Dear Families,

As you probably have heard by now, the whole school is preparing for our musical at the end of this term. I have the absolute privilege of working with your 'totally tubular' children as I direct our musical this year, Not Your Average Joe.

Set in 1959, Not Your Average Joe tells the story of Joseph groovier than ever before! Joe and his family run Papa Jake's Fries and Shakes, but Joe spends most of his time sleeping on the job. Finally sick of his antics, Joe's siblings ship him to Pharoah's Point, where he learns how to live the beach bro lifestyle from a groovy crew of surfer dudes and meets the self-appointed king of the beach, Kahuna. With some help from a new friend, Joe learns how to trust God with the unknown and eventually forgive his siblings, just like God forgave us. When a storm hits the beach, it's up to Joe to bring the community together and save the beach. Hang loose and don't forget your boardies, because summer is about to begin!

Who is involved: The whole school – so ALL students from Foundation to Year 6.

Classes have begun learning songs and simple choreography, and I hope your children are busy getting them stuck in your heads at home! Our Year 6's are hard at work preparing for their lead roles and are shaping up to be Tony-worthy performers. The Choir (under the guidance of Kate Tretheway) and the Dance Troupe (led by Dana Baker) have begun rehearsing their parts in the musical too. Thank you parents and caregivers for your support. We can’t wait for you to see it!

If you have any questions please contact your child’s class teacher or email me at musical@pilgrim.sa.edu.au.

Catch you on the next wave,

Jenna Denholm

Director ‘Not Your Average Joe’

Musical News Link

If you use the link in the Favourites tile in Compass, you will see all of the latest news related to the musical and we will continue to update this over the term. Alternatively, you may want to bookmark the following link which we will share regularly in the school newsletter to see all of the latest news related to the musical. We will continue to update information over the term in the lead up to our performances.

Latest Pilgrim School Musical News Link

Performance times

Listed below are the performance dates and times for this year. Please add them to your diary. All performances will be held at Futures South Church, Old Reynella.

Wednesday 2nd July, 6.30pm
Thursday 3rd July, 6.30pm

All students are encouraged to be at each performance and we appreciate the effort of families to rearrange commitments to enable this to occur. Please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible if there is any reason your child will not be able to attend a performance.

Tickets

Please keep an eye out for the opening of ticket sales toward the middle of the term.

Year 6 Information

Each issue of Musical News will have a page/s with information for Year 6 families only. Other families do not need to worry about any of the information labelled for Year 6 students.

Musical News

Not Your Average Joe, 2025

Issue 3 · 14 May 2025

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