTUME SIZING FORM
• LS COSTUME SIZING FORM

Keep on practicing!

I know it's today! oooh-oooh-oooh-ooh....

Even though we won't have the opportunity to have our LS and MS rehearsals together today, we can still practice on our own. :)

Today is a wonderful and perfect day for all of our amazing cast members to review your lines, songs, and choreography/dances!

Crew please review the script as well in preparation for your running and show crew duties!

MS actors please review your character choices, practice speaking your songs as monologues to work on your inflection and keep on reviewing and rocking out your dance moves & harmonies!!!! Also, make sure to read & review all of the MS performer resources links, they are there to help you shine on stage like the stars you are.  What we put into our practice, shows up on stage!

Stay "tuned" for more updates, info, and excitement to come!!!

Have a great day!

Ms. K

Music Tracks, Inspiration, and Memes!

Non-guide rehearsal vocal tracks have been uploaded to the blog and are located under Important Show Information and Links.


Make sure you are practicing/reviewing/rehearsing your songs and dances every day!  I hear some of our LS cast memebers are rocking it out rehearsing their songs on the playground at Recess! LS ROCKS!  Way to go!!! :)


MS CAST you guys are doing great and really starting to be efficient in rehearsing and reviewing outside of rehearsals and during downtime of rehearsals.

MS, here are some wise, inspirational, motivational words from some amazing creative people!

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

~Jascha Heifetz

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of G-d. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” 

~Martha Graham

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

~Eric Lindros

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true -- hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. 

~Ray Bradbury

You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. 

~Morgan Matson

An Actor is an Athlete of the Heart!

-A.Artaud

HARD WORK, BIG SMILES, PREPARED & CONFIDENT ACTORS LEADS TO HUGE APPLAUSE! 

:)

SUNDAY SCHEDULE & VOLUNTEERS & STAR WALL, OH MY!

Sunday February rehearsal Schedule

Farquaad, Mama-Papa-Baby Ogres, Storytellers.	9:00-10:00
M, K, 1, 2 Grades	10:00-1:00
3rd Grade	10:00-2:00
4th & 5th Grades	10:00-3:00
ALL MS Cast/Crew	10:00- 4:00
FOREVER Hallelujah Girls	10:00-5:00
Adult Fionas, Fairy Tale Creatures, Donkey, & Shrek	10:00-6:00

What do I need to bring to Sunday rehearsals?

All Cast/Crew Info

• Please bring script to Sunday rehearsal 
• Please wear shoes in which you can move and dance (NO BOOTS) 
• Please bring a water bottle (ALL cast and crew) 
• Snacks will be provided for ALL cast and crew. 
• PIZZA LUNCH! 
• This Sunday, all 3rd graders- 8th graders will be able to purchase pizza for lunch, if they choose. Please bring $1.50 per slice. If you do not wish to purchase pizza, please pack a 
  lunch!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Thank you to all who have signed up to assist with our show. If you have not already done so, please click on the Volunteer Link to see the available (yellow) volunteer opportunities we have. The sheet is view only so that no one accidentally overwrites information. Please email Mr. Frank at dfrank@davisacademy.org with the volunteer opportunities you would like to fill.

If you want to join this group and assist with:

• Sizing leggings/shirts on children
• Costume/Tunic cutting and decorating (glue gunning and cutting ribbon!)
• Volunteers with dance backgrounds who can help actors polish dance moves

Please feel free to join.

One additional request. Request for volunteers to serve on special effects make-up application volunteers who have expertise in makeup. These volunteers will report to the March 1 and/or March 8 rehearsal from 9 to 11 to practice the lead-supporting make up designs. Email Mr. Frank if this fits your background experience.

STAR WALL

We will be making a wall of fabulous photos featuring ALL cast and crew! Please send in  onSunday, February 22nd or the following Sunday, March 1st, an envelope with your child's name on it, a 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 head shot/school picture/close up photo of your child (only your child in the picture please), with their name and grade on the back of the picture and envelope. Photos will NOT be returned so please make a color copy or print a copy if you do not wish to give us an original. For copies of photos - photo paper, card stock, or regular paper are all acceptable.


TICKETS

All ticketing purchasing will be handled through the online system. You will be able to select your seats, pay online with a credit card, and print out your receipt/ticket confirmation (which will serve as your ticket on the day of the show). All tickets will be purchased through the following link: http://www.seatyourself.biz/davisacademy


SPONSORS & PATRONS OF THE ARTS

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor of the Arts or Patron of the Arts, please complete the sponsorship form (located under forms) and submit with payment to either Lower School or Middle School to the attention of Drew Frank. If you have any questions feel free to contact Mr. Frank at 678-527-3303.


SEE YOU SUNDAY IN THE SWAMP & DULOC!!! :)

Star Wall, Costumes, Rehearsals, oh my!!!

With only three Sundays left before opening, here are a few important pieces of information and reminders:

 

• Please refer to the schedules located under Shrek Jr. Calendar for what grades, characters and scenes are called for this Today/Tuesday (MS), Wednesday(LS), and Thursday(MS) rehearsals this week.
• On Thursday of this week, all costume information/items needed for LS and MS will be released.
• MS Cast, the SHREK MS LINES INSERT document has been uploaded to the blog under the Important show info and links header. Please check to see if your character(s) are affected by these changes
• MS please check the blog again tomorrow as changes and additions in the schedule are being made to accommodate the needs of all our cast and production team. (Translation: we need more practice time! :)  Mr. Bromberg will be joining us all next week to assist with character development. ALL MS CAST is being asked to a special Wednesday, February 25 rehearsal from 3:30-6:00 to take advantage of this special opportunity.

Rehearsals

As we are in the last “stage” of rehearsals before the show, it is essential that all cast members be present for the duration of their call times.  Please do not bring students late or pick them up early as this will result in them missing essential blocking and/or choreography and may result in them being removed from scenes. 

 

STAR WALL

We will be making a wall of fabulous photos featuring ALL cast and crew!  Please send in this Sunday, February  22^nd or the following Sunday, March 1^st,  an envelope with your child's name on it,  a 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 head shot/school picture/close up photo of your child (only your child in the picture please), with their name and grade on the back of the picture and envelope.  I Photos will NOT be returned so please make a color copy or print a copy if you do not wish to give us an original. For copies of photos - photo paper, card stock, or regular paper are all acceptable.

Important Message for MS Cast and Parents regarding rehearsal

Dear MS Cast & Parents:

We are hard at work getting ready to put on a fantastic show! The enthusiasm is great and the songs and verses are coming along very well. However, with three Sundays and a handful of rehearsals until show time, rehearsal attendance is absolutely vital. Although we released the rehearsal information in late Fall and in the production contracts, stating that "Sunday, March 1 & 9, and show week rehearsals are mandatory for all cast and crew". We are now inundated with a plethora of missing weekly rehearsals requests, as well as early out/late in/missing Sunday entirely rehearsal and show week rehearsal requests which causes duress on the children and all involved in the production.

If all of these requests were to be granted, we would never have a full cast rehearsal but we may have a full swamp of grouchy ogres! In fact, with the volume of requests thus far, only 60-70% of children have attended a full rehearsal at any given time. Absent students cause cast consistency problems and make putting on a production extremely challenging. When cast members are absent, other children cannot learn the proper moves or staging. And every time even one child comes in late or leaves early, we have to re-block and re-adjust the entire stage of over 160 actors.


Parents, please understand that a show is a team effort and relies on every child being present for the duration of the time for which their part is called. We only have 3 Sunday rehearsals left to accomplish blocking and the remaining dances, and trying to run the entire show from start to finish before the actual show. There is no time to relearn what is missed or to place those missing actors.

 We recognize how busy all of our talented children are with other events and activities but, as stated in the production contract, each child is only allowed a certain number of absences. So please chose which rehearsals or activities your child will miss with this in mind. In addition, having every child stay for the rehearsal’s entirety is vital to each child’s confidence and participation since students not present for the scenes that are blocked, readjusted, or polished will sit out for those scenes and/or curtain call.

 We thank you greatly for your understanding and cooperation. The children are working so hard and doing a phenomenal job so far. We can’t wait for you to see you in the Swamp and Duloc in a few short weeks!!!

Thank you,

Ms. Kendrick and the Shrek Jr. Team

SHREK JR. LOWER SCHOOL REHEARSAL REMINDER FOR FEBRUARY 11

Tomorrow's lower school Shrek rehearsal is from 3:20-4:30 and  for  grades M, K, and 1.  Although not previously noted on the LS schedule, 2nd grade is invited to join this rehearsal as all of their numbers are being reviewed. This is an optional rehearsal for 2nd grade.

LOWER SCHOOL CAST TICKET SEATING SUGGESTIONS

Our Lower School is rocking the Swamp and doing a fantastic job in rehearsals!

We are so excited to open ticket sales tomorrow for what is sure to be the most entertaining show yet.

Many of you have asked where each grade is located and in what aisles.

This year, our lower school cast is in several spaces all over the aisles and main stage.  Here are some suggestions for when the LS cast are in the aisles.

If you are in the audience FACING the stage:

• M/K uses the aisle on House Left. (This is the first aisle on the seating chart closest to the restrooms/gym door entrance from the hallway into the gym and that divides the side house right section from the center house section.)
• 2nd grade uses the Center Aisle. (This is the main center aisle of the seating chart).
• 1st grade uses the aisle on House Right. (This is the third aisle on the seating chart closest to the gym wall and the hill outside/parking lot  and that divides the side section house left from the center house section. ).
• 3rd,4th, 5th graders are split along each of the aisles in each of their grades' respective numbers  during the show as well as appearing on the main stage. 

(House Left, House right  refers to your right or left as the audience sitting in the audience facing the stage).

ALL LS cast members  have the opportunity to appear on the main stage as well. 

SCHEDULE, NEWS, & REMINDERS FROM THE SWAMP!!!

 

Sunday rehearsal Schedule

 

Morning Person- Fiona, Pied Piper, Storytellers, & MS characters who appear in this number	9:00-10:00
M, K, 1, 2 Grades	10:00-12:00
3rd Grade	10:00-1:30
4th & 5th Grades	10:00-2:30
ALL MS Cast/Crew	10:00- 3:30
Scene 4,5, 10, Hallelujah Girls	3:30-5:00
Donkey, Shrek, Fiona (adult)​	5:00-6:00

 

 

What do I need to bring to Sunday rehearsals?

All Cast/Crew Info

• Please bring script to Sunday rehearsal 
• Please wear shoes in which you can move and dance (NO BOOTS) 
• Please bring a water bottle (ALL cast and crew) 
• Snacks will be provided for ALL cast and crew. 
• PIZZA LUNCH! 
  • This Sunday, all 3rd grades- 8th graders will be able to purchase pizza for lunch, if they choose. Please bring $1.50 per slice. If you do not wish to purchase pizza, please pack a lunch!

TICKETS
All ticketing purchasing will be handled through the online system. You will be able to select your seats, pay online with a credit card, and print out your receipt/ticket confirmation (which will serve as your ticket on the day of the show).  Ticket sales will open online this Tuesday in the pre-dawn hours. The school community will be emailed this link in the afternoon, so that the cast members and their families have the opportunity to purchase tickets before the community has this link. All tickets will be purchased through the following link: http://www.seatyourself.biz/davisacademy

 

SPONSORS  & PATRONS OF THE ARTS
If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor of the Arts or Patron of the Arts, please complete the sponsorship form (located under forms) and submit with payment to either Lower School or Middle School to the attention of Drew Frank. If you have any questions feel free to contact Mr. Frank at 678-527-3303.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Thank you to all who have signed up to assist with our show. If you have not already done so, please click on the Volunteer Link to see the available (yellow) volunteer opportunities we have. The sheet is view only so that no one accidentally overwrites information. Please email Mr. Frank at dfrank@davisacademy.org  with the volunteer opportunities you would like to fill.

 

SEE YOU SUNDAY IN THE SWAMP!!! :)

MS Rehearsal Reminder for today!

All Cast are in today's called scenes. Rehearsal is from 4 to 6:30 in the gym.

See you in the Swamp! 

Lower School Rehearsal Reminder!

LOWER SCHOOL REHEARSAL REMINDER:

• Today's rehearsal (Wednesday, February 4) is for 2nd and 3rd grades! 3:20-4:30 in Ms. Cygielman's room. 

• This Sunday's (February 8th) LS schedule is:

M, K, 1, 2 Grades	10:00-12:00	MS GYM
3rd Grade	10:00-1:30	MS GYM
4th & 5th Grades	10:00-2:30	MS GYM