Dear Wizard of Oz Friends,
I hope you are all safe and healthy and coping okay with all the changes in your world right now. I miss you and think of you often. As it turns out, we aren't able to perform our show as we were hoping we would. I hope this presentation will bring back happy memories for you as it has for me. I will imagine you singing and dancing along!
I love you and will always remember the fun time we had preparing and performing "The Wizard of Oz" together.
Special thank you to Courtney Featherstone and Tammy Thornton for the amazing photos!
Use the link below to enjoy the show!
Slide show
Rosecrest Elementary Performance Blog
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Saturday, March 28, 2020
THE SHOW WILL GO ON!
We hope you all are enduring school from home! We sure miss seeing everyone's faces! While it is difficult to imagine now, Ms. Lucy and Mr. Anderson are planning future performances once we can safely gather. Please keep your costumes handy and in tip-top shape. You can even rehearse with the performance and sing-along tracks.
Performance Tracks
Refunds for tickets for the cancelled show have been provided. Once we have firm dates, we will open up ticket sales again for our future performances.
While it feels right now like our show is "somewhere over the rainbow," we feel hopeful that THE SHOW WILL GO ON!
Performance Tracks
Sing-Along Tracks
Refunds for tickets for the cancelled show have been provided. Once we have firm dates, we will open up ticket sales again for our future performances.
While it feels right now like our show is "somewhere over the rainbow," we feel hopeful that THE SHOW WILL GO ON!
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Wear your Wizard of Oz Shirt on Friday
Please wear your Wizard of Oz t-shirts and hoodies to school tomorrow. It will cheer us all up to know we are all in this together! We have very high hopes that we perform our show again in the future! Spread the word!
Coronavirus Update
Hug your kiddos; they are super sad. We feel so badly to disappoint them, but we need to comply with the recommendations! We will refund tickets and reopen sales when we have a new performance scheduled. DON'T LOSE YOUR COSTUME!
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Photos!
Thanks to Tammy Thornton and Courtney Featherstone for documenting the show in photos! These are a treasure. They will be adding photos to this link as the show progresses...
Wizard of Oz Photo Library
Monday, March 9, 2020
Hello Wonderful Parents and Cast members,
We are well on our way down the yellow brick road toward the Emerald City now! We had a fantastic first dress rehearsal. Thank you to all of you for putting together such beautiful costumes. Combine those with our fantastic sets and we have a gorgeous show. I have had such a marvelous time working with your children these last ten weeks. They have been quick and ready learners and I have enjoyed every minute we have spent together.
Here is some information about hair styles for choruses:
Boys- all choruses-please wear your hair slicked back with gel and off your face
Girls-
Munchkin Options;
pony tail, pigtails or twisty buns (see picture)
Ozians Options:
Curly up do's. (see picture)
Twisty buns can work for you as well if they fit your hat or fascinator.
Whatever you choose, your hair must up and off so we can see your adorable face.
Use a lot of bobby pins or clips and hair spray so your hair will be secure and you won't have to worry about it.
Girl Monkeys:
Wear your hair pulled back in a pony tail or clips if it's too short.
Jitterbugs:
Twisty buns
Braided buns
We are well on our way down the yellow brick road toward the Emerald City now! We had a fantastic first dress rehearsal. Thank you to all of you for putting together such beautiful costumes. Combine those with our fantastic sets and we have a gorgeous show. I have had such a marvelous time working with your children these last ten weeks. They have been quick and ready learners and I have enjoyed every minute we have spent together.
Here is some information about hair styles for choruses:
Boys- all choruses-please wear your hair slicked back with gel and off your face
Girls-
Munchkin Options;
pony tail, pigtails or twisty buns (see picture)
Ozians Options:
Curly up do's. (see picture)
Twisty buns can work for you as well if they fit your hat or fascinator.
Whatever you choose, your hair must up and off so we can see your adorable face.
Use a lot of bobby pins or clips and hair spray so your hair will be secure and you won't have to worry about it.
Girl Monkeys:
Wear your hair pulled back in a pony tail or clips if it's too short.
Jitterbugs:
Twisty buns
Braided buns
BEGGING for help with CAST MAKEUP!
Yup its true, we are now officially BEGGING and PLEADING for help with cast makeup. We need volunteers to come at 5:30 for evening performances and 12:30 for the Friday matinee. We also need volunteers who can help during the ENTIRE performance because many cast members have costume/makeup changes during the performance.
Wearing costumes and makeup are a HUGE part of this experience for each cast member. It is critical that we are able to help each student feel ready to go and shine on stage! We cant really do that very well without lots of support backstage.
PLEASE sign up anywhere you can. Contact Aania Gowans (801-706-5751) with any questions.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Wearing costumes and makeup are a HUGE part of this experience for each cast member. It is critical that we are able to help each student feel ready to go and shine on stage! We cant really do that very well without lots of support backstage.
PLEASE sign up anywhere you can. Contact Aania Gowans (801-706-5751) with any questions.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Thursday, March 5, 2020
HELP NEEDED next week during dress rehearsals and performances
We still need backstage help during all performances and dress rehearsals next week. You'll help cast members stay in the classrooms until they go on stage and then help them out on stage when it is their time to shine! You can easily slip in the back and watch your student perform so you don't miss out.
Please open up the signup and see where you can help out. Thanks so much to all volunteers so far - without all the volunteer help this amazing production would not be possible! One week to go - woot woot!!!
Click HERE to help during dress rehearsal and performances next week.
Costume Distribution and Dress Rehearsals
COSTUME INFORMATION
We had a great costume check on Tuesday. What a great community we have! Thanks to everyone for helping your child look awesome and get excited for his/her role. We sent each cast member home with a note for parents, so please be sure you find it. It detailed any changes that may be needed to costumes, it showed money owed, it also showed that everything was perfect and ready!
We had a few students who did not have payment for costume pieces. We can accept payment at rehearsal--costumes will be given once payment has been received. If you have questions, please text me (Mary Ann Fuhriman 801-502-3661). Here is the previous post regarding costumes CLICK HERE in case you need it.
We had a great costume check on Tuesday. What a great community we have! Thanks to everyone for helping your child look awesome and get excited for his/her role. We sent each cast member home with a note for parents, so please be sure you find it. It detailed any changes that may be needed to costumes, it showed money owed, it also showed that everything was perfect and ready!
We had a few students who did not have payment for costume pieces. We can accept payment at rehearsal--costumes will be given once payment has been received. If you have questions, please text me (Mary Ann Fuhriman 801-502-3661). Here is the previous post regarding costumes CLICK HERE in case you need it.
DRESS REHEARSAL INFORMATION
Dress rehearsals will be Monday, March 9th and Tuesday, March 10th from 3-6pm (please note the later end time). Students will need to be PERFORMANCE READY by 3:30 pm. Please take the time to instruct your student on how to get ready on his/her own--or please be available to help your student after school.
Here are some important steps to prepare for a stress-free rehearsal!
PREPARE COSTUMES
- Mark your costume pieces with your name, so if they end up where they shouldn’t you can claim them.
- Bring a basket (crate or sturdy bag) to keep your costume(s) in. Make sure you return all of your items to the basket at the end of each show--even create a checklist if you have lots of pieces.
- Repair any damage to costumes after each show.
MAKE-UP
All performers need to have basic stage makeup applied before coming to dress rehearsals and performances. Take some time to teach your performer how to apply makeup, this way he/she can take care of his/her self for dress rehearsals and maybe then feel confident enough for performances. Create a bag for your performer’s makeup to keep with his/her costume.
We do not have people available to apply makeup for the full cast. We have many roles that require extensive makeup, and our makeup staff will need to attend to these performers. Unless told otherwise, leads also need to come with basic makeup applied.
Basic stage makeup includes the following (boys and girls):
- Foundation and powder
- Blush
- Eyeliner and mascara
- Lipstick
Please watch for an email regarding your student’s hair in the next couple of days!
FOOD AND BELONGINGS
Absolutely NO FOOD/CANDY will be allowed backstage or in cast rooms, so please be sure your performer is well fed before coming to performances. Students will be able to have a snack before dress rehearsal as they are getting ready. Students should come with a water bottle (marked with their name) to keep hydrated--it gets awfully hot backstage and onstage! We will have a table for water bottles to be kept as no beverages (even water) will be allowed in the cast room.
Students may bring electronic devices and/or books to use during performances. These items should also be well-marked. Students are responsible for the safekeeping of their property.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Act Two Monday
Tomorrow Monday the 24th, we will be running Act Two. This is scenes 8-15. We will NOT be rehearsing the finale.
Friday, February 21, 2020
We will be taking head shots of cast members next Monday and Tuesday during rehearsals for Act Two and Act One. Please wear a white T shirt (or bring one to change into) to rehearsal. If you are in Act Two, we will take your photo on Monday. If you are in Act One we will take it on Tuesday. If you are in both acts we will take your photo on Monday.
Also, to clarify, Thursday, February 27th rehearsal is for the entire cast.
Things are coming together so beautifully. We have an amazing cast! I can't wait for you all to see what we have been up to!
Also, to clarify, Thursday, February 27th rehearsal is for the entire cast.
Things are coming together so beautifully. We have an amazing cast! I can't wait for you all to see what we have been up to!
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Over the Rainbow ASL Video
All Cast Members,
Here is the video we talked about. Thanks to Lori Thompson, you can practice this at home! Please do, over and over. Also, practice just the singing with the sing along version and the performance version. Links to the music are on this blog!
Here is the video we talked about. Thanks to Lori Thompson, you can practice this at home! Please do, over and over. Also, practice just the singing with the sing along version and the performance version. Links to the music are on this blog!
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Costumes
Following is the costume plan for the Wizard of Oz!
The list below is my most accurate for the cast. If you find errors (including the spelling of names), please let me know by text ASAP! We don't want to make additional costumes or (even worse) not have enough! We will also work off this list for the program. Cast costumes are something kids are VERY excited and emotional about. We don't want anyone left out, so please take the time to look at this list closely.
- If your own last name is listed as the person managing the costume, you should have received information from me directly by email (check your junk/spam).
- If a person besides you is listed as managing the costuming of your child's group, please click the link (the name of the role) in the table below for information.
We will be having a costume check on March 3rd during rehearsal. Please send your student prepared on this day to show the costume items you are responsible for getting. They will not be wearing--they will just be showing!
We will also collect payment on this day for those who have costume items being put together. Please make payments on March 3rd for these items. This will make accounting for payments easier (once and done!). We are planning on distributing the items on this day as well (forgive us though if we aren't ready--we are working diligently!)
The list below is my most accurate for the cast. If you find errors (including the spelling of names), please let me know by text ASAP! We don't want to make additional costumes or (even worse) not have enough! We will also work off this list for the program. Cast costumes are something kids are VERY excited and emotional about. We don't want anyone left out, so please take the time to look at this list closely.
Thanks!
Mary Ann Fuhriman
(If you need to contact, please text...801-502-3661)
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