Saturday's weather!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT SATURDAY'S REHEARSAL:
Due to the pending inclement weather and early morning ice, we are delaying rehearsal one hour on Saturday morning. Rehearsal on Saturday, January 21 will be from 10AM-2PM. Please bring a snack & your lunch in addition to the usual (script, sneakers, pencil).

Please check this blog before you venture out on Saturday morning just in case! We will be monitoring the weather and local roads and determine if rehearsal needs to be canceled. An update will be posted on the blog if rehearsal is canceled. Cross your fingers that the weather is not too bad!

Have a good night :)

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CANCELED

Due to the anticipated inclement weather, rehearsal today has been canceled.

This means it is CRUCIAL that you ALL know ALL of your lyrics and movements for Thursday. This year with all the snow, you have more responsibility to work on the material yourselves. Without your support, we won't be able to get everything done!

• Smee, Starkey, Hook: have "Goodbye Peter Pan" memorized
• Peter & Wendy: memorize lyrics to "Why?" (Ally, we will teach you a different alto harmony, but be sure you know your words), work on getting off-book with your lines
• Lost Boys: be completely off-book for all scenes we have rehearsed, have "We're Going Home" memorized
• Darlings: be off-book for the first scene
• John & Michael: be off-book for the first scene as well as all of the Lost Boy scenes you are in that we've rehearsed, have "We're Going Home" memorized

Know your cues! Know your exits and entrances! Know your blocking!

PRACTICE YOUR DANCE MOVEMENTS IN THE SNOW! 

Perform them with your friends! For your parents, your dogs, your stuffed animals! 

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Comment here with anything you feel the cast needs to work on (for example: movements for Come Away, vocals for Braves to War, the blocking for the Darlings' opening scene, etc.)

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!

Saturday's rehearsal & Monday night

Thank you to all who came out to rehearsal this morning! We really wanted to stick with our parent meeting and get started on choreography with Mrs. Devenney for "Wendy's Song," and we were successful with both endeavors!


For those who were unable to make it: Parents, please check in with Carrie Kennedy (caskennedyesquire@comcast.net) to see what you missed at the parent meeting or to sign up to volunteer. Cast members, we just went over "Wendy's Song" and I will be posting a video of the choreography we went over.


Since we missed a good two and a half hours of rehearsal, we will be extending the rehearsal on Saturday, January 22nd. It will now be 9-3PM.


Monday night's rehearsal will be from 6:30 - 8:30 in the choral room for:
- Mr. Darling
- Mrs. Darling
- Wendy
- John
- Michael
- Liza
- Nana
- Peter Pan
- Tinkerbell
- The Shadow


Homework for next week:
- memorize words for "Wendy's Song" and "The Darlings"
- work on memorizing the other songs
- practice choreography for "Wendy's Song"
- the Darlings: for Monday, have pages 1-15 memorized -- we will be doing staging

And for those interested in getting a head start on our chant (which we'll learn this week and start singing it at the end of every rehearsal). Our chant begins around 0:15! Check it out!

See you soon,
Ms. Hrap & Ms. Neville

P.S. From now on, snow cancellations or delays will be posted on the blog, so please be sure to check it if you are unsure of what to do! If we are having rehearsal but you are uncomfortable driving, please use your discretion! We don't want anyone trekking out to rehearsal if they don't feel safe!!