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Pictures
Hi everyone! This is the first blog of the season, probably should've written more towards the beginning, but at least I'm starting now. Monday, October 19 is picture day! We will be taking head shots as well as some group pictures! Remember the colors that I would like to be worn or maroon, black, dark orange, navy/denim, forest green, dark gray, tan, or other fall colors. I do not want to see pink, baby blue, any neon colors, etc. I would also like appropriate clothing, we are taking the pictures in the fall, so we look like the fall aesthetic. This means no shorts, tank tops, flip-flops, etc. Think sweaters, warm clothes, scarves, sweatshirts, and other fall/winter clothing. I still do not want any visible logos or pictures on any part of clothing. However for these pictures you are allowed to wear hats, I would like to shy away from baseball caps, but if it's a plain baseball cap with no logos and you really want to wear it, I will probably have no objections. Remember that these pictures are not supposed to be formal, please don't come in your homecoming dress, or your best Sunday clothes. Dress as if you were going to see a nice show, so not dressy, but not in clothes you would wear around the house on a lazy day.
Longer Rehearsals
If you have taken a recent look at your rehearsal calendar, you will notice that rehearsals are longer up until November. This week on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday rehearsal is from 6:30 to 9 o'clock. And next week our rehearsals are TBD, until we see how long the Make up takes. Some of you may be asked to come to rehearsal early, to practice things, or go through things that you may have missed. This is to insure we don't add extra rehearsal days!
Costumes
All of your costume pieces should be purchased. You were responsible for notifying me if there was a costume piece that you did not have, or weren't sure about. Saturday is going to be a full costume day, and you should have been wearing your shoes for the past two weeks of rehearsal. Remember the final say on costumes lies with me, Sydnee, and Ivan. We have spent time and money on many costume pieces, so we would like to see them carried out. Please remember at the end of the show, if you did not buy the costume pieces you may not keep them. Everything that was purchased by the fine art center needs to stay at the Fine Arts Center, many things are coming out of my money, or the Fine Arts Teen Theatre Budget.
Hair and Makeup
Hopefully many of you are going to be able to do your own make up, I have told you this previously but we have purchased multiple make up pallets, and Halloween make up. I have also given you the information but every person needs to buy their own eyeliner and mascara. I believe you can find both at the dollar store, eyeliner can be black or brown. I have giving you guys some make up notes, but not really and hope to give you some throughout the week. Contacting me with questions is a quick way to get the information that you need. The make up that I know needs to be on at the Fine Arts Center is Ammon's make up, Seth's make up, and Porter's make up, because those will be the most intricate and the most time consuming. However, that may change. Hopefully we can have most of you put on foundation, and do a lot of your make up, and then add little things quickly instead of doing your whole face of make up for you, to minimize the time that we have to spend on make up. The same goes for hair, I'm expecting everyone to do their hair other than Ammon, Seth, and Porter. There may be some colored hairspray added to your hair, or some sparkle hairspray, but other than that your hair will either be done at home or we will help you put a wig on your head. Hopefully taking these steps will optimize our pre-show preparation time. And please note, if you need help applying your eyeliner, mascara, or any part of your make up we will be there to help you. But like I said it is not required for most of you to have us do it, because I know you guys are very capable. But we will be there to help you, as long as you tell us that you need help.
What Lies Ahead
We are in the final stretch of our show, it is very important that we all work very hard, and voice our concerns if there are any, before they become too big, or it's too late to fix them. These next two weeks I need everyone's cooperation, concentration, and patience. We are so close to having an awesome show, and we can do it as long as we all work together. My plan for this week is to have Monday be review/time to fix problems.
Wednesday and Thursday will both be full run-throughs, so that our people who are double cast both get a chance to run through the shop. On Saturday we will be running the show at 10 o'clock, fall dress and make up. The following are call times for make up and what not but it may change:
Saturday October 24th:
Seth and Porter: 8:15
Ammon: 8:45
Everyone Else: 9:00
Start Show: 10:00
This will show me what time we need to have the call be for our shows, if everyone cannot accomplish everything they need to like getting ready and getting their make up on in that timeframe of 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock, then the call time will be earlier during our shows. So get as much done at your house before you come so that we can use our time wisely, I would like to run through things before our run through but that will not happen if you guys are not prepared.
To Conclude
We are going to do this everyone! We are so close! Make sure you are staying safe and healthy especially these last two weeks, wash your hands, sanitize, and take special precautions to stay safe. Love you guys, for questions please contact me. When you finish reading this please send me a picture of your outfit for pictures tomorrow!