Cinderella

We are so excited to be working on “Cinderella”! It was REALLY hard to cast the show, we have so many talented students any of which could play any part! The schedule for Fri. June 25th will be a bit different from regular days.
NO Class from 11:00-1:00
Arrive at 1:30 p.m.
Special Performance 2:15 p.m.
Cast party at 3:00 p.m.
Public performance 4:00 p.m.
Please pick up your children at 4:45 p.m.
Arrive 6:30 p.m.
Public performance 7:30 p.m.
Please pick up your children at 8:15 p.m.
All children need to have white tights (except dirty laundry they will need to wear a pair of their own jeans) and black soft soled shoes. (Sunday shoes are fine please no hard soled shoes they tend to be slick and loud). The children who are mice and birds need to bring their tights by Fri. June 18th, so we can dye them gray or orange. We will be dying the tights Sat. Please write your child’s name on the waist band in permanent marker.
The Arts Council has arranged to have pizza and treats for sale from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. So plan on dinner there if you would like.

CAST:
Cinderella- Maren VonNiderhausern
Prince Charming- Gabriel Schaffer
Queen Ella- Koralee Walker
King Charming- Erickson Blair
Step Mother- Samantha Nulty
Anastasia- Danae Stephens
Drizella- Tani Lee
Fairy Godmother- Marinda Jones
King Ferdinand- Caden Mustoe
Queen Kathrine- Rachel Peterson
Grand Duke of Earl- Robert Nay
Duke Henry- Dane Robertson
Narrators- Sarah Bendixsen, Haley Jones, Kimberly Overall
Pages - Mateen Lomax, Aaron Silva, Cole Huntsman
Mannequin
Lucifer - Myra Lomax
Bruno - Nathan Schaffer
Dirty laundryCamryn Blair
Aubrie Cottle
Cheyenne Davies
Chloe Davis
Zoey Eckhardt
Megan Kay
Julianna Keele
Sydney Money
Erica Orton
Ariana Parsons
Natalie Pendleton
Mailia Pohahau
Brielle Robertson
Katie-Lynn Purinton
Megan Warren
CourtiersGarred Blanthorn
Cheyanne Bushman
Jenessa Curtis
June Curtis
Ashtyn Day
Courtney Eckhardt
Rachael Jensen
Bailey Johnson
Jessica Larsson
Kayla Muhlestein
Julie Oliver
Auriana Pendleton
E.J. Pohahau
McKenna Walker
Mice and BirdsEnzo Allred
Tempest Allred
Derek Blanthorn
Emily Brooke
Austin Bushman
Maddison Davis
Eden Durham
Thomas Durham
Cael Erickson
Daniel Graham
Jeremy Hansen
Kevin Hansen
Kensie Huff
Paige Huntsman
Corbin Jensen
Elle Jensen
Leah Jensen
Anna Larsen
Tia Lee
Elijah Lewis
Karen Mathis
Mckell Mathis
Miriam Pendleton
Cameron Pruinton
Brinley Smith
Alexis Talbert
Claire Walker
Jackson Ware

Here is the dialouge for the Entre Acte:

Aubrie: Welcome to Spanish Fork Youtheatre’s production of Cinderella. We will be presenting today a beloved fairy tale, with origins that date back 600 years before the birth of Christ. There are many different versions of this tale and they come from the four corners of the earth.

Cheynne: There are more than 500 versions of Cinderella in Europe alone. Some vary widely, like the Norwegian tale “The Maid on the Glass Mountain” in which Cinderlad wins a beautiful princess.

Megan: Others, like the traditional German version are quite bloody with the step-sisters cutting off their heels and toes to fit into the golden slipper. But most, all over the world follow a similar pattern.

Rachel: In Vietnam, the story is called “The Brocaded Slipper”, in Africa, “Nomi and the Magic Fish”, and in Arab countries, “The Golden Sandal”.

Julianna: The story has been told many different ways, such as a full length novel “The Glass Slipper” by Eleanor Farjeon, to the toddler book “Cinderella Penguin” by Janet Perlman, to a fully animated motion picture produced by Walt Disney.

Brielle:One version has a fairy dove and a magic hazelwood tree as Cinderella’s helpers.

Garred: Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters is a modern rhyme version set in New York City. With the help of a bag lady Fairy Godmother, Cinder-Elly meets the star of a basketball team.

Ari: In a native American version of Cinderella, Little Burnt Face has two mean sisters. She wins the love of an Invisible Warrior by seeing him and describing what his bow is made of.

Sydney: In the book “Favorite Children’s Stories from China and Tibet” by Lotta Carswell Hume. Shi-Chieh befriends a magic fish, her jealous step-mother kills it. But Shi-Chieh finds her wishes granted by praying over the fish’s bones.

Jessica:The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo, tells of Pear blossom who is given a series of impossible tasks by her evil step-mother. Magical animals help her achieve them. And though she is not transformed into a princess, she wins the love of a wealthy magistrate.

Cheyenne B:Tattercoats is a bittersweet, old English story with a magic gooseherd, and a prince who falls in love with Tattercoats even in her rags.

Mckenna:The version we will use to present Cinderella is taken from the story written by Charles Perrault.

Julie: Charles Perrault was born in Paris, January 1628. Son of an upper-class bourgeois family, he attended the best schools and becomes a lawyer in 1651.

Chloe: His Stories or “Tales from Times Past, with Morals” and “Tales of Mother Goose” gave him great popularity and opened up a new literary genre: fairy tale.

Courtney: Among his most famous versions of fairy tales we can find, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Puss in Boots, and Little Red Riding Hood.

June: Perrault could not have predicted that his reputation for future generations would rest almost entirely on a slender book published in 1697 containing eight simple stories.

Jannesa: Charles Perrault, did not publish the book in his own name, but rather under the name of his son Pierre.

Cameryn: Perrault chose his stories well, and he recorded them with wit and style. His narratives belong to a story telling tradition that has been shared by countless generations.

Cheyenne: He did not invent these tales--even in his day their plots were well know-- but he gave them literary legitimacy.

MaiLia: Perrault always added a moral to his fairy tales. The Story of Cinderella, has two different morals, the first on being...

Group1: Beauty is a treasure rare.
Who complains of being fair?

Group 2: Yet there’s still a something more
That good fairies have in store.

Group 3: ‘Tis that little gift called grace,
Weaves a spell round form and face,

Group 4: Of each word makes magic, too
Lends a charm to all you do.

Group 5: This it was and nothing less--
Cinderella’s fairy dress!

Group 1: And if you would learn the way
How to get that gift today--

Group 2:How to point the golden dart
That shall pierce the Prince’s heart--

All: Ladies, you have but to be
Just as kind and sweet as she!

Megan K: In other words.. Beauty in a woman is a rare treasure that will always be admired. Graciousness, however, is priceless and of even greater value.

Kayla: This is what Cinderella's godmother gave to her when she taught her to behave like a queen.

Baily: Young women, in the winning of a heart, graciousness is more important than a beautiful hairdo. It is a true gift of the fairies.

Natalie: Without it nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything. The second moral is...

E.J.:Godmothers are useful things
Even when without the wings.

Garred:Wisdom may be yours and wit,
Courage, industry, and grit--

Everyone:What’s the use of these at all,
If you lack a Friend to call.

Zoey: Without doubt it is a great advantage to have intelligence, courage, good breeding, and common sense. These, and similar talents come only from heaven, and it is good to have them.

June: However, even these may fail to bring you success, without the blessing of a friend. Please sit back and enjoy our show

Everyone: “Cinderella”.

Sign Up Dates For Cinderella

We finally have the dates to sign up for the Summer Youth Arts Festival. We will be performing "Cinderella". You will be able to sign up for this class on Mon. May 10th. Sign ups will be online, at the parks and recreation website www.reconline.spanishfork.org. This class will be first come and the number of students will be limited. So sign up as soon as possible. The cost is a bit different than I thought. The Arts Council sets the class fees. Cost will be $60 plus a $15 materials fee. I apologize to those people I gave a miss quote to. The class will start June 14th and run through June 25th. Class will be held at the New Maple Mountain High School. Monday through Friday 11:00a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Parts available:
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Queen Ella
King Charming
StepMother
Anastasia
Drizella
Fairy Godmother
King Ferdinand
Queen Kathrine
Grand Duke of Earl
Duke Henry
Narrators (3)
Pages (3)
Lots of Mice
Lucifer
Bruno
Dirty Laundry
Courtiers
Come join us for two fun filled weeks!

Hoorah!! What A Wonderful Show!!

What an incredible show! I am so proud of every student in the show, you all did such a great job. I have had so many positive comments on how good the show was. A lot of people have come up to me on the street and told me how much they loved it. Not just cast members and family, but people who just came to see it. Thanks so much to Grandma Pat Christianson for going the extra mile and really getting the word out about the show with such great news articles. Thanks to everyone you all did a fantastic job!
We are looking forward to our next project it will be a part of the Youth Arts Festival in June. I have not got a firm sign up day, all the information I can find out is that it sign ups will be mid-May. I will let you know as soon as I find out. We will be performing Cinderella, it is the Disney version, lots of fun music and parts for all. Come and join us for two weeks this summer. The dates are June 14-25.

Wizard of oz review!

Hi everyone, Heather here!
I just thought that I would share a link to the FANTASTIC review that your children received. We don't often invite reviewers to come to our show because they tend to not be "nice" but your children did such a great job and so did Utah theater bloggers! Here is the Link!


Wizard of Oz Review

Final Week!!

Everybody is doing such a good JOB! We have had couple of great practices on stage. I was so proud of how everyone moved on to the stage so easy. We have a great bunch of kids in this show. The set is almost ready and the special effects are working out and are going to be fabulous! The costumes will just top everything off. Make sure all pre-sell tickets are turned in ASAP! We have two dress and tech rehearsal left and on to performance time. The show is going to be wonderful. Make sure you get enough sleep and don't come to the theatre hungry!
Break a Leg! Let have a great show!

It's all most time to Perform

Holy cow! I haven't posted forever. We have been working on costumes as fast as we can and I have not sat down to the computer for awhile. Everything is pulling together, the kids are doing a great job, and we are about ready to go! Remember all class fees need to be paid by March 17th (which is our first day on stage). Pre-sell tickets went home last week, encourage your child to invite as many people as possible. They have worked so hard and we would like people to come and see them. We have also found that if they have a ticket in their hand they are more likely to attend.

Wizard of Oz Logo Design

We are so happy with the HUGE amount of Logo designs that were turn in for our Logo contest. We had over 20 designs, far more than we have ever had in the past. The art work was fabulous and very creative. It was hard to decide which was the best, we narrowed it down by voting on smaller groups. We ended up with five finalists, two out of the five were to close to call, so we voted on the two. It was really close with 42 to 49 votes. I would like to thank all artist who participated! You are the BEST!!