24 January 2007

Hooray for the Luau!

Things went very well at the MadCAP Carnival Luau and Silent Auction. A big thanks to Emmy and Emma who worked so hard to pull it all together. We did meet our fundraising goal of $2000, so that covers all of our bills for our trip and our production!
(Once on This Island did have some shared expenses...and those of you around for the summer in 2006 learned that shared production costs for the show alone are in the thousands...and that doesn't count any of the teaching time. Tuition covers the teaching time, but we rely on ticket sales and fundraisers to cover things like theatre rental, royalties, staff time to hang lights, set building, prop materials, and all of those other things) I am so proud of all of the work you've done--you are all amazing.
Speaking of amazing, can you believe we leave for our trip in just 36 days or something crazy like that! This means we are in the theatre for ISLAND before that and we still have so much work to do on our choral reviews!
Let's try to be sure we use our last three rehearsals for Island wisely so we are more than ready when we get to the theatre.
We went over the Tour Handbook the other day in our Tour gathering...let me know if you still need a copy!
Here are some highlights from our itinerary:
Friday, March 2 · Meet at MadCAP at 8:00 AM · Fly out of Rockford airport at 11 · Arrive 3 PM Sanford International Airport · Check in All Star Music around 5 · Transfer to EPCOT for dinner and laser light show · IllumiNations; Reflections of Earth shows at 9:00 PM · After the show, we’ll head back to the resort for lights out, etc · *The swimming pools close at midnight each day. Lifeguards are off duty at 10 PM. Saturday, March 3 · PERFORMANCE DAY! We will perform in the early afternoon. The performance/orientation process takes about four hours. · After our performance, those of us with booked reservations will head over to Norway in EPCOT for the Storybook Dinner feast at the Akershus castle. (8.20 reservations) · Others dine wherever they choose Sunday, March 4 · Breakfast with Animals in Wild Kingdom! (and first “tea train” to Expedition Everest) · Festival of the Lion King show as a group · Animal Kingdom Jungle Parade at 4:00 · Transfer to Magic Kingdom late afternoon or early evening for EMH · SpectroMagic Parade at 8 & 10 PM · Wishes Fireworks show at 9 PM · Magic Kingdom PM Extra Magic Hours · Some attractions are open during Extra Magic Hours after the evening fireworks & parade (Philharmagic, It’s a Small World, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc) Monday, March 5 · This day has no real plan! · Animal Kingdom EMH AM · Transfer to MGM later in the day for Fantasmic! At 7 & 8:30 PM Tuesday, March 6 · Mears Transportation picks us up at 5:30 AM for transfer to the airport · Arrive back in Rockford around 11

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