Showcase

Showcase will be on held next Friday, 8 November, at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus. This annual event for our whole school community is a wonderful celebration of the music program at EHPS. 

All EHPS students are preparing to perform at Showcase for this special musical evening. This is a compulsory school activity, and all students are expected to participate. However, if your child cannot participate because you are away or have another commitment, parents/carers must inform your child’s teacher and Grace Cordell in writing including the reason they can't participate not later than Monday (4 November) as this impacts staging and seat allocation in the auditorium. 

Tickets:

Tickets purchased online from Monash Performing Arts Centres, on sale from Wednesday 16 October. We requested families purchase a maximum of two tickets per family due to the venue size to ensure every EHPS family has the opportunity to attend. Children two years and under may sit on their parent's lap. Do not purchase tickets for EHPS students as they are performing and already have allocated seats. If tickets remain closer to the date additional tickets will be released. If you have any questions about your ticket, please contact MPAC Box Office on 9905 1111.

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT at the time of publication of this newsletter. If you had not purchased your ticket and want to attend, please contact the School Office on 9807 4944 to go on the ticket waitlist if tickets are released or returned. 

Tickets you can’t use?  If you’ve purchased Showcase tickets but no longer require them, please advise the School Office so they can be sold to a family on the ticket waitlist. We will put you in contact with a family on the ticket waitlist, or can exchange them on your behalf through the Office.

Times:

• Late Start to School (opt-in):  In previous years, parents have elected to allow their children to have a sleep-in or a quiet morning to compensate for the late finish on the night. A Compass event has been published for you to accept or decline a late start at 11.30am for your child on this day; your response is due by next Wednesday, 5 November. If you decline the late start, supervision at school commences at 8.50am until formal learning commences at 11.30am.
• The OSHC program will run from 7am until 8.45am, and after this time students who are at school will be supervised by teachers in an alternate program until the start of formal learning at 11.30am.
• Formal learning commences at 11.30am for all students. 
• School finishes as usual at 3.30pm. Please note that the basketball after school program will proceed, however your child must be prepared (see below) and is required at the venue at Monash University not later than 5.30pm. 
• Students are to arrive for Showcase at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Clayton Campus, between 5.15pm and 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
• Showcase commences at 6pm.
• The concert is expected to finish at about 8.30pm. There is one interval.

Preparation:

Food:  Ensure your child has had a substantial afternoon tea or, preferably, early dinner before arriving. No food/snacks are to be eaten during the performance or at interval.

What to bring:  Water bottle. No food/snacks permitted. 

What to wear:  Full school uniform and black shoes. No brightly coloured runners or hair ribbons. Wear a warm school jumper/jacket to the venue if required, but remove on arrival and to be kept by parents during performance; it’s warm in the venue.

On arrival:  sign your child in with their teacher when access to the venue is permitted.

Showcase Venue:  Robert Blackwood Hall, 49 Scenic Boulevard, Monash University Clayton Campus - click here for directions.

Program:  a free souvenir program will be provided. 

Recording:  Showcase will be professionally recorded by Qantem Multimedia. An order for a USB ($35) or MP4 file to download ($25) is placed on Trybooking using the following link: 

https://www.trybooking.com/CWRLQ

Orders close on Friday 22 November, at midnight. Orders will be received in the following week, commencing 25 November. MP4 Links will be emailed directly to the email address supplied when ordering, and USB copies will be delivered directly to the School for distribution.

Showcase information has been published in your Compass News Feed, and in the What is Showcase? document and the Showcase Bulletin below:

Grace Cordell & Alyssa Kennedy

Showcase 2024 Coordinators