Nine more notes to get through this crazy week:

1.  TICKETS:  They are $5 each.  It is open seating (not assigned).  Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Buy your tickets BEFORE school outside of 5th/6th grade building OR outside of 7th/8th grade entrance (if it is raining go in building 2 or 4).  OR BUY at lunch.  There are people selling every day this week.  It is best to buy in advance, and you can pay by check to WMS Drama.  If you are sending your child in to buy tickets be sure to WRITE DOWN how many for which night.  These children of ours don't remember much after they get out of the car.

Tickets will also be sold BEFORE each show.  We are in a much larger theater and should have lots of availability, but who knows?  Best to plan ahead.

2.  CAST MEMBERS with Scripts - they need to be returned.  You may start erasing and bringing those in.  The fines for not returning ALL of them are in the hundreds of dollars (crazy!), so we do need those back by Friday!

3.  CHOCOLATE - we extended the deadline for this until tomorrow (Wednesday).  There will be chocolate available to buy at the show too, but it is nice to pre-order so you don't have to deal with it at the show and it is automatically sent backstage to your cast or crew member.  However, your children will want to send their friends little treats too, so bring cash along to the shows.

4.  DVD - remember way, way back when your child auditioned?  If you checked that you wanted a DVD, we are making one for you.  So, we need your check for that as well.  It is $20 each.  Checks can be made out to WMS Drama.

5.  Cast Party - Saturday AFTER the show and AFTER we all strike the set (tear everything down) and Clean the Green Room, then the cast and crew are invited to the Jobalia's House on Larchmont for a Party.  PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE for getting their OWN CHILDREN to and from the party.  There are chaperones AT the party, but not along the way.  The cast party typically ends by 11 p.m.  IF that changes, Karen Jobalia will let us know. 

6.  Many thanks to the awesome snacks at rehearsal.  These kids can do some eating - so please remember that Wednesday andThursday are loooonnnggg  and send dinner along too.  Feel free to stop by and bring dinner as needed.  Most likely they break around 6 p.m.

7.  Kids will need to arrive early on Friday and Saturday (call time is 6 p.m.) to change into costume and get ready.  Please come with make-up (if wearing) and hair done.

8.  The kids will be moving from backstage right to backstage left OUTDOORS. With all the band equipment and the dark walkways, it was decided that the kids that need to move from one side of the stage to the other off stage would actually be better off doing so outside around the back of the building.  For safety and security purposes, we are working on getting off duty Wyoming police officers to "work" during the shows.  They will be outside in the dark to make sure all is well.  If you are volunteering for a show, please be patient if you get moved around a bit as we figure out where the needs lie.  

9.  Eighth Graders have traditionally done a special "finale" the final show and this year is not different.  Saturday night after the curtain call, the class of 2018 will do a short farewell.  Without a marble staircase, there won't be an exit like at WMS where the kids line up by grade, but we are still working on the after show plan (aside of getting in line for chip wheelies).  

These kids have worked so hard.  It is fun seeing it come together!  Many thanks to those of you volunteering above and beyond the necessary - as the kids say, you rock!

Thanks, Amy