Guys Night Out

Guys in Annie Warbucks are invited to a Guys Night Out hosted by Kole Ryan on Friday, March 1^st after the show.

The overnight get together will be held at Cascade Park Baptist Church Youth House, 1201 SE 136^th Avenue, Vancouver 98683.

Please pick up on Saturday morning, March 2^nd, by 10am.

Contact phone: 360-601-7545

Bring:

Sleeping bag/pillow

Tooth brush, deodorant, clothes, etc.

$5 for food (and something to share, optional)

Permission slip

Adult supervision

We will try to get some sleep :)

Closing Show Sold Out...

...or at least close!  So this is a warning to all of you with a parent pass who were counting on using it to see the last Annie Warbucks show ~ don't count on it!  It is very likely Sunday's show will sell out and parent pass holders will not get a seat.

As of tonight there are 77 tickets left.  If you want a guaranteed seat on Sunday I encourage you to buy a ticket.

As of today we are at 1348 tickets sold.  The shows on this Friday and Saturday night have the greatest number of seats still available.

Lots and lot of kids sold tickets this last week ~ thank you!!

Directors Event Winners ~

Here are the Cast and Crew members that have already sold 30 (or more) tickets to Annie Warbucks and have a special invitation to our Director's Event ~ Breakfast at the Mansion ~

London Fairchild

Elsie Ferber

Sarah Fields

Tori Jensen

Mikayla Merrell

McKenna Sims

Sydney Tag

(Those who have sold 50 tickets or more have won two invitations, one for you and a friend from the show!)

You will join your Artistic Team; Jeff McHenry, Steve Williams, Jeanna Reed and Stephanie Johnson at a Warbucks Mansion style breakfast at the Williams home.  After your luxurious breakfast, you will watch a showing of the recording of our Annie Warbucks!  

This event will be Saturday, March 9th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Students who are close!

Blake Dunn  19

True Fontaine  25

Brianna Gonzalez 17

Sarah Haines  22

Jessica Lee  18

Sierra Long  22

Hope Martinez  25

Tirza Meuljic  19

Remember, the student who sells the most tickets over 50 wins the Annie Warbucks directors chair at our strike party!!

Keep selling tickets and watch for your invitation!  

Sunday Worship

We will be having worship together on the Sunday of our closing show, 3/3.  Journey's, High School Youth Pursuing Excellence (HYPE) is putting the service together for us.

Worship together is always sweet!  We will meet at the Washburn at 12:00 and will have an hour together before our formal call time of 1:00.

We will not have a worship time at the theater on 2/24. 

Seeing The Other Journey Shows

Every Journey student has a free ticket for every winter Journey show except the one they are cast or crew in.  Don't forget to reserve your seat as these tickets are NOT good at the door.

Snoopy opens tonight just like us.  They are running this weekend only.  So, everyone in Annie will sadly miss seeing Snoopy in Beaverton.

I have got my show tickets for HONK! on Sunday 3/10, their closing show.   I have also got tickets for Beauty and the Beast on Friday, 3/15.  It would be great to have as many people from Annie Warbucks there on those dates as possible!

Most importantly, book your seat as they are both great Journey shows!

Tickets Sales

Our ticket sales for Annie Warbucks are at 949 tonight!  Online ticket sales will close first thing in the morning.  Let friends and family know that tickets will be available at the door!  All tickets sold at the door are an additional $2.

Friday is Opening Night!

Call time Friday night for cast and crew is 6:00 PM.  Our show is at 7:00 PM

Parents who need to set up in the lobby can come as early as 5:00 PM.  If you bring your children with you, they MUST STAY WITH YOU!

Parents working backstage, green room, props, tech etc. should not have non-cast/crew children with them during the show.  Please let me know if this is an issue for you.

Parents be sure and dress up to celebrate opening night!  I have decided to wear red every day this week.  I think I will opening night as well.

Our opening night party is directly after the show in the cafeteria.  There is no cost for attending.  All families members are welcome to attend.  Journey families from classes and other shows are also welcome to attend.

If you bought a parent pass but have not picked it up yet, you can do so at Will Call Friday night.  Everyone with a parent pass needs to also check in at Will Call and get their seat ticket for the night.

Parent Pass holders cannot enter the theater without a ticket for any show.  Starting tomorrow, if you have a parent pass and want to be seated for a show, please sign in on the Parent Pass List at Will Call.  If the show is not sold out you will be called by name, in order of the sign in, and given a seat ticket(s) just before the show begins.

Call time for Saturday's show is 4:00 PM so we can take formal cast and crew photos.  These photos are on the $5 photo CD that you can purchase with a show coupon.  For those of you who purchased a school day meal, it will be served after photos and before the show.  Everyone else, be sure and bring something to eat.

I looking foward to our opening night!!

OPENING NIGHT PARTY FOOD LIST

Invite Your Friends to Our Show Via Email

When you are logged into your Journey account on our website, you can go to the Annie Warbucks show page and send a customized email, letting people know about the show.  It's a great way to encourage people to purchase tickets!

You will see this on the show page!

 

Lots of Great Seats!

Today our total number of tickets sold to Annie Warbucks is 632!  That's about 100 at each show.  That leaves some great seats still available!  You can sell tickets up until our closing weekend and get credit in our ticket contest.

School Day Meal

Our school day show has been cancelled however several of you had already purchased the meal for that day.  We are going to serve that meal to those who have purchased it on Saturday 2/23 as kids come early for photos.  It will be served before the show that evening.

If you do not wish to have the meal you purchased moved to Saturday, please contact Lisa Jooste our show chair for a refund.

Color Cover!

We made it!  Our program for Annnie Warbucks will have a color cover!  Thanks to everyone who sold ads, placed ads and donated to get us to the $3000 goal!

Crew Called Friday and Saturday This Weekend

The title says it all!  Our Director would like crew to come to rehearsal tonight and tomorrow.  Crew is dismissed at 1:00 on Saturday, cast will stay until 2:00 for the costume parade.

Pizza on Friday

We are selling pizza by the slice ($1.50) at the beginning of rehearsal on Friday (2/15)  to be served during the dinner break.

Costume Parade

Our Costume Parade is this Saturday from 1:00 - 2:00.  Cast pick up time on Saturday is 2:00.

Cast members must wear their show under garments under their clothes to rehearsal for ease in changing for the costume parade.

Please bring your shoes and socks (if you have them) to wear with your costumes so our Director and Costumers can see the total look of our show.

Vancouver East's Spring Session

Here is information on our next session to help you plan your spring!

Spring session in Vancouver East will begin Tuesday, March 19th.  Class will be from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Lifepoint Church.

Our spring show will be Annie Get Your Gun.  Auditions are March 22nd, 4:00 - 7:00 with the location TBA.  Callbacks will be 9:00 - 1:00 on March 23rd.

We have no class during spring break, Tuesday April 2nd and we will have no class on Tuesday, May 21st during VE's dress week.  

We will have no rehearsals either weekend of spring break.  

The Vancouver East class Showcase will be Tuesday, June 4th at 7:00 PM.

There is NO BREAK between the showcase of winter session and the first class day of spring session. 

Character Shoes

For those of you looking for character shoes, here a few places you can find them locally.

I have shopped often at Kara's (at 14020 NE Fourth Plain Road Suite F).  It is a dance studio and they have a consignment shop.  They carry all kinds of dance shoes at second hand prices.  They don't open until 4:00 in the afternoon.

Another place in Vancouver for new shoes in The Competitive Edge (10411 NE Fourth Plain Rd  Vancouver, WA 98662 (360) 256-1089).  They give a 10% discount (maybe more) if you let them know you are a Journey students.

We've also shopped at The Leotard (2432 NE Martin Luther King Blvd Portland(503) 284-9244).  They have a great selection of shoes and sizes.  

Auction Reminder

Please remember to bring your donations of items for the Easter Themed Auction basket to this Friday or Saturday’s rehearsal.  Any and all Easter, Spring, or Fun item is appreciated!  The auction committee is also always grateful for your gently used baskets and containers.   Please email auctions@journeytheater.org with details if this weekend’s deadline is not doable.  

Thanks

Cathy & Leah

Ticket Contest Director's Event

Cast and Crew members that sell 30 tickets to Annie Warbucks will get a special invitation to our Director's Event ~ Breakfast at the Mansion ~

You will join your Artistic Team; Jeff McHenry, Steve Williams, Jeanna Reed and Stephanie Johnson at a Warbucks Mansion style breakfast at the Williams home.  After your luxurious breakfast, you will watch a showing of the recording of our Annie Warbucks!  

This event will be Saturday, March 9th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Keep selling tickets and watch for your invitation!  (If you sell 50 tickets you get two invitations, one for you and a friend from the show!)

Sock and Shoe List

All cast should wear black shoes.

Boys -- wear plain black dress socks with NO athletic logos visible with shoes on -- prefer not ankle socks.

solid colored shorts and t-shirts are good for undergarments.

black shoes, either soft soled dress shoes or dance shoes

Girls -- wear skin colored tights or hose.

solid camies and shorts are good for underclothes -- dark colors are best unless otherwise noted

black character shoes

ORPHANS -- white ankle socks (the kind that fold down) and black shoes -- (soft-soled mary janes would be great but dance shoes would work) 

Mrs. Kelly, Grace, Mrs. Pattersen, Christina Grace, and Mrs. Doyle -- light colored underthings may be necessary.

Ticket Sales

We have sold 300 tickets to Annie Warbucks so far.  That is great ~ and yet it still leaves lots of good open seats to sell!  Each show at the Washburn seats about 360 guests.  So, keep working on selling tickets, it's great to play to a full house!

Valentine Cookies at Parent Meeting

These great show-cookie, Valentine Cookies will be on sale at rehearsal on Friday and at our parent meeting on Saturday.  The Vancouver/Vancouver East Improv teams made them, decorated them and now are selling them to earn their way to the Improv Competition in Chicago this summer.

Cookies are $3.00 and just the right way to say Happy Valentines Day to a teacher, a child, a or your special someone!

Congrat Ads Due Saturday

Thinking through and writing your congratulatory ad this week BEFORE the parent meeting on Saturday is a good idea!  I always have a hard time coming up with the right words while under pressure to get the ad done at a parent meeting!

You can type out the ad and bring it in with your coupon or hand write it on the coupon, either way works.

Anyone can submit a congrat ad ~ often extended family members (grandparents, siblings, etc) like to give a shout out to their special person in the show.

Congrat ads can also be placed "parent-to-parent" if you would like to acknowledge someones efforts to get this show to the stage.

And, if you would like to place a larger ad you get 30% off the price on the program ad form.  Parents have placed these before for special events (birthday, graduation), for best friends in the show, first show, last show etc.

All ads for the programs, including congrat ads, are due this weekend.

Secret Pals

Secret Pals

Secret pals is an optional fun thing that all cast and crew members may sign up to participate in.

If you participate, you bring an encouraging note or gift($1 or less) to each show day(4 total) to encourage and cheer on your secret pal during the show run. On the last day(closing show) you bring a gift to the strike party that cost between $4 and $5 dollars. This last gift at the strike party is when you reveal yourself to your secret pal!   Remember to keep your secret pal a secret!

Everyone received a secret pal form in the first parent meeting packet, I will also have some at rehearsal this weekend. 

Most cast and crew member have already filled out and turned in their form.  The final due date for Secret Pal forms is Saturday February 9th, the same day as our 2nd parent meeting.

2nd Parent Meeting Reminder

Our Annie Warbucks 2nd Parent Meeting is this Saturday, 2/9, at Lifepoint Church from 11:00 - 1:00.  This is a required meeting for cast and crew parents.

I also sent out an email reminder with our meeting agenda attached.  I will have copies of the agenda at the meeting for you.

Breakfast for Cast and Crew on Saturday!

For Cast and Crew members that can arrive by 8:30 AM on Saturday 2/9, we will be serving you a hot, yummy pancake breakfast!

Come in the back doors as usual and head for the gym.  We will be serving out of the kitchen serving window.

I hope to see lots of you there!!

Prizes for Ticket Sellers!

Ticket Contest Flyer ~ sell tickets earn prizes!

Costume Parade, 1:00 - 2:00 on 2/16

Please make sure you have this additional hour added to rehearsal time Saturday, 2/16.  This is on your original rehearsal schedule, but with every other Saturday just until 1:00, I thought a reminder might be in order!

Valentine Cookies For Sale

Our Improv Teams will be selling beautiful Valentine Cookies to raise funds for their trip to Improvapalooza!  

You can purchase cookies for $3 each during classes over the next two weeks or at the end of rehearsals on February 8th and 9th.