Broadway Hits Bloomington!
The Rave at the Radisson!
8:45- 9:00 am- Register for your ticket to this year’s Standing Room Only IESA Speech Conference.
9:00- 9:15 am- Hit the Lights! Strike up the Overture! .. as old-time producer Ken Bradbury is wheeled out from the rest home to welcome you and explain the day’s Playbill.
9:15- 10:00 am- Into the Woods And Beyond..- “The Power of Storytelling in the Classroom” Storytelling expert Dr. Mike Lockett takes the stage to perform the state’s newest event and pass along his coaching tips.
10:00- 10:05 am- Intermission! Join the Chorus Line of anxious, dancing feet at the rest rooms lest you experience Les Miserables.
10:05- 10:50 am- Act I …Your choice of… For the First Time on Our Stage…A workshop especially for new coaches, hosted by that darling of the footlights, Janet Kracht No, really! I’m Just Making This Up! Improvisation- If Bradbury is still awake, he’ll lead this one. I Love a Good Revival! New Ideas for Veteran Coaches by the Neverland girls: Trish Ballard and Lora Smith
10:50- 10:55 am- Intermission! There’s no Rent for these facilities.
10:55- 11:45- Act II Storytelling- “Storytelling How To’s…Techniques for the Beginning Storyteller” Dr. Lockett (Is this Dr. Lockett’s workshop?) One..Singular Sensation..Or Maybe Two…How to make a good performance and make it better. By long-time judge Sylvia Burke. Your Own Little Shop of Horrors!…How to Host your Contest without getting eaten alive.- by the twin Broadway Gypsies, Mary Nelson and Linda Traub
11:50- 12:50- Mama Mia! It’s the Beauty and the Feast!..Our Grand Mexicali Buffet! Please meet at your area’s assigned spot in our Mexican Cabaret for some chat about what’s playing back home.
12:50- 2:50- Act III And The Tony Goes To… The Grand Finale of today’s Rave as young stars from across the state strut their Broadway-bound stuff and we talk a bit about adjudication. Room I: Stacy and _______ help us take a critical eye at the solos and duets. Room II: Mary “Poppins” Nelson leads the Chorale discussion Room III: Storytelling evaluation with the Mame and Dolly of speech, Trish Ballard & Roberta__________
2:00- 2:05 pm- Intermission! Better hurry, the next rest stop is down on 42nd Street!
2:05- 3:10 pm- Act IV Close the Curtains, Pull up a Chair and We’ll Chat. Ask the Experts- A panel discussion with the Dreamgirls: Ken, Mary, Janet, & Linda And the Phantoms of the Contest Circuit Trish, Roberta, Lora, & Margie