John Green 11th Annual Talent Show - 2018 Application Form Calling all Gators! Here's your chance to take center stage in John Green's 11th Annual Talent Show! Each student who wishes to participate in try-outs is required to submit his/her own application. If your act includes pre-recorded music, you must submit a labeled CD to the school office or you will not be permitted to try-out. Applications and CDs must be submitted by MONDAY, MARCH 12th. SHOW DETAILS & GUIDELINES Please follow the guidelines carefully. A tremendous amount of work & organization goes into the production of the Talent Show. We appreciate your kind cooperation! Date of Show: Location: Thursday, April 12, 2018 Multi-Purpose Room TryOuts: Dress Rehearsals: Monday, March 19 and Tuesday, March 20 Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10 TRYOUTS (1) You may participate in ONE act only either a Solo act OR a Group act...group acts are highly encouraged! The only exception is if you are also part of a class act. Some ideas for acts include: singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument, martial arts, gymnastics, magic, or a comedy skit. (2) Lip-syncing or singing along to recorded music with a singer will NOT be permitted in the show. Recorded backup music for singing performances must be instrumental only. (3) EACH performer in a GROUP act must submit his/her own application with parental permission. (4) The maximum TIME LIMIT for SOLO ACTS is 1 minute, for GROUP ACTS is 2 minutes. Acts that do not keep to their TIME LIMIT will not be considered for the show. (5) We will be timing your act at try-outs. Please be aware that we may request that an act be shortened or extended depending on the number of acts in the show. (6) If you are using pre-recorded music, it must be submitted in the school office by FRIDAY, March 16. Music must be submitted on a CD in MP3 format with only your one song on it. Label CD with (1) student name/group name (2) song name (3) exact length of time of music to be used for your act. Example: (1) Allie Gator (2) Roar (3) Time = 1 minute 23 sec (7) Parents are responsible for previewing and editing all music and performance content, including song lyrics and costumes, to ensure that they are appropriate for elementary school children. Kidz Bop is a good resource for music with appropriate song lyrics. (8) PLEASE COME PREPARED AND READY TO GIVE YOUR BEST AS WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE ALL ACTS IN THE SHOW. We are looking for a variety of acts that are: well-prepared, creative/original, entertaining, appropriate, and within time limits.
DRESS REHEARSALS: (1) If your act is selected to participate in the Talent Show, you must attend dress rehearsals during the week of April 9th. (2) You must have your costume on and ready for the dress rehearsal, in order to perform in the final show. If you have any questions, please contact Gopi Annarajan at gopiannarajan@gmail.com. Thank you! * Required Participant Information Applications (Including music) for try-outs must be submitted by MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018. Each student who wishes to participate in the show is required to submit his/her own application. 1. Student's FIRST Name * 2. Student's LAST Name * 3. Grade * DK Kindergarten 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 4. Teacher's Last Name * Performance Information
5. Performance Category * Song (Lip syncing is not permitted) Dance Instrument - please indicate type below Martial Arts Skit Magic Comedy Other - please describe below Other: 6. If "Instrument" - please indicate what type Piano Violin Guitar Ukulele Drums Other: 7. If "Other" - please describe: 8. For "Song" or "Instrument" - please provide the name of your song/performance piece *
9. If your performance requires props (music stand, chair, table, etc.) please indicate here: 10. Is this a SOLO Act or a GROUP Act? * Solo Skip to question 14. Group Skip to question 11. Group Information 11. If GROUP Act, what is the NAME of your group? 12. If GROUP Act, how many performers? Note: Each performer is required to submit his/her own application form. 13. If GROUP Act, please list names of all other group members. Performance Information
14. Length of Time of Performance * Try-Outs will be timed. Acts that exceed the specified time limitations will NOT be considered for the show. (Solo < 1.00 minute, Group < 2.00 minutes) 15. Are you using pre-recorded music? * If YES, your music must be submitted in the school office by FRIDAY, March 12 or your application will be considered incomplete, and you will not be considered for try-outs. Recorded backup music for singing performances must be instrumental only. No lipsyncing is allowed. Music must be submitted on a CD in MP3 format with only your one song on it. Label the CD with (1) student name/group name (2) song name (3) exact length of time of music to be used for your act. Please make sure this is not your only copy as it will not be returned. Please contact Gopi Annarajan at gopiannarajan@gmail.com for questions regarding music submissions. Yes - I will submit my labeled CD in MP3 format to the school office by MONDAY, MARCH 12 No Try-Out Date 16. Please indicate which day you can attend Try-Outs * Try-Outs will begin at 2:30pm in the multi-purpose room and typically take 2 hours to complete. Please plan accordingly. The Try-Outs Schedule will be posted in the Library Window the week of March 5 Monday, March 19 Tuesday, March 20 Either Parental Permission I give my child permission to try-out and participate in the 2018 John Green Elementary School Talent Show. I understand cuts may occur at try-outs according to the guidelines specified in the application and/or the number of acts that try-out. Further cuts may be made at dress rehearsals if guidelines are not followed. 17. I give my child permission to try-out and participate in the 2018 John Green Elementary School Talent Show. * Check all that apply. Yes
18. Parent Name * 19. Parent Contact Number (xxx-xxx-xxxx) * 20. Parent Contact Email *