Rave Review for Annie!

I just had to pass along this email from one of the guests at last Sunday's show.  Congrats to all!!

Looking forward to another great weekend of shows with you!!
Nicole



We just saw "Annie" last night. We absolutely loved it! The sets were fantastic, the props were perfect! Nicolette Burton as Miss Hannigan was beyond all expectation - she was wonderful- so professional. Christian Spangler as FDR was so believable - loved his voice and his impersonation of him was fantastic. Seth Hawkins played Warbucks so well. Reed Lievers could not have done Rooster any better - loved him! The three of them (Kat, Reed, and Nicolette played their scenes together so well - totally loved their chemistry! Anna Lettang as Mrs. Pugh and Devon Zarro as Mrs. Greer caught our attention as superb in their roles - they were delightful. Isabel Friedl being only nine is quite impressive having such fabulous stage presence - and such a major role. We loved the tap dancing of the orgphans - they were amazing. The show was great! Thank you for such a great cast and such great entertainment. We loved it!!!

Photo Memory Book- Order Yours Now!

Dear Families,

I am so excited to let you know that we will have the opportunity to order photo memory books again! JoAnne Lux has gathered pictures taken from rehearsals and tech week through the opening of the show.  It will have many more pictures than before and is designed to feature the whole cast. There will also be pages for the kids to exchange autographs, just like a school yearbook! What a fun keepsake to remember Annie!

Time is of the essence, so please email JoAnne Lux at JWL406@aol.com right away to place your order. 

Photo Day- Tomorrow After School Day Shows

Cast and Crew Photos

will be taken

Thursday, Oct. 27th after our School Day Shows

from 1:30- 2:30pm

All Cast and Crew are asked to stay after the school day shows tomorrow for our Annie photo shoot. 

(See 2nd Parent Meeting Notes.)

Parents are welcome to take pictures of the groups after our photographer has taken his shots. 

We are adding 8 small groups to our schedule, and these pictures can be ordered as 8 x 10's or 5 x 7's & 4 wallets for $10 each. 

Let Janet Lettang know if you would like to add any of the following small groups to your existing photo order:

NYC Ensemble

Servant/Hooverville Ensemble

Orphan Ensemble

FDR & Cabinet

Radio Show

Servant Leads

Orphan Leads

Leads (Annie, Warbucks, Grace, Miss Hannigan, Rooster & Lilly)

All Cast and Crew members have the option of ordering a "special group" picture, where your child can pick who they would like in their picture. Please consider giving your child this opportunity for a special shot with their friends. These 8 x 10 or 5 x 7 with wallets are also $10 each.  Janet Lettang needs the names of all the cast and crew members to be in your picture by 1:00 Thursday.

All picture orders must be turned in by 1:00pm Thursday, Oct. 27

Checks should be made payable to Nicholas Heye

Thank you!

Annie Ticket Sales Totals as of 10-24-11

I made an oops with the last posting, so here's the correction and totals as of Monday morning.

Annie Ticket Sales as of Oct. 18th

It looks like we still have a lot of tickets to sell, especially for 


Sat. Oct. 29th @ 7pm!




Have you earned a hoodie yet? Just 30 tickets! 




Performance Date / Time:                 Sold:



Fri, Oct 28th, 2011 – 7:00pm             133


Sat, Oct 29th, 2011 – 7:00pm              80


Sun, Oct 30th, 2011 – 2:00pm           134


Sat, Nov 5th, 2011 – 2:00pm              152


Sat, Nov 5th, 2011 – 7:00pm              124


Sun, Nov 6th, 2011 – 2:00pm             189

Greenroom Clean Up Schedule

Here is the Dressing Room Clean Up Schedule.  Due to Annie having a smaller cast, each cast member is scheduled to clean up twice.  Remember it takes about 15-20 minutes to clean the dressing rooms after the other cast members have changed out of their costumes.  

Cast - Be sure to check out with the Green Room Parent before leaving on your assigned night.  Thank you in advance for helping to us to be responsible guests at the theater as we leave the dressing room area in a beautiful condition each night.

Parents - I have done my best to schedule families and carpools on the same night and appreciate your understanding that clean up has to happen on school nights also.  Thank you for helping your child to be a responsible guest by waiting to take him/her home until the clean up is finished and s/he has checked out with the Green Room Parent.



Thanks,
Joan Bohnstedt
Greenroom Chair




Click here for printable PDF.

Longer Rehearsal on Saturday

Since we will be together for six hours, rather than just 4 on Saturday, the following would be helpful:

• Kids (especially NYC cast) should plan to bring a book to read, homework to complete or a quiet game to play. Also remember to bring additional snacks and water. 

• Parents, it would be helpful to have two additional volunteers to help break down the time commitment to 3 hours per parent. If you are available, please see our Show Chair, Janet Lettang, at the Parent Meeting on Friday. 

Community Service Hours

Attention High Schoolers- Do you need Community Service Hours for School?


If you will be helping with the Sets this weekend at the warehouse, serving on Crew, or if you would like to volunteer your time at the CYT office, I would be happy to complete your Community Service forms. Please be sure to see me at class day or rehearsals.

We have an ongoing need for volunteers, so this applies beyond the Fall session!

Thank you!

Nicole Jiles

Call Times for This Weekend

Friday:       4:30 – 9:00   Servants, Annie, Grace, Warbucks, 
                                          Drake, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Greer, 
                                          French Maids 
(Please note that I will arrive by 4pm for those who would like to come early and make use of the time. - Mrs. Jiles)

   

                     6:30 - 9:00   Full Company 

                                              (and Second Parent Meeting)

Saturday:    9:00 - 3:00   Full Company

Sets Dry Run: All parents & teens who can help immediately after rehearsal down at the warehouse.  FYI- There is an In-n-Out just down the street!

CYT Warehouse- 1545 Pioneer Way,  El Cajon

Second Parent Meeting This Friday Night

Dear Annie Families, 


Please remember to plan for this Friday's mandatory Second Parent Meeting! Every cast or crew member must be represented by at least one parent. 


New Families- 6:30-7:00pm


All Families (Cast and Crew)- 7:00 - 8:30pm
  ** Please note the earlier start time. This will allow our committees to have an extra half hour for planning. **


I'd also like to remind everyone of the importance of parent participation. Without ALL parents working together, we are simply unable to put on these wonderful productions.  If you have not yet volunteered any hours please contact your committee Chair to find out where you can help. Thank you!!


Nicole

Cast and Crew Notes for Oct. 7th & 8th

Dear Annie Families,

I hope you are all enjoying the change of weather this week. Now it feels like Fall! Here are this week's notes and reminders. Things are going to start moving along quickly now. Can you believe we open the show in just 3 1/2 weeks?! Our kids are working hard and learning a lot. Please remind them to be working to get "off script" and to be working on their songs and choreography at home! This makes a huge difference at rehearsal and will reduce the last minute craziness during tech week! I'd love for the artistic team to be amazed by their progress this weekend!

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

FRI., OCT. 7           4:30- 8:30   FULL COMPANY

SAT., OCT. 8       10:00- 2:00    Warbucks, Annie, Grace, Drake, Rooster, Lilly, Miss Hannigan

                              12:00- 2:00    Roosevelt and Cabinet (after costuming at warehouse)

COSTUMING THIS WEEKEND AT WAREHOUSE

Remember that our Costume Committee will be fitting our cast at the warehouse this Saturday.

PLEASE CHECK COSTUMING SCHEDULE HERE to see what time you need to be there.

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TICKET CONTEST

Congratulations to last weekend's ticket contest winners! We will announce this week's winners on Friday night! 

60+ Tickets: Full Tuition, Admission to All-Area Ticket Contest Party, name entered in raffle for prizes (including an iPad), CYT Fashion Item, Show Hoodie:

Joanne Barber  63

50+ Tickets: Admission to All-Area Ticket Contest Party, name entered in raffle for prizes (including an iPad), CYT Fashion Item, Show Hoodie:

Isabel Friedl  54

40+ Tickets: 1/2 Tuition, Admission to All-Area Ticket Contest Party, Show Hoodie:

Alyssa & Sarah Prentiss  48

Emily Smedley  40

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 Flyers are now available at class day and rehearsals.

 Let's use them to get the word out about our show! 

As of tonight we are at 

549 tickets sold

leaving 1451 tickets to reach our goal!!

With 3 1/2 weeks to go we have a lot of seats to fill!

Remember, we sell tickets so we can have an audience each night for the kids.  Without your help, we don’t really sell that many tickets to the public.  Everyone in the audience is someone you have invited for the most part.  I encourage you to keep asking friends to come see our show.

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SECOND MANDATORY PARENT MEETING

Please make plans now to have at least one parent attending our second parent meeting on Friday, Oct. 14. New parents will meet at 6:30. In order to allow more time for our committees I'd like to ask all returning parents to join us at 7pm. Did I mention that this meeting is mandatory?? Every committee needs to be there to plan as we get ready to move into the theater. We are ALL very busy, so please be sure to help share in the work. Many hands make the work light!

You will also have the opportunity to purchase the following:  tech week meals, Strike party dinner (for cast/ crew and family members), Cast & Crew photos, Photo CD's and DVD’s of the show.

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FRIDAY NIGHT PIZZA DINNER

Last Saturday's pizza lunch was a big success!. We will be doing it again this Friday night (since it is Full Company). I will be sending out a separate email reminder about this. If you would like to participate, please reply to that email by Friday morning. 

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RED TABLE ITEMS

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CAN BE HANDLED AT THE RED TABLE.

SUPER SATURDAY DRAWING

Thank you to those who have brought in gift cards for our Super Saturday drawing. You can continue to drop them of at class day or rehearsals. You'll find an envelope marked Super Saturday Drawing at the red table.

BIO BOARD FORMS

We are still missing a number of bios for the bio boards. Please don't put this off! Our historians will need time to get them typed up and ready for the opening of our show. Let's all try to get them in by this Saturday!!

OPPORTUNITY BASKET DONATIONS 

The Special Activities team is busy working to create six fabulous opportunity baskets (one for each public performance of Annie) BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!  The baskets can only come together with donations from you.  Please take a look at the Opportunity Baskets flyer that went out last week at class and posted on the blog – we need everything from bottles of wine, to candy and gift cards of all kinds.  Although we can only accept NEW items, don’t forget to also please check your closets and drawers for unopened unused unwanted gifts.  Please bring all donations to any class night or rehearsal – there is a willow basket by the front door of the church.  Our deadline is TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Stephanie Friedl. Thank you!!

T-SHIRTS & CHARMS

Many of you have purchased t-shirts and charms over the last several weeks. We still have t-shirts in a number of adult sizes and a small child's size available. Parents, please feel free to get one for yourself or for siblings! The heart locket charms are also still available. You'll find them on the black pillow. 

POSTERS and FLYERS

Our Annie posters are now available for $5 each. If you will commit to hanging one to advertise our show in a public place such as a local business, school or church, you make take one at no cost. Flyers are available for you to use to let anyone and everyone know about Annie. Let's put them to work!

USHER SIGN UPS

If you haven't yet signed up to usher for a show, please find the orange binder on the table and select an available date and time. Thank you so much!!

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Green Room Clean-Up Schedule & Golden Glove Award

A message from Joan Bohnstedt, our Green Room Chair: 

Just a reminder that all cast members are assigned 1 or 2 times that they are responsible for cleaning up an area of the green/dressing rooms after dress rehearsals and the shows.  It takes about 15-20 minutes after the rest of the cast members have changed and left the dressing/green room area. Cast members on clean up duty are expected to check out with the designated green room parent for the evening before they leave.  The dressing room with the cleanest area for the show will win the prestigious & coveted Golden Glove Award.

I will be putting the schedule together to distribute at the second parent meeting.  Families are assigned the same night.  If you are carpooling and wish to be assigned to the same night as others in your car pool, please e-mail me at tovacat@earthlink.net before October 11th.  I will do my best to schedule car pools together.

God bless each of you and your families as we head into the busy season ahead! I pray it will be a very special memorable time!

Nicole Jiles

Area Coordinator

ndjiles@gmail.com

The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8: 10

Usher Sign-ups

Hi Families….

Look for the orange USHER sign up folder on the information table Tuesday and during rehearsal this weekend.

All families are asked to provide an USHER for 1 performance.

Ushers are asked to arrive at cast call time & to wear black pants and a white top.

**Please choose a show that you are not planning on viewing, as we need the USHER to work during the entire show providing assistance with flashlights inside the theater and in both lobbies.

Thank you!

Ruth Huish

Ruthhuish@gmail.com

Annie Cast and Crew Notes

Hello Annie Cast and Crew!


I hope your week has gotten off to a great start! Here are some important notes and updates for you. Please read carefully!

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEKEND

FRIDAY 9/30   4:30- Rooster, Lily, Warbucks, Grace, Annie, 
                    Hannigan, Drake

                 6:30- Bert Healy, Boylan Sisters


SATURDAY 10/1         Full Company

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING WATER AND FOOD.

TICKET SALES

We are just five weeks away from opening night and we need to be selling tickets to our friends and families!! Annie is going to be such a FUN show, so tell your friends and family to reserve their tickets now for the best seats! Don’t Wait!!!! This is such a memorable show!
                                    
As of today we have 378 tickets sold for 6 public shows!  That leaves 1622 tickets to reach our goal of 2000!!  ... or 1914 for completely sold out shows!!


Please note that our ticket contest prizes have been updated. Take a look at the exciting addition! 


30 tickets = show hoodie 

35 tickets = show hoodie & admission to the All Area Ticket Contest Party (hosted by HYPE) 
  
40 tickets = show hoodie, admission to the All Area Ticket Contest Party plus  1/2 off CYT tuition


50 tickets =  show hoodie & admission to the All Area Ticket Contest Party (hosted by HYPE) plus  1/2 off CYT tuition AND a CYT exclusive fashion item + your name will be entered into a raffle at the Ticket Contest Party to win exciting prizes including an ipad!!!!  Must sell 50 tickets to qualify.
  
60 tickets = show hoodie, admission to All Area Ticket Contest Party, a CYT exclusive fashion item, your name will be entered into a raffle at the Ticket Contest Party AND Full Tuition 

SUPER SATURDAY DRAWING

We will be collecting $5 gift cards for our Super Saturday opportunity drawing for the cast and crew. For every 10 tickets they sell, they get a ticket to put in the drawing box.  Cards to consider might include:  Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Target, Fashion Five, Wendy’s, or others. Just drop off any cards you have to donate at class day or rehearsals. Thank you in advance for supporting this much anticipated drawing!!

REHEARSALS

Parents, please be sure to bring and pickup your children to rehearsals on time.   Rehearsals start promptly at 4:30 (end at 8:30p.m.) on Fridays and 10:00 (end at 2p.m.) on Saturdays.  The artistic team has a huge amount to accomplish at each rehearsal and every minute counts.  Please talk with your child about the importance of being respectful to the artistic team and of staying on track during the rehearsals.  Since all the kids are often in one room, they need to be attentive to the cues, even if they are not active in the scene. You never know when they may need to stand in for another character during the show.  This has happened many times, but only the child who watches the rehearsal actually learns other character roles well enough to stand in when needed!  Thanks so much for helping on this issue.

BIOS FOR THE BIO BOARD

Be sure to turn your bios at class day or rehearsal this week in so that we have something more than just your picture up on the bio board! The form is available for download here. 

SATURDAY IS PHOTO DAY

If you did not have your picture taken for our bio boards (the kids should remember who had their picture taken by Seth Jiles), please plan to come at 9:30 this Saturday. We would like to have photos of all of our cast for the bio boards. If you are not sure whether you need to be there, please ask me. 


Crew, we would also like to have you come for a group picture at 10am. 


I would like to extend the opportunity for group photo dedication ads. We will also be taking photos for these this Saturday, as kids are available during rehearsal. If you would like to gather a group of friends, or siblings together and share the cost for an ad, please let me know. We can divide the cost of a half page ad ($95)  by the number of people in the ad. This is a really affordable way to go!  You will need to bring your checkbook on Saturday to pay for this. 

PROGRAM ADS

If you paid for a congrat ad or for a photo dedication ad, the deadline has been extended to this Saturday. Please get those in so that we can include them in the program. You can email your congrat ad text directly to Kathy Young, our Program Chair at nciprogram@gmail.com.  If your family is new to CYT, you will find this info sheet helpful. 


We appreciate your support of the Annie program.  You can help us cover the cost of printing our programs by contacting local business owners about the opportunity to support children in the arts! For those who would like to take a simple approach, a business card can be turned into an ad for only $40.  You can download the business ad form here   Thanks!  Questions?  Contact Kathy at  nciprogram@gmail.com.

T-SHIRTS AND CHARMS

Annie t-shirts ($16) and charms ($6) are available at each class day and rehearsal. Stop by and get yours soon!  If we have run out of your size t-shirt, you can add your name and size to a list and we can order more. Please be sure to pay for the t-shirt at the time you add your name to the list. Thank you.




Looking forward to seeing you soon!


Blessings,


Nicole 

The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8: 10

Servants Costume Fitting on Friday at Rehearsals

All servants, male and female, please be prepared  for a costume fitting at Friday's rehearsal. I will work with Chas to have you released a few at a time for the fittings.

Thank you,
Sherri Slaven
Costume chair

Rehearsal Schedule Update

Here is the updated rehearsal schedule for next weekend.

Friday, 9/23 4:30-8:30pm      Full Company

Saturday, 9/24 10am-2pm     Servants, Annie, Grace, Warbucks, Drake, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Greer,
                                              French Maids, Hannigan, Rooster, Lily

Dear Annie Families,

I am reposting the information from the email that I sent out to you all so that you'll have a central place to track everything "Annie".  I have been asked about whether our families should be looking to the website or to our blog for information and updates. While the CYT staff is working very hard to finish building our amazing new site, for the Fall, the answer is this blog. Very simply, for ticket purchases go to the website, and for weekly updates please make sure that you submit your address at the top of this page. Then you will receive automatic updates whenever I have posted any additional information or changes related to our show.


Friday evening is our first rehearsal and parent meeting!  Here are a few reminders for you:

Rehearsal Schedule

Friday 4:30-8:30 Full Company
Saturday 10:00-2:00 Full Company

Please remember to send your kids with food and water. Meals will not be eaten at a set time, just as time allows. All food should be kept at the entrance of the church, on the shelf or on the floor below. I would also like to encourage kids with heavy homework to bring it along so that they can make use of any down time to stay caught up!

Mandatory First Parent Meeting

As a reminder, all parents need to attend Friday's first parent meeting. New parents should arrive at 6:30 for an orientation time. All returning parents will join us from 7:30-8:30. There will be quite a bit of new information, so please don't miss it, even if you've done 20 shows!

Before coming to the meeting, I'd like to ask you to print the following forms:

-First Parent Meeting Order Form
-Parent Pass Form
-Ticket Contest Form
-Photo/Congrats Ad Form
-Rehearsal Schedule

T-shirts on Sale Now!

Our Annie show t-shirts are available now for purchase. They are $16 each and are available in youth and adult sizes. If we run out and need to order more, we will do that. Just let me know.

Ticket Sales

Tickets are now available for purchase on our Annie page! Easy! You will be pleased to find it a much simpler process. However, we will not be able to indicate the name of a child for ticket contest credit until the winter session. I will give instructions at the meeting for how to track your ticket sales.

Parent Committees

I have put together a preliminary listing of all of our parent volunteer committees. We will be talking about some critical spots that will need to be filled for this show, as well as addressing any changes that may need to be made. In particular, we are in need of a Show Historian. This person is responsible for chronicling our production through photography and for creating the bio boards which highlight each of our cast members in the theater lobby. It you enjoy photography, please see me!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!


I am looking forward to seeing you all this evening!

Blessings,

Nicole Jiles
Area Coordinator
ndjiles@gmail.com
760-877-3179

Auditions Forms

Please print and complete each of the following forms and bring them to auditions.  It will make our sign-in process go much more smoothly! 


Audition Form

Costume Information Sheet

Medical Release Form

Auditions for Annie

Auditions for

Annie

will be held on

Friday, September 9th

4:30-8:00pm

at

Green Valley Church

If you would like to request an audition time before the start of the Fall class session, please email Nicole Jiles at ndjiles@gmail.com with your first and second time preferences.