Spring 2006

ORIGINAL MM SCRIPT FROM MTI
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If you have an original Music Man script/vocal libretto book from MTI. (these were loaned during the first week of rehearsals to a few cast members), we need them back by SUNDAY. Please give Dana Halley anytime before the end of strike.

FEEDBACK
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We want your feedback! PPP continually strives to improve our programs based on the feedback of cast members, parents, staff, volunteers, and audience members. We are asking ALL FAMILIES to take a few moments and complete the attached form. You can return to PAUNDY or drop off at the envelopes in the Green Room by Sunday. We will be distributing cast photos
upon return on the survey.

EXPENSES
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Attached is the form you need to submit to be reimbursed for approved expenses. Please give this form, with attached receipts, to Paundy or Liz Gottfried. Liz's address is 1610 Francis Ave., Belmont, CA 94002.

These forms must be submitted by May 12, 2006. Please allow two weeks for reimbursement. If you are planning on donating your expense, please submit the same form and receipts explaining that you are making a donation. We will provide you with a letter of acknowledging your contribution.

HOUSE DUTIES THANK YOU
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Thank you to those who signed up for additional house duties! Also thank you to those who stayed during rehearsal to sort the flowers last night. We appreciate your continued support.

We still need 1 more parent for concessions on Saturday matinee and 1 extra parent as a chaperone for the dinner break on Saturday. If you are able to help, please let Sue Dooley know at sdooley@thinkingstrategic.com

CALL TIME REMINDER
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Call Times: Friday at 5:30, Saturday matinee at 12:30, Saturday evening at 6:15, Sunday matinee at 12:30.

STRIKE REMINDER
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Strike is after Sunday’s show. All cast members and at least 1 adult family member must stay to take down the sets. Adults, please dress in comfortable clothes and closed toe shoes. If you have tools, please bring them.

We would like to thank all of you and your families for making opening weekend such a success. Over 1,000 tickets were sold!!! Keep inviting your friends and talking about the show! Wear you t-shirt this week- you are the best advertisement!!!!

Reminders
1. Thursday’s Rehearsal -6:00-9:15 at WORNICK JEWISH DAY SCHOOL, 830 FOSTER CITYBLVD, FOSTER CITY - traveling down Foster City Blvd and taking a RIGHT into the Jewish Campus on the Street AFTER BALCULTHA, Travel down the street (past the teen center, past the Early Childhood Education Center, and turn RIGHT into the PARKING LOT. Walk towards the building with 830 on it. There will be someone at the gate to let people in from 5:50-6:15, and again when rehearsal is over. Please call Wendy at 650-218-4995 if you arrive late.

2. House duties- Please show up one hour prior to show time. If for some reason you are unable to come-PLEASE switch your time slot with someone else and email Sue Dooley with the change (sdooley@thinkingstrategic.com) We were left short handed this past weekend so please notify Sue or Paundy if there is a problem.

3. Cast Party- From Sandra Harrington-(sandrah@rcn.com-) Don't forget the cast party after the last show on Sunday (following strike and cast release) at Peninsula Temple Beth El! PLEASE MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR RSVP AND MONEY TO SANDRA HARRINGTON OR ALAN (AKA CHARLIE THE KISSER GUY) AT THURSDAY'S REHEARSAL IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND. It is $10 per person (including cast members) - no charge for children under 5. Thank you!

4. Dinner for Saturday, May 6 – Sandwiches are available in between shows. Please email Barb Fallon by Thursday ( bfallon@sbcglobal.net) if you and/or your family wants to participate. $5.00 per person. You can give Paundy the money on Thursday. PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO CHANGE INTO IN BETWEEN SHOWS!!! You should not eat in your costume!

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6. HELP WITH FLOWERS ON THURSDAY
We need a volunteer to pick up flowers at Costco on Thursday (he/she needs a Costco card), bring the flowers Thursday to the Wornick Day School. We are also looking for 3-4 parents to help package the flowers on Thursday (during rehearsal). If you are available, please email me as soon as possible. It should take 1-2 hours and will be done at Wornick Day School. If you are available please let Sue Dooley know. (sdooley@thinkingstrategic.com)

7. COSTUME REMINDERS AND UPDATES
A. Girls and boys wearing knickers- Remember to wear CLEAN cream or light colored tights. No bare legs.
B. Girls- Please arrive at the theater with your hair pulled back in either one long braid, two braids or the top pulled back and the rest loose. If you are going to curl your hair you may do so at home or at the theater. Also, arrive at the theater with the correct bow already in your hair. Please try to keep track of the bows given to you.
C. Boys- Keep track of small pieces like bow ties and caps. A few have been misplaced already.
D. ALL COSTUME PIECES NEED TO BE RETURNED AT THE END OF THE SHOW. Items NOT returned will be charged to the Cast Member. There will be members of the costume committee just outside of the Green Room to collect them during strike. All costume deposits will be returned (assuming all items are returned).

8. STRIKE:
After the show on Sunday, all cast members plus an ADULT from each family must stay to stike (take down) the set. All adults and kids (even young ones) are given jobs to do. Leslie will dismiss the cast at the end and everyone can go to the cast party. Costumes will be returned at the beginning of Strike.

9. LOST & FOUND:
Allison Nyberg is missing a short sleeved crew-neck tight-knit pullover sweater; burgundy/maroon color; wool or wool blend; maker: Talbots. PLEASE PLEEZE PUL-LEESE bring it back. Has been missing since Monday night of tech-week.

Today is Thursday and I know everyone is getting VERY excited for opening night! Parents, thank you so much for all the extra help with sets, costumes, chaperoning, load-in, and everything else you have been doing to prepare for this show. We are looking forward to a GREAT opening night.

This morning, The Music Man was highlighted on Channel 7 in their What's Hot for this weekend segment (at 6:50am). It will be listed on Channel 7's website later today http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/ (go to NEWS, go to WHAT's HOT). Thank you to Gail Roberts for arranging this GREAT PUBLICITY.

For tonight's final dress rehearsal, please be DRESSED with MAKE UP on and seated in the theater at 5:30pm. We are expecting to end at 10:00. Call Paula's voicemail at 9:15 for an update at (650) 678-7665.

Here are some details about this weekend.

1) Call Time. All cast members should be DRESSED and in their seats at call time. Expect it to be 5:30 on opening night, and 1 1/2 hours prior to show time for all other shows.
2) Expect the show to last 2 1/2 hours (including intermission). Cast members come to the lobby after the show to greet friends and family members.
3) Friends will not be allowed in the Green Room. The Green Room is not very big and with 80+ cast members/chaperones, it will be crowded.
4) After the show on Saturday, the entire cast/staff will be staying for the Talkback. The entire cast will be onstage and members of the audience are invited to ask questions. After 20 minutes of Q&As, there is a short tour onstage.
5) After the talk back, cast members can either leave the theater for a dinner break, or can stay and eat pizza with the cast (money was already collected for this).
6) The cast photo will be taken at 12:45 on Saturday afternoon. Cast members, please be seated in the theater in your costume (Please wear your finale/sociable/band/majorette uniform outfits, except PAL ladies/kiddies can wear dresses (not togas).
7) After each show, cast members must gather all their costume pieces, HANG THEIR COSTUME UP, keep their makeup and other items in their basket before they leave the theater.
8) House Duties: Sue Dooley, our House Duties Manager will be emailing the schedule to everyone. Please remember that all House Duties (Ushers, Concessions, Raffle, Will Call, Telegrams) need to arrive at least 60 minutes in advance of the show. ALL HOUSE DUTIES WILL BE SETTING UP THE CONCESSIONS/FLOWERS TABLES. ALL HOUSE DUTIES WILL STAY FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW (ushers, will call - you will be either selling concessions or raffle).
9) House Duties - What to wear. If you are working in the front of the house (concessions, will call, ushers, telegrams, raffle,
flowers, etc.), please wear black pants and a white shirt. If you are working stage crew or chaperoning, please wear all back. Yes, chaperones may be standing in the wings and should be in all black too.

Saturday's Pizza Lunch will be provided by Hannah Wilken and her family. Thank you to the Wilken Family for this very generous treat! If your cast member does not eat pizza, please provide lunch for them.

Parents Meeting - How to Survive Tech Week
On Saturday at 10:00 at Baywood, we will be meeting with all families (unless you are at the Greenhouse) to prepare you for tech week and the show.

House Duties Update
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to everyone for signing up for house duties. At Saturday's Tech Week Parents Meeting, we will talk more about exactly what everyone will be doing and how early you need to be there. Sue Dooley, our House Duties Chair, will also bring the House Duties Chart. There are still some remaining slots, and a few families that still need to sign up for a total of 5 house duties. On Saturday, we would appreciate it if a few of the concession folks could please sign up to lead the prep and clean up (in addition to what you have already signed up for). I know how much work pulling off a show like The Music Man is... We really appreciate everything everyone has done and continues to do!

Publicity Update
We will have all remaining poster/flyers on Saturday. If each family could take 5 posters and put the in local businesses/libraries/rec centers ASAP, it would make a HUGE difference in getting the word out about our amazing show!

Upcoming Schedule Reminder:

Friday April 21; 5:00-10:00
Adults please come by the theater and help with sets!!

Saturday, April 22 Baywood Elementary School LGI
10:00am - 5:00pm ; ALL CAST Rehearsal

9:00-5:00: Project at The Greenhouse for available adults.

10:00am Parents Meeting in preparation for Tech Week (those at the Greenhouse are excused).

Sunday, April 23 Baywood Elementary School LGI
12 :00pm - 5:00pm; ALL CAST
9:00-5:00: Project at The Greenhouse for available adults.

Monday-Thursday, April 24-27
Time: 5:30pm - 10:00pm (Between 9 and 10 pm)
Location: Bayside Performing Arts Center
Cast members will wear their costumes Monday-Thursday. They can do their hair and makeup for the 2 final days of tech week (Wednesday and Thursday night).

Dance Rehearsal: ALL Cast, Tonight at Bayside Theatre, beginning at 6:00
If you haven't signed up for House Duties, please come in a sign up. Each family needs to sign up to work 5 times (and 1 must be as a chaperone or House Duties prep/clean up Lead). Also, please remember that we can not eat in the theatre, so please eat before you come to rehearse. Please bring a water bottle for your cast member.

Please pick your child up in the lobby at the end of rehearsal (beginning at 8:30). Refer to website for exact end times

Tomorrow's PJCC Preview Performance.
We are still looking for 4-5 volunteers to help set up and man the craft tables. If your child is performing and you are willing to help, please email Chris Redfield at christineredfield@comcast.net
Arrive at 6:00 for warm up for 6:30 show.
PJCC Preview - Thursday, April 20 at 6:30
We will be performing for 20-25 minutes and then provide crafts and related music man games.
Please wear Your Music Man T-shirts
R.s.v.p. to me if you are able to attend.

Songs To Be Performed:
1. Rock Island (Salesmen, Newsreaders, Passengers)
2. Goodnight My Someone (Susan, Melissa)
3. Gary Indiana (Jeanne, Susan, Camille)
4. Sadder But Wiser Girl (Chris, Bob)
5. Shipoopi (Bob, Keely, Chris, Susan, Hannah, Ryan and
featured dancers (not adults who were added last week due to space issues)

Raffle Update: (From Leslie Ragsdale, Raffle Chair) Sell, sell, sell those raffle tickets! We have even more fabulous prizes, including yummy chocolates from Guittard, glorious gift baskets and tons of video games. Remember that we ask each family to sell (or purchase -- the prizes are great and plentiful!) two books of tickets. There will be more tickets available at all rehearsals as well as the envelopes for ticket stubs and money. Don't forget the $1,000 orthodontic discount and Tom Brady
autographed football special raffle prizes too!!

Publicity Update:
Opening Night is fast approaching (9 days, but who's counting!!!). It is never too late to put more flyers up and follow up with your friends and family about coming to the show. Susie Reeves will be bringing more flyers tonight, so please pick some up and proudly display them around town!

Box Office Hours:
Our amazing ticket committee will be at the box filling orders on April 25 and 26 from 6:00-7:30. Don't forget to purchase your tickets to see the show!

Upcoming Schedule
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Wednesday, April 19, Bayside Performing Arts Center
All Cast
6:00-6:30 Iowa Stubborn
6:30-7:00 Trouble
7:00-7:45 76 Trombones
7:45-8:00 Break
8:00-8:30 Wells Fargo Wagon
8:30-9:00 Shipoopi Featured Dancers & Adults ONLY (everyone else is excused)
9:00-9:15 Rock Island Salesman & Newsreaders
9:15-10:00 BSQ, Harold Hill, Marian

Thursday, April 20, PJCC Foster City
6:00 Those called for the Preview meet in the PJCC Boardroom. Also
parents who are helping with the crafts come to set up the craft tables.
6:30-7:00 PJCC Performance in the lobby. Those not called are welcome to watch and sing Shipoopi. Please wear your Music Man T-shirt.
7:00-7:30 Music Man crafts in the PJCC Lobby
7:15-9:30 Barbershop Quartet, PJCC Boardroom
5:00-10:00 Any available adults can come by Bayside Performing Arts Center to help.

Friday, April 21, Bayside Performing Arts Center
5:00-10:00 Any available adults can come by Bayside Performing Arts Center to help

Saturday, April 22: TECH WEEK Begins!!! Baywood Elementary School
10:00-10:45 All Parent's Meeting in preparation for Tech Week
10:00-5:00 ALL Cast Show Run Through with Pizza Lunch
9:00-5:00 Painting at the Green House for Backdrops

Sunday, April 23: Tech Week Continues, Temple Beth El
1:00-5:00 Show Run Through
9:00-5:00 Painting at the Green House for Backdrops

Monday- Thursday, April 24-27: Tech Week, Bayside Performing Arts Center
5:30-9:00 ALL CAST. There are NO conflicts allowed during Tech Week.

Cast members will wear their costumes
Monday-Thursday. They can do their hair and makeup for the 2 final days of
tech week (Wednesday and Thursday night).

Friday, April 28- Sunday, May 7, Bayside Performing Arts Center
* Expect all cast members to be called 2 hours prior to show time
* Each family must work (house duties, chaperone, stage crew, etc.) at least 5 shows and at least 1 show must be as a chaperone (unless you are doing stage crew)
* Each cast member and at least one family member must Strike (tear down) the set after the final performance.
* There will be a GREAT Cast Party after Strike on the May 7. Details to follow...

1. Load In- Tuesday, April 18
-At The Greenhouse at 3:00pm and at Bayside Theater at 6:00pm- We need all hands on deck to move the sets from the Greenhouse to the Bayside Theater.
-We are expecting at least one person from every family to attend. Please arrive at the Greenhouse at 3:00pm and/or at Bayside Theater around 6:00pm. You can call Paula's cell 678-7665 on Tuesday after 5:30pm to get a more exact Bayside arrival time.
FYI -Rehearsal was cancelled so that all families could participate. Please email Paula (paulaspaulding@hotmail.com) and let her know where you plan to be. (Either The Greenhouse around 3:00 or Bayside around 6:00)

2. Mandatory Parent Meeting- 10:00 am at Baywood on Saturday, April 22
- Tech week and final details will be explained
- If you are at The Greenhouse or in the show you are excused from this meeting

3. The Greenhouse- will be open on Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23 from 9am to 5pm. Once again, we would REALLY appreciate your help.

4. Ticket Sales – Sell those tickets!!!! You are the best advertisement! You can purchase tickets two different ways. Go to piedpiperplayers.org and download the ticket form or use the online ticketing. Plus the Box Office will be open ( Bayside Theater lobby) on April 25 & 26 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.

5. House Duties- If you haven’t signed up for your 5 duties, please do so at Wednesday’s practice. Remember we are asking all families to chaperone at least once.

6. Theater Rehearsals are closed. Only cast members and lead chaperones and lead stage crew members are allowed in the theater. If you arrive early to pick up your cast member, the theater lobby will be open. Cast members will be dismissed to the lobby for all pick-ups.

7. Saturday, Lunch/Dinner – between the two Saturday shows- Traditionally, we have collected money from cast members/families that want to stay in between the shows on Saturday. We are looking for a volunteer to coordinate
this. Collect money, order food and pick up the food. Let Paula Spaulding know if you are interested.

8. Volunteer Hours- Although many families have gone above and beyond with their volunteer hours, we know that a few families still have a few more hours to volunteer… - Load in or coordinating the two meals between the shows or working at the Greenhouse (April 22 &23) will count as pre-show hours. Thus the families that need a few more hours have these excellent opportunities!

9. Message from Rick Reynolds-
• Please review vocals on your own, we need to take big strides forward. There are no more vocal only rehearsals. All must be off script & vocal book.
• Focus on the following:
? Know the words/lyrics
? Diction
? Project/Support - Breathe and sing out.
? Perform at the rehearsals, so that the performance doesn't look like we need more rehearsals.
• All cast should take care of their voices.
? Don't shout
? Vocally warm-up in the car on the way to the rehearsals and performances.

10. Schedule Reminder
Tuesday, April 18th
3:00-10:00 Load-in. For those not familiar with Load-in, this is when
ALL adults and able older teens load the sets from The Greenhouse, bring
them to the Theatre and unload them. Details to follow.

Wednesday, April 19, Bayside Performing Arts Center
6:00-9:00 Dance Rehearsal (Dance spacing for all musical numbers). Please note that some members (including the PAL kiddies will be dismissed earlier, around 8:00).
9:00-10:00 Barbershop Quartet

Thursday, April 20, PJCC Foster City
6:00 Those called for the Preview meet in the PJCC Boardroom. Also parents who are helping with the crafts come to set up the craft tables.
6:30-7:00 PJCC Performance in the lobby. Those not called are welcome to watch and sing Shipoopi. Please wear your Music Man T-shirt.
7:00-7:30 Music Man crafts in the PJCC Lobby
7:15-9:30 Barbershop Quartet, PJCC Boardroom

Saturday, April 22: TECH WEEK Begins!!! Baywood Elementary School
10:00-10:45 All Parent's Meeting in preparation for Tech Week
10:00-5:00 ALL Cast Show Run Through with Pizza Lunch
There are NO conflicts allowed during Tech Week

Sunday, April 23: Tech Week Continues, Temple Beth El
1:00-5:00 Show Run Through
There are NO conflicts allowed during Tech Week

Monday- Thursday, April 24-27: Tech Week, Bayside Performing Arts Center
5:30-9:00 ALL CAST. There are NO conflicts allowed during Tech Week.

Cast members will wear their costumes
Monday-Thursday. They can do their hair and makeup for the 2 final days of tech week (Wednesday and Thursday night).

Friday, April 28- Sunday, May 7, Bayside Performing Arts Center
* Expect all cast members to be called 2 hours prior to show time
* Each family must work (house duties, chaperone, stage crew, etc.) at least 5 shows and at least 1 show must be as a chaperone (unless you are doing stage crew)
* Each cast member and at least one family member must Strike (tear down) the set after the final performance.
There will be a GREAT Cast Party after Strike on the May 7. Details to follow...

1) Set Construction/Painting. Don't forget we need as many people as possible to help with set construction and painting THIS weekend (4/6 6:00-9:00; 4/8 9:00-5:00, and 4/9 9:00-5:00). Also, we will be doing set construction and painting over Spring Break (4/13 6:00-9:00pm, 4/15 9:00-5:00, 4/16 1:00-5:00). Please plan accordingly. We REALLY need help.
2) Condition of Rehearsal Space. Parents, please speak with your cast member about cleaning up after themselves while at rehearsal. A lot of time was spent on Thursday night cleaning and vacuuming the room after everyone left. This can not continue. We will be speaking with the cast about this on Saturday.
3) Water Bottles. Please do not forget to give your cast member a water bottle with their name on it for rehearsals.
4) Publicizing The Show. While you are enjoying your spring break, please remind your friends and family to buy tickets to the show. As a reminder, parents need to purchase tickets to sit in the audience of the show. The easiest way for cast families to purchase tickets is to complete the ticket order form (on the website) and bring them to a rehearsal.
5) PJCC Preview on Thursday, April 20th. There will be a free musical preview of the show (lasting 20-25 minutes). Details to follow soon.
6) Important Costume Update. (from Sara Steppe and Lisa Happich)
* The Costume committee is finalizing all the costumes over the spring break. They will be distributed after Spring Break.
Location and details to follow.
* We are asking EVERYONE who is receiving costumes (or pieces of costumes) to give us a $75.00 REFUNDABLE costume deposit. Since we are renting most of the costumes, we need everyone to be responsible for covering the costs if your costume is lost or ruined. You may make your checks to Pied Piper Players. They will not be cashed unless your costume
is not returned or is damaged beyond repair.
* Socks for BOYS wearing knickers: Please provide white knee high socks or WHITE tights to wear with your knickers. This is a
change since we told you black socks/tights before...
* Socks for BOYS/MEN wearing slacks/trousers: Please wear dark socks.
* Shoes for BOYS: Jazz shoes or all black sneakers (no colored laces, stripes or white showing).
* Shoes for Men: Dark black or brown lace-ups, jazz shoes or maybe boots.
* Socks/tights/nylons for GIRLS/WOMEN: Please provide white or light color tights to match your outfits.
* Shoes for GIRLS/WOMEN: Please provide Jazz shoes, Mary Janes, Ballet shoes, Character Shoes.
* PAL Ladies, please wear comfortable shoes (jazz shoes or keds) for the Grecian urn practice and togas scene.
* If you are a Majorette, you will need black jazz shoes for the finale.
7) House Duties (From Sue Dooley, House Duties Chair)

Sign Ups for House Duties
It's time to sign up to help during Tech Week and performances, and boy, do we really need your help. Remember that Pied Piper Players is a volunteer-based organization and it takes participation from each and every family to make this season a success.

We'll be at rehearsals on Thursday and this weekend with a poster listing all the volunteer roles and sign-up sheets.

Take a look at some of the opportunities listed below, check your calendar, and be prepared to sign up. We're asking each family to work at least 5 performances. At least 1 performance must be as a chaperone. Chaperones and stage crew need to be available during Tech Week also.

Volunteer Opportunities
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* CONCESSION PREP/CLEAN-UP - Set up tables, arrange food, ice beverages. Clean up and store concession supplies after performance.
* CONCESSIONS/FLOWER/TELEGRAM/RAFFLE SALES - Sell refreshments prior to show/during intermission/after show. Prepare and sell flowers. Sell telegrams.
* RUNNERS - Take telegrams to cast members backstage. This is a perfect opportunity for a teen family member.
* USHERS - Take tickets when the house opens for seating; direct audience to seats; distribute programs. Help sell concessions during intermission and after the show. After performances, go through the theater to clean up and recycle programs.
* WILL CALL - Distribute pre-paid tickets before performances.
* CHAPERONES - Supervise cast during Tech Week and performances as they wait to go onstage. Supervise clean-up of dressing rooms. (We need several chaperones and someone to lead this group.)
* STAGE CREW - Assist during Tech Week and performances with all backstage and technical tasks including moving sets, props, operating sound and lighting equipment, opening and closing the curtain, and assisting with actor movement. Must be available for at least 4 shows.

Remember, volunteers don't have to be just parents. They can also be grandparents, aunts and uncles, older siblings, or close friends and mentors who wish to be part of the experience.

We are looking for someone with a truck who could pick up 17 cases of water from Costco and bring them to the theater. Please let Sue Dooley know if you are able.

1. Bios are past due!! Please email them to bios@piedpiperplayers.org asap! (We still need bios from the following: Naomi Gottfried, Nicholas Gumas, Rebecca Larson, Claire McNally, Eve McNally, Xavier McNally, Macy Sharif)

2. Final Headshots will be taken on Sunday before the all cast rehearsal. Please arrive at 1:00 to have your headshot taken (Margaret Arcudi, Colette Cuneo, Alan Harrington, Jillian Rolnick, Lisa and Rachel Share-Sapolsky and Hannah Wilkins)

3. Volunteer Hours- Please remember your (pre-show) volunteer commitment. 20 hours for 1 child & 30 hours for 2 children. There are still many ways to complete these hours. (costumes, set construction, painting- no experience needed) If you are short on hours- please contact Paundy- we’d be happy to help you.

4. Costumes-We will be working on costumes for River City Boys and Men this weekend. If anyone has the following items to loan to cast members, please bring them to rehearsal on XXXXX (whenever the next full cast rehearsal is)
- bow ties or regular boys/mens ties
- boys/mens vests
- boys botton-down dress shirts (various sizes, preferred colors are gray, browns, muted, not white)
- bright colored mens jackets (for the train scene)
- suspenders (boys/men)
- newsboy caps

5. Greenhouse- The greenhouse is open (rain or shine) this weekend April 1 and 2 from 9 to 5. If you have any questions, please email paulaspaulding@hotmail.com

6. Playbill- Sunday, April 2nd: The last day to place an AD in the show Playbill.

Ads are not only for businesses; The Playbill is also a great place for friends and families to say "break-a-leg" or happy birthday or "thanks for the memories" to the cast, the artistic and production staff, or your favorite actor! If possible please submit your ad electronically.

Upcoming Practice Schedule and CLARIFICATION

ON SATURDAY (April 1) FROM 2:30 to 3:30 - 76 TROMBONES – ALL GIRLS UNDER 18 EXCEPT THE ONES PLAY BOYS ARE CALLED

7. Thursday, March 30, Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas

6:30-8:00 Shipoopi Featured Dancers PLUS all ADULTS.
Bob O'Donnell, Keely Reynolds, Melissa Spaulding, Camille Vistica, Susan Melanson, Chris McHugh, Ryan O'Donnell, Hannah Ruwe, Xavier McNally, Nicholas Wetherbee, Justin Kawakami, Joseph Macadaeg, Jordan Ginsberg, Dimitri Wentworth, Zachary Herrera, Soren Royer-McHugh, Chris Issel, Nicholas Gumas, Emily Barmore, Macy Sharif, Naomi Gottfried, Rebecca Larson,
Kirsty McBurnie, Lauren McBurnie, Claire McNally, Claire Tolson, Kelley Langans, Margaret Arcudi, Madeleine Vistica, Ali Shields, Anna-Lena Clark, Kelsey O'Donnel, Taryn Issel, Isabella Reeves, Caitlin Teoman, Jillian Balkenhol, Rachel Share-Sapolsky,
David Issel, Alison Nyberg, Mark Dooley, Alan Harrington, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Lisa Share-Sapolsky, Laurel Wetherbee, Rosie Issel, Clara Villatore, Nate Ginsberg, Liz Rolfe, Jeanne Kirkwood, Saili Gosula, Dana Halley

8:00-8:30 All those who will be performing at the South San Francisco
Youth Art Show on Friday, March 31st. (details at the bottom of this email)
Those who have RSVP'd yes are: Jillian Balkenhol, Naomi Gottfried, Nicholas Gumas, Zachary Herrera, Justin Kawakami, Jeanne Kirkwood, Kelley Langhans, Joseph Macadaeg, Susan Melanson, Bob O'Donnell, Ryan O'Donnell, Kelsey O'Donnell, Isabella Reeves, Keely Reynolds, Hannah Ruwe, Ali Shields, Melissa Spaulding, Camille Vistica
Those who have RSVP'd no are (please note: that you can leave rehearsal at
8:00):

SATURDAY, April 1 at Baywood Elementary School
10-11 Rock Island, Movement (Bob O’Donnell, Nate Ginsberg, David Issel, Alison Nyberg, Mark Dooley, Soren Royer-McHugh, Chris Issel, Dimitri Wentworth, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Alyssa Sims, Katie Lague, Xavier McNally, Jordan Ginsberg, Justin Kawakami)
11-1:30 Marian, Dance – Featured Dancers (Chris McHugh, Susan Melanson, A! li Shields, Claire McNally, Kelley Langhans, Alexa Fallon, Lauren McBurnie, Hannah Ruwe, Macy Sharif, Margaret Arcudi, Alexis Harrington, Jillian Balkenhol, Lanie Ragsdale, Jessica Hsiao, Kirsty McBurnie, Kaila Cannal, Madeleine Vistica, Erin Macadaeg, Eve McNally, Sam Alavi, Isabella Reeves, Zachary Herrera, Nicholas Wetherbee, Joseph Macadaeg, Ryan O’Donnell, Soren Royer-McHugh, Mark Dooley, Chris Issel, David Issel, Jordan Ginsberg, Nicholas Gumas, Dimitri Wentworth, Alison Nyberg)
1:30 – 2:30 Majorettes, Dance (Erin Macadaeg, Mimi Lynde, Cami Steppe, Kelsey O’Donnell, Kaila Cannal, Alyssa Sims, Kirsty McBurnie)
1:30 – 2:30 Blocking- Tommy, Zanetta, Mayor, Eu! lalie, Harold, Marian
2:30 – 3:30 76 Trombones- Girl Group ONLY (Everyone except Adults or boys or girls playing boys)
2:30 - 3:30 Blocking- Marian, Charlie
3:00- 3:30 Add BSQ
3:30 – 4:30! Dance- BSQ, Harold
3:30 – 4:00 Blocking- Marian, Eulalie, Pick-A-Little Ladies (no Kiddies)
4:00 – 5:00 Blocking- Eulalie, Pick-A-Little Ladies (no Kiddies)

SUNDAY, April 2 at Peninsula Temple Beth El

12:00-1:30 Pick-A-Little Ladies, Eulalie (no Kiddies)
12:30- 1:30 Add BSQ
1:00 -1:30 Add Pick-A-Little Kiddies, Mayor, Charlie, Marcellus, Harold
1:30 – 5:00 Full Cast Call

Dear Cast,

Great rehearsal this weekend! Please be sure to continue to practice at home!

There is a rehearsal reminder at the bottom of this email. The Barbershop Quartet will begin at 12:00 on Sunday instead of 1:00. Also, please note that I included the rehearsal schedule for next Thursday, March 30 at the bottom of this email. It is an ALL CAST rehearsal.

Headshots
All cast members will be taking headshots this Sunday, March 26th at rehearsal. Please wear a dark colored (black is best) t-shirt no writing,
designs or no logos. No uniforms, sweatshirts, etc. Please bring a hairbrush to brush your hair before.

Publicity
Please distribute all posters and flyers this week! It is very important to get these advertisements all around the Bay Area so people know about our show and begin to buy tickets. If you did not pick up your posters/flyers or you need more, you can get some on Sunday.

Costumes
By now, you should have received a letter with your costume information on it (please email me if you did not get one and I will send it to you
electronically). If you have questions, please contact Sara Steppe (sara@ssllawfirm.com) or Lisa Happich at (hapvist@rcn.com). We are hoping
to finalize all the costumes for the girls this weekend, so we can begin the boys (and girls who are playing boys).

We are looking for the following Donations. Please bring them to rehearsal if you have them.
- Boys pants for to be transformed into knickers. If you have pants that don't fit (corduroy/twill/canvas-type pants are best) please bring them on Saturday. The boys (or girls playing boys in the show) will be fitted on Sunday.
- Newsboy caps
- Old sheets to make togas. Any size. No patterns. These will not be returned. Colors: Any, except black.
- Old king size pillow cases. No patterns. These will not be returned. Colors: Any, except black.
- 1 Boa
- 1 Statue of liberty torch and hat
- Boys shirts/vests/ties

Set Construction/Painting at the Greenhouse this weekend!
GREAT job with sets last weekend! There will be set construction/painting at the Greenhouse from 9:00-5:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Please email Paula (paulaspaulding@hotmail.com) if you are able to attend. If your plans change over the weekend, feel free to show up at "The Greenhouse" 810 Tennis Drive, South San Francisco, CA.

Bios Are Past Due
Please send your bios electronically (short paragraph about each cast member written in the voice of a third person) to bios@piedpiperplayers.org by Saturday. If you have questions, contact Saili Gosula or Andy Cortwright.

Rehearsal Reminders
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Thursday, March 23, Transfiguration Church
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas
6:30-8:30 Dance- "Shipoopi" Shipoopi Featured Dancers (Bob O'Donnell, Keely Reynolds, Melissa Spaulding, Camille Vistica, Susan Melanson, Chris McHugh, Ryan O'Donnell, Hannah Ruwe, Xavier McNally, Nicholas Wetherbee, Justin Kawakami, Joseph Macadaeg, Jordan Ginsberg, Dimitri Wentworth, Zachary Herrera, Soren Royer-McHugh, Chris Issel, Nicholas Gumas, Emily Barmore, Macy Sharif, Naomi Gotfried, Rebecca Larson, Kirsty McBurnie, Lauren McBurnie, Claire McNally, Claire Tolson, Kelley Langans, Margaret Arcudi, Madeleine Vistica, Ali Shields, Anna-Lenna Clark, Kelsey O'Donnel, Taryn Issel, Isabella Reeves, Caitlin Teoman, Jillian Balkenhol, Rachel Share-Sapolsky

Saturday, March 25, Baywood
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Baywood Elementary School LGI, 600 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo
10:00-11:00 Blocking Act 2, Sc 1- Pick-A-Little Ladies (Liz Rolfe, Emily Barmore, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Dana Halley, Rosie Issle,
Clara Villatore, Saili Gosula, Keely Reynolds, Laurel Wetherbee
11:00-12:00 Blocking- Mrs Paroo, Marian, Winthrop
12:30-1:30 Blocking- Marian, Charlie Cowell
1:30-2:00 Blocking- Marcellus, Harold Hill, Charlie Cowell
2:00-3:00 Blocking- Marcellus, Harold Hill

Sunday, March 26, March 19, Peninsula Beth El
Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de Las Pulgas, San Mateo, Fellowship Hall
12:00-1:00 Barbershop Quartet
1:00-6:00 ALL CALLED (please note later end time)


Thursday, March 30th Transfiguration Church
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas
6:30 - 8:00 - ALL CALLED
8:00-9:00 - Shipoopi Featured Dancers PLUS all ADULTS.
Bob O'Donnell, Keely Reynolds, Melissa Spaulding, Camille Vistica, Susan Melanson, Chris McHugh, Ryan O'Donnell, Hannah Ruwe, Xavier McNally,
Nicholas Wetherbee, Justin Kawakami, Joseph Macadaeg, Jordan Ginsberg, Dimitri Wentworth, Zachary Herrera, Soren Royer-McHugh, Chris Issel, Nicholas Gumas, Emily Barmore, Macy Sharif, Naomi Gotfried, Rebecca Larson, Kirsty McBurnie, Lauren McBurnie, Claire McNally, Claire Tolson, Kelley Langans, Margaret Arcudi, Madeleine Vistica, Ali Shields, Anna-Lenna Clark, Kelsey O'Donnel, Taryn Issel, Isabella Reeves, Caitlin Teoman, Jillian Balkenhol, Rachel Share-Sapolsky, David Issel, Alison Nyberg, Mark Dooley, Alan Harrington, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Lisa Share-Sapolsky, Laurel Wetherbee, Rosie Issel, Clara Villatore, Nate Ginsberg, Liz Rolfe, Jeanne Kirkwood, Saili Gosula, Dana Halley

Please make sure you know when you are called and WHERE the rehearsals are this week (see reminder at the bottom of this email). The entire cast is called on Thursday from 6:30-8:30 at TRANSFIGURATION; Saturday from 12:30-3:00 at BAYWOOD, and Sunday, from 1:00-5:00 at BAYWOOD.

Vocals
1. We will be reviewing music with Rick Sunday before starting the run. We do not have time to re-teach all the music again so it is the casts responsibility to review between rehearsals. If you missed a rehearsal where music was taught, it is your responsibility to find someone who taped it and learn it.

2. Salesman Number (Rock Island)- needs to be off book. Please review this so everyone is off book on Sunday. (salesmen, newsreader, passengers)

Set Painting at the Greenhouse this weekend!
There will be painting at the Greenhouse. Stay tuned for a separate email with the times and other details.

Quick All Parents Meeting on Saturday, March 18 at Baywood at 12:30.

Since we have lots of information to share with everyone on Publicity, Costumes, & Raffle, we are asking someone for each family to come on Saturday at the beginning of the ALL CAST rehearsal. IF YOU ARE PAINTING SETS, you are excused from this meeting. The costume and publicity people will be there until 3:00, so those painting can pick up their information at pick up.

Publicity Workday, Saturday, March 18th, 12:30-3:00.
During the ALL CAST portion of the rehearsal, we will be having our Publicity Workday. This is an opportunity to someone from each family to pick up publicity materials to distribute, as well as help prepare (label, stamp, collate) postcards and flyers to be mailed/delivered. Please plan on staying for at least 1 hour to help.

(From our hardworking Publicity Team)

We would like all parents to find the large “sign-up posters" on the wall at rehearsal. Please volunteer to post posters, and leave flyers/ticket order forms in locations such as: pediatricians, orthodontists, family dentists, preschools, libraries, and recreation and park centers. In addition, we will be focusing on theater music and dance locations. We would also like parents to volunteer the locations of other likely high traffic locations that will post our posters. Such locations might include grocery stores, health clubs, houses of worship, child focused enrichment programs. We will not have an opportunity to prescreen the locations to see if they will accept them, so we ask that you do your best sales job as their patient to convince them to accept our promotional materials. If every family could sign-up for at least 20 distribution sites, that would ensure our success. Thank you for your continued support!

Costumes
On Saturday, our costume committee will give everyone a letter with information on each cast member's costume. They will explain the overall look of the costumes to everyone at the All-Parents meeting and then stay to answer specific questions. If you have something that you think might be appropriate for someone in the cast to wear (1912 is the show period), please bring it to show to the costume committee.

Raffle
Attached is a letter from Leslie Ragsdale, our Raffle Chair. Please plan on picking up your raffle tickets when you pick up your publicity and costume information on Saturday. Our goal is to have every cast family sell or buy at least 2 books of 6 raffle tickets. The tickets sell for $10 a book or $2 if sold individually. Details in the attached letter from Leslie.

Rehearsal Reminder
March 16, Transfiguration Church
6:30-8:30 Dance- "76 Trombones" ALL CALLED

8:30-10:00 Barbershop Quartet - block "Lida Rose"

March 18, Baywood Elementary School LGI
10:00-12:00 Dance- "Marian" Marian Featured Dancers (Ali Shields, Claire McNally, Kelley Langhans, Alexa Fallon, Lauren McBurnie, Hannah Ruwe, Macy Sharif, Margaret Arcudi, Alexis Harrington, Jillian Balkenhol, Lanie Ragsdale, Jessica Hsiao, Kirsty McBurnie, Kaila Cannal, Madeleine Vistica, Erin Macadaeg, Eve McNally, Sam Alavi, Isabella Reeves, Zachary Herrera, Nicholas Wetherbee, Joseph Macadaeg, Ryan O'Donnell, Soren Royer-McHugh, Mark Dooley, Chris Issel, David Issel, Jordan Ginsberg, Nicholas Gumas, Dimitri Wentworth, Alison Nyberg)

11:00-12:00 Add Marian and Harold Hill

12:00-12:30 Lunch Break

12:30-3:00 Review All Dances, ALL CALLED

3:00-4:00 "Wiser Girl" Dance, Harold Hill and Marcellus ONLY (this is NOT the "Wiser Girls" ensemble group)

March 19, Baywood Elementary School LGI
1:00-5:00 Work Thru Act 1, ALL CALLED

Hi everyone.
1) The Set construction/painting originally set for this weekend is cancelled due to weather issues. More information on this to follow.
2) Publicity: Now's the time to send out quick emails to everyone on your list, asking them to "Save the Date" to attend a performance of The Music Man. Attached is a letter from the Publicity Committee.
3) The rehearsal reminder is at the bottom of the email. Note: I added Liz Rolfe's name to the Pick-A-Little rehearsal on Saturday. It was
inadvertently omitted...
4) Costumes: The costume committee is beginning to beg, borrow or sew costumes.
The time period is 1912. The style is Victorian/Edwardian.
To give you a feel for what people wore in 1912, go to
http://sensibility.com/vintageimages/1900s/pagetwo.htm
If you have items that you think a cast member might be able to wear, please bring them to Sunday's rehearsal.
Here's a start to what we need:

BLOOMER ALERT
Girls or ladies knee/ankle length bloomers. Colors: any.

BOYS PANTS
Corduroy/twill/canvas-type pants that can be re-fashioned into knickerbockers.
Colors: natural, muted. No denim.

MEN'S/BOYS SHIRTS
Shirt with a band collar (a small band at the neck, no fold or points).
Colors: white, natural or muted.

EVERYDAY DRESSES/SKIRTS/BLOUSES
Cotton/calico-type fabric. Skirts: Fitted Waists. Full or Pencil skirts.
Blouses: Perhaps high collars. Gibson Girl blouse-style.
Colors: natural, muted.

SOCIABLE DRESSES
Party dresses. Feminine or frilly, lacy, bows. Floor or tea length. Vintage-style.
Colors: pastels.

Please bring what you can to rehearsal on Sunday.

Also, with 78 cast member, we are always looking for additional seamstresses. If there are parents who are not on the costume committee who
would be willing to sew their child's (or their own) costume, please let us know. Many people have other family members that would be willing and able to help, so please email Sara Steppe (sara@ssllawfirm.com) if you are one of them.

Also, if any one knows of a place we could borrow or rent band/majorette uniforms, please let Sara know ASAP.

Thanks everyone, See you at rehearsal!
Paula and Wendy (PAUNDY)
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Rehearsal Reminders:
Thursday, March 9 (Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas)
6:30-8:30 Dance "Shipoopi" Shipoopi Featured Dancers (Bob O'Donnell, Keely Reynolds, Melissa Spaulding, Camille Vistica, Susan Melanson, Chris McHugh, Ryan O'Donnell, Hannah Ruwe, Xavier McNally, Nicholas Wetherbee, Justin Kawakami, Joseph Macadaeg, Jordan Ginsberg, Dimitri Wentworth, Zachary Herrera, Soren Royer-McHugh, Chris Issel, Nicholas Gumas, Emily Barmore, Macy Sharif, Naomi Gotfried, Rebecca Larson, Kirsty McBurnie, Lauren McBurnie, Claire McNally, Claire Tolson, Kelley Langhans, Margaret Arcudi, Madeline Vistica, Ali Shields, Anna-Lena Clark, Kelsey O'Donnell, Taryn Issel, Isabella Reeves, Caitlin Teoman, Jillian Balkenhol, Rachel Share-Sapolsky)

Saturday, March 11(Baywood Elementary School LGI, 600 Alameda de las Pulgas)
10:00-11:00 Blocking Tommy, Zanetta, Mayor Shinn, Zachary Herrera, Dimitri Wentworth, David Issel
10:30 add Harold Hill, Alison Nyberg, Mark Dooley
11:00-12:00 Blocking Tommy, Zanetta
11:00-12:00 Dance Pick-A-Little Ladies, Pick-A-Little Kiddies, Barbershop Quartet (Emily Barmore, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Lisa
Share-Saplosky, Dana Halley, Rosie Issel, Clara Villatore, Saili Gosula, Keely Reynolds, Laural Wetherbee, Liz Rolfe, Rachel Share-Sapolsky, Cami
Steppe, Justine Glinden, Katie Lague, Alyssa Sims, Isabela Cortwright, Cal Dooley, Makena Reynolds, Teagan Reynolds, Jillian Rolnick, Amanda Teoman, Hannah Wilkin, Alison Nyberg, Mark Dooley, David Issel)
12:30-2:30 Blocking Marian
1:00-1:30 add Amaryllis
1:30-2:30 add Eulalie
2:00-3:00 add Winthrop
3:00-4:00 Blocking/Character Work Harold Hill

Sunday March 12 (Baywood Elementary School LGI, 600 Alameda de las Pulgas)
1:00-5:00 All Cast Review Act 1

A few bits of new information and a few reminders...

1. Set Construction/ Set Painting- This will begin next weekend (March 11&12) from 9 to 5. Details will follow... However, if you are available to
help please let Paula Spaulding know.(paulaspaulding@hotmail.com) Please identify the date(s) and time(s) you are available.-Thanks

2. OnLine Ticketing- New this season- You can purchase tickets forThe Music Man through our website.(piedpiperplayers.org)

3. Costumes- Margaret Arcudi, Mimi Lynde, Eve McNally, Lisa and Rachel Share-Sapolsky, and Macy Sharif still need to turn in their forms. PLEASE TURN IN YOUR FORMS THIS WEEKEND.


4. Schedule

THURSDAY, March 2 (Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo)
6:00-6:30 Dance "Trouble" Group #1 & Group #2 (Trouble Group #1: Xavier McNally, Nicholas Wetherbee, Justin Kawakami, Joseph Macadaeg, Jordan Ginsberg, Zachary Hererra, Nicholas Gumas, Alexis Harrington, Samantha Rosen; Ryan O'Donnell, Jillian Balkenhol, Trouble Group #2:Caitlin Teoman, Sarah Roberts, Kate Redfield, Mimi Lynde, Camille Halley, Colette Cuneo, Isabella Reeves, Amanda Teoman, Ali Shields, Erin Macadaeg, Rebecca Larson
6:30-8:00 Dance "Trouble" ALL CAST (Everyone)
8:00-10:00 Vocal Barbershop Quartet

SATURDAY March 4 (Baywood LGI, 600 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo):
10:00 - 11:30 Dance "Marian" Marian Featured Dancers (Ali Shields, Claire McNally, Kelley Langhans, Alexa Fallon, Lauren McBurnie, Hannah Ruwe, Macy Sharif, Margaret Arcudi, Alexis Harrington, Jillian Balkenhol, Lanie Ragsdale, Jessica Hsiao, Kirsty McBurnie, Kaila Cannal, Madeline Vistica, Erin Macadaeg, Eve McNally, Sam Alavi, Isabella Reeves, Zachary Herrera, Nicholas Wetherbee, Joseph Macadaeg, Ryan O'Donnell, Soren Royer-McHugh, Mark Dooley, Chris Issel, David Issel, Jordan Ginsberg, Nicholas Gumas, Dimitri Wentworth, Alison Nyberg)
11:30 - 12:30 Dance/Movement BSQ/Pick-a-Little Ladies (no Kiddies) (Liz Rolfe, Emily Barmore, Leslie Ragsdale, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Lisa
Share-Sapolsky, Dana Halley, Rosie Issel, Clara Villatore, Saili Gosula, Keely Reynolds, Laurel Wetherbee, Mark Dooley, Alison Nyberg, David Issel)
12:30 -1:30 Dance "Marian" Harold, Marian ONLY (no Featured Dancers)
1:30 - 3:00 Blocking Marian, Harold
2:00-3:00 Dance Majorettes (Erin Macadaeg, Mimi Lynde, Cami Steppe, Kelsey O'Donnell, Kaila Cannal, Alyssa Sims, Kirsty McBurnie)
3:00 - 4:00 Blocking Mrs. Paroo, Marian, Winthrop

SUNDAY, March 5 (Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, Fellowship Hall):
1:00 - 3:00 Dance "Trouble" ALL CAST
3:00 - 4:15 Dance Review ALL CAST
4:15 - 5:00 Blocking/Character Work ALL CAST

Hello Music Man Families
We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. Just a few reminders...

1. Conflict Calendars- Please keep Alyssa Goldrath updated with your conflicts. When filling out the conflict calendar, some people wrote "possible" conflict on certain dates. Let Alyssa know a.s.a.p. when and if something changes. Please keep in mind that cast members are only allowed to miss 2 all cast practices!

2. Cast List -This list will be published and distributed with addresses and phone # etc. at this Sunday's rehearsal. If you do NOT want this
information published please let Paula know by Thursday night (Feb. 23).

3. Costumes- The costume form is past due. If you have not turned in your form, please turn it in on Sunday.

4. Rehearsal Venues- Please note the three different rehearsal locations listed at the bottom of this email! Please note there was a change in
Saturday's rehearsal from 3:00-5:00. Charlie, the Salesmen and Newsreaders are now called (instead of the barbershop quartet). Please let Alyssa know ASAP if you cannot make it. The Train passengers are not called for Saturday.

5. Playbill Advertisements (from Dana Halley)- We are looking for advertisers to run ads in our upcoming The Music Man playbill. Advertising
helps defray the cost of printing the playbill/program, so that we don't need to take the money out of our production budget. Here's why running an ad in our playbill makes great sense:

Reach over 2000 local residents
Advertising in a Pied Piper Players playbill give business owners a chance to promote their businesses to a large group of mostly local theatergoers. Approximately 2000 folks have come to see our previous plays, and we're confident that The Music Man will bring in even more. And of course, everyone who comes to see the play looks at the playbill. Since most of our audience members come from nearby peninsula towns (mainly San Mateo, Foster City, Burlingame and Belmont), advertising in the PPP playbill gives local businesses valuable, targeted exposure.

Toot your own horn
Also, the program offers a great opportunity to plug your own business. Running your business card will cost you only $35 and requires no creative output. Or, you can put together a half or full-page ad for enhanced exposure. If you need our help putting together graphics and copy, we can offer assistance. Right now, the inside of the front and back covers are still available, but they won't last long.

Kudos and then some
We also encourage you to purchase ad space to congratulate your PPP cast or crew member. (It really makes our cast feel great to see their friends' and family's words of encouragement in print on opening night!) You can run such an ad for as little as $35.

Now spread the word
Kindly print out the attached form (2 pages) and distribute to any potential advertisers you might come across. Ideas: a favorite restaurant, your dry cleaner, professional service providers (e.g. lawyers, dentists, mortgage brokers, real estate agents), florists, music teachers, local stores, etc. We could really use your help soliciting these ad sales.

The deadline will be here before we know it and we need to sell the ads.
Please contact me at danamoe@rcn.com or 638.1665, if you have any questions.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to call or email us. See you this weekend!
Paula and Wendy


Schedule for Thursday, Feb 23 (Borel Middle School, 425 Barneson, SM,
Classroom 4)
6:00-6:30 Dance "Shipoopi" (Tommy & Zaneeta are called)
6:00-7:00 Vocal Winthrop
6:30-8:30 Dance "Shipoopi" Add Featured Shipoopi Dancers
7:00-8:30 Harold Hill, Add Marian at 7:30
8:30-10:00 Vocal BSQ

Schedule for Saturday, Feb 24 (PJCC Board Room, next to the lobby)
**Enter through main lobby entrance, and go to the board room (to the left
of the lobby)
12:00-1:00 Winthrop Vocal
1:00-2:00 Vocal P-A-L Ladies, Barbershop Quarter (BSQ), Marian, Harold
1:00-2:00 Dance Majorettes
2:00-3:00 Vocal Marian, Mrs.Paroo, Amaryllis, Winthrop, BSQ
2:00-3:00 Dance P-A-L Ladies
3:00-5:00 Vocal Salesmen, Charlie, Newsreaders
3:00-5:00 Dance Trouble Group 1

Schedule for Sunday, Feb 25 (Baywood Elementary School, 600 Alameda de las
Pulgas, San Mateo in the LGI)
1:00-5:00 Vocal Review (All Cast is called)
Dance Review "Iowa" for an hour at some point

As you know, there is no rehearsal this weekend. Those who are called this Thursday are listed at the bottom of this email. This week's update is all about the Raffle.

Music Man Raffle (from Leslie Ragsdale)

While we’ve just started with rehearsals and it may seem as if opening night is still a long ways off, the raffle donation request letters have already been mailed and we’ve already started receiving prizes!!

Raffle ticket sales and donations are an important source of fund raising revenue for Pied Piper Players so I’d like to ask each of you for some help in making this raffle a huge success by asking around to some of the places you frequent or people you know that may be in a position to donate a prize to our raffle. I’ve enclosed the donor solicitation letter in case you would like to print it off and pass it out as you ask for donations.

I know that we’re all so busy right now, but please keep this email around as a reminder to ask a relative or local business that you frequent if they would like to donate a gift or service to help out our raffle. I want to give you as much time as possible to help make our Music Man raffle a huge success. For some of you this may be an easy request. You may have family or friends that you can ask if they would be interested in donating a gift or service that we could use for our raffle. For others, like myself, it means reaching out whenever you get the chance and asking the businesses you frequent if they would like to make a donation for our raffle. You’ll be surprised at how many would be delighted to donate. Especially when they know that their donation will benefit the kids of our community.

Whether or not you pass out a donation letter, a ‘thank you’ letter will be sent out for every donation we receive, so please remember to include with all donations the mailing address details and the person that should be thanked. Our ‘thank you’ letter will provide the non-profit tax ID number that they will need at the end of the year for tax purposes.

To make our raffle a success, we need lots of people to buy raffle tickets and the best way to do that is to have LOTs of great raffle prizes!! Many of you know Frankie Hebert from past PPP productions. Although her daughter is not in our current show, she has already built on her past amazing work with the raffle and sent out donor requests for our current raffle. Due to her great work, we've already received a number of excellent prizes. Current prizes include: Tickets to Beach Blanket Babylon, Theater Works, Peninsula Ballet Theater, lots of video games, Sees Candy, Entrance to The Jungle, SF Zoo, Happy Hallow Zoo, Children's Discovery Museum of SJ, Exploratorium, Six Flags Marine World, PJCC Fitness guest passes, gift certificates and much more... Let's add to the momentum. If you could make it your goal to supply at least one raffle prize each family, we could reach our magic number of 76 raffle prizes.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I appreciate the time you will be taking from your busy days to reach out to others in your family, friends and community. If I can answer any questions you may have, please don’t hesitate to send me an email. My contact information is leslie_ragsdale@comcast.net or 650-348-5001.

Rehearsal Reminder: Thursday, Feb. 16; Transfiguration Church, 3900 Aladeda de las Pulgas
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6:00-7:00 Tommy, Zunetta

7:00-8:00 Marian, Mrs. Paroo, Amaryllis

7:00-8:00 Marcellus, Keely Reynolds

8:00-10:00 Quartet

Publicity Update: There will be an important meeting for all the families signed up on the publicity committee (Kathleen Wenthworth, Penny Fergeson, Gail Roberts, Amy Wu, Linda Himmelstein, Kelly Clarke, Kristin Cuneo, Chris Redfield, Anne Lynde, Lissa Shope-Teoman, Sara Steppe, Cheryl Herrera, Susie Reeves) from 10:05-11:00 on Saturday, Feb 11. The meeting will be in the PJCC Boardroom (next to the lobby). You can drop your kids off at the rehearsal and then come to the boardroom as you are leaving the PJCC.

Costume Update: Please turn in your completed costume form at Sunday's rehearsal (available on the "downloadable forms" section of our website www.piedpiperplayers.org). If you are unable to do the measurements at home, please stay 5-20 minutes after Sunday's rehearsal to get help with your measurements (members of our costume committee will be available to help).

Also, the Costume Committee needs more members. If anyone is willing to switch from their current committee to costumes, please let us know.

Other Announcements:
1) On the master calender, we indicated that there would be a meeting for all committee heads on Sunday. That meeting is cancelled. Instead, we are working with each committee head individually.
2) A cast list (with names, emails, addresses & home phone numbers) will be distributed in the coming weeks. Please email us if you do NOT want your contact information distributed to the cast.
3) More Lost & Found Items: Please keep track of your items! We have a black nylon jacket, blue girls sweater, a green belt & a blue plastic cup. They will be at the rehearsal on Saturday.

Rehearsal Reminder:
We will be holding our Music Man rehearsals at 5 different locations (Transfiguration Church, Peninsula Temple Beth El, Baywood Elementary School, Borel Middle School, and The PJCC). Please make sure you carefully look at the schedule to see where we are rehearsing. The schedule is always in the Calendar Section of our website.

This weekend's rehearsals will be held at the PJCC on 800 Foster City Blvd, Foster City. Please plan on walking your child into the building to ensure they get to the rehearsal room. Ask your child to sign in and out for every rehearsal. All cast members should bring a notepad and pencil to take down choreography and blocking notes. Please have the cast member dress comfortably AND bring a water bottle (with their name on it) and snack. All cast members should pack a lunch for Saturday's rehearsal. The PJCC requests that no pork or shellfish be brought to the facility. For those who have never been to the PJCC, please allow a few extra minutes to get to the rehearsal room. You will be asked to sign in at the security desk when you enter the lobby of the PJCC

Thursday Feb. 9, Transfiguration Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo
7:00-8:00 Tommy, Zaneeta (Dance, "Shipoopi")
7:00-9:00 Barbershop Quartet (Vocal work)
8:00-9:00 Marcellus, Keely Reynolds (Dance, "Shipoopi")
8:30-10:00 Marian, Harold (Vocal work)

Saturday Feb. 11, PJCC, 800 Foster City Blvd, Foster City. Preschool Multi-Purpose Room
[Enter the MAIN BUILDING LOBBY, sign in and ask for the Preschool Multipurpose Room]
10:00-3:00 All called (Vocal work/Dance "Iowa Stubborn")
12:30-1:00 Winthrop (Vocal work)
1:00-1:30 Marcellus (Vocal work)
1:30-2:00 Marcellus, Harold (Vocal work)
2:00-3:30 Harold (Vocal work)
*Please provide a bag lunch for your actor!!

Sunday Feb. 12, PJCC Preschool Multi-Purpose Room
1:00-2:00 5-10 year olds (Acting workshop)
1:00-2:00 Salesman, Charlie, Newsreaders (Vocal work)
2:00-4:00 All called (Vocal work)
4:00-5:00 Pick-a-Little Ladies (Vocal work)
4:00-5:00 11 and up (Acting workshop)