THEATRICAL MAKEUP SUPPLIES

There is a local company that carries the Ben Nye brand of theatrical makeup.

Theatrical Makeup Supplies
by Echoes of Time
600 N. Witchduck Road
Virginia Beach
(757) 470-0903

THRIFT STORE SHOPPING!!

We are going to start building our costume inventory by visiting some of our area thrift stores! I know that many of our students have some great ideas and a much better fashion sense than I, so I've decided to make it a field trip.  Please bring money for lunch at Chick-Fil-A.

Here are the details:

Thrift Store Shopping Field Trip
Saturday, January 10, 2015
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

MEET:

• 10 a.m. - CHKD Thrift Store on South Battlefield

STOPS:

• GOOD WILL, 121 SherringtonDrive, Chesapeake
• SALVATION ARMY,901 Eden Way, N., Chesapeake
• CHKD ThriftStore, 6528 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach
• CHICK-FIL-A,5409 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach

PICK UP:

• CHKD Thrift Store, 1920Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach

Please fill out the permission slip and make sure you/your student turns it in at class or brings it with them. 

Important Dates & Information

STARTING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY

All Thursday rehearsals will run until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday rehearsals start the week of January 19 and will consist mainly of the large group scenes. Unless otherwise noted, Tuesday rehearsals will be finished at 5 p.m.

Saturday, January 10 – Thrift Store Shopping – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We will hit several local thrift stores in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach in search of costumes and props. We will meet at the CHKD Thrift Store on Battlefield Boulevard at 10 a.m., then we will make our way to others until 2 p.m. Depending on the number of students attending, I may need additional adult drivers. Please bring money for lunch at Chick-Fil-A.

Tuesday, January 13 - Headshots - 3:30 p.m. - CCC Fellowship Hall
We will be taking head shots of all students on January 13 to include in our program for the spring production. If you happen to already have a head shot, you can email a high-resolution image directly to Mrs. Henaghan. Students will also fill out a short bio sheet. Please wear a dark, solid-color shirt.

Thursday, January 15 – Stage Makeup Class – 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – CCC Fellowship Hall

We will have a stage makeup class at KEYS during our Advanced Drama class time from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. All Advanced Drama students are required to attend, and all Principles of Drama students are strongly encouraged to attend. Other students who are interested in helping with makeup for our productions should also attend, although for the most part, students will be expected to do their own makeup.

For the class and productions, we will be purchasing several Ben Nye Personal Crème Kit makeup kits in fair/light, fair/medium, and brown.  You can see these kits by visiting this site:  http://camerareadycosmetics.com/products/ben-nye-personal-creme-kit.html

Each student should have their own makeup sponges stored in a zip lock bag. We can keep that with our supplies, or you can keep it with yours. 

If you want to do your makeup along with our instructor, please bring supplies with you to the class.

IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SHARING MAKEUP OR SKIN SENSITIVITIES, please consider purchasing your own kit. The most important piece of your makeup kit is going to be the crème base and powder. Regular foundation purchased at Target, Walgreens, etc., will not suffice.

LINE MEMORIZATION

Please remember that there is an entire cast depending on you to know your lines. Your line(s) could be pivotal to others hitting their lines and queues. Memorization is not a suggestion, it is a requirement. There will be no prompters at any performances. You must hit all your lines!

• DEADLINE 1 – ACT 1, SCENE 4 – All lines must be memorized by Thursday, January 8
• DEADLINE 2 – ACT 1 – All lines for all of Act 1 must be memorized by Thursday, January 29
• DEADLINE 3 – ACT 2 – All lines for all of Act 1 and Act 2 must be memorized by February 19

MARCH REHEARSALS

Starting the week of March 9, all cast members will need to be at rehearsals on both Tuesdays and Thursdays until 6 p.m. These rehearsals are required for all cast members including extras.

Getting Along in Life and Drama Class

Our lives are filled with lots of different people with lots of different personalities. Our drama class, like life, is full of the same. The difference is that many people in our class have big personalities. There are many great ideas and lots of creativity flowing through the class – that’s why we love to perform and act! With this much personality, however, there is bound to be some conflict.

Most of you, if you’re honest, don't get along with or even like everyone in the class. And that’s OK. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that we’re going to always get along with everybody, nor does it say that we have to like everybody or be friends with everybody. The Bible is full of stories of conflict and disagreements. But the Bible is also full of stories of love and grace and forgiveness. It’s full of godly direction and wisdom on how to handle conflict and how to treat people.

There is a commandment that Jesus gives in the New Testament that is given multiple times, and it falls only second in line to loving God. And just like loving God, it isn't a suggestion or a recommendation. It is a commandment.

Love each other.

In John 15:12, Jesus says, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”

In fact, it is such an important commandment, He says it again just a few verses later in verse 17:  “This is my command: Love each other.”

There are many other instances of this in the Bible including John 13:34, 1 Corinthians 13, which is a whole chapter about love being the greatest thing of all, and Mark 12 where Jesus says this to the teachers in the temple, “’The most important [commandment] is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.’”

The Bible commands that we are to love each other. Always. The Bible does NOT say it’s easy, the Bible does not say it will always happen without struggle or conflict.  The Bible says DO. IT. PERIOD. I will say this again – it’s not a suggestion.

The Bible also tells us in Philippians 2:3-4, it says, “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

I mentioned the above verse to try to convey a very important message to all students in my drama classes - There is no one who is more important or more significant than anyone else. It doesn't matter if you've been acting for two months or ten years. Everyone is equal in our class. While some of the student's individual goals may include becoming a better actor and learning new skills, our NUMBER ONE goal in this class is to give glory to God. We can do this by acting in love toward each other, by being humble, by treating others how we would like to be treated, or, even better, treating others as being more significant than ourselves, by looking out for the interests of others, etc.

While students may not “click” with everyone else in this class and want to have one of those “hey, let’s hang out” kind of friendships, I do expect each student to treat others kindly with respect and love. I also expect you to handle conflict biblically. 

How do we handle conflict biblically?  Matthew 18 gives us a good guideline. While this is more directed to sin in the church, we have to remember that as Christians, we make up the church body. Let's take a look.

Matthew 18:15-17 says:

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church.

In other words, if there is a problem or conflict with one of your classmates, you need to talk to them directly and with love and respect. If you can’t resolve your conflict that way, then you come to me, your parent, or another teacher or staff member at KEYS. Conflict with another student (or anyone, for that matter) should never be discussed with your friends or other students. Why? Because that causes more dissention, cliques, and even an atmosphere of bullying.  

Now, some of you may think, “Well, it’s just my personality and people don’t understand me.” By saying that, you’re underestimating the power of God and His ability to change your heart. Most negative behaviors are a heart issue, not a personality issue, and this is where you have to ask God to intervene and work on your heart.

If you say, “I just don’t care what people think of me.”  Well, you should. I don’t mean that in a, “Oh my gosh, do you think he liked my hair today?” kind of way. I mean it in a “we are ambassadors of Christ and should show Him to the world” kind of way.

This passage from Galations 5 shows us the fruits we should be striving to show as Christians:

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other."

Here is my desire for our drama class - that we treat each other with love and respect, understanding we are all part of one body, one team, a unified group with a common goal.  Our class is not a place for selfishness, angry outbursts, gossip, mean spiritedness, envy, or anything of that sort. Let's be an example to all those who may be looking in as a group united in Christ, working for the Lord with all our hearts, putting away selfish ambition, and glorifying God in all we do. THAT is something of which we can all be proud, and something, I believe, that will allow us to better get along in class, and ultimately, in life.

You're Invited - Make a Joyful Noise

Hey there, Drama Students,

I would like to personally invite you and your family and friends to attend an event that will take place at my church, Atlantic Shores.

Make a Joyful Noise Concert Event
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Atlantic Shores Baptist Church - Kid's Thang Theater

(through the Children's Ministry entrance at back of main church building)

1861 Kempsville Road (at Centerville)

Virginia Beach

Doors Open 6 p.m.

Concert Begins 7 p.m.

This is a "special needs-friendly" and "safe harbor" event where people with disabilities and their families are encouraged to relax and be themselves.

There will be music, and my husband and I will be performing a quick, funny skit on finding joy.

Admission is FREE! Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m.

Request your free tickets HERE.

Extra Credit Tongue Twister

About Socks

Give me the gift of a grip-top sock,
A clip drape shipshape tip top sock.
Not your spinslick slapstick slipshod stock,
But a plastic, elastic grip-top sock.
None of your fantastic slack swap slop
From a slap dash flash cash haberdash shop.
Not a knick knack knitlock knockneed knickerbocker sock
With a mock-shot blob-mottled trick-ticker top clock.
Not a supersheet seersucker ruck sack sock,
Not a spot-speckled frog-freckled cheap sheik’s sock
Off a hodge-podge moss-blotched scotch-botched block.
Nothing slipshod drip drop flip flop or glip glop
Tip me to a tip top grip top sock.   - Dr. Seuss

KEYS Advanced Drama - Week 1 (part 1)

Romans 12:3-5

“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”

There is a lot of talk in the secular world about self-worth. Parents and teachers are given guidelines and advice on things to say or not say in order to build up and not break down a student’s self-esteem. We are told that students need to feel good about themselves, and in order for this to happen, there are certain things we have to do. For instance, some school systems have eliminated Fs on report cards, and sport leagues give trophies to the winners and losers, all in the name of self-esteem.

Here is what I know is true (I have lived long enough to experience it...) We can’t always win. We won’t always succeed. There will be times when we lose and times when we fail. There will be those times in our lives that we find ourselves incredibly disappointed, because despite how hard we have worked, despite how much we wanted to get an A in a class or be the MVP or make it onto a competitive team or district group, sometimes it’s just not good enough.  But we’re talking about the world’s standards here – not God’s.

Second Corinthians says, “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.  We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

As Christ followers, we are called to a different standard… a better standard.

Did you know that God actually wants us to be losers? At least four times in the New Testament, it tells us to “lose your life for [His] sake and you will find it.” In Mark chapter 8, it says, “If anyone would come after me, let him take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for the gospel’s sake will save it.”

Does that mean we should forsake our position here on earth and not work hard in school or in our activities and just read the Bible? Absolutely not! For those who took my class last year, you know one of my life verses is Colossians 3:23. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters…”  We need to live out our faith and shine the light of Jesus in everything we do! We need to stand out in both thought and deed.

The verse in Romans 12 says, “Do not think more highly of yourself than you ought…”

OK, so, sometimes we won’t be great, especially by the world’s standards.  On the other hand, there will be some things at which we excel. We will be good at some things, even great at some things. Some of us will win awards, get straight As, and get lots and lots of human accolades for our talents and achievements. This is also an area in which we need to be careful. It can be SO easy to allow that sneaky and consuming sin of pride invade our lives. In fact, Satan loves it when we do, because it takes the spotlight off of the One who gave us these gifts and abilities – the One who deserves all praise.

James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above…”

We are all here today because we love to act.  For some, it’s a passion, for others, it’s a fun activity. I know I feel most alive when I’m teaching in drama class, directing a play, or acting. But I know that I know that I know that my passion and ability is straight from God.

If there is one thing I can teach you this year, it will be to think less of yourselves. I know that sounds weird, but it’s the truth. God has seen fit to bless us with an ability and desire to perform, and we not only need to be thankful, but we need to always be pointing our fingers toward Him and giving Him the glory.

The second part of the beginning passage in Romans talks about being one body but many parts. While this is speaking about the body of Christ as a whole, I like to look at our group that way, too.  We are many parts, and in our productions there will be many parts – you won’t all have the same functions, the same number of lines, or the same amount of time on stage – but we are one team and we belong to each other. We are all equally important in God’s eyes, and we will all be equally important parts of whatever production we perform. It may seem easy to agree with now at the beginning of the year, but please try to remember this when we perform, and you're tasked with few lines and a lot of background work!

The youth pastor at my church always ends his prayers before he preaches with this: “Lord, protect me from myself.” I believe each of us would be wise to consider the same as we move into rehearsals and performances.

And finally, let’s remember the One who does deserve all the glory, honor, and praise, and that is Jesus.

TobyMac - Steal My Show (Official Lyric Video) from tobymac on GodTube.