Greetings Emerson Parents!
For those of you who may not know me. I’m Emily Wiese. This will be my first year taking over the Talent Show and Time Traveler program, and I know that I’m going to need you to heip me make the transition so seamless that the kids don’t even notice it! So, if you’re receiving this (even if you’ve already expressed Interest to-PTA), please contact me directly with your response. I’ve listed below the areas with which I believe I’ll need help. And, if you’ve helped in previous years/ please, also contact me to let me know as I don’t have the luxury of knowing who did what for last year’s coordinator.
TIME TRAVELERS: for these of you who aren’t familiar with, it is-a-living history program in which actors will visit the classrooms in character and share their life stories with the children. This is one of my favorite programs because it debunks the image that history is boring. Instead, it makes history come alive, especially, for the little ones. They’ll go home and excitedly tell their parents that Sacagawea came to see them in class and that they got to talk with her!
For the Time Travelers program I’ll need: docents for grade levels 1 through 5.
The docent is responsible for guiding the Time Traveler to his/her classroom schedule; introducing the Traveler to the class; and saving his/her patootie if the class starts to get rambunctious by moving on to the next class. You basically need to be a gracious host/hostess as Emerson is our home. You would need to be available three separate times during the school year (October, February, and April) with more specific dates to come. And if any of you know talented actors, talk to them about volunteering their time. Trust me, if they can survive a classroom full of some of the toughest critics, they can do anything. Feel free to pass on my contact info to them with Time Travelers in the subject line.
THE TALENT SHOW will be a bit different this year. It’ll be at Emerson (specific dates to follow) and broken up into two [2) nights, one for Act I and the other for Act 11. My goal is to kind of have an. assembly line from the green room to the stage- You’ll see below.
For Talent Show, I’ll need:
1. Assistant – someone to help me stay organized and help with procuring whatever might be needed, i.e. a spotlight
2. Sound technician
3. Lighting technician
4. Stage manager – I’ll try to get the middle schoolers again this year to be your crew.
5. Room parents – you’ll help keep children in the green room from getting too crazy; two (2) – three (3) would be good (you would work the night your child is NOT performing) for each night- -
6. Wranglers – you’ll help guide each art to their backstage area; again, two (2) – three (3) would be good for each night [again, NOT on the night your child is performing)
7. Volunteer coordinator – you’ll need to recruit someone for treat sales (parents should be encouraged to donate items); ushers to help audience get into the auditorium without getting trampled as well as prevent some from “saving” seats; and an optional “gram” booth (last few years it was flowers; but we can deliver star-shaped personal messages instead). Any ideas are welcome.
Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, especially those of you who are returning! Also, I am VERY open to accepting help from anyone with performing experience (particularly, dancing; but I’m not going to quibble).
That’s all for now, folks! And thank you in advance for your help.
