Showtime is nearly here, you’ve been emailed this information, but I have posted it here for your convenience too!

Enjoy the show!

We Will Rock You Important Information

The show is almost here and so there are some last bits of information that I need to get to you.  Please digest this and if you have any queries, please contact me immediately.

• Hair for all girls in the show is in to be in two neat French plaits.  For pupils in baby ballet that have very short hair, please put your child’s hair in two pigtail plaits or two bunches if it’s extremely short.  Under no circumstances should there be any fringes on show, if your child has a fringe, it must be sprayed and gripped back.   Hair ties should match the colour of the child’s hair and not the colour of the costume.
• Make up.  On stage it is very important to wear the correct make up.  The make up for all girls is foundation (a shade darker for stage), blue eye shadow for pupils below grade 2 and brown eye shadow for all pupils above, mascara, eye liner, blusher and BRIGHT RED lipstick. If anyone is unsure how to apply the make up, please ask me.  I know that some pupils are only as young as two years old, but it is necessary for everyone to wear stage make up.  When the bright lights are shining on them, their features diminish and they look as white as a sheet, so wearing stage make up is as important as wearing a costume.

• Everyone is required to attend the dress rehearsal at the theatre on the 4^th of July.  Please make sure that you are there from 5:00pm and provide your child with food and plenty of water (No Chocolate or anything that can spoil costumes!) Books and games are a good idea to bring with the younger pupils to ensure they don’t get bored.  Parents of baby ballet are allowed to stay in the dressing room with their child.  All other parents, except for those who have volunteered to help, will have to leave the building.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a proper show, full stage make up and correct hair and costumes are to be worn. No parents will be allowed to watch the dress rehearsal.
• The above bullet point is EXTREMELY important, as the videographer is filming the dress rehearsal as well to get different camera angles filmed, which will then be edited with the live performance.  If there are differences, they will not be able to use the dress rehearsal footage, so hair, make up and costumes must be exactly the same for the dress rehearsal as they are for the performance.  The videographer will also be filming backstage, for the backstage footage on the DVD.
• Please be patient with collection times, it is very difficult to set a collection time, baby ballet parents can collect their children as soon as they have finished, but they MUST be signed out.  Primary ballet, tap and modern pupils should be finished by approximately 8pm so please be at the theatre from then.  The rest of the cast will be finished by approximately 9pm, so parents can arrive at the theatre from then.
• For all three dates at the theatre, a strict sign in/sign out procedure is to be followed.  There will be someone upstairs to sign your child in and out.  It is extremely important that your child is signed in and signed out.  The theatre has asked that when collecting your child after the performances, can only one adult wait upstairs to sign your child out.  All other family and friends are to wait downstairs; otherwise it will become extremely congested upstairs.

Please arrive at the theatre at 6pm with hair and make up already done on the days of the performance (5^th and 6^th of July)

• Pupils that are only in the first act are allowed to be collected in the interval and NOT beforehand.  If your child needs to stay for the 2^nd act, please let me know, so that I can make sure that helpers are allocated in that dressing room for the 2^nd act as well.  If you would like your child to watch the 2^nd act, the theatre has informed me that a ticket MUST be purchased for that child.  If no ticket has been purchased, the child will not be able to watch. This is a theatre rule, not a Silhouette rule. These are all for fire and safety reasons.

• The theatre will also not allow any photos or videos to be taken.  I have organised and have permission for a professional company to come in to video the show.  The quality of these DVDs are superb.  Order forms will be handed out in class, please get this back to me ASAP with your payment.

Other Important Information

• Please bring your own hair things with you, even if someone is doing your hair for you (comb, brush, hairspray, grips)
• A dancers hair and make up kit should contain plenty of Kirby grips the same colour as the dancers hair and hair bands the same colour as the dancers hair.  (It is also a good idea not to wash your child’s hair the day of or the day before the show, if it is too shiny, clean and flyaway, it is likely to look messier quicker, in this instance, dirty and greasy hair is our friend as it is easier to style and will stay in it’s hair style for the duration of the show!)
• Please bring your own make up with you (As listed Above).
• No underwear to be worn under any costumes, there is nothing worse than seeing knickers hanging out of the bottom of beautiful costumes or bra straps hanging down, you wouldn’t wear underwear under a swimming costume, so it is the same for a dance costume (older pupils please discuss with me, it will depend on costume).
• If your costume requires white socks, please make sure these are plain with no patterns (ballet socks)

• Please remember NO JEWELLERY of any description or nail varnish is to be worn on stage unless it has been set as part of your costume.
• Please make sure that all costumes and footwear are named in a place not visible to the audience.

• Please make sure that children are familiar with their own running order.  It is your responsibility

to provide your child with their costume change sheets, so that the helpers in the dressing rooms can see what costume each child has to get changed into next.  It’s impossible for the helpers to remember every costumes change, so these sheets are as important as remembering their costumes.  You don’t want to be in the audience to watch your child and they don’t make it on stage because they weren’t changed in time, so please ensure you provide these sheets.  They will need to set their costumes in the order that they need to get changed.  Please let them know that as soon as they come off from one number they should automatically get changed into the next costume, even if it isn’t a quick costume change.  When waiting backstage, the dance school hoodie should be worn over the costume, to protect the costume.  Please make sure that the hoodie has been washed once beforehand to ensure we don’t get ‘fluff’ on the costumes.

• Pupils are to arrive at the theatre in full make up with hair already done, wearing the dance school hoodie.  (So that they can be unzipped, rather than going over the head to mess up hair and make up.)
• Please make sure that all footwear is clean and tap shoes have been polished if necessary.
• The drawstring on the ballet shoes should be tied in a bow and tucked INSIDE the ballet shoes for ALL dances from baby ballet upwards.
• Tights should have no holes or ladders in.
• Other than pupils who are only in Act 1 and are leaving in the interval and pupils that are selling programmes, NO ONE including adult performers is permitted to leave their dressing rooms to speak to members of the audience in the interval.  I strive to put on the most professional show that we can and it is extremely unprofessional to be talking to the audience in costume; it spoils the surprise and makes the production amateur.  Even if you get changed into outdoor clothing, you must remain backstage.  There are toilets backstage and you can bring drinks and snacks with you.  This is very important.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a live performance – anyone who is only in the first act of the show, is permitted to leave at the interval and no other time.  Once the show starts, no one other than the helpers are allowed backstage, you are not allowed backstage during the show.  The only time you may go backstage is to collect your child in the interval.  (Please note that if your child is watching the 2^nd half, please collect them from their dressing room in the interval and sign them out.)
• If you are watching, then you may only leave the auditorium in the interval; it is a professional show we are putting on and is distracting for the performers if people are getting up during the show.  This applies to parents of children who are only dancing in Act 1 of the show, you are free to take them home during the interval so that it doesn’t distract the show and remember they must be signed out.

• On the dress rehearsal day, please arrive at 5:00pm and go straight to the auditorium to sign in and be given a health and safety briefing and instructions from myself as to what dressing room your child is in.

• If you haven’t purchased your tickets, these can be purchased from the box office.  The telephone number is 01634 338338 or you can go online @ www.medwayticketslive.co.uk and then go to the show ‘We Will Rock You’.   There are still over half of the seats available for the Tuesday night, which is extremely disappointing.  If the dancers are performing to an empty theatre, it loses the excitement and if a performer knows that they don’t have anyone watching them, it can lose the magic for them.  Please spread the word to your friends and family, otherwise on going, we may only be able to do one performance.

• Dancing lessons on Thursday 7^th and Friday 8^th  July will not go ahead; the children will be exhausted by this point after being at the theatre three nights on the trot! Normal lessons will be on Saturday 9^th of July and shall continue as normal from the following week.

• Please make sure that your child knows the words for the chorus of We are The Champions and that they have been practising singing loudly!!

• If anyone is unsure how to get to the theatre, the address is below and can be put into a website like multimap or route finder.

The Brook Theatre
Old Town Hall
Chatham
Kent ME4 4SE

Please note that the Brook Theatre is the theatre opposite the bus station for the Pentagon shopping centre and not the Central Theatre on the High Street.

Helpers

Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to help backstage, you have been designated a dressing room, please see that attached sheet, some people will have been allocated jobs such as helping with props or being runners, but if you haven’t been informed of that you will simply be responsible for making sure that everyone in your dressing room makes their costume changes.  There will be lists in the dressing rooms that will have everyone who is in your dressing room and what dances they are in.  Every child shall be bringing their own costume list, so you know the costume changes for each dancer.

Before the show starts you should make sure that every child in your dressing room isn’t wearing any jewellery or nail varnish, that their hair is neat and tidy with the hair bands matching the colour of their hair and that they are wearing enough make up.  Please make sure that before your child is taken to the wings ready for their dance that you give every child a final check:

• All pupils are looking neat and tidy and wearing the correct costumes and footwear (we had a child go on for a dance in the last show that was supposed to have bare feet but went on stage with her school shoes on, so please make sure they have taken their shoes off!)
• Give the costume one last check (If they’re wearing T-Shirts or anything that is tucked in, please make sure that they are not hanging out and that they’re tucked in.)
• All laces for shoes are done up neatly.
• Drawstrings for ballet shoes are tucked in.
• They’re wearing a smile!!!

Can all helpers please try and keep the noise in the changing rooms to as low as possible.  I understand that there will be lots of excited children to control, but the noise travels into the auditorium and we don’t want anything to distract from the performance.  Please also make sure that children stay in their dressing rooms.  Last show we had some pupils running up and down the corridor and up and down the stairs.  We need these areas to be kept clear as some pupils have very quick costume changes and we also need the children to save their energy, as three shows in one week is going to tiring (and extremely rewarding!)

Thanks you helpers, the show would not be able to go ahead without you!

I would like to thank everyone for their support during the past few weeks, I know it is a pain having extra rehearsals, but hopefully it will all be very worthwhile and the children will thoroughly enjoy it.  I’m sure they’ll love watching the DVD and seeing what they actually looked like!

If you have any questions about anything on this letter or anything not mentioned, please contact me immediately.

I’m sorry to overload you with information, but getting all of these information to you will hopefully translate into an amazing show!!

The most important thing is for everyone performing to smile and enjoy themselves which will hopefully make you, the audience also enjoy yourselves, I certainly hope that everyone does!

Many Thanks and Enjoy the Show!

Miss Louise 

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I have included below a list of costumes for the show so that you can always find it here for your reference!

Costumes 

Bye Bye Blackbird

Black High Neck Leotard £18

Skirt £7.50 Hire Charge

Tan New Yorkers

Fishnet Tights

One Short Day

Witch costumes with witch hats for girls and wizard costumes with hats for boys

Black Jazz Shoes

My Boy Lollipop

Sweet Leotard £15

Yellow Shirt £15

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Part of Your World

Kingfisher Leotard £5 Hire Charge

Tu Tu Skirt £7.50 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Fireworks

Blue Class Leotards (please make sure these are not very faded and are bright royal blue)

Tu Tu Skirt £18

Bare Feet

Show me the Money

Camouflage Theme

Jungle Rhythm

Animal Tabard £22

Bare Feet

No Light, No Light

Black Leotard £28

Black Leggings

Almost There

Green Leotard Girls £16.50

Green and White Skirt Girls £5 Hire Charge

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Toby – Green T-Shirt, Green/White Shorts, socks, tap shoes

A Whole New World

Jasmine Cat suit  £28.95

Bare Feet

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Wiggly Woo

Flower Tutu £29.95

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with Elastics

9 to 5

High Collared White Shirt

Black Tie on Elastic

Black Knee Length Skirt

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Somewhere over the Rainbow                   

White Leotard Dress with rainbow sleeve £28.95

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Respect

Dungaree Jump Suits £29.95

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Magic

Crop Top and Tutu Skirt £29.95

Bare Feet

Fix You

Lace Top and Skirt £20 Hire Charge

Convertible Ballet Tights

Bare Feet

Turn Down for What

Anything in the colours orange and black

Black Trainers

Allegretto

Bless Dress £25 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Calamine Pointe Shoes

Chandelier

Silver Leotard £20

Black Culottes £18.50

Bare Feet

Harry Potter Hedwig’s

Green Tu Tu £32

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Like I Love You

Mesh Top £15

Hot Pants £10

Sequin Hat £7.50

Fishnet Tights

Tap Shoes

Entry of the Gladiators

Clown Costumes

Pitch Perfect

Sequin Leotards £27

Black Jazz Pants

Black Socks

Black Tap Shoes

The Nutcracker

Green Tu Tu £29.95

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Footloose

Black Leotard £15

Orange Skirt and Neckerchief £16

White Ballet Socks

Black Jazz Shoes

A Thousand Years

Black Tu Tu £25 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Sing, Sing, Sing

Flapper Dresses and hair accessory £28

Tan Tights

White Tap Shoes

Carmen Hab Ebarmen

Red Tu Tu £32

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Dance With Me Tonight

Polka Dot Dress £28

White Ballet Socks

Black Jazz Shoes

Be Right There

Black Ripped Jeans, Black Vest Tops, White T-Shirts customised, White Glow trainers, black/white shirts tied round waist.

On Any Street

Black Tailcoat £25

Red Leotard £12

Top Hat £5

Bow Tie £2

Feather Bower £4

Tan Tights

Tap Shoes

FINALE

We Will Rock You the Musical themed costumes (black, red’s tartans etc)

Black Jazz Shoes

I have highlighted in red all the costumes that you need to buy from me.  Everything that has a price next to it, needs to be paid immediately.  If you are required to wear part of your uniform for the dance, it will be assumed that unless that I hear otherwise that you have these items (tights, leotards, socks, shoes etc).  If you do not have these items, please order them from me straight away to ensure they arrive on time. We will only be accepting costume payment by cash due to bounced cheques last show.  Online payments can also not be made as we do not have the time to reconcile the payment.  Cash in a sealed envelope with a breakdown on the front of what you are paying for, is the only payment method we can accept, as we will have cleared funds and can then hand out the costumes straight away, other payment methods delay the handover procedure, which we do not have time for.  Costumes will not be handed out until full payment is received, so please hand money in immediately, to ensure you receive your costumes by the time of the first dress rehearsal at the community centre.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Summer Performance, Mock Exam and Exam Schedule

Sunday 21^st June Exam practise – Snodland Community Centre

Times as below

Cost £3 if taking one exam, £4 if taking two exams, £5 if taking 3 exams

10am-10:30am Primary Tap

10:30 – 11am Primary Ballet

11am- 11:30am Primary Modern

11:30-12:00pm Grade 1 Ballet

12:00-12:30pm Grade 1 Tap

12:30- 1:00pm Grade 1 Modern

1:00-1:30pm Grade 3 Ballet

1:30-2:00pm Grade 3 Tap

2:00-2:30pm Grade 4 Modern

2:30-3:00pm Grade 5 Modern

Tuesday 23^rd June – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Snodland Carnival Rehearsals – We are performing the Lion King Dance, so everyone who performed at The Royal Albert Hall is required to attend.

Thursday 6pm street dance will also be doing a routine, so if your child attends that class, they will be required to attend as well.

Tuesday 23^rd June – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Dress rehearsal Snodland Carnival (you are only required to wear costumes if you are in the street dance too, so I can check everyone’s costumes.

Saturday 4^th July

Snodland Carnival – Performance time 3:30pm, so please arrive by 2:45pm with your costume from the Royal Albert Hall and hair in two buns.

Street dance pupils, please wear your dance school hoodies for the street dance over the top of your costume.

Sunday 5^th July Mock Exam– Snodland Community Centre

Times as below

Cost £3 if taking one exam, £4 if taking two exams, £5 if taking 3 exams

10am-10:30am Primary Tap

10:30 – 11am Primary Ballet

11am- 11:30am Primary Modern

11:30-12:00pm Grade 1 Ballet

12:00-12:30pm Grade 1 Tap

12:30- 1:00pm Grade 1 Modern

1:00-1:30pm Grade 3 Ballet

1:30-2:00pm Grade 3 Tap

2:00-2:30pm Grade 4 Modern

2:30-3:00pm Grade 5 Modern

Tuesday 7^th July

ISTD Ballet Exams – See attached timetable for your child’s time.

Tuesday 14^th July – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Grain Carnival rehearsals – same routines as Snodland Carnival, awaiting performance times.

Saturday 18^th July

Grain Carnival – Will update times as soon as I have them from the organisers.

Sunday 19^th July

ISTD Tap and Modern Exams, please see attached timetable.

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I wanted to make sure that you could all read the final bits of important information for the show, so please find below the information which will also be emailed to you, so that you are 100% sure the plans for show week.

As always please let me know if you are unsure of anything, not long to go now!

Miss Louise

Dance into Spring Important Information

Dance into Spring

The show is almost here and so there are some last bits of information that I need to get to you.  Please digest this and if you have any queries, please contact me immediately.

• Hair for all girls in the show is in to be in two neat French plaits.  For pupils in baby ballet that have very short hair, please put your child’s hair in two pigtail plaits or two bunches if it’s extremely short.  Under no circumstances should there be any fringes on show, if your child has a fringe, it must be sprayed and gripped back.   Hair ties should match the colour of the child’s hair and not the colour of the costume.
• Make up.  On stage it is very important to wear the correct make up.  The make up for all girls is foundation (a shade darker for stage), blue eye shadow for pupils below grade 2 and brown eye shadow for all pupils above, mascara, eye liner, blusher and BRIGHT RED lipstick. If anyone is unsure how to apply the make up, please ask me.  I know that some pupils are only as young as two years old, but it is necessary for everyone to wear stage make up.  When the bright lights are shining on them, the features diminish and they look as white as a sheet, so wearing stage make up is as important as wearing a costume.

• Everyone is required to attend the dress rehearsal at the theatre on the 28^th of April.  Please make sure that you are there from 5:00pm and provide your child with food and plenty of water (No Chocolate or anything that can spoil costumes!) Books and games are a good idea to bring with the younger pupils to ensure they don’t get bored.  Parents of baby ballet are allowed to stay in the dressing room with their child.  All other parents, except for those who have volunteered to help, will have to leave the building.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a proper show, full stage make up and correct hair and costumes are to be worn. No parents will be allowed to watch the dress rehearsal.
• The above bullet point is EXTREMELY important, as the videographer is filming the dress rehearsal as well to get different camera angles filmed, which will then be edited with the live performance.  If there are differences, they will not be able to use the dress rehearsal footage, so hair, make up and costumes must be exactly the same for the dress rehearsal as they are for the performance.  The videographer will also be filming backstage, for the backstage footage on the DVD.
• Please be patient with collection times, it is very difficult to set a collection time, baby ballet parents can collect their children as soon as they have finished, but they MUST be signed out.  Primary ballet, tap and modern pupils should be finished by approximately 8pm so please be at the theatre from then.  The rest of the cast will be finished by approximately 9pm, so parents can arrive at the theatre from then.
• For all three dates at the theatre, a strict sign in/sign out procedure is to be followed.  There will be someone upstairs to sign your child in and out.  It is extremely important that your child is signed in and signed out.  The theatre has asked that when collecting your child after the performances, can only one adult wait upstairs to sign your child out.  All other family and friends are to wait downstairs; otherwise it will become extremely congested upstairs.

Please arrive at the theatre at 6pm with hair and make up already done on the days of the performance (29^th and 30^th April)

• Pupils that are only in the first act are allowed to be collected in the interval and NOT beforehand.  If your child needs to stay for the 2^nd act, please let me know, so that I can make sure that helpers are allocated in that dressing room for the 2^nd act as well.  If you would like your child to watch the 2^nd act, the theatre has informed me that a ticket MUST be purchased for that child.  If no ticket has been purchased, the child will not be able to watch. This is a theatre rule, not a Silhouette rule. These are all for fire and safety reasons.

• The theatre will also not allow any photos or videos to be taken.  I have organised and have permission for a professional company to come in to video the show.  The quality of these DVDs are superb.  Order forms will be handed out in class, please get this back to me ASAP with your payment.

Other Important Information

• Please bring your own hair things with you, even if someone is doing your hair for you (comb, brush, hairspray, grips)
• A dancers hair and make up kit should contain plenty of Kirby grips the same colour as the dancers hair and hair bands the same colour as the dancers hair.  ( It is also a good idea not to wash your child’s hair the day of or the day before the show, if it is too shiny, clean and flyaway, it is likely to look messier quicker, in this instance, dirty and greasy hair is our friend as it is easier to style and will stay in it’s hair style for the duration of the show!)
• Please bring your own make up with you (As listed Above).
• No underwear to be worn under any costumes, there is nothing worse than seeing knickers hanging out of the bottom of beautiful costumes or bra straps hanging down, you wouldn’t wear underwear under a swimming costume, so it is the same for a dance costume (older pupils please discuss with me, will depend on costume).
• If your costume requires white socks, please make sure these are plain with no patterns (ballet socks)

• Please remember NO JEWELLERY of any description or nail varnish is to be worn on stage unless it has been set as part of your costume.
• Please make sure that all costumes and footwear are named in a place not visible to the audience.

• Elastics on Michael Jackson hats must be flesh coloured elastic or white colour with foundation on to make it look like they don’t have elastic on them.
• “Roxanne” Chokers must have been altered so that they are tight and not hanging down like necklaces.
• “Living Doll” sleeves are to be sewn onto the body of the dress so that the sleeves do not fall down.
• When packing your child’s bag for the theatre, please remember their props.  Pupils in “Read All About It” will need a different newspaper for each performance, so please make sure that they have plenty with them.
• Pupils in Stomp will be given their bins to take home on the last lesson before the show.   It is important that they make sure that they fill the bins with items that will make it heavy enough so that when they kick the bins they do not move but light enough for them to carry,
• Please make sure that you have removed the label from the Land of Hope and Glory Flag.
• Please make sure that children are familiar with their own running order.  They will need to set their costumes in the order that they need to get changed.  Please let them know that as soon as they come off from one number they should automatically get changed into the next costume, even if it isn’t a quick costume change.  When waiting backstage, the dance school hoodie should be worn over the costume, to protect the costume.  Please make sure that the hoodie has been washed once beforehand to ensure we don’t get ‘fluff’ on the costumes.
• Pupils are to arrive at the theatre in full make up with hair already done, wearing the dance school hoodie.  (So that they can be unzipped, rather than going over the head to mess up hair and make up.)
• Please make sure that all footwear is clean and tap shoes have been polished if necessary.
• The drawstring on the ballet shoes should be tied in a bow and tucked INSIDE the ballet shoes for ALL dances from baby ballet upwards.
• Tights should have no holes or ladders in.
• Other than pupils who are only in Act 1 and are leaving in the interval and pupils that are selling programmes, NO ONE including adult performers is permitted to leave their dressing rooms to speak to members of the audience in the interval.  I strive to put on the most professional show that we can and it is extremely unprofessional to be talking to the audience in costume; it spoils the surprise and makes the production amateur.  Even if you get changed into outdoor clothing, you must remain backstage.  There are toilets backstage and you can bring drinks and snacks with you.  This is very important.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a live performance – anyone who is only in the first act of the show, is permitted to leave at the interval and no other time.  Once the show starts, no one other than the helpers are allowed backstage, you are not allowed backstage during the show.  The only time you may go backstage is to collect your child in the interval.  (Please note that if your child is watching the 2^nd half, please collect them from their dressing room in the interval and sign them out.)
• If you are watching, then you may only leave the auditorium in the interval; it is a professional show we are putting on and is distracting for the performers if people are getting up during the show.  This applies to parents of children who are only dancing in Act 1 of the show, you are free to take them home during the interval so that it doesn’t distract the show and remember they must be signed out.

• On the dress rehearsal day, please arrive at 5:00pm and go straight to the auditorium to sign in and be given a health and safety briefing and instructions from myself as to what dressing room your child is in.

• More helpers are still required; please write your name down on the board if you can help out backstage.

• If you haven’t purchased your tickets, these can be purchased from the box office.  The telephone number is 01634 338338 or you can go online @ www.medwayticketslive.co.uk and then go to the show ‘Dance into Spring’.

• Dancing lessons on Thursday 1^st and Friday 2^nd May will not go ahead; the children will be exhausted by this point after being at the theatre three nights on the trot! Normal lessons will be on Saturday 3^rd of May and shall continue as normal from the following week.

• Please make sure that your child knows the words for Land of Hope and Glory and that they have been practising singing loudly!!

• If anyone is unsure how to get to the theatre, the address is below and can be put into a website like multimap or route finder.

The Brook Theatre
Old Town Hall
Chatham
Kent ME4 4SE

Please note that the Brook Theatre is the theatre opposite the bus station for the Pentagon shopping centre and not the Central Theatre on the High Street.

Helpers

Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to help backstage, you have been designated a dressing room, please see that attached sheet, some people will have been allocated jobs such as helping with props or being runners, but if you haven’t been informed of that you will simply be responsible for making sure that everyone in your dressing room makes their costume changes.  There will be lists in the dressing rooms that will have everyone who is in your dressing room, what dances they are in and their costume changes for every child in your dressing room.  Before the show starts you should make sure that every child in your dressing room isn’t wearing any jewellery or nail varnish, that their hair is neat and tidy with the hair bands matching the colour of their hair and that they are wearing enough make up.  Please make sure that before your child is taken to the wings ready for their dance that you give every child a final check:

• All pupils are looking neat and tidy and wearing the correct costumes and footwear (we had a child go on for a dance in the last show that was supposed to have bare feet but went on stage with her school shoes on, so please make sure they have taken their shoes off!)
• Give the costume one last check (If they’re wearing T-Shirts or anything that is tucked in, please make sure that they are not hanging out and that they’re tucked in.)  Braces should be firmly fastened; we don’t want any pinging off in the performance.
• All laces for shoes are done up neatly.
• Drawstrings for ballet shoes are tucked in.
• They’re wearing a smile!!!

Can all helpers please try and keep the noise in the changing rooms to as low as possible.  I understand that there will be lots of excited children to control, but the noise travels into the auditorium and we don’t want anything to distract from the performance.  Please also make sure that children stay in their dressing rooms.  Last show we had some pupils running up and down the corridor and up and down the stairs.  We need these areas to be kept clear as some pupils have very quick costume changes and we also need the children to save their energy, as three shows in one week is going to tiring (and extremely rewarding!)

Thanks you helpers, the show would not be able to go ahead without you!

I would like to thank everyone for their support during the past few weeks, I know it is a pain having extra rehearsals, but hopefully it will all be very worthwhile and the children will thoroughly enjoy it.  I’m sure they’ll love watching the DVD and seeing what they actually looked like!

If you have any questions about anything on this letter or anything not mentioned, please contact me on 01732 870928.  This letter has also been posted to the website for your reference.

I’m sorry to overload you with information, but getting all of these information to you will hopefully translate into an amazing show!!

The most important thing is for everyone performing to smile and enjoy themselves which will hopefully make you, the audience also enjoy yourselves, I certainly hope that everyone does!

Many Thanks and Enjoy the Show!

Miss Louise

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I have included the information that was sent out regarding the show, so that you can check the website at any time.

As always, please contact Miss Louise if you have any questions.

I am pleased to announce that the Box Office is now open, so you may now purchase your tickets for the forthcoming show “Dance into Spring” at The Brook Theatre, Chatham on the 29th and 30th of April.  Please use the following link to buy your tickets.

http://medwayticketslive.co.uk/

Tickets are purchased through The Brook Theatre Box Office and I have no control over who purchases these tickets, it is also on sale to the general public.  Last years show was a sell out on both nights and I had some families who thought that they could purchase tickets on the night.  You can do so if there are still tickets available, but once they are gone, they are gone and there is nothing I can do to magic more seats, so please book early to avoid disappointment.  Whilst we are discussing tickets, all of the younger pupils in the school are only performing in Act 1 of the show, so that it is not too much of a late night for them.  However, if you wanted them to watch the 2^nd Act of the show, you would need to purchase a ticket for them.  This is a theatre rule for health and safety reasons, so please bare this is mind when purchasing your tickets.  To clarify, if your child is only performing in Act 1 and you would like them to watch the older pupils perform in Act 2, you will need to purchase a ticket for them for the second act.  Of course you are welcome to leave them backstage.  I just wanted to inform you before you purchase your tickets.

There will however not be a professional and successful show unless we all pay careful attention to all of the information listed below:

•      Date of show – I am still having parents and pupils ask me when the show is!!!!! Please write this in your diaries with the timings.  The dress rehearsal is 6:30pm on Monday 28th April at The Brook Theatre Chatham.  Please arrive for 5:00pm. (Secondary school pupils please arrive as quick as you can.) The show dates are the 29th and 30th of April at 7:30pm.   Please arrive at The Brook Theatre for 6:00pm.

• Hair will be in two French plaits throughout the performance as it was the last show, so please start practicing those or making arrangements for someone to do them if you can’t do them yourselves.
• Please make sure you know the times of the Tuesday nights rehearsals as they change from week to week now (the rehearsals now take place at Snodland Community Centre, as per the email sent out in October last year.

All rehearsals below take place on Tuesdays at Snodland Community Centre.

Tuesday 25^th February 5:45-6:45pm                         All in Finale

Tuesday 4^th March 5:45-6:45pm                                All in Finale     (including adult tappers)

Tuesday 11^th March   5:45-7:15pm                       Act 1 Run Through

Tuesday 18^th March   5:45-7:15pm                           Act 2 Run Through

Tuesday 25^th March    5:45-7:15pm                Act 1 Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday 1^st April          5:45-7:15pm                Act 2 Dress Rehearsal

• The running order for the show can also be found below, I have included the lesson time on the right hand side incase you are unsure of your child’s dance title.  Please make sure that your children know their own running orders so that they know their own costume changes.

Dance into Spring Running Order

Act 1

Copacabana                                                                                                   Advanced Jazz (Friday 7:45)

Busy Doing Nothing                                                                         Pre-Primary Ballet (Saturday 10:30)

April Showers                                                                                 Primary  & Grade 1 Tap (Monday 5:00)

Breaking News                                                                                           Senior Street (Thursday 6:00)

How much is that Doggy?                                                                   Baby Ballet (All classes)

When I Grow Up                                                                                        Primary & Grade 1 Ballet

Good Time                                                                                                     Modern Funk (Saturday 11:00)

φυλής χορός                                                                                         Grade 5 Modern (Thursday 6:30)

Game Over                                                                                                     Grade 3 Tap (Friday 5:45)

Can You Feel It?                                                                                          Primary Modern (Monday 5:30)

Home                                                                                                                Emily Wells

Land of Hope and Glory                                                                        Grade 3 Ballet (Friday 5:15)

Act 2

Stomp                                                                                                               Grade 5 Tap (Friday 7:15)

The Sound of Music                                                                                 Musical Theatre (Thursday 5:00)

El Tango De Roxanne                                                                                                Pointe (Thursday 7:00)

Car Wash                                                                                                        Grade 1 Modern (Thursday 4:00)

Feeling Good                                                                                                Lyrical (Friday 6:15)

Best Song Ever                                                             Junior Street(Thursday 4:30 & Saturday 10:00)

Sparkling Diamonds                                                                                Adult Jazz (Monday 7:30)

Swan Lake                                                                                                      Grade 5 Ballet (Friday 6:45)

Ease on Down the Road                                                                        Grade 4 Modern (Friday 4:45)

Steam Heat                                                                                                    Adult Tap (Monday 7:00)

Living Dolls                                                                                                   Advanced Street (Thursday 7:30)

Finale     Full Cast (Except Baby Ballet, Pre Primary               Ballet, Primary Ballet, Primary Tap,                                          Primary Modern and Modern Funk)

• As you are aware, I try my very hardest to get the costumes as cheap as possible and have worked tirelessly to ensure that this is the case, I have spent time sourcing fabrics and replicating costumes from some of the expensive suppliers who are sometimes £100 per costume to try and keep the costs as low as possible. To help with keeping the cost of costumes low, some dances you may be able to use clothes that you already have, or be able to source the items cheaply from inexpensive shops such as Primark.  The last show that we performed we did a Blues Brothers finale, so I purposely picked a Michael Jackson finale for this show, so that all pupils can use their black trousers from the last show and they will hopefully be ankle swingers by now.  You can also use the black hats from the last show.  To clarify for everyone and for pupils that have joined the school since the last show, the costume for all pupils that have been rehearsing on a Wednesday night, for the finale will be required to wear the following costume:

Finale Costume

Black Trilby Hat, Plain White T-Shirt (No Logos or anything on it), Black School Trousers (to be short in the leg, to show off socks underneath), black braces, plain white socks and black JAZZ SHOES (NOT JAZZ TRAINERS).  For pupils that wore the braces in last years show, you may wear these braces.  For those who DO NOT have a hat and braces, you must purchase these through me so that they all match.  If you require any of these items (hat, braces or jazz shoes) please let me know immediately, so that I can add your name to the order.  If I don’t hear from you, it will be assumed that your costume is ready.

All senior pupils that have been rehearsing on Thursday nights have already been informed of their costume.

Breaking News Costume

Again to try and keep costume prices down for parents, all pupils that are performing in the dance Breaking News (Thursday Street class at 6:00pm) can also wear the finale costume for their street dance class, as there is a Michael Jackson song in their routine.  Pupils can wear black trainers for this dance rather than black jazz shoes (jazz shoes must still be worn for the finale)

Best Song Ever Costume

Pupils in the street dance routine Best Song Ever (pupils who attend the street dance class on Thursdays at 4:30pm and Saturdays at 10am) have the colour scheme GREEN and PURPLE for their dance.  This way it keeps the cost down, as you may have items of clothing at home in these colours.  It can be anything in these colours including shorts, combats, tracksuit bottoms, jumpers, hoodies, T-Shirts etc.  Can I please ask that you discuss what your child is wearing with other parents, so that there is a real mixture (For example, if everyone wore green tracksuit bottoms and one person wore purple, it would look as if that one person had worn the wrong colour, so there needs to be a real mixture.  The colours should be bright green and purple, not a dull khaki green.

Stomp Costume

All pupils in Stomp (Grade 5 Tap) will be required to wear scruffy clothes as if they are a builder (jeans, dungarees, scruffy shirts etc).   I have purchased a galvanished metal bin for all of the pupils, you now need to provide your own WOODEN broom (B & Q sell them), NOT plastic and your other prop is your pan or salt and pepper mill (each pupil knows what they require), these props must be brought in as soon as we return after the half term break so that pupils can start practicing with them.

Game Over Costume

All pupils in the Game Over Dance (Fridays 5:45pm) have tried on their costumes and are working with their props in class.  The only other part of the costumes that you are required to supply yourself are dark denim jeans, not jeggings, but JEANS.  If you need to purchase these, please bring them into me so that I can check them, before you cut off any labels.

The Sound of Music Costumes

All Musical Theatre pupils will be performing songs from ‘The Sound of Music’, so they need to be wearing old fashioned style costumes.  Here is an image, to give you an idea, so you may be able to adapt previous costumes they have worn.  As you can see there is to be no bright colours, only subtle colours.

Most costumes have already been tried on in class, if they haven’t been tried on, they will be tried on next week.  As soon as I have made sure that all of the costumes fit and can confirm the costume for each dance, I will send out a costume price list.  The costumes will need to be paid for promptly, so please make sure that you pay when you receive this email.  For those of you who have been doing costume savings schemes, I shall speak to you all individually incase there is a shortfall or you are in credit.

• The souvenir show hoodie is now ready and can be purchased from me for £26 for children hoodies and £30 for adult sizes.  The dance school tracksuit bottoms are also on sale for £17 for children’s sizes and £21 for adult sizes.  Sizes are available from age 3-4 and go up to an Extra Large Adult.
• There will be lots of information that I need to get to you from now and until the show.  Please visit the website and on the home page you’ll see an orange symbol next to the Facebook logo.  If you click on this RSS Feed symbol, you will be notified whenever I add to the News & Events Page which is where I will add show information. Please check your emails and the website regularly.  I will also update the Facebook page often as this is a really quick and easy way for me to get information to you, so please ensure that you have ‘liked’ the page and visit it regularly so that you stay up to date with all of the information.  Please click on the link on my signature of the email to make sure you’re kept up to date.
• Once costumes have been paid for and they are handed out, can I please ask that you make sure that all of your costumes are named (in a place not visible to the audience).   This includes dance school tracksuits, I was a failure to my own words last show and didn’t name my dance school hoodie, unfortuanetly, someone took it home with them and it was never returned, so it really is very important that everything is named.
• If anyone has ANY questions no matter how small regarding the show, please ask me immediately.
• Show notice board. 

I shall be taking a show notice board to dancing with me.  Please make sure you read it.  It will have every pupils name on the board, please make sure that the spelling is correct, as this will be the spelling for the show programme and show DVD credits.  Please tick next to it if the spelling is correct.  I urge that you do this asap as the programmes will be printed soon.  If the spelling is incorrect and isn’t changed then in will be wrong in the programme.

• Helpers – The show will be unable to go ahead without helpers backstage, please write your name down on the board if you can help backstage.  Thank you in advance for offering to help!

All pupils in the Finale

Can I please ask that all pupils in the finale learn the words for ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ (found below) as they will all be required to come on for a ‘mini finale’ at the end of Act 1.  So to clarify, everyone who has been learning a Michael Jackson finale dance, will be required to learn the words below.  The costume for this dance is the dance school T-Shirt with the dance school tracksuit bottoms, or black jazz pants on the bottom, with black socks and black jazz shoes.  Please let me know if you need to order any of these items.

Land of Hope and Glory Lyrics

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet,
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

As always, please let me know if there is anything that you are unsure of, but please make sure that you know where and when your children need to be and if there are any costumes that I have listed above that you need me to order, please let me know straight away, so that I can order them.

If your costume hasn’t been mentioned, it has been ordered and you will be informed of the price ASAP.

Thank you for your support, it means a lot at this rather stressful time for me.  It will all be worth it!!

From

Miss Louise

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Presentation and Prize Giving Show Rehearsals

Wednesday 5^th June – 5:00-5:45pm, Wolfe Hall – All Cast Members learn Finale

Wednesday 12^th June – 5:00-5:45pm, Wolfe Hall –  All Cast Members finish and polish finale

Wednesday 19^th June – 4:30-6:00pm, Wolfe Hall – Leybourne Community Day Rehearsal (see information below)

Wednesday 26^th June – 4:30-6:00pm, Wolfe Hall – Leybourne Community Day Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 3^rd July – 4:30-6:00pm, Wolfe Hall – Snodland Carnival Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 4^th September – 4:30-6:00pm, Wolfe Hall – Presentation and Prize Giving Show Rehearsal

Wednesday 11^th September – 4:30-6:00pm, Wolfe Hall – Presentation and Prize Giving Show Dress Rehearsal

Leybourne Community Day Running Order and Costumes, Saturday 29^th June – Time tbc

Show Me How You Burlesque – Advanced Jazz, Fridays 7:45pm – Anything black in the style of Chicago, fringing, lace etc.

Under The Sea – Lian Mills and Madeleine Shooter – Blue Leotard and leggings as per exam (or if you have anything ‘Little Mermaid style’, I shall leave you two mums to discuss, please do not spend money on costumes!)

Party Rock Anthem – Intermediate Street Dance , Thursdays 6:00pm – Anything black and green camouflages

I Guess That’s Why They Call it The Blues – Lyrical Modern – Black Leotard and Leggings

Scream – Infant Street Dance, Thursdays 4:00pm – Anything in the colours, black, pink or white.

Moves Like Jagger  - Grade 4 Modern, Fridays 4:45pm, Only pupils who took their exam and wear uniform as worn in exam.

Runaway Baby -  Grade 5 Modern Thursdays 6:30pm  and Advanced Jazz, Fridays 7:45pm – Black Leotard and Leggings

Finale – All pupils in Presentation Show – Dance School Tracksuit

Snodland Carnival Running Order and Costumes, Saturday 6^th July – Time tbc

Show Me How You Burlesque – Advanced Jazz, Fridays 7:45pm – Anything black in the style of Chicago, fringing, lace etc.

Party Rock Anthem – Intermediate Street Dance , Thursdays 6:00pm – Anything black and green camouflages

I Guess That’s Why They Call it The Blues – Lyrical Modern – Black Leotard and Leggings

Moves Like Jagger  - Grade 4 Modern, Fridays 4:45pm, Only pupils who took their exam and wear uniform as worn in exam.

Runaway Baby -  Grade 5 Modern Thursdays 6:30pm  and Advanced Jazz, Fridays 7:45pm – Black Leotard and Leggings

Finale – All pupils in Presentation Show – Dance School Tracksuit

A full running order for the presentation show will follow, but please make sure that you are ready for the two summer performances in June and July.

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Words for We Wish you a Merry Christmas (Finale)

We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)

and a Happy New Year.

Repeat all of Above Section

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Repeat all of Above Section

We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)

and a Happy New Year.

(Sing just one time through this time)

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

(Sing just one time through this time)

We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)

and a Happy New Year.

(Sing one time through normal speed and one time through fast, slowing down at the end)

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It’s very nearly here………. Winter Wonderland 2011. The box office is now open and you can buy your tickets online here, or call the Brook Theatre Box Office on 01634 338338. Tickets are first come, first served!!! The show is on the 22nd and 23rd of November.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the show.

Love Miss Louise xxx

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