The Lion King Junior

DISNEY THE LION KING JUNIOR

Morning to the ACPS Pridelands,

What an exciting week it was with our first full reading and sing through.  We managed to get some lights up and 8 mics working (well…at least for the first few minutes!).  This gave our sound and light crew a chance to experience what it would be like to ride the sound desk and switch mics on and off (old school style - which is VERY difficult)  They all did very well and, of course, this was their first time with having to deal with many things on the go,,, sound recording, lights, video recording and multiple microphones on the go.

The cast did a terrific job, especially as a number of songs - we haven’t had much chance to go over.  

I think we can all feel the little bubble of energy that is now growing with the production. We will commence blocking and choreography in the holidays and should have the show fully staged before next holidays.

Enjoy your holidays everyone and see you all on Friday 8th of July at ACPS Theatre.

HOLIDAY REHEARSAL DATES

REHEARSALS Will take place at the ACPS theatre on FRIDAY 8th July and SATURDAY 9th of July from 10am - 4pm.

If your child cannot participate on both these dates - please send an email to Jho at pfshows@gmail.com and let us know.

PRINCIPALS

If any of the principals are around and would like to do some work on their songs or scenes - just let me know and we can arrange a time to do some work. 

NO MORE CEREAL BOXES REQUIRED

Thank you to everyone who has brought in some cereal boxes over the term.   Lilli and Jho have done an AMAZING job of transforming these into beautiful masks for the show.

PROGRAM HEADSHOTS

Program headshots will take place on Friday 8th July at the theatre. Please bring a black T-shirt to wear for your photo.

COSTUME PARADE FRIDAY 8th JULY

Please wear some leggings, shorts, bathers, sporting pants etc under your normal rehearsal clothes that allow you comfortably to get changed into your costumes.  We will make the change rooms available for anyone who may feel more comfortable when changing.

MUSIC FOR REHEARSING

Please do some practice of your songs over the holidays.  The links will be re-sent in this week’s Morning Report.

PRODUCTION PACK

Please bring your production pack to every rehearsal.  There will be many more pages given out at on the 9th July, including some song lyrics, stage layouts, running sheets, friends and family who have to see the show, wardrobe sheet etc

MEASURING CHART

If you haven’t already sent in your wardrobe details, we will include another copy in the Morning Report this weekend - so please look out for this.

PAINTING OF WILDEBEESTS

We are looking for someone to paint our WILDEBEESTS shields during the holidays. They have all been cut out - they just need to be painted.  Look out for the “Morning Report” this weekend for a picture of the Widebeest

THE  PRODUCTION/ARTISTIC TEAM

This project is run by volunteers who have many years of experience in their field and/or currently working in that field.  We are all working together to make Disney The Lion King Junior a wonderful experience for every child who participates and every person who attends.  I personally would like to take this opportunity to give the biggest THANK YOU to Jho Suckling and Lilli Lawrence, who have invested over 200 hours go their time this term creating the amazing masks that the children will wear!  These masks began their lives as Cereal Boxes and  have ended them as beautiful works of art!

Director/Producer - Gavin D. Andrew

Production Manager/Stage Manager/Wardrobe - Jho Suckling

Musical Supervisor - Erica Kennedy

Choreographer - Cas Diaz

Sound Engineer - Cameron Mitchell 

Costume Designer - Lilli Lawrence

Gavin D. Andrew

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