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Missed a day? Spaced out? Check below to see what we did each day and any homework that may have been assigned. 

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Tuesday 4/14/2020
4.14.2020

Today you may go into the learning resources folders and find your "Grade Improvement Modules". If you a do a module and submit it, you may raise your grade 10% points for the semester! It's a great way to raise your grade and practice theatre and choir. I hope to get some submissions. Please e-mail me at jball@muhs.com if you have any questions. Break a leg!

Wednesday 3/18/2020
3.18.2020

Please check out the learning resource folders for each class at www.mingusunion.com. These are a great way to stay active in your classes!

Thursday 3/5/2020
3.5.2020

Theatre 1 - Finish and turn in Set Diagrams

Theatre 2/3 - Start set diagrams - due tomorrow

Concert Choir - Take Benchmark #3 test and sing through concert tomorrow

Performance Choir - Sing through a polish concert. 

Wednesday 3/4/2020
3.4.2020

Theatre 1 - Start set diagrams.

Theatre 2/3 - Set up and complete a rehearsal of Doings

Concert Choir - Polish up songs for concert. 

Performance Choir - Take Benchmark #3

Tuesday 3/3/2020
3.3.2020

Theatre 1/2/3 - Students will find their first emotion and indicate at the top of their scripts which type of preperation they will be using. Please be specific.

Choirs - Review Songs for the concert and review for Benchmark #3

 

 

Monday 3/2/2020
3.2.2020

Theatre 1 - Students will divide their new scenes up to French scenes and indicated the emotion in each french scene. 

Theatre 2/3 - Students will divide their new scenes up into French Scenes and indicate the emotion in each french scene. 

Concert Choir - Run songs for memory

Performance Choir - Run songs for memory. 

Friday 2/28/2020
2.28.2020

Theatre - pass out 10-minute plays and read through them for characterizations. 

Concert Choir - Perform each song with music, and then without. 

Performance Choir - Polish up and finish learning Mac the Knife. 

Thursday 2/27/2020
2.27.20

Theatre Classes - Finish performing scenes and picking 10-min plays. Play Shakespeare Improv scenes as scenes are being picked. 

Concert Choir - Reflection Solo Auditions today!

Performance Choir - Start "Mack the Knife" today and review Sing we and Chant It!

 

Wednesday 2/26/2020
2.26.20

Theatre 1 - Perform Written Scenes

Theatre 2 - Pick Scenes and arrange the green-room with new platforms. 

Concert Choir - Stormy Weather Auditions today!

Performance Choir - Work on Sing we and Chant It and review other songs. 

Tuesday 2/25/2020
2.25.20

Theatre - Perform Written Scenes today. 

Concert Choir - Work on Stormy weather and Lovely

Performance Choir - Work on Sing we and Chant it and Salmo 150

Monday 2/24/2020
2.24.20

Choir - At Shakespeare Performance!

Theatre 1 - Patchwork Written Reflection and performance talk back

Theatre 2/3 - Study Hall (most of the class is at Shakespeare)

Friday 2/21/2020
2.21.2020

Theatre - Start final performances

Concert Choir - Start Into the Unknown

Performance Choir - start into the unknown. 

Thursday 2/20/2020
2.21.2020

Concert Choir - Continue Reflection

Performance Choir - Continue work on "Sing We" and Lux

Theatre - Polish scenes for Group Review

 

Wednesday 2/19/2020
2.19.2020

Theatre - Finish auditions for patchwork

Concert Choir - Start work on "Reflection"

Performance Choir - start work on "Sing we and Chant It" and Lux

Tuesday 2/18/2020
2.18.2020

Performance Choir - Talk back about regional Choir

Theatre classes - audition for Patchwork

Concert Choir - Polish up Stormy weather

Thursday 2/13/2020
2.13-14.20

Theatre - Patchwork audition work day! Half way through the long period, you will complete a peer review of two auditions and complete the peer review form. 

Concert Choir - Watch into the woods and complete worksheet - I am no here today, I'm at the choir festival. 

Performance Choir - Watch Billy Elliot and complete worksheet - I am not here today, I'm at the choir festival. 

Wednesday 2/12/2020
2.12.20

Theatre - Patchwork work day

Concert Choir - Finish learning Frozen

Performance Choir - Review Salmo 150 and listen to part check for regional choir members. 

Tuesday 2/11/2020
2.11.20

Theatre classes - finish up group review of scenes, then you will start preparing for Patchwork auditions. Patchwork auditions are a week from today! 

Choir classes - Complete Scales 2 worksheet and continue working on Into the Unknown. 

Monday 2/10/2020
2.10.20

Theatre - Finish group reviews of written scenes. 

Choir - Continue Learning Into the unknown. 

Friday 2/7/2020
2.7.20

Theatre classes - work for Memory test #3 on Monday. Final versions of scripts are due today!!

Choir Classes - Work on into the unknown. Assignment #1 for sight reading factory is due today by 11:30pm

Thursday 2/6/2020
2.6.20

Theatre Classes - Blocking check today. Be prepared!

Concert - Work on sight reading factory - assignment due tomorrow by 11:30pm. Start Into the unknown. 

Performance - Work on sight reading factory - assignment due tomorrow by 11:30pm. Finish learning Salmo 150.

 

Wednesday 2/5/2020
2.5.20

Theatre classes - Blocking Check has been moved to tomorrow - please finish and write in your blocking. Graded tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Finish Learning "Lonely" today and sing through Stormy weather. 

Performance Choir - Continue working on parts for Salmo 150. 

Tuesday 2/4/2020
2.4.20

Theatre classes - Memory Test #2 today. 

Concert Choir - Continue Learning "Lonely" - ending. Time to work on sight reading factory today. Assignment 1 due on Friday. 

Performance Choir - Continue Learning Salmo 150. Time to work on sight reading factory today. Assignment 1 due on Friday. 

Monday 2/3/2020
2.3.20

Theatre classes - Prepare for memory test #2 tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - New piece today! Lonely by Billie Elish

Performance Choir - Continue working on Salmo 150

Friday 1/31/2020
1.31.20

Theatre classes - Continue working on scripts, blocking, and memory. 

Concert Choir - Continue learning "Stormy Weather"

Performance Choir - Continue learning Salmo 150

Thursday 1/30/2020
1.30.20

Choir Classes - Today you will register for "Sight Reading Factory" after you complete the scales in the scales 1 worksheet. Must put both the accidentals and the whole and half steps. 

Theatre - Continue work on your scenes - blocking and memory. 

Wednesday 1/29/2020
1.29.20

Theatre classes - Peer review for your scenes today. 

Concert Choir - continue working on stormy weather. 

Performance Choir - continue working on Salmo 150

Tuesday 1/28/2020
1.28.20

Theatre classes - Peer reviews tomorrow - get those scripts up to date!

Concert Choir - start working on new music - stormy weather. 

Performance Choir - Start working on new music - Salmo 150

Monday 1/27/2020
1.27.20

Theatre classes- talk back about the musical revue and prepare for memory test #1 tomorrow and blocking check on Wednesday. 
choir- talk back about performance

Friday 1/24/2020
1.24.20

Theatre 1 - Review your script that you haven't worked on in a week. Revise as needed and get ready to block and memorize next week. 

Concert Choir - Review screen and stage pieces. 

Performance Choir - Review screen and stage pieces. 

Thursday 1/23/2020
1.23.20

Theatre 1 - Finish Shrek in preparation for auditions. 

Concert Choir - Review screen and stage pieces. 

Performance Choir - Review screen and stage pieces. 

Wednesday 1/22/2020
1.22.20

Theatre 1 - Continue Shrek in preparations for auditions in early Feb. 

Choir - Finish Shrek

Theatre 2/3- Seriously - finish those scripts!

Tuesday 1/21/2020
1.21.20

Theatre 1 - Start Shrek the Musical in preperations for auditions in two weeks. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish correcting script

Choirs - Talk back about first weekend and finish Shrek. 

Friday 1/17/2020
1.17.20

In school performance! 3, 5, 6, meet in back of front sections. 2 and 4 are performing. 

Thursday 1/16/2020
1.16.20

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Peer review of written scenes. 

Choirs - Continue Shrek

Tuesday 1/14/2020
1.14-15.20

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Today and tomorrow, write written scenes. Due wednesday at the end of the period. 

Choir - Sound check today, start shrek tomorrow!

Thursday 1/9/2020
1.9-10.20

Theatre 1, 2, 3, - Start writing scripts!

Choir - review broadway songs and polish - last chance!

Wednesday 1/8/2020
1.8.20

Theatre 1 and 2 and 3 - Get into groups and select a scene outline to do. Create a detailed plot-point about scene you will be writing. 

Concert Choir - Review Little shop again, and frozen. 

Performance Choir - Review jersey boys and waitress again. Review kinky boots again. 

Tuesday 1/7/2020
1.7.20

Theatre 1 - Write scene outline about Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"

Theatre 2/3 - Write scene outline about a historical evenet, or one of your choosing. 

Concert Choir - Sight-read and review little shop of horros. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and review waitress and jersey boys. 

Monday 1/6/2020
1.6.20

Theatre 1 - Write scene outline about a mash-up

Theatre 2/3 - Write scene outline about an episode or continuation script, or a life event. 

Concert Choir - Review Waitress and Little shop

Performance Choir - Review oliver and monster. 

Thursday 12/19/2019
12.19-20.19

Students will take written final exams. 

Wednesday 12/18/2019
12.18.19

Students will review for their written final exams today!

Monday 12/16/2019
12.16-17.19

Theatre classes - Perform Final scenes

Choir Classes - Watch concert and write critiques on 16th. 17th - review for written final. 

Friday 12/13/2019
12.13.19

Theatre classes - perform final scenes

Choir - talk back and listen to concert. 

Thursday 12/12/2019
12.12.19

Theatre classes - Start final performances

Choir - Rehearse on stage for concert tonight! 5:30 call and 7pm show. 

Wednesday 12/11/2019
12.11.19

Choir - review for concert tomorrow!

Theatre - rehearse - last scenes start tomorrow!

Tuesday 12/10/2019
12.10.19

Theatre 1 - Review comments from group review and prepare for final performances starting on Friday. 

Theatre 2/3 - No theatre again....day number 4. Read and annotate shurtluff guideposts 4,5,6 and 7. You will have the stage to practice tomorrow!!

Concert Choir - Record and analyze your performances using the state rubric. 

Performance Choir - Sight read and then record and analyze your songs using the state rubric. 

*******EXTRA CREDIT TONIGHT - Rock band Concert in the Mingus Auditorium from 7-8:15pm. Come see me at the end to get credit. 20points!******

Monday 12/9/2019
12.9.19

Theatre 1 - Finish performing for group review...i hope!

Theatre 2/3 - Again, no stage, so we will watch Miss Siagon 

Concert Choir - Sight read and review last song of frozen and somewhere in my memory. Work on starting pitches of Little Shop.

Performance Choir - Sight read and then solo auditions for Mary did you know. 

 

Friday 12/6/2019
12.6.19

Theatre 1 - Continue performing for group review. 

Theatre 2/3 - Still no theatre, so we continue Miss Saigon.

Concert Choir - Review Forzen, Waitress and Little Shop today. 

Performance Choir - Solo auditions are on Monday. Review Mary did you know and Wizard of Oz. 

Thursday 12/5/2019
12.5.19

Theatre 1 - Start performing for group reviews. 

Theatre 2/3 - Suprise! We don't have the auditorium for the next four days because counseling booked it. Ergo, we will start the movie "Miss Saigon" filmed on broadway. 

Concert Choir - Review ending to esta noche and somewhere in my memory. Run both pieces. 

Performing choir - work through Mary did you know and start running it a cappella to find sections we need clarification on. 

Wednesday 12/4/2019
12.4.19

Theatre classes - Rehearsal for performances starting tomorrow. Theatre 2/3 - read an annotate guidepost #2 - Conflict. 

Concert Choir - Run through and review old songs with sub today

Performance Choir - Sectional review day. Split up and review old songs and Mary did you know. 

Tuesday 12/3/2019
12.3.19

Theatre 1 - Memory Test number 3 today! Rehearse scenes for group reviews start on Thursday!

Theatre 2/3 - read and annotate Michael shurtleff guidepost #1 - Relationships. Then rehearse for finals starting on Thursday. 

Concert Choir - Sight read and then polish up esta noche and somewhere in my memory. 

Performance Choir - Sight read and continue to re-learn Mary did you know. 

Monday 12/2/2019
12.2.19

Theatre 1 - Rehearse scenes. Final Memory test is tomorrow and group reviews start Thursday!

Theatre 2/3 - Rehearse scenes. Final performances start Thursday!

Concert Choir - Caroling talk back and then polish up Esta Noche

Performance Choir - Carling talk back and then re-learn "Mary did you know"

Tuesday 11/26/2019
11.26.19

Theatre 1 - Theatre game day! Kitty wants a corner, Won't you give me a smile, bippity-bop, and O captain my captain. 

Theatre 2/3 - Rehearse scenes for final performances next week. 

Choir - Finish carol tests and review carols for performance on Saturday. Call is 2:30 and carol from 3-7

Monday 11/25/2019
11.25.19

Choir Classes - Carol test today. Sing in small groups 2 of the carols

Theatre 1 - Continue blocking checks

Theatre 2/3 continue group reviews

Friday 11/22/2019
11.22.19

Concert Choir - Continute working on carols - test on Monday!

Performance Choir - Work on Carols - test on Monday!

Theatre 1 - Start Blocking Check on stage. 

Theatre 2/3 - Continue Group Review of scenes 

Thursday 11/21/2019
11.21.19

Concert Choir - Continue polishing carol packet. Carol test on Monday!

Performance Choir - Enjoy the Yavapai College performance today!

Theatre 1 - Block their scenes - check is tomorrow!

Theatre 2/3 Rehearsal day. 

Wednesday 11/20/2019
11.20.19

Theatre 1 - Memory Test #2 today!

Theatre 2 - Memory Test #3 today!

Theatre 3 - Character Costume plots due today!

Concert Choir - Review Si' Vivon and carol of the bells

Performnace Choir - Start "Mary did you know"

Tuesday 11/19/2019
11.19.19

Theatre 1 - Students will block scenes and prepare for memory test #2 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform a peer review for a different director

Theatre 3 - Students will write a critique and give feed back to a different group than their own. 

Concert Choir - Continue polishing carols!

Performance Choir - Polishing up the carol packet

Monday 11/18/2019
11.18.19

Theatre 1 - Students will Perform a scene for master-class style feed back. Begin blockign with setting up your set and creating the action that happens BEFORE the dialogue. 

Theatre 2 - Students will prepare for peer review tomorrow

Theatre 3 - Students will draw their costume concepts for their shows. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on carol packets

Performance Choir - Students will learn Si'ViVon

Friday 11/15/2019
11.15.19

I am at thespian festival - sub today!

Concert Choir - continue the music man

Performance Choir - Start watching Chicago

Theatre 1 - Draw procenium and cross cut set diagrams. 

Theatre 2/3 - Play theatre games with the 8 of you here. 

 

Thursday 11/14/2019
11.14.19

Theatre 1 - Memory test #1 today

Theatre 2 - Work on scenes

Theatre 3 - direct scenes

Concert Choir - Continue polishing si 'vivon

Performance Choir - Carol today!

Wednesday 11/13/2019
11.13.19

Theatre 1 - Work on memory for memory test #1 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Memory Test #1 today. 

Theatre 3 - Concepts due today

Concert Choir - Review Somewhere in my Memory and Your spanish carol. 

Performance Choir - Make learning tracks for Wizard of Oz. 

Tuesday 11/12/2019
11.12.19

Theatre 1 - Start uta hagen question #1 - Who Am I? Work on memory for test #1 on Thursday. 

Theatre 2 - Finish blocking and prepare for memory Test #2 tomorrow. 

Theatre 3 - Finish blocking and set diagrams due tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Continue working on carol packet - sectional work

Performance Choir - Carol packet sectional work today!

Friday 11/8/2019
11.8.19

Theatre 1 - Get new scenes and work on your character, relationship, and theme list. Memory Test #1 next thursday!

Theatre 2/3 - Blocking check today!

Concert Choir - Continue learnign carol packet

Performance Choir - Review wizard of OZ and kinky boots. 

Thursday 11/7/2019
11.7.19

Theatre 1 - Finish picking scenes. 

Theatre 2/3 - Block your scenes - check tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Start on carol of the bells and continue Sivivon

Perormance Choir - Polish up kinky boots. 

Wednesday 11/6/2019
11.6.19

Theatre 1 - Select 3 person scenes. 

Theatre 2/3 Start blocking scenes after memory Test #1 is due for T2 and concepts for T3. 

Performance Choir - Finish learnign wizard of Oz. 

Concert Choir - Continue Sivivon and review Waitress. 

Tuesday 11/5/2019
11.5.19

Theatre 1 - Take guided notes on the types and parts of theatre. 

Theatre 2/3 - Theatre 3 will direct theatre 2 students on their scenes. Tomorrow is memory test number 1 for theatre 2 and set diagrams due for theatre 3. 

Concert Choir - students will start learning the music man

Performance Choir - Sectional work day on The Wizard of Oz. 

Monday 11/4/2019
11.4.19

Theatre classes - Talkback about Shakespeare in Love.

Concert Choir - Review Somewhere in My Memory and Esta Noche. 

Performance Choir - Start learning parts on Wizard of Oz

Thursday 10/31/2019
10.31.19

Theatre 1 - Finish final performances of 2 person scenes. 

Theatre 2/3 - Start rehearsals of scenes!

Concert Choir - finish learning ending of esta noche

Performance Choir - finish learning Kinky Boots.

Wednesday 10/30/2019
10.30.19

Theatre 1 - Continue to perform 2 person scenes for final performances. 

Theatre 2/3 - Read through scripts with your directors. 

Concert Choir - continue to learn esta noche

Performance Choir - continue to learn kinky boots

Tuesday 10/29/2019
10.29.19

Theatre 1 - Continue final performances of 2 person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Finish performing Uta Hagen #3

Theatre 3 - Copy scenes and get ready for read through tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Continue learning Esta Noche

Performance Choir - Continue learning Kinky Boots

Monday 10/28/2019
10.28.19

Theatre 1 - Start performing 2 person scenes for final performances.

Theatre 2 - Conitnue performing Uta Hagen #3 

Theatre 3 - Select Scenes to start directing

Concert Choir - Start learning Esta Noche

Performance Choir - Continue Learning Kinky Boots

Friday 10/25/2019
10.25.19

In School Performance Day - 

2nd Choir - With Mrs. Alcala Watching Show

3rd Hour - With Mr. N Watching the show

4th and 5th - meet in row f to watch show

6th hour - meet in row f for talk back and folding programs

Thursday 10/24/2019
10.24.19

Theatre 1, 2 3 - Fold programs

Concert Choir - Finish learning somewhere in my memory

Performance Choir - Fold Programs

Wednesday 10/23/2019
10.23.19

Theatre 1- Rehearsal of 2 person scenes. Last one!

Theatre 2 - continue Uta Hagen acting demonstrations #3

Theatre 3. Continue directing reading and select scenes. 

Concert Choir - Finish somewhere in my memory and start esta noche

Performing choir - continue kinky boots

Tuesday 10/22/2019
10.22.19

Theatre 1 - Finish group reviews of 2-person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - perform uta hagen #3 exercise

Theatre 3 - Find 2-person scene to direct the theatre 2 people with. 

Concert Choir - Finish Sister Act 2

Performance Choir - Start Kinky boots medly!

Monday 10/21/2019
10.21.19

Theatre 1 - Work on rehearsal of 2-person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - prepare to perform uta hagen #3 exercise tomorrow

Theatre 3 - 2- people in class - study hall

Concert Choir - Critique Performance choir 

Performance Choir - Regional choir competition. Good Luck!!

Friday 10/18/2019
10.18.19

Theatre 1 - Perform 2-person scenes for group review. 

Theatre 2/3 - Take notes on Uta Hagen examples and concepts

Performance Choir - Sight Read and get ready for competition on Monday!

Concert Choir - Continue on "Somewhere in my Memory"

Thursday 10/17/2019
10.17.19

Theatre 1 - Perform 2-person scenes for group review. 

Theatre 2/3 - Take notes on Uta Hagen examples and concepts

Performance Choir - Sight Read and get ready for competition on Monday!

Concert Choir - Continue on "Somewhere in my Memory"

Wednesday 10/16/2019
10.16.19

Theatre 1 - Perform 2-person scenes for group review. 

Theatre 2/3 - Take notes on Uta Hagen examples and concepts

Performance Choir - Sight Read and get ready for competition on Monday!

Concert Choir - Start on "Somewhere in my Memory"

Tuesday 10/15/2019
10.15.19

Theatre 1 - Perform 2-person scenes for group review. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish those bloody shakespeare scenes!

Performance Choir - Sight Read and get ready for competition on Monday!

Concert Choir - Review Frozen and Little Shop

Monday 10/14/2019
10.14.19

Theatre 1 - Rehearse 2-person scenes for group review starting tomorrow. 

Theatre 2/3 - Rehearse to finish shakespeare scenes tomorrow

Performance Choir - Sight Read and get ready for competition on Monday!

Concert Choir - Review Little Shop and Waitress

Friday 10/4/2019
10.4.19

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate their improv skills through "Pillars" activity

Theatre 2/3 - Good lord I hope we finally finish up these scenes today!

Concert Choir - Listening log to O Magnum Mysterium by Laudrien, then sing through Watiress.

Performance Choir - Listening Log to O Magnum Mysterium by Laudrein , then sing through wade and esto. 

Thursday 10/3/2019
10.3.19

Theatre 1 - Finish up their Memory tests!

Theatre 2/3 - Finish performances of shakespeare scenes. 

Concert Choir - Ups and Downs, sight reading, then polish up Little Shop and Frozen. 

Performance Choir - Sight Reading then polish Esto and Wade

Wednesday 10/2/2019
10.2.19

Theatre 1 - Students will start performing their final memory test!

Theatre 2/3 - Students will continue performing their shakespeare scenes for their final time

Concert Choir - Students will polish up Little shop of Horrors. 

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and polish up esto - BASSES PLEASE PRATICE!

Tuesday 10/1/2019
10.1.19

Theatre 1 - Students will use their character from their scene and do a round of "Park Bench"

Theatre 2/3 - Students will start performing today for their final scenes.

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and work on polishing Frozen. 

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and work on polishing Wade in the Water. 

Monday 9/30/2019
9.30.19

Theatre 1 - Prepare for 3rd memory test tomorrow and group reviews starting on Wednesday!

Theatre 2/3 - Prepare for final performances starting tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Finish Dreamgirls

Performance Choir - finish 42nd street. 

Friday 9/27/2019
9.27.19

Theatre 1 - Continue writing backstories. Print out or e-mail by the end of the period. Due at latest monday before school!

Theatre 2/3 - Work day! Final scenes start on Tuesday!

Concert Choir - Continue Dreamgirls

Performance Choir - For real...start 42nd street

Thursday 9/26/2019
9.26.19

I am gone, so be good to the sub please!

Theatre 1 - Start working on your Character Backstories. Due before monday morning!

Theatre 2/3 - on  a field trip with me today - Yavapai Drama Day

Concert Choir - Start Dreamgirls

Performance Choir - Start 42nd street

Wednesday 9/25/2019
9.25.19

Theatre 1 - Students will take notes on their Character Backstory projects they will start tomorrow and finish any peer reviews left undone. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish group reviews (Finally!)

Concert Choir - Sing through and clean up waitress and little shop. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and sing through Oliver, Guadeamus and Esto. 

Tuesday 9/24/2019
9.24.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform and critique a peer review

Theatre 2/3 - Work day - incorrperate all the critiques from your group review. 

Concert Choir - Sight Ready rhythms and work on singing throuhg all of frozen. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and listen to the new song! Work on page 25-29 on parts. 

Monday 9/23/2019
9.23.19

Concert Choir - Work on "In Summer"

Performance Choir - Sight Read and run through competition pieces. Work on what needs to improve

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for a peer review and write critiques. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish performign for group review. 

Friday 9/20/2019
9.20.19

Concert Choir - Listening log then watch Passport to broadway clips to familarize yourself with what we are working towards.

Performance Choir - Listening Log then polish Wade in the water and gadeamus.

Theatre 1 - Take Memory Test #2 today!

Theatre 2/3 Continue performing scenes. 

Thursday 9/19/2019
9.19.19

Theatre 1 - Students will get a persons script and have to perform the blocking. This is to pratice cold reading and to see if you have detailed blocking in your scripts. 

Theatre 2/3 - Perform Shakespeare scenes for Group Review

Concert Choir - Work on "First time in forever"

Performance Choir - Polish SSB and Gaudeamus Hodie. 

Wednesday 9/18/2019
9.18.19

Theatre 1 - Students will finish writing their blocking and do a blocking check at the end of the period. 

Theatre 2/3 - Students will take the feedback from their peer review and incoorperate it into their scenes. Group reviews tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Review day! Work through little shop and clean up!

Performance Choir - Sight read and work on Monster. - Permission slips due tomorrow!!

Tuesday 9/17/2019
9.17.19

Theatre 1 - Students have the period to block their scenes. Check is tomorrow!

Theatre 2/3 - Students will perform and critique a peer review today. Group review start thursday!

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and work on "fixer upper" section. 

Performance choir - students will sight read and work on wade in the water. 

Monday 9/16/2019
9.16.19

Theatre 1 - Students will take notes on the blocking videos and set up their sets. Start with obligitory blocking. 

Theatre 2/3 - Work day! Peer reviews are tomorrow and group review thursday - polish your scenes!

Concert Choir - Students will work on Fixer-upper today and review the first song of Frozen

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and work on Esto phrasing. 

Thursday 9/12/2019
9.12-13.19

Theatre 1 - Students will take memory test #1

Theatre 2/3 - Finish performing uta hagen scenes. 

Concert Choir - Listening log - When david heard by Dinerstein, then sight reading, then work on first to parts to Frozen

Performance Choir - Listening log - when david heard by Dinerstein, then sight reading, then work on Monster and Wade in the Water. 

Wednesday 9/11/2019
9.11.19

Theatre 1 - Students will finish their set diagrams and turn them in. Memory test #1 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2/3 - Perform Uta Hagen Scenes

Concert Choir - Polish Little shop of horros ending and work on ending to Waitress

Performance Choir - start work on Wade in the water today. 

Tuesday 9/10/2019
9.10.19

The power is out! Be safe! 

 

No rehearsal today.

Monday 9/9/2019
9.9.19

Concert Choir - Students will get new music for Frozen. Listen to the recording and then start to learn it. 

Performance Choir - Students will polish gaudeamus Hodie and Esto after sightreading. 

Theatre 1 - Students will start drawing their set diagrams for their scenes. 

Theatre 2/3 - Perform Uta Hagen acting demonstration #1

Friday 9/6/2019
9.6.19

Concert Choir - Complete listening log to Eric Whitacre's "Cloudburst". Polish the ending of little shop and sing through waitress - hope you remember it!

Performance Choir - Complete listening log to Eric Whitacre's "Cloudburst". Sectional work on Gaudeamus Hodie today, and then put it together - be ready for nit-picking about accents, dipthongs, and dynamics!

Theatre 1 - Students will get their 2-person scene and read it for plot and characters. 

Theatre 2/3 - Perform Uta Hagen acting demonstrations. 

Thursday 9/5/2019
9.5.19

Concert Choir - Complete Notes 6 and do sectional work on Little Shop.

Performance Choir - Sectional work on Gaudeamus Hodie today, and then put it together

Theatre 1 - Students will show movement to show a story through the game "Murder"

Theatre 2/3 - Uta Hagen acting demonstrations. 

Wednesday 9/4/2019
9.4.19

Concert Choir - Sight read then learn the middle section of Little shop of horrors

Performance Choir - Polish page 2 and 3 of Esto and review first part of Monster. 

Theatre 1 - Finish Into the woods and play the improv game 'Shop-keeper'

Theatre 2/3 - Memory test #2 today! Uta hagen scenes start tomorrow!!

Tuesday 9/3/2019
9.3.19

Concert Choir - Talk back about the movie. Review first half of Little Shop and middle part of waitress.

Performance Choir - Talk back about the movie. Sectional review of "Esto" 

Theatre1 - Finish INTO THE WOODS movie and notes. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish SWEENEY TODD movie and notes. - Memory Test #2 tomorrow. Uta Hagen exercises start THursday!

Thursday 8/29/2019
8.29-30.19

I am gone to the Utah Shakespeare Festival - be good for the sub!

Theatre 1 - Watch "Into the Woods" and answer the guided notes.

Theatre 2/3 - Watch "Sweeney Todd" and answer the guided notes. 

Choirs - Watch "LIttle Shop of Horrors" and answer the guided notes. 

Wednesday 8/28/2019
8.28.19

Concert Choir - Sing through all the songs you know! Don't forget them over the week!

Performance Choir - Sing Through all the songs you know! Don't forget them over the week!

Theatre 1 - Students will finish their improv scene performances and play a theatre game of their choice afterwards!

Theatre 2/3 - Students will take memory test #1. 

Tuesday 8/27/2019
8.27.19

Theatre 1 - Perform improv scenes!

Theatre 2/3 Rehearse scenes and work on destinations. Memory Test #1 tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Notes 5 today! Work on polishing ending of Little shop of Horrors. 

Performance Choir - Notes 5 today. Learn the end of Esto and put it all together!

Monday 8/26/2019
8.26.19

Concert Choir - Work on Shing a Ling section of Waitress and Sight read. 

Performance Choir - Continue learning the ending of Esto after sight reading. 

Theatre 1 - Pratice improv scene and start performing them!

Theatre 2/3 - Take notes on Uta Hagen acting scenes. Get ready to perform them next week. Really observe yourself over the next week and pratice at least an hour on the scenes. 

Friday 8/23/2019
8.23.19

Concert Choir - Continue learning Little shop of horrors and run through waitress. 

Performance Choir - Continue learning Esto. Talk back about performance last night. 

Theatre 1 - Students will map out their improv scenes to perform next week. 

Theatre 2/3 - Finish blocking and turn in set diagrams. 

Thursday 8/22/2019
8.22.19

Theatre 1 - Perform improv through the game "Freeze"

Theatre 2/3 - Draw set diagrams (due tomorrow) and finish blocking your scene.

Concert Choir - notes 4 and review parts to opening of Little Shop

Performance Choir - Notes 4, and then go to auditorium to sound check for performance tonight. 

Don't forget - open house tonight at 5pm!

Wednesday 8/21/2019
8.21.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform an improve scene in the game "Why are you late?"

Theatre 2/3 - Start to write blocking into scripts

Concert Choir - Record Waitress and listen to last week Vs. this week. Plan how to move forward.

Performance Choir - Run Oliver back to back to work on memory

Tuesday 8/20/2019
8.20.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform an improvization scene throuhgh the exercise "Pocket Lines"

Theatre 2/3 - Students will watch three youtube videos of their performance and ask themselves 1 - what was the set? 2- How did the set help or hurt the scene? 3- Two things you liked about the scene. 4- two things you didn't like. 

Concert Choir - Sight Read and continue cleaning the harmonies to the end of waitress. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and learn page 2 of Esto. 

Friday 8/16/2019
8.16.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform improvization scenes through the game "O Captain My Captain" and Snapshot. 

Theatre 2/3 - Students will select their groups and scenes for their shakespeare scene. 

Concert Choir - Start learning the first part of Little Shop, then polish last song of waitress. 

Performance Choir - Re-learn the SSB, run through oliver and polish first page of Esto los digo. 

Thursday 8/15/2019
8.15.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform an improvization scene in the game "triangle"

Theatre 2 - Finish performing Shakespeare monologues, then perform an improvization scene in the game parkbench, using your shakespeare character as a reference point. 

Theatre 3 - Critique shakespeare monologues, then perform an improvization scene in the game parkbench, using your shakespeare character as a reference point. 

Concert Choir - Note naming 3, then sing through waitress. Afterwards, listen to the new song from "Little shop or horrors" and follow along in your music. 

Performance Choir - Note Naming 3, then start learning the notes and words to the first page of "Esto los Digo"

Wednesday 8/14/2019
8.14.19

Theatre 1 - Students will perform improvization through the game "triangle"

Theatre 2 - Perform shakespeare monologues

Theatre 3 - Critique Shakespeare monologues

Concert Choir - Polish and work on articulation of Waitress

Performance Choir - Polish and work on articulation of Oliver

Tuesday 8/13/2019
8.13.19

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improvisation through the game park bench and freeze. 

Theatre 2 - Perform Shakespeare monologues for group review

Theatre 3 - Watch Shakespeare monologues and give feedback. 

Concert Choir - Complete Notes 2 worksheet and learn the last part of waitress.

Performance Choir - Complete notes 2 worksheet and do sectional time with Oliver. End today listening to the new competition piece in Spanish!

Monday 8/12/2019
8.12.19

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of Improvization through finishing the game "Scenes from a hat" and starting on "Freeze"

Theatre 3 - Perform shakespeare monologues

Theatre 2 - Critique shakespeare monologues - perform them tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Review parts from last week and start on third song of "Waitress"

Performance Choir - Sight read and review parts from last week. Work on chords of "Where is Love"

Friday 8/9/2019
8.9.19

Theatre 1 - Start the basics of improvization with "Scenes from a Hat"

Theatre 2/3 - Perform your shakespeare monologues for a peer review. T3 performes on Monday, T2 on Tuesday.

Concert Choir - Review parts and sing through the first two songs of waitress

Performance Choir - Review parts and sing through the first 3 songs of Oliver

Thursday 8/8/2019
8.8.19

Theatre classes - Continue to watch shakespeare in love to familiarize yourself with the characters, style, and plot. 

Concert Choir - Learn the notes to "She used to be mine"

Performance Choir - Learn the notes to "Where is love" after sight-reading

Wednesday 8/7/2019
8.7.19

Theatres - Start watching "Shakespeare in Love" to familiarize yourself with the characters, style, language, and plot. 

Concert Choir - Compare and contrast two versions of "She Used to Be Mine". Use what inspired you to sing the song in class

Performance Choir - Continue learning parts to "Oliver". Start "Where is love" today. 

Tuesday 8/6/2019
8.6.19

Theatre 1 - Demonstrate the basics of acting by playing theatre games

Theatre 2/3 - Take notes on the 10 tips to act shakespeare. Circle the key word of every line and underline the secondary word. Remember, never stress pronouns and color verbs and adjectives first!

Concert Choir - Continue working the notes and parts on "Opening Up" after completeing NOTES 1 assignment.

Performance Choir - Continue working the notes and parts on Oliver after completing notes 1 assignment. 

Monday 8/5/2019
8.5.19

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and focus on "eye contact" through the games "Zip-Zap-Zop, Sound ball, and Kitty wants a corner. 

Theatre 2/3 - Students will walk and change direction, both physically and emotionally, at every comma of their shakespeare monologue. Warm-up game today will be "Shakespeare"

Concert Choir - Students will start to sing and demonstrate proper breath controle and phonation. Beging the first pages of "Waitress"

Performance Choir - Students will demonstrate proper breath control and phonation. Begin first pages of "oliver". 

Friday 8/2/2019
8.2.19

All classes - Student information sheets are due on monday!

Theatre 1 - Take pre-test and start zip-zop-zop and soundball as theatre warm-ups

Theatre 2/3 - Take pre-test and start to learn the importance of shakespeare in the theatre world. Please have a shakespeare monologue IN HAND on monday

Concert Choir - Take pre-test and start with the basics of breathing

Performance Choir - Take pre-test and listen to oliver while following the music. 

Thursday 8/1/2019
8.1.19

Theatre 1- Review Syllabus and Tour the auditorium

Theatre 2/3 - Review Syllabus and review basics of improv

Choir - Review Syllabus and start with the basics of singing posture. 

Monday 5/20/2019
5.20.19

It's my birthday! :)

Each class will get all graded papers back and a printed out roster. Double check anything and turn in any make-up stuff by tomorrow (tuesday) at 4pm. Nothing accepted after that!!

Choir - Meet in the green room and watch the concert and write down points of improvements for yourself. 

Theatre - Perform combat scenes. 

Friday 5/17/2019
5.17.19

Choirs - Talk back about concert and turn in all your music!

Theatre 1 - Continue learning stage combat and start working on your 2 min combat scenes with your partner

Theatre 2/3 - Continue learnign sword combat and start working on your 5-10 move combat scenes with your partner. 

Thursday 5/16/2019
5.16.19

Choirs - Meets on stage today for your sound check. Concert tonight!! Call is 5:30pm and the show is at 7pm. 

Theatre - Watch the other one-act and the other half of the class finishes their self critiques. 

Wednesday 5/15/2019
5.15.19

Concert and Performance Choir - Sing through bohemian rhapsody and Alleluia Cannon and Lacrimosa. The bus leaves today at 3:30 to sedona. Concert at 6:30pm. Dress is all black! Be in Sedona at 4pm. 

Theatre 1 - Start the basics of stage combat

Theatre 2/3 - Start learnign the basics of sword combat

Tuesday 5/14/2019
5.14.19

Concert Choir - Sing through concert with the accompanist. 

Performance Choir - Sing through concert to check where we need pratice still!

Theatre - Watch one of the one acts and complete a self critique.

Monday 5/13/2019
5.13.19

Concert Choir - Sing through all songs with our accompanist from Memory - NO MORE MUSIC CAN BE USED!!

Performance Choir - Sing through Lacrimosa with the accompanist. Polish up love psalm and a boy and a girl

Theatre - Talk back about one acts! When not talking back, you can finish your critique packets. Those will be collected at the begining of class on Tuesday (Tomorrow)

Friday 5/10/2019
5.10.19

Concert - Polish Shule Aroon, With a Voice, and Hairspray

Performance Choir - Polish Love Psalm and a boy and a girl. 

Theatre - Dress rehearsal for Aidan, Vanessa/Noah, and Preston. 

ONE ACT PERFORMANCES - Theatre classes must be at EACH night. sign in by 7pm and sign out afterwards!!

Friday and Saturday, May 10th and 11th at 7pm. 

Thursday 5/9/2019
5.9.19

Concert Choir - Auditions for Ezekiel today! Afterwards run through Hairspray to refresh ourselves!

Performance Choir - Cry Out, Mussika, and start senior song!

Theatre - Dress rehearsals start - Joanna, Alyssa, and Olive!

Wednesday 5/8/2019
5.8.19

Concert Choir - Work on With a voice of singing and Ezikiel today - auditions for Ezekiel are tomorrow!

Performance Choir - Keep polishing Love Psalm and A Boy and A girl - try acapella today!

Theatre - Tech for other group today - Aidan, Vanessa/Noah, and Preston

Tuesday 5/7/2019
5.7.19

Concert Choir - Continue working on Shule aroon. Run Through Ezikiel today as well. 

Performance Choir - Continue work on memory and putting together love psalm and AS Boy and a girl

Theatre - Tech Starts for one act! Teching on stage today is Joanna, Alyssa, and Olive!

Monday 5/6/2019
5.6.19

Concert Choir - Work on Shule Aroon and Alleluia Cannon

Performance Choir - Work on Love Psalm and a Boy and a girl. 

Theatre classes - Start tech for one acts! Joanna, Alyssa, and olive on stage today. 

Thursday 5/2/2019
5.2.19

Concert Choir - Start sectional work on Shule Aroon.

Performance Choir - sectional work on A Boy and a girl - put it together at the end!

Theatre classes - Run one-act plays from start to finish today. Final memory test on Monday when you get back!

Wednesday 5/1/2019
5.1.19

Concert Choir - Talk back about performance and then learn the Alleluia Cannon. 

Performance Choir - Talk back about performance and then learn the Lacrimosa. Run Muuskia at the end. Tomorrow be prepared for A Boy and A Girl

Theatre classes - take memory test #1 of two and then finish blocking!

Tuesday 4/30/2019
4.30.19

Choir - Pratice bohemian a bunch of times!! performance today during 4th and 5th hour. Meet on stage at noon. 

4th and 5th - go to row F and watch the in school music performance

6th hour - finish blocking one act palys. 

Monday 4/29/2019
4.29.19

Choirs - Pratice bohemian rhapsody. We perform tomorrow!! Yikes!

Theatre - end of the period you will have a blocking check. All blocking must be written in! Memory test 1 of 2 tomorrow!

Friday 4/26/2019
4.26.19

Choirs - sectional work and then put together bohemian rhapsody - we perform on tuesday!

Theatre classes - Continue blocking one acts! Blocking check on Monday - Memory test 1 of 2 on Tuesday!

Thursday 4/25/2019
4.25.19

Choirs - sectional work and then put together bohemian rhapsody - we perform on tuesday!

Theatre classes - Start blocking one acts! Blocking check on Monday - Memory test 1 of 2 on Tuesday!

Wednesday 4/24/2019
4.24.19

CHOIRS - Boehmian Rhapsody - we perform next tuesday!!

Theatre classes - Finish placement auditions for one act plays. Get scripts today!

Tuesday 4/23/2019
4.23.19

Concert Choir - Finish Hairspray auditions and run the song. Run through with a voice. 

Performance Choir - Eat sloppy joes and watch lilo and stitch (there are only 8 of you in class due to strive for 5)

Theatre Classes - Finish any scenes and start placement auditions. 

Thursday 4/18/2019
4.18.19

Concert Choir - Hairspray solo auditions today!

Performance Choir - there is 7 of you in here due to the assembly- office party!

Theatre 2/3 - Finish performing 10 min plays. 

Theatre 1 - Finish performing 10 min plays. 

Wednesday 4/17/2019
4.17.19

Concert Choir - Talk back about Newsies and then work on last three pages of Bohemiam Rhapsody. 

Honros Choir - Work on last three pages of Boemian Rhapsody. 

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Finish Final Performances today - One Acts start tomorrow!!

Tuesday 4/16/2019
4.16.19

Concert Choir - Work on last half of Bohmian rhapsody. Sing through and review hairspray.

Theatre 2/3 - Perform for final performances!

Theatre 1 - Perform for final performances!

Monday 4/15/2019
4.15.19

Performance Choir - Talk back about newsies, then sectional work on "A Boy and a Girl". Start to put it together. Then work on second half of Bohemian Rhapsody. 

Theatre 1 - Finish group review and rehearse for finals starting wednesday!

Friday 4/12/2019
4.12.19

Concert Choir - Learn the first half of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Polish up "With a voice"

Theatre 1/2/3 - finish group review, then rehearse for final performances next week! Last 25 minutes of the class we will do some improve! :)

 

Thursday 4/11/2019
4.11.19

Performance Choir - Sectional Work on "A Boy and a Girl". Then finish the movie "Dead Poet's Society"

Theatre 1 - Work on scenes for group reviews and final performances next week! Then finish the shakespeare comdey, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Wednesday 4/10/2019
4.10.19

Concert Choir - Review Ezekial and With a voice

Performance Choir - Review "A Boy and a Girl" and Bohemiam Rhapsody

Theatre classes - watch group reviews!

Tuesday 4/9/2019
4.9.19

Concert Choir - Finish learning "With a voice of Singing" today. 

Theatre 2/3 - Group Reviews!

Theatre 1 - Group Review!

Monday 4/8/2019
4.8.19

Performance Choir - Watch Dead Poets society. 

Theatre 1 - rehearse scenes and start A Midsummer Night's Dream

Friday 4/5/2019
4.5.19

IN SCHOOL DAY!

2nd go to Puckett. 3rd go to Alcala. 4th and 5th and 6th - go sit in row F. 

Thursday 4/4/2019
4.4.19

Concert Choir - Continue "With a voice"

Performance Choir - Finish Mary Poppin returns. 

Theatre - rehearsal day - group reviews start monday!

Friday 3/29/2019
3.29.19

Concert Choir - Finish Movie and notes

Performance Choir - Finish movie and notes

Theatre 2/3 - Finish movie and notes

Theatre 1 - Finish movie and take memory Test #3

Tuesday 3/26/2019
3.26-28-2019

I am not here these two days. Please take notes provided on the following movie

Concert Choir - Sweeny Todd

Performance Choir - Mary Poppins Returns

Theatre 2/3 - Moulin Rouge

Theatre 1 - The Music Man 

Monday 3/25/2019
3.25.19

Concert Choir - Start "With a voice of Singing"

Performance Choir - Sing through and work muusika a lot!

Theatre classes - review scenes for group review next week. 

Friday 3/22/2019
3.22.19

Concert Choir - Finish learning Elijah and start on With a Voice of Singing

Performance Choir - Sing through all songs!!

Theatre Class - perform memory Test #2

Thursday 3/21/2019
3.21.19

Concert Choir - Learn Elijah Rock!

Performance Choir - Review Muusika until you cant get it wrong!

Theatre classes - Perform for each other for a peer review

Wednesday 3/20/2019
3.20.19

Concert Choir - Listen to new music for the quarter!

Performance Choir - another day of cramming muusika!

Theatre classes - Rehearse for peer review tomorrow!

Tuesday 3/19/2019
3.19.19

Concert Choir - Finish reviewing and polishing Hairspray

Performance Choir - Sing through muusika over and over again!!!!

Theatre Classes - Rehearse and take memory test #1

Monday 3/18/2019
3.18.19

Concert Choir - Review Hairspray medly and correct mistakes we forgot. 

Performance Choir - Sing through competition stuff - go over Muusika a lot. 

Theatre classes - Review scenes and prepare for first memory test tomorrow. 

Friday 3/8/2019
3.8.19

Theatre Classes - perform block check today!

Choir - Listen to concert and talk back!

Thursday 3/7/2019
3.7.19

Theatre Classes - block your scenes! Check tomorrow!

Choir - Run through concert and spot check. Call tonight is 6pm, concert at 7pm

Wednesday 3/6/2019
3.6.19

Theatre - Set Diagrams and director's concepts due today. Start blocking with a rehearsals of doings.

Choir - Run through concert songs and spot check them where needed. Call tomorrow is 6pm, concert at 7pm

Tuesday 3/5/2019
3.5.19

Theatre Classes - write theair director's concept and work on set diagrams. 

Concert Choir - Run through concert and spot check where needed.

Performance Choir - Run through bohemian rhapsody and muusika

Monday 3/4/2019
3.4.19

Theatre Classes - Read through new scenes silently at first. Divide into your groups and read alloud twice. Start discussing settings and a concept that shows 1- Theme or message, 2- Context clues about design, 3- The mood or personality of the piece. 

Concert Choir - Polish up Hairspray and Tuxedo Junction

Performance Choir - Cirlce today and Boehiman rhapsody. 

Friday 3/1/2019
3.1.19

Theatre classes - read a "Dramatics" article and answer the reflection questions. Finish picking scenes. 

Choir Classes - Friday sing through! Sing through everything so we know what we ened to work on before the concert!

Thursday 2/28/2019
2.28.19

Theatre Classes - Play improve games and pick scenes! Finish up any last performances that haven't been done yet. 

Concert Choir - Let it Be and Tuxedo Junction today!

Performance Choir - Muusika sectional and Yesterday work. 

Wednesday 2/27/2019
2.27.19

Theatre - Finish performing scenes for final performances. 

Concert Choir - Review Tuxedo Junction and Uptown Girl

Performance Choir - Bohemiam Rhapsody sectional

Tuesday 2/26/2019
2.26.19

Theatre Classes - Perform for final performance!

Concert Choir - Learn the ending to Uptown Girl

Performance Choir - Sectional work on boehmian rhapsody and yesterday

Monday 2/25/2019
2.25.19

Theatre classes - Last rehearsal day for final performances starting tomorrow

Concert Choir - Work on learning the rest of "uptown girl"

Performance Choir - Polish up All or nothin - run through "Circle"

Thursday 2/21/2019
2.21-22.19

Snow day!! Enjoy your two days off!! :)

Wednesday 2/20/2019
2.20.19

Theatre classes - Two days left to pratice before final performances - use today wisely!

Concert Choir - Work on "Uptown Girl" and Let it Be

Performance Choir - Work on our new sound for "Cry Out"

Tuesday 2/19/2019
2.19.19

Theatre 1 - Finish Memphis!

Theatre 2/3 - Finish The Music Man.

Concert Choir - Finish Shrek the musical

Performance Choir - Work on new sound from regionals! Cry out and Shout!

Friday 2/15/2019
2.15.19

I am gone at regionals today! Periods 2, 4, and 6

Concert Choir - Watch "Shrek the musical"

Theatre 2/3 - watch The Music Man

Theatre 1 - watch Memphis

 

Thursday 2/14/2019
2.14.19

Performance Choir - work on bohemiam rhapsody today!

Theatre 1 - half hour of work on scenes, then start memphis. 

Wednesday 2/13/2019
2.13.19

Theatre classes - perform memory test #3 today.

Concert Choir - Tuxedo Junction!

Performance Choir - Regional work day for participants. Yesterday review. 

Tuesday 2/12/2019
2.12.19

Concert Choir - Work on Tuxedo Junction and "Uptown Girl"

Performance Choir - Polish "Yesterday" and work on rhythm for "Circle"

Theatre classes - Record yourself performing and do a self critique. 

Monday 2/11/2019
2.11.19

Concert Choir - Work on "Uptown Girl" and Tuxedo Junction

Performance Choir - Ladies sectional - work on "Yesterday"

Theatre Classes - Pratice scene and incoorperate feedback from your peer review last Friday. Perform Memory Test #2

Thursday 2/7/2019
2.7.19

Theatre classes - perform scenes for peer review

Concert Choir - Run through all your music today!

Performance Choir - run through all your music today!

Wednesday 2/6/2019
2.6.19

Theatre Classes - Perform memory test #1

Concert Choir - Review and polish "Hairspray"

Performance Choir - Work on final two pages of "All or Nothing"

Tuesday 2/5/2019
2.5.19

Concert Choir - Finish West Side Story

Performance Choir - Pass back and explain score sheets. Work on page 7 and 8 of All or nothing at all. 

Theatre - Perform blocking check!

Monday 2/4/2019
2.4.19

Concert Choir - Continue West Side Story

Performance Choir - Finish 7 Brides for 7 brothers. 

Theatre - Work on blocking of written scenes. Due tomorrow!

Friday 2/1/2019
2.1.19

Concert Choir - Start West Side Story

Performance Choir - Start 7 brides for 7 brothers

Theatre - Start blocking scenes for written scenes. 

Thursday 1/31/2019
1.31.19

Concert Choir - Work on Ah section of "Let it Be"

Performance Choir - Sing through all pieces and listen to guest singer!

Theatre - All written scripts due at the end of the hour today!

Wednesday 1/30/2019
1.30.19

Concert Choir - Work on "Let it Be"

Performance Choir - Work on Scat section of all or nothing at all. 

Theatre - Write your scenes! Due tomorrow!

Tuesday 1/29/2019
1.29.19

Concert Choir - Start "Let it Be"

Performance Choir - Work on beginign section and scat section to All or Nothing. 

Theatre - Write scenes!! Due thursday. 

Monday 1/28/2019
1.28.19

Concert Choir - Sing through and polish Hairspray. 

Performance Choir - Talk back about regional choir auditions. 

Theatre - Talk back written reflections about patchwork. 

Friday 1/25/2019
1.25.19

Concert Choir - Sing through and polish Hairspray medley. 

Performance Choir - Last regional work day! Make it count!

Theatre - Perform improv scene based on outlines, then record it to start writing scripts from that. 

Thursday 1/24/2019
1.24.19

Concert Choir - Work on Ending and transition to each medly. 

Performance Choir - Sing through and polish competition pieces. 

Theatre - Students will turn in scene outlines based on what their group selected. 

Wednesday 1/23/2019
1.23.19

Concert Choir - work on Hairspray song from hairspray medly. 

Performance Choir - Regional Work Day!

Theatre 1 - Work on mash up script outline for group talking tomorrow. 

Theatre 2/3 - Work on episode and continuation script outline for group talk tomorrow. 

Tuesday 1/22/2019
1.22.19

Theatre 1 - Create Scene Outline for a scene based on NIGHTHAWKS.

Theatre 2 - Create a Scene Outline based on life story. 

Theatre 3 - Create a Scene outline based on a historic Event. 

Concert Choir - Work on "hairspray" from the "hairspray Medly"

Performace Choir - work on style of "Cry Out and Shout"

Friday 1/18/2019
1.18.18

Theatre Classes - Finish Audiitons for Patchwork!

Concert Choir - Sing through what you know of Hairspray

Performance Choir - Regional Choir Work Day!

Thursday 1/17/2019
1.17.18

Theatre - Audition for Patchwork

Concert Choir - Learn Parts to "There's a light"

Performace Choir - Perfect Rhythm for "There's a Circle"

Wednesday 1/16/2019
1.16.19

Theatre - Patchwork Audition preperation! Auditions tomorrow

Concert Choir - "Stop don't Know" in the Hairspray medly. 

Performace Choir - Regional Audition work day. 

Tuesday 1/15/2019
1.15.19

Theatre - Work on patchwork auditions. 

Concert Choir - Learn notes to Hairspray Medly. 

Performance Choir - Rhythm on "There's a circle"

Monday 1/14/2019
1.14.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - PATCHWORK! Peer review one other audition and give them feed back - get feed back from at least one person. Auditions start on Thursday!  

Concert Choir - Finish "Welcome to the 60's" and review Goodmornign Baltimore and You Can't stop the beat of the Hairspary medley you know. 

Performance Choir - Review and sing through "Cry out and shout" and continue learning "Will the cirlce be unbroken"

NEWSIES AUDITIONS TOMORROW!

Friday 1/11/2019
1.11.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - PATCHWORK! Fill out what your audition will entail and submit it by the end of the period.  

Concert Choir - Finish "Welcome to the 60's and run the parts of the Hairspary medley you know.

Performance Choir - Review and sing through "Cry out and shout". Today you have to tell me what you are singing for regional auditions! Audition work day!

Dance Boot-Camp finishes today! After school 3:45 - 6:30!!

Thursday 1/10/2019
1.10.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - PATCHWORK! Pick your tables and your theme today. Tomorrow you must fill out what your audition will entail. 

Concert Choir - Finish "You can't stop the beat" from the Hairspary medley and start "Welcome to the 60's"

Performance Choir - Finish learning "Cry out and shout" and start "Will the cirlce be unbroken"

Dance Boot-Camp continues today! After school 3:45 - 6:30!!

Wednesday 1/9/2019
1.9.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - PATCHWORK! Intoduction and explaination today!

Concert Choir - Start with "You can't stop the beat" from the Hairspary medley. 

Performance Choir - Continue learning "Cry out and shout"

Dance Boot-Camp continues today! After school 3:45 - 6:30!!

Tuesday 1/8/2019
1.8.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Finish watching Newsies, the broadway musical! Get ready for auditions next week!

Concert Choir - Start with "Goodmorning Baltimore" from the hairspary medley. 

Performance Choir - Start learnign "Cry out and shout"

Dance Boot-Camp continues today! After school 3:45 - 6:30!!

Monday 1/7/2019
1.7.19

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Continue watching Newsies, the broadway musical! Get ready for auditions next week!

Choir - Continue watching Newsies, the origianal 1992 movie. Get ready for auditions next week!

Dance Boot-Camp starts today! After school 3:45 - 6:30!!

Thursday 12/20/2018
12.20-21.18

Today you will take your finals in your classes! Break a leg! :)

Wednesday 12/19/2018
12.19.18

Theatre - Review for the mid-terms starting tomorrow. 

Choir - Talk back about the concert and hand in music!

Tuesday 12/18/2018
12.18.18

Theatre 1, 2, and 3 - Students will perform "Snapshot" improv!

Choirs - Meet on stage for sound check and concert run through!

Monday 12/17/2018
12.17.18

Theatre 1 - Students will perform reflection from attendance of A Christmas Carol production. 

Theatre 2/3 - finish monologues for the semester!

Choir - Concert Run Through today and polish any mistakes!

Friday 12/14/2018
12.14.18

Theatre 1 - Students will start "Newsies" and fold programs for the show tonight!

Theatre 2/3 - Continue Performing scenes for final performances. 

Choir - Run through songs to prepare for concert on Tuesday. 

Thursday 12/13/2018
12.13.18

THeatre 1, 2, 3 - Students will perform scenes for their final performance. 

Choir - Run through concert songs! (Concert choir solo auditions today!)

Wednesday 12/12/2018
12.12.18

Theatre 1-3 - Perform scenes for final performances. 

Choir - Run through songs for concert order! Concert choir solo auditions tomorrow!

Tuesday 12/11/2018
12.11.18

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - start final performances of scenes! Break a leg!

Concert Choir - Work on Memory of all pieces today - last day for any music!

Performance Choir - Work on Hallelujua Chorus!

Monday 12/10/2018
12.10.18

I am not here today - be good!

Concert Choir - Sectional work!

Performance Choir - Sectional work for Hallelujiah chorus!

Theatre - rehearse for final performances starting tomorrow!

Friday 12/7/2018
12..7.18

Choir - Sit and enjoy in school

4th and 6th hour - folding!

5th hour - at the in school performance of "A Christmas Carol"

Thursday 12/6/2018
12.6.18

Concert Choir - Polish Arruru and Lullaby of Birdland!

Performance Choir - Sectional work and put together Halleluja Chorus

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - folding party for programs!

Wednesday 12/5/2018
12.5.18

Concert Choir - Polish and work on Christmas Portrait today!

Performace Choir - Work on Halleljua Chorus - run through wwh and grinch for this weekend's performance - saturday at 2pm!

Theatre - Rehearse for final performances

Tuesday 12/4/2018
12.4.18

Concert Choir - Copntiue polishing a christmas portrait!

Performance Choir - Polish WWH and grinch for this weekend. Work on Hallelujah!

Theatre - Rehearse for final performances next week!

Monday 12/3/2018
12.03.18

Theatre - Delay for final performances because of install of projector today. Last day to rehearse! :)

Concert Choir - Review last two songs of a Christmas portrait and start learning “need a little christmas”

Performance Choir - Sectional work for Halleluia chorus - page 4 and 5 today!

Friday 11/30/2018
11.30.18

Theatre 1 - Improvization day!

Theatre 2/3 - Monologue day today!

Concert Choir - Work on transition out of It’s bringing to look a lot like christmas and out of The Christmas song. Run first two songs of medley and polish

Performance Choir - Review Body percussion and WWH and polish first two pages of Halleluia chorus. 

Thursday 11/29/2018
11.29.18

Theatre classes - rehearse for final performances on Monday

Concert Choir - work on middle song of Christmas portrait - Chestnut song. 

Performance Choir - Start sectional work on Halleluia chorus. 

Wednesday 11/28/2018
11.28.18

Theatre classes - practice for final performances on monday

Concert Choir - New Music Today! A Christmas portrait! Work on its beginning to look a lot like christmas

Performance Choir - Put body percussion with singing of WWH. 

Tuesday 11/27/2018
11.27.18

Theatre classes - practice for final performances on Monday

Concert Choir - Sing through Jambo, Sim Shalom, Alleluia, and Lullaby

Performance Choir - Work on Body percussion for WWH

Monday 11/26/2018
11.26.18

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Finish group review performances and then practice for final scenes starting on Monday. 

Concert Choir - Talk back about caroling over the weekend! Sing through Sim shalom

Performance Choir - Information day! - Talk back about caroling and about regional choir auditions. 

Tuesday 11/20/2018
11.20.18

Theatre classes - perform for group review

Choir Classees - Continue caroling in preparation for Jerome’s light up the mountain on Saturday. Call is 2:30 - plan to leave early!

Monday 11/19/2018
11.19.18

Theatre classes - perform for group review

Choir Classees - Continue caroling in preparation for Jerome’s light up the mountain on Saturday. Call is 2:30 - plan to leave early!

Friday 11/16/2018
11.16.18

I’m gone today at Thespian Festival. Be nice to my sub!

Choir - sectional work on carols

Theatre - work on scenes for group review!

Thursday 11/15/2018
11.15.18

Choir - Work through carol packet acapella - continue carol competition! Last day

Theatre - Perform for Group Reviews

Wednesday 11/14/2018
11.14.18

Choir - Continue carol competition between groups!

Theatre 1- Start Group Reviews!

Theatre 2/3 - Memory Test #3 

Tuesday 11/13/2018
11.13.18

Choir - Start caroling competition!

Theatre - Rehearse for group reviews starting tomorrow. 2/3- memory test #3 tomorrow!

Monday 11/12/2018
11.12.18

Theatre - Rehearse for group reviews starting tomorrow!

Choir - Review carol packet and go over carol competition rules that start tomorrow. 

Friday 11/9/2018
11.9.18

Theatre 1 - Finish responses to Uta Hagen Questions - must turn them in today!

Theatre 2 - Read guidepost #3  with Michal Shurtleff - rehearse afterwards!

Theatre 3 - Rehearse Scenes. 

Concert Choir - Sing through carol packet as a group. 

Performance Choir - Review the Grinch and the carol packets. 

Thursday 11/8/2018
11.8.18

Theatre1 - Pratice day - get your scenes ready for group review starting monday!

Theatre 2 - Pratice Day - get your scenes ready for group review starting Monday

Theatre 3 - Costume find - get costuems for your scene and then rehearse them

Concert Choir - Finish learnign carol of the bells and go through last half of carol packet.

Performance Choir - Learn "Mr. Grinch" today!

Wednesday 11/7/2018
11.7.18

Theatre 1 - Students will write reponse to Uta Hagen #3 - What are my relsionships?" while taking memory test #3

Theatre 2 - Students will take memory test #2 and read Shurtleff conflict packet - guidepost #2

Theatre 3 - Students will complete and turn in costume plot for their scenes. 

Concert Choir - students will start learning "Carol of the Bells"

Performance Choir - Students will learn "Carol of the Bells" today. 

 

Tuesday 11/6/2018
11.6.18

Theatre 1 - Studnets will write uta hagen #2 - What are the circumstances? Afterwards - apply peer review to your scenes today. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform scene for a different director

Theatre 3 - Director swapp and critique other scenes. Give feed back to the other director only. 

Concert Choir - Students will sing through carols today and refine the parts. 

Performance Choir - Listening critique to regional tracks!

Monday 11/5/2018
11.5.18

Theatre 1 - Students will answer the first Uta Hagen question - "Who am I"

Theatre 2 - Students will read Michael Shurtleff Guidepost #1 - Relationships. 

Theatre 3 - Begin costume diagrams for your characters - due wednesday. 

Concert Choir - Choir will polish songs - Arruru, Jambo, and Antiphonal Alleluia.

Performance Choir - Sing through carols.

Friday 11/2/2018
11.2.18

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through improv scenarios with motivation. 

Theatre 2 - Watch and critique monologues. 

Theatre 3 - Perform Dramatic Monologues today!

Concert Choir - Sing through non-carol pieces 

Performance Choir - Carol Packet sectionals today!

Thursday 11/1/2018
11.1.18

Theatre 1 - Perform and Write peer review today

Theatre 2 - Rehearse for director swap on Monday. 

Theatre 3 - Dramatic monologues tomorrow - director swap Monday. Get ready!

Concert Choir - Sing through carols acapella. 

Performance Choir - Carol Packet sectionals

 

Wednesday 10/31/2018
10.31.18

Theatre 1 - Take memory test #2 and prepare for peer review tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Take Memory test #1

Theatre 3 - Administer Memory test 1 and turn in set diagrams today. 

Concert Choir - Work on Whole and half step worksheet. Sing through Lullaby at end. 

Performance Choir - Talk back about competition - then eat pizza! Congrats to my state qualified choir!

Tuesday 10/30/2018
10.30.18

Theatre 1 - Students will finish rehearsing for peer review on Thursday and Memory Test #2 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Finish blocking and prepare for Memory test #1 tomorrow

Theatre 3 - Finish blocking and set diagrams due tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Students will sing through Arruru and Antiphonal Alleluia.

Performance Choir - Most everyone is gone at strive for five today....talk back about competition on read through judges scores

Monday 10/29/2018
10.29.18

Theatre 1 - Students will rehearse their scenes for memory test #2 on Wednesday and Peer review on Thursday. 

Theatre 2 - Students will write blocking into scenes. Memory Test #1 on Wednesday. 

Theatre 3 - Students will block theatre 2 kids in their scenes. Set Diagrams due on Wednesday.

Concert Choir - Carol Packet sectionals!

Performance Choir - REGION CHAMPS TODAY!!! Congrats!!

Friday 10/26/2018
10.26.18

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improv through theatre grames. 

Theatre 2/3 - Monologue day! Last comedic monologues are being performed. 

Concert Choir - Sing through carol packet today!

Performance Choir - sight read and last time running competition pieces. 

Thursday 10/25/2018
10.25.18

Theatre 1 - Students will complete their memory test #1 and have a blocking check. 

Theatre 2 - Read through of scripts and start to understand director’s concept. 

Theatre 3 - Present your metaphors as a concept and complete your read through of your script. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue to learn Arruru after sight reading. 

Performance Choir - Sight read and sing through competition pieces. 

Wednesday 10/24/2018
10.24.18

Theatre 1 - Students will continue writing their blocking and prepare for memory test #1 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start their read-through of their scripts

Theatre 3 - Students will lead their scenes and present their metaphors concept of directing to their scenes. 

Concert Choir - Finish working through worksheet 32 and 33 and peer edit you answers before turning it in. Sing through arruru. 

Performance Choir - Dress and tux fittings today! 

Tuesday 10/23/2018
10.23.18

Theatre 1 - Students will start blocking their scenes. In your box today, answer the questions - What is my activity? Be sure you carry this activity throughout the scene. 

Theatre 2 - Students will present their Uta Hagen acting exercise #3 - three phone conversations. 

Theatre 3 - Students willl finish reading their first three chapters on “Notes on directing” and complete casting their scenes. Prepare your metaphors for presenting tomorrow!

Concert choir - Work on worksheet 32/33 about enharmonic equivelents. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and record singing your tracks. Use the judging score sheet to evaluate yourselves. 

Monday 10/22/2018
10.22.18

Theatre 1 - Students will finish their set diagrams and can start blocking their scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will Perform Uta Hagen acting #3. 

Theatre 3 - Students will read “Notes on Directing” and finishing casting their scenes. 

Concert Choir - Students will sing through their carol packet. 

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and run through competition pieces. 

Friday 10/19/2018
10.19.18

Theatre 1 - Students will start their set diagrams on their 3 person scenes. Due Monday at the end of class. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform their Uta Hagen acting exercise number #3 - three phone conversations. 

Theatre 3 - Students will finish reading William Ball’s directing book about casting and the directing process. Pick scenes and write them down!

Concert Choir - Students will sing through their carol packets. 

Performance Choir - Students will sing through Avinu and Palestrina. 

Thursday 10/18/2018
10.18.18

I am gone with a trip to Jekyll and Hyde today. 

Choirs - Watch a Christmas carol.  

Theatre - Play park bench after they see a Christmas carol. 

Wednesday 10/17/2018
10.17.18

Theatre 1 - Continue a christmas carol and finish picking 3 - person scenes!

Theatre 2 - Perform Uta Hagen #4

Theatre 3 - Turn in directing packet, then start on audition packet reading and responses. 

Concert Choir - Contineu Carol Packet learning!

Performance Choir - Sight read and then work on whether men and palestrina. 

Tuesday 10/16/2018
10.16.18

Theatre 1 - Students will watch a christmas carol while picking 3-person scenes!

Theatre 2/3 - Monologue day - comedic!

Concert Choir - Start learning carol packet!

Performance Choir - Sight read a full 16 bars! Work on Palistrina

Monday 10/15/2018
10.15.18

Theatre 1 - Students will do a talkback about the play and play the theatre game "O Captain my captain"

Theatre 2 - Students will spend the day planning their uta hagen #4 exercise - 3 phone conversations. present on wednesday. tomorrow is monologue day!

Theatre 3 - Read packet and answer reflection questions. 

Concert Choir - Sing through pieces!

Performance Choir - Sight read and work on avinu

Friday 10/5/2018
10.5.18

Concert Choir - Fold Programs

Performance Choir - Sing all songs!

Theatre 2/3 - Fold and staple programs

5th hour - watch in school performance

6th hour - finish performing final scenes (cast and crew that is SA will finish programs!)

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Last shows are Today at 7, Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Thursday 10/4/2018
10.4.18

Concert Choir - Continue Arruru

Performance Choir - Sight Read and then sing through Palestrina and Avinu acapella

Theatre 1, 2, 3 - Perform scenes for final performance

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Last shows are Friday at 7, Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Wednesday 10/3/2018
10.3.18

Concert Choir - Sight read and then start the new song - Arruru

Performance Choir - Sight Read and the work on Avinu

Theatre Classes - Perform for Final Performance

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Last shows are Friday at 7, Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Tuesday 10/2/2018
10.2.18

Concert Choir - Sight read and then work on Sim Shalom and Jambo

Performance Choir - Sight Read and the work on Palestrina and Whether Men

Theatre Classes - Perform for Final Performance

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Last shows are Friday at 7, Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Monday 10/1/2018
10.1.18

Sub Present today!

Concert Choir - Finish Newsies

Performance Choir - Finish Blast

Theatre classes - pratice your scenes - final performances start tomorrow!!

Friday 9/28/2018
9.28.18

Concert Choir - Continue Newsies and fold programs

Performance Choir - Start "Blast" and fold programs

Theatre 2/3 - Fold programs

Theatre 1 - Pratice performing scenes - finish any group reviews left to do. 

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Two Showings this weekend are Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Thursday 9/27/2018
9.27.18

FIELD TRIP! Theatre classes go to Drama Day at Yavapai College. 

Concert Choir - Start Newsies

Performance Choir - Start Blast

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Two Showings this weekend are Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Wednesday 9/26/2018
9.26.18

Concert Choir - Sing through day - all pieces you have!

Performance Choir - Sing through palestrina and try different formations. 

Theatre 1 - Perform for Group Review

Theatre 2/3 - Finish taking notes on Uta Hagen and apply the expectation rule to your shakespeare scene. 

* Remember, theatre classes must see 1 performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Two Showings this weekend are Saturday at 7, or Sunday at 3pm. Comp tickets are available if you ask for one. If you believe the content of a PG-13 show is too much, please let me know which other show you would like to see to receive credit for attending a performance. 

Tuesday 9/25/2018
9.25.18

Concert Choir - Worksheet 11/12 and work through alleluia and lullaby

Performance Choir - Worksheet 11/12 and run through Weather Men. Work on phrase stress of avinu

Theatre 1 - Perform for Group Review

Theatre 2. - Take notes on Uta Hagen acting class

Monday 9/24/2018
9.24.18

Concert Choir - Finish Memphis

Performance Choir - Sight read and work on palestrina, balance and blend for tenors. 

Theatre 1 - Last work day for scenes!

Theatre 2 and 3 - Self review - have someone record your scene and watch it yourself!

Friday 9/21/2018
9.21.18

Concert Choir - Continue Memphis

Performance Choir - Run Through Songs today!

Theatre 1 - Take memory test #3

Theatre 2 nd 3 - work day for scenes. 

Thursday 9/20/2018
9.20.18

Concert Choir - Students will watch Memphis in preparation for song next semester from this show!

Performance Choir - Students will Work on Palestrina after run through of Avinu

Theatre 1 - Perform and write peer reviews.

Theatre 2 and 3 - Work day for scenes!

Wednesday 9/19/2018
9.19.2018

Concert Choir - Sight read and clap rhythms and run through alleluia. Work on Start Spangled Banner

Performance Choir - Sight read and work on avinu malkenu - notes and phrasing. 

Theatre 1 - Students will get ready for peer review tomorrow!

Theatre 2 and 3 - Students will finish performing group reviews!

Tuesday 9/18/2018
9.18.18

Concert Choir - Worksheet 7/8. Run through Alleluia again and then Jambo.

Performance Choir - Worksheet 7/8. Then review avinu song and white winter hymnal.

Theatre 1 - Continue working on character backstories - have your partner read your story today and offer their opinion. 

Theatre 2 - Last workday for your scenes. Please use your time wisely

Monday 9/17/2018
9.17.18

Concert Choir - Sight read and work on the rest of Antiphonal Alleluia. 

Performance Choir - Sight read and work on parts to avinu malkenu

Theatre 1 - Students will start writing character backstories. Due on Wednesday!

Theatre 2/3 - Finish monologues, and Brady’s group review. Then time to work on scenes - you guys need it!

Thursday 9/13/2018
9.13-14.18

It’s parent teacher conferences for these two days. 

Concert Choir - Sing through all pieces! Stop and fix where necessary

Performance Choir - sight read and then start learning white winter hymnal

Theatre 1 - Students will take memory test #2 and do a peer review of a groups blocking only. 

Theatre 2/3 - Students will take their last memory test today! Also, monologue Friday today for 7 lucky people. 

Wednesday 9/12/2018
9.12.18

Concert Choir - Play your scat song for the class and then group improv session. 

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and sing SSB and then palestrina again!

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basic of acting through improv in an arena setting

Theatre 2/3 - students will perform Shakespeare for group review. 

Tuesday 9/11/2018
9.11.18

Theatre 1 - Students will have a blocking check - make sure to have it written in!

Theatre 2/3 - Students will Perform for group review

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet 5/6 and work on the new song alleluia. Don’t forget to have your scat song for tomorrow!

Performance Choir - students will sing through SSB and palestrina.

Monday 9/10/2018
9.10.18

Concert Choir - Continue to learn Jambo, and review Lullaby and Sim Shalmo

Performance Choir - Sight read and finish learning Avinu.

Theatre 1 - Take Memory test #1 today and prepare for blocking check tomorrow!

Theatre 2/3 - Last day to get ready for group review Tuesday, Wednesday. Memory Test #3 on Thursday. 

Friday 9/7/2018
9.7.18

Concert Choir - Sight read rhythms and start learning Jambo!

Performance Choir - Sight read and then work on Avinu

Theatre 1 - Continue blocking scripts and get ready for Memory Test #1 on Monday

Theatre 2 and 3 - Perform Monologues and get ready for group review on Tuesday. 

Thursday 9/6/2018
9.6.18

Concert Choir - Sight Read and review Lullaby. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and review Avinu and SSB

Theatre 1 - Students will block your scene - Memory Test #1 on Monday

Theatre 2 - Students will take memory text #2 today. Group review on Tuesday - get your scenes performance ready! Monologue Day Tomorrow. 

Wednesday 9/5/2018
9.5.18

Concert Choir - Finish Into the Woods and sing through Sim Shalom. Turn in notes!

Performance Choir - Sight Read and review Palestrina

Theatre 1 - Students will run through their scenes 2x and see what happens organically. Turn in Movie notes when done!

Theatre 2 / 3 - Students will underline two important lines per shakespeare line, and prepare for Memory test #2 tomorrow. 

Tuesday 9/4/2018
9.4.18

Concert Choir / Theatre 1 - Continue Into the Woods and fill in your notes

Performance Choir - Finish Billy Elliot and take notes

Theatre 2 / 3 - Finish Sweeny todd and turn in notes. 

Thursday 8/30/2018
8.30-31.18

I'm gone at Shakespeare Festival

Concert Choir / Theatre 1 - Watch Into the Woods and fill in your notes!

Performance Choir - Continue Billy Elliot and fill in notes!

Theatre 2 / 3 - Watch todd and fill in notes. 

Wednesday 8/29/2018
8.29.18

Concert Choir - Sight read and sing through all music. 

Performance Choir - Start Billy Elliot and fill in notes. 

Theatre 1 - Finish and turn in set diagrams today

Theatre 2 / 3 - Pratice Performing Shakespeare scenes - make sure memory test #1 is done. 

Tuesday 8/28/2018
8.28.18

Concert Choir - Worksheet 3/4 and learn the "oo" section of Lullaby of Birdland

Performance Choir - worksheet 3/4 and continue learning Avinu

Theatre 1 - Draw set diagrams - birds eye and procenium view. Due end of the period tomorrow. 

Theatre 2/3 - Watch Focal points - Uta Hagen exercise #2. Find your focal points for your theatre space. 

Monday 8/27/2018
8.27.18

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and brush up on Lullaby of Birdland

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and reviews beigining parts to Avinu.

Theatre 1 - Students will write character traits based on their two person scene they are given.

Theatre 2/3 - Students will take Memory Test #1

Friday 8/24/2018
8.24.18

Concert Choir - Students will finish learning Sim Shalom and clap rhythms. 

Performance Choir - Students will clap rhythms and start learning Avinu.

Theatre 1 - Students will perform Improv Scenes!

Theatre 2 - Watch theatre 3 monologue day, then improv.

Theatre 3 - Students will perform monologues for critique today. 

Thursday 8/23/2018
8.23.18

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 30 &31 and then continue learning Sim Shalom.

Performance Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 30 and 31, then work on Palestrina!

Theatre 1 - Students will pratice rehearsing their Improve Scenes based on their outlines. 

Theatre 2 and 3 - Students will perform and critique peer review of their shakespeare scenes. 

Wednesday 8/22/2018
8.22.18

Concert Choir - Clap rhythms and continue learning Sim Shalom. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and girls sectional for Palestrina

Theatre 1 - Create story arc outlines for an improv scene to be performed on Friday.

Theatre 2/3 - prepare for peer review tomorrow. 

Tuesday 8/21/2018
8.21.18

Theatre 1 - Students will take guided notes on the parts of a theatre. 

Theatre 2 - Students will block their shakespeare scenes. Check today!

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet 1/2 and sing through Lullaby of Birdland. New music listening today - Shim Shalom

Performance Choir - Students will compete worksheet 1/2 today and girls sectional work while guys work on page 3-4 of palestrina puttin it together. Special guest judge - Deanna Alcala! :)

Monday 8/20/2018
8.20.18

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the games "go" and "I love you my darling..."

Theatre 2 and 3 - Students will take C-Notes on the ten tips to acting shakespeare, then apply those to a scene rehearsal.

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and run through Lullaby of Birdland and SSB.

Performance Choir - Students will clap rhythms and run through Palestrina - guys sectional, work with women. 

Friday 8/17/2018
8.17.18

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improv through the games Triangle and Feeze.

Theatre 2 - Students will Block shakespeare scenes. Check on Tuesday. 

Concert Choir - Students will sight read for their first time and learn the last page of Lullaby - page 14

Performance Choir - Students will sight read and work on the Palestrina first two pages. 

Thursday 8/16/2018
8.16.18

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #4 and work on page 10 and 11 of Lullaby of Birdland.

Performance Choir - Students will complete worksheet #4 and work on polishing whether men for performance tonight. 

Theatre 1 - Demonstrate the basics of acting and improve through Pillars and Translator

Theatre 2 and 3 - 2 - have 3 kids perform Uta Hagen. Then continue blocking scenes from rehearsals of doings yesterday. 

Wednesday 8/15/2018
8.15.18

Concert Choir - Students will polish up SSB

Performance Choir - Work on parts to whether men do laugh or week. Call is 5:30 tomorrow, 6-6:30 perform. 

Theatre 1 - Students will finish guided notes on types of theatres and positions

Theatre 2 and 3 - set up desination and do a rehearsal of doings. 

Tuesday 8/14/2018
8.14.18

Concert Choir - Students will complete notes 3 worksheet. Then brush up on SSB and continue learning page 8-9 of Lullaby of Birdland

Performance Choir - Students will complete notes 3 worksheet. Then brush up on Whether men. Sectional time - guys on Palestrina and girls working with me. 

Theatre 1 - Students will take guided c-notes on the positions in the theatre with bob and marty!

Theatre 2 and 3 - Students will finish drawing their destinations and turn them in. Theatre 2 will continue performing uta hagen #1

Monday 8/13/2018
8.13.18

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and rests today! Continue working on Luallaby of Birdland on pages 5-7.

Performance Choir - Students will clap rhythms and rests today! Continue working on last three pages to Whether Men. Perform this on Thursday night! PRATICE! :)

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improv through Pocket Lines.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Uta Hagen acting exercise #1 - destination

Theatre 3 - Students will begin drawing set diagrams for Shakespeare Scenes - Due Tomorrow. 

Friday 8/10/2018
8.10.18

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms on the board and from their notes about note values. Continue to learn next two pages of Birdland.

Performance Choir - Students will clap rhythms on the board and from their notes about note values. Continue last half of "Whether men"

Theatre 1 - Students will show how movement can affect character by playing the imrpov game "Park Bench"

Theatre 2 - Start performing uta hagen destination exercises.

Theatre 3 - Discuss destination of shakespeare scene and start to form your character's connection to the palce and its objects. 

Thursday 8/9/2018
8.9.2018

Concert Choir - Students will complete Notes 2 and review SSB and first 4 pages of Lullaby of Birdland

Performance Choir - Students will complete Notes 2 and continue learning the first 5 pages of "Whether Men"

Theatre 1 - Students will deomnstrate the basics of acting and improv through Scenes from a Hat

Theatre 2 - Students will review their observations of self and prepare for Uta Hagen scenes tomorrow. 

Theatre 3 - Students will mark breaths and changes of thought "Transitions" in their shakespeare scripts. 

Wednesday 8/8/2018
8.8.18

Concert Choir - Students will be introduced to the solfegge scale and continue working on SSB and Lullaby.

Performance Choir - Students will sight read level 1 in women and men's parts. Continue working on putting together first three pages of whether men. 

Theatre 1 - Students will play kitty wants a corner and bippity-bop

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on uta hagen acting demenstration #1 - Destination

Theatre 2 and 3 - Students will demonstrate how the use of punctuation changes the thoughts of shakespearian language. 

Tuesday 8/7/2018
8.7.18

Concert Choir - Complete Notes 1 worksheet and start learning the SSB and first two pages of "Lullaby of Birdland"

Performance Choir - Complete Notes 1 worksheet and girls in sectional time - guys with me. Work on Whether men - first 3 pages. 

Theatre 1 - Students will play the name game and continue learning Bippity - Bop.

Theatre 2 - Students will finish selecting scenes and take notes on Uta Hagen

Theatre 3 - Students will finish selecting scenes and print their shakespeare monologue/soliquie. 

Monday 8/6/2018
8.6.18

Concert Choir - Review singing techniques. Take notes on reading notes. Start learning Lullaby of Birdland

Performance Choir - Review Singing techniques. Take notes on reading notes. SSB and Whether Men sectional time. 

Theatre 1 - Demonstrate the basics of acting through zip-zap-zop, soundball, and Peter pan.

Theatre 2 - Peruse and select a shakespeare group and script. Need to be finalized by tomorrow!

Friday 8/3/2018
8.3.18

Concert Choir - Demonstrate the correct posture and breath support to create a good choral sound.

Performance Choir - Deomstrate the correct posture and breath support to creat a good choral sound. Learn parts to new Star spangled banner. Learn last page to Whether men...

Theatre classes - Take pre-test and watch the first part of "I Love You, You're Perfect, now change!" to become familiar with the show you can audition for on Tuesday, August 7th. Don't forget the workshop on Monday, August 6th!

TONIGHT AT 6-9pm THERE IS AN ATORT MIXER! SEE YOU ALL THEN! :)

Thursday 8/2/2018
8.2.18

All classes - Go over syllabi and classroom expectations and procedures. 

Thursday 5/24/2018
5.24-25.18

All classes - take written final exam! 

Wednesday 5/23/2018
5.23.18

Theatre - Finish reviewing for the final exams. 

Choir - finish reviewing for the written final exam. 

Tuesday 5/22/2018
5.22.18

Theatre - Review for the final today. 

Choir - Review for the final today. Auditions for Honors choir during 5th hour, lunch, and after school

Senior Showcase tonight at 6pm!! 

Monday 5/21/2018
5.21.18

Theatre - perform combat scenes at 1/2 tempo for class critique. 

Choir - watch the concert and complete self critique worksheet. 

Friday 5/18/2018
5.18.18

Theatre - Students will create a 8-10 move combat scene and work at ONLY 1/4 tempo today. Perform them on Monday. 

Choir - talk back about concert and hand in music. 

Thursday 5/17/2018
5.17.18

Theatre 1 - Stage combat demonstration. Students will learn the basics of hand to hand stage combat. 

Theatre 2 - Sword combat demonstration. Students will learn the basics of sword combat. 

Choir - sing through concert in order on the stage. Accompanist is here today as well. Tonight be here at 5:30 on stage for the warm-up and a 7pm show!

Wednesday 5/16/2018
5.16.18

Theatre - Watch the second one act play and fill out self critique. 

Choir - sing through concert in order! Tonight, dress in all black and be in camp verde at 6pm for the concert there at 7pm. 

 

Tuesday 5/15/2018
5.15.18

Theatre - watch one act play and complete self critique sheet. 

Concert Choir - Rehearse with accompanist today. Concert Wednesday in camp verde at 6pm call 7pm show. Thursday is 5:30 call, 7pm show. 

Performance Choir - Sing through pieces on stage to get used to space. Concert Wednesday in camp verde at 6pm call 7pm show. Thursday is 5:30 call, 7pm show. 

Monday 5/14/2018
5.14.18

Theatre - Verbal talk back about one acts plays as you finish your critique packets. Due TUESDAY!

Choir - Sing through pieces preparing for concert Thursday. Tonight at 5pm be on stage for practice with Camp Verde Choir!

Friday 5/11/2018
5.11.18

Theatre - Dress rehearsal today for Audrey, Destry, and Lillian. TONIGHT - one act plays at 7pm and tomorrow as well. Sign in AND out!

Concert Choir - solo auditions today!!

Performance Choir - solo auditions today!

Thursday 5/10/2018
5.10.18

Theatre - Dress rehearsal today for Harlie, Destry, and Zayne’s one act plays. Don’t forget to be there Friday and Saturday at 7pm. 

Concert Choir - review all solos for solo auditions tomorrow. Work on you will be found afterwards. 

Performance choir - review solos for auditions tomorrow. Work outside today to get used to different singing environment. 

Wednesday 5/9/2018
5.9.18

Theatre - Tech for the other one act plays - Audrey and Lillian. After school rehearsal for Bang, Bang, you’re dead. Don’t forget - all have to be here Friday and Saturday at 7pm for the one act plays!

Concert Choir - Work on Lost Boy, and requiem. 

Performance choir - work on prayer of the children and Elijah rock. 

Tuesday 5/8/2018
5.8.18

Theatre - Start tech-ing one act plays. Today is Harlie, Destry, and Zayne.

Concert Choir - work on Jubilate Deo and “Ain’t no Mountain High Enough”

Honors Choir - work day on Elijah rock. Gotta get it down!

Monday 5/7/2018
5.7.18

Theatre - Rehearse for one act plays. This Friday and Saturday at 7pm. Tomorrow is tech for Harlie and Zayne. 

Choir - sing through songs with the sub. Concert next Thursday 

Friday 5/4/2018
5.4.18

Theatre - rehearse for one act plays!

Concert choir - work on last have of jubilation Dev. 

Honors choir - mixed formation today with prayer for the children. 

Thursday 5/3/2018
5.3.18

Theatre - finish up memory tests of one act plays. 

Choir - work on concert material and rehearse performance numbers. 

Wednesday 5/2/2018
5.2.18

Theatre - Line deadline today! 60 points! Make sure you have all your lines for your one act play memorized. May 11th and 12th at 7pm

Concert Choir - new music! Continue learning ain’t no mountain high enough

Performance choir - polish up girls number and guys number. 

Tuesday 5/1/2018
5.1.18

Theatre - rehearse for one act plays. Get ready for line deadline tomorrow! 60 point memory test!

Concert Choir - new music today - ain’t no mountain high enough!

Performance Choir - Work on mixed formation with choir numbers

Monday 4/30/2018
4.30.18

Theatre - Rehearse for one act plays. Line deadline is on Wednesday! May 11th and 12th at 7pm!

Concert Choir - sing through songs and make corrections as we go. 

Performance choir - Back to basics and sh boom day!

Friday 4/27/2018
4.27.18

Theatre - Rehearse for one-act plays. On stage today - Audrey, Destry, and Zayne. 

Choir - Fold and staple programs

Wednesday 4/25/2018
4.25.18

Theatre - Rehearse one-act plays. onstage today - Harlie, Destry, and Lillian. 

Concert Choir - Sing through all songs

Performance Choir - Sing through all songs!

Tuesday 4/24/2018
4.24.18

Theatre - Rehearse one act plays - Onstage today is Adurey, Destry, and Zayne. 

Honors Choir - Wangol, Prayer, and Weep

Concert Choir - Jubilate Deo, Lost boy

Monday 4/23/2018
4.23.18

(I am not here today)

Theatre - Rehearse one-act plays. Onstage today - Harlie, Destry, and Lillian

Concert Choir - Watching history of broaway theatre.

Honors Choir - Watch sister ACT 2. 

Friday 4/20/2018
4.20.18

Theatre - 2nd hour - watch in school

Performance Chori - watch inschool

Theatre 2 - Fold Programs

Concert Choir - Watch In School

6th hour- fold programs

Thursday 4/19/2018
4.18-19.18

Theatre - Rehearse one-act plays - block them!

Choir - Fold programs for musical!

Tuesday 4/17/2018
4.17.18

Theatre - Rehearse and block one-act palys

Honors Choir - Fold Programs

Concert Choir - Jubilate deo - go over parts for the 100th time!

Monday 4/16/2018
4.16.18

Theatre - Finish one act auditions and rehearse plays. only 20 days to get them down!

Concert Choir - Jubilate deo, water, lost person, and sing through everything!

Honors Choir - Sing through everything!

Friday 4/13/2018
4.13.18

Theatre - Audition for One Act Plays!

Concert Choir - Finish greatest showman

Performance Choir - Finish Hairspray. 

Thursday 4/12/2018
4.12.18

Theatre - Finish performing scenes and start one act auditions. 

Concert Choir - Finish greatest showman

Performance Choir - Start worksheet on Hairspray!

Wednesday 4/11/2018
4.11.18

Theatre - Perform scenes for final performance

Concert Choir - Start Greatest showman

Performance Choir - Finish greatest showman

Tuesday 4/10/2018
4.10.18

Theatre - Perform scenes for final time!

Concert Choir - Jubilate Deo and "You Will Be Found". 

Performance Choir - Sha Boom and sing in a circle at thr round earths, earth song, and children

Monday 4/9/2018
4.9.18

Theatre 1 - Final performances start today!!

Theatre 2 - Last day to practice scenes!

Concert Choir - Clean Up Jubilate Deo and Water.

Performance Choir - Guys day - learn your part to Elijah Rock. Run first part with girls. 

Friday 4/6/2018
4.6.18

Theatre 1 - Last day to practice scenes. Final performances in cafeteria on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Signs ups today based on grades. 

Theatre 2 - Finish watching Bang Bang You’re dead. Final performances of scenes on Tuesday

Concert Choir - Run Through all pieces today!

Performance Choir - Finish watching Broadway!

Thursday 4/5/2018
4.5.18

Theatre 1 - Pratice Performing Scenes! second to last day!!

Theatre 2 - Perform for final Peer Review.

Concert Choir - Finish learning Jubilate Deo

Performance Choir - Start learning Elijah Rock

Wednesday 4/4/2018
4.4.18

Theatre 1 - Perform for peer review and write written critique.

Theatre 2 - Pratice performing scenes.

Concert Choir - Evita, then work on Jubilate Deo - continue learning. 

Performance Choir - Mamma Mia, then reun through Prayer, At the round earths, and Weep

Tuesday 4/3/2018
4.3.18

Theatre 1 and 2 - Perform final memory test #3

Concert Choir - Watch passport to broway for a couple numbers, then Requiem and Jubilate Deo.

Performance Choir - Watch passport to broaway for a couple numbers, then Earth song. 

Thursday 3/29/2018
3.29.18

Theatre 1 and 2 - perform Memory test number 2

Concert Choir - Finish up Dream Girls

Performance Choir - Finish Up Swing Kids. 

Tuesday 3/27/2018
3.27-28.18

I have a sub these two days - be on your best behavior!!

Theatre 1 and 2 - Work on blocking and rehearsing scenes. Final performances On April 9th! Memory test #2 on Thursday and #3 on Tuesday next week. 

Concert Choir - Watch Dreamgirls and complete guided notes.

Performance Choir - Watch Swing kids and take C-Notes on the eara represented and how it relates to "Crazy for You". 

Monday 3/26/2018
3.26.18

Theatre 1 and 2 - Memory Test #1

Concert Choir - Lost Boy, Water, and Jubilate Deo

Performance Choir - Continue working on Prayer of the children. Run African piece with drums!

Friday 3/23/2018
3.23.18

Theatre 1 - Turn in Set Diagrams - Memory test number 1 on monday!

Theatre 2 - Work on your scenes today - memory test number 1 on monday. 

Concert Choir - Finish learning Laudate Deo.

Performance Choir - Prayer of the children - finish getting it ready!

Thursday 3/22/2018
3.22.18

Theatre 1 - Finish and turn in your directors concept today. Set diagrams due tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Finish and turn in your costume design worksheet today. 

Concert Choir - Worksheet 21, 22. Lost boy and then Laudate

Performance Choir - Worksheet 21, and 22. Wangol and then prayer of the children. 

Wednesday 3/21/2018
3.21.18

Theatre 1 - Students will write a director's concept about you new scene. Due tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Students will draw a costume design for your character. That and written responses due tomorrow!

Concert choir - Requieum and Laudate today

Performance Choir - Weep oh mine eyes, Prayer of the children. 

Tuesday 3/20/2018
3.20.18

Theatre 1 - Students will finish playing improve games and picking 10 minute plays. 

Theatre 2 - Students will block in their scripts - check today!

Concert Choir - Water and then Laudate - continue learning. 

Performance Choir - At the Round Earths, Earth Song, Prayer of the Children. 

Monday 3/19/2018
3.19.18

Theatre 1 - Students will pick 10 min plays!

Theatre 2 - Students will block 10 min. plays.

Choir - Sing through all music and check where we are

 

Friday 3/9/2018
3.9.18

Theatre 1 - Students will write concept comparison essay in class today

Theatre 2 - Students will finish up set diagrams and concepts! Theatre games then. :)

Choir - Finish learning Dear Evan Hansen song!

Thursday 3/8/2018
3.8.18

Theatre 1 - Students will watch the New york Philharmonic version and write down the two concepts fo the directors so they can be ready for the in class essay on Friday. 

Theatre 2 - Students will creat a set diagram based on your director's concept that you wrote yesterday. 

Choirs - Students will start learning Dear evan Hansen song!

 

Wednesday 3/7/2018
3.7.18

Theatre 1 - Students will continue to watch company and take c-notes in preperation of essay on Friday. 

Theatre 2- Students will create a director's concept from your script

Performance Choir - Students will start working on Prayer of the Children

Concert Chori - Students will get new music and start learnign the first two pages!

Tuesday 3/6/2018
3.6.18

SHAKESPEARE DAY!!!

All Classes meet 3rd and 4th hour in the front center audience section!

All theatre classes meet 6th hour in the first 4 rows of the center audience section. 

2nd hour will watch load in and fight call

5th hour will be watching strike and tear-down. 

Monday 3/5/2018
3.5.18

Theatre 1 - Continue to watch the Barrymore theatre production of "Company" and take notes on director's concept. 

Theatre 2 - Get your new scene today! Create a director's concept of your scene and run it by Mr. Ball before you leave class. 

Concert Choir - Polish Courage, Lost Boy, Water, and Requieum songs. 

Performance Choir - Girls work with me on song today - boys have sectional work on their song. 

Friday 3/2/2018
3.2.18

Theatre 1 - Start watching the Barrymore theatre production of "Company". Take C-notes as to what shows the director's concept. 

Theatre 2 - Perform Duet Pantimime scenes!

Concert Choir - Finish writing AZ Merit pratice writing and then sing through all songs!

Performance Choir - Sing through all songs today!

Thursday 3/1/2018
3.1.18

Theatre 1 - Take a scene from company and create a director's concept. Share it with the class!

Theatre 2 - Last day to pratice mirror scenes - perform tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Taking AZ merit pratice writing assignment. Please bring pencil and paper!

Performance Choir - Take part tests in your octets! Afterwards, run earth song and start picking it apart!

Wednesday 2/28/2018
2.28.18

Theatre - Record your duet pantimime scene and watch it twice. Provide written feedback on your performance and turn it in at the end of the period. 

Concert Choir - Sing through all songs. Tomorrow is AZ merit pratice - please bring pencil/pen and lined paper. 

Performance Choir - Sight Read and sing through Earth Song - Part checks tomorrow during class!

Tuesday 2/27/2018
2.27.18

Theatre - Continue to create your duet pantimime scenes!

Concert Choir - Park work on Requeim

Performance Choir - Sight Ready then weep and earth

Monday 2/26/2018
2.26.18

Theatre 1 - Finish performing written Scenes.

Theatre 2 - Pick 10 min. play. Start working on Mirror Scene. Perform these on Friday!

Concert Choir - Sight read and finish sectional work on "Requiem"

Performance Choir - Sight read, then Girls work on Piece while guys have sectional work. 

Friday 2/23/2018
2.23.18

Theatre - Perform written scenes today - hopefully finish!

Concert Choir - Sectional work on "Requiuem" and start to put it together. 

Performance Choir - Sight read, then girls finish dress fittings and guys work in sectionals. 

Thursday 2/22/2018
2.22.18

Theatre - Start performing written scenes for the last time! Whoo-hoo!

Conert Choir - Sing through Courage my Soul, Water, and Lost boy. 

Performance Choir - Sight read then girls go try on dresses and guys have a work day with me on Sh-Boom!

 

Tuesday 2/20/2018
2.20.18

Theatre Classes - Write Patchwork Reflection responses. Attached Document

Concert Choir - Start on Requiem Aeternam

Performance Choir - Start Earth Song Sectionals. 

Downloads: patchwork questions.docx
Friday 2/16/2018
2.16.18

Theatre - Remember - Patchwork is this weekend! Check your table sign ups and be sure you are set up by 5pm. Tell your friends and family to come. Today you are performing for patchwork test throughs and then using the remainder of the class to apply your peer review to your written scene. 

Concert choir - Continue the history of Musical Theatre - Syncopated city. Discover the era of George Gershwin and when the musical was written. 

Performance Choir - Start the movie Moulin Rouge and disseminate original compositions vs. compositions written for this movie. 

Thursday 2/15/2018
2.15.18

Theatre - Finish writing up and turn in your peer reviews. Afterwards you may work on your scenes or patchwork performances. Don’t forget this weekend is patchwork. Sign in by 5:45, tables set up by 5pm. 

Concert Choir - Vocal Anatomy day! Apply what you learned to warm ups and apply them to your songs. 

Performance Choir - Polish up at the round earths. Work on vowel unification. 

Wednesday 2/14/2018
2.14.18

Theatre - Peer review day. Fill out your forms for a group!

Concert Choir - Work on parts for Water song. 

Performance Choir - Wangol! Parts and dynamics. 

Tuesday 2/13/2018
2.13.18

Theatre - Prepare scenes for peer review tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Sight Reading and then working on Lost Boy!

Performance Choir - Sight Reading for Weep, O Miine eyes polishing. 

Monday 2/12/2018
2.12.18

Theatre - Prepare for peer review on Wednesday. Discussed patchwork this weekend and finished auditions in 6th hour. List posted tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Clapping rhythms and then work on “Courage my Soul”

Performance Choir - Clapping rhythms and then worked on “At The Round Earths” parts and vowels. 

Thursday 2/8/2018
2.8.18

All classes - Audition for Patchwork today!

6th Hour - Work on written scenes - peer review on Thursday next week!

Wednesday 2/7/2018
2.7.18

Theatre Classes - Start auditioning for patchwrok!

Concert Choir - Finish learning lost boy!

Performance choir - learn the last page of weep o mine eyes!

Tuesday 2/6/2018
2.6.18

Theatre Classes - prepare for patchwork auditions starting tomorrow. 

Performance Choir - Start learning Wangol!

Concert Choir - learn the ending of water and work on Courage my soul

Monday 2/5/2018
2.5.18

Theatre - prepare for auditions on Wednesday! Patchwork is February 17th and 18th at 6pm!

Concert Choir - continue learning courage my soul. 

Performance Choir - learn page two of Weep oh mine eyes and polish up At the round earths!

Friday 2/2/2018
2.2.2018

Theatre classes - Patchwork day! Pick tables and decided what you are preparing for your audition next thursday!

Performance Choir - Work on next 8 bars of Weep o mine eyes and start polishing At the round earth's...

Concert Choir - Work on beginign and ending of water and continue lost boy.

Thursday 2/1/2018
2.1.18

Theatre - Blocking check - make sure by the end of the period the blocking is in your script!

Concert Choir - Work on the next 16 bars of lost boy and the begining of Water.

Performance Choir - learn the ending of At the Round Earth's and polish the girls and guys sections. 

 

Wednesday 1/31/2018
1.31.18

Theatre - Students will write blocking into their scripts. There will be a blocking check tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Students will continue working on Courage, My Soul. Working to page 12!

Performance Chori - Students will learn the guys section and the girls section of At the round earth's....

Tuesday 1/30/2018
1.30.18

Theatre - Script analysis! Take your written script and decided setting and who is playing each character. If you get done, start blocking! Check on Thursday. 

Performance Choir - Start learnign At The Round Earths imagined corners.

Concert Choir - Start learnign courage my soul and lost boy!

Monday 1/29/2018
1.29.18

All Classes - Talk back and discussion. Prepare to answer what medly you liked, which soloists, which dance, and give your overall impressions. If you were involved with the show, share your favorite memories. 

Friday 1/26/2018
1.26.18

Theatre - Scripts are due today by the end of the period. Fold programs if you are done.

Choir - Fold programs!

Thursday 1/25/2018
1.25.18

Theatre - We have the computer carts today. Finish typing up your scripts as they are due tomorrow!

Choir - Fold programs!

Wednesday 1/24/2018
1.24.18

Theatre - We have the laptop carts today - start typing up your scripts!

Choir - Listen to the new music you are getting today. Note your part and themes present and discuss. 

Tuesday 1/23/2018
1.23.18

Theatre - Get into your groups and write scripts this week! Due on Friday!

Choir - Watch the history of Broadway musicals to prepare for auditions!

Monday 1/22/2018
1.22.18

All Classes - Finish watching Crazy for you and answer discussion questions. Brainstorm ideas about how to mount the production here at MUHS!

Friday 1/19/2018
1.19.18

All Classes - Continue watching crazy for you and fold programs!

Tuesday 1/16/2018
1.16-1.18.18

TECH WEEK! (1.16-1.18.2018)

- Rehearsal after school for choir from 5 - 8:30 Food provided. 

- All classes - learn plot and characters for upcoming ATORT production of "Crazy for You". Auditions are around the corner on January 30th! Hope to see you there!

Monday 1/15/2018
1.15.18

There is no school today - but choir and broadway has tech from 12 - 7! See you and bring your patience cap!

Friday 1/12/2018
1.12.18

Theatre - Perform improv scene for two groups. Have them give you plot ideas. Jot them down to help devise your script. 

Choir - Last day to touch up - on stage to get mic positions. 

Thursday 1/11/2018
1.11.18

Theatre - Get into groups and share ideas. Pick on and write an improv outline on it. Perform tomorrow!

Choir - Touch-up week!

Wednesday 1/10/2018
1.10.18

Theatre - Brainstorm idea number 3 for written scene - continuation, prequel, or episode script!

Choir - Review week! Touch up parts.

Tuesday 1/9/2018
1.9.18

Theatre - Brainstorm idea number 2 for written scene - the mash-up!

Choir - Review week! Touch up parts.

Monday 1/8/2018
1.8.18

Theatre - Brainstorm idea number 1 for written scene - story from your life!

Choir - Review week! Touch up parts.

Thursday 12/21/2017
12.21-22.17

Theatre - Take written final.

Theatre 2 - Perform Monologues

Choir - Take written final. 

ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!

Wednesday 12/20/2017
12.20.17

Theatre 1 - Review for final and play improv games. 

Theatre 2 - Take written final - prepare for performance of monologues on Friday.

Choir - watch and critique last night's concert!

Tuesday 12/19/2017
12.19.17

Theatre 1 - Review for final and play improve games!

Theatre 2 - Pratice day for monologues! Peer review at least one time. 

Concert and Performance Choir - Review carols and Evita on stage for concert tonight! 5:30 call and concert is from 7 - 8:15

Monday 12/18/2017
12.18.17

Theatre 1 - Finish scenes and review for final. 

Theatre 2 - Pratice day for monologues. Check in at end!

Concert and Performance Choir - Review carols for concert tomorrow night. 5:30 call and concert is from 7 - 8:15

 

Friday 12/15/2017
12.15.17

Theatre 1 - Perform for final performances. 

Theatre 2 - Perform for final performances! 

Concert - Clean Up Week! - Hamilton and My Fair Lady today

Performance - Clean Up Week! - Hamilton Today! Don't forget - Circle of Friends Concert on Sunday!!! 5pm Call and you'll be done by 6:30. You'll be singing around 6. On the Minugs Stage - wear your concert black please. 

Thursday 12/14/2017
12.14.17

Theatre 1 - Perform for final performances. 

Theatre 2 - Perform for final performances starting today! 

Concert - Clean Up Week! - Evita today

Performance - Clean Up Week! - Evita / Phantom Today! Don't forget - Circle of Friends Concert on Sunday!!! 5pm Call and you'll be done by 6:30. You'll be singing around 6. On the Minugs Stage - wear your concert black please. 

Wednesday 12/13/2017
12.13.17

Theatre 1 - Perform for final performances starting today! 

Theatre 2 - Take c-notes on how to find a monologue from a play. Pratice performing for final performances starting thursday, OR pick a monologue for your final. 

Concert - Clean Up Week! - My Fair Lady today

Performance - Clean Up Week! - South Pacific / Once Today! Don't forget - Circle of Friends Concert on Sunday!!! 5pm Call and you'll be done by 6:30. You'll be singing around 6. On the Minugs Stage - wear your concert black please. 

Tuesday 12/12/2017
12.12.17

Theatre 1 Pratice performing for final performances starting wednesday. 

Theatre 2 - Pratice performing for final performances starting thursday, OR pick a monologue for your final. 

Concert - Clean Up Week! - Hamilton today

Performance - Clean Up Week! - South Pacific Today! Don't forget - Circle of Friends Concert on Sunday!!! 5pm Call and you'll be done by 6:30. You'll be singing around 6. On the Minugs Stage - wear your concert black please. 

Monday 12/11/2017
12.11.17

Theatre 1 Pratice performing for final performances starting wednesday. 

Theatre 2 - Take c-notes on how to find a monologue from a play. Pratice performing for final performances starting thursday, OR pick a monologue for your final. 

Concert - Clean Up Week! - Mamma Mia today

Performance - Clean Up Week! - Evita Today! Don't forget - Circle of Friends Concert on Sunday!!! 5pm Call and you'll be done by 6:30. You'll be singing around 6. On the Minugs Stage - wear your concert black please. 

Friday 12/8/2017
12.8.17

Theatre - Finish performing for Group Review.

Theatre 2 - Shurtleff questions due today!!! Get them done!

Choir - Hamilton and sing through day!

Thursday 12/7/2017
12.7.17

Theatre - Perform for group review in front of the class

Concert Choir - Polish Evita!

Performance Choir - Polish Evita and run through phantom.

Wednesday 12/6/2017
12.6.17

Theatre - Perform for group reviews!

Concert - Continue to polish My Fair lady and Hamilton

Performance - Continue to polish Hamilton - second half. 

Tuesday 12/5/2017
12.5.17

Theatre 1 - Perform for group review in front of the class.

Theatre 2 - Perform Memory test #3

Concert - Worksheet 15 and 16 and then polish My Fair lady

Performance - Worksheet 15 and 16 and the polish South Pacific

Monday 12/4/2017
12.4.17

Theatre - Pratice performing for group reviews starting tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Pratice for memory test #3 tomorrow and group reviews starting on Wednesday

Concert Choir - Review Mamma Mia!

Performance - Polish first half of hamilton. 

Friday 12/1/2017
12.1.17

Theatre 1 - students will apply their peer review to their scenes. Re-work blocking and characters as needed. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for peer review for other groups!

Choirs - Hamilton day! Brush up and polish after completing worksheet 15 and 16!

Thursday 11/30/2017
11.30.17

Theatre 1 - Peer review! Use the peer review worksheet to review one group today. 

Theatre 2 - finish watching Hamilton.

Concert choir - sectional day - review Hamilton, my fair lady, and Evita.

Performance Choir - sectional day - review Evita, Hamilton, and once. 

Wednesday 11/29/2017
11.29.17

Theatre 1 - Demonstrate the basics of acting through the games, Sheep-wolf, and Oh Captain my captain.

Theatre 2 - Demonstrate the basics of acting through the games Fizz-Buz, Sit stand ground, and sheep-wolf.

Concert choir - worksheet 13 and 14. Review My fair lady!

Honors Choir - worksheet 13 and 14. Review once and continue learning Evita. 

Tuesday 11/28/2017
11.28.17

Theatre 1 - take memory test number 3. Prepare for peer reviews on Thursday.

Theatre 2 - take memory test number 3. Prepare for peer reviews on Thursday. 

Concert Choir - work on polishing up Evita!

Performance choir - work on polishing South Pacific.

Monday 11/27/2017
11.27.17

Theatre 1 - Students can review blocking and work towards their final memory test tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - respond to guide post questions 4-9. Prepare for memory test number 2 tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - talk back about caroling. Review Mamma Mia!

Performance choir - talk back about caroling. Start working on Evita. 

Tuesday 11/21/2017
11.21.17

Theatre 1 - take memory test number 2. Finish answering all Utah Hagen questions and turn in. 

Theatre 2 - take memory test number 1

Choirs - caroling outside! Sing in small groups. Get ready for this Saturday from 3:-7. Meet at spook hall at 2:45 

Monday 11/20/2017
11.20.17

Theatre 1 - Write response to 5th Uta Hagen question, “What are my obstacles?”. Prepare for memory test number 2 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Prepare for memory test number 2 tomorrow. Work on blocking today!

Choirs - CAROLING! We perform Saturday! 3-7

Friday 11/17/2017
11.17.17

Theatre 1 - Answer 4th Uta Hagen question - “What do I want”. Finish blocking if you didn’t get it checked yesterday. 

Theatre 2 - Continue watching Hamilton!

Choirs - CAROLS! Review parts and sing through them!

Thursday 11/16/2017
11.16.17

Theatre 1 - Blocking check! Make sure all blocking is written in! Answer Uta Hagen #3 - “What are my relationships”

Theatre 2 - Get new scenes today!  Read through and start figuring them out. 

Choir - CAROLS! 

Wednesday 11/15/2017
11.15.17

Theatre 1 - Work on blocking after answering Uta Hagen number #2 “What are the circumstances?”

Theatre 2 - Start watching Hamilton!

Concert Choir - Continue practicing carols! 

Tuesday 11/14/2017
11.14.17

Theatre - Students will write response to first UTA HAGEN question - "Who am I?" Including the sub questions - what is my present state of being, how do I perceive myself, and what am I wearing and how does that evoke an emotion out of my character?

Theatre 2 - Finish reading Michael Shurtleff guideposts - 10, 11 and 12. Pick scenes!

Concert Choir - work on carols!

Performance Choir - Carol of the bells day. Carol learning. We perform next saturday 3 - 7! Meet at spook hall in jerome. 

Monday 11/13/2017
11.13.17

Theatre 1 - Work today on your rehearsal of doings. Need to see 3 - 5 activites being done as you are saying your lines. 

Theatre 2 - Select new scenes while reading Michael Shurtleff guide posts 7, 8, 9. 

Concert Choir - Carol Review, then put them together!

Honors Choir - Sight - ready, listening log to self recording, then South Pacific sectionals. 

Thursday 11/9/2017
11.9.17

Theatre 1 - Finish and complete cross-cut and procenium set diagrams!

Theatre 2 - Finish scenes and strike set pieces for the ballet. 

Concert Choir - Review Evita today and three carols. 

Honors Choir - Review South Pacific - begining through Nothing like a dame

Wednesday 11/8/2017
11.8.17

Theatre 1 - Start drawing cross-cut and procenium set diagrams. Due at the end of class tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Continue final performances! Should finish today I hope!

Concert Choir - Review My Fair lady in sectionals and as a group. Listening log today - Kalinda!

Performance Choir - Carols working day! Listening Log Today - Kalinda!

Tuesday 11/7/2017
11.7.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish writing character descriptions in their groups. 

Theatre 2 - Perform for final performance!

Concert Choir - Sight read and do sectional work with carols!

Performance Choir - Continue working on South Pacific - work through nothing like a dame!

Monday 11/6/2017
11.6.17

Theatre 1 - Students will get their new scenes and write character statements by themselves, then as a group. 

Theatre 2 - Last work day on scenes. Final performances start tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Finish learning carol packet!

Honors Choir - Carol sectional day!

Friday 11/3/2017
11.3.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate improvization while selecting their next three person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Actively read guidepost number 6 - discoveries! Then apply that to their scene pratice and ask, "What is new?"

Concert Choir - Continue Carol Learning - number 5, 6, 7 and maybe 8!

Performance choir - sectional work day on South Pacific through "nothing like a dame". Worksheet 9 - 10 due today. 

Thursday 11/2/2017
11.2.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish written responses to Clue and Mousetrap and turn those in with the C-Notes. They will start picking 3-person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Pratice performing for final performances next weeek!

Concert Choir - Carol Packet! Number 2, 3, 4, and start on 5. 

Honors Choir - South Pacific day! Start really learning this medly. 

Wednesday 11/1/2017
11.1.17

Theatre 1 - Students will write responses to questions comparing Clue to The Mousetrap. While doing so, students will start selecting three-person scenes for the next scene study!

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing for group review!

Concert Choir - Students will start Carol Packet!

Honors Choir - Students will continue to learn south pacific. 

Tuesday 10/31/2017
10.31.17

Theatre 1 - Finish C-notes on CLUE and prepare responses to questions comparing that to THE MOUSETRAP

Theatre 2 - Start group review of scenes

Concert Choir - Finish learning the Evita Medley. Workshet 11-12 also!

Honors Choir - Start the South Pacific Medley! Worksheet 9-10. 

Monday 10/30/2017
10.30.17

Theatre 1 - Talkback about The Mousetrap. 

Theatre 2 - Talkback about the Mousetrap

Concert Choir - Work on Ending of Evita

Honors Choir - Continue and hopefully finish "South Pacific" the musical. 

Friday 10/27/2017
10.27.17

Theatre 1 - Finish final performances!

Theatre 2 - Finish Clue and fold programs!

Concert Choir - Finish Phantom of the Opera and fold programs

Honors Choir - Continue South Pacific and fold programs.

Thursday 10/26/2017
10.26.17

Theatre 1 - Continue Final Performances

Theatre 2 - work on scenes and group review starts Tuesday!

Concert Choir - Work on the last two pages of Evita. Worksheet 9-10

Honors Choir - Review judges sheets and start "South Pacific"

 

Wednesday 10/25/2017
10.25.17

Theatre 1 and 2 - Start the movie Clue and take C-notes. Prepare for written response next week comparing CLUE to the mousetrap. How did the mousetrap influence the movie?

Concert Choir - Continue Phantom of The Opera

Honors choir - break a leg at competition in Snowflake today!

Tuesday 10/24/2017
10.24.17

Theatre 1 - Fianl performances!

Theatre 2 - Actively read Shurtleff Acting #3 - The Moment Before (Preparation). Explain what you will use for your scene. 

Concert Choir - Continue learnign Evita!

Performance Choir - Competition tomorrow! Sight read and self listen to ourselves. Pratice!!!

Monday 10/23/2017
10.23.17

Theatre 1 - FINAL DAY OF PRATICE! Final performances start tomorrow! 

Theatre 2 - Day of Pratice! Group Review starts on Thursday. 

Concert Choir - Start the movie "South Pacific". It's part of our musical Review. 

Performance Choir - Competition on wednesday!!! Sight read and pratice, pratice, pratice!

Friday 10/20/2017
10.20.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish writing their backstories and pratice performing their scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will fold programs for the show. 

Concert Choir - Students will part check on My Fair Lady and polish it up!

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and continue to nit-pick their competition pieces for perfection. 

Thursday 10/19/2017
10.19.17

Theatre 1 - Students will talk back about their character backstories and share with each other. Continue to write them or fold programs if you are done. 

Theatre 2 - Stduents will fold programs and watch Crazy for You. 

Concert Choir - Sing through day with sub! 

Performance Choir - Prepare for performance today! Clarkdale Library grand opening!

Wednesday 10/18/2017
10.18.17

Theatre 1 - Students will perform final peer review and pratice filling out the rubric on each other. Get familar with how you will be graded next week. 

Theatre 2 - Students will pratice performign their scenes!

Concert Choir - Students will sing through Hamilton for a part check. Polish any parts that I check as incorrect. 

Performance Choir - Students will pratice Angus Dei acapella for performance on Thursday. Permission slips are due today!

Tuesday 10/17/2017
10.17.17

Theatre 1 - Students will start writing their character backstories. First we will share moments and stories from our lives so we know what a backstory should sound like. Due on Friday!

Theatre 2 - Students will read Michael Shurtleff's acting #1 - Relationships. Actively read with highlighter in hand!

Concert Choir - Students will part check My Fair Lady. Any parts not right I will check off and review today. 

Performance Choir - Students will review Phantom and Once to prepare for Thursday. 

Monday 10/16/2017
10.16.17

Theatre 1 - Students will have a review and refresh day. Final performances start next Tuesday!

Theatre 2 - Students will have a review and Refresh day. Finish blocking!

Concert Choir - Part Check day - Review Mamma Mia. Any part I check, we will review. 

Performance Choir - Part Check day - review angus dei, and gadeamus hodie. 

Friday 10/6/2017
10.6.17

Theatre 2 - Students will take c-notes on a musical clip and notice endowment and motivation.

Concert and Honors Choir - Sing through all pieces today!

Theatre 1 - students will perform for group review

 

Thursday 10/5/2017
10.5.17

Concert Choir - students will sight read and learn the beginning two pages of Evita. Sing through and correct parts as we go. 

Honors Choir - Review ONCE and the competition pieces. Please memorize over break!

Theatre 1 - Perform for group review!

Theatre 2 - Perform for peer review!

Wednesday 10/4/2017
10.4.17

THeatre 1 - Student will continue to perform for group review in front of the whole class.

Theatre 2 - Students will take Memory test #2 today and practice performing their scenes. 

Honors Choir - Students will clean up their competition pieces. 

Concert Choir - Students will review Mamma Mia and My Fair Lady and clean up parts

Tuesday 10/3/2017
10.3.17

Theatre 1 - Students will take their third and final memory test!

Theatre 2 - Students will finish their c-notes on Uta Hagen part one - endowment, substitution/transference, and inner objects. 

Concert Choir - Worksheet 7-8 today! Students will start learning pitches to High Flying adored from Evita

Honors Choir - Worksheet 7-8, then sight reading. Review Angus Dei Ending and clean up. 

Monday 10/2/2017
10.2.17

Theatre 1 - Students will start performing for group review. This is in front of the whole class, but it is a practice run to get the feel of it. It is only graded on participation - so don’t freak out - just learn what the final performance is going to feel like!

Theatre 2 - Students will take c-notes on Uta Hagen’s acting class and note endowment, substitution/transference, and inner objects. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue to learn the notes to Evita, then review the ending of My Fair Lady. 

Honors Choir - Sight read, then work on Gaudeamus Hodie transitions. 

Friday 9/29/2017
9.29.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through improvisation games!

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through improvisation games!

Choir - Sing through all pieces! Honors choir - don’t forget the football game tonight and the assembly after 4th period!

Thursday 9/28/2017
9.28.17

Theatre 1 - Students wil have the day to work on their scenes in the audience of the auditorium. 

Theatre 2 - DRAMA DAY FIELD TRIP!

Concert Choir - Finish taking notes on the Evita Movie

Honors Choir - Sing through pieces

Wednesday 9/27/2017
9.27.17

Theatre 1 - Perform Memory test number 2 today!

Theatre 2 - Finish drawing set diagrams and continue blocking

Concert Choir - Watch Evita to get ready for medly!

Honors Choir - Sight read and then clean up gaudeamus. 

Tuesday 9/26/2017
9.26.17

Theatre 1 - Students will prepare for memory test #2 tomorrow and perform/write a peer review today!

Theatre 2 - Finish performing shakespeare scenes and start drawing set diagrams. 

Honors Choir - Hamilton day! :)

Concert Choir - Continue Learning Buenes Aires section of Evita

Monday 9/25/2017
9.25.17

Theatre 1 - Students will prepare for peer reveiw tomorrow and memory test number 2 on wednesday

Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to start blocking scenes by creating a list of activities. 

Concert Choir - New Music Day! Start Learnign Buenos Aires from Evita

Honors Choir - Going to the gym....the breathing gym! Apply this to angus dei. 

Friday 9/22/2017
9.22.17

Theatre 1 - Perform park bench in the style of your scene's character. 

Theatre 2 - Read new scenes and start to figure out charachters, relationships, and set. 

Concert Choir - Sing through and clean My Fair Lady and Hamilton

Performance Choir - Sing through and clean Angus Dei and Gaudeamus Hodie

Thursday 9/21/2017
9.21.17

Theatre 1 - Students will perform memory test number 1! Break a leg!

Theatre 2 - Students will select new scenes from "laugh lines" and play improv games. 

Concert Choir - Sight read and learn the last two pages of the My Fair Lady medly!

Honors Choir - Going to the native american dance assembly. 

Wednesday 9/20/2017
9.20.17

Theatre 1 - Blocking Check today! Memory Test #1 is tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Finish performing shakespeare scenes

Concert Choir - Sing through Mamma Mia and Hamilton

Performance Choir - Sight Read and then Angus Dei

Tuesday 9/19/2017
9.19.17

Theatre 1 - Students will prepare for blocking check tomorrow and memory test on Thursday.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform shakespeare scenes.

Choir - Complete worksheet number 5 and 6

Concert - Work on on the street where you live and review My Fair Lady

Mixed - Work on Gaudeamus Hodie

Monday 9/18/2017
9.18.17

Theatre 1 - What is blocking? Start to add movement to your scripts and writting it in!

Theatre 2 - prepare for final performances tomorrow in class!

Concert Choir - Sight read and learn "on the street where you live"

Mixed Choir - Sight read and work on Angus Dei. Talk back about TVR performance!

Friday 9/15/2017
9.15.17

Theatre 1 - Finish and turn in Set Diagrams, relationship and character traits too! Have the day to work and finish these. 

Theatre 2 - Work day! Final performances begin on Tuesday!

Concert Choir - Students will review My Fair Lady - get me to the church and Could have danced all night. 

Mixed Choir - Students will finish learning gaudeamus hodie!

Thursday 9/14/2017
9.14.17

Theatre 1 - Students will work on drawing a birds eye (cross-cut) and a procenium (front) perspective. Continue compiling a list or character and relationship traits. 

Theatre 2 - Students will Have the day to take their feedback from group review and apply it to their scene. Final performances are around the corner!

Concert Choir - Students will finish learning "I could have danced all night" from my fair lady.

Honors Choir - Students will learn page 8 and 9 of gaudeamus hodie

Wednesday 9/13/2017
9.13.17

Theatre 1 - Students will take their scenes and divide them into three sections for memory testing. They will then read it and create a list of character traits and relationship traits. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for group review.

Concert Choir - Sing through Hamilton and check for parts to be fixed!

Performance Choir - Work throguh SSB and phantom for performance this friday and saturday!

Monday 9/11/2017
9.11.17

Theatre 1 - Perform improv scenes!

Theatre 2 - Finish praticing for Group Review tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Start "Get me to the church on time" from My Fair Lady

Honors Choir - Start Gaudeamus Hodie today!

Friday 9/8/2017
9.8.17

Theatre 1 - Students will use their improv outlines from yesterday to pratice performing. We perform on Monday!

Theatre 2 - Students will apply their peer review and make their scenes better!

Concert Choir - Students will sing through Hamilton today!

Honors Choir - Students will sing through SSB, Phantom, and review Angus Dei

Thursday 9/7/2017
9.7.17

Theatre 1 - Students will outline improvisation scenes using the storytelling arc outline. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform a peer review for each other!

Concert Choir - Sight read and learn last bits of hamilton!

Performance Choir - Write Notes 5 and Review SSB and Angus Dei!

Wednesday 9/6/2017
9.6.17

Theatre - Students will finish guided notes about Into the Woods and have a talkback about shakespeare festival and the movie itself. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Memory test number 2 and prepare for peer reviews tomorrow. 

Honors Choir - Students will finish Phantom of the Opera today!

Concert Choir - Students will do worksheet "Notes 5" and work on "Helpless" in the Hamilton Medley.

Tuesday 9/5/2017
9.5.17

Theatre and choir classes - Finish the movies and the guided notes from when I was gone. Enjoy! :)

Friday 9/1/2017
9.1.17

Theatre Classes - Watch movie and take guided notes!

Concert Choir - Watch Movie and take guided notes!

Performance Choir - go with Ms. Meyer and prepare for national anthem - suprise!! : /

Thursday 8/31/2017
8.31.17

All Classes - Watch movie and take guided notes!

T1 - Into the Woods, T2 - Sweeney Todd, PC - Phantom of the Opera, CC - Mamma Mia!

Wednesday 8/30/2017
8.30.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through Translator!

Theatre 2 - Students will perform memory test #1

Performance Choir - Students will write questions for Concert Choir

Concert Choir - Sing through what you know - hope you remember it over the week!!

Monday 8/28/2017
8.28.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through Triangle, Parkbench and Freeze!

Theatre 2 - Continue performing Uta Hagen acting exercise number 3. Work towards Memory test number one on wednesday!

Cocnert Choir - Sight Read and review first half of hamilton!

Performance Choir - Sight Read and review Angus Dei and Once

Friday 8/25/2017
8.25.17

DON'T FORGET - PAT LOGS ARE DUE TODAY!!

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the game, "I love you my darling, won't you give me a smile". Let's hope you don't break character!!

Theatre 2 - students will continue to perform Uta Hagen exercise #3 and work on scripts. 

Concert Choir - Rhythm sight reading and working on brushing up first half of hamilton

Performance Choir - Sight Reading and work on next section of "Once"

Thursday 8/24/2017
8.24.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the improv game, "Triangle"

Theatre 2 - Students will start to perform Uta Hagen exercise #3 - Changes of Self. Time left over will be towards script work!

Concert Choir - Notes 4 worksheet! Rhythm sight reading, and brush up Mamma Mia!

Performance Chori - Notes 4 - sight reading - and then continue learning competition piece!

Wednesday 8/23/2017
8.23.17

Theatre 1 - Students will write an essay based on the types of theatres and what would fit best for a play of their choosing. Keep the talking down!!

Theatre 2 - Students will set up destinations and exchange scripts. New group will run scene using the blocking in the script and give feedback. 

Concert Choir - Students will break off into sectionals and work on first half of "Hamilton"

Performance Choir - Over half the choir is gone, so we watched Newsies - the Broadway Production. Highly reccomend!

Tuesday 8/22/2017
8.22.17

Theatre 1 - Students will take guided notes on the types of theatres - areana, procenium, and thrust. 

Theatre 2 - Students will learn about Uta Hagen acting exercise number 3 - "Changes of Self". Start preperations for performances starting on thursday. Blocking Check tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Worksheet 3 and 4! Then working on "The Schyler sisters" in Hamilton Pg 20 - 29

Performance Choir - Worksheet 3 and 4. Then start working on ONCE!

Monday 8/21/2017
8.21.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish guided notes on the the positions of the theatre and start playing the game, "Pillars"

Theatre 2 - Students will learn and demonstrate uta hagen acting exercise number 2 - Focal Points. Then, they will have time to block! Check on Wednesday

Concert Choir - Students will continue learning the first part of the hamilton medly

Performance Chori - Students will break into sectionals today to learn parts of their first competition piece. 

Friday 8/18/2017
8.18.17

Theatre 1 - Students will continue to take guided notes on the positions in the theatre. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing Uta Hagen #1! :)

Concert Choir - Students will start learning Hamilton medley from the begining. 

Mixed Choir - Students will start learnign their competition piece today! Great job last night!

Thursday 8/17/2017
8.17.17

Theatre 1 - Students will take guided notes to the position in the theatre to Bob and Marti Fowler's Technical Theatre DVD.

Theatre 2 - Students will continue performing Uta Hagen acting excercise number 1. 

Concert Choir - Students will do worksheet Notes 3 and sing through the Mamma Mia medley - once with words, once without!

Performance Choir - Students will perform Phantom on Stage and get a sound check for tonight. Call is 5:45 and we perform at 6:10!

Wednesday 8/16/2017
8.16.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvisation through Bippity-Bippity - Bop!

Theatre 2 - students will perform Uta Hagen Acting exercise number 1. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet number 2 and turn in!

Performance Choir - Spot Check day on Phantom. Listeninig across and getting all the key changes nailed down. 

Tuesday 8/15/2017
8.15.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish playing pocket lines and will catch up so everyone has had a chance at a game so far. 

Theatre 2 - Students will apply their "Rehearsal of doings" and add in the movements to the script. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and complete worksheet number 1. Continue Learning Mamma Mia!

Performance Choir - Studetns will clap rhythms and complete worksheet number 1 and 2. Some sectional work and then put it together!

Monday 8/14/2017
8.14.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of Improv through the game, pocket lines!

Theatre 2 - Students will create destination through their set diagrams by a "rehearsal of Doings"

Concert Choir - Students will start the Hamilton Medley!

Mixed Choir - Students will continue to learn the Phantom medley. First performance on Thursday! Call is 5:45 and perform from 6:15 - 6:30. 

Friday 8/11/2017
8.11.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvisation through the game "Park Bench"

Theatre 2 - Students will create and draw a destination for their shakespeare scene. 

ATORT MIXER TONIGHT FROM 6:30 - 9:00!! Starts in the cafeteria

Choir - Notes 2 Worksheet. Concert - Mamma Mia _water Loo. Honors Choir - Phantom

Thursday 8/10/2017
8.10.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre game, "Scenes from a Hat"

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improvisation through the theatre game, "Pocket Lines"

Concert Choir - Students will sing "Mamma Mia!" and review the whole song.

Honors Choir - SSB! Perform at Assembly!

Wednesday 8/9/2017
8.9.17

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre games, Sound Ball, Kitty wants a corner, and continue Bippity-Bippity-Bop!

Theatre 2 - Students will read a synopsis of their play the scene is from and beging to annotate the script for understanding. 

Concert Choir - Continue learning Mamma Mia!

Honors Choir - Sight read and polish the SSB. Continue to learn the first two songs of the Phantom medley. 

Tuesday 8/8/2017
8.8.17

Theatre 1 - Studnets will learn names through the name game! Afterwards, we will start learning BippityBippity Bop!

Theatre 2 - Students will finish notes on shakespeare and the activities in the shakespeare packet. 

Honors Choir - Notes 1 Worksheet! Then work on polishing Star Spangled Banner and some sectional work on the begining of Phantom.

Concert Choir - Notes 1 Worksheet! Then work on Dancing Queen in Mamma Mia!

Monday 8/7/2017
8.7.14

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through zip, zap, zop, and Peter Pan.

Theatre 2 - Students will take cornell notes on "10 Acting tips for shakespeare" and do exercises to better read shakespeare.

Honors Choir - Students will learn the names of the notes and do sectional work on the Star Spangled Banner.

Cocnert Choir - Students will learn the names of the notes and continue to work on Pag 19-21 in Mamma Mia. 

Saturday 8/5/2017
CAR WASH

CAR WASH IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY!! See you on the 12th and 19th!

Friday 8/4/2017
8.4.17

Theatre1 - Students are going to take the pre-test today. Afterwards they will do a quick tour of the stage facility and begin learning the basics of acting through theatre games. zip-zap-zop and sound ball

Theatre2 - Students are going to take the pre-test today. Afterwards we'll do a quick review of the rules of improvization and demonstrate theses through the games triangle and freeze. 

Honors Choir - Student are going to take the pre-test today. They will continue learning the Darmon Meader version of the Star-Spangled Banner. 

Concert Choir - Student are going to take the pre-test today and take notes on note values. Afterwards we will work on posture, breath support, and sining in harmony through warm-ups. Start Learning first couple measures of Mama Mia!

 
Thursday 8/3/2017
8.3.17

Theatre and Choir - Review Syllabi and classroom expectations. 

Friday 5/19/2017
5.19.17

Theatre and Choir - Today you will read plot synopsis of three different musicals and watch exceprts. At the end of the period you will vote for which show you want to perform (or see performed) next year. The choice is up to you!

Thursday 5/18/2017
5.18.17

Theatre 2nd hour - Load in Jazz Fusion Show

Choir - SA'd for 3rd and 4th hour to watch show and do talk back with the group. 

Theatre 2 - Watch Jazz Fusion Show

Choir 5th - Talk back about concert and show

Theatre 6th hour - Theatre games! 

Wednesday 5/17/2017
5.17.17

Theatre - Watch one act plays and fill out self critiques. 

Choir - Final run through on stage of songs for concert tonight. Be on stage and dressed by 5:45!

Tuesday 5/16/2017
5.16.17

Theatre - Watch one act play (one of two) and complete self critique. 

Choir - Sing through on stage with accompainst. Concert tomorrow at 7pm! Be on stage and in costume at 5:45

Monday 5/15/2017
5.15.17

Theatre - Complete a verbal talk back about the one act play performances. While this is going on, you can use the time to complete your critique packet that is due tomorrow!

Choir - Run through songs for concert wednesday and fix any mistakes that still occure - please pratice and get these pieces memorized!!

Friday 5/12/2017
5.12.17

Theatre - One Act Performances tonight at 7pm and tomorrow at 7pm. You have to be present both days. Sign in and out at the box office for full points. The day you don't perform you are critiquing. 

Choir - Run through pieces and fix mistakes that occure. Concert on wednesday! Please pratice and get these pieces memorized!!

Thursday 5/11/2017
5.11.17

Theatre - dress rehearsal performance for Joanna, Encino, and Amyah

Choir - No music today. Run through and spend forever on Loch Lomond!

Wednesday 5/10/2017
5.10.17

Theatre - Dress rehearsals today for Makaylah, Zayne, and Rachel. Performances on Friday and Saturday at 7pm. Must be present both days!

Choir - Today is the first run through of the concert WITH NO MUSIC. You should have everythign memorized today!!

Tuesday 5/9/2017
5/9/17

Theatre - Dress rehearsals today for Joanna, Encino, and Amyah! Performances this friday and saturday May 12tyh and 13th at 7pm. Be there both days!

Concert Choir - Last day with music - run through all songs so you know what you have to memorize!!

Mixed Choir - Run Loch Lomond, Road not taken, and start senior song!

Monday 5/8/2017
5.8.17

Theatre - Finish teaching for one acts. Performances this Friday and Saturday at 7pm! Be there both dates. Friday is Joanna, Rachel, Zayne and Saturday is Makaylah, Amyah, and Encino. 

Concert Choir - Work on memory of African Alleluia, and Stars I shall find. 

Honors Choir - Solo auditions for Oh Sifuni Mungo. Run that and then It Takes a village. 

Friday 5/5/2017
5.5.17

Theatre - Start Tech for one acts! Joanna, Encino, and Amyah go today. 

Concert Choir - Finish learning Stars I shall Find

Honors Choir - Auditions for Java Jive, It takes a village, and all others. 

Thursday 5/4/2017
5.4.17

Theatre - Makaylah, Zayne, Rachel group on stage - the opposites are in the house. 

Concert Choir - Finish learning stars I shall find. Sing throuhg Ding Dong Bells and Tu Mentis

Mixed Choir - Solo auditions!!!! all songs

Wednesday 5/3/2017
5.3.17

I am not here today! Be good to the sub!

Theatre - Joanna, Encino, Amyah on stage today. The rest in the house.

Concert Choir - Finish Documentary on Music

Honors Choir - Sing through with the youtube videos to pratice memory.

Tuesday 5/2/2017
5.2.17

Theatre - Work on memorization! Line deadline this week and next friday and saturday, the 12th and 13th - we have our performances!!

Concert Choir - Continue learning notes to Stars I Shall Find. Review Tu Mentis

Mixed Choir - Continue learnign notes to O Nata Lux. Solo auditions tomorrow!

Monday 5/1/2017
5.1.18

Theatre - Talk back about the show today!

Concert choir - Talk back and start learning our last song - "Stars I shall find"

Mixed Choir - Talk back and star learning our last song - O Nata Lux

Friday 4/28/2017
4.28.17

Theatre - Students will fold programs and talk about character development of the one acts. Please check with your director if you're gone to see what you missed!

Concert Choir - AUDITIONS! Let's get flashlight performance ready by adding soloists today!

Mixed Choir - Finish king and I and fold programs. Move Piano from the band room to the pit orchestra. Thank you!

Last chance to see FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Tonight and tomorrow at 7, and sunday at 3. If you need a comp - please let me know!

Thursday 4/27/2017
4.26-27.17

Concert Choir - Fold programs and solo auditions!

Mixed Choir - Polish Oh Sifinu mungo and run other pieces.

Theatre - Students will run one act plays with directors taking notes on blocking. 

Monday 4/24/2017
4.24-25.17

Theatre - Students will finish blocking one act plays

Concert Choir - students will polish all songs and prepare for solo auditions. 

Mixed Choir - Take notes on the King and I and fold programs

Friday 4/21/2017
4.21.17

In school performance day. Periods 2-4 will go into the library for a study hall. Periods 5 and 6 will sit in row D and watch the show. Enjoy! Don't forget, all classes have to see the show for a grade. If you need a comp ticket, just ask! :)

Wednesday 4/19/2017
4.19-20.17

Theatre - Students will continue to block their one act plays with their student directors. Don't forget, they are the 12th and 13th at 7pm. You must be at both days!

Concert Choir - Finish learning Exultate Laudasti and then fold programs. 

Mixed Choir - Finish learning the end of Combined number, then fold programs. 

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - must see this weekend or next! If you need a comp ticket or need to watch a dress rehearsal, please let me know!

Monday 4/17/2017
4.17-18.17

Theatre - Students will start to block their one act plays. Please listen to your directors and be patient. Give suggestions when you are asked, but not before. 

Concert Choir - Start learning your new piece! Exulatate Laudate! It's super fun and you'll love singing in Latin!

Mixed Choir - Polish Loch Lomond and continue learning combined piece. 

You have to watch FIDDLER ON THE ROOF this weekend or next. If you need a complimentary ticket or need to watch a dress rehearsal, please let me know asap!

Friday 4/14/2017
4.14.17

Theatre - Students will start blocking their one acts. Please follow your directors and be supportive. It's hard to lead you guys sometime!

Concert Choir - Sing through day!

Mixed Choir - Sing through all music! :)

Thursday 4/13/2017
4.13.17

Theatre - Students will complete a read through of their scripts! Get to work! One acts are on May 12th and 13th at 7pm. You must be there both nights!

Concert Choir - Today and tomorrow, sing through and polish each piece of music you have. We are getting new music starting on Monday!

Mixed Choir - Polish It takes a village and the road not taken. 

Tuesday 4/11/2017
4.11-12.17

Theatre - Finish Auditions for One Act Plays. Hopefully finish and pass out scripts and assign parts! Start Memorizing!

Honors Choir - Finish ending of Celebrate Music, Work on "I love you you're perfect now change". Polish up Frostina

Concert Choir - Start learning new piece - exsultate Laudate!

Monday 4/10/2017
4.10.17

Theatre - Finish final performances and start one-act auditions. 

Concert Choir - Flashlight and Celebrate Music polish

Honors Choir - Polish Love Psalm, listen and critique, then solfegge celebrate music. 

Friday 4/7/2017
4.7.17

Theatre 2 - Continue Final Performances and start one act play auditions

Concert Choir - Students will work on polishing Tu Mentis and Bell Doth Toll

Honors Choir - we are missing about 12 people today, so continue history of Broadway Music. 

Thursday 4/6/2017
4.6.17

Theatre - Continue Final Performances of scenes

Concert Choir - Polish Flashlight and finish learning notes to Celebrate Music

Honors Choir - I'm not here today - so Mr. D will be teaching drum circles for the african pieces. 

Wednesday 4/5/2017
4.5.17

Theatre - Start Final Performances!!! :)

Concert choir - continue learning Celebrate Music

Honors Choir - Continue learning Celebrate Music and polish loch Lomond

Tuesday 4/4/2017
4.4.17

I am not here today - off to mardi gras costume shop

Theatre - Work on final performances - they start tomorrow!!

Concert and honors - continue history of Broadway Musical Theatre

Monday 4/3/2017
4.3.17

Theatre - Work on Final Performances. We start on wednesday. 

Concert Choir - start learning celebrate music - review Tu Mentis and polish

Honors Choir - Continue learning celebrate music and review Loch Lomond. 

Friday 3/31/2017
3.31.17

Theatre - Finish performing gorup review and pratice for final performances that start next wednesday. 

Honor Choir - Polish O Sifini Mungo!

Concert Choir - Polish African Alleluia

 

Thursday 3/30/2017
3.30.17

Theatre - Finish Group Reviews! 2nd - Ruby, Summer, Michelle. 3rd - Rachel, Olivia, Chelsey. 6th - Christian, Tyler, Vanessa. 

Concert Choir - Continue working on Celebrate music, finish working on flashlight. 

Mixed Choir - Finish up working on O Sifiuni Mungu and continue on Celebrate music. 

Wednesday 3/29/2017
3.29.17

Theatre - Group review continue! 2nd - Grace, Sabahat, Carter. 3rd - Zayne, Harlie, Connor. 6th - Mina, Maresa, Anthony.

Concert Choir - Start learning new song - Celebrate music, and continue learning flashlight. 

honors Choir - Start learning new song - Celebrate music, and continue learning O sifuni mungu. 

Tuesday 3/28/2017
3.28.17

Theatre - Start performing for Group Review 2nd - Corina, Kaitlyn, 3rd - Aubrey Melody, 6th - Lorenzo, Kayla, Alex

Choir - Finish documentary on history of american musical theatre. 

Monday 3/27/2017
3.27.17

Theatre - Prepare for group auditions starting tomorrow! T1 will be in Cafe and T2 will be on stage. 

Choir - Continue watching the history of music theatre in America documentary.

I'm not here today - be good to my sub!

Friday 3/24/2017
3.24.17

Theatre - Perform Memory test number 2 of 2. 

Concert Choir - New Music! Start Learning your Pitch Perfect song!

Honors Choir - Continue learning O Sifni Mungu! :)

Thursday 3/23/2017
3.23.17

Theatre - Perform for peer review, then write review using the guide to another performance. 

Concert Choir - Listen to various tracks and vote on new music. Look at logo designs and decided a logo for the shirts. Sing through "How can I keep from singing"

Honors Choir - New Music!! Start Learning O Sifni Mungu. 

Wednesday 3/22/2017
3.22.17

Theatre - Pratice scenes in preperation for Peer Review tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Finish Review by going through all songs. 

Honors Choir - Continue Review - Java Jive, Love Psalm, Road Not Taken

Tuesday 3/21/2017
3.21.17

Theatre - Students will take Memory Test #1. 

Concert Choir - Continue Review - Angel and Tico, Tico

Honors Choir - Continue Review - It Takes A Village. Listen to versions of senior song and pick one. :)

Monday 3/20/2017
3.20.17

Theatre - Review 10 min. plays. Memory test number 1/2 tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Reivew Songs - Tu Mentis, African Alleluia, Bell Doth Toll

Honors Choir - Review Songs - Steal your rock and roll, Lochlomond Ending and then whole thing. 

Friday 3/10/2017
3.10.17

Theatre - Continue blocking - there is a blocking check at the end of the period. Memory test 1 of 2 is the tuesday after break. Memorize over break!

Choir - Sing through all songs!!!! Hope you remember them over break! :/

Thursday 3/9/2017
3.9.17

Theatre - Continue to work on blocking for new scenes. Set diagrams due at the end of the period! Turn them in. Blocking check and pat logs due tomorrow. 

Choir - Take scales test! Good luck everyone!

Wednesday 3/8/2017
3.8.17

Theatre - Get scenes and read them for characters and blocking. Start set diagrams due tomorrow. 

Choir - Work on Scales 4, review for scales test tomorrow. 

Tuesday 3/7/2017
3.7.17

Theatre - Pick 10 min scenes and re-teach the improv games learned from the shakespeare troupe. 

Choir - Write AZ Merit essays. 

Monday 3/6/2017
3.6.17

Theatre - Write AZ Merit concept comparison essays.

Choir - Scales 3 worksheet then Concert choir, work on Tico Tico ending and mixed choir work on Loch Lomond pages 11 - 15. 

Friday 3/3/2017
3.3.17

Theatre - Write a talk back and turn in concepts for a check. essay on monday!

Choir - Sing through all pieces today! Check to see what we need to review.

Thursday 3/2/2017
3.2.17

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL!!!!!

Sit in front audience section during 3rd and 4th hour. Workshops for theatre classes during 6th hour. 2nd and 5th hour watch load iin/load our during class. 

Wednesday 3/1/2017
3.1.17

Theatre1 - Students will write director's concepts for Barrymore and New York Philharmonic productions

Theatre 2 - Students will finish writing concepts for Sunday in the park and pick new scenes!

Choir - Students will do scale worksheet 2 and concert choir will work on Angel while mixed choir will work on Porteguese song. 

Tuesday 2/28/2017
2.28.17

Theatre 1 - Studnets will finish Barrymore production and discuss the director's concept for them to write down. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish OBC of Sunday in the park and discuss the director's concept for them to write. 

Concert Choir - Students will learn scat section of Tico Tico!

Mixed Choir - 15 people are gone. Study hall day!

Monday 2/27/2017
2.27.17

Theatre 1 - Students will continue to watch Barrymore production of Company and compare with original concept for scene. 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to watch OBC of Sunday in the Park with George and compare with original concept for scene. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on Scale sheet 1 and continue with the Chorus learning of Angel. 

Mixed Choir - Students will work on Scale sheet 1 and continue with Loch Lomond - next phrase. 

Friday 2/24/2017
2.24.17

Theatre 1 - Studnets will watch Barrymore production of Company to gain director's concept and compare it with their scene. 

Theatre 2 - Students will watch OBC Sunday in the Park with George to gain director's concept and compare it with theirs. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #42 and conitnue tico, tico and Angel.

Mixed Choir - Students will complete worksheet #42 and continue Loch Lomond. 

Thursday 2/23/2017
2.23.17

Theatre 1 - Students will present concepts and set diagrams, then start watching Barrymore production.

Theatre 2 - Students will present concepts and set diagrams, then continue watching sunday in the park OBC

Concert Choir - Complete worksheet 41 and start on Tico, Tico!

Mixed Choir - Complete worksheet 41 and start on Loch Lomond. 

Wednesday 2/22/2017
2.22.17

Sub Present today!

Theatre 1 - Finish writing director's concepts and create a set diagram for the scene you were assigned. 

Theatre 2 - Start watching "Sunday in the Park with George" to get ready for concept comparaison

Mixed Choir - Nothin - only about 8 of you are here. 

Concert Choir - Nothing - Study hall - only 2 of you are here. 

Tuesday 2/21/2017
2.21.17

Theatre 1 - Write a director's concept to Sondheim's Company.

Theatre 2 - Write a director's concept to Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George"

Concert Choir - Introduce two new pieces, Angel and Tico, Tico!

Mixed Choir - Iintroduce new Piece - Loch Lomond

Thursday 2/16/2017
2.16.17

Choir - Finish worksheet 41 and sing all songs you currently have. New music on Tuesday!

Theatre - Finish performing written scenes

Wednesday 2/15/2017
2.15.17

Theatre - Written scene performances!

Concert Choir Worksheet #40! Work on putting african song with drums!

Mixed Choir - Worksheet #40 natural minor scales. Work on putting african drums with your african song!

Tuesday 2/14/2017
2.14.17

Theatre - Start performing final performances of written scenes!

Concert Choir - Sight Read! Brush up on Ding Ding ending and ending of african song. 

Mixed Choir - Sight read! Brush up on African song middle and ending. notice when the pattern changes!

Monday 2/13/2017
2.13.17

Theatre - Patchwork Written Reflections. You guys did great and the show turned out alright! :)

Concert Choir - Worksheet 38  - building minor scales. Review Ding Ding and How can I keep. 

Mixed Choir - Worksheet 39 - building minor scales. Review It takes a village. 

Saturday 2/11/2017
2.11.17

PATCHWORK!!! Saturday and Sunday at 6pm. Tables must be set up by 5pm. Admission is $10 for Adults and Seniors, $8 for students. See you all at the show!

Friday 2/10/2017
2.10.17

Theatre - Students who made Patchwork will perform on the Patchwork Stage for the other members of the class. The rest of the time they may work on their scenes. 

Concert Choir - Start learning minor scales and sing through all songs!

Mixed Choir - Start learning minor scales and sing through all songs today!

Thursday 2/9/2017
2.9.17

Theatre - Pratice performing written scenes. Don't forget patchwork is this weekend! 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. 

CChoir - Students will work on african alleluia and tu mentis. 

MChoir - Students will work on Frostina and solidify phrasing. 

Wednesday 2/8/2017
2.8.17

Theatre - Pratice written scenes. Final performances start Monday. Peer Review Tomorrow. PATCHWORK is this Saturday and Sunday at 6pm. Check your table sign ups on the call board. They must be set up by 5pm on your given night. If you want to switch, you must find someone to switch with. Please notify me of the switch as well. Thank you!

Choir - Finish Documentary on Fiddler on the Roof. 

Tuesday 2/7/2017
2.7.17

Theatre - Audition for Patchwork!

Choir - Audition for Patchwork and watch documentary about fiddler on the roof

Monday 2/6/2017
2.6.17

Theatre - patchwork work day. Auditions are TOMORROW and Patchwork is Saturday and Sunday at 6pm!

Concert Choir - Finish the last four measures of Bim bom Bim and work on polishing "How can I keep from Singing"

Mixed Choir - Finish last two measures of "Love Psalm" and run the piece. Review the african piece that they have learned so far. 

Friday 2/3/2017
2.3.17

Theatre - patchwork work day. Auditions are on Tuesday and Patchwork is Next Saturday and Sunday at 6pm!

Concert Choir - Work on the next phrase of Tu Mentis and polish ending of "How can I keep from Singing". 

Mixed Chori - Introduce and start talking about African Music and the song we are singing. Disscussion about message in the song and start to get the highly syncopated patterns down. 

Thursday 2/2/2017
2.2.17

Theatre - Peer Review of written scenes. Patchwork Work Day Tomorrow!

Choir - Circle of 5th test! Break a leg!

Wednesday 2/1/2017
2.1.17

Theatre - Sign up for patchwork tables and work on patchwork audition material. 

Concert Choir - Studnets will work on learning notes to Bim bom Bim. 

Mixed Choir - Students will work on learning notes to Love Psalm

Tuesday 1/31/2017
1.31.17

Auditions for Fiddler on the Roof after school today!

Choir- Pratice test for circle of 5ths test on Thursday!

Theatre - Peer Review with Tech of written scenes. 

Monday 1/30/2017
1.30.17

Theatre - Talk back about Charley's Aunt. 

Concert Choir - work on page 7 to the end of African Alleluia

Mixed Choir - work on the next 2 measures of Love Psalm

Friday 1/27/2017
1.27.17

Choir - Karaokee Friday! Prepare for Fiddler on the Roof Auditions and sing in the audition room. 

Theatre 1 - Finish tech for scenes

Theatre 2 - Finish tech for scenes and fold programs. 

Thursday 1/26/2017
1.26.17

Concert Choir - African alleluia and Bim Bom Bell

Mixed Choir - Love Psalm and Frostina

Theatre - Tech scenes!

Friday 1/20/2017
1.20.17

Theatre 1 - Finish writing scenes - fold programs. 

Theatre 2 - Finish writing scenes - fold programs

Choir - In school Performances of Charley's Aunt

Thursday 1/19/2017
1.19.17

You have a sub today - be nice!

Theatre - Write scenes - due tomorrow!

Concert Choir - History of Broadway episode 4

Mixed Choir - Continue fiddler on the roof

Wednesday 1/18/2017
1.18.17

Theatre - Write Scenes!

Concert Choir - Flat circle of 5th and continue ending of African Alleluia

Mixed Choir - Flat circle of 5ths and Java Jive. Performance Monday at 5:45!

Tuesday 1/17/2017
1.17.17

Theatre 1 - Record improve scene on voice and start copying down lines to form into a script. 

Theatre 2 - Continue writing scripts

concert Choir - Sharp circle of 5th and continue learning "How can i keep from Singing"

Mixed Choir - Shar circle of 5ths and work on page 3 of Love Psalm

Friday 1/13/2017
1.13.17

Theatre 1 - Write Improve Outline and turn in the three brainstorming ideas. 

Theatre 2 - Listen to and write down lines from recorded improv scene. 

Concert Choir - African Alleluia and Tu Mentis words. 

Mixed Choir - Java Jive and Love Psalm

Thursday 1/12/2017
1.12.17

Theatre 1 - Write Brianstorm idea number 3 - scenes from your own life as inpsiration. Share and pick one that you like as a group. 

Theatre 2 - Perform chosen script and record improv scene from it. 

Concert Choir - Afircan Alleluia, nameing notes, and How Can I keep from singing. 

Mixed Choir - Naming notes, Java Jive, and Love Psalm

Monday 1/9/2017
1.9.17

Theatre 1 - Students will finish writing discussion questions and being the discussion about Fiddler on the Roof.

Concert Choir - Students will finish writing discussion questions and begin the discussion about Fiddler.

Theatre 2 - Students will complete brainstorm number 3 - readers choice. After sharing with your groups, decided which script you are doing as a group out of the 9-12 that you have brainstormed. 

Honors Choir - Students will start to polish Java Jive and work on the notes to bars 9-16 of Love Psalm. 

Friday 1/6/2017
1.6.17

Theatre 1 and Concert Choir - continue Fiddler on the Roof and answering disscusion questions.

Theatre 2 - Students will do outline #2 - Happy and sad moment in your life - share with group. 

Mixed Choir - Students will finish learning notes to Java Jive. 

Thursday 1/5/2017
1.5.17

Theatre 1 - Students will continue Fiddler on the Roof and answering disscusion questions.

Theatre 2 - Students will start brain storm #1 "Episode Story" and discuss in groups. 

Concert Choir - continue Fiddler on the Roof and answering disscusion questions.

Honors Choir - Students will continue to learn Java Jive. 8th Grade Parnet night performance on Monday, January 24th. 

Wednesday 1/4/2017
1.4.17

All Classes - I'm gone today so continue or start Fiddler on the roof and fill out disscusion questions as it plays. Auditions are on Tuesday, January 31st. 

Tuesday 1/3/2017
1.3.17

Theatre - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and start disscusion of Fiddler on the Roof.

Concert Choir - Pass out new music and start learning some after listening.

Mixed Choir - Pass out new music and start learning some after listening.

Thursday 12/15/2016
12.15-16.16

Finals!!! Take exams!

Theatre 2 - Finish performing monologues!

Honors Choir - Don't forget performance Sunday at 5pm. 4:15 call. Circle of Friends. 

Wednesday 12/14/2016
12.14.16

Theatre 1 - Finish final performances and review for Mid-Term.

Theatre 2 - Review for Mid-Term and start final monologue performances.

Choir - Pratice on stage for concert tonight at 7pm. Call time is 6pm on stage for sound check. Invite everyone you know!

Tuesday 12/13/2016
12.13.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform monologues for peer review. Final performances start tomorrow. Names are drawn out of a hat - so everyone be ready!

Choir - Students will run pieces in concert order. Fix neuances as they happen. Concert on Wednesday Night. Call time is 6pm and the concert is at 7pm

Monday 12/12/2016
12.12.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform their slates in preparation for monolgoue performances on Wednesday.

Choir - Students will run pieces in concert order. Fix neuances as they happen. Concert on Wednesday Night. Call time is 6pm and the concert is at 7pm. 

Friday 12/9/2016
12.9.16

Theatre 1 - Students will prepare for final perfomances starting on Monday!

Theatre 2 - Students will finish selecting monologues. Prepare for their slate to perform on Monday.

Choir - POLISH! Concert on Wednesday, work on fine details of every piece. Start in concert order. 

Thursday 12/8/2016
12.8.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing for group review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will research plays and monologues and select two contrasting monologues. 

Choir - Run and polish each piece. Write 3 major scales. 

Wednesday 12/7/2016
12.7.16

Theatre 1 - Students will continue to perform for Group Review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue their final performances. 

Choir - Memory Day. Perform each song once with music and once without. If it is not perfect, do it again until it is.  

Tuesday 12/6/2016
12.6.16

Theatre 1 - Students will take memory test number 3 and start to performing group reviews. 

Theatre 2 - Students will contiue to perform final performances. 

Choir - Memory days! Perform each song once with music and then once without. If not correct, repeate until there is perfect memory@

Monday 12/5/2016
12.5.16

Theatre 1 - Students will apply their peer reviews to their scenes in preperation of Memory test 3 tomorrow and Group Reivews starting tomorrow as well.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for final performances.

Choir - Memory days. Sing each song once with music and then without. If not performed well, repeate until memory is perfect!

Friday 12/2/2016
12.2.16

Theatre 1 - take Memory Test number 2

Theatre 2 - Prepare for final performances starting on Monday

Concert Choir - Polish Concert Pieces.

Mixed Choir - Carol during fire dill, then polish steal your rock and roll

Thursday 12/1/2016
12.1.16

Theatre 1 - Students will apply critques to scenes to prepare for group review starting on Monday. Memory test number 2 is tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish reading and annotating their packets from Michael Shurtleff Guideposts. 

Concert Choir - Students will polish "O Holy Night' after sight reading.

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and finish learning notes to Go Tell it on the Mountain. Polish Rudolph. 

Wednesday 11/30/2016
11.30.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform and write peer reviews and turn them in. 

Theatre 2 - Students will spend the day reading and annotating Michael Shurtleff Guideposts for acting and auditioning. 

Concert Choir - Continue to learn the notes to the night before christmas.

Mixed Choir - Continue to learn notes to Rudolph and go tell it on the mountain. 

Tuesday 11/29/2016
11.29.16

Theatre 1 - Take Memory Test #1

Theatre 2 - Read Shurtleff guidepost #6 - Discoveries. Prepare for final performances on Monday. 

Concert Choir - Work on Drummer boy and O Holy Night - review Lullaby

Mixed Choir - Work on Frostie - review Bashana

Monday 11/28/2016
11.28.16

Theatre 1 - Students will prepare for memory Test #1 tomorrow and peer review wednesday.

Theatre 2 - Students will annotate Shurtleff Guidepost # 5. Apply to scenes to prepare for final performances. 

Concert Choir - Talk back about Caroling, then learn the notes to Night before Christmas

Mixed choir - Talk back about caroling, then get a new song! Start learning notes to frostie. 

Tuesday 11/22/2016
11.22.16

Theatre 1 - Students will Turn in Uta Hagen Questions, then have  ablocking check at the end of the period.

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing for group reivew. 

Mixed choir and Concert Choir - Review Carols for Saturday Caroling. In Jerome from 2:45 - 6:30

Monday 11/21/2016
11.21.16

Talk back in each class about their State events. 

Theatre 1 - Students will finish writing responses to uta hagen questions and prepare for memory test number 1 tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing for group review. 

Choirs - Students will complete whole and half step worksheet. Also complete carol test!

 

Friday 11/18/2016
11.18.16

Theatre 1 - Students will write responses to Uta Hagen Questions. They are due on Tuesday. 
Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to block their scenes. 

Choir - Students will watch the last five years and place in order the story events expressed through song. 

Thursday 11/17/2016
11.17.16

Theatre 1 - Students will review the next 5 uta hagen questions, preparing to write the responses tomorrow. They are due on Tuesday. 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue performing for group review. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Finish up and turn in worksheets. 

Mixed Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Finish up and turn in worksheets.

Wednesday 11/16/2016
11.16.16

Theatre 1 - Students will write response to Uta Hagen number one. "Who Am I"

Theatre 2 - Students will start performing for group review. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Worksheet number 32

Mixed Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Worksheet number 32. 

Tuesday 11/15/2016
11.15.16

THeatre 1 - Students will finish drawing set diagrams. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start performing for group review. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Worksheet number 31. 

Mixed Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday. Worksheet number 31. 

Monday 11/14/2016
11.14.16

Theatre 1 - Students will read 3-person scenes and start making a t-chart of relationship and character traits.

Theatre 2 - Students will start performing for group review.

Concert Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday.

Mixed Choir - Students will work on polishing their carol packet for the carol test on Monday.  

 

Thursday 11/10/2016
11.10.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish A Midsummer night's dream and selecting 3 person scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will apply peer review critique to their scene to prepare for group review starting on Monday. 

Concert Choir - Worked on notes to carol packet and auditions for the SOMEDAY solos. 

Mixed Choir - Auditioned for Steal your rock and roll solos, and continued to learn carols in the carol packet. 

Wednesday 11/9/2016
11.9.16

Theatre 1 - Students will continue A Midsumer night's dream and select 3 person scenes

Theatre 2 - Students will practice their scenes

Concert Choir - Students will continue learning the notes to night before christmas and o holy night.

Mixed Choir - Students will sign. Carol packet

Tuesday 11/8/2016
11.8.16

Theatre 1 - Students will talk back and give feedback from the show for points. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue learning notes to O Holy Night and Night before christmas

Mixed Choir - Students will continue history of musical theatre

Monday 11/7/2016
11.7.16

Theatre 1 - Students will start watching A midsummer night's dream. They will be watching this when the shakespeare group comes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to catch up. They will finish guidepost number 3 and 4, and apply the peer review to their scenes. 

Concert and Mixed choir - Students will watch the history of music theatre. 

Friday 11/4/2016
11.4.16

Theatre 2 - Perform for peer review

Concert Choir - Students will continue learning notes to the night before christmas and little drummer boy

Mixed choir - students will start learning notes to carol packet

Theatre  1 - Finish watching Charley's Aunt

 

 

 

Thursday 11/3/2016
11.3.16

Theatre 1 - Finish performing final scenes and continue charley's aunt!

Theatre 2 - Read guide post 3 and talk about preperation. Prepare for peer reviews tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Sight read and continue learning O Holy Night and review Carol of the Drum

Mixed Choir - Sight read and start working on carol packet songs 1-5. 

Wednesday 11/2/2016
11.2.16

Theatre - Students will watch charley's aunt in preperation for auditions!

Concert Choir and Mixed - Worksheet 21 and clappiing rhythms in 6/8, 8/8, and 12/8

Concert sing new songs - mixed work on Bashana, o magnum, and steal your rock and roll

Tuesday 11/1/2016
11.1.16

Theatre 1 - Students will continue final performances.

Theatre 2 - Close read and analysis of Guidepost Number 2 - Conflict.

Concert choir - Students will sight read and work on carol packet - acapella!

Mixed Choir - Students will compete worksheet number 20 and hand it in. Polish parts on Bashana and start carol packet

Monday 10/31/2016
10.31.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances

Theatre 2 - Students will block and finish set diagrams.

Concert choir - students will review parts of music.

Mixed Choir - students will do worksheet number 19 and review o magnum parts

Saturday 10/29/2016
PETER AND STARCATCHER!

Peter and the starcatcher is Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. Extra credit for choir classes and a manditory grade for theatre classes. Be sure to sign out at the end of the play at the attendance office!

Friday 10/28/2016
10.28.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances!

Theatre 2 - Students will watch shurfleff biography and fold programs.

Choir - Students will watch history of musical theatre and fold programs. 

Thursday 10/27/2016
10.27.16

Students will watch the in school performance of Peter and the Starcatcher! :) 

Wednesday 10/26/2016
10.26.16

Theatre 1 - Students will start performing for final performances 100 points!!

Theatre 2 - Students will fold programs. 

Concert Choir - Students will fold programs

Mixed Choir - Students will talk back and reflect individually and as a group the competition and what they learned. 

Tuesday 10/25/2016
10.25.16

Theatre 1 - Students will have the day to pratice for final performances!!! Last day to pratice.

Theatre 2 - students will complete set diagrams and turn them in. They should write in blocking as well.

Mixed Choir - Students are at competition today!

Concert Choir - Students will watch the next episode of the history of music theatre. 

Monday 10/24/2016
10.24.16

Theatre 1 - Students will have the day to pratice their scenes. Final performances start wednesday!

Theatre 2 - Students will start to plan their set diagrams - due tomorrow. Write in blocking as well.

Mixed Choir - Prepare for state competition. Sight read and polish pieces!

Concert Choir - Sight read and finish learning notes to carol packet

Friday 10/21/2016
10.21.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing for group review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will read through scenes and write answers to guide post number one. 

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and continue to learn notes to carol packet.

Mixed Choir - Sight read and perfect competition pieces!

Thursday 10/20/2016
10.20.16

Theatre 1 - Studnets will continue to perform for group review.

Theatre 2 - Students will get scenes and read them for relationship and character outlines.

Mixed Choir - Sight read and perfect pieces for competition

Concert Choir - Worksheet number 21 and continue to learn notes in carol packet

Wednesday 10/19/2016
10.19.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform scenes for group review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will read first chapeter and annotate for "Relationship" Michael Shurtleff guidepost 1. 

Concert Choir - Sight Read and start Carol Packets

Mixed Choir - Sight read and have Mr. D conduct two songs and get used to his style. 

Tuesday 10/18/2016
10.18.16

Theatre 1 - Start group reviews and give feedback!

Theatre 2 - Finish Uta Hagen video and notes on her acting philosophy. 

Concert Choir - Polish the remaining three songs. 

Mixed choir - Sight read and work on Sure on this shining night. 

Monday 10/17/2016
10.17.16

Theatre 1 - Pratice for group reviews starting tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Select ten minute scenes!

Concert Choir - Worksheet 20 and polish two songs.

Mixed choir - Sight read and work on Festival Sanctus. 

Thursday 10/6/2016
10.6.16

Theatre 1 - Students will watch a stage performance and anaize for blocking.

Theatre 2 - Studnets will watch a stage performance and continue analysis of Uta Hagen acting principals. 

Choir - Students will udnerstand the plot and significance of songs in Hairspray. 

Wednesday 10/5/2016
10.5.16

Theatre 1 - studnets will complete memory test number 3!

Theatre 2 - Studnets will finish taking notes on Uta Hagen focusing on Endowment.

Concert Choir - Students will finish worksheet 16-17 and turn it in. Review parts on all songs. 

Mixed Choir - Students will finish worksheet 16, 17, sight read, and review parts on competition pieces. 

Tuesday 10/4/2016
10.4.16

Theatre 1 - Students will have a chance to rehearse their scenes and apply peer reivew to them. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start the stage performance for analysis of Uta Hagen acting. 

Choir - Students will understand the plot of hairspray to sing the song later in the semester. 

 

Monday 10/3/2016
10.3.16

Theatre 1 - Students will apply their peer review to their scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on Uta Hagen and focus on Inner Objects. 

Concert Choir - Students will do work sheet 17 and work on Lullaby B Section.

Mixed Choir - Students will do worksheet 17 and work on Competition Pieces. 

Friday 9/30/2016
9.30.16

Theatre 1 - Students will take notes and perform their peer review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on Uta Hagen.

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and continue polishing Someday

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and work on O Magnum Mysterium new section. 

Thursday 9/29/2016
9.29.16

Theatre 1 - Finish performing memory test #2 and write character backstories. Due Tomorrow!! You'll have 15 minutes to rehearse scene to get ready for peer reviews tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Work on performance tempo and get ready to perfrom tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Work on polishing Heart we will forget him, Sight Read, and worksheet 17!

Mixed Choir - Sight read, Worksheet 17, and polish sure on this shinging night - working on balance and blend today!

Wednesday 9/28/2016
9.28.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform memory test #2 and type character backstories due on Friday!

Theatre 2 - Students will go through combat scenes at 1/2 and 3/4 tempo. Start perfroming at the end of the week. 

Concert Choir - Students will sight read! and finish last couple pages of Lullaby.

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and work on polishing word stress to Sanctus

 

Tuesday 9/27/2016
9.27.16

Theatre 1 - Work Day! Memory test #2 is tomorrow, peer reviews start on friday, Typing character backstories tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Students will complete their combat maps and do a walk through and half tempo of them. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet 16 and clap the rhythms. They will review page 6 and 7 of lullaby and sing through that song. 

Mixed choir - Students will complete worksheet 16 and clap the rhythms. They will sing in two sections and then four "Sure on this shinging night" acapella, then with accompaiment. 

Monday 9/26/2016
9.26.16

Theatre 1 - Students will get their blocking checked and start writing character backstories. Memory test Number 2 on Wednesday. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish their final performances of shakespeare scenes. 

Concert choir - Students will clap and complete worksheet number 15 and learn the notes to the end of "Someday"

Mixed Choir - Students will clap and complete worksheet number 15, sight sing melodies and harmonies, and work on o magnum. 

Friday 9/23/2016
9-23-16

Theatre1 - Finish writing in blocking for their scene. Ask yourself - what is your activity - if you get stuck. 

Theatre 2 - Start writing combat maps for stage combat scenes!

Concert Choir - Talk back about performance and sing through all songs!

Mixed Choir - Talk back about performance and work on O Magnum. Run through Sure, and Steal. 

Thursday 9/22/2016
9.22.16

Theatre 1 - Students will take memory test #1 of 3 and continue to write blocking into their scripts.

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basic combat moves and start writing combat maps in group. 

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and continue learning notes to "Someday" and polishing the SSB

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and continue learnign notes to Festival Sanctus. 

Wednesday 9/21/2016
9.21.16

Theatre 1 - Students will begin to stand and run scene, writing blocking in where it happens naturally. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start performing shakespeare for final performances!!!

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 14 (Triplets) and polish the SSB for friday!

Mixed Choir - Students will complete worksheet NUmber 14 (Triplets) and sontinue working on new pages for O Magnum. 

Tuesday 9/20/2016
9.20.16

Theatre 1 - Students will play improvisation games of their choosing while completeing their set diagrams. Due tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Watch the native american dance assembly!

Concert Choir - Continue with episode two of history of american Music Theatre - 1919-1933

Mixed Choir - Students will finish watching If/Then and contimplate life! ;) For Extra Credit, Tomorrow (wednesday) tell Mr. Ball your favoite song! expires at 3:30!!!

Monday 9/19/2016
9.19.16

Theatre 1 - Students will complete percunium and cross-cut set diagrams. Due tomorrow at the end of class. 

Theatre 2 - Students will pratice performing for final performances starting Wednesday

Concert Choir - Complete worksheet #13 and continue learning notes to Someday

Mixed Choir - Complete worksheet #13 and continue learning notes to Sanctus.

Friday 9/16/2016
9.16.16

Theatre 1 - Students will read their scenes and continue filling out their notes on character and relationship.

Theatre 2 - Work day! Final performances are on wednesday!

Concert Choir - Students will sight read and continue learning notes to "Someday"

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and continue learning O Magnum and Steal your rock and roll!

Thursday 9/15/2016
9.15.16

Theatre 1 - Students will get their scenes and begin read through. Start notes on character and relationship. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing for peer review. 

Concert Choir - Sight read and start learning 'Someday'. 

Mixed Choir - Students will sight read and start learning steal your rock and roll. 

Wednesday 9/14/2016
9.14.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate how motivation improves a characterization throuhg an improv acting exercise.

Theatre 2 - students will perform shakespeare scenes and Memory test numebr 2

Concert Choir - Students will complete workshet number 12, sight read, and polish notes to coming home. 

Mixed Choir - Students will complete workshet number 12, sight read, and polish notes to SSB. 

Tuesday 9/13/2016
9.13.16

Theatre 1 - Finish performing improv scenes and demonstrate the basics of acting through the game "Triangles"

Theatre 2 - Start Performing for Group review and use notes to work towards final. 

Concert Choir - Worksheet 11 and Work on Sight Reading. 

Mixed Choir - Worksheet 11 and Work on Sight Reading and the SSB

Monday 9/12/2016
9.12.16

Theatre 1- Students will continue to perform improvisation scenes, focusing on the basics of blocking.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Memory test #1 and prepare for peer reviews that start tomorrow. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #1, sight read a simple line, and finish learning the last page to Lullab. SSB review

Mixed Choir - Students will complete worksheet #1, sight read a simple line, and review the new pages for o magnum and continue learning festival sanctus. SSB Review

Friday 9/9/2016
9.9.16

Theatre 1 - Students will begin performing improvisation scenes, focusing on the basics of blocking. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing Uta Hagen #3 and finish analyasis of their script for primary, secondary, and third words for shakespeare. Memory test #1` on Monday. 

Concert Choir - Students will finish worksheet #10 and clap the rhythms as a class. They will then work on Coming Home and the concept of Dynamics

Mixed Choir - Students will finish worksheet #10 and clap the rhythms as a class. They will then work on O Magnum and learn the notes to the next two pages before reviewing the parts on Sure on this shining night. 

Thursday 9/8/2016
9.8.16

Theatre 1 - Students will construct and practice a improvisation scene that includes all necessary plot points. 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perform Uta Hagen exercise #3 and learn to take each Shakespeare line and find the important word, secondary word, and tertiary word. Memory test #1 on Monday

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #9 and continue learnign the notes to Lullaby

Mixed Choir - Students will complete worksheet #9 and continue learnign the notes to Festival Sanctus

Wednesday 9/7/2016
9.7.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish and turn in their notes on "Into the Woods" and fill out a plot point diagram for the plot. Then they will divide into groups of 4 and start writing the plot points for their first improvisation scene!

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perform Uta Hagen exercise #3 and work towards memory test number 1 on Monday and Peer Review on Tuesday!

Concert choir - Complete worksheet 9 - musical math! Continue learning notes to Lullaby

Mixed Choir - Finish Memphis, complete worksheet 9, and polish notes on "Sure on this shining night"

Tuesday 9/6/2016
9.6.16

Theatre 1 - Finish watching "Into the Woods" and complete worksheet.

Theatre 2 - Finish watching "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and write notes on the character paper that was passed out.

Choir - Finish watching Memphis and fill out a plot point outline with songs. 

Thursday 9/1/2016
9.1-9.2.16

There will be a sub for these two days as I am at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Theatre 1 - Watch "Into the Woods" and complete worksheet.

Theatre 2 - Watch "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and write notes on the character paper that was passed out.

Choir - Watch Memphis and fill out a plot point outline with songs. 

Wednesday 8/31/2016
8.31.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish their rounds of "Snapshot" and continue with theatre games of their choosing - park bench and freeze.

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perfrom uta Hagen exercise number 3 and polish their blocking. 

Concert Choir - Students will take clapping test and continue notes for "Lullaby"

Mixed Choir - Students will take clapping test and continue notes for "O Magnum Mysterium" and polish notes on 'Sure=, On this shining night"

Tuesday 8/30/2016
8.30.16

Theatre 1 - Students will perform "Snapshot" to demonstrate the basics of acting and story telling.

Theatre 2 - Students will start to perform Uta Hagen acting exercise number 3 and review their feedback from yesterday and apply it to their scene.

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythmgs and prepare for test tomororw. Volunteers may test today if they are ready. Continue learning notes to "Lullaby" and review "Heart, we will forget him"

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythmgs and prepare for test tomororw. Volunteers may test today if they are ready. Continue learning notes to "O magnum" and review "Sure, On this Shinging Night"

Monday 8/29/2016
8.29.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the game "Translator"

Theatre 2 - Students will finish blocking and perform for one peer review. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms in preparation for their rhythm test on Wednesday. Then continue to learn notes to "Lullaby"

Mixed Choir -  Students will clap rhythms in preparation for their rhythm test on Wednesday. Then continue to learn notes "O Magnum" and "Sure on this shining night"

If you need extra help, we looked at the free site www.therhythmtrainer.com today for help! 

Friday 8/26/2016
8.26.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the "Yes and" philosophy through the game Pillars.

Theatre 2 - Students will read shakespeare insults and complimants and then find them in their scenes. Continue and hopefully finish blocking for scenes. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms, finish the last ten minutes of Their 1st episode of history of musical theatre, and review parts for Heart We Will Forget Him

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythms and continue learning parts for "Sure on this Shining Night".

Wednesday 8/24/2016
8.24.16

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing Pocket Lines and Party Quirks

Theatre 2 - Students will create a rehearsal of doings. Start blocking from this point. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and finish learning notes to "Heart, We Will Forget Him"

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythms and continue learning "Sure, On This Shinging Night"

Tuesday 8/23/2016
8.23.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improv through the game "Pocket Lines"

Theatre 2 - Students will draw destination and beging rehearsal of doings/blocking. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and continue learning notes to "Heart we will forget him"

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythms and continue learning notes to "Sure on this Shining Night". Bring speakers for tomorrow for O Magnum sectional work!

Monday 8/22/2016
8.22.16

Theatre 1- Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvization through the game, "Party Quirks"

Theatre 2 - Students will change direction and voice at every punctuation of a shakespeare solilique. Start decideding scene destinations for shakespeare scene. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap and count rhythmgs on worksheet 7 and 8. Students will continue learning notes to heart we will forget him. 

Mixed Choir - Students will clap and count rhythmgs on worksheet 7 and 8. Students will continue learning notes to "Sure on this shining night"

Friday 8/19/2016
8.19.16

Theatre 1 - Studnets will demonstrate the basics of improv and acting through "Why are you late?"

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on Uta Hagen acting exercise number 2 and 3. Prepare number three for next wednesday!

Concert Choir - Students will write rhythms using dotted quarter notes on worksheet number 5 and 6. Then they will continue learning Heart we will forget him. 

Mixed Choir - Students will write rhythms using dotted quarter notes on worksheet number 5 and 6. Then they will continue learning O Magnum Mysterium and Sure on this shinging night. 

Thursday 8/18/2016
8.18.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improv through the game "Why are you late?"

Theatre 2 - Students will select shakespeare scenes. If you want to change it, you have until monday. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and start learning lullaby. 

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythmgs and start learning O magnum mysterium. 

Wednesday 8/17/2016
8.17.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through "Park Bench"

Theatre 2 - Students will finish performing Uta Hagen #1 and start speaking shakespeare with correct punctuation. 

Concert Choir - Students will write rhythms on worksheet #3 and 4 and continue learning notes to their two songs. 

Mixed Choir - Students will write rhythms on worksheet #3 and 4 and start learning notes to "Sure, on this shinging night"

Tuesday 8/16/2016
8.16.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improvisation through "Freeze" and "What are you doing"

Theatre 2 - Students will finally finish performing Uta Hagen Acting Exercise #1. 

Concert Choir - Students will write the rhythms of worksheet #1 and 2 and continue learning the notes to "Coming Home"

Mixed Choir -  Students will write the rhythms of worksheet #1 and 2 and continue learning the notes to "Bashana Haba'ah".

Monday 8/15/2016
8.15.16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKuB9BlNUbw - Here is the youtube video we watched today about preparing to audition. 

Theatre 1 - Demonstrate the basics of improvisation through "Scenes from a Hat" and "Freeze"

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perform Uta Hagen acting exercise number 1 - "Destination"

Concert Choir - Students will name notes with "Notes 5" and continue working on "Coming Home"

Mixed Choir - Students will name notes with "Notes 5" and continue working on "Bashana Haba'ah".

Friday 8/12/2016
8.12.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improvisation through "Scenes from a hat"

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perform Uta Hagen Exercise 1

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms and work on "Coming Home" review notes. 

Mixed Choir - Students will clap rhythms and work on "Bashana Haba'ah". 

Thursday 8/11/2016
8.11.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre games cheerio and thunder dome. 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue performing Uta Hagen acting exercise number 1 and start demonstrating the basics of performing Shakespeare. 

Concert Choir - Students will name notes with "note names 4" and continue learning notes to Coming Home

Mixed Choir - Students will name notes with "note names 4" and continue learning notes to Bashana Haba'ah and Festival Sanctus. 

Wednesday 8/10/2016
8.10.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre games Name Game, Go, and continue learning Bippity-Bippity-Bop.

Theatre 2 - Students will start performances of Uta Hagen acting exercise number one and review the basics of acting through the theatre games Go, Kitty wants a corner, and I love you my darling.  

Concert Choir - Students will name notes on "notes 3" worksheet and start learning their part for Heart...

Mixed Choir - Students will name notes on "notes 3" worksheet and continue learning their part for Bashana Haba'ah. 

Tuesday 8/9/2016
8.9.16

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre games Sound ball, Kitty wants a corner, and Bippity-Bippity-Bop.

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to watch peter and the starcatcher. 

Concert Choir - Students will name notes on "notes 2" worksheet and continue learning their part for Coming Home.

Mixed Choir - Students will name notes on "notes 2" worksheet and continue learning their part for Bashana Haba'ah. 

Monday 8/8/2016
8.8.16

Theatre 1 - Students will begin to learn the basics of acting through the theatre games Zip Zap Zop and Sound Ball. Students will demonstrate basic stage directions and body positions.  

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the importance of Punctionation and words within Shakespeare's Language.

Concert Choir - Students will name notes in treble and bass clef, demonstarte the basics of breathing and phonation, and start learning some music!

Honors Choir - Students will name notes in treble and bass clef, demonstarte the basics of breathing and phonation, and start learning some music!

Friday 8/5/2016
8.5.16

Theatre 1 - Students will complete the pre-test and demonstrate the different stage and audience directors of the theatre.

Theatre 2 - Students will complete the pre-test and take notes on Uta Hagen's acting exerces #1. Have this exercise ready for Wednesday!

Treble Choir - Students will complete the pre-test and start to learn the basics of singing and reading notes. 

Mixed Choir - Students will complete the pre-test and start to learn the basics of singing and reading notes. 

Thursday 8/4/2016
8.4.16

Theatre and Choir - Review Syllabus and go over classroom expectations. Student information sheets are to be signed and turned in by Tuesday, October 9th. 

Friday 5/13/2016
5.13.16

Theatre  - Finish up play projects. Due at 9pm tomorrow - Saturday, May 14th. E-mail them to jball@muhs.com if you didn't turn it in today. 

Honors Choir - Polish at the round earth's, whether men do laugh or weep, music makers, 

Thursday 5/12/2016
5.12.16

Theatre - Plays should be read - work on typing analysis compontents - Director's concept, summary, character analysis. 

Honors Choir - Sing through all pieces - with accompaiment!

Concert Choir - Sing Through all pieces with accompaiment!

Wednesday 5/11/2016
5.11.16

Theatre - continue to read and if you finish - start on summary and character analysis or director's concept.

Honors Choir - Polish Joshua, compare two performances of that song, Sing through dies irare with accompiment. Polish senior song. 

Concert Choir - Sing through carry these burdens, and the lost chord. Continue honors choir auditions!

Tuesday 5/10/2016
5.10.16

Theatre - Read plays for play projects!

Honors Choir - Review Earths, solo auditions for without a song. 

Concert Choir - Honors Choir auditions, review benedictus, and solo auditions for The Lost Chord

Monday 5/9/2016
5.9.16

Theatre - Write reflections of one-acts and sign out a play for play projects today. 

Honors Choir - Polish Pieces

Concert Choir - Work on words with Oksana for Waters

Friday 5/6/2016
5.6.16

Theatre - Dress rehearsals for one acts - Michelle, Adrianna, and Tara. 

Honors Choir - Polish Joshua and senior song

Concert Choir - Work on words to "Waters"

Thursday 5/5/2016
5.5.16

Theatre - Dress rehearsals for Oksana's, Alyssa's, and Maria's one act. Run through in costume with props, and lights - no stopping or calling for line! Dont' forget performances this Friday and Saturday at 7pm!

Honors choir - Polish and work on memory for "Music Makers", "Joshua", "Whether Men", and "Cups".

Concert Choir - Finish learning the words to "Waters" and continue to polish that piece. Work on Memory for "Royals" and "Benedictus". 

Wednesday 5/4/2016
5.4.16

Theatre - Last day of Teching for One Acts - tomorrow is dress rehearsals. Don't forget performances Friday and Saturday at 7pm!

Honors Choir - Polish and work on memory for Dies Irare, At the Round Earth's, Without a Song, and then continue working on Senior Song. 

Concert Choir - Polish and work on memory for The Lost Chord and start learning the words to "Waters". 

Tuesday 5/3/2016
5.3.16

Theatre - Today we will continue to tech one-acts by adding light cues! Performances Friday and Saturday at 6pm!

Honors Choir - Senior Song Day! Spend the day with seniors working on their senior song!

Concert Choir - Polish Carry these burdens and check for memory as well as Benedictus and Royals.

Monday 5/2/2016
5.2.16

Theatre - Start tech (lights, sets, costumes) for one act plays. Performance is this Friday and Saturday at 7pm.

Honors Choir - Polish and work on memory for choir songs. 

Concert Choir - Polish and work on memory for choir songs. 

Friday 4/29/2016
4.29.16

Theatre classes - Continue performing one-act plays. Last day for costume and prop gathering!!

Honors Choir - Polish closing number and joshua. 

Concert Choir - Polish Hello Girls and Benedictus. 

Thursday 4/28/2016
4.28.16

Theatre - Continue working on one act plays. All props, set, costumes and light cues start on Monday. Have it all pulled by Friday!

Honors Choir - Polish Celebrations and finish learning joshua. 

Concert Choir - Polish Hello girls and the finale piece. 

Wednesday 4/27/2016
4.26-4.27.16

2 hour block days!

Theatre - Complete talk back from Footloose and then continue working on one act plays. Costumes and props should all be pulled by Friday!

Honors Choir - Complete talk back from Footloose and learn the parts to "Joshua Fit the battle of Jericho"

Concert Choir - Complete talk back from Footloose and finish learning the parts to "Hello Girls". 

Monday 4/25/2016
4.25.16

Theatre Classes - Continue rehearsing one acts. All line deadlines have passed, so get those scripts out of your hands!

Honors Choir - Students will polish Celebrations and the closing song.

Concert Choir - Students will continue learning the notes to "Hello, Girls"

Friday 4/22/2016
4.22.16

Theatre - LINE DEADLINE! Run through one acts with NO SCRIPTS! You may call for line.

Honors Choir - Start "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" and polish other pieces. Vocab Packets due today!

Concert Choir - Continue learning "We are the music Makers" and "Hello, Girls". Vocab Packets due today!

Thursday 4/21/2016
4.21.16

Theatre - Prepare one acts for line deadline tomorrow!

Honors Choir - Finish learning We are the music makers, work on music vocab packets, and polish Dies Irae.

Concert Choir - Continue learning "We are the music makers" and "Hello Girls". Continue work on vocab packets that are due tomorrow. 

Wednesday 4/20/2016
4.20.2016

Theatre - Run one acts iin preperation for line deadline on Friday

Honors Choir - Students will start new music! Also complete worksheets 61-65. Review and polish "Celebrations"

Tuesday 4/19/2016
4.19.16

Theatre 2 - Work on polishing blocking and getting ready for line deadline on Thursday!

Concert Choir - Get new music and start diving into it! Also, complete worksheets37 and 38

Monday 4/18/2016
4.18.16

Theatre - One act play direction! Line deadline are happening on Thursday!

Honors Choir - History of american musical theatre. 

Concert Choir - Watch dead poet's society. 

Friday 4/15/2016
4.15.16

ALL CLASSES - FOLDING PARTY! Lots of programs and today is the only day to get them all done!! :)

Thursday 4/14/2016
4.14.16

ALL CLASSES - In School performance!

Tuesday 4/12/2016
4.12 - 13.16

Theatre - finish blocking for blocking check!

Concert Choir - Start learning new music!

Honors Choir - History of American Musical Theatre!

Monday 4/11/2016
4.11.16

Theatre - Blocking check moved to tomorrow. Get it written in your scripts!!!

Honors Choir - Review pieces and polish problems

Concert Choir - Review pieces and polish problems. 

Friday 4/8/2016
4.8.16

Theatre - Continue blokcing. Written blocking check at the end of the period on Monday

Honors Choir - History of american music theatre. 

Concert Choir - Sing! 

Thursday 4/7/2016
4.7.16

Theatre - Continue Blocking one acts

Honors Choir - Vocal coaching for Footloose

Concert Choir - Sing!

Wednesday 4/6/2016
4.6.16

Theatre - Continue Blocking One Acts

Honors Choir - Vocal coaching for Footloose

Concert Choir - Watch history of music theatre. 

Tuesday 4/5/2016
4.5.16

Theatre - Continue Blocking one acts

Choir - Sing

Monday 4/4/2016
4.4.16

Theatre - Block One Acts

Choir - Polish pieces

Friday 4/1/2016
4.1.16

Theatre - Classes will do read throughs of one act plays. 

Honors Choir - The Three people left will continue anything goes. 

Concert Choir - Students will start singing some new music!

Thursday 3/31/2016
3.31.16

Theatre - Students will finish auditioning for one act plays. 

Honors Choir - The three people left in class will watch Anything Goes

Concert Choir - Sing through songs and polish them. :)

Wednesday 3/30/2016
3.30.16

Theatre 1 - 2nd hour - Students will begin auditioning for one act plays!

Theatre 2 - Students will begin for auditions for one act plays

Honors Choir - Students will work on their Russian Song and review at the round earths. 

Concert Choir - Students will review their slovakian song and reivew the acapella section of carry these burdens.

Theatre 1 - 6th hour - students will write concept comparaison essay while begining auditioning for one act plays. 

Tuesday 3/29/2016
3.29.16

2nd hour theatre 1 - Write concept comparison essay for Company

Theatre 2 - Clean stage from plays and demonstrate improve through snapshot!

Honors Choir - Finish dream girls and review Dies Irae

Concert Choir - Continue to polish "Waters ripple and flow".

6th hour theatre 1 - Finish scenes if possible and finihs the Barrymore company version. Start New york Phil version to prepare for comparison essay for comapny tomorrow. 

Monday 3/28/2016
3.28.16

Theatre 1 2nd hour -  Finish Berrymore production of Company and start second verson to write concept analysis. 

Theatre 1 6th - Finish performing their scenes I hope!!

Theatre 2 - Finish sunday in the park with george. be ready to write comparison tomorrow.

Choir - Finish Dream Girls. 

Thursday 3/24/2016
3.24.16

Theatre 1 - Contniue notes on Company to write concept comparison. 

Theatre 2 - Continue notes on Sunday in the park with George to write concept comparison. 

Choir - Continue dream girls to learn where song fits into the movie. 

 

Wednesday 3/23/2016
3.23.16

Theatre - Finish Performing scenes then continue company!

Honors Choir - Try on Dresses and Tuxes and arrange measurments and switches. 

Concert Choir - Continue Dream Girls!

Tuesday 3/22/2016
3.22.16

Theatre 1 - Students will begin to watch "Company" and compare their concept with this director's concept. 

Theatre 2- Students will begin to watch "Sunday in the Park with George" and write a concept and supporting evidence. 

Choirs - Students will finish up "The Music Man" and start the Broadway video disc number 4. 

Monday 3/21/2016
3.21.16

Theatre 1 - Students will write scene concept for a scene from "Company". 

Theatre 2 - Students will pratice scenes and set build/clean for the day. Theatre games if time. 

Honors Choir - Students will continue learning whether men do laugh or weep. Review other pieces. 

Concert Choir - students will finish learning waters ripple and flow. Review other pieces. 

Friday 3/11/2016
3.11.16

Theatre classes- perform for final performance! Last time, so make it good!

Choirs- finish interval packets and continue to take notes on the music man in preparation of seeing yavapai' performance of you can next week. 

Thursday 3/10/2016
3.10.11

Theatre classes- perform for final performance! Last time so make it good  

Choirs- finish interval packets and take notes on the music man in preparation of seeing yavapai' performance of you can next week. 

 

Wednesday 3/9/2016
3.9.16

Theatre- students will perform their scenes for the last time! Final performances!

Honors Choir -Students will continue working on their interval packets and continue learning notes to whether men do laugh of weep  

Concert Choir- Students will continue workin. On interval packet at the beginning of class. After they will review and finish "waters ripple and flow". 

 

Tuesday 3/8/2016
3.8.16

Honors Chor- Students will take notes on intervals and start on interval packet  afterwards, they will continue to learn notes to "Whether men do laugh or weep"  

Theatre - Students will use their notes received from group review and practice in preparation of final performances starting tomorrow  

Concert Choir- Students will take notes about intervals and start on interval packet. Afterwards they will finish learning. Notes to "waters ripple and flow. 

 

Monday 3/7/2016
3.7.16

Honors Choir- students will start learning notes to "heather men do laugh or weep"  they will also sight read  

Concert Choir-students will sight read and continue learning notes to waters ripple and flow

Theatre- Finish performing scenes for group review! Final performances start on Wednesday!                   

 

 

 

Friday 3/4/2016
3.4.16

Theatre - Perform for group review

Honors Choir - Polish At the round earth's and Without a song and sing them for Roethler's birthday. 

Concert Choir - Continue learning water's and polish carry these burdens. 

 

Thursday 3/3/2016
3.3.16

Theatre - Students will start group review and complete memory test number 3.

Honors Choir - Students will continue to learn the notes to Celebrations 3rd movement. 

Concert Choir - Students will re-learn notes to the lost cord and review what we have learned on waters. 

Wednesday 3/2/2016
3.2.16

Theatre - Studnets will finish performing for peer review and get ready for Memory test #3 tomorrow and group reviews!

Honors Choir - Students will start learning notes to celebrations!

Concert Choir - Students will start learning notes to "Waters Ripple and Flow"

Monday 2/29/2016
2.29.16

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL!

2nd hour - watch fight call

3rd and 4th hour - all classes SA'd to watch Hamlet

5th hour - watch load out

6th hour - Theatre classes SA'd for workshops!

Wednesday 2/24/2016
2.24.16

Theatre - Students will finish writing in blocking for a check at the end of the period!

Honors Choir - Students will continue circle of 5ths review and polish notes to Dies Irae. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue circle of 5ths review and finihs learning notes to the lost chord. 

Tuesday 2/23/2016
2.23.16

Theatre - Students will perform Memory Test #1 today and continue to write blocking into their scripts. 

Honors Choir - Students will start Circle of 5th worksheet reviews and finish learning notes to Dies Irae. 

Concert choir - Students will start Circle of 5th worksheet reviews and polish Benedictus and beging of "Carry these burdens"

Monday 2/22/2016
2.22.16

Theatre - Students will talk back about their Patchwork experience and then start writing blocking. 

Honors Choir - Students will finihs worksheet #24 and finish learning notes to Dies Irae.

Concert Choir - students will sight read and work on notes to the lost chord "HMMMM" section. 

Friday 2/19/2016
2.19.16

Theatre - Students will draw a front and back view of thier costume and they must be in color. Turn in today - Participation Log. Set diagrams, and costume diagrams. 

Honors Choir - Students will fill in their circle of 5th's inner circle and polish At the round earths and Without a song. 

Concert Choir - Students will fill in their circle of 5th's inner circle and polish Benedictus and work on lost chord begining again. 

Thursday 2/18/2016
2.18.16

Theatre - Read scripts and start to draw set diagrams from Birds eye and percenium view. 

Honors Choir - Do the flat side of the circle of 5ths and learn mm 21-35 in Dies Irae. Review and sing without a song

Concert Choir - Do the flat side of the circle of 5th and learn the begining of The Lost Chord.  

Wednesday 2/17/2016
2.17.16

Theatre - Read Chapter 7 and summarize the headings on the worksheet provided. Finish picking scenes

Choir - Finish watching memphis!

Tuesday 2/16/2016
2.16.16

Theatre - Begin to pick new scenes and talk about patchwork that is this weekend. Play theatre games while they pick scenes

Honors Choir - Start circle of 5ths  - the sharp side - and work on mm 36-42 of Dies Irae

Concert Choir - Start circle of 5ths  - the sharp side - and work on ending of the lost chord

Thursday 2/11/2016
2.11.16

Theatre - Finish final performances of scenes and patchwork auditions. 

Honors Choir - Learn begining of Dies Irae and work on without a song ending. Worksheet due!

Concert Choir - Learn the ending and the middle section of The lost chord. Worksheet due!

Wednesday 2/10/2016
2.10.16

Theatre - Students will finish performing their scenes and start auditions for PATCHWORK!

Choir - Students will watch MEMPHIS in honor of their spirituals this month and black history month. 

Tuesday 2/9/2016
2.9.16

Theatre - Students will finish performing scenes that they wrote. 

Honors Choir - Students will do worksheet 24 and start learning Dies Irae.

Concert Choir- Students will do worksheet 24 and start learning the lost chord

Monday 2/8/2016
2.8.16

Theatre - Perform written scenes for final performance. Must also turn in final copy of the scripts today. Don't forget, PATCHWORK auditions are on Wednesday! Get ready!

Honors Choir - Studnets will sight read and continue to perfect their songs while in mixed formation. 

Concert Choir - Studnet will learn new music, sight read, and continue to work on previous pieces. 

Friday 2/5/2016
2.5.16

Theatre - Students have final performances on Monday and that is when they need to turn in their final copy of the scripts as well. Today they are praticing their scenes and also getting ready for PATCHWORK auditions on Wednesday. 

Honors Choir- Students will sight read and fine tune parts in new mixed formation. 

Concert Choir - Studnets will sight read and fine tune parts in pieces. Sing through music today! :)

DON'T FORGET!!! - ATORT mixer and cast party for Broadway is tonight from 6:30-9. It's a potluck competition for dishes and deserts. Come Karaoke and play theatre games for a bit! :)

Thursday 2/4/2016
2.4.16

Theatre - Students will sign up for patchwork tables and start to prepare auditions for patchwork performance. 

Honors Choir - Students will finish worksheet #22 and work in Mixed Formation on songs. 

Concert Choir - Students will finish worksheet #22 and work on correcting parts on Carry these burdens. 

Wednesday 2/3/2016
2.3.16

Theatre - Students will perform their scenes for group review. Final performances are on Monday and Tuesday. Should come tomorrow with idea for PATCHWORK audition to start working on those. 

Concert Choir - Students will begin the process of learning how to sight read. They will then finish learning the end of "Carry these Burdons". 

Honors Choir - Students will continue sight reading three examples and then finihs learning the end of "Without a Song". Run the song at the end of the class. 

Tuesday 2/2/2016
2.2.16

Theatre - Perform group review of scripts. You'll be graded on how well you follow your script, the time limits, and getting up there and being prepared. 

Honors Choir - Students will clap 9/8 rhythm and compleet worksheet 21. Then they will learn the next part of "Without a Song". Polish At the round earths if time. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap 9/8 rhythm and complete worksheet 21.They will continue to learn the notes to "Carry these burdens" today. 

Monday 2/1/2016
2.1.16

Theatre - Today is their last day of scene practice before the group review tomorrow! No scripts will be allowed during the group reviews. 

Honors Choir - Clap rhythms in the begining of class. Continue learnign the next phrase of, "Without a Song", and polish at the round earths. 

Concert Choir - Continue learning Spiritual and running the poloyphonic piece. Clap rhythms in the begining of class. 

Friday 1/29/2016
1.29.16

ALL CLASSES - Pat logs due today!

Theatre - Students will choose what theatre games they want to play as a review of improvisation!

Honors Choir - Finish learning At The round Earths. Sing through it!

Concert Choir - Start learnign spiritual! 

Thursday 1/28/2016
1.28.16

Theatre - Students will use their peer review feedback and re-work their scripts. Group review early next week!

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet 19 and 20 - which deals with different meters and counting. Then they will learn the ending to "At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners"

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet 19 and 20 - which deals with different meters and counting.Then they will listen to their new piece of music and finihs working on Benedictus. 

Wednesday 1/27/2016
1.27.16

Theatre - Students will be completeing a peer review form for one other group and turn that in at the end of the day. If you aren't here, you can do this tomorrow. 

Honors Choir - Today is Women and Men sectional day for "At the Round Earth's". They will be learning their parts separately and then try running most of the piece. 

Concert Choir - Today they will continue to work on Benedictus! 

Tuesday 1/26/2016
1.26.16

Theatre - Students will finish talk backs and blocking in your scripts. Peer reviews are tomorrow. 

Honors Choir - Students will start to learn "At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners"

Concert Choir - Students will continue to work on the notes to Benedictus. 

Monday 1/25/2016
1.25.16

Theatre - Students have to write blocking in their scripts today and tomorrow. First they have a talk back about this weekend of shows. 

Honors Choir - Talk back about shows and get measurement for dresses and tuxes.

Concert Choir - Talk back about shows and conitnue learning benedictus. 

Friday 1/22/2016
1.22.16

Theatre Classes - Finish "The Last Five Years" Discuss point of view and how stories can be told in a new context to create interest. 

Choir - Work on New music!

Reminder - Honors Choir records sunday at noon!

Thursday 1/21/2016
1.21.16

Theatre Classes - Students will get three props from the pile and create an improvisation scene using the objects as inspiration. 

Honors Choir - work with guest Christopher Robin and work on recording. Don't forget we record at noon on Sunday. 

Concert Choir - Work on Benedictus!

Wednesday 1/20/2016
1.20.16

Theatre - Students have today to finish their scripts - due at the end of the hour!

Honors Choir - Learn choir parts for recording on sunday with Christopher Robin!

Concert Choir - Start to learn benedictus

Tuesday 1/19/2016
1.19.16

Theatre- Do talk backs about the weekend of shows! They will have the rest of the time to finish writing their scripts. They are due tomorrow at the end of the period. 

Choir - Talk back about concerts and fix any problems they need. 

Friday 1/15/2016
1.15.16

Theatre - Students will demonstrate their ability to handle front of house tasks by creating multiple playbills for the Broadway Show. 

Choir - students will get the front of house set up for their broadway show. 

Thursday 1/14/2016
1.14.16

Theatre - Studnets will continue writing scripts and have their first script check by the end of the period to make sure they have been using the class time wisely. 

Choir - Talk back about last nights parent night and listen to music for the upcoming semester. 

Wednesday 1/13/2016
1.13.16

Theatre - Students will scrable into new groups and present their scene idea to get multiple feedback ideas. They will meet back with their groups and see how to iincoorperate it. 

Choir - Polish Broadway Pices they messed up last night. 

Tuesday 1/12/2016
1.12.16

Theatre - Students will continue to write dialogue for the script for the first half of class. To help with characters, they will play park bench in the characters from their scenes. 

Choir - Students will polish and run broadway pices. 

Monday 1/11/2016
1.11.16

Theatre - Students will finihs writing their expositionary paragraphs and start the scene dialoge with an activity that is already in progress. 

Choir - Polish broadway pices. 

Friday 1/8/2016
1.8.16

Theatre - Today we will read from multiple scripts how to correctly set up the scene with an expositionary paragraph. Then you will divid into groups and start to work on writing the setting. 

Choir - Polish Broadway pices.

Thursday 1/7/2016
1.7.15

Theatre - Today you will pick which scene you want to write about. Then you must create a scene outline and act out an improvization scene at least three times based off of it. Turn in brian-storming paragraphs by the end of today. 

Choir - Polish songs for braodway!

Wednesday 1/6/2016
1.6.16

Theatre - Students will write an indivudal and group scene out line using self history as inspiration.

Theatre 2 - Students will write an individual and group schene outline using social/historical unjust as an inspiration. 

Honors Choir - Students will review and run through Pippin then review and run throuhg the last section of West side story. Group project presentations start tomorrow!

Concert Choir - Students will review and run through Annie and then review rogers and Hammerstein. 

Tuesday 1/5/2016
1.5.16

Theatre 1 - studnets will write an individual and group scene out line using a mash-up techniques from two different stories. 

Theatre 2 - Students will write an individual and group scene out line using an episode as inspiration. 

Honors Choir - Students will finish learning and run Rogers and Hammerstein Medley and run through the first section of west side story. 

Concert Choir - Students will run through Fiddler once with Music and clean up spots. Then run it without music. 

Monday 1/4/2016
1.4.16

Theatre 1 - Students will begin script writing process with Hoper's Nighthawks story. 

Theatre 2 - Students will begin script writing process through momonet story. 

Honors Choir - Student will review grease and continue to learn parts in Rogers and hammerstein. 

Concert Choir - Students will review Fiddler and Rogers and hammerstein. 

Thursday 12/17/2015
12.17.15

FINALS TIME!

Wednesday 12/16/2015
12.16.15

Theatre - Students will finish their review for finals

Choir - Students will continue to polish music for broadway. 

Tuesday 12/15/2015
12.15.15

Students will review for finals today. 

Monday 12/14/2015
12.14.15

Theatre 1 - Studnets will demonstrate the basics of acting through improvization games. 

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through improization games. 

Choir - Students will review Rogers and Hammerstein. 

Friday 12/11/2015
12.11.15

Theatre 1 - Students will finish Fiddler on the Roof

Theatre 2 - Students will learn new improvization games from thespian festival. 

concert Choir - Dress rehearsal on stage with microphones for concert tonight

Honors Choir - Dress rehearsal on stage with microphones for ocncert tonight. 

Thursday 12/10/2015
12.10.15

Theatre1 - Students will conitnue to watch Fiddler on the Roof. 

Theatre 2 - Students will learn how to apply fake tattos as part of the make-up unit. 

Concert choir - Students will work on Text me a Merry Christmas and Hodie in the auditiroum. 

Honors Choir - Students will work on 4 pieces for cocnert tomorrow in the auditiroium. 

Wednesday 12/9/2015
12.9.15

Theatre - Students will attend the Gear Up Movie in the auditorium today. 

Choirs - Students will continue to watch West Side Story. 

Tuesday 12/8/2015
12.8.15

Theatre 1- Students will demonstrate the basics of improve through pillars and translator.

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basic steps of the Merengue. 

Concert Choir - Auditions for text me a merry christmas and work on memory. Concert on Friday!

Honors Choir - Auditions for Go Tell It desecant. Work on Memory for concert on Friday. 

Monday 12/7/2015
12.7.15

Theatre Classes - Pick up stage and green room and store all props, costumes, and furniture for the semester.

Choir - Clean up concert pieces for Concert on Friday. 

Friday 12/4/2015
12.4.15

Theatre - Students will perform scenes for final performances. 

Choir - Students will polish pieces for concert Next Friday at 6:30

Thursday 12/3/2015
12.3.15

Theatre - Students will perform scenes for final performances. 

Choir - Students will polish pieces for concert Next Friday at 6:30

Wednesday 12/2/2015
12.2.15

Theatre 1 - Students will improve given a character's motivation and a defining character trait. 

Theatre 2 - Students will guess what a character's motivation and character trait is from their improv. 

Honors Choir - Students will finish learning notes to Pippin. Review West Side Story if time. 

Concert Choir - Students will finish learning notes to Text me a Merry Christmas. Students will continue learning notes to Hodie. 

Tuesday 12/1/2015
12.1.15

Theatre 1 - Students will start performing for final scene performances. 

Theatre 2 - Students will Improv through a given motivation and a defining character trait. 

Honors Choir - Students will continue to learn notes to pippin. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue to learn notes to Text me A Merry Christmas

Monday 11/30/2015
11.30.15

Theatre - Students will spend the day brushing up and polishing their scenes for final performances! They start tomorrow!!

Honors Choir - Students will provide feedback from caroling. They will work on the notes to "Go Tell It On The Mountain" and "Grinch" and "Pippin".

Concert Choir - Students will provide feedback from caroling. They will work on the notes to Hodie and Text me A Merry Christmas.

NOTE: CHOIR CONCERT IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH AT 6:30. YOUR CALL TIME IS 5:30 IN THE GREEN ROOM. 

 

Tuesday 11/24/2015
11.24.15

Theatre - Students will finish filling out self evaluation forms and when finished, continue Fiddler on the roof for theatre 1 and Sweeney Todd for Theatre 2. 

Choir - Students will sing carols outside with pitch pipes and acapella. 

Monday 11/23/2015
11.23.15

Theatre - Students will record their scenes on their phone and watch it and fill out a self evaluation form. 

Choir - Students will work on starting carols with pitch pipes and singing acapella. 

Friday 11/20/2015
11.20.15

Theatre 1 - Students will start Fiddler on the Roof

Theatre2 - Students will start Sweeney Todd

Choir - Students will continue watching west side story. 

Thursday 11/19/2015
11.19.15

Theatre - Students will finish group review. 

Choir - Students will continue to sing carols. They will split up into performance groups. 

Wednesday 11/18/2015
11.18.15

Theatre classes - Students will perform for group review!

Choir Classes - Continue learning and polishing carol packet

Tuesday 11/17/2015
11.17.15

Theatre classes - Students will perform for group review!

Choir Classes - Continue learning and polishing carol packet.

Monday 11/16/2015
11.16.15

Theatre classes - complete talk back over Next to Normal and a last chance to polish scenes before peer review

Choir Classes - Learn notes and parts to carol packets.

Friday 11/13/2015
11.13.15

Theatre 1 - Students will take memory test #3

Theatre 2 - Students will rehearse scenes

Choir - Students will start learning the notes to the carol packets. 

Tuesday 11/10/2015
11.10.15

Theatre 1 - students will complete talk back of the show and play theatre games to show character of scenes. Peer review Thursday and Memory Test on Friday

Theatre 2 - students will complete talk back of the show and take Memory test number 2. Peer review Thursday!!

Honors Choir - Students will work on the notes to Pippin in preparation for Thursday's rehearsal. 

Concert Choir - Students will start working on their carol packet for Jerome. 

Monday 11/9/2015
11.9.15

Theatre - Students will apply peer review to their scenes. Memory test tomorrow and final peer review on Thursday!

Choirs - Sing through repertoire and make notes of where they made mistakes. 

Friday 11/6/2015
11.6.15

Theatre - Students will work on their scenes - using their peer review notes to improve. 

Honors Choir - Students will fold programs and watch anything goes. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on re-learning the notes to Fiddler on the Roof. 

Thursday 10/29/2015
10.29.15

Theatre 1 - Students will answer the 5th Uta hagen Question, 'What is my obstacle?" Then they will play theatre games. 

Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to finish their blocking! Check at end of the day

Honors Choir - Students will listen to their performance and critique themselves. Continue with West Side Story review

Concert Choir - Students will continue to learn the notes to Hodie!

Wednesday 10/28/2015
10.28.15

Theatre 1 - Students will answer the 5th Utah Hagen Question, "What do I want"? Find and write about your motivation in the scene. 

Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to finish writing blocking.

Honors Choir - At competition today!

Concert Choir - Finish the history of Musical theatre and the last bit or Carasoul. 

Tuesday 10/27/2015
10.27.15

Theatre 1 - Students will answer 3rd Uta Hagen Question, 'What are my relationships?'. Then they will move to the stage and some will paint, some will help with pit, and everyone has to take memory test #1. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finihs reading their first two packets after going to get pit stuff from band room and off site storage. 

Honors Choir - Sight read and prepare for competition tomorrow -Alleluia and Salmo

Concert Choir -Review "ooooo" parts in Rogers and Hammerstein. 

Monday 10/26/2015
10.26.15

Theatre 1 - Students will answer the 2nd Uta Hagen Question, "What are the Circumstances?" They will then move in to the theatre and write the response and start blocking. MEMORY TEST TOMORROW

Theatre 2 - Students will read and annotate Michael Shurtleff guidepost #2, "Conflict" and answer the question, "What am I fighting for?" MEMORY TEST ON FRIDAY

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and record and listen to Salmo. 

Concert Choir - Students will review Annie's ballad and get the notes correct. 

Friday 10/23/2015
10.23.15

Theatre 1 - Studnets will be intoduced to Uta Hagen and answer question on, "Who am I?" This includes writing a character backstory!

Theatre 2 - Students will be introduced to Michael Shurtleff and read guidepost #1, Relationships. They will answer the main question, 'Where is the love". 

Honors Choir - Sight read most of the day! Run through alleluia and salmo!

Concert Choir - Polish the begining of Fiddler. 

Thursday 10/22/2015
10.22.15

All theatre - finish up set diagrams and turn them in by the end of the period!

Honors Choir - Sight Read and polish competition pieces. 

Concert Choir - Worksheet 17 and 18. Then sing through all the pieces and self evaluate. Ms. Meyer will be your sub this period. 

Wednesday 10/21/2015
10.21.15

Theatre - Students will read their new scenes 3 times to themselves with different voices. Then meet with their scene partners and talk about characters. Afterwards,they will decided who gets what part and then read it three times aloud. Should start on drawing set diagrams. 

Honors Choir - Sight read in three part harmony. Then work on the notes to Pippin!

Concert Choir - Sight Read simple melodies. Then continue learnign notes to Hodie and polishing annie. 

Tuesday 10/20/2015
10.20.15

Theatre - Students will read chapter 3 of the tech theatre book and complete the worksheet. Finish picking scenes and turn in both worksheets today!

Honors Choir - Complete worksheet Number 16 and polish Salmo 150.

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 16 and continue learning the notes to Hodie and polish Annie. 

Monday 10/19/2015
10.19.15

Theatre classes - Read Technical Theatre for non Technical people and complete worksheet #1. Pick scenes as work is completed. 

Honors Choir - Review rhythms in worksheet #15. Sight read in three parts. Polish competition pieces!

Concert Choir - Review rhythmgs in worksheet #15. Start to demonstarte basics of sight reading. Review Rogers and hammerstein and continue working on notes on Hodie. 

Friday 10/9/2015
10.9.15

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing final performances.

Theatre 2 - Students will finish "Samathan Brown" and compare it to Next to Normal. Then they will play theatre grames while we finish putting together programs. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet 35 and sight read. They will run through Salmo 150 and Alleluia. 

Concert Choir - Students will sing through the songs they know and work on Hodie at the end. 

Thursday 10/8/2015
10.8.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish notes on "The Unathorized Autobiography of Samathan Brown"

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet #34, sight read, and work on polishing Alleluia. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #35 and work on learning the notes to Hodie. 

Wednesday 10/7/2015
10.7.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform 2-person scenes for the final performance. 

Theatre 2 - Students will be watching "The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samathan Brown" and compare it to Next to Normal. 

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and work on polishing Alleluia and Salmo 150

Concert Choir - Students will learn the notes to Hodie. 

Tuesday 10/6/2015
10.6.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for final performances. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for final performances. 

Honors Choir - Students will sightread and work on polishing Salmo 150 and Alleluia

Concert Choir - Students will run through Rogers and Hammerstein and begin working on "Hodie". 

 

Monday 10/5/2015
10.5.15

Theatre 1 - Students will pratice performing for their final performances starting tomorrow. They must record themselves and listen to themselves at least once today. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for final performances. 

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and work on perfecting Salmo 150 and Alleluia. 

Concert Choir - Students will polish Rogers and Hammerstein and Fiddler today. 

Friday 10/2/2015
10.2.15

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing for peer review and then fold programs for the play. 

Theatre 2 - Students will watch the inschool performance of Lost in Yonkers

Honors Choir - Students will watcdh the inschool performance of Lost in Yonkers

Concert Choir - Students will fold programs for the evening performance. 

Thursday 10/1/2015
10.1.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for group review. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start final performances of Shakespeare scenes. 

Honors Choir - Students will work on Alleluia and correcting parts throughout. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on the last section of Rogers, finally getting parts right - I hope. 

Wednesday 9/30/2015
9.30.15

Theatre 1 - Continue to perform for group review!

Theatre 2 - Take notes on "inner objects" for uta hagen's acting philosophy. Final performances start tomrrow. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet number 14 on triplets and sight read single melodies and duets. Last bit of time we will work on cleaning Salmo 150

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet number 14 on triplets and polish the notes to Le Heim in Fiddler and the ending of Rogers and Hammerstein. 

Tuesday 9/29/2015
9.29.15

Theatre 1 - Start performing for group reviews!

Theatre 2 - Take note on "Expectations" with Uta Hagen's acting philosophy. You'll then have about 20 min to run your scene once. 

Honors Choir - Write and clap dotted eigth-sixteenth rhythms and sight read duets. Last bit of class we will work on polishing Salmo 150. Worksheet 13 today. 

Concert Choir -  Write and clap dotted eigth-sixteenth rhythms on worksheet 13. Finish learning the notes to Fiddler on the roof. 

Monday 9/28/2015
9.28.15

Theatre 1 - Rehearse your two person scenes in preperation for group review starting tomorrow. 

Theatre 2 - Rehearse your shakespeare scenes for final performances starting this week!

Choirs - Continue to watch Carousel and write reflections to songs and characters. 

Friday 9/25/2015
9.25.15

Theatre 1 - 2nd hour - Students will write an essay response to the following prompt: "Re-write "Dr. Horrible's Blog" in the point of view and voice of Captain Hammer. Include all plot points in the movie and multiple internal monologues/blogs from captain Hammer's perspective."

Theatre 1 - 6th hour - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improv through theatre games!

Theatre 2 - Students will finish group review and act through theatre games!

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet #12 on sixteenth notes and clear begining part of alleluia and ending part of Salmo 150. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #12 on sixteenth notes and wok on the middle section of Fiddler on the Roof. 

Thursday 9/24/2015
9.24.15

Theatre 1 - Students will watch "Dr. Horrible" while being pulled out for memory test #3.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform for group review. Three groups today!

Honors Choir - Students will rehearse the Star Spangled Banner for their performance tomorrow at the pep assembly. Afterwards, they will start watching Carousel. 

Concert Choir - Students will watch Carousel in preperation for singing it!

Wednesday 9/23/2015
9.23.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for a peer review of their 2 person scenes. Memory Test #3 is tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Students will have a guest lecture, Shondra Jepperson, come in and talk about acting in traveling shows and performing rock concerts. COMMITMENT is her main goal to get you to understand. 

Honors Choir - Students will have sectional work on the girls and boys spots of West side story. 

Concert Choir - Students will polish and re-learn the notes to Shall we Dance

Tuesday 9/22/2015
9.22.15

Theatre 1 - Students will rehearse in preperation for peer review tomorrow! Memory test #3 is on Thursday. 

Theatre 2 - Students will start to present for Group Review of their Shakespeare Scenes. Final performances are next week. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet #11 on counting sixteenth notes and sightread and work on "America" and the Star Spangled Banner"

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #11 on counting sixteenth notes and work on polishing up "Might as Well be Spring" and the ending to rogers and hammerstein. 

Monday 9/21/2015
9.21.15

Theatre 1 - Students will finish performing memory test #2 and use scene character to improv through Park Bench. 

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on Uta Hagen exercise #4 and rehearse and get ready for group review starting tomorrow!

Honors Choir - Students will use the worksheet and label various half steps and whole steps. Afterwards, they will sing grease from Memory and work on Alleluia balance and blend. 

Concert Choir - Students will use the worksheet and label various half steps and whole steps. Afterwards, they will continue to polish the Rogers and Hammerstein collection and work on the ending of "Spring" and the begining. 

Friday 9/18/2015
9.18.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform Memory test #2, apply review critiques to their scene, and demonstrate improv through theatre games. 

Theatre 2- Students will Apply critiques to scenes and demonstrate improv through scenes. 

Honors Choir - Students will work on memorization of parts in the star spangled banner, cleaning up grease, and Salmo 150.

Concert Choir - Students will clap the rhythm on the board, work on parts to Spring Fever and then sing through whole medley!

Thursday 9/17/2015
9.17.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform for each other and complete a peer review. Prepare for Memory Test #2 tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Students will perform memory test #3 and finish their peer reviews!

Honors Choir - Students will polish the parts of SSB and Grease. 

Concert Choir - Students will rework on the parts for Sound of Music, walk on, and whistle. 

Wednesday 9/16/2015
9.16.15

Theatre 1 - Students are going to rehearse their blocking, apply their character, and actively work on their scene. There will be a peer review tomorrow - so get ready! Friday is Memory test #2 - so get those lines down!

Theatre 2 - Students will perform their second and final peer review of the shakespeare scenes. Last memory test is tomorrow!

Honors Choir - Students will learn the parts to the SSB, sight read, and work on polishing Grease and Alleluia. 

Concert Choir - Students will clap rhythms on the board and work on the notes to "spring fever" and "Walk On"

Tuesday 9/15/2015
9.15.15

Theatre 1 - Students will write a character backstory that accompaines their character. They must include how they got to this point (in the scene) in their lives. With any left over time, they will rehearse their blocking. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finally finish performing Uta Hagen acting exercise #3 and do one peer review with a group. 

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and complete worksheet #10 - reviewing rhythms. Afterwards, they will work on the ending two pages of Alleluia and clean it up. 

Concert choir - Students will complete worksheet #10 - reviewing rhythms. Afterwards, they will work on cleaning up "Oklahoma" and "Walk On". 

Monday 9/14/2015
9.14.15

Theatre 1 - Studnets will write detailed analysis of their "relationships" in the scenes. Memory Test #2 on Friday!

Theatre 2 - Students will perform acting exercise #3 and rehearse for peer reviews tomorrow. Memory Test #3 on Thursday!

Honors Choir - Students will use note values to add and subtract correctly on worksheet #9. Afterwards, we will work on Alleluia and Salmo 150. 

Concert Choir - Students will use note values to add and subtract correctly on worksheet #9. Afterwards, we will work on "Wash that Man" and "June" - correcting and re-teaching pitches. 

Friday 9/11/2015
9.11.05

Theatre 1 - Students will perform memory test #1 and finish writing blocking in their scripts. 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Uta Hagen acting exercise #3 and continue working on shakespeare scenes. 

Honors Choir - Students will finish worksheet #33 - identifing half steps and whole steps. They will finish that last little bit of "One Hand, One Heart" and sing through the entire Choarale

Concert Choir - Students will finish worksheet #33 - identifing half steps and whole steps. They will then sing through "Rogers and Hammerstein" and identify problem areas as well as "Annie". 

Thursday 9/10/2015
9.10.15

Theatre 1 - Students will write down blocking for their scripts! Memory Test #1 is tomorrow!

Theatre 2 - Students will perform uta hagen acting exercise #3 and Memort test #2!

Honors Choir - Students will sight read three esacmples and work on "one hand, one heart"

Concert Choir - Students will conintue to work on the notes to fiddler on the roof. Students will also complete worksheet #32 on enharmonic equivilants. 

Wednesday 9/9/2015
9.9.15

Theatre 1 - Studnets will draw a percenium and bird's eye set diagram for their scene. Memory Test #1 on Friday

Theatre 2 - Students will start performing Uta Hagen exercise #3 and prepare for memory test #2 tomorrow. Peer review #2 next week!

Honors Choir - students will write enharmonic equivilants on worksheet #32 and work on the guys and girls songs in west side story "I feel pretty" and "Cool Boy". 

Concert Choir - Students will finish their notes on Fiddler on the roof. Get ready to sing it tomorrow!

Tuesday 9/8/2015
9.8.15

Theatre 1 - Students will finish their notes and reflection of the stage version of "Into the Woods"

Theatre 2 - Students will take their criticisms from their peer review and rework their scenes - focus on movement, characters, and "doings"

Honors Choir - Students will finish Pippin and their reflections and start learning the notes

Concert choir - Students will finish Fiddler on the roof and their reflections and start learning the notes. 

Thursday 9/3/2015
9.3-9.4.15

I am gone with my studnets to the Utah Shakespeare Festvial. For the next two days the assignments will be done in class

Theatre 1 - Studnets will watch the stage version of "Into the Woods" and write a 2-3 sentance reflection of each of the songs. 

Theatre 2 - Students will watch the stage comedy, "Noises Off" and write character and relationship traits of each of the characters. 

Honors Choir -Studnets will watch the stage version of "Pippin" and write a 2-3 sentance reflection of each of the songs. 

Concert Choir - Studnets will watch the classic musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and write a 2-3 sentance reflection of each of the songs. 

Wednesday 9/2/2015
9.2.15

Theatre 1 - Students will read their 2 - person scenes and start to create a character trait list.

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Memory test #2 and their peer reviews. 

Honors Choir - Students will continue learning the notes to "Maria" from "West Side Story"

Concert Choir - Students will start learning notes to Fiddler on the roof. 

Tuesday 9/1/2015
9.1.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform improvisation games to demonstrate the basics of acting. It't the classes choice what they play. While this is going on, make sure to sign up with your scene partner for your scenes!

Theatre 2 - Students will identify in writing at least three characters they represent to three people. Students will also either perform a Shakespeare Scene or write a critique of a performance. MEMORY TEST #1 is tomorrow. Three character scenes start next Tuesday. 

Honors Choir - Students will identify a half step above or below a note and place the correct accidental. They will continue to learn the West Side Story Medley. 

Concert Choir - Students will identify a half step above or below a note and place the correct accidental. They will continue to learn the Rogers and Hammerstein - the begining section - then run the entire piece! :)

Monday 8/31/2015
8.31.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through "This is a Test" and "Oh Captain my Captain"

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on Uta Hagen acting exercise #2 - focal points - and prepare scenes for peer review tomorrow. 

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and continue to learn the notes to west side story. 

Concert Choir - Students will continue to learn the notes to the Rogers and Hammerstein medley - Focus today on "State Fair" section. 

Friday 8/28/2015
8.28.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvisation through the game, "snapshot". Today we handed in the notes on the history of the Broadway Musical as well as our participation log. 

Theatre 2 - Students will finish their character analysis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", take notes and model Uta Hagen's acting philosophy number 2 - "Focal Points". Afterwards, they will have some times to demonstrate their mastery of improv through theatre games. 

Honors Choir - Students will name notes, sight read, and continue to learn the beinign of West Side Story. We also sang through Grease, Salmo 150, and Alleluia today. 

Concert Choir - Students will name notes and finish learning the basic notes to the "Rogers and hammerstein Medly". We also sang through Annie. 

Thursday 8/27/2015
8.27.15

Theatre 1 - Students will take notes on the history of musical theatre. Note every musical, actor, or composer that is mentioned and a sentance or two about each of them. 

Theatre 2- Students will write a character analysis of the characters in "Midsummer Night's Dream".

Honors Choir - Students will sight read and continue learning the songs in West Side Story. 

Concert Choir - Students will name notes and continue learning the ending of the Rogers and Hammerstien Medley. 

Wednesday 8/26/2015
8.26.15

Theatre 1 - Students will continue to perform improvisation scenes. 

Theatre 2 - Students will watch the Shakespeare play, "A Mid Summer Nights Dream" and create a list characters with descriptions of who they love, and personality traits. 

Honors Choir - Students will sight read examples and continue learning the notes to the ending of West Side Story

Concert Choir - Students will start learning the end of the Rogers and Hammerstein Medley - "Walk On". 

Tuesday 8/25/2015
8.25.15

Theatre 1 - Students will perform their improv scenes that they created and praticed yesterday. They will be graded on the basics of acting - facing out, not breaking character, gesturing with the correct hand, and having eye contact with their fellow actors. 

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on the ten tips for acting shakespeare. They will then receieve their shakespeare packet and identify by acting out and writing, the different in languauge between the harsh words and the love words and experiment how they can be manipulated. 

Honors choir - Students will complete worksheet numbe 8 - which starts talking about dotted quarter notes. Afterwards they will finish learning the notes to Alleluia and continue to polish Salmo 150.

Concert choir - Students will complete worksheet numbe 8 - which starts talking about dotted quarter notes. Afterwards they will continue learnign the notes to "June is busting all over."

 

Monday 8/24/2015
8.24.15

Theatre 1 - Students will take notes on the arc of a story and be able to explain exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Then, studentds divided up into groups of 3-4 people and created an "Improvization scene" outline. They have today to pratice it and we will watching them in the classroom over the next two days. They will be graded on the following basics of acting - facing out, gesturing with the correct hand, eye contact with fellow actors on stage, and not breaking character.

Theatre 2 - Students will have the day to finish writing their blocking and set diagrams, Checks will be at the begining of class tomorrow. First memory test on Thursday! Second one next Tuesday. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 7 - counting with eighth notes and rests, and then continue to learn the notes to Alleluia and West side story. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet Number 7 - counting with eighth notes and rests, and then continue to learn the notes to June is Busting all over and Oklahoma. 

Friday 8/21/2015
8.21.15

Theatre 1 - Today we learned what breaking character means. We played the game, "Won't you give me a smile" to help pratice this concept. We also played "I'm Peter Pan" as a warm up and reminder of basic acting concepts. 

Theatre 2 - Finished performing Uta Hagen acting excercise #1 and wrote blocking for the shakespeare scenes based on a "rehearsal of doings"

Honors Choir - Named notes and polished Salmo 150 and went back to look at "Alleluia". 

Concert Choir- Named Notes and almost finished the notes to the annie medley. 

Thursday 8/20/2015
8.20.15

Theatre 1 - Students will deomstrate the basics of acting and improvization through the game, "Pocket Lines"

Theatre 2 - Stuents will continue to act out Uta Hagen acting excercise #1 and will start writing blocking in their Shakespeare Scripts. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet #6 on counting eight notes with other note values, and continue to work on the first part of West side story and polishing the end of Salmo 150

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #6 on counting eight notes with other note values, and continue to work on Annie and start on "June is Busting out all over". 

Wednesday 8/19/2015
8.19.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvisation through the game "Party Quirks". 

Theatre 2 - Students will perform Uta Hagen acting exercise #1. If there is any time left, they can work on blocking their Shakespeare scenes. 

Honors Choir - Students will complete worksheet #5 - counting rhythms - and start learning the notes to West Side Story. 

Concert Choir - Students will complete worksheet #5 - counting rhythms - and finish learning the notes to Oklahoma

Tuesday 8/18/2015
8.18.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the game "Thunderdome" and "Bippity-Bippity Bop". 

Theatre 2 - Students will continue to perform their Uta Hagen acting excercise #1 and finish drawing their set diagrams. 

Honors Choir - Students will work on polishing the grease medley, then head to the stage for a sound check for this evening performance. BE ME night call is 5:45 in the greenroom. We perform from 6:05-6:30. Dress is Blue Jeans and a black t-shirt. 

Concert Choir - Students will work on "Oklahoma" and continue their "Annie" medley. 

Monday 8/17/2015
8.17.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting and improvization through the game, "Triangle" and "Freeze". 

Theatre 2 - Students will act their uta Hagen acting excercise #1 today and continue to work on changes of thought through their shakespeare scripts. 

Honors Choir - Students will name the notes on the board and continue to polish the grease melody and salmo 150. Today was try-outs for the solos on Be Me Night. 

Concert Choir - Students will name the note on the baord and learn the "South Pacific" part of Rogers and Hammerstein today along with the next song in Annie. 

Friday 8/14/2015
8.14.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting by playing the theatre games, "Why are you Late" and finishing up "What are you doing"

Theatre 2 - Students will read shakespearian text and identify changes of thought through different voices. Uta Hagen Acting exercises start on Monday - so be prepared. Scripts were also passed out today, and we read through for a basic understanding and marked each punctiation for a change in thought. 

Honors Choir - Students will name the notes on the board and then continue to polish Grease and Salmo 150. Performance at 6:00 in the auditorium for be me night - dress is blue jeans and a black t-shirt and black shoes. 

Concert choir - Students will name the notes on the board and then start learning the first two songs of the Annie Melody! :)

Thursday 8/13/2015
8.13.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the basics of acting through the theatre games, "What are you doing?" and "Why are you late". The goal is beiing able to multi task. 

Theatre 2 - Students will take notes on uta Hagen acting excercise number 1. They will begin to present these on Monday. We also went over shakespeare punctuation and how to properly read a shakespearian text. 

Honors Choir - Students will name the notes with ledger lines on worksheet number 31 (Turned in today). Then they finished learning the notes to the grease melody. 

Concert Choir - Students will name the notes with ledger lines on worksheet number 31 (Turned in today). Then they started to learn the notes to the "State Fair" section of the Rogers and Hammerstein melody. 

Wednesday 8/12/2015
8.12.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the three components to an improvization scene through the game, "Scenes from a Hat". VOCAB - People, Destination, Situation

Theatre 2-Students will demonstrate the three components to an improvization scene through the game, "Scenes from a Hat". They must have finished picking their shakespeare scenes and group by the end of the period!

Honors Choir - Students will start to name notes in the treble and bass clef. They will complete worksheet number 30. Afterwards, they will work on learning the notes to the grease melody and Salmo 150

Concert Choir -Students will start to name notes in the treble and bass clef. They will complete worksheet number 30. Afterwards, they will work on learning the notes to the Rogers and Hammerstein Melody. 

Tuesday 8/11/2015
8.11.15

Theatre 1 - Students will demonstrate the rules of improvization through "Park Bench" and "Scenes from a crowd."

Theatre 2 - Students will select shakespeare scenes while watching "Lost and Yonkers" and taking notes on characters and descriptions/personality traits.

Honors Choir - students will complete theory worksheet number 4 - dotted notes and addition of note values. Then they will continue learning salmo 150 and Grease. 

Concert Choir - Honors Choir - students will complete theory worksheet number 4 - dotted notes and addition of note values. Then they will continue learning Rogers and Hammerstein. 

Monday 8/10/2015
8.10.15

Theatre 1 - Students will start learning the rules of improvization and how movement can affect character. Today we will be warming up with machiene, then playing parkbench. 

Theatre 2 - Students will demonstrate the basics of improvization through the theatre games pocket lines and tirangle. 

Honors Choir - Students will Complete theory assignment number three - working on counting rhythms. They will continue to work on learning their notes to their grease melody and Salmo 150.

Concert choir - Students will complete worksheet number three - counting rhythms. Then they will continue to work on learning the notes to the rogers and hamerstein melody. 

Friday 8/7/2015
8.7.15

DON'T FORGET, TONIGHT IS THE A.T.O.R.T. MIXER FROM 6:30-8:30. WE START IN THE CAFETERIA!

Theatre 1 - Today you'll get to know the class' names through my ever so popular name game. It shows how to slowly and properly memorize a large portion of materia. Afterwards, we will demonstrate the basics of acting (reaction) through the game "Bippity - Bippity - Bop"

Theatre 2 - Studnets will demonstarte the basics of acting and improvization through "Bop" and through "scenes from the crowd". 

Honors Choir - students will clap rhythms and contine to learn the grease melody. 

Concert Choir - students will clap rhythms and continue to learn the rogers and hammerstein melody. 

Thursday 8/6/2015
8.6.15

Theatre 1 - Today students demonstrated the basics of acting through some theatre games. We played the game zip-zap-zop, go, and kitty wants a corner. The focus today was on how eye contact and effictive communication are important on stage. 

Theatre 2 - Students demonstrated the basics of acting and improvation through theatre games. We played the game sound ball, go, and bippity-bippity-bop. 

Honors Choir - We learned about time signatures and completed worksheet number 1. 1 and 2 were turned in today at the end of class. Afterwards, we continued to work on the Grease melody - working from the back to the front. 

Concert Choir - We learned about time signatures and completed worksheet number 1. 1 and 2 were turned in today at the end of class. Afterwards, we started learning the notes to the rogers and hammerstein melody

Wednesday 8/5/2015
8.5.15

Theatre Classes - Today we spent the day watching the first part of Next to Normal. There was a worksheet you had to do that is attached. If you go to youtube you can type in "Next to normal" and find different versions. Any of them will work. Print a copy and fill out the worksheet and bring it back for points. We won't be finishing it in class - if you want to finish it come see our production or better yet - audition!

Honors Choir - Today we listened to the rogers and hammerstein melody and the grease melody. We need to start learning the Grease medley for Be Me Night which is on the 18th. 

Concert Choir - Today we clapped rhythms and worked on correct mouth position when singing. We started to divide up into our sections for the rogers and hammerstein melody that we listened to in choir today. 

Downloads: part 1 qs.docx
Tuesday 8/4/2015
8.4.15

Theatre1 - Students are going to take the pre-test today. Afterwards they will do a quick tour of the stage facility and begin learning the basics of acting through theatre games. zip-zap-zop and sound ball

Theatre2 - Students are going to take the pre-test today. Afterwards we'll do a quick review of the rules of improvization and demonstrate theses through the games triangle and freeze. 

Honors Choir - Student are going to take the pre-test today and take notes on note values. They will complete worksheet 1 and 2. If they don't finish in class it will be due tomorrow. Work on next 8 bars of Alleluia as well. 

Concert Choir - Student are going to take the pre-test today and take notes on note values. They will complete worksheet 1 and 2. If they don't finish in class it will be due tomorrow. Afterwards we will work on posture, breath support, and sining in harmony through warm-ups. 

Monday 8/3/2015
8.3.15

Happy first day back! Today in all of my classes we took a look at the Syllabus for each class. We went over rules, expectations, and classroom and theatre etiquette. If you need a copy of any syllabi or the student information sheet you have to sign and return by THURSDAY 8/6/15, check out the "Course Information" tab. It's going to be an exciting year and can't wait to get started! smiley