2025 Variety Show

REGISTRATION INFO:

Registration will open at 9:00 am on Monday, December 16th and close 11:59 pm on Friday, January 10th. The form is NOT LIVE before Monday, December 16th.  You can view a recording of the informational Zoom here.  Passcode: TMab*@y9 

Please submit only 1 registration form per Act/Group. 

Acts must be no longer than 1.5 minutes (90 seconds)

Sign up for rehearsals before January 17th, 2025 (see below for details)

Registration Form Here! (live December 16th) 

REHEARSAL INFO:

“Auditions”/Preview week at Cove (MANDATORY) 

• • sign up for ONE before January 17th, 2025.

  • Choose from: Tuesday Feb 11th, 3-4:15PM OR Wednesday Feb 12th, 1:15-2:30 PM

  • Location:  The Cove Music Room

  • 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 should be well-rehearsed or even complete at this point****

Regular Rehearsals (2 mandatory) - choose 2 from:

• Feb 25th (Tues) 3-4pm in The Cove Music Room 

• Feb 26th (Wed) 1:15-2:15pm in The Cove Music Room 

• March 4th (Tues) 3-4pm in The Cove Music Room 

• March 5th (Wed) 1:15-2:15pm in The Cove Music Room 

• ****Performers must attend at least 2 regular rehearsals (not including Preview Week or Tech/Dress Rehearsals)****

Mandatory Rehearsals - at Neil Cummins Gym:

• Tech Rehearsal:  Thursday March 13th 3:15-5:30 pm

• Dress Rehearsal:  Wednesday March 19th 1:30-4:45 pm

• ****Attendance is MANDATORY for both rehearsals. This will be the time to get used to the stage, mics, work out any kinks and be a run-through of the show.****

"Audition"/Preview Week AND Rehearsal Sign Up form  (live December 16th)

2025 SHOW INFO:

Showtime is Friday, March 21st at 6pm

• Location - Neil Cummins Gym 

• Performers arrive at 5:30pm

• Doors open at 5:45pm

• Show starts at 6pm

VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS:

We NEED your help to put on this show! It truly takes a village. We need help in all areas, especially the tech/dress rehearsals and show. Please consider giving your time!

Volunteer Sign Up Form  (live now!) 

GUIDELINES AND HELPFUL INFO:

Performers can only be in ONE act

Each act must not be longer than 1.5 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

• https://www.karaoke-version.com/

• Other song distributors 

Songs need to be edited before submitted. Make sure they are no more than 1.5 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

Popular song requests will be approved at our discretion. Songs will be first-come first-serve (according to registration date / submission of songs). We may 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 with a popular song.

Dance acts should be choreographed in advance. Please no free-styling.

Sorry, no Magic acts, as it doesn't view well from anywhere but the first row!

• • If you have any questions, please contact varietyshow@covepto.org