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