This year House Music and Drama will be during the Patana Student Convention which is Monday 25th June to Wednesday 27th June. The performance is therefore limited to students from Y7 to 10, although students from Y11 to 13 can still get involved as directors if you wish.
Each day is split into 3 sessions so the timetable for the House Music and Drama during PSC is as follows.
Date | Session Number | Drama | Music | Other stuff that’s happening |
Mon 25/6 | 1 | Rehearsal | - | - |
2 | Rehearsal | - | - | |
3 | - | Final rehearsal (with teacher from Music Dept) | - | |
Tue 26/6 | 4 | - | - | Y7+8 Drama Club preparation |
5 | - | - | Y7+8 Drama Club performance | |
6 | - | - | - | |
Wed 27/6 | 7 | Rehearsal | - | - |
8 | Sound check on stage | Sound check on stage | - | |
9 | Performance | Performance | - |
You can see that we’ve carefully timetabled it so that…
· You can take part in both House Drama and House Music if you wish
· You can take part in House Music and Drama even if you also are already involved with the Y7+8 Drama Club ECA
· You can take part and still go on a trip – we’ve left Tuesday completely free
· You can take part and still sign up for lots of other fun activities too
More information about the rest of PSC will be coming out to you soon but we need to start the sign up process for House Music and Drama straight away so that we’ve got time to get ourselves organised.
House Drama – GREASE!
· GLEE style performance
· Unlimited numbers of students can sign up
· We will choose one GREASE song from:
o Grease Lightning
o Summer Nights
o We go together
o Magic changes
· Backing music and microphones will be provided by Arts Faculty
· You will need to learn the lyrics before PSC
· You will need to learn some basic dance moves before PSC
· You will have to organise a costume to wear for the performance
· Teachers from the Arts Faculty will be on hand to provide guidance during PSC sessions 1, 2, 7 and 8
· Interested? Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoX69CNkiSnAdExkRjJjdW5raU9LUFJ6OG1XT1I2QkE#gid=0
· DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UP = 2.30pm Friday 23rd May
Just to remind you that we won the Drama last year with our amazing rendition of “Loser like me” so we’ve got high expectations for 2012!
House Music
· Ensemble performance
· Minimum group size 2 students; maximum group size 4 students
· Any style – classical/jazz/rock/etc
· Any combination of instruments
· You will need to decide on a piece of music and an arrangement before PSC; this could (should?!) be a piece you already know
· You will need to meet with your ensemble and rehearse regularly before PSC; this could (should?!) be with an ensemble that you already play with
· Sign up for practice times via the regular system (by e mailing riho@patana.ac.th)
· Provide a list of equipment needed to bring to the stage for the performance
· The rehearsal during PSC is designed to put the finishing touches on your performance – you need to do the hard work before PSC
· Teachers from the Arts Faculty will be on hand to provide guidance during PSC sessions 3 and 8
· Interested? Sign up by e-mailing maba@patana.ac.th with the names of the people in your ensemble
· DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UP = 2.30pm Friday 23rd May
We’ve had such a fantastic year, wouldn’t you like to be part of our success story? Sign-up today!
Go SAMUI! 
Mr B
