Onward and Upward

Well, here we go! We have left the rehearal phase of our giant adventure that is "Aladdin Jr", and we are moving on to show prep or "tech week". I am so excited for you all! This is always my favorite time, outside of the performances, of course. As I explained, there will be a lot of technical things going on tomorrow night (lights, stage blocking ect.), so your continued patience will be appreciated. A photographer will also be there to take some shots for the "Spin" article that will appear in Friday's Times Herald. Costumes will be assigned tomorrow night as well. A busy, busy night ahead of us! When you get there, please find a seat in the theatre. We will be going over the rules of the theatre, as well as other things you will need to know. Have a restful night and don't forget to take your vitamins (haha). I would like to thank everyone that has helped with this show. Without you, this show could not have happened. THANK YOU!!!!

Last Week of Rehearsals

Well, we are at the start of our last week of rehearsals before we move into McMorran. We have come a long way since our very first practice way back on Jan 4th. Joanne and I are just about ready to turn the show over to you. Katie has taught you all the music, Joanne has taught you all the dance and we have prepared you to "be" your characters. Once you start your first performance, it is your show!! Take ownership and be proud of what you have accomplished in the 11 weeks that we have had to get this show ready. We have definitely learned a lot from this experience and have enjoyed each and every minute of it. As we said at the beginning of rehearsals, "we will work hard, but also have fun". Hopefully that was true for all of you. I know it was for Joanne, Katie and myself. This last week I am going to ask for your continued patience and focus. We have some fine tuning to do and also finish up costume fittings as well. One last thing, I would ask you to take some time this week and thank all of the people responsible for the production and organization of this show (including your parents). Without them, none of this would have been possible. Have fun and remember "Be awesome, somebody may be watching!"

We are on our way!!

Thank you all for a great rehearsal! We are now on our way. We have two weeks left before Tech week. We need to use every minute of rehearsal wisely at this point. Just keep up the good work. You are all doing a great job!

Call For Sunday February 28th

EVERYONE! We have seven rehearsals left before we move into McMorran and start our tech week. We need everyone to be working on your parts at home, in between scheduled rehearsals. We had a very good rehearsal tonight. Let's keep it going!!

Courtesy of Tom Kephart

Rehearsal Cancelled

Rehearsal scheduled for Monday February 22nd has been cancelled due to weather and road conditions. We will see everyone on Thursday at 6pm. Great job yesterday! Let's keep it going.

Call for Sunday Feb 7th, Mon Feb 8th and Thurs Feb 11th

Sunday we are reviewing music and choreography. All cast. Monday we are going to run scenes 1-3. That includes music, choreography and lines. Everyone needs to be there. Thursday we are running scenes 4 and 5. Again, that includes all music, choreography and lines. This will include the entire cast again. We will not have rehearsals Sunday Feb 14th and Monday Feb 15th due to the schools scheduled Mid-Winter break. Thursday Feb 18th however, we are running scenes 6 and 7. You will all need to be there. I will be posting the last schedule for the remaining rehearsals on Sunday. From there on out the entire cast will need to be at all rehearsals unless excused by Joanne or myself.