December LoftPac Minutes

December LoftPac Minutes

~ Abby Feuer

 

• Play In A Day: Kick-off party is Friday, December 15^th at 6pm (movie afterward) All participants must be there. Bring a costume piece, prop, or set piece to use/inspire plawrights. Public performance is Saturday, December 16^th at 7pm

 

• Little Shop of Horrors: December 15^th in the Loft Stage 7pm-10pm, Snacks will be provided. Kicks off play-in-a-day. Wear your jammies!

 

• Backstage Day (techie tour): Date to be determined, but will be before One Act goes to competition. Learn how to hang lights, coil cables, run sound / light boards and more!

 

• Loftie Holiday Party: It will be December 30^th 8-11pm at Merrill Arts Community Center. White Elephant gift exchange.

 

• Thespian Conference: It will be Presidents Day weekend, Sunday February 18^th and Monday, February 19^th all day. National Individual Event Showcase will take place as well as workshops. Cost is $80 per person until Saturday, December 16^th.

 

• Thespian Points : Online submission http://bit.ly/erhsthespian, minimum of 10 points for induction, graduation tassels, spring induction @ banquet (5/18), overview of Thespian point System can be found here: https//drive.google.com/file/d/OB6nD2uZ85HSAVDdaT2JvZGptZzg/view?usp=sharing

 

• MN Scholars of Distinction: This is for Juniors and Seniors Application is due December 16, 2017. Portfolio Submission is due February 23, 2018. Artistic Showcase is April 23^rd and 28^th, 2018. Awards Ceremony is May 12^th, 2018

 

• One Act Festival: January 19^th at 7pm. Cast and crew register on feepay. Parent meeting is Wednesday, December 13^th More details to come.

 

• Winter Community Outreach: Service project benefiting women veterans, Grace After Fire- “To help women veterans help themselves” It helps women transition back to civilian life and deal with PTSD, depression and more. Possibility would be to interviw/honor women veterans in Lofties’ lives, show in display case

 

• Coat Drive Results: We collected 99 coats, almost 20 snowpants, a couple of pair of boots and a few bags of hats and mittens.

 

• 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Honors for East Ridge High School’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are posted on the Loft Stage website!

November Minutes

November LoftPac Minutes

~ Abby Feuer

 

• Play In A Day : Alumni are writing the short plays (get to meet them)

Student directed, costumes, acted, tech etc…

If you REALLY want to write talk with Mrs. Carlson (legal issues with staying

over all night) December 15 through December 16

 

• Little Shop of Horrors : December 15^th in the Loft Stage 7pm-10pm, Snacks will be provided ( same night at play in a day)

 

• Woodbury High School Musical : High School Musical Thursday, November 16^th. We will be carpooling from ERHS at 6pm

 

• Women and War : ERHS Winter One-Act directed by Leah Jensen, Audition dates will be December 4^th and 5^th with callbacks December 6^th. Auditions will be in the Black Box Theatre, script is available online at bit.ly/erhsoneact

 

• Holiday Party : after Christmas before New Year’s, there will be a white elephant gift exchange, fun activities and BYO Christmas food

 

• Loftie Gear : We have Loft merchandise featuring our lovely model, Jimmy, great Christmas/Hannukah/B-Day gifts jackets, beanies, fuzzy blankets and cleaning cloths…if you have merch you’d like to see, talk to one of the officers!

 

• Alumni Cabaret : It will be December 22^nd in the Black Box Theatre, afterwards there will be a party at Merrill for Mrs. Hestwood

 

• Yearbook Day : November 15^th (THIS WEDNESDAY) pictures will be taken for the yearbook; wear Loft Gear

 

• New York Trip : Date Change, The New York Trip will be over MEA October 18-22, 2018, parent meeting December/January, Fundraising ideas??

 

• Thespian Points : Online submission http://bit.ly/erhsthespian, minimum of 10 points for induction, graduation tassels, spring induction @ banquet (5/18), overview of Thespian point System can be found here: https//drive.google.com/file/d/OB6nD2uZ85HSAVDdaT2JvZGptZzg/view?usp=sharing

 

• Triple Threat Auditions : Headshot, Resume, “TLC” Letter – 1-2 pages describing your high school musical theatre experience and how you’ve displayed talent, leadership and community through your artistic work, be sure to include any of your experience with Spotlight Education, Video Submissions Not to exceed 5 minutes. Please include: 2-3 min: two contrasting songs with piano accompaniment, one minute monologue and a clip of you performing provided dance combination, submissions take place March-April 2018

~Abby Feuer 🙂

October Minutes

October LoftPac Minutes

 

• New York trip will be March/April 2019

 

• Butterbraid Fundraiser: selling begins now, orders need to be turned in by Friday, October 27^th and pick up will be November 17^th (just in time for Thanksgiving) money has to be collected at the time the customer places their order, and checks need to be made out to East Ridge High School. You need to pick up your orders on Friday, November 17^th or get someone else to pick it up because we will not have any freezer space to store it.

 

• We will be doing a ticket exchange with Woodbury High School to see their musical High School Musical on Thursday, November 16^th at 7pm. Let Tony know if you plan to attend so we can get a rough number. We will carpool to Woodbury High School.

 

• The Abominables at The Children’s Theatre is Minnesota’s first hockey musical. Carter Bannwarth a 9^th grader at East Ridge is in the show, and our one act director Leah is part of the show too!

 

• Tickets to Joseph are on sale. Order today Adults: $10 and students/seniors: $8

 

• Movie Night @ The Loft on Friday, December 15^th 7pm-10pm Do the survey monkey to vote for the movie you want to see: Little Shop of Horrors vs Dr. Horrible’s Sing – Along Blog

 

• Loftie Booing has begun! When you get booed, you must boo two more people within two days of being booed with a basket of Halloween-related goods (no more then $20 all together). When you get booed text Tony to get names of people that you must boo 651-769-4781

 

• Valley Scare will be Saturday, October 14^th from 6:30pm-12am. The cost is $30/person and we will need at least 15 people to go. Cash or checks are acceptable. Checks should be made to “The Loft Stage” We will be carpooling.

 

• Newsies at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre on Thursday, April 5^th. Registration will open in February.

 

• Finish Diamonds ASAP

 

• Check out Ashland!