Fort Worth Jr. Woman's Club Spring Show

Hello everyone,   Sorry this email is coming so late in the week. I had planned on sending yesterday morning but it didn’t happen. Many of you might already know, but yesterday mid morning we lost our sweet Mr. Bogie. It has been an incredibly hard week and the week to come will be difficult as well for our family. We never thought when they diagnosed Mr. Bogie with lung cancer that we only had a week left with him. One of the things I wished was that he could play in the snow one more time and God granted that wish yesterday morning. When we left the vet the biggest flakes of snow started falling as we walked to our cars. Chris and I both just hugged each other and laughed, as we knew it was Mr. Bogie’s way of telling us everything was going to be okay.  I want to thank all of you for your understanding, phone calls, emails, texts, and prayers….you have no idea how much they mean to Chris and I. Just bear with me over the next few weeks as the healing process will be a long one.   Enough emotional stuff…on to Spring Show!  We WILL HAVE REHEARSAL TOMORROW as well as the ALL CAST CASUAL PHOTO! Below is the details you need for tomorrow. Please be at rehearsal and on time as we are only a month away still have a lot that must be done.   1.    Ad Sales DEADLINE THIS SATURDAY!!!!! ·        Please turn in all ad sales forms this Saturday. ·        We are getting closer to our goal, but still have a ways to go. Please help us make the show happen by doing your part and selling ads! ·        Amy James will be there to collect forms and payment etc. ·        I have attached the form, but you can also download it or purchase your ad online at http://jwcspringshow.weebly.com/program-book-ad-sales.html 2.    Circus Audition Dance ·        If you are a circus act in the circus number or you have been cast as a “bad” circus act you need to be there at 8:30 am sharp to learn the Circus Audition number for scene 6. ·         We need a few more “bad” acts so if you are an advanced dancer in Circus and would be willing to help us out please come at 8:30am. ·        Characters that are required for this and need to be there at 8:30am are Jack, Karen, Time Fairy and Tooth Fairy 3.    Circus Dance ·        Everyone needs to be there (except the FWAFA kids) at 9:00am Sharp to run the big circus number. ·        Advanced Circus dancers: we have some new pieces for you to look at/try on for your costumes. Please see Ruth or Alex about this. The items we have are first come first serve so if you haven’t completed your “goth circus costume” come see us…there is some cute stuff!  Magic Etc also have some costumes for rent that might be cool for this number. If you choose to go that route the rental cost will be your responsibility, but you will get the JWC pricing ($30 for the entire week of the show)   ·        Circus Acts: We have some costumes on hold at Magic Etc for you to try on since we didn’t have things for all of you in the costume closet. We need you to go with Ruth to Magic Etc on Saturday after dance rehearsal. If you cannot make it at that time please schedule a time to go with Ruth in the next week to look at items. Spring Show will be paying for the bulk of the rental of these costumes, but if you do wear a costume that is rented for your circus act, we ask that you pay $10 towards it. 4.    Vocal Rehearsal Schedule                          9:30 am                  Proud Mary                                            Tonia, Kristina
                         10:00 am                                    ALL CAST CASUAL PHOTO   
                        10:30 am                OMG You Guys                                      Shannon, Mack, Garrick, Audrey           
                        11:00 am                My Philosophy                                        Alex, Tricia  
                        11:30 am                Whatever Mimi/Muffy Wants                 Alex S., Christen, Kristina, Dorothy

5.    All Cast Casual Photo ·        We will take the call cast casual cast photo at 10am this Saturday! Please be on time, as we want the entire cast in this if possible! 6.    Scene Rehearsal – LOCATION CHANGE! ·        Scene rehearsal will be held from 1:15pm till 3:00pm at the Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Worth Cultural District ·        Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Worth Cultural District              2500 Museum Way

                         Fort Worth, TX, 76107

·        We will be running ALL (fairy scenes included) of Act 1 so please be on time and ready to work as we need to be done right at 3pm so people can get ready to go to gala!

·        I will not be at this rehearsal, BUT Mike West and Pat Dohoney have been kind enough to volunteer to come and work with everyone on blocking. Please be ready to work and listen, you have NO IDEA HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE their help on this! If you haven’t worked with them, you will love it as they are great with helping you get the physical part of your character together!

7.    Costumes ·         You Belong to Me – If didn’t get your costume last week, you need to see Ruth

·         When I Grow UP – If you haven’t purchased your dress from Ruth yet, you need to see her ASAP. We now run the risk of not being able to find them for you.

·        Advanced Circus dancers: we have some new pieces for you to look at/try on for your costumes. Please see Ruth or Alex about this. The items we have are first come first serve so if you haven’t completed your “goth circus costume” come see us…there is some cute stuff!  Magic Etc also have some costumes for rent that might be cool for this number. If you choose to go that route the rental cost will be your responsibility, but you will get the JWC pricing ($30 for the entire week of the show)   ·         Circus Acts: We have some costumes on hold at Magic Etc for you to try on since we didn’t have things for all of you in the costume closet. We need you to go with Ruth to Magic Etc on Saturday after dance rehearsal. If you cannot make it at that time please schedule a time to go with Ruth in the next week to look at items. Spring Show will be paying for the bulk of the rental of these costumes, but if you do wear a costume that is rented for your circus act, we ask that you pay $10 towards it.

8.    Receptions ·         Make sure to bring your wine donations!!!!

 

 

I think that is all I have right now. My wireless at home keeps going in and out, but I am able to check my email on my blackberry. Thank you again for all you have done to this point and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Hey gang,

Sorry for my late email, this week have been very tough with finding out our sweet Mr. Bogie has lung cancer.

Here is the rundown for this Saturday’s rehearsal:
 
EVERYONE needs to be there at 8:30am to run circus!

2) Scene rehearsal will take place at the American Heart Association offices from 1:15-3:30pm, we will run the following scenes (some of which were not originally planned) Please make sure you are there and ready to work….we start running full acts next week!!! Make sure you have your printed script as well.
Scene 4
Scene 7
Scene 8

3) Ad Sales – Remember the deadline for ad sales is Saturday, Feb 13th!! We still have a long way to go to reach our goal to be able to pay for the show. Keep selling those ads!!!!!!!!  Forms are attached!

4) Liability form – Amy needs to get a Liability form from EVERY cast member. I have attached the form, please fill it out and bring it to rehearsal tomorrow to turn in.

5) Costumes – Tomorrow from 10:30-Noon we will be doing costume fittings for people in the following dances
Don’t’ Rain On My Parade
Circus Advanced Dancers
Circus Acts
You Belong to Me

6) Tickets – Rebecca will be there tomorrow to take ticket orders if you have them!

7) Receptions – Remember to bring your wine donation to dance rehearsals, all cast members should be able to donate at least 1 bottle of wine!

8) NO Vocal rehearsal this weekend.

I think that is it for now, see you all tomorrow!

Happy Thursday Spring Showers!!!!!

So this has been a CRAZY week, but SO much has been accomplished for the show that it has been well worth it! Just a few notes, reminders, and action items for this Saturday’s rehearsal!!! 

Please read this ENTIRE email….there is a lot of important stuff in here! J 

1. Ad Sales – I am looking forward to seeing how many ads come in this weekend!! I challenge each of you to turn in at least 1 Ad (even if it is just a Business Card size!) Remember we CANNOT do the show if we do not hit our ad sales goal! Too much work has gone into the show for that to happen, but we need everyone’s help to reach that goal! For every ad you turn in this Saturday your name will go into a drawing for a fun prize….I will also announce last weeks winner at the Business Meeting!  Ad sales deadline is SATURDAY, FEB 13th!!!
   
2. Receptions – Don’t forget to bring your donated wine for the Spring Show reception!! We found out this week that Coors is graciously donating the beer again this year, so that is cover but we need wine and lots of it!!  It doesn’t have to be expensive wine….I cleaned out my wine cabinet and came up with 6 bottles that I was willing to donate!
   
   
3. Script – I know I sent out the “final” script earlier this week…I lied, the one attached to this script is the FINAL one! We have had a few cast changes this week and had to tweak the script because of it. Also if you will notice this script is set up with page breaks between each scene so the page numbers are different than before. This is the script that rehearsals will be run off of… PRINT IT OUT….BRING A COPY WITH YOUR LINES ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED TO REHEARSAL!!!!!

4. Vocal Rehearsal – Here is the schedule for this week’s vocal rehearsal with Melanie. You can locate your back up music the website under Musical Notes if you need to download it to practice at home!

               9:30 am          9 to 5                             Bridget
              10:00 am         Proud Mary                   Tonia, Kristina  
              10:30 am         OMG You Guys             Shannon, Mack, Garrick, Audrey   
              11:00 am         My Philosophy               Alex, Tricia  
              11:30 am        Whatever M/M Want      Alex S., Christen, Kristina, Dorothy

 

5. Scene Rehearsal – This week we will be running scenes 5 and 6. It is VERY important that we have everyone there!!! And again PRINT OUT THE SCRIPT….BRING A COPY WITH YOUR LINES ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED TO REHEARSAL!!!!!   Below you will find a list of which characters are in scenes 5 and 6. 
    Scene 5                                                                                       
                     DJ                                                                                     
                     Mindy                                                                                
                     Muffy                                                                               
                     Will
                     Susie
                     Joe
                     Grace
                     Elle
                     Trudy
                     Waitress
                     Buffy
                     Duffy
                     Drunk Guy
      Scene 6                                                                                                                                    
                   Karen
                   Jack                                                                              
                   Agent
                  Trudy
                  Mr. Bogie
                  Mrs. Bogie
                  Will
                  Grace
   
   
6. Music –All dance and vocal music is now on the website for you to download! Dance tracks can be found under the Choreographers’ Corner and vocal back up tracks can be located under Musical Notes
   
    I think that is it for now! Enjoy the rest of your week and see you all Saturday morning!!!!

Hello wonderful Spring Showers!!!

Thank you so much for great dance and vocal rehearsals! It is so cool to see the vision of this show come to life each week and that couldn’t happen without each and everyone of you, so THANK YOU!!!

Here is the info you need for this week’s rehearsals, but remember at anytime you have a question you can locate this info on the Spring Show website www.JWCSpringShow.Weebly.com under Cast and Crew Info!

 I have included a breakdown of which characters are in which scenes, so please look this over. If you are listed you need to be at rehearsal this weekend!! Also attached is the final script, from here on out this is the script we are working from and there shouldn’t be any major line changes. There could be a few small changes at rehearsal, but this is the final script! (So you can START LEARNING YOUR LINES!)

Saturday, January 23, 2010 Schedule                                                 
             Dance Rehearsal – 8:30am till 10:00am
                       JWC – Margaret Meacham Hall
                                                                                                        
             Scene 2 Rehearsal - 9:00am till 10:00am
                       JWC – Margaret Meacham Hall

             Vocal Rehearsal - 9:30am till Noon
                       JWC – Margaret Meacham Hall

             Scene 3 & 4 Rehearsal – 1:15pm till 3:15pm
                       American Heart Association 
                       2630 West Freeway, Suite 250 
                       Fort Worth, TX 76102

Vocal Rehearsal Schedule
            9:30 am            Proud Mary                              Tonia, Alex S, Kristina 
           10:00 am           Business Meeting 
           10:30 am           OMG You Guys                        Shannon, Mack, Garrick, Audrey          
           11:00 am           Whatever Mimi/Muffy Wants       Faith, Christen
           11:30 am           My Philosophy                          Alex, Tricia


Cast in Scene 2
       Will                                                                
       Grace                                
       Jack                                                          
       Karen
       Landlady


Cast in Scene 3
       Truth Fairy                                                         
       Tooth Fairy                                                       
       Time Fairy                                                       
       Tune Fairy
       Elle
       Trudy
       Mr. Bogie
       Mrs. Bogie
       Alfred
       Isabel
       Karen
       Jack
       Will
       Grace
       Muffy
       Buffy
       Duffy
       Dr. Kookman

Cast in Scene 4
      Truth Fairy                                                                     
      Tune Fairy                                                                          
      Dr. Friedman                                                         
      Dr. Kookman
      Muffy
      Mrs. Bogie
      Mr. Bogie
      Isabel
      Joe
      Susie
      Karen
      Grace
      Jack
      Trudy
      Will
      Buffy
      Duffy
      Glinda


Thank you and looking forward to seeing you all again on Saturday!
Alex

Hi everyone!

As we get ready for our first dance rehearsal this Saturday, I wanted to pass this document on to each of you.
Here you will find a break out of the songs and dances that are in the show. You will be able to see which characters are singing the song, which dances your character is REQUIRED to be in, as well as the dances that you absolutely can’t be in.

This year is a little different than last year in the sense that main character have to take part in certain numbers for them to make sense! As we get into rehearsal, there might be a few small changes but for the most part there shouldn’t be a lot of changes.

You are responsible for knowing what dance numbers you can and can’t be in.  Please don’t put the choreographers in a bind by 1) not ever showing up to a dance rehearsal for a number you have to know/be in and 2) learning a dance, only to realize the week before the show you can’t be in it!  If you ever have a question about what dances you have to be in/can or can’t be in please get with Dorothy Blackman to figure that out.

Thank you all and I can’t wait to see everyone on Saturday! This is going to be a fun show!

Happy 2010 Everyone!!

I am so excited about our 1st Spring Show Rehearsal on this coming Saturday!!! The writers and choreographers have been working hard to have everything ready for this day and I think you will all be very pleased with the show! I know I am over the moon excited about it! We are going to have so much fun!

Before Saturday I wanted to touch base with everyone I have on the cast and Spring Show list with a few details you will need to know before hand! Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the following things.

Rehearsal Times and Locations

8:45am till Noon       Dance Rehearsal

• BOD/Advisor number will be at 9:30am
• f you have a friend in JWC  or any guys that want to dance tell them to be there at 8:45 Saturday. Come see all the dances we have for the year and see what ones you would like to be in. After you decided you only have to be there to rehearse those dances verse being there the whole time each week
• JWC – Margret Meacham Hall

10:00am        All Cast and Crew Weekly Business Meeting

• All Committee Heads will be introduced, so please bring anything you need to give to the cast and crew at this time
• JWC – Margret Meacham Hall

10:30am        Spring Show Newbie Orientation

• First year of Spring Show can be overwhelming! This brief orientation will help make sense of everything and let you know what to expect! 
•  JWC – Margret Meacham Hall

 1:15pm        Cast script read through – All cast with lines to attend

• Please be on time! The sooner we start the sooner we are done!
• Watch for another email later this week with the script and the character descriptions.
  
• You will need to bring your own print out of the script with you on Saturday!
• American Heart Association  2630 West Freeway, Suite 250  Fort Worth, TX 76102
  

Early Bird Ad Sales

•  We are extending the Early Bird Ad Sales Special for Spring Show cast members through thisSaturday, January 9th! We must receive your formno later than Saturday’s rehearsal for you to be eligible to receive the early bird discount price! 
• Ad sales are a HUGE part of how we pay for the show and this year we have a $10,000 ad sales budget!!  So if you, your family, your JWC department or anyone else is planning on buying an ad make sure to take advantage of the early bird discount and get your form in by this Saturday, January 9th!
• Remember ads can be anything from advertisements from local businesses, congratulations from your family and friends, a thank you to your family for supporting you, something with all your JWC girlfriends: the ideas are limitless….get creative as there will be lots of fun prizes for ads this year too!
• Questions? Contact Spring Show Business Manger Amy James at [email protected]

Can't wait to see you all on Saturday!
Alex