FINAL SHOW TODAY!

This is it…our biggest and best. We have a great run this week and the audiences have loved the show. It is very gratifying to have audience response to a performance.

Our call today is for 12:30. Please be there on time. Bring your scripts for reinforcing your parts and helping others with theirs while you are waiting for your scenes. Be sure to eat lunch before you come so that you have plenty of fuel to create lots of energy.

TICKETS:  There is some outstanding ticket money. Please be sure to return the money and any unsold tickets to Marcia before 1:30 today so that we don’t double charge at the door when those numbered tickets are presented.

With each show we get better and stronger.  Congratulations to everyone for a job well done!

Dress Rehearsal starts at 8:30 on Sunday morning

Due to a double booking error, our dress rehearsal on Sunday, Dec. 4 will start at 8:30 am and run until 12:30. All cast members are called for 8:30 to allow time for make-up, dressing, warm-ups and notes before the rehearsal run. We need to get a feel for our prep time so that we can be comfortable during next week’s school shows.

Tech people need to be at the Knights hall by 8:15 please.

Please bring a towel, hairbrush, hair clips and elastics and water to tomorrow’s rehearsal and to all performances.  Also bring shoes for the show to be left at the theatre. NO RUNNING SHOES please. Cast members playing boy parts should bring pants. All costume items are to be left at the hall so wear other clothing.

We will have a break for snack after the runthrough.

This is the last rehearsal. School performances are on Monday, Dec. 5, Tuesday, Dec. 6, Thursday, Dec. 8 and Friday Dec, Dec. 9. Call for school shows is 8:30 am with the show starting at 10:00am. We should be finished by 11:30. The public performance is on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2pm with a 12:30 call.

Please return your ticket money and any remaining tickets to tomorrow’s rehearsal.

Congratulations. This is our most ambitious show yet. Well done.

Penultimate Rehearsal on Nov. 27

Sunday, Nov. 27′s rehearsal will be full and busy. ALL CAST MEMBERS are called for NOON. We will be trying on costumes and setting sets and props and your contribution is needed. Please be at the Knights Hall at noon, ready to work. PLEASE BE ON TIME and READY to STAY for the FULL REHEARSAL.

We will run through the show two times tomorrow; first at 1pm and then at 3:30 pm. The rehearsal will include all set  changes and entries so  it will take a while to get it all established the first time. Hopefully we will iron out any glitches and then the second time will reinforce the information.

LINES  Anyone who is having difficulty with lines and/or cues will be given a time slot for next Saturday to secure their part.

COSTUMES: Please bring shoes or boots suitable for your character in a 1950′s style (no running shoes) Also if you have been asked to bring in a shirt or pants or suit, tomorrow is the time to do. All costumes will be left for prepping so please bring alternate clothing to wear home.

CHRISTMAS PARADE  There have been some questions about the date of the public performance being on Sunday, Dec. 11. Unfortunately, that is the same day as the local Santa Parade. It is almost impossible during December to find a day that doesn’t conflict with other events. That Sunday afternoon was chosen to give audience travelling out from St. John’s and for local people who are uncomfortable driving at night  an opportunity to see the show. We made everyone aware of the dates in September so that people had a chance, then, to decide which event they would commit to. With a 2pm show, the call will be for 12:30 so anyone hoping to do both is out of luck.

I have some posters that you can put up around school and shops. Please take a couple with you.

Congratulations people. We’re just about there!

SATURDAY Rehearsal this Week

This week’s rehearsal is today from 12 to 5:00. We will be working with as much of the set as possible. We need tech people, Blake and Dionne, at noon to help set up plus anyone else who is available. Cast is called for 12:30. We will be doing warmups and character games to help connect to character. Ghost scenes will be first, followed by small character scenes. we will start our runthrough at 2:45 but we will start with Scene 8 first and then do the whole thing from start to finish.

Remember to bring (not wear) a blouse, shirt or dressy sweater. You will be leaving it with me.

Ticket packages are now ready and will be distributed for sale. There are 5 tickets in each package; one pack per family.  If you need more just ask Marcia. The money, or extra tickets, should be returned by Sunday, Dec. 4 dress rehearsal.

Did you see the article in the Compass? Get a copy and put it in your locker.

See you this afternoon.

 

Schedule for Nov. 13 Rehearsal

Rehearsals from now until the performances will be from 12 to 5pm. Please check the schedule to be sure that you are in time for your scene. Arrive 10 minutes early so you have time to prepare. Please show respect for the people who are working in the stage area when you come to the common room (Green Room) by being quiet. Remember that when you come into the stage area that you should be in character, bringing only your script, a pencil and water.

Here is Sun., Nov 13 Schedule:

12:10 Ghost of Christmas Present/ Scrooge: Paul, Madison, Jasmine

12:30 Dance Rehearsal: All party goers from Scene 5 which is all the cast except the ghosts, Mr. & Mrs. Cratchett, and the small kids. Please wear shoes that don’t slip or fall off.

1:00  Scene 5 all cast including Mitchell, Brandi and Emily B.

1:30  Scene 6  all cast including Robbie and Annie

2:00  Scene 7

2:30  Scene  8 all cast including Holly

2:45 Break/ Hot Seat

3:00 Run through  Whole Cast

5:00 Hopefully we will have got through the whole play!!

If you don’t know which scene you are in, check blog.

We will be off script for the 3:00 run through so study like mad tomorrow morning.

NEXT WEEK”S REHEARSAL is on SATURDAY NOT SUNDAY from 12 to 5pm.

TICKETS for the public performance on Sunday, December 11 at 2pm, are now available. Each cast member will have five tickets to sell (you can certainly have more if you wish). Cost of the tickets is $10/adult and $5 per child(under 12)  If I’m organized I will have the ticket packages ready at tomorrow’s rehearsal. Please check with Marcia.

We did an interview with The Compass last week. Hopefully the story will be in this week’s paper, so wear your t-shirts to school so everybody knows that you are in this show!

 

 

Amazinkins last gathering before Christmas

Those Amazinkins did a great job last Sunday writing and performing a story using the characters of their Halloweén costumes. Good conquered evil and we managed to avoid bloodshed. Congratulations to all of you.

Sunday is our last meeting for this session. We’ll do some games and rehearsals at 12 and then parents are invited to join us at 1:30. We will show them (and maybe even let them join in) all our favourite bits. So bring your ideas and energy and we’ll make this the best meeting  yet.

NEXT AMAZINKIN SESSION will run from January 15 to March 4. It’s called Twisted Tails. We hope you’ll join us. Registration forms will be available on Sunday.

Casting Call for November 6 Rehearsal of Bah Humbug

On Sunday, we will be running through the whole show, start to finish, so it is important that all cast members are at rehearsal. The run through will start at 3 pm so all cast should be at the hall ready to start warm-ups at 2:45. We also have a surprise event for you. Hint: Do you know your character(s) inside and out? It might help if you bring a prop or costume piece (hat, etc) with you.

Before the runthrough, we will be doing all of the ghost scenes starting at 2pm with Scene 4 involving Jacob Marley and Scrooge. At 2:15 we will run Scene 5 with the Ghost of Christmas Past and Scrooge. At 2:30, Scrooge, Holly  and the Ghost of Christmas Present will walk through their Scene 6.

So here it is in long form. Please be on time so that we can get the most of our rehearsal time.

2:00   Paul Wilson (Scrooge), Elizabeth Hicks (Marley)

2:15   Paul Wilson (Scrooge),  Mikayla Fraize (Ghost of Christmas Past)

2:30  Paul Wilson (Scrooge),  Maddison Baldwin (Ghost of Christmas Present), Jasmine Hancock (Holly)

2:45  All cast members (it is noted that Meghan, Emily and Mallory will not arrive until 3pm)      Also all technical people are required to set stages for runthrough

The rehearsal will finish at 5pm. Please bring shoes suitable for dancing, complete scripts, pencil, snack, a character prop. Know who your character is and which scene they appear in. We hope to be completely off script by next rehearsal so please come ready to work.

PLEASE NOTE  All personal items are to be left in the outer room. Start to get into character before you enter the main workspace. Once you pass into the main work room, you will be addressed as your character. People with multiple characters may wish to wear name tags which will be provided. This means that Paul is not Paul in the stage area, he is Scrooge and so please respect his position by directing any tech questions to Marcia.

We have audiences for all of our performances. THIS is REAL! We need to give the audience our best show.

 

AMAZINKINS – You are Amazing!

Great job today everybody. You had wonderful concentration in that very busy, noisy mall. Well done! Send us your pictures so that we can put them on the blog and on our facebook page.

Tomorrow you should wear your Hallowe’en costume or any other costume and we will make a story using whatever character you come as.

See you Sunday!

 

Schedule for Oct. 30 Rehearsal

This is it. We’ve only a few rehearsals left before the shows so we need to think about working without our scripts. Do bring them to every rehearsal so you can do some line work between scenes.

2:00   Warm-ups and games.                                   

2:15   Sc. 7   Gossipy ladies

2:30   Sc. 7    Thieves

2:45   Sc. 6     Mary’s Family

3:00    Sc.  6  Cratchett Family

3:20    Sc. 7  Cratchett Family

3:30    Sc. 5    Ghost, Street boys, Young Scrooge, Annabel

3:50      Sc. 5  Fezziwig Party  including dances

4:20    Scene 2

We will need people to set the stage between scenes so please be available for helping.

COSTUMES  I have purchased a number of costume bits and I will bring them tomorrow so that we can see what works and what doesn’t. Wait ’til you see what the ghost of Christmas Present is wearing!

Remember that if you cannot attend the rehearsal you need to contact Marcia directly, before 11am Sunday morning, so that adjustments can be made to the schedule. Sending a message through someone else or not notifying Marcia of your absence wastes a great deal of time for everyone.

The Tuesday morning show is sold out and it looks like Friday is just about all sold.

DATE CHANGE for REHEARSAL!!  The November 20 rehearsal has been changed to SATURDAY November 19. The rehearsal will still run from 2 to 5. PLEASE arrange to be there since that is only two weeks from the show and we will be doing a full run on that day. (Two if possible)

All for now. See you tomorrow.

 

 

FUNDRAISER at Mall a Resounding Success!

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in today’s fundraiser at the TC Square. The baked goods were very tasty, the demonstrations were well received by the shoppers and people seemed to be very interested in the programs that we have to offer. Everyone who was there seemed to have a great time. And… we raised enough money for three bursaries for our next session. Not to mention how cute the Wunderkins were, when we could catch them.

Anyone with pictures is invited to send them to me and I will post them on the blog and get Paul to put them on the facebook page.

Once again, thanks to all, parents and kids for all of your hard work and support.