Dear HW Families:
Our Spring Sing is upon us! It may seem like it is shrouded in mystery, but it is a new process for us and we have been having SO much fun building this plane as we are flying it. Here is what you need to know before the show:
• The kids wrote, composed, and produced everything during their music class times. When I worked with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC for a number of years, the Creating Original Opera curriculum they developed was focused on the creative process being owned by the kids, from the creation of the script and the composing of the melodies to the management and direction of the production company. This is our first year immersing our entire school in this process!
• If you receive a "costume and prop request" from the student designers this week, we are hoping you do *not* feel as if you need to purchase anything. Please ask your child(ren) to do the searching, scrounging, and borrowing to make our low-budget, recycled materials show a little more detailed.
• Schedule
Tuesday, May 23
5:20 - 1st graders arrive to auditorium
5:30 - 1st Grade Sing - The Dolphin and the Sun
5:50 - INTERMISSION. 2nd graders arrive in the lobby/2nd grade hallway to wait for the 1st grade show to finish, 1st grade families exit the auditorium.
6:00ish - 2nd grade Sing - Hulk Baby Pizza Delivery
6:50ish - end of show, production managers and stage managers clean up the auditorium.
Wednesday, May 24
5:20 - 3rd graders arrive to auditorium
5:30 - 3rd Grade Sing - Multiverse Gemstone
5:50 - INTERMISSION. 4th graders arrive in the lobby/4th grade hallway to wait for the 3rd grade show to finish, 3rd grade families exit the auditorium.
6:00ish - 4th grade Sing - Never Gonna Give You Up.
6:50ish - end of show, production managers and stage managers clean up the auditorium.
Our Historians and our Costume/Prop designers will be sending more info about the show as their decisions get wrapped up this week.
Thank you so much. We are excited for next week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Gary
