Monday, July 25, 2011

Monday Meeting (7/25)

- Schedule revamp (FINAL schedule available on tabs above)

TO DO:
- Finish/create handbook (for now: basic with schedule, lesson plans, etc; postmortem project: //prompt book for a show...anyone could take it and recreate the camp)
- Finish/edit lesson plans
- Map out revue show (include counselors/instructors to "soup" up the show, counselor/instructor skit to celebrate the week, or the Thriller dance, or both) *SCENE SELECTIONS DUE TOMORROW*
- Participants need to provide their own costumes for the murder mystery dinner! (Katie re-sent a list of things participants need to Bro. Linton, who had better send it to the participants)
- Rehearsal schedule: Assign spaces to each director
- Murder mystery dinner: Outside catering (Subway)
- Compile prop list, costumes, set plot, lights, sound for revue show scenes ASAP
- Map out Orientation and Awards/Testimony Meeting (Orientation includes intro to instructors/counselors)
- Training week: HONOR CODE APPEARANCE (shaved, clothing, etc.)

Matt and Chelsey - Incorporate the light lab into the Light and Sound lesson plan

EVERYONE WHO REVAMPS A LESSON PLAN: LESS LECTURING, MORE DOING!!!

Plan right now
- Liz: Handbook
- Directors: Select scenes
- Others: Revamp lesson plans

1:30
- Orientation/Awards set up

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Meeting minutes 7/21 ("I am not now nor have I ever been a pompous!")

GO GET HIRED AT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS!!!!

Other items of business:
- All instructors/counselors are welcome to attend any classes they wish!
- Instructors will be paid 10-15 hours per week (both training week and camp week)

Training Week (Counselors AND Instructors)
- T W Th, 9 am - 6 pm (it might not go that long, but clear your schedule for that long)
- We'll keep you posted on meals and locations
- We're thinking that floating the river at Hibbard will be our team-building activity (tentatively Monday)
- Wednesday will be a mock day

Things that still need to be done:
- Lesson plans finalized (Chelsey - resend Tools/Materials, Clarissa - resend Hierarchy, Jacob - Acting Exploration/Mosaic Acting)
- Cut down lecturing and add more activities to lesson plans (remember that theatre kids especially learn by doing...less talking and more doing!)
- Gather archival sketches from design projects (makeup, set, costumes, etc.) 
- Clarissa: Print everything for Murder Mystery dinner at Quickship

What exactly do we want to use in the theatres?
- SPECIFICS (8 source 4's, 2 gobos -- leaves and window, 2 follow spots, 6 scrollers)
- Headsets for technicians
- Brian will create a "light lab" for us! (Alex is recording what we want)

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Meeting minutes 7/14

Make sure all instructors get up to community connections to get hired (people are going up Friday at 10:30 am)
- Pay is hourly (10 - 15 hours/week will be the estimated pay)

We gotta figure out resource list for everything!

Start compiling a day-by-day itinerary

REVUE
Artistic Directors: Katie, Seve
Asst. directors: Liz, Clarissa, Matt, Jacob, Jenny?
Stage Manager: Alex
Asst. Stage Manager: Liz
Sound Board: Chelsey
Light Board: Shanda
Makeup Assistants: Kristin, Jessica
Costumers: Clarissa, Roselanni
Props: Julynn
Stage hands: Participants
(Audition Panel: Directors)

Murder Mystery Dinner -- We gotta figure out copies for it (during training week)
* Resources need to be figured out SOON

What exactly is check out and check in?

We should notify students about touching rules/policies

ASSIGNMENT: Instructors, look over lesson plans and finalize what YOU want to do, get those resources to Katie

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Meeting minutes 7/7

For those who don't know yet, the camp is now officially just one week (August 1 - 6)

Where will counselors/instructors be living during the week of training?
- Bum off couches? You're responsible for finding your own housing. (As far as we know...we'll keep you posted)

Details on training?
- We have no idea! We're planning on being done in time for Brad's wedding on Friday night

Travel:
- Don't travel until August 7th (We'll be having a "post-mortem" on the afternoon of the 6th)

Parade went well! It was crazy fun!
- Got rid of over 1,000 fliers
- Lots of interest generated

We've got 4 kids registered! Awwwhooooooo!

Headcount for camp (who will be here for sure, whether they're hired or not): Chelsey, Alex, Liz, Jacob, Jordan, Trevor, Kristin, Katie, Seve, Kira, Jules

Reviewed/improved lesson plans