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Dress-Rehearsal-Sche NUTCRACKER REHEARSAL SCHEDULE CLARKSTOWN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY December 3rd 2013 2ND ACT STAGE REHEARSAL ***NO COSTUMES PLEASE WEAR BALLET TIGHTS LEOTARD AND BALLET SHOES TIME PART STAFF 3:45-5:00 ANGELS, ALL SWEETS, ALL SUGAR PLUM DF AL ATTENDANTS, SUGAR PLUM, DROSSELMEYER, CLARA, NUTCRACKER PRINCE, MOUSE KING 5:00-5:20 ALL SPANISH DF AL 5:20-6:00 ALL CHINESE DF AL 6:00-6:15 RUSSIAN DF AL 6:15-6:30 ALL GIGUE DF AL 6:30-6:45 POLICHINELLE DF AL 6:45-7:00 ALL MERELETON DF AL 7:00-7:30 FINALE DF AL 7:30-8:00 BOTH ARABIAN DF AL 8:00-9:00 FLOWERS & DEW DROP DF AL 9:00-10:00 BOTH GRAND PAS DF ML WEDNESDAY December 4th 2013 1ST ACT STAGE REHEARSAL ***NO COSTUMES PLEASE WEAR BALLET TIGHTS LEOTARD AND BALLET SHOES TIME PART STAFF 4:00-6:30 PARTY SCENE: DF AL JUNIOR & SENIOR URCHINS, CLARA, FRITZ, JUNIOR AND SENIOR PARTY GIRLS AND BOYS, MAIDS, BUTLER, ADULTS, DROSSELMEYER, DROSSELMEYER’S NEPHEW, DOLLS, JACK IN A BOX, 6:30-7:00 CHIME CHANGES: DF AL DROSSELMEYER, CLARA, 4 LITTLE SCARE MICE, 7:00-8:00 MICE AND SOLDIERS DF AL MICE & SOLDIERS, CLARA, MOUSE KING, NUTCRACKER 8:00-8:45 SNOW SCENE: DF AL SNOW QUEEN, CLARA, NUTCRACKER, SNOW PRINCE, JUNIOR COMPANY SNOW FAIRIES JUNIOR COMPANY OFF POINTE SNOW FLAKES 8:45-9:30 SNOW SCENE: DF AL SNOW QUEEN, CLARA, NUTCRACKER, SNOW PRINCE, JUNIOR COMPANY SNOW FAIRIES JUNIOR COMPANY ON POINTE SNOW FLAKES THURSDAY December 5th 2013 SENIOR COMPANY STAGE REHEARSAL DRY TECH RUN JUNIOR COMPANY DRESS REHEARSAL TIME CALL TO PART STAFF BACKSTAGE 4:00-5:00 SENIOR COMPANY MICE AND DF AL SOLDIERS, NUTCRACKER, MOUSE KING, CLARA, SENIOR LITTLE MICE 5:00-6:00 SENIOR COMPANY SNOW FLAKES AND DF AL FAIRIES, SNOW QUEEN, CLARA NUTCRACKER 6:00-6:30 SHOW TECH TIME DF AL 6:00-8:00 6:00 JUNIOR COMPANY DRESS DF AL COSTUMES REHEARSAL To Stage ACT 1 at 6:30pm URCHINS CLARA: NICKI FRITZ: ADAM JUNIOR COMPANY PARTY GIRLS ALL PARTY BOYS DOLLS: ABBY & KATELYN JACK IN A BOX: JJ MAIDS, BUTLER, ADULTS DROSSELMEYER DROSSELMEYER’S NEPHEW 6:15 SCARE MICE DF AL COSTUMES MICE AND SOLDIERS NUTCRACKER: JOHN CARLOS OFF POINTE SNOW FLAKES JUNIOR COMPANY SNOW FAIRIES SNOW QUEEN: JULIA BALM 7:30-9:00 7:00 ACT 2 DF AL COSTUMES ANGELS RELEASED AT 8:00PM To Stage SWEETS 7:30pm SUGAR PLUM ATTENDANTS SUGAR PLUM: KAYA SPANISH: CHARLSEY ARABIAN: AMANDA CHINESE: OLIVIA GIGUE: SABRINA RUSSIAN MERELETON: ASHLYN D & LAMBS POLICHINELLE FLOWERS DEW DROP: VICTORIA GRAND PAS: HAILEY 9:00- 8:30 ACT 2 DOUBLES 10:00 COSTUMES CHINESE: JILL & KYRA GIGUE: DAHLIA MERELETON: ASHLYN McCORRY & LAMBS *SENIOR COMPANY RUSSIAN* GRAND PAS FRIDAY December 6th 2013 FULL DRESS REHEARSAL TIME CALL TO PART STAFF BACKSTAGE 4-6:30 4:00 FULL DRESS RUN DF AL COSTUMES ACT 1 To stage at URCHINS 4:30pm CLARA: KYRA FRITZ: LOGAN JUNIOR COMPANY PARTY GIRLS ALL PARTY BOYS DOLLS: JUSTINE & KATRINA JACK IN A BOX: HOLLY & KIM MAIDS, BUTLER, ADULTS DROSSELMEYER & DROSSELMEYER’S NEPHEW 4:15 REPEAT OF DOLLS: ANNA & COSTUMES DEIRDRE 4:15 SCARE MICE COSTUMES JUNIOR COMPANY MICE & SOLDIERS NUTCRACKER: TOMMY ON POINTE SNOW FLAKES JUNIOR COMPANY SNOW FAIRIES SNOW QUEEN: MARLENA 6:00-8:30 6:00 ACT 2 DF AL COSTUMES ANGELS RELEASED AT 7:30PM To Stage at SWEETS 6:30pm SUGAR PLUM ATTENDANTS SUGAR PLUM: AVA SPANISH: CAITLIN & LINDSAY ARABIAN: AUBREY GIGUE: AMY CHINESE: RICKSHAW ALEXIS RUSSIAN MERELETON: GROUP POLICHINELLE FLOWERS DEW DROP: SHIRA GRAND PAS: AMANDA 8:30-9:00 CHINESE RICKSHAW: JILL CHINESE RICKSHAW: KYRA 9:00-10PM GRAND PAS SATURDAY December 7th 2013 STAGE REHEARSAL ***NO COSTUMES PLEASE WEAR BALLET TIGHTS LEOTARD AND BALLET SHOES TIME PART STAFF 10:00- SENIOR COMPANY AL 10:15 POLICHINELLE 10:15- SENIOR COMPANY AL 10:45 ANGELS AND 2ND ACT OPENING 10:45- SENIOR COMPANY AL 11:15 MICE AND SOLDIERS MOUSE KING NUTCRACKER CLARA PERFORMANCE #1 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 1 12:OOPM PERFORMANCE #1 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 2 1:OOPM PERFORMANCE 2 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 1 3:00PM PERFORMANCE 2 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 2 4:00PM PERFORMANCE 3 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 1 12:00PM PERFORMANCE 3 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 2 1:00PM PERFORMANCE 4 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 1 3:00PM PERFORMANCE 4 CALL TO BACKSTAGE ACT 2 4:00PM .
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