Samuel Morgan Elementary School in Kaysville Utah has some great before-school programs that are offered to their scholars. Karate, Robotics, and Orchestra are all included in that list. I decided to offer a new program that introduced the performing arts. The principle agreed in my volunteered idea and so, my project began. We had roughly 12 weeks to plan and produce this show. The school bought the rights to "Frozen Jr" through MTI and I held auditions one day after school in early January. The students were expected to sing 30 seconds of a song of their choice. I took pictures and videos so I could go back to review heights and skill level after the audition process was over. It took me about a week to cast. We got roughly 95 students and they were split between two casts. The students would come each morning before school. We had an hour long rehearsal where we would practice 2 of 3 things. The blocking, the singing or the dancing. We followed our rehearsal schedule pre...
Shine Camp is an on-going project that is my biggest to date. This camp project was started in 2015 for homeschooled youth in the state of Utah who participate in the performing arts. Many performing arts groups of this sort are already available to homeschooling youth and I wanted to create an end-of-year experience to help youth come together and showcase their creations. Directors can sign their casts up for this 2-3 day camp held annually in May. 2 "camp counselors" are chosen from each cast to help plan and execute the camp with leadership positions. Each cast is given a time slot during the camp to perform their show for the rest of the camp. They bring their set, costumes, props and actors up to camp to put on an outdoor performance. When actors are not performing or cheering on another cast, there are workshops, group devotionals, acting lessons, service projects, meals, hikes, crafts, and more to keep them occupied. Each cast is split up into different "teams...