“One of the greatest pleasures I find in the arts is to be astonished at human ability...Such a spectacle of gratuitous talent incites me, not only to praise the artist, but to praise God for giving such ability to human beings.” Gene Veith, State of the Arts

Monday, January 24, 2011

Presenting...
The Cast of Cinderella


Cinderella – Emma Mather
King – Max Bryan
Queen – Jaye Pelley
Stepmother – Mallory McCabe
Portia – Kelsey Leutjen
Joy – Michelle Paulson
Prince Christopher Ryan McCall
Fairy Godmother – Rachel Mayhew
Town CrierFletcher Lowe
Steward – Laura Rusco
Chef – Laura Harkey 

Townspeople: 
Shellie Aldrich, Joellyne Aniol, Hannah Averitt, Nick Beiser, Kari Callahan, Anna Carrison, Megan Featherston, Bailey Grufik, Laura Harkey, Megan Hayes, Will Hayes, Jenna Luetjen, Brandon Padgett, Courtney Padgett, Rebekah Reisner, Laura Rusco, Ariel Samuel, Luke Willis

Children:
Shannon Davis, Brittany Eubanks, Gracie Harris, Amy Meeks, Aleksey Polanco, Kaitlyn Pulay, Kristen Simmons, Kaylee Terry 

Congratulations to all!  We will have our first read-through tomorrow from 3:15-5:30 in my room.  I know it is short notice, but please do your best to make it.  This is the only time we will go over the entire show until production week.

Friday, January 21, 2011

CINDERELLA AUDITION UPDATE

Well, this is a first.  We were unable to get in our second day of auditions, so the casting for this show will NOT be finalized this weekend.  Those of you who were scheduled to audition Thursday afternoon will need to make plans to audition on Monday afternoon.  Since there are less than 10 students who still need to audition, we should be done by 3:45pm.  I will have the cast finalized and posted by Monday night so that we can have our first read-through on Tuesday, January 25 from 3:15-5:30.  Sorry about this change of events.  At least now you won't have to sit in front of your computer all weekend hitting the "refresh" button.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cinderella Auditions
The time has come for the auditions for our spring music! We are putting on "Cinderella" on April 7th-9th! This show is a lot of fun and I hope to see many at the auditions. If you are unfamiliar with the show, you can read the synopsis here (in this link, on the left of the page is more information). And for you guys out there - this is NOT the Disney version.  I know it is still Cinderella, but I think you will find the show quite humorous.  There are 2 lead male roles and 6 lead female roles, along with a chorus of about a dozen. If you intend on auditioning, you must attend at least one of the music workshops with Mrs. Selby. The workshops will be afterschool from 3:10-3:30 on January 14, and during lunch on January 18th and 19th. You are welcome to come to all of the workshops. You will be learning the music with which you will be auditioning. Rather than each person selecting his/her own piece of music, each student will audition with the assigned song, "Ten Minutes Ago". The actual auditions will be held on January 19th-20th from 3pm-5:30pm in Mr. Madden's room. During the audition you will individually sing the assigned song. Please sign up for a musical audition time slot on the sheet posted by Mrs. Selby's room. You will also be performing readings from the script. You need only to attend one of the audition dates. Attending both days does not increase your odds of recieving a part. If you have any other questions, ask Mr. Madden. I hope to see you at the audition!