DEAR NAPA FAMILIES,

Welcome back Awesome NAPA Families!

Hope you all had a great holiday and are excited for this semester which is filled with performances, eisteddfods, and events!

CHICAGO IS A HIT!!!!!

We have started the term off with a bang! First week back and we staged our first production of the year, Chicago. A huge congratulations to our Broadway Extension Class and their teachers Hollie and Kim, and the crew, for an outstanding performance. This musical was sold out within a week of announcing that ticket sales were open. Feedback from audience members lucky enough to get tickets this week have let us know that they loved the show, so get excited all of you who are coming next week. If you would like to see more about the cast and crew, check out the program by clicking the button below.

VIEW CHICAGO DIGITAL PROGRAM + PRODUCTION PHOTOS

TICKET SALES

We are now going to open ticket sales on Tuesday, 19 July (tomorrow) for the rest of this Term’s shows. If your child is any of these productions, I encourage you to purchase tickets quickly as they sell out fast. The shows that will go on sale are as follows:

The Day the Internet Died a play performed by our Pre-Senior Tread the Boards class. This will be on Sunday, 7 August at 2pm and 7pm
Xanadu – a musical performed by our Broadway Tweens class. This will be on the 9 & 10 September at 7.30pm and 11 September at 3pm.
Performance Team Concert – 16 & 17 September at 7pm.

PURCHASE PRODUCTION TICKETS HERE

RAFFLES & FUNDRAISING

Our amazing executive P&F group (Janneth Zarate Beltran – President, Trina Power – Vice President, Kimberley Janssen – Treasurer, Danielle Sutherland – Secretary), work tirelessly to raise funds to advantage our students. You see them working on the bar, planning events and conducting raffles. Their purpose is to raise funds for equipment, resources and improve facilities which not only benefits our students but helps keep down fees. This year we are raising funds for new flooring in the theatre. Our current flooring is a bit worse for wear with so many shows and classes held in there. Therefore, we are aiming to provide a better floor for students to work on and will also look nicer for shows. We are hoping to purchase some timber flooring that will go over our Tarkett which is cushioned for dancing, but the timber will provide a better surface. All raffles for our productions will go towards the flooring, and raffle money from the Performance Team Concert and Solo Vocal Concert will go towards payment of the high cost of us performing our Dance Concert at HOTA, so this will help reduce ticket prices.

We ask that you support our raffles by purchasing tickets or donating raffle prizes to benefit our students. A big thank you goes out to our P&F Executives for their incredible work and support, and a special thank you to all of our valued prize contributors throughout the year.

MEDIA FEE

For students in productions, you will be charged a Media Fee prior to the production. This fee provides you with a link to a recording of the production and access to professional photos. In this way, you have a wonderful memory of your child’s performance. Currently this fee is $35 with the arrangement we have with our photographers and videographer. This may change if the operators change. We will keep you posted about this.

THIS TERM’S COMPETITIONS

On top of three productions and one concert this term, we also have three Performance Team competitions – Get the Beat in Brisbane on the 30 July, Gold Coast Eisteddfods throughout the month of August and Get the Beat Finals during the next school holidays. If you are a Performance Team parent, please ensure you are up to date with all the information provided to you. If you are new to eisteddfods and confused in anyway, please reach out on our Performance Team Facebook group as there are lots of experienced parents who can help guide you through the experience. Kimberley Janssen on our reception desk is an experienced dance mum as well, so she can assist you if you want to make an appointment with her to seek clarification on any information.

CONFUSION IN ACCESSING INFORMATION

There has been some confusion from some parents in where to access information. To clarify this for people who are a bit confused, besides Facebook and the weekly Newsletter you have two main sources of information. Your Portal is where you are able to register or remove your child from classes, send and receive messages to and from NAPA administration, purchase uniforms from the online store, pay for fees, costumes fees and media fees. Our Website is where you find all other information such as timetables, online learning, purchase of tickets for shows, calendar dates, past newsletters, uniform requirements, parent handbook, class information and guidelines, performance team information, teacher information and much more. It is your first port of call when seeking information and we continually update our website. Please make yourself familiar with our website so you can keep well informed, so you and your child does not miss out on opportunities and events.

NAPA COLLEGE PICNIC DAY

Our NAPA College students are super busy at the moment with school and assessment work, being in Chicago, as well as rehearsing for a presentation, cabaret and a play. What a way to learn great work ethics! However, the day in-between the preview night and opening night of Chicago needed a rest day. So what better way to have a picnic on Burleigh Hill with Miss Kim and myself.