Variety Show
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
2023 Cove School Variety Show Registration Form (opens 12/15 @ 9:30am)
Acts must be no longer than 2 minutes
Registration will open at 9:30 am on Thursday, December 15th and close 11:59 pm on Wednesday January 4th.
Please submit only 1 registration form per Act/Group. For group acts, include:
Each performer’s name
Each performer’s parents’ names and email
Contact phone number for each parent
Name of Act or Song (No inappropriate lyrics please!)
Description of Act (singing, dancing, comedy, etc)
If using an audio file for your performance, please submit an edited song file no longer than 2 minutes. Please email your song to varietyshow@covepto.org during the registration period.
If you have any questions, please contact varietyshow@covepto.org
IMPORTANT DATES
Variety Show Registration - Thursday, December 15th, 2022 - Wednesday, January 4th, 2023.
Please submit only 1 registration form per act.
Preview week - Monday, January 23rd, 3:00-4:00 & Wednesday, January 25th, 1:15-2:15.
Please sign up for EITHER Monday or Wednesday (do not sign up for both days).
Location - Rm 19 (Ms. Long's Rm) - Monday ; The Cove Music Room - Wednesday
Attendance at one of these is MANDATORY for all performers.
Preview days are the first rehearsals where we do a quick run through of the performances to get a taste of all the acts. Acts need not be well-rehearsed or even complete at this point! There will be lots of time for practicing and polishing.
Rehearsals - Mondays 3:00-4:15 and Wednesdays 1:15-2:30 starting January 30th through March 1st (no rehearsals Mid Winter Break week)
Sign up for Rehearsals (This is the sign-up for student rehearsals)
Volunteer Sign-Up (This sign-up is for parent volunteers for regular rehearsals)
Location - Rm 19 (Ms. Long's Rm) - Mondays ; Music Room - Wednesdays
Performers must attend at least 3 regular rehearsals (this does not include Preview Week or Tech/Dress Rehearsals.)
Tech Rehearsal - Wednesday, March 8th from 2:45-4:30 pm
Location - Neil Cummins Gym
This will be the time to get used to the stage and mics and work out any kinks
Dress Rehearsal - Wednesday, March 15th from 2:30-4:30 pm.
Attendance is MANDATORY for the entire rehearsal.
This will be a run-through of the show.
2023 Variety Show - Friday, March 17th at 6:00 pm
Kids arrive at 5:15pm
Doors open at 5:30pm
Location - Neil Cummins Gym
REHEARSAL SIGN-UPS
1. Preview Week Sign Up (sign up for either Monday or Wednesday)
2. Rehearsal Sign Up (Sign up for 3 rehearsals)
VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
We need your help to make the variety show a success! Please sign up to volunteer where you can:
GUIDELINES AND HELPFUL INFO
Children can only perform in ONE act and each act must not be longer than 2 minutes.
Maximum performers per act: 8
Singers will be required to sing into a microphone with a backing track or other accompaniment. No lip-syncing will be allowed.
Karaoke version of your songs can be found at:
iTunes
Amazon
Other song distributors
Songs need to be edited before submitted. Make sure they are no more than 2 min long. The following are just a few audio editors that you can use to edit your song (many have a free trial available).
Audacity
WavePad
Ocenaudio
Garageband
Dance acts should be choreographed in advance. Please no free-styling or lip-syncing.
Sorry, no Magic acts. It doesn't view well from anywhere but the first row!
Popular song requests will be approved at our discretion. Songs will be first-come first-serve (in terms of registration date and submission of songs). We will likely allow two submissions with the same song, but no more than that. Consider having a back-up song choice if you are planning to register a popular song.