Taree Eistedfod 2015 Handbook Final copy

Taree Eisteddfod GROUP HANDBOOK 2015
Please read this note carefully and check with me if you have any questions or concerns.
Please be in Taree Manning Entertainment Centre 1hr prior to your session starting with your
hair and makeup done, dressed ready to perform. This is very important as it gives students time
to warm up and mentally prepare for their performance (eg. for nerves to settle) If you are late it
will rattle the students and put everyone on edge, which will impact on the student’s performance.
Please do not be late. We will be dressing in THE MARQUEE AT THE BACK OF THE THEATRE
with All Stars and Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance.
If you are sick, have car trouble or there is anything stopping you from being at the theatre on time
please text Miss Stacey as early as possible on 0402314474, Miss Cathy on 0417823255 or
Lazette 0417254832.
Compulsory Eisteddfod/Showcase Rehearsal – Saturday 9th May 2015 - Port studios
If you miss this rehearsal you cannot perform at the eisteddfod, please don’t be away, if you are
sick be here to watch. Students must wear class uniform with their hair in a neat classical bun.
Students must bring the correct dance shoes (tap, ballet, jazz etc) that they will be wearing to
perform in. Students are encouraged to bring Water and healthy snacks. No makeup is required.
Please drive 15mins prior to your commencement time for marshalling and warm up.
9:30 -10:30am Port Macquarie Junior Combo, Kindy Combo and Petite Performers
Wings, Pink Panther, One, Candy Man, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, Dancing Poodles, Rockin Robin
10:15- 11:15am 7 & 8yrs Performance and Non Performance Groups (Tuesday & Thursday)
Route 66, A Whole New World, Walk the Dinosaur, Shake it Off, Red Ballet
11:00- 11.45am Boys Class & Mini Men
Mortal Combat, Blame It on the Boogie
11:30- 12:45pm 10yrs Performance and Non Performance (Tuesday & Thursday)
Hey Mickey, Join the Circus, Hair, Amazing Grace, Uptown Funk, Alice in Wonderland, White
Ballet, JPP, Contemporary
12:30- 2:00pm 12yrs Performance and Non Performance Groups (Including Musical Theatre)
Jade Ballet, Cream Ballet, Hip to Be Square, Nutbush, Roar, Be Our Guest, Crazy, Revolting
Children
1:45 -2:45pm Port Macquarie & Bonny Hills Twinkle Toes
Wizard of Oz, Butterfly Kisses, Dancin Pants, Beach Fun, Feelings
2.30-3.00pm All Wauchope Classes
3:30- 4:00pm Non Performance Jazz & Contemporary Seniors (Friday)
Deeper Love, Sweet Child
1.00- 5.00pm All IPP Groups, 14yrs & Senior Performance Groups
Water, Clarity, Operator, Flicker, Wasted Time, Sweet Dreams, Circle of Life, Raise the Roof, Kinky
Boots, In the Middle, Classique, Desi Girl, Howl, Work, Chandelier, Counting Stars, FireBall,
Sassy, Church
TAREE EISTEDDFOD GROUPS Manning Entertainment Centre 2015
FRIDAY 6.30pm SESSION
COUNTING STARS
REVOLTING CHILDREN
NUT BUSH CITY LIMIT
CRAZY - MODERN
BE THERE BY 5.30PM
(14YRS CONTEMPORARY)
(9-12 YRS MUSICAL THEATRE)
(12 YRS JAZZ PERFORMANCE)
(12 YRS PERFORMANCE)
4 OF 11
2 OF 2
3 OF 10
9 0F 11
SATURDAY 8.30AM SESSION
RED BALLET
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
UPTOWN FUNK
WHOLE NEW WORLD
BE THERE BY 7.30AM
(8 YRS PERFORMANCE)
(10 YRS TAP)
(10 YRS PEFORMANCE JAZZ)
(8 YRS PERFORMANCE)
5 OF 5
3 OF 4
8 OF 12
2 OF 5
SATURDAY 11.30am SESSION
WHITE BALLET
POODLES
SHAKE IT OFF
AMAZING GRACE
BE THERE BY 10.30 AM
(10 YRS PERFORMANCE)
(PETITE PERFORMERS)
(8 YRS JAZZ PERFORMANCE)
(10 YRS PERFORMANCE)
4 OF 7
1 OF 4
8 OF 10
8 OF 9
SATURDAY 3.00pm SESSION
AQUA BALLET
CREAM BALLET
FIREBALL
WASTED TIME
OPERATOR
FLICKER
BE THERE BY 2.00PM
(12 YRS PERFORMANCE)
(12 YRS PERFORMANCE)
(OPEN TAP)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
1 of 8
4 of 8
2 of 5
2 of 14
6 of 14
11 of 14
SATURDAY 6.30pm SESSION
IN THE MIDDLE BALLET
KINKY BOOTS
SWEET DREAMS
BE THERE BY 5.30PM
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(MUSICAL THEATRE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
4 OF 8
2 OF 9
7 0F 14
SUNDAY 8.30 am SESSION
CLASSIQUE BALLET
HAIR
BE OUR GUEST
SASSY
ROAR
BE THERE BY 7.30AM
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(7-9 MUSICAL THEATRE)
(12 YRS MUSICAL THEATRE)
(14 YEARS JAZZ)
(12 YRS CONTEMPORARY)
2 OF 9
3 OF 6
6 OF 6
3 OF 12
3 OF 8
SUNDAY 11.00am SESSION
TAKE ME TO CHUCRH
DESI GIRL
HIP TO BE SQUARE
BE THERE BY 10.00AM
(OWN CHOREOGRAPHY)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(12 YRS TAP)
2 OF 6
4 OF 4
3 OF 4
SUNDAY 3.00pm SESSION
HIP HOP -WORK
RAISE THE ROOF
CLARITY – MODERN
WATER - MODERN
HOWL CABARET
BE THERE BY 2.OOPM
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE)
(MUSICAL THEATRE)
2 OF 7
1 OF 2
5 OF 11
11 OF 11
5 OF 6
WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT NOT TO WEAR and YOUR HAIR! – Your questions answered!
ALL GROUPS
All group students must bring to EVERY performance/eisteddfod
• AT LEAST 50 Bobby Pins
• AT LEAST 50 Safety Pins
• AT LEAST 3 hairnets the same colour as your hair
NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!
Do not turn up expecting to borrow other peoples, be responsible for your own belongings, its too
expensive for organised and generous parents to constantly have to replenish their supplies of
these items because they are handing them out to students who DID NOT COME PREPARED!!!!
Costume carers from each group will take all the costumes clearly labelled with your child's name.
Please ensure the costume and all accessories are returned to the same coat hanger and
returned to the mum concerned when your child has finished. Could costume carers please check
lists and ensure all students dancing at the Eisteddfod groups has a costume. There have been
changes in numbers in many groups, please check names on list given. Thank you to our costume
carers for helping with our costumes. Please hold on to your costumes after group weekend and
bring them with you to Showcase the following weekend.
The following items not to be seen on stage please - earrings, belly bars, watches, tattoos,
necklaces and nail polish.
All Classical Ballet groups
MUST HAVE CLEAN BALLET SHOES OR POINTE SHOES WITH RIBBONS.
Pink like new ballet stockings with a back up pair for emergencies
Clean, newly painted, if necessary – leather ballet shoes with proper ballet ribbons sewn in the
correct place, not too far forward. If your child dances in both a Classical group and an Expressive
group you can attach both ribbons and elastic but tuck elastic under foot when you use ribbons
and ribbons away when you use elastic & never wear both at the same time.
No underpants – Pre-Seniors & Seniors may wear a skin tone G-string & body stocking.
8 Yrs : Red Ballet - BUN
10 Yrs : White Ballet - BUN
12 Yrs : Aqua and Cream - BUN
14 Yrs : Classique - BUN
SNR : In The Middle - HIGH BUN (TOP OF HEAD)
All Modern Expressive groups
MUST HAVE CLEAN BALLET SHOES WITH ELASTIC.
Pink new like ballet stockings with a back up pair for emergencies
Clean, newly painted if necessary leather ballet shoes with pink coloured elastic across the top.
No underpants. Pre-Seniors & Seniors may wear a skin tone G-string & body stocking.
8 Yrs : Whole New World - BUN
10 Yrs : Amazing Grace - BUN
12 Yrs : Crazy - BUN
Snr : Clarity - BUN
Water - HAIR HALF UP, HALF DOWN
All Tap groups
Skin tone skins/Tan tights (not shimmers), Black oxford shoes for all Fireball tap students with
skins/tan tights. Black buckle tap shoes or Black oxfords for all students 12yrs and under.
No underpants. Pre-Seniors & Seniors may wear a skin tone G-string & body stocking.
Alice in Wonderland - BUN
Hip To Be Square - MIDDLE PART, LOW BUN
Fireball - BUN
All Jazz groups
Skin tone skins (not shimmers) new like black Jazz shoes, with laces tucked in.
No underwear. Pre-Seniors & Seniors may wear a skin tone G-string & body stocking.
8 Yrs : Shake It Off - BUN
10 Yrs : Uptown Funk - BUN
12 Yrs : Nut Bush - BUN
14 Yrs : Sassy - HIGH PONY TAIL,TEASED
Snr : Sweet Dreams - SLICK HIGH PONY TAIL, STRAIGHTENED
Musical Theatre/Variety/Song and Dance/Cabaret/Bollywood groups
Hair - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) new like black Jazz shoes - HAIR OUT
Revolting Children - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) new like black Jazz shoes - MESSY HAIR
Howl - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) Black Chorus Shoes - BUN
Kinky Boots - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) Black Chorus Shoes - OWN FLURO COLOURED
COSTUME PLUS WIG
Desi Girl - Tan stirrup tights, bring Hollywood tape - BUN
Work It (Hip Hop) - No stockings, own clean/like re hip hop sneakers - HIGH PONY TAIL
Raise The Roof - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) Black Chorus Shoes - BUN
Be our Guest - Skin tone skins (not shimmers) Black Jazz Shoes
MAIDS - CENTRE PART, BUN
CANDLESTICKS - LOW BUN
TEAPOTS - LOW BUN
WAITERS - HIGH BALLET BUN
BELLE - CURLED AND OUT
MRS POTS - BUN
Petite Performers
Poodles - 2 HIGH BUNS OVER TOP OF EARS, BALLET STOCKINGS, CLEAN LIKE NEW
BALLET SHOES WITH ELASTICS. (NO RIBBONS)
Contemporary groups – ALL TAN STIRRUPS AND FOOT UNDIES
Roar - CENTRE PART WITH PLAIT
Counting Stars - 2 LOW PLAITS CROSSING OVER EARS
Operator - BUN
Flicker - LEFT SIDE PART WITH PLAIT
Wasted - BUN
Own Choreography
Take Me To The Church - tan stirrups and bare feet please.
Teachers will be checking hair and makeup in the dressing rooms. Do your hair and makeup
before you arrive.
HAIR
Hair for all students: If BUN: a flat classical bun on the crown of the head. Please use plenty of Gel
and remember not to wash hair at least 3 days before Eisteddfod to ensure it stays in. Do hair
before you arrive at the Glasshouse.
ALL HEADPIECES MUST BE PINNED AND CHECKED
MAKEUP
Do your makeup before you arrive at the Manning Entertainment Centre
4 main rules of WPMPA stage make up
• Foundation to match your skin tone
• Red lips (not pink, not brown)
• Pink cheeks
• Mascara for under 12’s and for 13’s and over black long/not too dark fake eyelashes.
Eyeshadow - Light pink on the eyes for under 12years and light browns for older age groups.
For all students - White eyeshadow on the upper eye, brown eyebrows.
No eyeliner wings just a line parallel with under the eye with liquid eyeliner if possible
Every child competing at Taree Eisteddfod must have a WPMPA jacket to wear over costume.
Wear this to and from and at venue. If you do not have a jacket, please buy a black jacket, take it
to ‘Constable Printing’ to have our logo printed on it. We will not be ordering any new jackets this
year as we plan to have our logo re-branded by 2016. Please wear your WPMPA performance
singlet (To be handed out to students prior to group weekend) and black jazz pants or ballet school
colours (blue and black) to and from the theatre and between routines if you have a break
between dances.
Behaviour and expectations
No WPMPA student is to ever be in the theatre in costume. Ever.
DO NOT GET CHANGED IN THE TOILETS, USE A CAPE OR TOWEL, DRESSING GOWN ETC.
THE TOILETS ARE NEITHER CLEAN ENOUGH OR SAFE ENOUGH FOR COSTUMES TO BE
NEAR.
At the eisteddfod please remember......CLAP FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST YOUR OWN
SCHOOL. Represent our school with professionalism, this means no loud wooing or yelling, each
of the teachers will be watching students to ensure this doesn't happen, you are at the theatre not
a football game and will be asked to leave the theatre if you behave inappropriately. Do not move
when dancers are on stage, do not play on your phone in the theatre. Do not talk in the theatre, it
is distracting and disrespectful to the dancers on stage and the adjudicator and don't think she
can't hear you, trust me, she can, every word!!
Show respect and common courtesy for each other, other schools, members of the committee,
stage managers, ticket sellers, food sellers but especially teachers and parents who have put in
much time to get you prepared for this big weekend.
Please pick up all of your rubbish before you leave the change room.
DO NOT EAT IN COSTUME OR NEAR COSTUMES.
DO NOT BRING HOT OR GREASY FOOD INTO THE CHANGE ROOMS NEAR ANY OF THE
COSTUMES. This also applies to seniors and younger brothers and sisters who may not be
dancing, if you need to feed them whilst you are changing a dancer, please set them up away from
costumes and children in costumes. As parents and teachers if you see that these requests are
not being met please ask the child in question to get changed, but PLEASE do it nicely and the
way you yourself would wish to be reminded. If you are a parent and another parent has asked
your child to put the food away until they are out of costumes way, do not be offended, but instead
be pleased someone has stopped your child possibly spoiling a costume and the hours you may
save having to launder or remake a damaged costume.
Groups and solo children that are dancing in the same section, dance for our school, not against
each other. Be interested in all students on stage not just our own. Please wish all competitors in
your section good luck not just your team mates. No rivalry or sharp words between team mates,
class mates or with other schools, you are part of the same big team, the same family, please
unite and work together as children, teenagers and adults.
Whilst I hope we are all proud of our school and students, lets not be competitive with other
schools. It is important that students learn to appreciate the worth in what everyone is doing and
take both success and gaining no place as a journey.
Students should be proud to be selected to be part of a team that has the chance to perform in an
eisteddfod, to learn the valuable lessons of companionship, good sportsmanship, working
together, co-operating, and rehearsing towards the highest standard you can achieve. This is what
I hope you take away from eisteddfods, these qualities are more important to me than trophies.
To get the best from any student they first must enjoy what they are doing and then develop
physically. Hopefully during this process the dedication and determination to do the best will
hopefully follow. As adults we need to encourage and support, not judge and compare.
When students arrive backstage please stay well back and very quiet and well mannered with
nominated students politely telling the stage manager that your group is all here and ready to
dance.
Help each other out, if someone needs something even if they are from other schools do your best
to help them, you never know when they will be on hand to lend you some spares stockings in the
future!
I’m proud of you all, so let’s have fun and make this Eisteddfod a great experience for all. Please
join me in thanking your teachers for all of their hard work in preparing you for this event and our
great team of ballet parents without whom we couldn’t give the students this opportunity.
Miss Stacey
A note for Solo students
Pre-eisteddfod
A few weeks before the eisteddfod, the costume should be organized, and practice with props
should already be well underway. Correct s hoes should definitely be used already, however, a few
days before the performance they may need to be repainted or polished, but do not paint shoes
the day before because they not dry in time for the performance! Also, a practice run of hair and
makeup never hurts. If you are worried about a hairstyle that may fall out, then your child is most
welcome to practice in the 'do' before the day. Special effects such as elaborate makeup will also
need to be organized with the teacher before the eisteddfod. Try on your costumes this week in
case you have grown out of them or they need repairs that you have forgotten about.
A new CD with the music of your child's routine needs to be burned in a generic format that when
tested on various players, it still works. Not every sound system is the same, and some players do
not read certain CD formats. Even though the CD that is used for class is working, it is always
good to be on the safe side and have a new CD. With a backup just in case. Check the eisteddfod
syllabus for the correct format. Try to avoid having many copies of the cd you wish to use in your
cd cases eg. Uncut versions, old versions etc. We don't want a mum put the wrong cd in situation
even though the cd said jazz solo on it!!
Please pack the day night/before, all costumes should be put into a clothes bag, and all shoes,
props, and accessories should be packed. Check and double check you have your cd and backup
cd’s. Preparing all things before the actual day makes sure everything is organized and gives a
less chance of forgetting something.
On the day for students:
Before: Because everything should have been packed the previous day, this gives you the time to
mentally prepare and get to the venue early to warm up. You should aim to arrive one hour before
your session starts, earlier if you are in the first section. It is your choice to do your hair and
makeup either at home or at the venue, but either way you need to leave enough time to get there
at least one hour before the session starts. You must be dressed ready to perform 30mins before
the session starts.
When you get to the venue, you need to hand in your music and mark off your name. This needs
to be done as soon as possible to make sure you are not withdrawn from your section! Then it is
important to go and find your teacher in the audience for last minute encouragement, we try to
make sure whereever possible that WPMPA is represented by staff at each competition to be there
to see students perform. This cannot always be possible but we try our best. If in the event that we
cannot be there please text us to let us know how you danced as we will be thinking of you!
Always cover up your costume with a cape, dressing gown or any other type of robe that covers
the entire costume. Costumes should be put on only once the student is fully warmed up. This
prevents any accidents such as broken clips or popped seams, and it also gives you enough time
to fix them up if they do happen. Also, if your child is in costume but needs to go outside for
whatever reason, then cover up their shoes! Put on a pair of thick socks, slippers or large shoes to
avoid scratches, stepping in a wet patch or any other unfortunate incidents!
It is always helpful to go through the routine before you go on stage. Having an iPod, MP3 Player
or a small CD player (with low volume) is a great way to practice beforehand. This makes sure all
mental blanks are gone and to help you to 'get in the zone' so your performance is smooth and at
its best.
Students will then need to go backstage to the marshalling area to be marked off by the stage
manager, where they will wait to enjoy the performance; parents can make their way into the
auditorium.
After: The competitors are required to come back on stage for the adjudication. For this, they
should still be in full costume with hair and makeup still done, unless they are in the next section
which they can then go on stage with a cape or robe over their next costume. Do not go back on
stage in casual clothes or ballet school jackets and shirts, stage is for costumes! No student is
allowed in the audience in costume, make sure you are covered up!
For each dance, the competitor is given a report which has the adjudicator's comments and
feedback. Every adjudicator is different with their own experience. Some may write only a few
lines whilst other may write an essay! Everything they say is only there to benefit your child and
the teacher, whether it be for technique, choreography, or just for for the routine in general. It is
also the case that comments may not match up with the results of the section, please do not turn
this into a negative experience for the student with comments such as ‘that adjudicator doesn’t
know what she’s talking about’, remember its only one persons opinion on one day and the most
important thing is that the student tries his/her best and has a good time. Show your report to your
teacher
Performing on stage is very hard on the nerves, especially when it is the first time performing on
stage alone, or for a new routine. Everyone needs to have support, just as much as they need to
give support. Whether you win or even if you do not place, students still need to show good
sportsmanship towards others.
Please take your reports to your next private lesson so that your teacher can go over them with
you.
Overall, Solos should be a fun experience for all involved and can be very rewarding for students
and teachers. If at any time you have questions about private lessons or solos contact Stacey on
0402314474.
Good luck/Chookas!!