The play is beginning to come together nicely. The actors are starting to feel their parts and also feel more comfortable on the stage.
This week we have an early rehearsal for the Tuesday cast ONLY. This rehearsal will run from 2:50 to 4:00.
Wednesday's cast will run a normal rehearsal schedule. (3:15-4:30).
I am asking the cast members to forgo their scripts this week while on stage. Please work with them on their assigned parts.
Also we will be reviewing costumes.
The basic costume for most cast members is a long sleeve black shirt and long black pants/leggings with dark shoes. The tellers and I Don't Know, Decipher, and Navigators may where white shirts to be a little different. The costumes for this show help to merely outline the character for the audience. The actor becomes the character as they tell the story. The accessories for the black on black, such as capes, hats, wings, feathers, scarves, etc., merely help to define the character a little. They are put on as the character's part comes on stage. The transformation is done in front of the curtain. Creativity is the key.
We are also looking for some props for the production such as some vine like roping, lanterns, some large fake rocks/ boulders, capes, crowns.
Paperwork is available now for spring sports - in Room 118 or online at www.tesd.net/vfmathletics. ImPACT testing will be on Wednesday, February 25 or Monday, March 2, only for athletes who have never had a test.
-Practices and tryouts (baseball) begin on Monday, March 9. Find the full spring game schedule online. -The spring sports parents meeting is Tuesday, March 24, at 4:30 in the cafeteria. -Team pictures will be taken on Tuesday, April 7.
You can receive daily practice and game updates by following @VFMS_Athletics on twitter. Please contact the athletic office at 610-240-1311 or martoranom@tesd.net if you have any additional questions.
SPRING REALLY IS COMING!!!
T&E Care 4th Annual Kid's Clothing Grab Bag Sale!
It's that time of year again! Once again, VFMS will serve as a collection point for clothing donations for the T&E Care Grab Bag Sale! Please search your closets for KIDS clothes - infants thru teens - either gently used or even new and drop them off at VFMS from March 5th-13th. For more information on this wonderful local organization benefiting local families, click here: http://tecares.org/home.html.
A maker space is a physical location where students can meet to help explore different resources and complete hands on tasks using a wide variety of technologies. Valley Forge Middle School is starting to develop a Makerspace available during activity for 7th and 8th grade students. The space allows students to hone their skills to develop,
learn, and build on a completely blank canvas, which allows the students to go over and beyond the normal thinking in the classroom, using Engineering and problem solving strategies. For more information, please contact Trevor Viviani at vivianit@tesd.net. VFMS PTO is seeking ways to support this activity.
Jazz Festival at VFMS
On Saturday, February 28, Conestoga High School and TEMPO will sponsor their first Stoga Showcase of Jazz... a Cavalcade of Bands Jazz Festival, to be held at Valley Forge Middle School. The festival is a day of Jazz education and performances, and will involve several facets beginning with a clinic for jazz students from participating area schools and students who choose to attend from 2-4 PM. Find full information here. We hope you'll join us!
Save the date for this awesome community event - FLITE vs. Harlem Wizards March 20th and 21st, 2015! Online sales coming up soon--$11 advanced tickets and $13 at the door. Find information about the evening here.
Baseball Clinic
Conestoga High School baseball team will be hosting a youth clinic on March 15 at the Conestoga High School gym. Registration is open now through March 8. Check out their website to download the registration form and find out more details here.
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