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RE: Senior traditions?

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-27-2016 10:25
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Our end-of-the-year ceremony is held in the theater. Just before I announce the winner of the William Shakespeare award, I invite all of the seniors onto the risers on the stage and play Susan Boyle song Who I Am meant to be. Well the song is playing, I move from one senior to the next giving them a ...

RE: Script Advice

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-20-2016 10:26
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First of all, I am directing Letters to Sala in the fall and would love any suggestions, help, advice you can give. Second Most Shakespeare works have lots of flexibility for casting large numbers and gender can often be changed To See the Stars The Giver and/or Gathering Blue ...

Projectors

Posted By Helen Dixon 03-29-2016 23:43
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We would like to use some projections in the show we are producing next fall. We are in the process of doing our research but, rather than reinvent the wheel, I thought I would start by asking in here. We are not looking to create Broadway quality images but I do want the audience to be able to see the ...

RE: Joseph

Posted By Helen Dixon 03-25-2016 00:58
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I did Joseph many years ago. We used both boys and girls to play the brothers. We made no attempt to do biblical costuming so we weren't worrying about historical accuracy. Much of our design concept was rainbow themed. The brothers were the focal point of that. They all wore white pants/jeans and each ...

RE: writing grants/grant opportunities

Posted By Helen Dixon 11-09-2015 16:07
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Along the same lines, I would love to get some grant information about purchasing some additional LEDs for our theatre. We have some which were purchased by the district and others that the club or our booster club purchased but I would like more. Obviously, I love their artistic versatility but also ...

RE: Pre-Tests for Acting

Posted By Helen Dixon 05-16-2015 14:08
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Would love to see links to more state rubrics! ------------------------------ Helen Dixon Oakley CA ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Original Message: Sent: 05-15-2015 14:27 From: Laura Steenson Subject: Pre-Tests for Acting Oregon rubrics... ...

RE: Letter in theatre? Yep!

Posted By Helen Dixon 05-16-2015 13:55
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For more than 25 years, students in the arts have been able to letter in the arts. .and we have a different letter for each Art (theater, choir, band). The choir and band teachers years ago created their own point system for letters and levels but I have always used the ITS point system for both the ...

RE: Edited Shakesepare

Posted By Helen Dixon 05-04-2015 18:52
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We performed it in the early 80's. I didn't have much money and my costume stock was not as full as it is now. We had been donated a bunch of 70's style clothes, we had things already in stock that were adaptable and the kids could adapt some of their clothes for the look. So I placed it in the 70's. ...

RE: Bully Parents

Posted By Helen Dixon 05-04-2015 18:40
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I think your principal needs to call her and tell her that he/she has instructed you to block her emails and to not receive phone calls, etc. ------------------------------ Helen Dixon Oakley CA ------------------------------

RE: How does your school fund Musicals?

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-28-2015 15:51
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The stipends for the Director, the Costume Coordinator and the Technical Director are stipends paid by the district. Compared to the totals that I saw on a recent feed that some of you are getting, ours are paltry. These stipends were established before I started teaching here 27 years ago. They didn't ...

RE: Busy students

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-25-2015 21:24
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Our band students do have to choose between the fall play and being in band as, if they are in a band class, they are required to march. It would be impossible for me to try to even work around their schedule ... especially since we sometimes have performances on the nights of football games. Nevertheless, ...

RE: Musical Revues for High School

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-24-2015 12:04
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The reviews that we have done in the past are A Grand Night for Singing and All Night Strut. Grand Night has at least one song from each of Rogers and Hammerstein's musicals and Strut has a lot of 30's and 40's music with the opportunity for some swing dancing and the like. ------------------------------ ...

RE: High School Play Help

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-24-2015 11:55
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I agree that most classics are race neutral (ancient Greece, Shakespeare, Moliere, etc) as are many great American plays: You Can't Take it With You, Harvey, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Arsenic and Old Lace, etc, etc, etc). This fall we produced Gay Monteverde's The Arabian Nights which could also be ...

RE: Following through on the contract

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-22-2015 10:16
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Couldn't agree more. Turn them in. I had the same debate with myself several years ago when some kids were drinking during a rehearsal. I found out about it on a Saturday, turned them in on Monday at lunch (spending time talking to colleagues). The kids got suspended for the five school days of tech ...

RE: Electing Officers

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-20-2015 16:05
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There is no way popularity can be totally avoided but here is what I do. About a month in advance of elections, I post ona wall in my room and email the duties of all of the offices for anyone who is thinking of running to read. Students are required to turn in a letter a week before elections and I ...

RE: Large Cast new plays please!!!

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-14-2015 16:28
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I could have sworn I responded to this but I am not seeing it so here goes ... again. Most of these plays are available from the larger catalog houses. Most of these shows have flexible ensembles, some more flexible than others. The Arabian Nights - Gay Monteverde adaptation Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon ...

RE: Shrek Duloc and Farquaad costumes and Shrek hands

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-14-2015 16:13
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I think we got our Duloc wigs from Oriental Trading or some company like that. ($6 each, I think) They have very cheap page boy style wigs which had a great "cheesy" look. I think I have 10-12 of them. I would be willing to sell them for less if someone is interested. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Shrek Duloc and Farquaad costumes and Shrek hands

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-14-2015 16:09
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I have Farquaad costumes as well as the leg "rigging" that I am willing to rent or sell. You can see pictures on our Pinterest account (Lhs Playmakers) if you like. All the hands that we looked at were crazy big and the actor couldn't manipulate his fingers at all in them. I have some that we didn't ...

RE: The Giver

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-14-2015 10:28
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Dramatic Publishing is now licensing Gathering Blue. It is based on her second book in The Giver quartet. It is only about 60 minutes. ------------------------------ Helen Dixon Oakley CA ------------------------------

RE: Thespian Points

Posted By Helen Dixon 04-08-2015 15:43
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I only have my most advanced class do a public performance. Most if it is rehearsed in class but we usually have 2-3 days of rehearsal after school plus the performance so that comes to roughly 10 hours. So, I only give one point. Two for the student director. I am confused as to how some people ...