IMPORTANT NOTE!!!

Please note...the musical performance is scheduled for 5:00 PM on Sunday, March 22. The bulletin and the church website have been listing it as 6:30 which is incorrect. Please tell everyone that you think may be planning to come!!! Sorry about the confusion!

Saturday, the kids will need to report for dress rehearsal at 9:00 am. Please be prompt so that Sherry can get started right away. I will be a bit late due to another commitment. Practice will last until 12 noon. Please dress in the outfit that you will be wearing for our Sunday performance. For more information on costumes, please refer to my previous posts.

For Saturday, we will take a short break sometime in the middle of rehearsal. Please send a small snack and drink with your child for this break. We are hoping that it will be nice enough to let them go outside and get some fresh air while having their snack.

On Sunday, the children will need to meet in the worship center at 3:30 for a run-through before our performance.

If I have forgotten anything, I will update later...make sure the kids are still practicing their lines!!! Please feel free to email me with any questions!

Have a great week!

More Important Info. about next Sunday Morning and Costumes!!!

Hello everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! I have some information about costumes and props as well as info about singing in church services next Sunday morning.

The entire cast and choir has been invited to sing in the 9:30 blended service in the auditorium as well as the 11:00 traditional service in the chapel. We will be singing "Come As You Are" and "He's Alive" along with a worship song with Drew in the 9:30 service and "Lazarus Come Out" in the 11:00. Please bring your children to the worship center at 8:30 Sunday morning for rehearsal. They will need to meet back stage in the choir room (101) at 9:15. We will make sure that everyone gets to their classrooms after our performance. Then we will meet in the hallway to the left of the chapel at 10:40 to line up. We will open the service with our song and then the kids will be dismissed to parents or taken back to their classes.

We still need several of our props. We have the lab coat, graduation gown, gavel, and bucket. If you have any of the other items mentioned in the last post, we would appreciate any help with that!

As for costumes. The biblical characters will have costumes provided during their scene. During the other parts of the musical, they will be "jury members". Everyone who is in the choir (except for bailiff, judge, lawyers, reporters and Simon) need to dress in "business casual" attire for the musical. We suggest polo shirts or button up shirts for the boys with khakis or dress pants. We prefer no jeans. Ladies may wear a casual dress, skirt, or dress pants and a nice blouse or sweater. Please make sure that shoes have backs on them and do not slip off easy as we will be moving around a lot. Please wear your performance attire to our dress rehearsal on Saturday.

Judge - button up white or light colored shirt with dark pants.

Bailiff - dark colored pants and a light blue or white button up shirt (long or short sleeved is fine)

Lawyers - pencil skirt or slacks with a nice blouse or blazer if you have one.

Reporters - skirt/slacks and blouse or blazer if you have one or a simple dress.

Simon - we will provide a biblical costume. Please wear shorts and a short sleeved shirt for under and sandals.

Keep an eye on the blog this week for updates when I have them. As always, if you have questions, please feel free to send me an email! Enjoy your week!

Important Choir Info!!!

Hello everyone! Our musical is less than 3 weeks away, now. Please remember that beginning this Sunday, March 8, we will meet at 4:00 PM in the Worship Center. We will still practice until 6.

We have been having some issues with memorization the last couple of weeks. I talked to the kids that need to work extra hard this week to get their lines down. A lot of times it isn't that they don't know the lines, it's that they don't know WHEN to say them. Please have them work on their parts as much as possible in the next couple of weeks. We also discussed the importance of memorizing the lines as they are written to keep with the story line and help with cues for the other actors.

We also need the kids to really focus on the words to the songs while they are listening to the CDs. Have them listen as well as follow along with their folders so they can get the words down.

Since we need the kids to practice the songs and speaking parts extra hard this week, we will not be doing a memory verse from here on out.

On Sunday, March 15, we will be performing some selections from our show during some of the morning worship services. Details will follow as soon as we have them finalized.

We are looking for the following props to use for our musical. If you have any of these items that you would be willing to lend us, we would be very grateful. Please email me asap if you can help!

Judges gavel

Black graduation gown

Fishing hat w/lures

Fishing poles (3 – 4) w/no hooks or line

Police Badge and/or patches

Briefcase

Leather folder(s) or binders

5 gallon bucket (1 or2)

White lab coat

If you have any questions about upcoming rehearsals, please don't hesitate to email me. Have a great week and we'll see you all on Sunday!!!