PARENT MEETINGS, AUDITION WORKSHOP, AUDITIONS

Parent Meeting
Thursday, February 4th 12:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary
Parents are encouraged to attend and students are welcome.
The two time slots are to insure everyone has a chance to attend. We have not had a formal parent meeting in a couple of years, but feel the need to reinstate the practice, due to some new policies and opportunities. We want to boost elementary involvement, since The King and I has such a large number of small children roles. Please encourage families with younger Eastwood students to see what the play program is all about!

Audition Workshop
Wednesday, February 17th 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in Mr. Givens' classroom
This is only for UPPER SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS and attendance is strongly encouraged, although not required.

Auditions
Wednesday, March 3rd 12:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in the sanctuary
Information on requirements for audition will be available at the audition workshop, Mr. Givens' room, and the Lower School Main Office.

ALL CALL
If you are curious, please join us at the parent meeting to find out more about our program. If you are a veteran, please also join us at the parent meeting to learn about new opportunities and to share some with families who may be exploring the program as an activity in which their child might participate.

The 2010 Play is ....

THE KING AND I
Yes, that's right. We are "starting over," going back to the first play we attempted as The Eastwood Players. We hope you are as excited as we are about getting to do this play again and "do it up right"! The students did a magnificent job way back in 2004, but David and I have learned ALOT in the past 6 years. Here is a little recap of The Eastwood Players' selections:
2004 The King and I
2005 Fiddler On the Roof
2006 The Music Man
2007 The Sound of Music
2008 Annie
2009 Meet Me In St. Louis

Now don't think that just because we made our selections in a certain order the first time around, that we will again. We have every intention of mixing it up a little over the next 6 years and who's to say that we won't throw in a new play here and there along the way. So for those of you who may be a little down that we are starting over, don't rule out the possibility of a new show in the future!
For those of you who may be wondering why we feel the need to "start over" at all, let me explain. In an effort to have your children performing only the highest quality shows for kids K-12, we have spent countless hours pouring over scripts (praying through each one), picking the very best classics to share with your children. We feel we have come to an end of the more obvious selections and are pleased. We can now focus our efforts on making these the best plays we can. If we happen to come across another play in the future or we see that another "great one" is possible to produce, we will add it to the repertoire.
We hope you can get on board with us and enjoy EVERY second of this year's musical production!
Stay tuned for further details, meeting times, and more!

THANK YOU!

We had a great show this year! Thank you all for putting in so much time and effort! See you next year! Have a great summer-after clean-up, of course: tomorrow 9:00 a.m.

SEE YOU TONIGHT!

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS
3:00 p.m. Show up for Main Role Girls
4:00 p.m. EVERYONE show up with everything and eat!
6:30 p.m. SHOWTIME
SATURDAY CLEAN-UP
9:00 a.m. EVERYONE help clean up!

UPDATED SCHEDULE TO THE END!

This is an updated schedule. Note that the updates have been bolded!

Monday May 18
2-5:00 p.m.
EVERYONE INCLUDING ELEMENTARY

Tuesday May 19
1-4:00 p.m.
EVERYONE INCLUDING ELEMENTARY
4-5:00 p.m.
Main Roles

Wednesday May 20
1-6:00 p.m. TOTAL RUN-THRU/DRESS REHEARSAL EVERYBODY
6-8:00 P.M. Main Roles (pizza supper)

Thursday May 21
SHOW-UP TIME
4:00 P.M.
SHOWTIME
6:30 P.M.

Friday May 22
SHOW-UP TIME
4:00 P.M.
SHOWTIME
6:30 P.M.

Saturday May 23
9-11:00 a.m. CLEAN-UP
Everyone participating in the play is required to be there. If you are unable to send a family member to contribute to the effort, you must pay a fee to the office.

There will be a dance practice Friday, May 1st, from 2-3:30 p.m. for everyone in the principle chorus, party chorus, and Christmas chorus.There will also be a dace practice for Laura M., Sarah B., Julie M., and Georgianna from 3:30-5:00 p.m.

We know this is short notice, but please attend if at all possible!

Thank you.

Ruth

Costume Ideas

Dawn and team will be sizing your participants for costumes in the coming days. The following website is one that has great examples of styles of clothing you may already have that your child or others might be able to use. I have not read the website, so I don't really know what it is about. I mainly saw the pictures and loved them. Keep in mind that color is not an issue during this stage of the game. The colors on the site are wild, but we'll take anything to try out. I hope this helps and please remember if you do bring pieces to be used, you need to label them with your name and any special directions for cleaning. Thank you for your help-happy clothes hunting!

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Meet_Me_in_St_Louis_at_Paper_Mill_Playhouse_20071108