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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sunday, March 29


Sunday, March 29 ~
It's time to
celebrate realistic effects Sticker by Chris Timmons
 ๐ŸŽถ SING๐ŸŽถ


Here's the deal cast-
1. If you haven't answered The Three Questions,
please scroll down until you find Dwane "The Rock" Johnson.
Under his quote is a comment section with amazingly wonderful answers from some of your fellow cast members. Please add your answer to The Three Questions
2. If you haven't designed a costume from what you have available at home
please do it and email the photo to me at cgilbert@gusd.net (or if the email won’t go through, text me at 818.523.2026) Look it the gallery, it's SO COOL!
3. Move on to vocal lesson #3 (๐Ÿคžhoping you've been working on lessons 1 & 2)  
4. New homework  ๐Ÿ‘ yea!! 
▸record yourself singing Anything Can Happen If You Let It (Pt 1)  pages 109-111 in your script 
▸email it to me at cgilbert@gusd.net (or if the email won’t go through, text me at 818.523.2026) 
(Yes,  I know that most of you don't sing this song - This Is A Challenge๐Ÿ‘) 
Click here for the song →Anything pt. 1
5. Stay cool ๐Ÿ˜Š
6. 











Costume Design Gallery






These are just about the greatest thing I've ever seen!
Thank you!!

Jade as Von Hussler




















Jade as Jade ๐Ÿ˜‡


Anri as George Banks
- Nice topper, Georgie!


Antonia's design for Michael 
- She researched clothing of the era!




















Sadie as a Bank Clerk 
- Say old chap, you simply take the egg!






















with her fabulous

















Seri Jane as a Chimney Sweep
- Check out that sooty face!!











































Charlotte as a Chimney Sweep 
- this bloke is ready to take a huge step in time! ❤️






































Juliet as Mary Poppins
- Look at her face, she loves those kids but they better mind their Ps and Qs!
















Jaiden as Mrs. Brill
- The cookies are a great touch, as is the swiffer ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜




















Sienna as a Chimney Sweep
- this is one cocky Cockney! (I'd be cocky too if I had such a fantastic vest!)




















Kenley as Jane Banks
- That's a great "Jane" dress! I trust that you aren't wearing stockings?
















Aram as Northbrook
Aram has perfectly captured his warmhearted, honest character.



Ava Eng as a Park Stroller
-this is fabulous, check out that bustle!





















Eva as Winifred Banks
Eva says, "The votes sash shows Mrs. Banks desire for women's rights for voting from the movie. The tea kettle is for the scene in the play for when she is excited for the tea party."
Mrs. Gilbert says, "๐Ÿ’–



















Colton as Messenger
-Messages, pouch & bike. He's thought about his character's life outside of his scene.

























Maximilian as a Bank Clerk
-There will be no swaying this banker, his suit is as stiff as his posture. ✔



Thursday, March 26, 2020

Happy Thursday!!

Sorry I missed yesterday ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
How’s everyone doing?

Thank you to:
๐ŸŒŸJuliet, Jaiden, Seri Jane, Kenley, Narineh, Somie, Sadie & Callie๐ŸŒŸ
for answering the 3 questions. Such great answers!

Here is a clip from the original Mary Poppins Movie
showing the answer to question to question #3-


Moving on →

1. Keep up rehearsing your music at home 
Marry Poppins Jr soundtrack

2. Keep up breathing exercises
lesson #1
lesson #2

3. NEW HOMEWORK
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to costume your character from what you have at home. I'll break it down-
~ Decide on a specific scene for you character (if you play more than one character, choose one).
~ Design a costume from what you have available at home; your clothes, family member's clothes (if you have permission!), pots, pans, paper (but not toilet paper for goodness sake!!), whatever works.
~ Take a photo or two of you in costume
~ Clean up after yourself
~ email the photo to me at cgilbert@gusd.net (or if the email won’t go through, text me at 818.523.2026) and I'll post a gallery.


4. Remember-










Sunday, March 22, 2020

Spring Break is over!

"Nothing's gone forever, only out of place."

Well, that quote is from Mary Poppins Returns", but I like it. ๐Ÿ˜„

We have a few weird weeks ahead of us. 
Ms. Tonoli and everyone at Keppel are working very hard to get things rearranged and we need to be a little patient for the plans to be laid out. 
In the meantime, I'd like us to keep working together and stay tight. 
I'd like us to do some online exercises and rehearsing, so check in so that I know you're with me. 

1. Scroll down to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and answer the 3 questions by commenting in the comment section.
2. Homework assignment number two- click here
3. Come back Wednesday for a new post. 
4.

Friday, March 20, 2020


Answer the questions from the last post,
I changed the settings.


Wednesday, March 18, 2020

"Goodbye, Mary Poppins, don't stay away too long."


Alright friends, three questions-
1. What is your favorite lyric in the show?
2. What do you find most difficult or weird about the breathing lessons?
3. If someone asked you this- "I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith",
   what would the correct response be?

*Answer in the comment section.

dwayne-johnson Pics

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Happy Spring Break

๐ŸŽญ Hello, Master Class.
Spring Break has officially started and may very well be extended due to the steps we, as a community, are taking to try to keep everyone healthy and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
So let's enjoy our spring break but lets keep our show fresh and let's keep working toward our performance of Mary Poppins.

First,
๐ŸŽ‰GREAT job at the GUSD district office!! ๐Ÿ‘
I hope it felt good to you to get up in front of an audience and give them a taste of what you've been working so hard on.
Mrs. Acitelli and I were so proud of you all ๐Ÿ˜Š  and we got so very many complements on your performance. Ms. Tonoli & Ms. Worley were bowled over ๐Ÿ˜

Second,
I'm planning on posting every 3 or 4 days to check in on you and to give you some notes and... HOMEWORK!
๐Ÿ˜ง 
"Close you mouth please, cast. We are not a codfish."


Here's a job for you-




















This is a YouTube video by a guy named Eric Arceneaux. 
(I don't know anything about him except for these videos.)

This is an exceptional lesson on vocal production for singing as well as speaking




This is not something that you do once and think, "ok, now I've got it". 
Please work on these exercises. I promise, it will be a life long benefit to you. 
These are directly in line with how Ms. Acitelli and I believe you should be supporting your voice. ๐ŸŽถMr. De La Graza, our sound engineer, is already concerned about being able to get the audience to hear and understand you. 

Saturday, March 7, 2020

March 10 &12. District Performance. Step in Time Vid.

๐Ÿ’ฅBIG post!๐Ÿ’ฅ

Here there be info for~
1. Tuesday's mini rehearsal and performance
2. Thursday's rehearsal
3. ๐Ÿšจ AN ALERT
4. Step in Time rehearsal videos
5. Something to consider...

1. Tuesday's mini rehearsal and performance
Schedule:
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM – rehearse “Supercalifragalistic” in the Dance Room
3:30 PM to 4:00 PM – drive to the district office (
223 N Jackson St, Glendale, CA 91206)
4:30 PM to 5:00 PM – Perform before the school board ๐Ÿ˜Š 

๐Ÿšจ The students will move to the lobby after performing and are free to leave w/ their parent or with whomever is indicated on their permission slip. 

Permission Slip:
Your student must have a permission slip which will be sent home on Monday inside their t-shirt bag (yes, they will be getting their show shirts on Monday๐Ÿ˜). 
No permission slip and unfortunately, they cannot attend. NO EXCEPTIONS.

What to Wear: 
Ladies – Black leggings / Mary Poppins show shirt
Gents – Dark pants / Mary Poppins show shirt

Parent drivers and students riding with other parents:
This opportunity can only be accomplished if we have parents drivers. 
If you absolutely CANNOT drive your student to the district office, then you need to speak to another parent to get your student to the performance. On the back of the permission slip will be an additional section that you will need to fill out fully. It will state that you do not hold GUSD, Mark Keppel Elementary or the individual driver liable in case of an accident. Your signature is required.

2. Thursday's rehearsal
March 12
2:30-5:00
dance clean up

All performers are called

3. ๐Ÿšจ AN ALERT!
From here on out, EVERYONE is called to EVERY rehearsal ✔

4. Step in Time rehearsal videos



    *this is why we stay turned out to the audience ๐Ÿ˜’

5. Something to consider...
Advice from a children's Theatre Company
-Don't Forget the Audience
Think of the audience as your acting partner. Make sure they can see, hear and understand you.
-Pay attention to your voice
Be very aware of your enunciation and projection.
-Act with the Voice AND the Body
How does your charter stand, walk, gesture?
What kind of character does the audience see?
-Stay in Character
Even if someone forgets a line or something goes differently than rehearsed, stay in character. Deal with the situation in a way that is true to your character. If you are always in character the audience will never know that something went wrong.
-You are never invisible
If you can see the audience, the audience can see you. What are you doing, at this moment, to help tell the story? 





Sunday, March 1, 2020

Woo hoo!! March 3rd & 5th


Rehearsals this week~
Tuesday, March 3
Scenes 5-8

All performers are called
Thursday, March 5
dance clean up

All performers are called

If you haven't turned in your bio, 
do it right now
A link for submitting your bio- www.bit.ly/2020MKSBio

supercalifrag-card1

Something to consider...
Many beginning actors feel that once they stop talking, or singing or dancing they become invisible to the audience. They believe that they can squirm, they can talk to their neighbor, they can break character or stand looking totally bored. If you’re not the focus of the scene and you break character you will stand out (not in a positive way). You could stand out so much that you will pull the focus away from the action. That is not being a good team player. Whenever you are on stage you are to be involved in telling the story to the audience.

Here are a few definitions of "breaking character"-
๐ŸŽญA theatrical term used to describe when an actor, while actively performing in character, slips out of character and behaves as his or her actual self. This is an acceptable occurrence while in the process of rehearsal, but is unheard of and extremely unprofessional while actively performing in front of an audience.
๐ŸŽญIn acting, saying or doing something that is not in keeping with the character one is portraying.
๐ŸŽญWhen an actor stops acting and steps out of their role.
๐ŸŽญStepping outside of the imaginary world of performance