REHEARSALS, SPONSORSHIPS, & VOLUNTEER SIGN UP, OH MY!

GREETINGS TO ALL CAST, CREW & FAMILIES!

We have a TON of information to convey in this week's beginning of the week message, so please read to the very end of the post. Thank you!

THIS WEEK'S WEEKDAY REHEARSAL REMINDERS:
Tuesday, 1/22
4 to 6pm ALL MS CAST

Wednesday, 1/23
3:20 to 4:30pm for 1st & 2nd grades

Thursday 1/24   
4pm to 6pm
Ladahlord, James, Spiker, Sponge, Earthworm, LadyBug, Spider, Centipede, Grasshopper

THIS SUNDAY REHEARSAL REMINDERS & INFORMATION:

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019

10:00am-12:00pm   Mechina - Second Grades

10:00am-1:00pm     3rd- 5th Grades

10:00am-2:30pm     MS Cast

As always, the crew has a flexible schedule on Sundays until March 4th, and may come anytime between 10am and 2:30pm for any duration of time she/he would like to stay and work.

ALL CAST & CREW  PAJAMA REHEARSAL DAY THIS SUNDAY!  

ALL Cast & Crew may wear appropriate PJs to rehearsal this Sunday if you would like. Please remember to wear shoes in which you can dance.

FOOD & DRINK REMINDER FOR SUNDAY REHEARSALS

• Please pack a water bottle for all practices. Please pack a snack for this Sunday's rehearsal.  We will be providing a snack at Sunday rehearsals beginning in February. See quick reference chart below.
• Please pack a lunch if you are staying later than 1pm for rehearsals or if you get hungry during rehearsals regardless of what time your rehearsal ends.
• Reminder: Beginning in late February as the length of rehearsals expand,  we will provide the opportunity for students to purchase pizza. More information about pizza purchasing will come in the week preceding our offering it. 
• Please note that there will be no food or drinks permitted in the theatre at any time. In addition, there is no eating or drinking in the atrium.

QUICK REFERENCE SUNDAY SNACK/LUNCH SCHEDULE
Sunday, January 13, 2019	Please pack a snack	If staying longer than 2 hours at rehearsal, please pack a lunch or extra snack
Sunday, January 27, 2019	Please pack a snack	If staying longer than 2 hours at rehearsal, please pack a lunch or extra snack
Sunday, February 3, 2019	Snack Provided	If staying longer than 2 hours at rehearsal, please pack a lunch or extra snack
Sunday, February 10, 2019	Snack Provided	If staying longer than 2 hours at rehearsal, please pack a lunch or extra snack
Sunday, February 24, 2019	Snack Provided	Pizza available for purchase
Sunday, March 3, 2019	Snack Provided	Pizza available for purchase

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Snack Provided

Pizza available for purchase

Good luck to our Tech Fair competitors this weekend! You are excused of course from rehearsal! GO LIONS!!!

Volunteers

In order to pull off the amazing show and help our young thespians shine, we need your assistance!   This year we are using VolunteerSpot to organize our signups:

1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/vePdxbY

2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on SignUp.com) 

3. Sign up! Choose your spots - SignUp.com will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!

Our volunteer needs begin this Sunday, 1/17! We are in need of 2 rehearsal helpers for M & K and 2 rehearsal helpers for 1 & 2 to assist with snack, bathroom breaks, and the like. Please click on these spot on our sign up page if you are willing to help out this Sunday!

So excited and thankful to have all hands on deck for our amazing peach of a journey!

INFORMATION ON SPONSORSHIPS & TICKETING 

Dear Friend of the Arts, 

The cast has been selected and the rehearsals are in full swing for our endearing and exciting production of James and the Giant Peach, Jr., which will take place in the Rosenberg Performing Arts Theatre, located at the Lower School!  Almost 150 Mechina through eighth-grade students will participate in this performance both on stage and as members of the crew, not to mention more than 50 Davis Academy alumni who will be returning to school to work with students as part of our alumni mentor program. 

We invite you to support our upcoming musical production and our theatre and fine arts programs in a special way. Your patronage allows us to maintain our artistic excellence and provides the professional expertise, artistic materials, and supplies necessary to produce an all-school Broadway-style, student-centered production as outstanding as James and the Giant Peach, Jr.

Like other independent schools of our caliber, we are pleased to offer you sponsorship opportunities, which include special benefits associated with the James and the Giant Peach, Jr. production:

Sponsor Benefits:

• Preselect premium seating for any of the three shows.
• Sunday, March 17 at 1:00 pm
• Sunday, March 17 at 7:00 pm
• Monday, March 18 at 6:30 pm
• Acknowledgment in the Playbill and Annual Donor Report
• Reserved parking at the Lower School 
• Cost: $150 per ticket ($135 is tax deductible) - To be purchased online in advance of public ticket sales.

For the second year, we will have an online reservation process for Sponsor Seating, which will open on February 11^th at 8:00 am and will close on February 26^th at 8:00 am. Sponsor reservations are available in advance of public ticket sales, which will begin in the pre-dawn hours of February 28^th.  As we expect a high demand for tickets, please be aware that sponsor seating will not be available after sales are open to the general public. 

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor of the Arts, please click here between February 11^th and February 26^th to select and purchase your seats at the sponsorship rate of $150 per ticket.

If you have additional questions, please contact Drew Frank, dfrank@davisacademy.org.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Kendrick Phillips

Director of Visual and Performing Arts

Show Performance Assignments

All lower school cast members will appear in all 4 shows (3 open audience shows and the show for our preschool guests/lower school friends). MS Cast also appears in all 4 shows in varying roles and capacities. Middle School Cast Principal and Supporting role show date performance determinations will be made in the near future and several days in advance of Sponsor Seating online reservations going live on 2/11/19.

It is best to view the blog in desktop mode and not in mobile mode so that you can see all of the show blog information including the page tabs for all schedules, cast, crew, alumni, volunteers and links to all forms. Previous posts are archived on the left side of the blog and are also below the show & home page landing if you scroll down. Click here to access the link to the Home Page with the frequently used links. 

ALL OF CREW information is available on the Crew tab located at the top page of the blog. Again, you can only see this when viewing in desktop mode so if viewing on a phone you must change to desktop view and out of mobile view. 

 SUNDAY REHEARSALS IN GENERAL RE-POST:

What do I need to know about Sunday rehearsals?

• Sunday rehearsals are tremendously fun and the whole cast and crew get to be together!! :) 

• All pickup and drop off will be done through the carpool lobby at the lower school.  Please form a single file line in our carpool lane for pick up.

• Please pack a water bottle for all practices. We will be providing a snack at Sunday rehearsals in February. For January,  you are welcome to send a snack and/or lunch in. Beginning in late February we will provide the opportunity for students to purchase pizza. More information about pizza purchasing will come in the week preceding our offering it. Please note that there will be no food or drinks permitted in the theatre at any time. In addition, there is no eating or drinking in the atrium.

• As in years past, the MS Cast (LS cast and crew if staying longer than 2 hours) is allowed to bring a lunch beginning the first Sunday rehearsal as your rehearsals are longer. 

• THE CREW may stay for whatever duration of Sunday rehearsal they would like to from January to late February Sunday rehearsals. Reminder: Crew may attend the first read through in December and ALL rehearsals the two weeks prior to the opening of the show plus the show performances (if on running crew) and strike. These dates are MARCH 4-MARCH 19. Tech week is mandatory for ALL crew members. 

• Students will leave their backpacks, sweatshirts…etc in the atrium along the brick wall.

• Should you arrive after carpool concludes or need to pick up early, you will need to call the theatre sound booth phone (678-527-3328) to let us know you are at the front door.  There will not always be someone near the booth phone, so the best plan is to please come and leave at the designated times. Please keep this at a minimum as we want to make the most out of our practice time.

• Please do not make food or drink deliveries during rehearsal times.

• The rehearsals are only for cast and crew.   We ask that only parents, siblings, and friends who have been preassigned to volunteer come into the building during the rehearsal times.

• Sunday Rehearsal Reminder for LS Cast members 
• Lower School cast members are asked to attend Sunday rehearsals, (they must attend at least 3 of the 5), on January 13, January 27, February 3, February 10 and February 24.
• Sundays March 3  and March 10  are mandatory for all cast and crew.

ALL SCHEDULES, FORMS, LINKS & INFORMATION ARE POSTED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THE BLOG FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Please email kphillips@davisacademy. org