Hook and Pan reunited

A Note from Mrs. Powell, Our Student Teacher

This is from our student teacher, Mrs. Powell. Her sentiments are shared by many.

Kudos to ALL!

The performances were tremendous. All the parts came together beautifully to make an excellent whole.
Congrats.

Excellent Opening Night!

Congratulations to everyone involved. The audience went away smiling, humming and tapping their feet. Kudos to all! Your dedication to this project is evident.

Keep up the good work.

Can You Believe We Open in 2 days??!!

Guys, we are so proud of you. You are doing excellent work both on and off stage. It is such a pleasure to watch you perform, and to know how much you are accomplishing backstage. Can't wait for this weekend. Get lots of sleep and eat well between now and then!

Revision of Our January Dates

Due to the poor weather today, we will be performing the entire show in costume Friday January 13th during periods 2, 3, and 4.

Sunday, we will rehearse from10 AM until 6PM.

We will tape the stage for Act 2 from 11 to 12:30. Al needs to start micing people at 12:30. Makeup and hair will start by 12:30 also. Show starts at 2:00 sharp.

This week coming up has changes a bit, so please note the changes.

Since we haven't looked at Act 2 enough, next week will look like this:

Monday January 16th, Act 1 matinee- 9:30 makeup- 11:00 start. Act 2, after school 2:30 to 5:00

Tuesday January 17th...matinee again

Wednesday Jan. 18th... matinee and NEW after school rehearsal of ACT 2 only. 2:30 to 5:00

Thursday Jan. 19th.. Finish any set pieces, etc. get ready for Friday

Friday January 20th... makeup at 4:30- show starts at 7:00PM

Saturday January 21st- two shows makeup at 11:30 and again at 5:00

Sunday January 22nd- final show .. makeup at 11:30- enjoy the sense of accomplishment!!!!!

Post Show party- pot luck time and location TBA

Congratulations and Thank You

Great job to all who were able to come to the

rehearsal today at the Pinnacle Playhouse.

This is promising to be a fine show.

Great characters,beautiful songs and the best burps in town.

Ginger ale for all pirates.

Making Your Own: Sword, Cutlass or Knife

Alrighty, here comes the really fun homework: making your character a homemade sword, cutlass or knife. Which you make will depend on your character. What do you use in the stage fights? What has the script called for? What would you carry for work and survival each day?

- Lost Boys and Pirates: need a sword for the sword fight on the pirate ship. Peter and Hook do not need to provide a sword for this fight.

- Lost Boys: many of you need a knife to carry at your belt.

- Pirates: the iconic pirate weapon is the curved cutlass.

- Peter: carries a knife at all times.

- Indians: some need weapons.

Step 1: research costume cutlasses, swords and knives online and in productions of Peter Pan.
Step 2: determine what your character needs.
Step 3: create your own design or use the following link to get started. This link shows a sword that looks more Medieval than Peter Pan, but you could curve yours to create a cutlass, make it smaller to create a knife, leave off the tin foil, and personalize yours with craft paint or spray paint.

http://video.about.com/familycrafts/How-to-Make-a-Costume-Sword.htm

Have fun!
Happy Holidays!

Dye Fabric With Tea

Hi guys! I hope your holiday has been happy and restful so far.

Here is a short and sweet video showing tea dyeing. This one shows a fabric that has been dyed DARKER than what we're hoping for. We just want our shirts to look aged like those you've seen in the Peter Pan movies, but not fully brown. So, while this video recommends steeping 10-20 teabags and soaking the fabric for 8 hrs., you could begin with 5 teabags for 8hrs. If the shirt does not seem dark enough, steep more teabags in boiling water and add this to your first batch.

http://www.ehow.com/video_4987242_dye-fabric-tea.html

January 2012: The Final Stretch

Important Dates for January:

Thursday January 5th noon to 4:00 at the Pinnacle Playhouse- rehearsal with karaoke CD

Monday January 9th- after school rehearsal 2:40 until 5 with the band

Finish program

Tuesday January 10th- set move rehearsal Andrew and Steven begin to work with Alex on lights

Sunday January 15th- Final dress rehearsal all day 10 to 6 all sound, lights, props, costume,etc.

Friday January 20th- Opening Night- All actors in for makeup by 4:30 or 5:00; curtain 7:00

Saturday January 21st- show at 2:00 and 7:00- actors should arrive 2 hours before curtain

Sunday January 22nd- final show at 2:00 PM. All arrive at noon.

Production party after clean up.

Reminder: Bring t-shirt money!

THIS WEEK: Set, Props and Costumes

- Painting Party, Wed. Dec. 21, 2:45-8:30

- Bring all costume pieces and prop weapons to rehearsal Monday and Thursday

Coming Events FOR THIS WEEK

PAINTING PARTY IN AUD WEDNESDAY December 14th.... 2:45 to 8:30
REHEARSAL WITH BAND & POSSIBLY FENCING THURSDAY December 15th 2:40 to 5:00

ALL DAY REHEARSAL December 18th 10:00 to 6:00
Schedule: 10:00 to 11:00 Peter, Hook, Starkey, Smee, Cecco, Wendy and Tiger Lily
11:00 to noon Darlings and Peter
Noon to 12:30 All Pirates
12:30 to 1:30 lunch and getting into costume
1:30 warm ups for run starting at 2:00 sharp
2:00 to 5:30 RUN SHOW
5:30 to 6:00 NOTES & CLEAN UP

Mary Trip December 7th

Toronto at Night

Week of December 5 to 11th

T-shirt Money due this week

Raffle ticket money

This week's reminders:

Monday rehearsal: fight choreography for lost boys and pirates

Wednesday: Mary Poppins Trip leaves at noon

Thursday rehearsal: stand and sing with the band

Sunday rehearsal:

10 AM selected scenes with Peter, Darlings

11 AM selected scenes with the lost boys

11:30- run ACT ONE
12:30 lunch
1:30 get ready for full run

begin run soon after

5:30 notes and cleanup

Reminders

Here are some reminders for upcoming events:

Fencing Rehearsal again this week

Money and form for Mary Poppins

Money for t-shirts/sweatshirts

$2.00 donation for raffle basket

Saturday December 3rd- Dewe's all day

First all day rehearsal December 11th ... 10 to 6

Flash Mobbing the Memorial

Saturday November 26th found the CSS Peter Pan cast and crew dancing at the Festival of Trees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alje85edCxI

Huge Thanks to Paul Thompson and His Helper Maija (and Allegra)!

Thank you, Paul (of Thompson Tents), for donating your time and truck to our float! Paul (and his helpers Maija and Allegra -- Nana's understudy) hung the murals, strung and re-strung the lights and saw us safely through the parade. We couldn't have done it without you!

Preparing for the Parade

What a great night! Here we are preparing for the parade.

Thank you to everyone for all the effort in creating a great float and a great night. The murals looked amazing and your spirit and characterization in the parade was inspiring!

Santa Claus Parade

The singing, dancing crazy kids from CSS Peter Pan... November 20th, 2011... Fantastic Fun parade.