HEY DANCERS!!
I'm thrilled to be back to work on this. I promise you this will be A BLAST. No pressure. I have 20 years of experience working with BRAND NEW dancers. Easy. Fun. Those are the things I do best.
Let's get this party started
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
We can start now. We can start later. Itâs up to you. You are allotted 15 - 30 minute lessons paid for by the chamber. (dress rehearsal and tech rehearsal count toward this total, so youâll have 13 lessons before the event)
Letâs get started soon!
Your first few rehearsals will be at Ms Claraâs space in Brookfield. Weâll move to the spin room at RB for more space eventually. You are welcome to schedule some time at Sway in Chicago if/whenever youâd like. We will get a few rehearsals on the stage in April.
Most of your lessons will be with ME! As the date comes near, your partner (A Sway professional) will travel to Brookfield to rehearse with you as well. If you want, you are welcome to schedule your rehearsals at Sway in Chicago with your partner as often as youâd like.
Sunday, March 24th we would love to set time for you to dance with your partner and have your first costume fitting at 3317 W Irving Park Rd. Please confirm a time with Teresa as soon as possible.
COSTUMES
We are CRAZY lucky to have the talented Ms Nettie Naprovnik working on our show again this year! She will schedule time to come to Brookfield to measure you for costumes. She will custom make everything to fit you perfectly. You will have a costume budget, we will discuss this on your lessons. You are welcome to spend more if youâd like.
Thursday, February 29th between 5:30 - 7:30pm Nettie will be at 9213 Broadway in Brookfield to measure you for costumes. Please stop by during that time.
TECH REHEARSAL
Your technical rehearsal (for staging, lighting, sound) at the theater is scheduled for DATE COMING SOON. Please choose one of these three time slots for your tech: (so you donât have to sit for the entire 2.5 hours and wait for your turn) Your actual tech will take 15ish minutes.
DRESS REHEARSAL
Your dress rehearsal at the theater (run through the show as is - with costumes. No starting/stopping) will be on DATE COMING SOON from 7:00 - 8:30pm
Dancing with the Chamber is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th
Dancers need to be backstage at the theater at 6pm at the very latest.
We may have hair/make-up options AT the theater. Iâll update after this gets scheduled. If not, you may be responsible for your own appointments prior to 6pm on the 1st.
TICKETS
You are asked to sell 40 tickets to our event. Sell to your friends, customers, family, neighbors - EVERYONE. They are $30 each. With your promo code, they will receive $5 off. We will track your ticket sales by promo code. Please make sure the people you invite have your promo code!
The link to purchase tickets is: https://www.brookfieldchamber.net/dancing-with-the-chamber-tickets/dancing-with-the-chamber-ticket
Your promo codes are:
Karl: REV
Mary: GROCERY
Dan: HAIR
Maria: COFFEE
Wendy: TREAT
Nicole: VOB
Christopher: BIKE
Phil: BANK
Marco: INSURE
Alberto: RBHS
Start talking up the event as soon as possible! There is no ticket deadline. You can sell until the day of the event. The theater holds 692 people. Letâs fill it up!
ADVERTISING
You will receive a poster to hang in your place of business. We will have a web page dedicated to the event on the Chamber site. And, I I will be hosting a Facebook âeventâ page. Please do all you can to be active on the Facebook page. Share, invite, send to everyone you know! Soon, Iâll start posting teasers and photos. Weâll release one participant at a time on the Facebook event as way to start hyping up the community.
PHOTO FOR YOUR POSTER
Lisa Miller from Lisa Miller Photography will contact you soon to schedule time at your place of business for a quick photo shoot. That photo will go on your poster.
BIO
As soon as you can, please provide a bio. This should be under 100 words and sent directly to Holly, who will design our programs. I will post a few examples here soon.
AFTER PARTY
After the show is over, we want to celebrate together! Our party spot is still TBD, but plan to join us for a few drinks and snacks when itâs all over. Tickets will be sold for the after party. If you sell all of your 40 tickets, you will receive two free tickets to the after party AND two free drinks. We will update as soon as a location is locked in.