Volunteer sign-ups

  To help us welcome the professional dancers who are traveling long distances to perform with us, we are creating welcome bags! We would like to fill them with helpful, fun goodies to make them comfortable while they are here.

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If you are able, please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up to donate an item or two. Please drop donations at the studio no later than November 16th clearly marked "Professional Dancer Welcome Bag".

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Contact person: Becky Souhrada

 Viktor is requesting help to get COSTUMES TO AND FROM LANCASTER MENNONITE during our show weekend. 

We need volunteers to:
 

• Get costumes and props from the STORAGE SPACE to LANCASTER MENNONITE on Thursday.
• Get costumes from LMH to the storage unit near Granite Run Drive after the show on Sunday.

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! 

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Please arrive in the LMH Performing Arts Center lobby at the start time that you signed up for.

Contact person: Tobie Brighter

Our older dancers (9th grade and up) need assistance with organization in their dressing room to keep things running smoothly. Please consider spending some time with our dancers to make sure costumes are complete and entrances are on time.

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You will be backstage for the full performance.  We have many quick changes and costume assistant jobs throughout the show.

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Please note:

• If you sign up for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, please make every effort to attend Thursday's dress rehearsal.  
• Consider bringing a flashlight/headlamp, bobby pins, safety pins, and a fanny pack.

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Clearances are required to be backstage-
Police Background Check (https://epatch.pa.gov/home)
Child Abuse Background Check (https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home)
Clearances are FREE.  Please bring a copy of your report to Marie Dillon in order to help backstage.  
If you have turned in your clearances within the last year, you are not required to do so again.

  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:

• If you sign up for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, please make every effort to attend Thursday's dress rehearsal.  
• Consider bringing a flashlight/headlamp, bobby pins, safety pins, and a fanny pack.

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.

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Gift Table: Assist guests and process sales

Contact People: Becca Graham

Box Office/Flower Table: Kelly Boettger

   You will be responsible for:

• Scanning tickets
• Handing out programs
• Showing people to their seats

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.

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Contact Person: Lisa Loiseau

 You will be responsible for:

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• Making sure only volunteers with name tags are allowed behind the curtain with the dancers.
• Reminding dancers to stay behind the curtain if they try to go past.
• Helping to match dancers and parents at the end of the show.

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.

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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.

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Contact Person: James Stafford

It's our annual Nutcracker Pizza Party!

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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!

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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 professional dancers joining us this year are seasoned travelers and they need food while they are with us. We are trying something new this year! We are going to order food in for the dancers from local restaurants so we are asking for $10 CASH donations to cover these costs. They are SO appreciative of all the food they receive!  The smiles on their faces as they visit our "special room" say it all. 

The dancers will be with us for the following meal times: Thursday Dinner, Friday ALL day, and Saturday ALL day, and Sunday Lunch! 

Feel free to contact Chairperson Shannon Taggart with any questions.

     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.

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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. ​

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Please click on the link to sign up if you are available to help. Thank you!

Contact person: Lisa Helock

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 Sign up to bring a food item to share for this celebratory event! ​ 

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