These Girls Rock-the House!!!!!

Response to Ryan and more information. . . .

Good Morning All,

Ryan...thank you for your wonderful post.

These past few weeks have been fantastic.

We have a terrific group of students; new members to our theater family and seasoned ones. It is up to us all to give 110% and make this the best production thus far.

If you know of folks who were unable to attend Boot Camp, perhaps you can help them with the dance? They will be very lost when we meet again.

Yes!! Practice what you have learned. Sell Mums and start thinking about Ads.

I will be asking for Bios the second week of school-no "last minute" anything this year.

I will also post the "sides" for auditions and specific singing sections.

I do suggest folks who want parts to look at all the possibilities (character breakdown is on the blog).

There are only a certain amount of roles-especially for the men! Don't limit yourself-think outside the box.

September 10th-at 7:15 p.m. there will be rehearsal for anyone who would like to work on audition material. We will meet in the chorale room.

I will check my schedule for this coming thursday. If it is open-I will designate times for cast members seeking roles, to come and work.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Go Little Shop!!!!!!

Lys

A note from a Senior Cast Member...please read

Hey everyone,

Today (or yesterday depending on when you are reading this) was the last day of our boot camp and we say goodbye to you for over 2 weeks.

I am writing this post because on the past, this chunk of time is a lot shorter, but even so, a lot of information learned has been forgotten during this time. This year, we learned more info, but I don't want you to forget these songs and dances.

It's scary to think that 2 months after our first practice, the show will be over, but that's the reality of the situation. We cannot afford to go backwards. The people who missed these weeks will get us off to a slow start, but once they are up to speed, then we go full throttle all the way up to November 14th.

So everyone, please please PLEASE! Keep listening to the music and keep dancing in your mirrors or wherever, but don't forget about what we learned. The show will be as good as our worst member and we all need to work together And everyone in the cast is just as important as the next person.

Can't wait to see you all again when school starts and the rehearsals get up and running!

Ryan

T-Shirt Reminder

Hello Cast/Crew,

I need all T-Shirt orders by the end of 

rehearsal Thursday.

Thank you!

Lys

ENERGY!!!!!

REMINDER!!!!

Hello Everyone,

Please bring in 2 non-perishable food 

items tonight!!!

September 20th Jenkintown Arts Festival Update

September 20   

         Rehearsal will be interrupted by a performance at the Jenkintown Arts Festival

2:30 performance at Johnson Street Venue

3:35 performance in Town Square.

Hello Friends,

On September 20th, the Entire Cast will rehearse from 10:00-1:30 p.m.  Crew needs to attend rehearsal at 12:15 p.m.  

All Cast/Crew please bring lunch and wear your Little Shop T-shirts and jeans.  Sneakers are a must!!!!

We will travel together to the Johnson Street venue for our first performance at 2:00 p.m.  We will perform, and then go together to Town Square for our performance at 3:35 p.m.

Thank you everyone for making this happen.

Lys
          

         

Reminders~

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder to get your money in for the t-shirts. This needs to be done BEFORE the end of Boot Camp!!!

Please review the dance and song of "Little Shop" before we meet Monday evening.

Mum orders will be accepted at any time up to September 9th.

Enjoy the day.

Little Shop T-Shirts now on sale.

Little Shop T-Shirts now on sale for $15 for all members of the cast except Seniors and Crew!!

Order soon!!!

More information on Sturm und Drang

The Classical period music (1750–1800) associated with Sturm und Drang is predominantly written in a minor key to convey difficult or depressing sentiments. The principal themes tend to be angular, with large leaps and unpredictable melodic contours. Tempos and dynamics change rapidly and unpredictably in order to reflect strong changes of emotion. Pulsing rhythms and syncopation are common, as are racing lines in the soprano or alto registers. Writing for string instruments featurestremolo and sudden, dramatic dynamic changes and accents.

History[edit]

Musical theater became the meeting place of the literary and musical strands of Sturm und Drang, with the aim of increasing emotional expression in opera. The obligato recitative is a prime example. Here, orchestral accompaniment provides an intense underlay of vivid tone-painting to the solo recitative. Christoph Willibald Gluck's 1761 ballet, Don Juan, heralded the emergence of Sturm und Drang in music; the program notes explicitly indicated that the D minor finale was to evoke fear in the listener.Jean Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play, Pygmalion (first performed in 1770) is a similarly important bridge in its use of underlying instrumental music to convey the mood of the spoken drama. The first example of melodrama, Pygmalion influenced Goethe and other important German literary figures.^[8]

Nevertheless, relative to the influence of Sturm und Drang on literature, the influence on musical composition was limited, and many efforts to label music as conforming to this trend are tenuous at best. Vienna, the center of German/Austrian music, was a cosmopolitan city with an international culture; therefore, melodically innovative and expressive works in minor keys by Mozart or Haydn from this period should generally be considered first in the broader context of musical developments taking place throughout Europe. The clearest musical connections to the self-styled Sturm und Drang movement can be found in opera and the early predecessors of program music, such as Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony.

Haydn[edit]

A Sturm und Drang period is often attributed to the works of the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn from the late 1760s to early 1770s. Works during this period often feature a newly impassioned or agitated element; however, Haydn never mentions Sturm und Drang as a motivation for his new compositional style,^[9] and there remains an overarching adherence to classical form and motivic unity. Though Haydn may not have been consciously affirming the anti-rational ideals of Sturm und Drang, one can certainly perceive the influence of contemporary trends in musical theatre on his instrumental works during this period.

Mozart[edit]

Mozart's Symphony No. 25 (the 'Little' G-minor symphony, 1773) is one of only two minor-key symphonies by the composer. Beyond the atypical key, the symphony features rhythmic syncopation along with the jagged themes associated with Sturm und Drang.^[10] More interesting is the emancipation of the wind instruments in this piece, with the violins yielding to colorful bursts from the oboe and flute. However, it is likely the influence of numerous minor-key works by the Czech composer Johann Baptist Wanhal (a Viennese contemporary and acquaintance of Mozart), rather than a self-conscious adherence to a German literary movement, which is responsible for the harmonic and melodic experiments in the Symphony no. 25.^[11]

Sturm und Drang

noun \ˌshtu̇rm-u̇nt-ˈdräŋ, ˌstu̇rm-, -ənt-\

Definition of STURM UND DRANG

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:  a late 18th century German literary movement characterized by works containing rousing action and high emotionalism that often deal with the individual's revolt against society

Help Feed "Audrey 2"

Help Feed Audrey 2!

JHS Theater Arts Department's First annual "Plant Sale"

Fresh Mums-Home grown by Kremp Florist!

You must act fast-Sales for all Mums begin NOW!!!! 

Each cast member must, and I am not kidding, have at least 10 buyers. 

The form  has 7 spots for buyers-please make more copies if you need them before Boot Camp.

Mums will be delivered to school on the 19th of September.  Cast/Crew will be needed to help bring the Mums to cars. 

We need to raise $2000.00 to support the cost of our awesome puppets.

Please send me your e-mail address and I will send you the forms.

Happy Mumming!

Lys