IMPORTANT SATURDAY UPDATE

The plan for tomorrow:

• All cast members should arrive with hair and makeup ready (directions can be found here).
• As soon as you arrive, go to the make-up room to have your make-up approved and/or touched up.
• Once you are approved, come sit in the auditorium.
• Featured villagers need to be approved FIRST, as we need to work on the Wedding Sequence with you while the rest of the cast is getting their make-up approved.
• DO NOT GET INTO COSTUME RIGHT AWAY.

Once everyone's make-up is approved, we will clean up and run Act II to make sure we iron out transitions and feel comfortable with the most recent staging.

You will not be getting into costumes until after lunch. This is also when you will start getting souvenir photos taken. We will address this tomorrow.

Get some rest tonight! Snuggle up with some tea and a good movie and VOCAL REST VOCAL REST VOCAL REST! Please take care of yourselves!!

Stay healthy, please! And some important notes...

Please take care of yourselves! Make sure you're getting enough protein (the basis of your immune system) and eating your fruits & veggies for all those yummy vitamins and minerals that will keep you healthy and happy!

Unless you are sick, there are NO excused absences from now until closing night. We need everyone at rehearsals so we can work our best as a team! 

Storytellers & Little Ti Moune: if you can arrive 10 minutes early to rehearsal tonight, please do. Ms. Neville wants to run through "Some Say" before we start our full cast rehearsal.


IMPORTANT -- Friday night's rehearsal: Friday night is our sound check with our sound system gurus. We will only need the following cast members to attend:

• Ti Moune
• Mama
• TonTon
• Little Ti Moune
• Storytellers
• Asaka
• Agwe
• Erzulie
• Papa Ge
• Daniel
• Andrea
• Daniel's father

Everyone else, PLEASE take Friday night off (including understudies and swings!). Rest your voices, and load up on your Vitamins C and E!

Saturday is EXTREMELY important. We will be running the show and completing a FULL dress rehearsal. Everyone must be IN THE BUILDING PROMPTLY at 9:00AM, and follow the instructions mentioned below regarding getting into costumes, hair, and make-up.

EVERYONE MUST READ 

THIS POST ABOUT COSTUMES, HAIR, AND MAKE-UP

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, 

PLEASE BRING THEM TO REHEARSAL TONIGHT

Stay healthy! See you tonight! 

CAST MEMBERS: Important make-up information!

“ONCE ON THIS ISLAND” MAKE UP & HAIR INFORMATION

BEFORE ARRIVAL:

1. Eat, shower, dry your hair, and apply deodorant (please!)
2. All performers: Apply foundation one shade darker than your own skin color to face, neck and ears.  If you have a low neckline on your costume, don’t forget your chest.  The foundation make up should be applied so as to look natural.    
3. If your skin is sensitive, consider putting on a primer lotion to protect your skin before you apply foundation. This can be found at a drug store, cosmetic counter, or Ulta.  
4. IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH YOUR NAME, please bring your own personal:

• Comb and/or brush
• Mascara & eyeliner
• Natural lipstick – NO FIRE ENGINE RED OR BRIGHT PINK LIPS!

Bring Baggie to  Dress Rehearsal on Saturday, 25 February 2012.  

This will stay in your Costume Bin.   

HAIR:  

Peasant women – Braids or cornrows (More island natural look)

Peasant men – Natural/messy/wind-tossled 

Grands hommes women - Buns or half buns (More sophisticated look)

Grands hommes men – Slicked down (we have gel in Make Up Room)

If you or someone at home like to braid hair, please do your hair at home.  Bring hair accessories for your hair style.  The peasants who transform into GH need to bring hair items to use at intermission.  We will also put more make up on you at that time to give you that sophisticated look.

UPON ARRIVAL:

1. Go directly to changing area and retrieve your bin.  Find your costume.
2. Change into your costume taking care to not get foundation make up on your costume, return hanger to the rack.  Place your street clothes in the bin.  Leave nothing on the floor.
3. Bring your Make Up Baggie to the Make Up Room.
4. There will be stations for:
1. Peasants
2. Grands Hommes
3. Storytellers
4. Gods
5. “Older Islanders”
6. Featured Dancers  

AT THE END OF THE SHOW:

1. All costumes go back on their hangers on the correct rack.
2. Make sure everything is there BEFORE you leave.
3. Bins are to be replaced after each show with your Make Up Baggies inside.
4. Let’s all work together to clean up and account for all costumes and make up!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED!!

To download a Word .doc of these instructions to print out, 

click here.

Shoes!

We have had several questions about shoes over the past few days... to answer your questions:

Need ballet shoes?

The dance store, "Definitely Dance" in Exton (in the Kohl's/Acme shopping center, rt. 30/rt. 100), has graciously offered GVMS students a discount on ballet slippers!

"260/365 Ballet slippers" by Clare Griffiths courtesy of flickr's creative commons

Just let them know you are (or have) a student at GVMS who is a part of the musical production of "Once on this Island" and they will give you a 15% discount, making the slippers $17. They are open Monday-Friday 10am-7pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 12pm-4pm. Their number is 610 . 524 . 1891.

Keep on truckin'!

Good work today, everyone. We cleaned up a lot of our dance numbers and are ready to tighten up the first half of the show on Saturday. Be prepared to really work "Mama Will Provide" and to run through everything else we've done so far.

COSTUMES ARE DUE SATURDAY.
This is so we can make sure we have everything cleared for Tuesday, February 14th. Any costume questions should be directed to Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Carbonar, or Mrs. Colahan.

THE PIZZA PARTY IS SATURDAY!
Check this post for what you need to bring. Everyone is asked to bring something to contribute to this fun lunch!

ATTENTION ALL ALTOS:
You are doing an awesome job in vocal rehearsals. Keep it up! Keep practicing your harmonies at home, listen to the music and sing along, and practice your dance moves with your vocals. Keep up the confidence! You may be slightly outnumbered by sopranos, but you have the spunk and vocal power to keep up with them!! Practice, practice, practice!!

SATURDAY IS THE LAST CALL FOR T-SHIRT ORDER FORMS.


And a special note from some GVMS Musical Theater alumna...

Thanks so much for your support.

... and last but CERTAINLY not least: STAY HEALTHY!! Everyone seems to be getting sick. Please, please, please keep yourselves hydrated, warm, and away from contagious people!! We can't afford to lose any of you during rehearsals... only three more weeks to go!!

This week

Tuesday: 

• Please start bringing your costumes in this week. We must have them all collected within the next week! If you have any questions, our costume coordinators will be more than happy to answer them.
• Be ready for our after school rehearsal Tuesday. We will be doing sectional vocal rehearsals and moving on with some blocking/staging.

Wednesday:

• We will need Ti Moune, Mama, TonTon, Asaka, Agwe, Erzulie, Papa Ge, storytellers, featured villagers, Andrea, Daniel, Daniel's father
• As always, bring homework or take the time to practice lines/vocals on your own as Ms. Sunnergren and Mrs. Taylor work individually with others.

Thursday:

• Vocals and dancing! Be ready with your dancing shoes!

Saturday: 

• PLEASE HAVE YOUR COSTUMES IN! That way, if we need to make any changes, you can have them re-submitted by the deadline February 14th.
• Pizza party! Check the entry below for what you need to bring to rehearsal that day.

Movin' right along!

Great job today, guys! 

Ensemble, thank you for rising to the challenge of completing FOUR SONGS in ONE REHEARSAL! You guys sound so great!

Rehearsal on Saturday is from 9-3PM. Be prepared to work SMART! Bring lunch, water, sneakers, your scripts, and a pencil.

REMEMBER: HEAD SHOTS ARE ON SATURDAY!

Mrs. Lane will be taking everyone's picture for the bulletin boards.

Please wear a dark-colored shirt.

Photo by Xaverian Hawks at flickr's creative commons

Please start bringing your costume pieces in. 

Remember that all costumes MUST be in 

NO LATER than Tuesday, February 14th.

Featured villagers, Lily, Aaron: regarding costume stuff we talked about after rehearsal today... please bring in anything you already have at home so we can find extra pieces for you in the basement to embellish your existing costume. If you don't have anything already, don't worry about it, we will find something for you. Thanks for being flexible!

Storytellers & Little Ti Moune: the Some Say karaoke track is now available on the ge.tt downloads page! Have fun learning the song :)

Big Update, Part II

Some more downloads for you:

• Ticket order forms - first come, first served!
• Program ad space form
• T-shirt order forms - DUE FEBRUARY 4TH (that's this Saturday!)

A reminder that all downloads can always be found here, at the ge.tt filesharing page.

A note about ads: ad sales are a huge part of our fundraising this year, and it would be greatly appreciated if everyone tried to chip in and/or spread the world to friends and family about utilizing the pages of our program! Thanks!

A note about peasant skirts: having trouble finding peasant skirts? Try this one at Walmart (would need to be embellished a bit due to its sheerness), this one at Forever 21, or this one at Target. You could also try googling "girls' peasant skirts" or "peasant skirt" to see what else comes up. Also, check out your local thrift stores! The Palm Tree in Paoli is always a good one... please leave comments for your cast mates on any other ideas on where to find peasant skirts!

Big Update, Part I

Awesome, awesome, awesome rehearsal yesterday!

We got so much done and are ready to move on to "Pray" and "Mama Will Provide" this week. Please keep going over your music with friends, and practice your dance moves, because we still have a lot to cover!

Reminders:

• Permission slips and emergency contact slips are due!
• Costume descriptions were handed out yesterday. Please begin gathering costume pieces and bring them in ASAP. All pieces should be individually labeled with your name (using masking tape to label them is fine) and put in a bag, which should also be labeled with your name.
• Head shots are next Saturday, February 4th. Mrs. Lane will be taking photographs of each cast and crew member for the bulletin board in the lobby during performances. The photos will be black & white. Please wear a dark-colored shirt on Saturday.
• Ticket forms were handed out yesterday. Tickets for the show are first come, first served. If any cast/crew member has lost their form, it will be available for download here on the blog later this week.
• Wednesday night's small group rehearsal: we will need Asaka, Agwe, Erzulie, Papa Ge, Andrea, Daniel, Daniel's father, and the featured villagers. As always, please come with homework just in case there is down-time.

Stay tuned as there are more updates to come... too much for one blog post! Happy Sunday. See you this week :)

Costumes, Monday night, and notes from today!!

It was a long day but we got SO MUCH accomplished!! Thank you all for your focus and dedication... we finished a huge chunk of the show! We can start from the beginning and run it all the way through Wendy's Song, can you believe it!??

(via cjager @ flickr's creative commons)

Some notes about costuming: 

Everyone should already be generating ideas for their costumes and gathering the pieces together based on the sheets you were given this week. Please contact Ms. Kathi (playbill3@comcast.net) or Mrs. Carbonar (lcarbonar@aol.com) with any questions you may have.

Costumes must be brought in this week (ALL ITEMS TOGETHER IN ONE BAG WITH YOUR NAME ON EACH PIECE) and have to be FULLY APPROVED by February 12th. This means that you cannot wait until the 12th to bring in your costume... you must bring it in beforehand in case our costumers or producers ask you to make any changes.

• ALL Indians (including ensemble, featured & named): 
• bring your costumes to one of our producers for approval
• ALL Lost Boys (including ensemble, featured & named): 
• bring your costume pieces to either Ms. Kathi or Mrs. Carbonar for approval
• Pirates and Darlings, you received your costume sheets today, look them over and gather your remaining costume pieces.
• Pirates submit pieces to our producers for approval
• Darlings submit pieces to Ms. Kathi or Mrs. Carbonar for approval

Did you forget or lose your costume sheet? Indians click here to download it, Lost Boys click here to download it. These links will bring you to a site called "mediafire.com" where you will need to click the link in the yellow box that says "Click here to start download.." and you should be able to save the document to your computer.

MONDAY NIGHT REHEARSAL: Peter, Tinkerbell, Wendy, John, Michael, named & featured Lost Boys, Tiger Lily, Smee, Starkey, and Hook are to report to the choral room for our 6:30 - 8:30 rehearsal. We will be working on pages 38 - 45 in the script.

Thank you for all your hard work!! Make sure you have all of your lyrics and dance moves memorized for next week as we are going to start putting the show together!!

See you soon,

Ms. Hrap & Ms. Neville

Updates and costumes and photos, oh my!

Ahoy, mateys! Long time no blog. I hope you had a relaxing day off today and got to spend some time playing in the snow! If school is canceled again tomorrow, we will not have rehearsal at 2:30 and we will see you Saturday. If school is at its regular time or if there is a two-hour delay, we will still be having rehearsal.

Here are some pictures from last Saturday's awesome rehearsal (Thanks to Mrs. Lane for taking these great photos!):

We have gotten so much done, but it's up to you to remember it all! We know you can do it! Here is what we've gotten through so far:

• Entrance during the overture, blocking/staging for "Peter"
• The Darlings' opening scene and song, "The Darlings"
• The rest of the Darlings' scene with Peter & Wendy, "What Happens When You're Grown Up?"
• Pirates' entrance, scene, and "Rich Damp Cake"
• Lost Boys' entrance, scene, and "Wendy's Song"
• "Braves to War" (click to download): an intense dance! I hope you've been practicing at home!

See you soon,
Ms. Hrap & Ms. Neville


& now for a note from your costume designer:

On Saturday, Lost Boy ensemble students received their costuming sheets for designing their Lost Boys costumes for Peter Pan! I hope that you are having fun thinking about creating your Lost Boy costume! 



VESTS 101: How to FIND or MAKE 

A Really Awesome Lost Boy Vest!

You could find a vest that is already a vest... very easy! Look for vests of all designs and materials- short vests, long vests, sweater material, leather, suede... a lot of the vests we are using for the show are vests that I found in thrift stores.

You can also have some fun and be creative with things that you find in thrift stores or in your attic! Here are some ideas of things that I did to make vests:

1. Yesterday, I was making up a costume and found a sweater vest that was various shades of brown. It didn't look right as a pullover sweater, so I snipped it up the center and made it into a vest!
2. Then I cut two smaller strips from both sides that I may use as arm bands or a head band.
3. Next I found a really neat pullover textured shirt and some deep colored over sized ribbed tank tops and I did the same thing. I cut them right up the center and voila there they were.... 2 more readymade vests...in just minutes!

Just use your imagination! At rehearsal this Saturday look for me because I will have some really neat ideas for some things that you might want to look for and do to create your Lost Boy look! I'll also have some samples of complete Lost Boys costumes to give you a better idea of what to look for to design your costume.

Have fun and be sure to ask me if you need my help!
Mrs. Hrap, Costume Designer

Remember, your total costume needs to be at school and

APPROVED by February 12th! Don't wait until the last minute!