All families must volunteer for 3 time slots and 2 food slots. This will prevent the same parents from shouldering all of the responsibilities. See the descriptions below.
Viktor is requesting help to get COSTUMES TO AND FROM LANCASTER MENNONITE during our show weekend.
We need volunteers to:
We are hoping to have about 3-4 vans or trucks on Thursday and Sunday.
This process is already a well-oiled machine and will not take much of your time - possibly only around 30 minutes!
Contact Person: Marie Dillon
We could use some help getting our patrons directed to available parking spaces, helping those that may need assistance in getting out of their cars, and making sure that our handicapped guests are able to park with accessibility. Anyone ages 17+ is welcome to help!
Please arrive in the LMH Performing Arts Center lobby at the start time that you signed up for.
Contact person: Tobie Brighter
We need your help to keep backstage running smoothly. Please consider spending some time with our dancers to make sure costumes are complete and entrances are on time.
You will be backstage for the full performance. We have many quick changes and costume assistant jobs throughout the show.
Please note:
Clearances are required to be backstage-
Police Background Check (http://epatch.state.pa.us)
Child Abuse Background Check (http://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis)
Clearances are FREE. Please bring a copy of your report to Michele Sexton in order to help backstage.
If you have turned in your clearances within the last year, you are NOT required to do so again.
Chairperson: Marie Dillon & Deborah Cooper-Gunter
Backstage is not the only place full of hustle and bustle on performance days. We could use your help to take care of our guests at the gift table, Box Office and flower table. Sign-ups are based on being present at each station for that performance: before curtain, intermission, and following the performance, with the exception of the box office. The times listed are the one-hour before and (approximate) post-performance times.
Perk: Watch the show without a ticket during the performances you're working.
Gift Table: Assist guests and process sales
Contact People: Becca Graham
Box Office/Flower Table: Kelly Boettger
You will be responsible for:
Please dress in black pants or skirt and white shirt, blouse, or sweater.
We ask that you arrive 45 minutes before showtime (time shown in the signup). There will be a meeting of all ushers at that time at the back of the auditorium.
Perk: You get to see the show without a ticket during the performance you're working.
Contact Person: Lisa Loiseau
You will be responsible for:
Note: During the show, you can watch through the window to see a lot of the performance up close! One backstage parent will be stationed on a chair inside the auditorium doors during the performance.
Please arrive at the time listed on the sign-up (about 15 -30 minutes prior to the dancers) and plan to stay approximately 30 minutes after the show or until the last dancer is matched with parents. The end times listed are approximate.
Contact Person: James Stafford
It's our annual Nutcracker Pizza Party!
After the first show on Saturday, we celebrate with a pizza party. We are asking for donations of fruits/veggies/cookies to add to our pizza buffet.
Contact person: Jen Stipe
It's our annual Nutcracker Pizza Party!
We also need a few parent volunteers to help with set up, clean up, serving food, and supervising younger dancers.
Contact person: Jen Stipe
The hours in the dressing room can be long and busy without time to escape to refuel. Please consider donating to the snack table for our volunteers.
Feel free to contact Dyan Branstetter with any questions.
Our photographer has a few volunteer opportunities available to help make the portrait process easier! You could sign up to help with unloading or loading equipment, tracking down dancers (with the help of backstage moms) when it is their turn for pictures, and assisting each dancer with last-minute touch-ups while they wait for their picture.
Please click on the link to sign up if you are available to help. Thank you!
Contact person: Lisa Helock
Sign up to bring a food item to share for this celebratory event!
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