Both Simonton and Ranch are going to put on a miniature version of the Broadway musical, "Annie." ALL 4th AND 5th graders are welcome to audition. Any student in my class knows that we have been getting familiar with the music and the dialog in class over the last month or so. Audition information has been made available to anyone interested, however, if by some chance a student has not received the audition information, they are still welcome to audition. Each school will be performing the musical separately so a full cast will be chosen from both schools. Auditions will be held in the music room starting right after school on the dates listed below.
RANCH: Monday, December 13th
SIMONTON: Tuesday, December 14th
At both schools the process will be approximately as follows below. All times are APPROXIMATE, as it depends how many students are auditioning. Certain parts of the process may take longer or shorter amounts of time depending on how many students are participating.
3:05 Students are dismissed from class and report to the music room. Students will need to fill out an audition sheet indicating their preferences for casting.
3:10 Auditions will begin. Students interested in a speaking role ONLY (meaning that they are not interested in singing a solo of any length) will audition first. The will read lines with teachers and/or other students
3:20 Brief review of songs, followed by singing auditions. Students may at times sing all alone, or with other students. Students may sing an entire portion of a song, or not. If the teachers have a student stop in the middle of singing, it's perfectly normal. We may have to "cut off" students in the interest of time. It does not necessarily indicate a poor audition.
4:00 Auditions will be over approximately at this time, but again, we may finish earlier or later depending on how many students are there.
Students MUST have a ride home or live in walking distance. Students will be allowed to use the phone in the office following their audition. Students will be in the music room watching each other during auditions. Disruptive behavior during someone else's audition may be grounds for dismissal.
