Music Rehearsals Jan. 7th and Jan. 14th

Regarding Hairspray music rehearsals:

1) There is no rehearsal today (Friday, January 7th, 2011) If there is anyone who happens to be around at 12:30 and wants to work on solo material, I will still be around for a while… however, there is no formal rehearsal today.

2) Monday’s schedule will remain the same. It is as follows:
2:30- Hairspray- Corny, Featured Singers, Featured Dancers
3:00- Nicest Kids in Town- Corny, Featured Singers, Featured Dancers, Tracy, Penny, Edna Wilbur, Prudy
3:15- It Takes Two- Link, Tracy, Male Featured Dancers, Spritzer, Corny
3:40-4:45- Featured Singers, Tracy, Penny, Prudy, Velma, Amber, Edna, Featured Singers- Without Love, I Can Hear the Bells, Mama I’m a Big Girl Now, other harmony work

3) NEXT Friday, 1/14, we will do the material originally slated for today. The FULL CAST should plan to be there at least until 3:45. The schedule for next Friday may change slightly, but it will be something like…

2:30-3:00- Good Morning Baltimore- ALL
3:00-3:30- You Can’t Stop the Beat and other possible material- ALL
3:30-3:45 Big Dollhouse- All Women
3:45-4:15- Run and Tell That- Seaweed, Entourage, Dynamites
4:15-4:45- Pinky, Dynamites, Male Featured Dancers, Featured Singers, Tracy, Edna- Welcome to the 60’s

Music Rehearsals - Jan. 7th and 10th

From Dr. Nash:

Hairspray Schedule for Upcoming Music Rehearsals:

Friday, 1/7
2:30-3:00- Good Morning Baltimore- All
3:00-3:15- You Can’t Stop the Beat- All
3:15-3:30- Big Dollhouse- All Women
3:30-4:00- Run and Tell That- Seaweed, Entourage, Dynamites
4:00-4:20- It Takes Two- Male Featured Dancers, Corny, Spritzer, Link;
4:20-4:40- Edna and Wilbur- You’re Timeless to Me;
4:40-5:00- Tracy, Penny, Seaweed and Link only- Without Love

Monday, 1/10
2:30- Hairspray- Corny, Featured Singers, Featured Dancers
3:00- Nicest Kids in Town- Corny, Featured Singers, Featured Dancers, Tracy, Penny, Edna Wilbur, Prudy
3:15- It Takes Two- Link, Tracy, Male Featured Dancers, Spritzer, Corny
3:40-4:45- Featured Singers, Tracy, Penny, Prudy, Velma, Amber, Edna, Featured Singers- Without Love, I Can Hear the Bells, Mama I’m a Big Girl Now, other harmony work

Friday Fun

Just a reminder that this Friday all Drama Club people are getting into the spirit by dressing up.

This Friday we're doing the tie-dye look.

Wear your tie-dye to school and/or rehearsal

Thanks!

Mr. M

Drama Club Updates - January 2011

1. Please see the attached Ads form for the Hairspray Playbill. (These are on the website) We need to have each one of you sell at least 4 ads each. If you're unable to do that you will have points deducted depending on how many you've sold. It's not that hard to make a few phone calls visit a few friends or businesses and sell some ads.

These forms need to be filled out and returned with checks by February 10th. Please return them to me or Tori Wohler. If you have any questions concerning ads

please email Tori: luvlax3210@gmail.com

2. Mr. Woods sent out a email on my behalf last week asking for everyone to send any anticipated absences for the duration of the Hairspray production and so far only 5 people have responded. I'm hoping that means the rest of you are not planning to miss a single rehearsal. If you haven't done so please respond with any dates that you think you may be unable to be at a rehearsal as today is the deadline for that information.

If you're looking to speak with me you can either email and setup a time(best idea) or stop by my office (located in the hallway behind the cafe) but realize that I'm not always here so it may be best to contact me first.

Thanks so much!

Mr. Merisotis

Drama Club Advisor

Who's-Whos

Attention Cast of Hairspray:

Who's-Whos are due on Thursday the 6th of January to Brent Lorraine at btrain07@aol.com

A guide can be found under a link at the top of this page.

No hand-written Who's-Whos will be accepted.

Absence Policy

Dear Hairspray Cast:

Now that the dust has settled and we have an idea of who exactly is a part of this cast, the time has come to address the issue of attendance. It goes without saying that attendance has been very inconsistent thus far, with people regularly coming late to rehearsal or leaving very early and often not coming at all... often without letting us know in advance. Beginning in January, the following attendance policy will be in effect:

1) You MUST let us know by Friday, January 7th about ALL conflicts that you know about from now until the end of the show. Even if there are rehearsals when you need to arrive late or leave early, you need to let us know about this in advance. (Based on this, we can determine whether your participation in the show in the role that you are cast is still viable). Please give this information to Laura Cryan either in writing or by e-mail.

2) If you have TWO unexcused absences, we reserve the right to remove you from the cast. The only "excused" absences are a) illness; b) family emergency; c) a conflict that you have let us know about by January 7th and that has been approved by us.

If you have any questions please contact Mr. Merisotis, the Drama Club Advisor, at merisotisc@glastonburyus.org.

Sincerely,

The Hairspray and Drama Club Team

Updates: Dec. 15th, 2010

Hello everyone!
Just a few quick announcements:

The rehearsal schedule on this website (found under the tab at the top of this page, marked "Rehearsal Schedule") has been revised. Monday music rehearsals will now run until 5pm. Please print and use this new and revised schedule so you'll have all of the latest information.

Also, if you have any large, empty hairspray or similar looking aerosol cans, please bring them to rehearsal instead of throwing them out. Stage managers will be collecting them at rehearsals, to deliver to our Props department. Thank you!

More news to come shortly; please keep checking the website and your emails regularly.

Auditions Part 2 / Callbacks Part 1

Congratulations to everyone who received a callback! The first round of callbacks will take place tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 9 pm in the auditorium and chorus room.

If you did not receive a callback, please do not worry. Please understand that callbacks for other roles and featured singers and dancers will be posted tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

The final cast list will be posted Friday morning. Please do not ask about whether or not an email will be sent out ahead of Friday morning - there will not be such an email.

Break a leg, everyone!

Auditions Part 1

Thank you so much to everyone who auditioned today! This will definitely be one of the largest GHS Drama Club productions we've had in a few years, and it's all very exciting to say the least.

The Acting/Dancing Cont. auditions will take place tomorrow (Tuesday), same time (6-9pm - try to come 5-10 minutes early if you can), same place (chorus room/auditorium).

Please check in with Cassidy, Rati and/or myself (Laura) outside the chorus room at the beginning of rehearsal. We will ask you to check that we have correctly entered your full name and email address into our list, and ask you to tell us what grade you're in. Then we'll give you a number sticker (same number as yesterday) and we'll continue with the rest of auditions.

If you need sides for the acting portion of the audition, or the dance step instructions for the continuation of the dancing audition, please see Dr. Nash in the chorus room right after 8th period tomorrow (Tuesday). Pick your 1 favorite scene and be prepared to read/perform it for your acting audition.

Break a leg everyone, and have fun!

Hairspray Auditions!

Hey everyone!
I'm sure you're all extremely excited/anxious/nervous for auditions on Monday, so here are a few quick reminders:

• Pick a song to sing that you think suits your voice the best. It does not have to be a song that is sung by a character as which you would like to be cast. For example, if you want to sing "Ladies' Choice" for your audition, we will consider you for all roles, not just for that of Link Larkin.
• You will be asked to fill out an audition profile form at Monday's rehearsal. If you would like to take some time to do that this weekend, you may print the form off of this website by clicking the button at the top of this page, "Hairspray Audition Forms."
• Most importantly (and we really mean this), have fun! If you're having fun on stage, it shows. And Hairspray is going to be an awesome, fun show, right?!

On another note, anyone who has not yet filled out Points Forms for working events for our last show, You Can't Take It With You, you may do so by clicking the button at the top of this page, "Points Forms." If you see a drama club sandwich board around town, please pick it up and drop it off at the school. If you can't get to the school that day, either keep it with you until you can drop it off at the school, or leave it there until a more opportune date.

Finally, the rehearsal schedule for Hairspray will be posted by the end of this week, so be sure to tell your parents that they can come to www.theghsdramaclub.blogspot.com to keep up with when and where you'll need to be for the next few months. (Very handy, for those of us who still rely on our loving parents for after-school transportation.)