Hello, Everyone,
I want to thank all of you who attended the set building meeting. I
hope you have the information and direction you need to start your
projects. If there is anyone else who would like to help with set
building and who didn't attend the meeting, please let me know.
Also, I attached the schedule thru June 29 again because some of you didn't get it, or weren't on the email list at the time. Please make every rehearsal possible.
Now for the news!!!!
Karen Jones who has owned and run Performance Dance for years has
turned the studio over to a new owner-director. Aubrey is moving
Performance Dance to a location near the Neighborhood Walmart. We will
be negotiating for the use of space in that studio but it won't be ready
until the end of August. Bad news is that the current PDS studio will
be closing on June 15 because the lease is up.
That leaves JAKS temporarily homeless. I am working on a couple of
things to remedy this situation, but in the mean time all of the
rehearsals after this Tuesday
evening will be at my house at 2491 S 1150 W in Syracuse. I know there
are a lot of you who live near PDS and will be very unhappy to hear
this. But, the good news is that a lot of you live near enough to each
other to be able to car-pool. Also, I am willing to set up a pick up
location-like PDS parking lot and drive a group to rehearsal and back
again, if necessary.
So, starting this Saturday
rehearsals will be in Syracuse until further notice. I am sorry, I was
unable to be pro-active on this earlier because I just got the news on Friday. I am sorry for any inconvenience.
Karen was a great supporter of JAKS and was very generous with her
studio. She has agreed to continue as one of our Choreographers with
Bryan and Joy.
And one more thing for now... Next season our first show will be
Joseph. I want a lot of the younger kids to be in the children's
chorus. They will be on stage a lot dancing and interacting with the
rest of the cast and sing in almost every number. It will be a really
fun show. I would like to start rehearsals for the chorus in July or
August, depending on how Fiddler is going. The tuition for the
children's chorus will be much less than the usual $350.00.
Also, this is a big dance show and I want to start the dance
rehearsals in the summer as well. Of course, I will need a studio for
that.
The cast will include: 1 narrator (but will be double cast) 11
wives, Joseph (may or may not be double cast), 11 brothers, the Pharoh,
and Jacob. Please let me know if you are interested in doing this
show. We also need extra singers and dancers - younger children who can
dance can be dancers or wives or brothers and not in the children's
chorus.
The thing about this show is that we need to surpass our Les
Miserables and the sets, costumes and dances will be a huge challenge.
Hope you are all up for it. Thanks. Jill
