Go Go Go Joseph!

Here's your dance preview for Tuesday, when we will learn the Go Go Go Joseph number.  Lucky for you, you already know most of it from auditions!  Like I said then, this will be a crazy, high energy, 80s aerobics style dance.  Here is your inspiration video:

Benjamin Calypso Tomorrow!

Hello all! It's your choreographer Ms. Mason with a post about our first dance rehearsal.

First, I'm reminding you to dress appropriately.  You don't have to wear tights and tennies, like I do.  But please dress for school for comfort, or bring clothes to change into.  Pants (no skirts) and comfy shoes (no high heels or boots) (or flip flops) (half my classmates in Boulder wore them all winter, so I feel the need to remind you youths not to make idiotic footwear choices too).  Wearing layers is smart because the auditorium is freezing but dancing will warm you up.  I recommend water bottles too.  This goes for every dance rehearsal. 

Second, I'm here to give you a taste of the dance.  As you know, each song in Dreamcoat is done in a different style.  To help you understand the inspiration I will be posting a video for each piece I choreograph.  I'm not asking you to learn any steps or additional music from the videos.  Just watch a bit of them so you know what attitude to expect the next day.

Benjamin Calypso is an easy and light Caribbean island style number.  I'm going to teach it to the entire cast.  This early in production it's hard to know who will be backstage doing a costume change or whatever, so you all get to learn it.  It's simple and short anyway.  Here is some traditional island music and dance:



I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!  It will be fun!  

Joseph Cast List

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Cast List

Thank you to everyone who auditioned!

Please note the following:

• There will be several smaller dancing, singing, and acting parts that will be assigned during rehearsals.
• A few actors appear on the list more than once.  They are denoted with an asterisk (*).
• All parts except Joseph and the Narrators are Chorus when not in their named scene(s).

Narrators	Kasey Melsness & Christina Peterson
Joseph	Jonah Maggard
Pharaoh	Robert Anderson
Simeon (“Canaan”)	Chism Mattson*
Levi (“Angel”)	Michael Anderson
Judah (“Calypso”)	Sarah Cisneros
Jacob	Braden Sturek
Potiphar	Jackie Ikola*
Mrs. Potiphar	Chism Mattson*
The Baker	Emma Heineman
The Butler	Matthew Bailey*
Reuben	Cameron VanBaal
Dan	Cameron Hoglan
Naphtali	Emily Wallbank
Gad	Jackie Ikola*
Asher	Matthew Bailey*
Issachar	Gillian Strieter
Zebulun	Sierra Nieland
Benjamin	Johnny Rosso
“Angel” Soloist	KatieLyn Miller
“Camel” Soloist	Kristen Henthorn
“Snake” Soloist	Maggie Long
Chorus	Devin Branigan
	Chris Bromberger
	Kylen Curry (see Waterhouse)
	Shaely Folger
	Andrew Garcia (see Waterhouse)
	Victoria Watson

Call Back List

Thank you to everyone who auditioned!

Due to the use of material from the show for auditions themselves, 

we do not need to call back as many people as usual.

There are lead parts that we are not calling back.

This is NOT a cast list.

This is only the people we need to see again.

If you are not on this list, please check here tomorrow for the cast list.

If your name is below, please review the songs:

"Those Canaan Days" and

"Benjamin Calypso"

for the call-backs and meet in the auditorium at 2:45 Wednesday.

To See Again

Robert Anderson

Michael Anderson

Matthew Bailey

Jonah Maggard

Chism Mattson

Braden Sturek

Cameron VanBaal

Christina Peterson

Kasey Melsness

Sarah Cisneros

Also, if you did not turn in your contract, please get it to Ms. Waterhouse ASAP.
You cannot be cast without that signed contract.

2015 Musical!

This year's musical is...

Auditions begin Monday, November 17th,

2:45-4:30,

in the auditorium.

See you then!

Spamalot Photos

Hey kids! I took pictures closing night.  They are from the back row, blurry, and the spotlight really screws with exposure.  But a few of them turned out nice.  Here's the link to the whole flickr set.  You can use them as you please.

--Ms. Mason

Friday Rescheduled to Next Thursday

Hi, guys.  Waterhouse here.  

Man, this sucks.  I appreciate all of you voting who were able to today.  As you may have heard, the vote was extremely tight.  I talked to Mr. Walters, Mr. Schmidt, & Mr. Hirschfeld; and we took a look at the votes, the situation, the potential for audience turnout, and the calendar; and made the call to reschedule to next Thursday evening (March 13th) with a pickup rehearsal that day after school.  

I know this puts some of you in a rotten situation, and I'm truly sorry for that. Either way it's going to be tough.  All my knights are fled and we're stuck in this large and very inconvenient snowstorm.

I hope you are warm and safe and that we can all reconvene tomorrow to put on another outstanding performance.


To recap:
Saturday, March 8th - 4:00 Call,
                                   6:30 Show
Thursday, March 13th - 2:45 call for run-through,
                                      5:30 dinner break (a very brief one)
                                      6:30 Show

(Remember that midterms are over Thursday, and Friday is a Student Non-Attendance Day.)