From the LETC Board of Directors

Announcing our FIRST HOLIDAY PRODUCTION

2011-08-17T20:53:00.000-07:00

IT'S OFFICIAL!
LETC is producing "A Christmas Story."

The performances will be December 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16 & 17.

This is the classic "You'll shoot your eye out" and leg-lamp story. We are looking for a boy around 10 years old to play Ralphie and a few other children, especially boys. Al parts are open - nothing has been pre-cast.

Auditions will be held September 22 & 23 with callbacks on September 24.

You should prepare a short monologue for the audition, then, in the call backs you will read from the script. The monologue does not have to be from the play, it can be from anything. Visit www.LaForgeEncore.org to download a copy of the Audition Form.

The auditions on September 22 & 23 will be at 6:00-10:00 pm (you only need to come once during those days). Callbacks are on Saturday, September 24 from 10:00am-4:00pm. If you are selected for callbacks you will need to plan on staying the entire time.

All auditions and performances will be at Blue Peak High School, 211 S. Tooele Blvd.

Please e-mail Carol at carol.laforge@laforgeencore.org with any questions.

2011-03-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hey friends, we wanted to share information with you about an upcoming event in Tooele.

The Pioneer Valley Chamber Ensamble will be performing an evening of Bach, including: Wir Eilen, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and selections from the B Minor Mass.

This performance was co-directed by Pamela Dale and Betta Nash and all of the performers are from Tooele County.

This performance is free, but seating is limited so arrive early. The show is one hour long.

The performance will be April 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm. It will be held in the St. Barnabus Episcopal Church, 1784 N. Aaron Dr., Tooele, UT.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience classical singing and orchestra in an intimate setting right here in our home town!

Tooele City Arts Council

2011-03-03T22:56:00.000-08:00

The Arts Council is conducting a survey to help improve the quality and quantity of the Arts in Tooele. Please help us out by taking the survey. The Arts Council is the reason LaForge Encore is in existence - together we can make the Arts an important element in Tooele. The more people who take the survey, the more the city council and city government can see how important the arts are. Please go to this site and take the survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RN9JBY8

I am not sure, but I think if you click on the URL it will take you to the survey.

Thank you!

Don't forget to audition for THE KING AND I

The King and I

2011-02-12T23:07:00.000-08:00

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King and I Auditions

2011-02-12T14:59:00.000-08:00

We're still working on the logo so it will change a little between now and our final "draft", but I thought I would use it just to get everybody psyched up about the show.

HERE ARE SOME DETAILS ABOUT AUDITIONS

ALL AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AT

West Elementary

451 West 300 South

Tooele

AUDITIONS FOR CHILDREN

Ages 4 - 15

Boys and Girls

March 19, 2011

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

It is possible some of the children will have to stay that long, but we will be through with most of them by noon.

All those auditioning should arrive at 8:00 a.m. unless you have made prior arrangements with

Carol LaForge 435-830-2704

There are no LEADS for children

Children need to have about 16 bars of a prepared song.

They may bring music to give our accompanist, bring their own accompanist, sing acapella, or sing with a minus track

They will also need to prepare a short poem or story. About 30 seconds to one minute. It may or may not be memorized.

AUDITIONS FOR ADULTS

The dates for adult auditions are:

March 23 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

March 24 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

March 25 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

March 26 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE

You only need to come to auditions ONE TIME during the available times.

We have made four days available to (hopefully) accommodate everyone.

If you cannot make it during any of these times

please contact Carol 435-830-2704

Adults will need to come prepared with 16 bars of a Broadway style song

You may bring music for our accompanist, bring your own accompanist, sing with a minus track, or sing acapella

You also need to perform a 1 - 2 minute monologue.

It can be something you have prepared from a different source or it can be one of the "sides" provided on the LaForge Encore website

Memorization is encouraged but not required

Please bring a résumé if you have one

It is not required

CALLBACKS WILL BE MARCH 30 AND 31

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

The production of The King and I

will be June 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27

in the Tooele High School Auditorium

CHARACTERS

LEADS

Anna Leonowens

King of Siam

Tuptim

Lady Thiang

Prince of Siam

SUPPORTING

Captain Orton

Louis Leonowens

The Kralahome

Phra Alack

Lun Tha

Sir Edward Ramsey

CHORUS

10 Priests

18 Royal Dancers

10+ Royal Wives

4 Amazons

Princes and Princesses of Siam (20 - 25)

We hope to see you at auditions!!

Please call or text Carol LaForge

435-830-2704

if you have any questions

This production is made possible through the generous donation from the Tooele City Arts Council

Your PAR tax dollars at work

The Elephant's Child

2011-02-10T23:11:00.000-08:00

We performed the Reader's Theatre

THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD

Thursday, February 10th at Stansbury Clubhouse Library

Pamela Giles -- reacting dramatically -- in purple, of course.

Lory Crofts playing the drums. "Once, in the far off times, there was an elephant, an elephant's child, who was full of satiable curiosity."

It was a really fun show. We had a great time. Thank you, Ladies! You were awesome!

The King and I

2011-02-09T20:19:00.000-08:00

Sorry it's been so long since I've put any information on here, but we now have new news -- as opposed to old news --

We are definitely doing The King and I in June - 16th through the 27th -- at Tooele High School auditorium. We will be having auditions on the following days:

MARCH 19th          Auditions for children ages 4 - 16     8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
                                  those auditioning should plan on being there the entire
                                  time - BOY AND GIRLS
                                  Children should come with a prepared song and a short
                                  memorized poem.
                                  ***Note: There are no children "Leads" in this show.

MARCH 23, 24, 25            Auditions for adults - Come with a prepared song
                                             and a short monologue or "side" (a supplied
                                             monologue available on the web site)
                                             7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. You do not need to stay
                                             the entire time, you just need to come and sing and
                                             do the monologue. YOU ONLY NEED TO
                                             COME ONE TIME DURING THE AVAILABLE
                                             AUDITION DAYS !!

MARCH 26                         Auditions for adults -- same as above 10 am - 2pm

PLEASE CALL 435-830-2704 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDITIONS - talk to Carol

Call-Back will be held March 30 and 31 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

*****Auditions will either be at the Dow James Building or (hopefully) at West Elementary School ******

We also need staff members

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE FOLLOWING JOBS

Assistant Director

Music Coordinator

Vocal Coach

Choreographer

Assistant Choreographer

Stage Manager

Sound Technician

Lighting Technician

Seamstress

A variety of other positions are available

Please fill out at application from our Web Site by March 10th

COME JOIN US

you will have the time of your life

Halloween Makeup

2010-10-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty small group of participants at the Halloween Makeup class on October 21 - I guess too many people had other things to do that night -- either that, or we taught them everything they needed to know last time :)

These makeup jobs were done by the class participants. They brought their own subject (translation: child) and painted the faces themselves. In this one, the dragon eyes are painted on the eyelids, so when he closes his eyes, you can see the dragon's eyes.

This girl brought a book about a cat who wanted to be a chihuahua -- she wants to be the cat for Halloween. The makeup was done using the picture of the cat from the book. The cat's eyes are painted on her eyelids.

This horn was applied to the face using prosthetic adhesive. Any prosthetic, nose, ears, chin, etc., should then be blended in with latex and painted. This job was not completed, but used as a demonstration.

Glad you don't have that growing on your face, huh?

Pictures coming up soon from the Tooele City Arts Council Halloween Carnival

We painted faces for 4 hours - constantly, non-stop, forever!

IT WAS REALLY FUN!

Christmas Show

2010-10-15T14:49:00.000-07:00

Well, it looks like the Christmas show is not going to work out. We really wanted to do "A Christmas Story".

When we applied for the license, the publishing company said it was "restricted". That usually means someone in your area is doing the same show at about the same time. We looked through all the web sites we could find for theatres in our area, from Provo to Ogden, and I checked with the high schools. We can't find anybody doing it, but we can't get permission to do it. Perhaps a traveling company is doing it.

Anyway . . . it looks like we won't be doing a Christmas show this year. I would still like to do this show, so we are hoping for next year.

In the meantime, we are discussing "The King and I" for our summer show. I still have to talk with Bill Gochis to make sure we can use the high school, but I think we'll be ok. I hope, anyway.

My favorite musical joke:

You know you're a redneck when you think "The King and I" is a musical about you and Elvis.

Anyway, if anyone out there is reading this, let us know what you think about "King" - also, we would really like to do "The Nerd" again sometime soon. It's a great show - so funny.

We have two Halloween Make-up classes left!

Come join the fun. We will be doing adult faces : witches, skeletons, etc.

and

blood, gore, spooky skin, prostheses (chins, noses, horns, etc)

If anyone would like to donate 3 million dollars, we would name the theatre after you :)

Reader's Theatre

2010-10-10T11:35:00.000-07:00

Eight members of LaForge Encore Theatre Company performed a reader's theatre at the Purple Cow bookstore on Saturday, October 9th.

Lori Crofts, Tracy Crane, Christin Saling, Trystin Crofts, Donovan Crane, Jenni Montague, Heather Gallegos, and Carol LaForge.

The author, Barbie McConnell, was there and signed some books for us. She said she really enjoyed the performance.

We would really like to thank the Purple Cow
for letting us perform in their store and for sponsoring this book signing. It was great fun. We will probably perform this Reader's Theatre

again at some of the elementary schools
during October, since it is a Halloween story.

I would like to personally thank the actors who participated in this event. It is great that you want to be a part of LaForge Encore and contribute to the advancement of the arts in Tooele County.

What a fun time!

Halloween Makeup

2010-10-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

Wow!

          We all look so happy!

These are actually pictures taken from
last year, but this is the type of thing we are doing and teaching people to do at the Halloween Workshops.


Parents:   Please do not just send your children to this     workshop - you and they should know that these classes are to teach (basically adults) how to do Halloween makeup on children and also themselves. This is not a face painting service.


We had many children who came last night thinking they were just going to get their faces painted. That will happen at the Tooele City Arts Council Halloween Carnival, but that is not the purpose of these classes.

Other than that -- we had a lot of fun last night. Come join us next Thursday.

Smile, Valerie!

Halloween Makeup

2010-10-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures that were in the Transcript Bulletin taken by Maegan Burr (sorry, I typed her name incorrectly in the last post)

These pictures are from our September 30th makeup workshop.

Come visit us at the Dow James Building at 7:00 p.m.

We will be conducting makeup classes on

                       October 7

                       October 14

                       October 21

                       October 28

We will also be doing face painting for FREE at the Tooele City Arts Council's Halloween Carnival

October 23rd from 1 - 4 p.m.

at the Dow James Building

Come dressed in your favorite Halloween Costume, enjoy the fun and get your face painted to match your costume!

Come enjoy the fun - learn how to paint your children's faces and create your own ugly face - or cute - or whatever!

Halloween Makeup

2010-10-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

Prosthetic nose and chin

Completed witch's makeup

Pretty Gruesome! But, after all, it is Halloween!

Prosthetic Horns - makeup

LETC Halloween Makeup Classes

2010-10-06T11:22:00.000-07:00

We are teaching makeup classes at the Dow James Building every Thursday in October at 7:00 p.m. Our first class was actually last Thursday. Christin taught children's fantasy faces and Bill started his prosthetics - zombie skin, fake fangs that actually fit over your own teeth, horns, etc. Anything you can imagine can be done with makeup.

This Thursday you can learn any of the classes that were taught last week, or move on to something else. Carol will be teaching adult character faces which includes learning about wrinkles and shading. Or, if you just want to come to practice something you learned last time, the teachers will be there to help you.

Missy Thompson gave us a great write up in the October 5 edition of the Tooele Transcript Bulletin and Meagan Burr's photos were excellent. I will try to get some picture posted, as soon as I figure out how.

There is a $5.00 fee for each class, but it's important that you know this money goes to pay for the makeup you use when you are taking the class. Nobody gets paid to do this workshop. We are just trying to help defray the cost of the makeup we purchased.

Come join the fun! Tell all your friends!