Bah, Humbug! Cast

Here’s the cast for the Bah, Humbug! show:

Ebenezer Scrooge:  Anthony Berry
Fran:  Marlee Simmons
Beth Cratchit:  Sara Deatherage
Belinda Cratchit:  Kevyn Meheula
Peter Cratchit:  Preston Williams
Martha Cratchit:  Lauren Lane
Mary Cratchit:  Chamblee Smith
Virginia Cratchit:  Karly Buchanan
Josie Marley:  Elise Bianconi
Polly Poynter:  Klara Brooks
Winnie Winslow:  Kat Forester
Victoria Vasser:  Taylor Wolfenbarger
Spirit of Christmas Past:  Breanna McKamey
Fanny:  Samantha Jones
Miss Fezziwig:  Jessica Brock
Spirit of Christmas Present:  Brandon Dalton
Spirit of Christmas Future:  Andrew Wolfe
Rachel:  Alexandra Whyte
Caroline:  Samantha Roop
Tipper:  Rachel Sykes
Paddy:  Will Buckenmyer
Lizzie:  Allie Brinegar
Sal:  Leeann McGeorge
Dilly:  Meghan Stiles
Dorie:  Shantel Waters
Waifs, Goblins, and Carolers:  Lamont Johnson, Emily Riggs, Dee Dee Hopkin-Peters, Keisha Nieto, Marie Buckalew, Mandy Allbee

Congratulations, all!

Cheesecake 1st day

Top sellers for the first day of the cheesecake sale:

• Vocal Workshop:  Mia Wallace, 21 sold
• Concert Choir:  Emily Riggs, 10 sold
• Musical Theater:  Brandon Dalton, 46 sold

Wow!  Keep up the good work!  Brandon takes the “1st to 40″ prize and the “1st day top seller” prize.  He’ll be taking his favorite teachers out for lunch, I’m sure….

Cheesecake, Cheesecake, Cheesecake!

Both choirs and the Musical Theater class are selling cheesecakes for Thanksgiving delivery.  Students should have forms with them, or they may pick them up in the choir room.

Here are the details:

• Cheesecakes are 2-pounders, (8 slices per!).  They’re plenty good, too.
• Cheesecakes come in 4 varieties:  New York (plain), Strawberry Swirl, Chocolate Lover’s Variety (2 slices apiece of Mississippi Mud, Fudge Brownie, Caramel Turtle, and Triple Chocolate), and the Variety Sampler (2 slices apiece of Triple Chocolate, New York Style, Strawberry Swirl, and Mississippi Mud).
• We’re selling them for $16 per cake.  Sweet deal!
• The campaign is over (i.e., all orders and all money in to Mr. Davis) Monday, November 10.  Orders submitted without money will not be counted toward your total, and Mr. Davis will not include them in the order he places with the company.

Here are the incentive deals:

• 1st student to sell 40 cheesecakes–$40 
• Students get to draw once from the cash envelope for every 6 cheesecakes sold.
• The top seller after the first day will have his or her cash drawings tripled in value
• Students who sell 16 cheesecakes get one free, plus a free cheesecake for every 10 sold thereafter

Some students are already having loads of success!  Start stocking your choral accounts NOW while the Thanksgiving season is here!

Oklahome Pics Are Now Online

Ms. Love has put the pics from our Wednesday in-school rehearsal and Thursday night’s opening on her website for viewing a purchasing.  Click here to go to her site.

Thank you, Ms. Love!

New Twitter Feed for the Choir Guy

West High Choir Guy now has a Twitter feed for those of you who love text messaging and don’t care so much to check your email or blog readers (it turns out there’s more of you out there than I thought).

If you already have a Twitter account, just follow the Choir Guy feed at http://twitter.com/whschoirguy.  I’ll update the feed only when I update the blog or when I need to get information to you quickly.  Don’t worry about getting too many updates from the Choir Guy–I keep a separate personal feed for nonsense like “sitting @ Starbuck’s reading the latest Patrick O’Ryan novel.”

If you don’t have a Twitter account, you might want to look into it, especially if you love to text and hate to check email (you know who you are).  Read up on the Twitter article at Wikipedia for more information, or just head over to the Twitter page and set up a free account.

Ensemble Rehearsals Resume This Week!

The Ensemble will pick back up with 7:30 am rehearsals this week, starting on Monday with men’s sectionals, Tuesday with the women, and full ensemble on Wednesday.

All-East CD track listing

All-East folks:  There’s a little confusion over how the practice CDs work, since for some of the pieces the track begins in the middle, instead of at the beginning.  I’m not sure why, but that’s what’s going on.

You can download a CD track listing by clicking here.

Oklahoma Headshots Available

April Love has made the headshots she took of the class available to view or purchase online (she did the shoot and let us use the pics in the playbill free of charge!).  You can see them by clicking here.

An “Oklahoma Goodbye”–your comments, please

Students, parents, staff–please leave comments on this post about the show:  what you liked, who deserves props and for what, what it meant to you to be a part of putting this on, your favorite backstage moment, etc.

Oklahoma Cast Party

What:  Party at Elise Bianconi’s place.

Who:  Cast, Staff, and Crew ONLY

When:  Immediately after final performance Sunday afternoon

Cost:  Please bring $3 per to help with the Bellacino’s!

Directions:  

From West High, turn right on Sutherland toward Tobler

Turn right on Tobler

Turn left onto Forest Glen

Turn left on Kingston Pike and drive to 2916 (on the right).  Please carpool and park across the street at the Unitarian church (you may come down the driveway at the house and drop people off–there is a turn-around there).

Any parents who would like to pitch in on the costs, please let Kristin know or get it to me at the Sat. pm or Sun show. Any amount will help. We’ll order Bellacino’s and purchase marshmellows, drinks, and ice to cool them.