Important Drama Club News for Parents!
Hello Matilda Families!
I’d like to share a few important notes with you as we break for the next 12 days.
1. By now I hope you have purchased your child’s costume. If you haven’t, please go on mineoladrama.com, click on the MS Musical tab, then click on the “Costumes” page on the drop-down menu. There, you will see links to costumes your child will need. Please get these right away. We cannot and will not put your child on stage if the costume isn’t right.
2. When we return in January we begin our Saturday rehearsals. We will create schedules for the day. Please only send your child to rehearsal when his/her group or character is called. We understand people have other things to do on Saturdays but it would be super-helpful if you can make every effort to get your child to rehearsal when called.
3. The District is still trying to figure out the best way to set up ticketing for our 4 shows. They will have a plan in early January. As soon as the plan is made I will share it with you. However, I am sure you will be asked to only come to one or two of the four shows. We will need to limit the tickets this year in order to maintain social-distancing.
4. When the kids are on stage in big group numbers they will be masked. When they are on stage with only a few others they may take off their masks. I will be purchasing masks for the entire cast so they match.
5. As the quarantine check-in teacher for the MS, I am very aware that the number of children in 10-day quarantine keeps growing tremendously. As you know, our number one concern is keeping your children (and their families) safe. Therefore, my team and the administration have ongoing conversations discussing all possible scenarios in order for us to reduce the risks as much as possible. No decisions have been made yet, but many possible ideas have been floated including the idea of postponing (NOT CANCELLING) the show until the numbers of quarantine kids drops down to more reasonable numbers. Again, no action has been taken yet, but I wanted to alert you that this MAY be a possible option as we decide which is the best choice for our students.
6. Please make sure your kids practice their songs and dances over the break!
7. We will need parents to help us make some small costume items and, perhaps, help us paint the sets. This will happen on Saturdays. If you would like to help, please email me at mdeluca@mineola.k12.ny.us
Mr. Goldman, Ms. Oliveri, Mrs. Peters and I wish all of you a very happy and SAFE new year!
Sincerely,
Matt DeLuca
Hello Matilda Families!
I’d like to share a few important notes with you as we break for the next 12 days.
1. By now I hope you have purchased your child’s costume. If you haven’t, please go on mineoladrama.com, click on the MS Musical tab, then click on the “Costumes” page on the drop-down menu. There, you will see links to costumes your child will need. Please get these right away. We cannot and will not put your child on stage if the costume isn’t right.
2. When we return in January we begin our Saturday rehearsals. We will create schedules for the day. Please only send your child to rehearsal when his/her group or character is called. We understand people have other things to do on Saturdays but it would be super-helpful if you can make every effort to get your child to rehearsal when called.
3. The District is still trying to figure out the best way to set up ticketing for our 4 shows. They will have a plan in early January. As soon as the plan is made I will share it with you. However, I am sure you will be asked to only come to one or two of the four shows. We will need to limit the tickets this year in order to maintain social-distancing.
4. When the kids are on stage in big group numbers they will be masked. When they are on stage with only a few others they may take off their masks. I will be purchasing masks for the entire cast so they match.
5. As the quarantine check-in teacher for the MS, I am very aware that the number of children in 10-day quarantine keeps growing tremendously. As you know, our number one concern is keeping your children (and their families) safe. Therefore, my team and the administration have ongoing conversations discussing all possible scenarios in order for us to reduce the risks as much as possible. No decisions have been made yet, but many possible ideas have been floated including the idea of postponing (NOT CANCELLING) the show until the numbers of quarantine kids drops down to more reasonable numbers. Again, no action has been taken yet, but I wanted to alert you that this MAY be a possible option as we decide which is the best choice for our students.
6. Please make sure your kids practice their songs and dances over the break!
7. We will need parents to help us make some small costume items and, perhaps, help us paint the sets. This will happen on Saturdays. If you would like to help, please email me at mdeluca@mineola.k12.ny.us
Mr. Goldman, Ms. Oliveri, Mrs. Peters and I wish all of you a very happy and SAFE new year!
Sincerely,
Matt DeLuca
