Parent involvement is essential to the success of our shows!  The supervision, safety, and assistance that parents provide helps our staff focus on keeping the production moving smoothly and allows all dancers to relax and give their best performance. The contract you signed at registration included a waiver asking that EVERY FAMILY be involved in at least one show. If you cannot volunteer, please offer a babysitter, another family member, or a family friend, in your place.

Class Moms are where we need the most help and can be assigned to classes other than their child’s.  When parents help with shows their dancer is not involved in, it makes it possible for other parents to sit in the audience and enjoy seeing their child on stage.  This group effort supports everyone! PLEASE sign up as soon as possible so we can know that our cast will have the support it needs.

CLASS MOMS

• Arrive 1.5 hours before curtain.

• Stay with their assigned class for the duration of the show and assist with changing dancers into costumes should their dancers be in more than one number.

•  Works with other class moms to keep their class together and know where their dancers are at all times.

• Make sure dancers are stage ready: shoes tied, hair slick, lipstick on, no jewelry, no hair elastics on wrists, headpieces secure with pins, no holes in tights, no nail polish, and costumes complete.

• Work with RISE staff to ensure dancers are lined up, in the correct order, and quiet.

• Watch their dancers perform from the wings.

• Prepare dancers for the bow.

• Help keep the dressing rooms neat and tidy.

• Costumes must be set in the order they will be used. All shoes should be untied and open.

• Please remember the Holding Pen is 5 deep meaning your group must be backstage 5 numbers before they perform (many stations will have students trickling in due to quick changes).

• Watch dancers until a female parent/guardian comes backstage to get their child.

SECURITY

• Monitor all backstage personnel.

• Keep all stage doors shut during the show.

• Direct latecomers to lobby manager.

• Make sure students do not enter the lobby area before or during the show.

• No dads are allowed in the dressing room area.
  

STAGE PREPARATION (ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME)

• SET UP: On the Friday before the show, the RISE staff, older students, and parents meet at the high school and prepare the stage set.  Time: 2:30PM

• BREAK DOWN: Immediately after the 4PM performance, we strike the stage and packs the show set for next year.

DAY OF SHOW SCHEDULE FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS
11AM Show

Arrival: 9:30AM Class Mom Arrival; 9:45AM Cast Arrival.

Departure: After the final bow, ONE female parent/guardian must go backstage for dancer pick up from class mom. If dancer is not performing in a second show, costume bags should be left in the backstage drop-off area.

4PM Show

Arrival: 2:30PM Class Mom Arrival; 3:00PM Cast Arrival.

Departure: After the final bow, ONE female parent/guardian must go backstage for dancer pick up from class mom. If dancer is not performing in a second show, costume bags should be left in the backstage drop-off area.