Program ad space

Last week, we posted an application for those interested in placing ads or good luck messages in the program this year. 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 word to friends and family about utilizing the pages of our program!

• Click here to find the program ad space application
• Click here to download the ad sizes

As always, thanks for your support!!

DVD order forms are now available!

Check out the ge.tt downloads page for the DVD order form.

Also check out the ge.tt downloads page for the rest of the rehearsal tracks from the Once on this Island, Jr. CD, including:

• The Human Heart
• Promises/Forever Yours (Reprise)
• Wedding Sequence
• A Part of Us/Why We Tell the Story

Can you believe it? We've almost learned all of the music! Good work, guys :)

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!

Reminder!

Permission slips & emergency contact forms are 

DUE SATURDAY 1/28.

Emergency contact forms came home with students on Tuesday.

Permission slips are for photos, make-up, and the cast party.

All forms can be downloaded HERE.

Thanks!!

Permission slips

Click here to download the combo permission slip form.

Each cast member must turn in:

1. A signed photo release form
2. A signed cast party permission slip
3. A signed make-up permission slip

See you tomorrow! (Again, cross your fingers! Weather permitting!)

Happy holidays!

A great big THANK YOU!! goes out to our cast for an amazing first two rehearsals! You all really impressed not only our new team members, Ms. Sunnergren and Mrs. A, but you impressed Mrs. Taylor and Ms. Neville, too!

A few notes before you rush off to open presents and eat lots of yummy food with friends and family (oh, AND get some rest and stay bundled up and don't get sick!):

The rehearsal schedule is available for download at two different places: through ge.tt and through mediafire (both are file-sharing sites -- click through the links and click on the "2011-2012 GV Musical Schedule" to download the schedule). If you have trouble with both of them and still cannot download the schedule, please drop us an email and we will email it to you.

Rehearsal tracks are also available for download at either the ge.tt page or the mediafire page. Again, if neither site works for you for some reason, email us.

Principal characters and understudies: start memorizing your music and dialogue! We are jumping right in to blocking and vocal rehearsals and need for you to be on your A game! Thanks :)

Storytellers: do your best to be familiar with all of the storyteller songs and dialogue. You do not need to memorize it all, but we want rehearsals to run smoothly, and if we can just throw lines or song pieces at you and you already know them, that'd be awesome! We know you can rise to the challenge :)

Featured villagers: do your best to be familiar with the songs "Pray" and "Pray (Reprise)," as they are YOUR songs :) We will not get to them right away, but we want you all to be prepared for when we start singing and blocking those songs. The first "Pray" is available for download. The reprise has the same tune and the lyrics are in your scripts.

Ensemble: start listening to the songs that are available for download (links are above!), and get into the island groove!

Keep yourselves healthy, have a great holiday

and a happy new year and see you after school on January 3rd!!

Rehearsal schedule

Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying your weekend and getting ready for our first two rehearsals next week.

As we start to learn the music in rehearsals, it would be a big help if our cast members got familiar with the Once On This Island soundtrack on their own. Our rehearsal period is two months, so the more you learn outside of rehearsals, the more we can get done when we're together. I will be uploading songs from the Once On This Island Jr. version to the blog for you all to download, listen to, and get familiar with (the Jr. version songs are slightly different than the Original Broadway Cast recording for any of you who own that CD).

Click here to download the first few songs from the show:

Prologue/We Dance

One Small Girl/Waiting for Life

And The Gods Heard Her Prayer/Rain

* As always, leave us a comment below if you have any questions or trouble downloading the music

Also available is the finalized rehearsal schedule for January and February. It is very similar to the tentative schedule we gave you with your audition packet. There are a few changes to the small group/principal rehearsals (some moved from Monday night to Wednesday night), and we canceled rehearsal on Wednesday, January 11th since so many of you are going to be at the instrumental concert that night.

Click here to download a Word Document version of the schedule.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and we'll see you at our first two rehearsals this week:
Tuesday, December 20th from 2:30 - 4:45 - FULL CAST
Thursday, December 22nd from 2:30 - 4:45 - FULL CAST

See you soon!!!

Callbacks

Hi everyone! Thanks for trying out for Once On This Island! We have some really tough decisions to make... you were all so wonderful! Those who are being asked to come to callbacks will be receiving both an email and a phone call tonight. If you have not been called back, do not worry! It does not mean you have not been cast in the show. It does not mean you didn't get a part, either. We have some roles that are particularly hard to cast and we need to see more from certain people, so stay tuned and wait for the cast list to be posted next week!

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For those who have been called back, below are the lyrics to the new songs. You can download the songs and the callback lyrics by clicking here. Please let us know if you have any trouble with the new material by emailing gvmusical@gmail.com. Remember to stay cool and confident and show us what you've got! We're excited to see how you all play off of each other :)

Songs to prepare for Thursday:

• Ti Moune: Waiting for Life
• Mama Euralie & TonTon Julian: Ti Moune (singing your character's respective parts... we want to hear you sing together!)
• Female gods: Mama Will Provide, Ti Moune
• Male gods: Rain, Pray
• Storytellers: Pray

Pray

Storyteller 1: 

He roared down the road like the devil himself

Storyteller 2: 

Going too fast around the curves

Storyteller 3: 

Sent us scrambling off the road like chickens

All: 

He has what he deserves!

Storyteller 1: 

Papa Ge wants him

Storyteller 2: 

And Papa Ge will have him

Storyteller 3: 

The boy is dying before our eyes

All: 

Help him, hide him!

Storyteller 4: 

No! Don't touch him, better leave him where he lies. Even a wealthy man sometimes dies.

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Mama Will Provide

Asaka (spoken): 

You never been away from the sea, child!

You gonna need a helping hand! 

A fish has got to learn to swim on land!

Hahaha, woooo!

(sung):

Walk with me, little girl, don't you be afraid

Follow me, little girl, let me be your guide

A pretty thing like you

Will need a thing or two

And whatever you need, Mama will provide!

Whoa-ooh-oh-oh-ohhhh!

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Ti Moune

Mama Euralie

What can I say to stop you now?

Now that you’ve heard your drum and seen your dancers

Now that you think your heart has all the answers

Who knows how high those mountains climb?

Who knows how deep those rivers flow?

Who knows how wrong a dream can go, Ti Moune

TonTon Julian:

I won’t be there to guide your way

Mama Euralie:

To braid your hair or dry your tears

Both:

As we have done these many years, Ti Moune, Ti Moune

TonTon Julian:

What you are, we made you

What we gave, you took

Now you run without one backward look

Mama Euralie:

You’ll find some other boy to save

Some other life that you can share

Both:

Your heart is young, new dreams are everywhere

Choose your dreams with care, Ti Moune

Good luck everyone!

Ms. Neville & Mrs. Taylor

One more update...

Here is an update to the lyrics that match the new versions of the songs, which are available here. Minor changes are highlighted in yellow. You will only be responsible for the first portion of the songs.

WAITING FOR LIFE

A stranger in white, in a car

Going somewhere, going far

How it must feel to go racing wherever you please

Flying as free as a bird with his tail in the breeze

Even the fish in the sea must be longing to fly

Catching a glimpse of a stranger in white racing by

bridge & verse removed

A stranger... racing down the beach

Racing to places... I was meant to reach

My stranger, one day you’ll arrive 

The car will stop and in I’ll hop

And off we’ll drive... we’ll drive!

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TI MOUNE

What can I say to stop you now?

Now that you’ve heard your drum and seen your dancers

Now that you think your heart has all the answers

Who knows how high those mountains climb

Who knows how deep those rivers flow

Who knows how wrong a dream can go, Ti Moune

I won’t be there to guide your way

To braid your hair or dry your tears

As we have done these many years, Ti Moune, Ti Moune

What you are, we made you

What we gave, you took

Now you run without one backward look

You’ll find some other boy to save

Some other life that you can share

Your heart is young, new dreams are everywhere

Choose your dreams with care, Ti Moune

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RAIN

Let there be no moon, let the clouds race by

Where the road meets the sea, let the tide be high

Let there be a girl walking by the sea

And let there be... rain!

two lines removed

Rain on the road, rain on her face

Rain makes the road such a dangerous place

Let there be a car, racing through the night

Where the road meets the sea, let her wait

Where the road meets the sea, let him spin

Where the road meets the sea, let their fate begin...

In the rain!

These lyrics have been updated in the audition packet, available here.

I will be at GV on Monday morning to make an announcement about these changes. Please address any questions in comments below (and be sure to leave your name) or to gvmusical@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your diligence and help!

Apologies for the confusion,
Ms. Neville

Audition Update

Hey GV, hope you're practicing for upcoming auditions!

Image courtesy of Xaverian Hawks @ flickr's Creative Commons

This is an IMPORTANT update for those auditioning for the musical:

For those of you who took a look at the videos posted here and the music available for download, please take this opportunity now to re-download the audition songs. The songs previously posted are from the original Broadway cast, which are slightly different than the songs we will be using for our show.

Please download the ACTUAL audition songs HERE.
These are the exact tracks you will be singing along with at your audition.

This is what the download screen will look like. You can either click "download" to save the file to your computer, or, if you click "view," you can play the song right from the website. Please comment here if you have any questions/problems at all.

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Thanks!
Ms. Neville & Mrs. Taylor

Happy Saturday!

Hi everyone, we hope this Saturday snow isn't a sign of what is to come this winter... keep your fingers crossed we don't lose any rehearsal time to the snow!

Here are a few notes for those of you who are auditioning for the show next month:

1. Though you do not need to buy the CD, if you are interested in purchasing the "Once on this Island" soundtrack, we recommend you get the 1990 Original Broadway Cast version only to familiarize yourself with the music. Keep in mind that our version of the show will not include all of the songs on this CD, and some of the songs are in different keys. However, it will help you get to know the music.
   
   
2. Bookmark this blog. It will be updated often with important things you must know about auditions and eventually rehearsals, costumes, music, etc. You MUST stay on top of the posts here, so start visiting it frequently. You can even subscribe via email or stay tuned via facebook! (See the links to do so in the lefthand menu.)
   
   
3. The audition songs are available for download here. Click through, download the songs and be ready to perform one or both selections at your audition. The videos below are also options for you to practice.
   
   
4. You will be singing with a CD, so practice with these versions, as this is the CD that will be playing.

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Start practicing, let us know if you have questions, and good luck!
Mrs. Taylor & Ms. Neville

T-shirt order form!

T-shirt orders are due 

NO LATER THAN 

this Thursday, February 3rd.

We will be handing them out at rehearsal on Tuesday, but if you want to get a head start, you can download the form by clicking here* and turn it in on Tuesday.

*This link takes you to "mediafire.com" where you will click the link in the yellow box that says "Click here to begin download.." and you will then be able to save the file to your computer.

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

Q&A, fresh music downloads

I was going through comments and wanted to address some questions that have popped up!

Q: Are the dance videos on the blog yet? Where can I find them?
A: Sorry, they aren't up yet. Because of privacy issues, we will be sending out the videos in an email to all of you. Keep an eye out for an email that will contain two or three videos as attachments. I'll probably post something here to let you know when the email goes out!

Q: What are we doing on Saturday?
A: We will definitely try to hit on ALL of the material we've covered so far, and we'll probably get to the blocking/staging for "Come Away." We will let you know who is going to be featured in "Come Away" and "Rich Damp Cake" on Saturday.

Q: Can you post "Braves to War" on the blog? 
A: Well, if you mean the video, that will come out soon in an email. But if you're looking for an audio file, just click here to download it. 


If you need any more of the music, here are the songs we've covered so far (click the song title to download):

• Peter
• The Darlings
• Come Away
• Rich Damp Cake
• Wendy's Song
• Braves to War

See you soon & enjoy the snow,

Ms. Hrap & Ms. Neville