In this email: Arrival/Dismissal Protocol, Classroom Usage Protocol, and some additional reminders.
Hello, Cinderella Family!
Below is information for show week for those whose time this is their first for participating in a musical at Sandy Run!
This week’s schedule reminder: https://srmstheatre.wixsite.com/home/post/final-week
Activity Fee: We still have a few families who have yet to submit their activity fee - please send if you have not yet.
Water: Please send your student with a refillable water bottle or a giant water bottle for the performances - in the past when we purchased water bottles for the cast we would wind up with 50 water bottles all over the place and only 1/8 if the water drank. Yikes! So now we request to send your student in with their own bottle(s) of water.
Costumes: Today (Tuesday) we will be doing “costume parade!” where each students gets into their costume so we can make notes about what a student may still need. You may receive an email from me or Emily checking in on additional costume needs. (If you missed the email about what costumes each student needs to bring please see here: https://srmstheatre.wixsite.com/home/post/costumes
Tickets: Purchase tickets either at school during lunch (in cash)’or online (credit card) or at the door (cash): SRMS.ticketleap.com
In-school preview for the rest of the 6th grade class: This needs to move to Friday during advisory. Students should wear or bring their show t-shirt on Friday to wear during the in school preview.
PICK UP/DROP OFF LOCATION: The planetarium/auditorium entrance door (to the right of the main entrance) for Thursday and Friday. Pick up Saturday is at the cafeteria doors.
PICK UP/DROP OFF TIMES:
Thursday drop off between 5:30p and 6p, pick up at 9p
Friday drop off between 5:30p and 6p, pick up at 9p
Saturday drop off between 12:30p and 1p, Cast and crew party in cafeteria from 4:30-5:30p following clean up in the auditorium from 3p-4p.
NO NUTS OR TREE NUTS IN SNACKS OR CONCESSIONS!!
ARRIVAL/WARM-UP PROTOCOL:
Students must sign in when they arrive so we know they are here. Sign in sheets will be outside of their assigned classroom/dressing area1 hour before show start time students who have body mics are due on stage for mic check followed by warm ups with all cast in auditorium 45 minutes before show startOnce the doors to the house open 30 mins before showtime, students in the show must remain in the hallways/dressing area until the show begins
END OF SHOW PROTOCOL After Thursday night’s show no student items can be left in the classrooms. All costumes/makeup etc. must be stored on the stageAfter Friday evening show we can leave items in the classroomsAfter Saturday’s show the classrooms MUST be returned to how we found them! As they sing in High School Musical: We're all in this together.
DESIGNATED CLASSROOM/DRESSING ROOM USAGE: NO FOOD OF ANY KIND IN ANY OF THE CLASSROOMS! FOOD MUST BE CONSUMED IN THE HALLWAY! WE MUST RESPECT THE CLASSROOMS AND NOT USE ANY ITEMS IN THE CLASSROOM FOR ANY REASON. NOT EVEN A PENCIL! I know I sound crazy, but this is true! If you are a parent who needs to help fix a prop - USE OUR TAPE/STAPLER NOT THE TEACHERS' PLEASE! I WILL SHOW YOU OUR SUPPLY CLOSET. The teachers need to know that when they return to their classroom the next morning it won't be a hot mess with misplaced items and I can only be in so many places at once monitoring classroom usage! DO NOT MOVE TABLES OR CHAIRS FROM CLASSROOMS OUT INTO THE HALLWAYS. We have chairs in tables in the janitor's closet that we can use and must return to the closet at the end. Please help us maintain a good reputation for the musical theater program at Sandy Run!
Concessions are for the audience NOT FOR THE CAST! Please do not purchase your student candy from concessions. It is very hot on the stage under the lights and having a lot of sugar in their systems will get them sick and extremely tired. This is a very demanding show for them. Do not feed the actors candy. Water is their best bet!
NO BACKSTAGE/DRESSING ROOM VISITORS. Only parents who signed up to volunteer backstage and in the dressing rooms are allowed in the back hallways and backstage before and during the show. This is the students' time for preparation. Not time to hang out with cousins who flew in from Texas. They can do this after the show. They need to focus.
NO SEATING IN THE FIRST TWO ROWS. The first two rows in the auditorium will be taped off for this show and not for public seating. Please do not take the tape away thinking that it was a mistake or someone trying to save 40 seats.
NO LOOSE GLITTER OF ANY KIND FOR MAKE UP. If it spills, we're done for. And it will spill. If you already planned for using glitter my apologies, you will need to use the roll on kind or another way of being fun and shiny. :-)
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: There are around 60 students involved in this production, and I understand that families have specific questions that I potentially did not answer in this email. Please email me any questions! I want to ensure everyone has a positive experience!
Thanks!