Elf rehearsals will begin on Sept 8th and rehearsals will be scheduled within the time period of 4 pm to 10 pm on Friday’s, 3 pm to 7 pm on Saturday’s and 2 pm to 6 pm on Sunday’s. During the month of September and up until mid October you can count on being part of 6 hours of rehearsals in this time period. After Oct 16th, with the start of run throughs of the show, the time commitment will steadily increase until Nov 4th, at which time everybody will be required for all the rehearsal times. During the production week (Nov 12th to Nov 18th) the cast will be at the Arts and Culture Center from every evening 6 pm to 10 pm until the opening of the show November 16th.
There will be rehearsals on the Arts and Culture Stage the evenings of Monday, Nov 6h and Tuesday, Nov 7th
There will also be sound checks and cue to cue during the days of Monday, November 13th and Tuesday, November 14th. Times depending on the ACC schedule.
| Proposed Show Schedule | |
| 9:30 am Thursday, November 16th | School matinee |
| 7:30 pm Thursday, November 16th | Opening Night |
| 7:30 pm Friday, November 17th | Performance |
| 2:00 pm Saturday Public Matinee | 2nd Extra performance if ticket sales warranted |
| 7:30 pm Saturday, November 18th | Closing Performance |
| 2 pm Sunday, November 19th | 1st Extra performance if ticket sales warranted |
Rehearsal Schedule for Friday Sept 29th to Thursday Oct 5th
Please note the rehearsals with be spread over 2 different locations…
Studio – MacDonald Music Studio, 10 Princess Anne Place
A&C – St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre
| Fri Sept 29 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm (Arts) | “Jingle Jangle” | Teen and Dance Chorus (Girls only) |
| Fri Sept 29 | 5:45 – 6:15 pm (Studio) | Act 1 Scene 6 | Manager Buddy |
| Fri Sept 29 | 6:30 – 8 pm (Arts) | Act 1 Scene 1 “Happy All The Time” | Children’s Chorus Santa Buddy |
| Fri Sept 29 | 8 – 9:30 pm (Arts) | Act 2 Scene 1 “Nobody Cares About Santa Claus” | Elliott Teen, Adult, & Dance Chorus (Boys only) Manager Buddy |
| Sat. Sept 30 | 3:30 – 5:30 pm (Arts) | Act 2 Scene 4 “The Story Of Buddy | Deb Walter Chadwick Emily Michele Buddy Matthews Greenway |
| Sat. Sept 30 | 5:30 – 6:15 pm (Arts) | Act 1 Scene 9 “Just Like Him” | Deb Walter Chadwick Emily Michele Buddy Matthews Dance Chorus |
| Sat. Sept 30 | 6:15 – 7 pm (Arts) | Act 1 Scene 5 “In The Way” | Deb Walter Chadwick Emily Michele Buddy Matthews Dance Chorus Security Guards (6:45 pm) |
| Sun Oct 1 | 2:30 – 3:30 pm (Studio) | “I Believe In You” “There Is A Santa Claus” | Michele Emily |
| Sun. Oct 1 | 2 – 4 pm (Arts) | Act 1 Scene 6 Sparklejollytwinklejingley” | Security Guards Buddy Adult Chorus Dance Chorus Teen Chorus Jovie Manager |
| Sun. Oct 1 | 4 – 5 pm (Arts) | Music rehearsal | Entire cast without Children’s |
| Sun Oct 1 | 5 – 6 pm | Music rehearsal | Entire Cast |
| Thurs Oct 5 | 10 – 10:30 am | Act 1 Scene Prologue | Santa |
| Thurs Oct 5 | 10:30 am – 11:15 am (Studio) | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 3 | Santa Buddy |
| Thur Oct 5 | 11:15 am – 12 noon (Studio) | Act 1 Scene 6 Act 1 Scene 10 Act 2 Scene 2 | Buddy Jovie |