Rehearsal week of Jan 12th

Hi Everyone!
Here is our rehearsal Schedule for next week.
It is also on the google calendar below with more details.

Jan 12 - Monday - 3pm-4:45 pm -I,iv Speaking parts only
Jan 12 - Monday - 5pm-6 pm - I,iii. speaking parts only
Jan 13- Tuesday - 3pm-5pm - I,x, Speaking parts only
Jan 14 - Wednesday - 3:15 - 5:15, Stenogs, File Clerks, Millie, Jimmy, Crew (Jimmy and Crew until 4:30)
Jan 15 - Thursday 3:30-5pm - Full Cast Vocal
Jan 15 - Thursday 5:00-6:00 - All Men except Graydon, Jimmy, Ching Ho, Bun Foo.
Jan 16 - Friday 3pm-4:30pm - I,i Full Cast

Attendance this past week was not great... Let's fix that this coming week. ESPECIALLY for the dance rehearsal and for the Full Cast rehearsal on Friday.

Let's make the "off-book deadline" earlier. Most of the dialogue is pretty manageable.
We are planning on creating a cd to practice with (this is especially helpful for those people who have work conflicts.)
Anyone who has a work conflict of any sort should email me as soon as possible with that conflict information - and I have a letter for you to give to your employer.

Rehearsal Schedule

Hi Everyone!
...and so it begins, below is the first little bit of the rehearsal schedule.
For those of you new to drama, this is how the rehearsal schedule will look/work.
Capital Roman Numerals are the Act, followed by a lower case Roman Numeral for the scene, separated by a comma and ended with a period.
(i.e.: "I,i." is Act 1, Scene 1.) Everyone in that particular scene should attend that rehearsal, unless it says something like "speaking parts only."
In the Google Calendar (at the bottom of this page) each event is clickable. That will allow you to see any info that is cut off (due to box size), and who should attend rehearsals.
Additionally, the document to the right "Scene Character Breakdown" will tell you about each scene.
I have "shared" the google calendar with anybody who has given me a gmail address.
I will also have a paper copy of the schedule posted on the stage door.

MONDAY:
3:00-4:30 - I,ii and I,vi.
4:30-5:15 - I,xii and I,xi.
TUESDAY:
2:45-3:15 - I,vi.
3:15-4:15 - Millie, Jimmy (we'll work duet scenes)
WEDNESDAY:
3:00-5:30 - Dance (Stenog's, File Clerks)
3:00-4:30 - CREW
THURSDAY:
2:30-4:00 - Full Cast Vocal
FRIDAY:
3:00-4:00 I,x. Check call board (SPEAKING PARTS ONLY!)

Ching Ho and Bun Foo (w/ Meers) will start rehearsals Next week, Monday at about 5:15. That should be a good lead-time to get moving on the Chinese.

Happy New Year!

Hi!
Just a short post to say Happy New Year! I hope 2009 brings you all the best. The rehearsal schedule will be up by Sunday night (hopefully by Saturday). I will put it on the google calendar below, and will email it to everyone on the list.
Have a good hilday, see you soon!
~J.O.

Williston Times Write-Up

While I think the title caption is overstated, I thought this would be nice to share!
Yay us.
Hope your holidays are great! Have a Happy New Year

Cast List!

Hi everyone!

Earlier today I posted the cast list.  It is on the stage door of the high school.  Please initial next to your name to acknowledge your acceptance of the part to which you are assigned.  A few words on auditions and the cast list...

On Auditions:

Congratulations to everyone for being so well prepared for auditions! In the past seven years, I have seen many, many students audition for parts.  It was really great to watch almost everyone go up on stage memorized, you have put a lot of effort and care into getting your audition ready.  What was especially heartwarming was to see how supportive you were for each other.  Everyone auditioned in front of an audience of their peers who listened, cared and cheered for them.  This is certainly a good sign of things to come.  Congratulations to those of you who had "break-out" auditions (some of you even surprised yourselves, I'm sure).  To those of you who felt you weren't at your best, please do not give up - the only way to get better at performing is to keep doing it.

On the Cast list:

Creating a cast list is like putting together a big puzzle.  As usual, there were some difficult decisions that had to be made, but I am confident that we have put everyone in the best place, given the limitations of the script.  Of course there are always more qualified actors than there are parts, this show is no exception; in fact, this show is more difficult than shows past, due to the relatively small amount of sub-leads.  Any student with a named character should be very proud of themselves.  Each and every student in the ensemble should also be proud of themselves, for being a part of (what is shaping up to be) the best ensemble in (at least) my history at Mineola.  Don't ever forget that each person's voice is tremendously valuable to our show.

As I have explained in the past, please feel free to ask for feedback about your audition.

Full cast read/sing through on Monday after school!  I can't wait to start working on this show with all of you.

Find the cast list posted to the right.

100 Music Education Blogs

Hey Everyone!

Just got an email today from Dr. Joe Pisano of: http://www.mustech.net informing me that this blog is now a part of the "100 Music Education Blogs"  Its purpose is to connect music teachers and students from all over the world to globalize the conversation of improving music education.  Go to the above website, and go check out some of the other things that people are doing online, as hopefully now all of the great things we're doing will begin to reach far beyond our hometown.

The following image and text is from Dr. Pisano's blog:

So without any further “a-do”, I present … drum roll please!…

The (Quite possibly!) final of the 100 ME Bloggers:

94. http://jeane-metroyo.blogspot.com
Jeane Goforth - Scrollworks and Metropolitian Youth Orchestras
95. http://www.oparp.blogspot.com
Dr. Robert Phillips - The Opinionated Arpgeggist
96. http://www.wikyblog.com/CynthiaWunsch 
Cynthia Wunsch  - The Unlikely Entrepreneur (Click the Blog Tab)
97. http://mineoladrama.blogspot.com 
Joe Owens - MHS Theater
98. http://andyzweibel.com 
Andy Zweibel - Music Musings and Other Randoms…
99. http://musicschoolsbc.blogspot.com/ 
Stephen Robb - Music Schools BC
100. http://paulbailey.us 
Paul Bailey - Paul Bailey’s Blog

Please stop by and say hello to all these great new ME bloggers! and…

 

Audition Forms

Hi Everyone!

Please find the newly updated audition forms on the right hand side.
The Car-wash fundraiser is ready to go... there is a form for it in the audition forms.

Audition sign up sheets will go up on Thursday. Remember auditions should be a time where you get to show us your best work. Make sure you have some fun up on the stage during your audition.

Dance workshop will be tomorrow (Wednesday) after school, and Mrs. Messina will hold a song teach on Friday December 12th (the Friday before auditions).

Click on the "Audition Forms" on the right hand side of the page to download your audition form. This way you can have your contract signed and returned without having to worry about it.

Please try to sell some of these car-wash tickets... They make a great stocking stuffer, and it is a VERY beneficial fundraiser to us.

See you soon!

P.S. The Set is IN! It looks great and I can't wait to start practicing with it!