Costuming Please see the attached document. We apologize if you had not seen this before, please know most everything can be purchased through Amazon or at Walmart. Please make sure you have everything listed by Tuesday June 5. And let us know if you have any questions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
DVD - Please Send an Email to [email protected] if you would like one or not. (If you have not done so already)
We have almost enough orders to proceed but not quite enough yet.
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Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 The Seussical Homeschool cast will be invited to perform in our Seussical numbers Here on Who and Big Blame Fool at Spaghetti Dinner. Do not miss the encore party of the year!! Buy Tickets
****Tickets will go up $10 ea. Friday at 11:59pm to accommodate late catering changes****
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Required Parent Meeting ~ 4pm ~ Monday, June 4 At the beginning of tech we will have our Mandatory Cast and Parent meeting to kick off the week. The entire cast and at least one parent (or suitable stand-in) from each family is required to attend. It is especially important as we are performing in a "new" venue and there are some new things to go over.
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Load In/Strike/Load Out Please remember the policies agreement that requires ALL families to participate in EITHER Load in all day on Monday Jun. 4th from 10am-4pm OR 2 full hours of Load out on Saturday Afternoon/evening after strike
In addition ALL cast members, regardless of age, are required to stay to help with STRIKE(2 hours immediately following the end of the show on Saturday). There are NO exceptions.
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Volunteering Please sign up for 3 techweek jobs (per family) unless you have already completed a pre-tech week job. If your child is under the age of 12 please remember that at LEAST one shift must be helping in the dressing rooms. Sign Up Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Rehearsal Schedule May 31st
12-3pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, Run Thru the Show 3-4pm - Gertrude, Horton, Mayzie, Wickershams, Bird Girls, Cat, Sour Kangaroo, Who Family
Monday Jun. 4 ~ Load in 10 - 4 (ALL families are required to commit to either the entire of Load in OR 2 hours of Load OUT) ~~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 ~Wear you pajamas on Monday if you would like too(closed toed tennis shoes or dance shoes still required) Tuesday Jun. 5 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Wednesday Jun. 6 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Thursday Jun. 7 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Friday Jun. 8 ~ Call Time 12:00, Perform 2:00 & 7:00 (Children will stay between shows) Saturday Jun. 9 ~ Call Time 10a ~ Perform 12p (The ENTIRE CAST is required to stay for 2 hours for Strike. ALL families are required to commit to either the entire of Load in OR 2 additional hours of Load out after Strike)
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Loyalty Discount on Upcoming Productions We always offer current students a "loyalty" discount for registering for the next program while still enrolled. We are offering a $50 discount on our 2-week summer camps if you register by Saturday, June 9th. For those who want to continue with Danny, she will be directing our Mulan Jr. camp. Just send an email to [email protected] and we will get you registered and apply the discount. Information is available here.
We hope you are all getting excited as tech week approaches! Please read this newsletter as it has lots of important info about the next few weeks.
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Tech Meals - URGENT We do not currently have a tech meal coordinator. Is there anyone who would be willing to volunteer to coordinate semi- square meals for about 40 people per night? If you have any questions before committing please email [email protected] and we can give you more details about the commitment. Without a coordinator we can't offer Tech Meals, and everyone will have to provide their own food each night.
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DVD - Please let us know ASAP If you would like to order a DVD of the performance as a memento, please let us know as soon as possible. We need 15 people to commit to ordering a DVD before we can officially book the videographer.
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Required Parent Meeting ~ 4pm ~ Monday, June 4 At the beginning of tech we will have our Mandatory Cast and Parent meeting to kick off the week. The entire cast and at least one parent (or suitable stand-in) from each family is required to attend. It is especially important as we are performing in a "new" venue and there are some new things to go over.
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Load In/Strike/Load Out Please remember the policies agreement that requires ALL families to participate in EITHER Load in all day on Monday Jun. 4th from 10am-4pm OR 2 full hours of Load out on Saturday Afternoon/evening after strike
In addition ALL cast members, regardless of age, are required to stay to help with STRIKE(2 hours immediately following the end of the show on Saturday). There are NO exceptions.
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Volunteering Please sign up for 3 techweek jobs (per family) unless you have already completed a pre-tech week job. If your child is under the age of 12 please remember that at LEAST one shift must be helping in the dressing rooms. Sign Up Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Rehearsals May 24th 12-3pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, Run Thru the Show 3-4pm - Gertrude, Horton, Mayzie, Cat, Wickershams, Bird Girls, Who Family
May 31st 12-3pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, Run Thru the Show 3-4pm - TBD
Monday Jun. 4 ~ Load in 10 - 4 (ALL families are required to commit to either the entire of Load in OR 2 hours of Load OUT) ~~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 ~Wear you pajamas on Monday if you would like too(closed toed tennis shoes or dance shoes still required) Tuesday Jun. 5 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Wednesday Jun. 6 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Thursday Jun. 7 ~ Rehearsal 4 - 9 Friday Jun. 8 ~ Call Time 12:00, Perform 2:00 & 7:00 (Children will stay between shows) Saturday Jun. 9 ~ Call Time 10a ~ Perform 12p (The ENTIRE CAST is required to stay for 2 hours for Strike. ALL families are required to commit to either the entire of Load in OR 2 additional hours of Load out after Strike)
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Loyalty Discount on Upcoming Productions We always offer current students a "loyalty" discount for registering for the next program while still enrolled. We are offering a $50 discount on our 2-week summer camps if you register by Saturday, June 9th. For those who want to continue with Danny, she will be directing our Mulan Jr. camp. Just send an email to [email protected] an d we will get you registered and apply the discount. Information is available here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 The Seussical Homeschool cast will be invited to perform in our Seussical numbers Here on Who and Big Blame Fool at Spaghetti Dinner. Do not miss the encore party of the year!! Buy Tickets
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Ticketing Document- use this to help process all of your tickets for yourself, friends, and family to come and see the show!
Spaghetti Dinner Info Sheet - All you need to know about the event, including instructions for submitting an audition video.
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Upcoming Dates to Remember June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- TechWeek begins at RHCC
Hope you all had a great weekend! Please be aware all tech week rehearsals (beginning June 4) and performances are located at our performance location - RHCC -- 735 Silver Spur Rd Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274. We will stay at Encore until then.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tickets - Due May 17 -- THIS WEEK Please read through the attached ticketing document and let us know if you have any questions. The charge is on your account and can be paid anytime. If not paid before the 17th the card on file will be charged and your membership will be issued at that time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Snacks for Sale We are now offering snacks for sale during rehearsal breaks. There will be chips, cookies, granola bars, fruit snacks, and small water bottles available for purchase. Everything is $1 (some items will come 2 for $1). All items must be paid for at time of purchase in cash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 Do you have a special song, dance, or talent you would like to share?? Check out the attached flyer for details on submitting an audition video!! We will choose 3-5 acts to perform. (There will be preference given to group numbers) Buy Tickets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rehearsal Schedule
May 17th 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, Piece Thru the Show 2-4pm - Gertrude, Bird Girls, Horton, Mayzie (All Bird Girl/Mayzie/Gertrude Scenes, All Horton/Mayzie Scenes, All Horton/Gertrude Scenes) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links
Upcoming Dates to Remember May 17- Ticket Fees Due TBD - All-Cast/Parent Meeting June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- Tech Week Begins AT RHCC -- 735 Silver Spur Rd Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274
Thank you all for bearing with us and coming a little later today! See you all in a week! Don't forget to send over your bio soon!
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Tickets - Due May 17 Please read through the attached ticketing document and let us know if you have any questions. The charge is on your account and can be paid anytime. If not paid before the 17th the card on file will be charged and your membership will be issued at that time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bios Due - May 3 - THIS THURSDAY Every cast member is asked to submit a short bio that lets the audience know a little bit about them. There is no charge and we want every cast member to have one. Requirements:
Use 50 words or less
Speak in the 3rd person ( no "I" Statements) - Use student's name/he/she/they.
Include age or Adult if over 21.
Name is in bold, character title(s) are in Italics
PLEASE put "Student Name" Seussical Homeschool Bio in the Subject Line
Please paste the bio into the body of the email -- instead of an attachment
EXAMPLE: Susan Marks- 10 (Little Red Riding Hood) This is Susan's third Encore production. Some of her favorite past roles include Sally (Charlie Brown) and Orphan (Oliver). Susan sings with the San Pedro Choir and plays on her school soccer team. In her spare time she loves to paint and jump rope. She hopes you enjoy the show! (50 words, exactly!)
Snacks for Sale We are now offering snacks for sale during rehearsal breaks. There will be chips, cookies, granola bars, fruit snacks, and small water bottles available for purchase. Everything is $1 (some items will come 2 for $1). All items must be paid for at time of purchase in cash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Encore Food Drive In support of El Camino College Community's Child Volunteer Center, Encore is joining Leadership Torrance and we have placed a box in the lobby for donations. Let's fill it up!! Please see the attached flyer for more information. Everything will be donated on May 25.
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Rehearsal Schedule May 3rd 12-2:30pm --- ALL Cast --- “It’s Possible”, “Monkey Around/Chasing the Whos”, “Solla Sollew” 2-4pm --- Cat in the Hat, Bird Girls, Wickershams, Mayzie, Sour Kangaroos, Horton --- “Horton Hears a Who - Biggest Blame Fool” , “Egg Nest and Tree”
May 10th 12-2:30pm - ALL Cast --- Review Dance Numbers in Show order, “Solla Sollew” 2-4pm - Cat in the Hat, Bird Girls, Wickershams, Mayzie, Sour Kangaroos, Horton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Facebook Group
We have a private Seussical Homeschool Facebook group specifically for our Cast and Parents. This is a great way to get info, share pics, set up car pools, and bond! There are some great videos to practice with as well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Dates to Remember May 3 - Bios Due and Makeup Headshots (during rehearsal) May 17 - Ticket Fees Due TBD - All-Cast/Parent Meeting June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- Tech Week Begins
Encore Food Drive In support of El Camino College Community's Child Volunteer Center, Encore is joining Torrance Leadership and we have placed a box in the lobby for donations. Let's fill it up!! Please see the attached flyer for more information. Everything will be donated on May 25.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bios Due - May 3 Every cast member is asked to submit a short bio that lets the audience know a little bit about them. There is no charge and we want every cast member to have one. Requirements:
Use 50 words or less
Speak in the 3rd person ( no "I" Statements) - Use student's name/he/she/they.
Include age or Adult if over 21.
Name is in bold, character title(s) are in Italics
PLEASE put "Student Name" Seussical Homeschool Bio in the Subject Line
Please paste the bio into the body of the email -- instead of an attachment
EXAMPLE: Susan Marks- 10 (Little Red Riding Hood) This is Susan's third Encore production. Some of her favorite past roles include Sally (Charlie Brown) and Orphan (Oliver). Susan sings with the San Pedro Choir and plays on her school soccer team. In her spare time she loves to paint and jump rope. She hopes you enjoy the show! (50 words, exactly!)
Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 Encore's 11th Annual Spaghetti Dinner will be Sunday June 3rd. Come out for a fun dinner, talent show, and showcase of 2017-2018 performances!! It's a great evening spent with all of your friends. Click here to buy your tickets and attached is more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rehearsal Schedule April 19th 12-2pm - ALL Cast Review Dance Numbers in show order, and VOCALS with Anna (12-1pm) Vocals: Review Songs, “People Vs Horton” “Biggest Blame Fool”(All Cast), Dance: “Biggest Blame Fool”, Begin “It’s Possible” (All CAST except Horton, 1 on 1 vocals with Anna) 2-4pm - Bird Girls, Mayzie, Horton, Jojo, Mr. Mayor, - Dancing w/Emma - Biggest Blame Fool, All Bird Girl Choreo, - Vocals w/Anna (Alone in the Universe, Solla Sollew, Amayzing Mayzie, All Bird Girl Songs, “How to Raise a Child”)
April 26th 2:30-4pm All Cast Vocals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Facebook Group
We have a private Seussical Homeschool Facebook group specifically for our Cast and Parents. This is a great way to get info, share pics, set up car pools, and bond! There are some great videos to practice with as well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Dates to Remember May 3 - Bios Due and Makeup Headshots(during rehearsal) May 17 - Ticket Fees Due TBD - All-Cast/Parent Meeting June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- Tech Week Begins
Will you joining us for Spaghetti Dinner this year? We hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Headshots Headshots are this week during rehearsal. It is a picture from the chest up that will be on the wall during your performances. You do not need to dress up, or do your hair differently but you are welcome to if you like, please just make sure you are still able to rehearse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 Encore's 11th Annual Spaghetti Dinner will be Sunday June 3rd. Come out for a fun dinner, talent show, and showcase of 2017-2018 performances!! It's a great evening spent with all of your friends. Click here to buy your tickets and attached is more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rehearsal Schedule
April 12th 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, “Solla-Sollew”, “How Lucky You Are” 2-4pm - Wickershams, Horton, Mayzie, “Monkey Around” “Mayzie’s How Lucky You Are (1&2)”, “Amayzing Horton”
April 19th 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, “Chasing the Whos/How Lucky You Are” 2-4pm - Bird Girls, Mayzie, Wickershams, Horton
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We have a private Seussical Homeschool Facebook group specifically for our Cast and Parents. This is a great way to get info, share pics, set up car pools, and bond! There are some great videos to practice with as well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Dates to Remember April 12 - Headshots (during rehearsal) May 3 - Bios Due and Makeup Headshots(during rehearsal) May 17- Ticket Fees Due TBD - All-Cast/Parent Meeting June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- Tech Week Begins -- ENCORE Staff ENCORE South Bay
Everyone is doing a great job at rehearsals!! Don't forget to keep practicing your lines and songs to get off book soon!! See you all in a couple days!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spaghetti Dinner - Sun. June 3 Encore's 11th Annual Spaghetti Dinner will be Sunday June 3rd. Come out for a fun dinner, talent show, and showcase of 2017-2018 performances!! It's a great evening spent with all of your friends. Click here to buy your tickets and attached is more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rehearsal Schedule March 29th 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, “It’s Possible” 2-4pm - Bird Girls, Mayzie, Gertrude, WHO Family(Jojo, Mr & Mrs. Mayor) “Amayzing Mayzie/Gertrude”, “How to Raise a Child”
Plan Ahead April 5th 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, “Solla-Sollew” Vocals, 2-4pm - Bird Girls, Mayzie, Wickershams, Horton, “Amayzing Mayzie/Gertrude”, “Monkey Around/“Chasing the Whos”
April 12th Headshots 12-2pm - ALL Cast, Review Dance Numbers, “Solla-Sollew”, “How Lucky You Are” 2-4pm - Wickershams, Horton, Mayzie, “Monkey Around” “Mayzie’s How Lucky You Are (1&2)”, “Amayzing Horton” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Facebook Group
We have a privateSeussical Homeschool Facebook group specifically for our Cast and Parents. This is a great way to get info, share pics, set up car pools, and bond! There are some great videos to practice with as well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming Dates to Remember
March 29 - Costume Fittings(during rehearsal) April 12 - Headshots (during rehearsal) May 3 - Bios Due and Makeup Headshots(during rehearsal) May 17- Ticket Fees Due TBD - All-Cast/Parent Meeting June 3 - ENCORE Spaghetti Dinner & Talent Show (Buy Tickets Here) June 4- Tech Week Begins
More upcoming information will be coming tomorrow, but your schedule for this week is March 22 12 - 2pm - ALL Cast “Here on Who”, “It’s Possible”, “Chasing the Whos” 2 - 4pm - Jojo, Mr. & Mrs. Mayor, Cat, Bird Girls, Mayzie, Gertrude, Horton