IMPORTANT INFORMATION

--IMPORTANT DATES–

Oct. 29th 3:30-4:30 Audition Clinic with Emily Summerhays (GYM)
Nov. 7th by 11:59pm. -Auditions, Registration, Payment, Scholarships (Fee Waivers) Due
Nov. 14th 1:45pm-4:00pm- In person Callbacks by invitation only
Nov. 21st-CAST LIST POSTED
Nov. 23rd -the schedule will be sent out and it will be posted on website
Nov. 24th/25th- 7:25 am- FIRST REHEARSAL for Purple/Gold
Jan. 10th: 8am-4pm- SET DAY/ COSTUME FITTINGS: . You will be expected to be there for a 2 hr shift. This will be at the school. Costume Fittings will happen in the cafeteria at the same time.
Friday, Feb. 13th-PURPLE CAST AM FULL RUN THROUGH
Tues. Feb. 17th- GOLD CAST AM FULL RUN THROUGH
Wed. Feb. 18th- PURPLE CAST TECH REHEARSAL 3:30-7:00pm
Thurs. Feb. 19th- GOLD CAST TECH REHEARSAL 3:30-7:00pm
Fri. Feb. 20th- DRESS REHEARSALS- GOLD CAST 2:00-5:00pm

PURPLE CAST 6:00-9:00pm

Mon. Feb. 23rd- PURPLE Cast 2nd Dress Rehearsal 3:30-7:00pm
Tues. Feb. 24th- GOLD Cast 2nd Dress rehearsal 3:30-7:00pm

PERFORMANCES:

Wednesday, Feb. 25th 6:00pm- PURPLE Cast

Thursday, Feb. 26th 9:00am GOLD Assembly

6:00pm GOLD Cast

Friday, Feb. 27th 9:00am PURPLE Assembly

5:00pm- GOLD Cast

7:30pm- PURPLE Cast

Saturday, Feb. 28th: 11:00am- PURPLE Cast

1:30pm- GOLD Cast

5:00pm- PURPLE Cast

7:30pm- GOLD Cast

SATURDAY WE STRIKE THE SET AFTER THE LAST SHOW__ WE NEED ALL PARENTS TO HELP WITH PUTTING CHAIRS AWAY AND BREAKING DOWN THE SET.

Willy Wonka JR. DISCLOSURE

Willy Wonka Jr. Disclosure

Snow Horse Elementary Parent Meeting

Email: snowhorsemusicals@gmail.com

Website: www.snowhorsemusicals.com

Things you need to do today:

DOWNLOAD the REMIND app to your phone
text @snowhorse to 81010
Read & Sign the student contract
READ THE DISCLOSURE & Commit to Check our website www.snowhorsemusicals.com EVERYDAY!!!!!!
Sign up for Set-Day & a Commitee to help with
Fill out the registration Form and pay the fees. https://snowhorse.givebacks.com/shop

Audition videos will be submitted separately and accepted until the deadline. ONLY THE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT ARE REQUIRED TO SECURE YOUR SPOT WITHIN THE CAPACITY ALLOWED. All fees need to be paid BEFORE the cast list is released on Friday, Nov. 21st after school. IF you have not paid your fees or talked to the principal to make arrangements for a fee waiver; your child will not get to participate.

Registration Form and Fee, Scholarships (fee waivers)

& Audition Videos are due by Friday, Nov. 7th 11:59pm.

REGISTRATION FORMS: This year our registration form is attached to your registration payment in our pta store. Please visit https://snowhorse.givebacks.com/shop to fill out your registration and secure your child’s spot in the production ASAP.

AUDITION VIDEOS: These need to be attached to the audition Google form found on our website's audition info page linked here Audition Info. Please see the very specific instructions for auditions on the info page. READ CAREFULLY and reach out if you have questions. We're here to help!

FEES: All fees will be paid through our PTA Store https://snowhorse.memberhub.com/store

$50 registration/participation fee ** (All leads who get a speaking part; will receive a script. If we have extras; they will be first come, first serve).

$15- Willy Wonka Jr. Musical T-Shirt (not required). This is an estimated cost and may change. More Details later

All payments are non-refundable once the cast list has been posted.

FEE WAIVERS: If you feel this is too much for you to afford, we gladly offer confidential scholarships or fee waivers. You simply need to reach out to Dr. Talbot, our Principal, and she will add your child to the PAID list. We do not want the fees to be the reason your child does not participate! We want EVERY child that wants to participate to have the chance! You will then register with the fee waiver form online.

PARENT VOLUNTEERING: All parents will be expected to volunteer! PERIOD! This show can not run without the help of EVERYONE. If your child is cast as a lead in the show, know that you will be expected to be a lead volunteer. You will be trained with the kids you will be working with during the performances.

NEW THIS YEAR: Volunteers will need to have a district background check completed as well. This can be taken care of at the district offices in Farmington. We need to be very strict on who is in the building at any given time. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY YOUNGER SIBLINGS ALLOWED. We understand that there will be those of you who have work conflicts; we will be able to find a way for you to contribute (These special circumstances need to be approved by the Production Team ASAP. Please talk with Tammie Balls.)

VIP TICKETS: VIP tickets will be assigned after all volunteer spots are filled. You will receive 2 free tickets to the show on either the front row or the second row to one of the shows. We will ask for your first and second choice preference of show. THey will then be assigned. Each family will receive 2 free tickets. More info will come at a later date. The rest of the tickets can be purchased online once we get closer to the show. A link will be given at a later date along with more information about how to do this.

ATTENDANCE: Your child will be expected to be at EVERY rehearsal & ON TIME when they are called. If your child has a prior conflict; make sure you have marked those spots on the Registration Form; we will take that into account when assigning their roles and performance times. Please be aware that after Feb. 2nd; any absences not previously approved may result in their role being given away. We understand that this may seem harsh; but absences that we are not prepared for negatively affect the entire cast for that day. We want you to understand that we need your child available for all performance times of both casts. In the event that a child ends up being sick and unable to participate; we will be asking the other cast with the same character to fill in for those performances. We hope that this does not happen; but we need to be prepared.

We CANNOT allow children to participate who have regular morning commitments (with the exception of the Snow Horse Orchestra and Hope Squad).

Each child will also be required to attend all Dress Rehearsals and performances for their cast. We will not allow any switching of performances. If you know you already have a conflict for all those required dates; this may not be for you this year.

Cast Lists are Final. Switching will not be allowed; no exceptions.

CELL PHONES/WATCHES NOT ALLOWED at Rehearsals

CELL PHONES/WATCHES ARE NOT ALLOWED AT PRACTICE!

This is breaking a school policy as well as ours. If a child needs to call a parent, no problem. Just let us know and make your call.

Otherwise, student cell phones MUST remain in their backpacks. We have very limited time to teach the kids and we need their full attention.

SCHOOL POLICY ON BEHAVIOR-For Reference

SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PLAN Snow Horse Elementary has implemented a school-wide positive behavioral support plan that utilized common language to ensure consistency throughout the school. The purpose of the plan is to increase responsibility, respect, and safety at our school. The Snow Horse Behavior Plan is based on four simple expectations:

o Be Respectful

o Be Responsible

o Be Safe

o Be Kind

Students are positively reinforced in variety of ways, by teachers and administration. Cool Colt Tickets are handed out and collected. Each week administration, pulls these tickets and students are called down to the office for a prize. Discipline Procedures when Expectations are not followed: Our goal is to redirect inappropriate behavior. When dealing with a discipline situation, we do our best to address it in such a way that the needs of the individual student are considered. We believe in involving parents in the discipline process and feel that we cannot be effective in teaching your children appropriate school and social behaviors without your support. Most discipline will be handled by the classroom teacher.

Consequences for inappropriate behavior may include:

1. Oops Tickets followed up by a phone call from the teacher and to be signed by the parent and sent back to the teacher.

2. Conferences with the student and/or parent.

3. Loss of privileges such as recess or assigned recess area

4. Phone calls home.

5. Exclusion from school

6. In-school or out-of-school suspension

SAFE SCHOOL VIOLATIONS As per District mandate, we are required to implement the Safe School Policy. The following behaviors will not be tolerated:

1. Fighting

2. Obscene language/gestures

3. Bullying (physical and verbal)

4. Hazing

5. Controlled or illegal substances or paraphernalia

6. Terroristic threat or threat to harm oneself or others

7. Sexual misconduct, lewdness, or sexual harassment

8. Destruction of school property

9. Weapons – pretend or real

10. Continued diisruption of learning or teaching

We instruct students to go and tell an adult when they see or are involved in conflicts with other children. Students who are involved in a fight, whether they started it or not, will receive disciplinary consequences as per Safe School requirements.

OUR BULLY FREE ZONE!

We would love it if you could have a discussion with your children about building each other up and filling each others buckets with kindness at rehearsals. Our hope is that these kids will make lasting friendships throughout this musical process and feel happy and part of a team. We are a team that cheers each other on and it takes EVERY person to make this a success. We want everyone's buckets to be overflowing after rehearsals and for this to be a fun and positive experience for everyone that participates.

Singing in front of people is a hard thing to do even for the professionals! This is especially hard in the very beginning of a show when everyone is first learning their parts. We want all kids to feel confident and that learning in front of their classmates is a safe place for them--that even on our bad days, they will be cheered for by their teammates!

Recently, we have witnessed a few incidents of bullying during rehearsals--bullying can be saying mean things, teasing, whispering and laughing at others that are performing, and/or embarrassing someone in public . Some of the things we have overheard kids saying about other kids while they are performing are:

"____________ only got this part because their mom helps with the play. They aren't even that good."

"____________ is so off-key."

"Ugh. I hate listening to you sing your solo. It is my least favorite part of the play"

"That was so bad (after someone finished a solo)."

These are just a few of the comments that we are aware of because they have happened in front of us. We hope there are not more going on outside of practice either. It breaks our hearts to watch this kids lose their confidence and not want to be a part of the musical anymore because of one unkind person.

It has made us realize that unfortunately, we need to have a process moving forward of how we will deal with these kind of things IF they arise.

This is our process & consequences after an incident:

We will discuss the issue with your child in the moment when it is seen or when we have had word of such incident. IF it is something Major; we will contact parents at this point.
If the behavior happens again after being asked to stop; we will contact parents and let you know what is happening and ask you help us resolve the issue.
IF that still does not change the behavior and it continues; Your child will be asked to not be part of the musical. We do NOT want it to ever get to this point.

We follow the guidelines that the school has set up and have posted that process below for your reference.

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