2013 HHES Talent Show Important Dates and Information

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1 2013 HHES Talent Show Important Dates and Information Important Dates to Remember Audition 1 Wednesday March 6, :20 8:00 pm. Sign up for an audition time now. Audition 2 (callback only) Wednesday March 20, :20 8:00 pm. Dress Rehearsal Wednesday April 24, :00 8:00 pm. Talent Show Friday May 3, :30 8:30 pm. Performers must complete one Audition and be approved, and attend the Dress Rehearsal to participate in the Talent Show. Please keep that in mind when you are making plans. Each performer will be limited to one act only. We are trying to plan a 2-hour Talent Show. You must sign up for a time to secure an audition. Go to AUDITION SIGN-UP on the HHES PTA Talent Show webpage and fill out the form to request a time. We need parent name, the performer s names, description of the act, parent address, and parent phone number. You will be notified by about your audition time. Please fill out the following forms and bring to the audition. *** New this year: There is a $10 registration fee for each act that participates in the Talent Show which is due at the time the act is accepted, immediately after audition. Each act will receive one 2013 Talent Show DVD at the end of the school year. *** 1. Student Permission Slip (one for each performer) 2. Tell us a little something about yourself Worksheet (one for each performer) Acts are not officially accepted in to the Talent Show until the two forms are filled out and turned in with the $10 registration fee. HHES teachers, students, parents, and other family members are invited to audition for the 2013 Talent Show. People not associated with HHES should not audition. We are looking for volunteers to help out during the Auditions, Dress Rehearsal, and day of Talent Show. See the Volunteer Information sheet in this packet if interested. Thank you and we hope you enjoy this year s Talent Show experience. Please send questions to Cindy Carrico ( cindycarrico@msn.com ) or Wanda Behnke ( wlifffb@hotmail.com ).

2 Audition Rules The act and its performer(s) must meet all the following requirements to pass the audition: 1. Acts must be 3 minutes or less. The exception to this is if the act contains a musical song that is longer. Most songs are between 3 4 minutes. Please select a song that is around that long. 2. If the act contains music, a CD with the song on it, must be provided at time of audition (CDs will not be returned). The format of the song can be either music or data. Please label the CD with song name, length of song and name of performer(s). Please test the CD in a player before the audition to make sure it works. 3. If the act is singing a song to music on a CD, the music provided must be an INSTRUMENTAL version of the song (no voices). 4. The act must not contain inappropriate content. 5. If the performer(s) will be wearing a costume, they must perform the act in the costume at the audition. Costumes need to be appropriate. 6. The performer(s) need to display a reasonable sense of readiness. 7. If the act is too similar to another act (for instance 2 people chose the same song to sing), you may be asked to change the act accordingly. If you are not approved, please make the appropriate changes and sign-up for Audition 2.

3 Emcee Information We are looking for up to 4 students to Emcee the show. Students who are solid readers with lots of stage presence and big personalities are encouraged to try out for this position. We expect them to be able to read from a script to introduce each of the acts as they come on stage. They can also write some jokes to tell in between acts, if they are ambitious. For the audition, prospective Emcees can either bring their own material (jokes) to read or can read the following excerpt from a previous show: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hebron-Harman Elementary School Talent Show. My name is. Tonight, for your pleasure, we have an amazing show put together. That s right. If you like music, we have singers and dancers so good that Lady Gaga would go back in her egg if she heard them. And we have actors and actresses so talented that everyone from the Oscars would throw their awards in the trash if they saw them. Also, we ve got comedians so funny that if Dan Cook and Larry the Cable Guy heard them, they would quit telling jokes and start selling Life Insurance. Sorry to anyone who sells Insurance out there but your jobs are just not funny. We d like to give a special welcome to the faculty and parents for coming tonight. We ll do our best to get you home at a decent time. We don t want you parents waking up cranky tomorrow. Seriously, if you adults cause a fuss tonight, we ll have your video games taken away. All right, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to kick this show off? I hope you all washed your feet, because this first act is going to knock your socks off! Let s hear a big round of applause for Zharell and Zaysha dancing to Michael Jackson! Here is an example joke to read: The other night I was reading about bears on Wikipedia and I learned something. Want to know what it is? A grizzly bear without teeth is called a gummy bear.

4 Talent Show Volunteers Needed If you would like to volunteer to help out with the Talent Show, please send an to Cindy Carrico ( cindycarrico@msn.com ) or Wanda Behnke (wlifffb@hotmail.com ). Below is a list of areas where we need help. Joke writers Get Sponsors Food and water donations Food and water stations (day of Talent Show) Coffee station (day of Talent Show) Stage Manager Stage Hands (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show) Video camera person (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show) Music Equipment Manager (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show) Sound (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show) Lighting (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show) Help at Auditions Help at Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show Teen Volunteer Coordinator Posters and decorations Keep students calm and quiet (Dress Rehearsal and day of Talent Show)

5 BRING THIS FORM TO AUDITION Student Permission Slip for 2013 HHES Talent Show By signing this form you are giving permission for your student(s) to perform in the 2013 HHES Talent Show which includes the following activities: Audition: March 6, 2013, March 20, 2013 (callback only) Dress Rehearsal: April 24, 2013 Talent Show: May 3, 2013 The Audition and Dress Rehearsal are MANDATORY for your student to perform in the Talent Show. Your signature acknowledges this. You are also giving permission for the writers to use information from the Tell us a little something about yourself worksheet in the introduction of your student. You are also giving permission for your student to be video recorded during the Dress Rehearsal and the Talent Show. The video DVD will be distributed at the end of the school year. The following information must be filled out for your students(s) to participate: You only need to give information about your student(s). First and Last Name Is this student part of a group? Phone number Address Grade Teacher Description of Act Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Description of Music (if applicable) Your printed name Your signature Date

6 BRING THIS FORM TO AUDITION! Tell us a little something about yourself NOTE: Some or all of the information you provide may appear in the Talent Show Program or in the stage announcements. Name: What are you performing? How did you decide to pick that? Do you have other talents or hobbies? What do you want to be when you grow up? Why? Tell us about it: How would you describe yourself? (Use adjectives and be creative, for example: silly, short, crazy, perfect) What is the funniest thing you ve ever done? (For instance, you were carrying a cake and tripped over the dog, and cake went everywhere, and the dog started licking it up )