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Good Afternoon Everyone!
I am trying to secure dessert donations for our dinners shows over the next two weeks and I could REALLY use some help contacting some of these businesses. If you would be willing to contact one or more, please comment below which business. I will take them off the list as they are claimed. We will likely need about 640 servings, I can arrange pick ups if they are willing and we will recognize all businesses in the playbill. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Good Evening Clue Parents,
I hope that everyone is doing well as we seem to be speeding toward the end of the school year. I wanted to take a minute and check with you on all things Clue. First, the kids are doing a great job and I think the audience is going to have a ton of laughs! On average, each show has sold roughly half, so there are still plenty of tickets available. We are going to increase our ticket promotions this week and I would love for you to help us share the information. A dinner show is a new concept for our school community, but I am hoping it will find great success. As always, tickets can be purchased at EastLincolnOnStage.org/tickets. There are options for this show and I know that makes for a little confusion. Of course, we have one cast performing on the first weekend and a second cast performing on the second weekend. On each of those weekends, Thursday and Sunday will be dessert only shows, while Friday and Saturday are dinner shows. For dessert events, adults are $15 and students are $10. For dinner shows, adults are $25, students in grades 6-12 are $20, and 5th grade and under are $15. Dinner will start with a Clue themed mocktail, followed by a meal of baked ziti, caesar salad, garlic bread, dessert, and water, tea, or coffee. HELP NEEDED: I would love some help in getting desserts donated for the events. There are some local businesses that I feel like would be willing to donate a dessert or two to the cause. We also have some “grandma’s kitchen” folks that are also willing to help. We just need to make those connections. If you would be willing to contact a business, a grandma, or even donate a dessert yourself, please let me know. If you don’t know who to call, I can help with that. If our shows all sell out, we will need 320 servings for each weekend. Please email me at gregory.franklin@lcsnc.org or call (704) 736-1017 ext. 25302 if you are willing to help me make some connections. With prom being next weekend, our tech week is going to look a little different. Below is the schedule for the remainder of the production. If you would be willing to help provide a meal or snacks for one of our longer rehearsals, please visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A3FECF8-clue to sign up.
Video rights are not available for Clue, so we will not be able to provide performance recordings. Quick Summary:
Thank you for your continued support! Mr. F Good Evening Everyone! I hope everyone is doing well and recovering from our extended stay in 18th century France. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for not only allowing your children to participate, but for supporting the endeavor. Whether they were new faces to our stage or seasoned performers, the smiles on their faces as they performed were priceless!  Thank you to each family who provided a meal for our cast and crew! Thank you to each family who provided items for concessions! Most of all thank you to each of you that filled a seat in the audience and invited others to join you!
If you have family or friends who were not able to make a performance and would like to order a performance recording, please direct them to eastlincolnonstage.org/tickets. Recordings are $25 and will include a multi-angle recording as well as a collection of pictures from the production. I anticipate having the recordings ready for pick up around April 1. If you meant to snag one of the purple show shirts and have cried with disappointment for nights, please let me know. I am selling the remaining shirts (limited sizes) for $5. We also have some gray cast shirts left and you can pick up one of those for $5 as well. Please let me know what size you would like and I will see if we can make your show-shirt-dreams come true! We are getting ready to kick off Clue and I am VERY excited about this unique experience. Look for show updates beginning next week, including the dinner and desert menu! This season finale is going to be a MAJOR audience favorite! I can't wait! Finally, I have one strange request to put out there. We are working on getting a washer and dryer installed on our hallway so that we can do a better job keeping our costumes clean and fresh. As you can imagine, something like this does not come with a small price tag. Someone has already donated a like-new washer and we couldn't be more grateful! If you happen to know anyone with a dryer that is in good shape that might be willing to make a donation, please let me know. Similarly, if you have licensed friends or family who might be willing to donate their plumbing or electrical services, please help me connect with them. Thanks again for being a part of our theatre family and I look forward to seeing you again soon! My best, Mr. F Happy Monday Everyone! This is a very stressful, but super exciting week for everyone involved with Beauty and the Beast. All of the hard work is leading up to an amazing run. Please continue to help us spread the word. We want to sell out all of our performances to not only cover the cost of producing the show, but because full houses are more fun!
Just a couple of quick notes. We still have tickets to Lumiere's Palace Party on Saturday. This is a great opportunity for younger audience members to see the show and have some time to eat and play with the characters. Please let me know if you have any questions about this event. We have about 25 tickets remaining. If your family is helping out with meals for our cast and crew, THANK YOU! You don't understand how big of a deal it is! If you were not able to help with one of the meals, please consider donating an item for concessions or a case of water for the cast and crew. Chips, candy (chocolate and non-chocolate), and canned sodas will help us stock the concession stand for our guests. The dressing rooms will also be stocked with water to keep all of our artists hydrated. Any donated items can be brought to my office whenever it is convenient. It would be great to have donations in by the end of the day on Wednesday in case we need to fill in any gaps. There will probably be a couple more updates this week as we get closer, but that is all for now. Thank you all for supporting your children in this endeavor! It really is going to be amazing! Mr. F Good Sunday Evening Everyone!
I want to first thank you for filling up the meal slots so quickly! The only dates that need to be covered are Tuesday, February 15 Saturday, February 19 Saturday, March 5 If you are able to help with one of these final 3 meals, please sign up using the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49acab29a3fecf8-beauty All business ads and parent ads are due by Friday, February 18. If you have any questions, please let me know. Ticket sales are going slowly, but they are fairly steady. I do encourage anyone wanting to experience this show to purchase tickets early in order to get their preference of seating. This is a very expensive show and it is very important that we sell out all 10 of our performances. Please help spread the information! Currently, ticket sales for Lumiere's Palace Party are low. I am hoping it is because people are waiting until closer to the date, but it makes me a bit nervous. This is going to be a really fun event and a great thing for parents and children to do together. The tickets for Lumiere's Party include lunch for both adult and child, pictures with various characters, games and activities, and their very own performance of the show! Guests will get to participate in a spitting contest with Gaston, Manicures with Madame or Tattoos with LeFou, Karaoke with Lumiere and Babbette, servers' training course with Cogsworth, tea & crumpets with Ms. Potts and Chip, fencing with the forks, and inventions with Maurice. Guests will also get a few special souvenirs to take home with them. Please help us spread the word so we can sell the remaining 33 tickets. Show tickets and party tickets can be purchased at eastlincolnonstage.org/tickets. We are still collecting donations for our raffle. Please consider making a contact for a donation. The more items, the more interest there will be in purchasing tickets. Attendance from this point on is crucial for all cast and crew members. In a production, we all rely on each other to take care of our specific responsibilities. When one person is out, it throws off the production. Please help me reinforce the importance of regular attendance and fulfilling responsibilities. If you have any questions, please let me know! Mr. F Good Afternoon,
We are approaching the finish line and that means we are also approaching our long evening rehearsals. During these rehearsals, I ask for cast and crew families to help us with meals. This keeps the students from having to bring a meal with them to school or leaving campus to get food. This cast and crew is large, so I realize that it is a real commitment to bring a full meal. On this sign-up, I have opened five spots in case multiple parents want to work together on a meal. If you are planning to bring a full and do not need any additional help, please sign up for all five spots. If you would like to work as a group, just sign up for a slot and tell us what you are bringing. In the past, some parents have preferred to donate money and have someone else prepare the meal. We do have an alum parent that is willing if this is something you are interested in doing. Please note that we do have a few food allergies such as mint, eggs, and nuts. Below is the sign-up genius link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49acab29a3fecf8-beauty I want to thank you in advance for helping us make this work as we head into our most intense rehearsals. My best, Mr. F Good Afternoon Everyone! We are getting closer and closer to opening night and it is wonderful to see things starting to come together! The work completed at yesterday’s workday was significant and will lead to lots more finished products this coming week. There are a few quick things I want to bring to your attention.
Thank you for all the encouragement you are giving to your children. This is going to be a great show and I think the community is going to LOVE IT!
Hello Everyone!
I hope you are all well and that you aren't singing "Be Our Guest" in your sleep. There are a few areas where we could use some help and a couple of things just to keep you up to speed. I will try my best to keep it short and to the point. 1. We are currently in our annual sponsorship and advertisement drive for 2022. This is not something we do for each show. We do it at the beginning of the calendar year and it covers all productions January through December. We receive most of our sponsorships and advertisements from businesses that have a direct link to our students and their families. If you have a connection that you feel might be interesting in being a part of what we do, please consider reaching out to them. All of the information can be found at eastlincolnonstage.org/sponsor and I am always available to answer any questions that might come up. Our deadline to get things into the Beauty and the Beast playbill is Friday, February 18. 2. The first show of the calendar year is when we run our annual raffle. We sell tickets throughout the production and then draw for prizes the week following closing. Lots of businesses, especially chains, are not able to support us through financial contributions, but are able to donate goods of some kind. If you have a connection to a business that might be willing to make such a donation, please consider reaching out to them. Obviously, our raffle will go much better with more prizes and more variety. Gift certificates and gift cards are common, but TVs, hotel accommodations, and event tickets are all items that come up from time to time. Our goal is to collect all of our items before February 18, but we can always add more items afterwards and promote that the options are growing. Please consider reaching out to at least one business/organization whether for sponsorship and ads or raffle donations. All contributions are tax deductible and we will provide any necessary documentation they might need. 3. Parent Ads & Cast/Crew Shout-Outs are also available for Beauty and the Beast. These are personalized "ads" that are specifically for a particular show. Parent ads and cast/crew shout-outs are half the price of a year-long ad. Full page ads are $75, half page are $50, and business cards are $25. The deadline for these ads is also Friday, February 18. **Please note that we are willing to help anyone person, business, or organization create an ad for the program. We don't want the creation part to stand in the way of them participating. 4. Tickets are currently on sale for all productions. Please help us spread the word. eastlincolnonstage.org/tickets 5. We will be having Lumiere's Palace Party on February 26. This is an event designed especially for young viewers. The guests will arrive at 11 am to play games, take pictures, and do some crafts with the characters from the show. They will have lunch with their Beauty and the Beast friends before viewing an enhanced performance of the show. Tickets for one adult and one child are $50 and that includes all of the activities, pictures, lunch, and the show. Tickets are limited. Help us share this event with our younger patrons. 6. Flyers will be available on Monday and we would love to have some help getting those out around the community. **You may hear some questions about tickets being more expensive for this show. That is true because Beauty and the Beast is more expensive to produce. Costumes alone are significantly more because we have to rent quite a few. It is my hope that everyone will find it worth it after they see the show. Please let me know if you have questions about any of these items and thank you in advance for your help! Mr. F Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas here in the tropics of Denver! I am very excited to get started on Beauty and the Beast, and I hope that your child is as well! We kick off our preparations next week with our B&B Boot Camp. During this time, we will jump start our regular rehearsals by working through the music, some of the bigger choreography, and blocking while laying some ground work for the set. We will meet Monday through Thursday from 12 pm to 5 pm. Next Thursday, we will also kick off our Sponsorship Drive for 2022. You will be getting more information about this at the beginning of the week, but we put the kids in teams and they spread out into the community visiting businesses and organizations who might be willing to sponsor or advertise with us. If you have a special connection to a business or organization, please let us know! Tickets for Beauty and the Beast will open on Saturday, January 1, but as a parent you have access a couple of days early. Starting TODAY, you can purchase tickets for any of the performances by using the code BBCAST. If you have any issues, please let me know and I will be glad to help. You will also see tickets available for our promotional party, Lumiere's Palace Party. Students and adults with tickets to this event will arrive on Saturday morning, February 26 and have a private crafts, games, and activities session with the cast. They will have lunch with the characters, have some photo opportunities, and then enjoy a special enhanced performance of the show. Students must be accompanied by an adult for this event. Help us spread the word, and yes, your BBCAST code will work on these tickets as well. Hopefully, you all saw the list of important dates that I shared with the cast. In case that didn't make it to you, those dates are below. Please note the MANDATORY events which are CRUCIAL to the overall success of the production. I would appreciate any and all help reinforcing that these are not optional. I plan to release a parent update each Sunday just to make sure we are all on the same page. Remember, you can always visit eastlincolnonstage.org/parents to read the current and past updates. If you have questions moving forward, please let me know! My best, Mr. F  Good Evening! I hope everyone is well! We are getting ready to hit our intense rehearsal schedule for A Christmas Story and I want to make sure everyone is up-to-date. First, all actors and crew members will have rehearsal on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week until 8 PM. We will also have our Q2Q rehearsal on Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm. Next week, we will have dress rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday until 9 pm, and the show will open on Thursday night. There will be 7 pm performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, as well as 2 pm matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday. The final rehearsal for the fall semester will be Monday, December 20. During this rehearsal, we will strike and get everything cleaned and stored. If you would be willing to provide a meal for the cast during one of the long performances, please visit the link below. www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A3FECF8-mamma If you are able to help with box office and concessions for one of the performances, please visit the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A3FECF8-boxoffice2 Also, if you would consider bringing in one or two items to stock our concession stand, please sign up using the link below. If possible, please drop these items by my office by Wednesday, December 15. www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ACAB29A3FECF8-concession1 Finally, tickets are on sale for all performances. The Sunday matinee is almost sold out, but the remaining shows still have plenty of tickets. Please help spread the word. We want to make sure the actors are able to perform to full houses! I get a lot of excitement when I tell folks about the Leg Lamp Raffle, so feel free to mention that as you are sharing the information! Thanks again for your support of our programs. I am looking forward to another successful production. If you have any questions, please let me know. My best, Mr. F |
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