Winter Weather Reminders!!!!

     With the snow already here and more on the way throughout the next few months, I wanted to remind everyone that this web page is the main line of communication for any band event cancellations.  Sometimes school cancellations and band event cancellations don’t always coincide.  For instance, it is possible for school to be cancelled but still have a basketball game in the evening.  It might also be possible for school to be in session with bad weather coming during the evening hours causing a cancellation of a concert or basketball game.  When in doubt check this web site for any performance cancellations!!!!

Basketball Band 2009-2010 Guidelines & Schedule

     The band plays at ALL boys’ home games along with four girls games throughout the basketball season.  The basketball band does not travel to away games during the regular season.  If the teams make it to a certain level of the post season we will take a small band but there are only certain games per the Ohio Athletic Association that bands are permitted to attend.    Remember all Marching Band/Concert Band members are also members of the basketball band.  Attendance at these games is part of your grade!  If you are absent from school due to illness then you will be excused from the game.  If you can’t make one of the games due to a death in the family or family travel/vacation you will need to bring me a parental note and your absence will be excused.  Work and homework are not reasons to miss a performance.  If you are involved in a winter sport (basketball/cheerleading etc.) you will be excused from the games in which you are participating.  Please make an effort to let me know ahead of time if you will be missing a game so I can make plans update my roster for the game.  The rules for basketball Band are listed below and the schedule for this year is listed on the back! 

• We will meet and rehearse at 6:00PM (Excluding the two games over winter break)
• This year I would like for you to wear your summer band shirt (red polo) to the games  
• After we rehearse we will head to the gymnasium sometime during the 4^th quarter of the Junior Varsity Game
• We play as soon as the JV game is over so we need to be in our seats and ready to go by the end of their game
• Once we leave the band room the doors will be locked and you will not be permitted to return to the band room without permission from Mr. Lenney
• We have more opportunities to play throughout before and during the game so you must be ready to play at all times. 
• You will be given the 3^rd quarter off to take a break and go to the concession stand for some food
• Each band member will be given a ticket for one food item and one drink free of charge on behalf of the band boosters.
• You will not be permitted to go back to the band room during the third quarter.  There is plenty of room to eat in the commons.
• YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TOUCH ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THE WEIGHT ROOM!!!
• Due to the increased number of band members we will only permit BAND MEMBERS to sit or stand with the band so let you friends know before the season starts!!!
• Positive comments only throughout the game!!!!
• No food or drink will be permitted in the gym including our stands!!  We need to take care of our area!!!

 

Madison Jr/Sr HS Boys & Girls Varsity Basketball Band  2009 – 2010 Schedule
Day	Date	Place	Opponent		Time
Thurs	12/03	Home	Girls/Waynesville		6:00PM
Fri	12/04	Home	Jefferson Jr./Sr.		6:00PM
Sat	12/05	Home	Tri-county North		6:00PM
Tue	12/08	Home	Stebbins		6:00PM
Tue	12/15	Home	Monroe		6:00PM
Mon	12/28	Home	Brian Cook Classic – Cincinnati Chrisitan v. Madison		5:00PM
Tue	12/29	Home	Brian Cook Classic – Varsity Chamionship Game		TBA
Fri	01/08	Home	Preble Shawnee		6:00PM
Mon	01/11	Home	Girls/Edgewood		6:00PM
Thur	01/14	Home	Girls/Monroe		6:00PM
Fri	01/15	Home	Dixie		6:00PM
Fri	01/29	Home	Carlisle		6:00PM
Thurs	02/04	Home	Girls/Northridge		6:00PM
Tue	02/16	Home	Waynesville		6:00PM
Fri	02/19	Home	Northridge		6:00PM

 

Wedding Singer Cast List

Congratulations to the members of the cast of The Wedding Singer, which will be presented March 26 – 28. Check back here in January for information on pre-ordering reserved seats.

Robbie Hart: Kris Paxitzis
Sammy: Zach Cornett
Donny: Josh Hawthorn
George: Austin Sparkman
Julia Sullivan: Allie Thaeler
Holly: Molly Terrill
Glen Guglia: Conor Griffis
Rosie: Jessica Martin
Linda: Stormy Harding
Angie: Jessie Fant
David (best man): Alex Fields
Mookie: Brandon Lewis
Crystal: Lacy Keith
Tiffany: Laura Getz
Danny: Dan Mattingly
Shane: Brack Morris
Father of the Bride: Josh Roberts
Bad Haircut Guy: Josh Roberts
Donatella: Jennifer Sturgis
Sideburns Lady: Kelsey Byrd
Loser Guy: Joey Carberry
Large Lady: Katie Reek
Clerk: Miranda Harrison
Glenn’s Secretary: Ashley Ferguson
Glenn’s Junior Secretary: Christyn New
Ricky (Bartender): Brack Morris
Bum: Joey Carberry
Flight Agent: Alora Langdon
Ronald Regan: Josh Roberts
Tina Turner: Leshay Turull
Billy Idol: Alex Fields
Cyndi Lauper: Ashley Ferguson
Imelda Marcos: Hannah Singleton
Officiant: Molly Fugate
Engaged Guy “Pop”: Brandon Lewis
Engaged Girl “Pop”: Amy Cockerham
Dance Corp/Ensemble: :
Amanda Klinefelter
Laura Getz
Alora Langdon
Miranda Harrison
Ashley Wagner
Kelsey Byrd
Jessie Fant
Clarissa Burns
Sophia Mullins
Holly Rusk
Jasmine Ortiz
Jennifer Sturgis
Alaynee Fink
Christyn New
Chelsea Smith
Hannah Courts
Lacy Keith
Stephanie Robinson

Audition Tips

On the Pioneer Drama website, playwright and actor Patrick Rainville Dorn has posted several articles that can help you prepare for the dreaded experience of auditioning.

• Frightful Auditions: “Auditions are a necessary evil, and we can make the best of them. It’s sort of like going to the dentist. You’ve got to do it, but you can do things ahead of time to make it as painless as possible.”
• Warming Up your Cold Reading Skills, Part 1: “…How do you prepare for those auditions where the director wants you to read a scene from the script? You begin by practicing the skills of cold reading.”
• Warming Up your Cold Reading Skills, Part 2: “You don’t always have to go into a cold reading blind.”

Conquering Stage Fright

For better or worse, everyone suffers from stage fright at one point or another. Actress Mira Furlan (Babylon 5 and Lost) loves it and described the rush she felt onstage for the first time: “Nothing could match that flow of adrenaline.” Most of us, though, feel more like Elvis Presley, who treats it as something to overcome: “I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it every show.” Whether you consider that adrenaline rush as good or bad, it can affect your memory, and that is clearly not good when you’re onstage! What can you do to combat stage fright? Playwright Charlie Lovett shares some thoughts on the subject.

Madison’s 2009-2010 Theater Season

Arsenic and Old Lace

Auditions Aug. 27 & 28, 2009
Performances Nov. 6 & 7, 2009 @ 7:30 pm

Mortimer Brewster hates his job, but otherwise life is perfect—he’s got a smart, beautiful fiancée and two doting aunts. The only catch? These two sweet spinsters have a secret mission and a recipe for elderberry wine that really packs a punch. As Mortimer tries to navigate his family’s eccentricities while keeping his fiancée none the wiser, his sociopathic brother shows up with a taste for vengeance and a sidekick named Einstein. Will Mortimer make it to his wedding day, or fall victim to the family insanity first?

The Wedding Singer

Auditions Nov. 16 & 17, 2009
Performances March 12 & 13, 2010 @ 7:30 pm, March 14 @ 2:30 pm
Due to schedule conflicts, the performance dates are still being worked out.
Check back here later for updates!

It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party, until his own fiancee leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a brand new score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980’s, THE WEDDING SINGER takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.

“It’s Your Wedding Day” from the 2006 Tony Awards (via Youtube)

Demo songs (via YouTube)

(Click posters to enlarge)

Disney Trip Info/Deposit

Marching Band Trip
Disney Magic Music Days
Orlando, Florida
Mon. April 5th – Fri. April 9th, 2010

By now you have heard that the Madison Mohawk Marching Band will be traveling to Walt Disney World next year during Spring Break. This post should give you enough information to start the ball rolling on the parent/student side.