Notes from Saturday

Monday night rehearsal: dialogue rehearsal -- Peter, Tink, Wendy, John, Michael, Mr. & Mrs. Darling, Liza, named Lost Boys, Hook, Smee, Starkey, Tiger Lily

Please bring homework and/or be prepared to spend down time memorizing lines if you are not already off-book. You MUST be off book by this Saturday.

THIS THURSDAY IS A LEADS REHEARSAL

We only need the following people:

• all Lost Boys
• all Darlings
• Hook
• Smee
• Mr. Starkey
• Tiger Lily
• Peter
• Tink

Everyone else is free to go home after school on Thursday, 2/10.

Our cast and crew are hard at work getting ready for the last three weeks of rehearsals!!

SATURDAY FEB. 5TH REHEARSAL STARTS @ 10AM

Because of possible weather issues (AGAIN), we're going be starting rehearsal at 10AM tomorrow morning instead of 9AM.

AGAIN: THAT'S 10AM-3PM TOMORROW AT GVMS.

Please be advised that at 10, not all of the parking lots and driveways will necessarily be cleared so BE CAREFUL as you come into rehearsal.

Thanks!

Order your tickets now!

To download the ticket form, click here.*

Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, February 9th at all lunches and online. Tickets are $9 a piece, and the performances are at General Wayne Elementary School on the following dates:

Thursday, March 3 @ 7:30 PM

Friday, March 4 @ 7:30 PM

Saturday, March 5 @ 2:00 PM

Saturday, March 5 @ 7:30 PM

See you there!!

** This link will take you to mediafire.com where you can click the link in the yellow box, 

"Click here to begin download.." and you can save the document to your computer.

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.)

REMINDER!

T-shirt orders are due on Thursday!! 

Find the form here. DON'T FORGET!!

All Thumbs getting her costume fitted 

Ben as a mannequin for an Indian costume 

Lost boys & the Crocodile! 

Binky, Liza, and an Indian! 

Mrs. B & the gang 

Former GV musical cast members! Thanks for helpin' out! 

Set design is well under way... 

"It's not far," right altos? 

Hook, Bill Jukes, Mary Reid, Mr. Starkey, and a sliver of Skylights! 

Come Away!

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

P.S. Head shots this Saturday!

Head shots from Charlestown's production of "Annie" (Alexandra Lee Nurthen Photography)

We will be taking head shots on Saturday! Be sure to do your hair however you'd like it for your picture and also...

IMPORTANT!! Please wear OR bring

a plain, dark-colored shirt to change into for your photo. 

We want the head shots to look uniform this year, so everyone will be photographed wearing a plain, dark (black, brown, navy blue, forest green, etc.) shirt. Thanks! See you soon!

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

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!