Dear Choir Parents and Students,
March Madness means something totally different for our 7th and 8th grade Singers! The Choirs have been busily preparing some fabulous music and surprises for their annual spring concert. The concert will feature the RPI Choir, R-PMS 7/8 Choirs, R-PMS Treble Makers along with the (4) R-PHS Choral Ensembles- Rocket Ladies, Rocket Men, Vocal Fusion and Madrigals! Come see why the RP Choir department has enjoyed a 50+ year legacy in the community! R-P Festival of Choirs Concert When: Tuesday, March 19th 2019 Where: RPHS Rocket Center 7/8 Student Check-In/Warm-Up:
Where is the Concert? The concert will be held in the High School Rocket Center Auditorium. Please park in the lot off of Roberts Rd. and enter by the Auditorium. 7/8 Students will need to go directly to the Rehearsal Rooms (Women) and Green Room (Men) to get their uniforms. Who is in the Concert? R-PI Choir, R-PMS 7/8 Choirs, R-PMS Treble Makers and all (4) HS Choral Ensembles! Who can come to the program and is there a cost to attend? Parents, family, friends and community members are all welcome to come out and enjoy and evening of singing. There is an entrance charge at the door:
What will my student have to wear to the concert? Middle School students will wear their school-provided Formal Attire for the performance. The uniforms will be at the HS. Plan to wear/bring black shoes, socks and undergarments. You will change upon arrival before warm-ups. Will there be DVDs of the Show? Yes! We are working with a professional videographer and will be offering special DVDs of the concert available for purchase after the program. The cost will be $15 per DVD. Order forms will be sent home and will be available at the concert. What a gift and memory for friends and family! Concert Performance and Class Grade: As a performance-based class, concerts are a mandatory portion of a student’s participation in the RP Choir program. Concert dates were given in September along with a Parent/Student Contract regarding class information. In the event that a student cannot attend a pre-schedule performance or concert, the following procedures will be used to determine student grade: Excused Absence: Illness, Family Emergency Excused Absence Requirements: Parent phone call, email or note explaining the absences and the completion of (1) of the following make-up assignments (Student Choice): A concert reflection paper (after viewing concert DVD) or a Concert interview. All absent students will need to schedule a time to meet privately with Directors to sing a small portion of Concert songs to demonstrate learning/preparedness. Unexcused Absence: Skipping concert, no ride (directors can help with transportation issues), Lack of parental communication in advance. Unexcused absences result in an automatic 0 for the performance grade and cannot be made up. Please be sure to make arrangements for your student to attend the concert. Thanks & we’re looking forward to a wonderful musical experience with your student &family! Sing-cerely, Deidra Ross, Justin Auten & Renee Carpenter RPMS Choral and Theatre Arts/RPI Vocal Music 744-4721 Ext. 4401 Email: [email protected] Choir Blog: www.reeths-pufferchoirs.weebly.com Find us on Facebook at: RPMiddleSchoolChoirs
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The Directing Team would like to thank the many students who attended auditions for the R-PMS production of The Addams Family Musical.
AUDITION TEAM: Each panel member enjoyed seeing kids takes risks and show off their unique personalities and talents in the audition room! These decisions are tough and cannot be made alone! The Audition Panel this year consisted of the following staff: Justin Auten (Vocal Music Director @RPI), Renee Carpenter (R-PMS Accompanist), Allison DeVriendt (Premiere Guest Teacher at RPMS), Karri Gordon (Choreography), Jason Hernandez (Assistant Principal @RPMS), Brandon LeMieux (RP Grad & Assistant Director), Devin Myers (RP Senior, Assistant Director) & Deidra Ross (RPMS Choir/Theatre- Director). PARENT MEETING: There will be a Parent Meeting on Monday, March 11th at 7PM in the R-PMS Choir Room for anyone that wold like to get plugged in! With 131 students in the show, we will need a tribe to help make the show a success for all. PERFORMANCES: There will be (3) Shows this year: Friday, April 26th @7PM and Saturday, April 27th @2PM & 7PM at the R-PHS Rocket Center. An 8th Grade Graduation Tribute and Ice Cream Social will follow our closing show on Saturday. CAST LIST: The following cast members are required to attend after-school rehearsals beginning March 12th: Gomez Addams: Myles Norman Morticia Addams: Wyndham Ross Wednesday Addams: Irelyn Niklasch Pugsley Addams: Gavin Wierenga Grandma: Taylor McKinnon Uncle Fester: Daniel Hillard Lurch: Brandon Achenbach Mal Beineke: Dylan Mason Alice Beineke: Gracibelle Sapone Lucas Beineke: Jacob Pierce Cousin It: Makenzie Languirand Thing: Jillian McGovern Ancestors: Raven Barnes, Cloey Beebe, Kayde Bennett, Courtney Brandenburg, Carlee Brown, Elaina Carlisle, Anna Ernst,Kaydence Felcoskie, Kendyl Flowers, Ellery Garton-Borowcz, Abby Haak, Megan Harris, Treasa Hopkins,Jordan Jacobs, Lily Johnson, Marissa Kelsch, Kyle Leisenring, Allison McGovern, Kylie McNeilly, Kate Miller, Liam Mrotz, Rayna Nenis, Megan Poe, Ava Rodriguez, Zade Rogers, Emma Ruch, Matthew Shank, Addison Smith, Brianna Smith, Wyatt Smith, Zhiara Rempinski, Mia Sturtevant, Chloe Thelen, Alana Venne, Emma Whalen, Greyson Wilder, Victor Williams, Chloe Wilson, Claire Woodrum, Ava Wypa, Caleb Zimmerman The following Cast Members will rehearse during the School Day (not after school) until Tech/Show Week: (Underlined Names= Chorus Captains) Haunted Chorus: Madysson Ackley, Mya Allen, Destinee Amos, Cailey Baade, Grace Bazany, Kaitlyn Becklin, Kadence Blawat, Faith Blondeel, Noah Bride, Skyler Burns, Levi Carlson, Ariana Clark, Emily Cook, Jack Crampton, Keith Cranston, Avalyn DeVries, Laura DeVries, Lauren Douglas, Mackenie Dunn, Skyler Ewing, JaNae Fisher, Isabell Gibson, Caitlyn Hockett, Alyssa James, Savanna Jones, Bianca Kammers, Makayla Kersting, Trinity Kilcrease, Ava Klopp, Travis Knowles,Rayonna Knutson, Allison Koens, Skyler Kohlberg, Haley Krawczyk, Jeya Lee, Taylor Lee, Jordyn Levesque, Makenna Lewis, Angel Lowder, Conner Mammen, Shaylynn Merriman, Alexis MeyerSmith, Daisha Michael, Alayna Miller,Ally Mosher, Elijah Mura, Addisyn Novak, Alexis Paschal, Indiana Peacock, Chloe Pease, Rebecca Redding, Erika Rudholm, Emma Sanchez, Kyle Schlaff, Chloe Secrest, Kadence Secrest, Kaydence Shalifoe, AJ Shank, Chloe Shelder, Patience Sims, Breauna Smith, Taytum Smith-McCarty, Cecilia St. Amour, Chloe Stephenson ,Madison Stice, Sam Stroud, Ethan Tennison, Kelsi Thompson, Shaniya Tjapkes, Brenna Toscano, Cristian Vazquez, Elexa Velez, Alexis Veltman, Brendan Visscher, Braxten Ward, Sydney Williams, Kaylee Woodrum, Harley Wright NOTE TO PERFORMERS FROM THE DIRECTING TEAM: You prepared for that audition for months. Ever since the show was announced, you worked your absolute hardest to land that specific role. You wanted that role so badly, and you knew you brought your best at that audition. Everyone knew you’d get the part. YOU knew you’d get the part! There was no way you wouldn’t get it. Yet, you go to look at the cast list, and you didn’t get it. And you don’t really know how to move on from here. This a scenario I’ve lived through many, many times. It’s hard to come back from, and the first thing to note is that it is totally okay to be disappointed. Theater is a tough thing to love, but remember that you do love it. For good or bad. Remembering your loyalty to your passion is the only thing that will get you through this. Self-pity gets you absolutely NOWHERE, although it can be easy to fall into. If you were still cast in the show, just in a smaller/different role, bitterness is something that you absolutely have to avoid. If you look at the role that you didn’t receive as a lost opportunity, you will fail to look at your new role as just that– a new opportunity. You are going to have to see that role being played by a different person very often; sometimes even every rehearsal. If you remain broken up about that character, you are going to make yourself absolutely miserable. Instead of focusing on something you lost, focus on what you have, and get excited about it! Every character has an amazing story to tell. If you fully embrace the opportunity you have to tell a new character’s story, you won’t be worried about that other role. It’s not yours, and you shouldn’t mind. You have a duty to take your character and be the absolute best (insert character name here) you can be! This mindset can apply if you were going for the lead role and received a supporting one, or even if you were cast in the chorus! Every character has just as much of a story to tell, no matter how many lines they have. Actors are story-tellers and the script only supplies part of the story. It’s up to you whether your character is going to be interesting or not. It’s your choice to do one of two things: 1) Tell your characters story with energy, passion, and TRUTH! and make that role (no matter the size) a stand-out in the show, or- 2) Let that role go to waste, and spend the show dreaming of what could have been. Make the right choice! So don’t hate the person who got “your” part. Don’t criticize their performance incessantly. Focus on this new, if not unexpected, opportunity you’ve been presented with! If you maintain this positive mindset, I know you’ll end your show with no regrets. There’s a lot of roles that I didn’t want at all initially, but now, I wouldn’t change them for the world. Every character I’ve had has taught me a lesson, and sometimes it was just a lesson I didn’t think I needed. These feelings, when acted upon as opposed to processed through, are poisonous…and the irony is…not only might they hurt someone else...but ultimately…you will be the one that suffers the most. Here are some final tips:
We care about you and look forward to a frightfully great time at the Rocket Center in April! The Directing Team would like to thank the 71 students who attended Part 1 of Addams Family Musical Auditions!
AUDITION TEAM: Each panel member enjoyed seeing kids takes risks and show off their unique personalities and talents in the audition room! The Audition Panel this year consists of the following staff: Justin Auten (Vocal Music Director @RPI), Renee Carpenter (R-PMS Accompanist), Allison DeVriendt (Premiere Guest Teacher at RPMS), Karri Gordon (Choreography), Jason Hernandez (Assistant Principal-R-PMS), Brandon LeMieux (R-P Grad & Assistant Director), Devin Myers (R-P Senior, Assistant Director) & Deidra Ross (R-PMS Choir/Theatre- Director). THURSDAY, 3/7: DANCE & CALLBACKS:
CALLBACK LIST: We would like to invite the following students to participate in callback auditions from 4:30-6PM following the Dance portion. Please remember, just because you are not on the Callback list does not mean you are not being considered for a role in the show. Thank you for your patience as the Directing Team continues to work towards the final cast list. If your name appears on the Callback list, please come to prepared to read more lines for the specified character, as well as sing Callback songs to each character if it applies. Callback Song List appears next to the Character Name. Gomez Addams (Gomez's What If)
Morticia Addams: (Just Around the Corner)
Pugsley Addams: (What If)
Grandma: (Just prepare lines)
Uncle Fester: (Fester's Manisfesto)
Lurch: (Just prepare lines)
Mal Beineke: (One Normal Night)
Alice Beineke: (One Normal Night)
Lucas Beineke: (One Normal Night)
Dear Choir Families,
The Addams Family Musical will officially be kicking off next week! If you've ever attend an R-PMS Show, you've witnessed what amazing things young performers can do when given a stage and opportunity! With full costuming, lighting, staging, singing, dancing, the WORKS...April 26th and 27th is truly going to be a weekend to remember! With over 120 performers in the show, we will need a village to make the production a creepy, kooky success! We will be holding an Addams Family Parent Meeting in Monday, March 11th at 7PM in the R-PMS Choir Room. There are so many places to plug into the show and it truly is fun! (promise;) Please mark your calendar and hope to see you on March 11th! Sing-cerely, Mrs. Ross Dear Choir Students & Families: Addams Family Audition week has arrived!
Just a reminder that all Choir Students are cast as the "Haunted Chorus" and will sing/dance/act and have costuming in our April production. Auditions are only necessary for students interested in Named Character or Ancestor Role. Addams Family Audition Schedule: Tuesday & Wednesday: (Pick 1 Day)
Friday: Final Cast list will be posted by the Office, on the RP Choir Blog and sent out via email by the end of the school day. After-school rehearsals for named characters and Ancestors will being on Tuesday, March 12th. Haunted Chorus Rehearsals will take place during daily class time, with the exception of Show/Tech Week (Stay tuned!) See the RP Blog Resources to help you prepare. http://reeths-pufferchoirs.weebly.com/addams-family-audition-information.html Break a Leg and see you soon! Mrs. Ross |
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