Hey everyone!

 

This is unrelated to FTP! Remember the days when blogging was fantastic and it was always great to read what other had to say about the world! The days when comedy could be found around the corner with Walter and York nd that crazy bunch of animals (Sad Panda etc) When Josh would review CD's and song lyrics, when Sarah would..well to what ever her mind thought of, where Belinda would tell us loads of cool stuff under random titles and Caroline would always have the latest pictures to look at?

 

Whatever happened to those days...when the comments section of your blog was filled with comments, like Josh and all his gf's!

 

let's face it, we all wrote it so others would read it and give us feedback...whatever happened to that.

 

So here's an iniative, a challenge I want you all to achieve! If you own a blog track back this comment to your blog using the 'blog it' button below, then make your friends happy, go and read and comment on everyone's spaces! Give them your support, show them that you care...or don't! Post something funny, or something serious, cooment that you're in love with the blog owner or that you'd rather be just friends!

 

it's doesn't matter what you comment on, just let's all go out and say something nice on other peoples blogs, get those comments lists up and running so that we can have all those fun times again!

 

Sad Panda series 3 is out did you even know that?

Sean gives all the latest FTP updates on all meeting and weird events!

Caroline still posts pictures!

Go out there and discover the world of blogging again!

 

Let's start commenting again!

 

So why not begin your 'Be Kind and Comment' joruney and comment right here on this space right now!

As many of you know Thursday and Friday this week were the first two audition days for Frank The Plucker!

 

So how were they?

Thursday was great, we had a lot of people come through (about 13 in all) and a lot more nerves! However we were all glad to see people fighting off those nerves and giving the auditions their best shot!

 

At the current rate of auditionees everyone that auditioned will be able to be in the show! (Well those that are available Tuesday or Thursday night that is!)

 

Yes we also saw a lot of great performers...but...hmmph most are unavailable after school!

 

So that was day 1!

 

Day 2 was MUCH slower....I think we only got through 5 or 6 people but we did have some breakthroughs...we did two character auditions for the roles of Frank and Manager Sam and we were very impressed.

 

So what's next?

Well next Thursday there is another audition day for all those that couldn't make the first two (especially year 8's and anyone who handed in an expression of interest form...believe me you still have a might good chance of getting in the show if you come on down next Thursday!)

 

Then comes casting which will be a fun process, this may also result in call backs! Hopefully by the end of term the cast list will be up on the Drama Board!

 

Note: We need more senior students!!!! If you are a senior student please come and audition next Thursday lunchtime or come and see me and I'll audition you at another lunchtime!

 

HURRY HURRY! DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BE PART OF THIS YEARS THEATRICAL EGGS-TRAVAGANZA!!!

 

Thank you to all those who came and auditioned, thanks to all those who will be coming down to audition and thanks to all that are working behind the scenes to get this show on the road!

 

Your support is greatly appreciated!

Sean, Laura, Katherine

 

PS: Alison found the bogan shirts...they will hopefully make an appearance in FTP!

Hey everyone!

 

Just a note on FTP Auditions!
Auditions are on Thursday the 25th of May and Friday the 26th of May...that's this week!

 

Year 11 and 12's if you are able to audition in periods 5&6 on Thursday afternoon that would be excellent, be there at the start of period 5 at the end of lunch! If not that's ok too, show up on which ever day suits you best, the Thursday or the Friday!

 

Year 7 and 8's wishing to audition Thursday is the better day for us, I know year 8's are on camp, we will have the following Thursday for year 8 auditions for those who can't make it due to camp.

 

9's and 10's come down on Friday to Auditions that's best for us!

 

If you cannot make it to the day we'd like you to that's ok! Come on the day that you are free.

 

Please Note that if we are heavily overcrowded with auditionees we will flow on to the next week for auditions.

 

Thanks for reading this message, we hope to see you at the Auditions!

 

The FTP team!

 

PS: Sean is going to be volunteering at Echuca again! YAY

PPS: It was great to see Cath at school today...I missed you- Sean

As you may have noticed Cath hasn't been at school lately because she has been a bit sick!

 

Well this message is for Cath to say get well soon because I miss you at school, and I'm sure others miss your bright cheery attitude as well.

 

School's so lonely without Cath and her beaming smile and I miss meeting up with her briefly in between periods and hanging out at recess and lunch with her!

 

I hope you get much better very soon Cath! You mean so much to me and I really hope you're not too sick. Make sure you get lots of rest and drink lots of fluids!

 

I love you Cath, so much, get very well very soon!

 

Mwa

 

Love Sean

(And I'm sure all the others love you too, just not half as much as me )

As many of you would know today was the Frank The Plucker Information Session and may I say thank you to everyone who came along and checked it out!

 

I can clearly say the meeting was a success. I was expecting maybe five people to show up, mostly friends too, and have tumble weed roll across the floor like in Western Films. I was wrong. There was probably a turn out of 40-50 people which was great!

 

Out of those 40-50 people we got 35 Expressions of Interest towards both cast and crew positions which is great. It was also excellent to have our director Laura there along with the other key members of the FTP Crew, Katherine, Callum, Alison, Malcom, Matt, Caroline, Josh, and Mr Drape, unfortunately due to illness our Set Design leader Cath couldn't be there today but she sent her support!

 

If you didn't get to fill out a form today and you feel like you should have remember forms can be filled out online (yes we have online application!) at www.franktheplucker.proboards51.com and find the form from there! (PS You must be a registered member!)

 

So what's next?

Auditions, now that people have filled out the forms we will be getting them all into the hall to audition.

 

As such on Thursday 25th May at Lunchtime we will be auditioning years 7,8 and anyone who can't make it on Friday. during periods 5&6 we would like to audition those year 11 and 12 students who have frees.

 

On Friday 26th May at Lunchtime we will be auditioning years 9,10 along with anyone who couldn't attend Thursdays audition and anyone else who shows up on the day and fills out a form. 

 

Meetings are also being set up between Mr Toovey and Mrs Woods.

 

So that's where FTP is going from here! Thanks to all those that came and supported the FTP team today, it was great to actually have a crowd and we all hope to see you at auditions.

 

Thanks again!

Sean and the FTP Team

Tomorrow the very first FTP Poster will be put up on the Drama noticeboard so you can all go and see it in it's glory, however if for some weird reason you can't make it to the hall here is the poster for you to look at!

 

It has the dates and times for the information session and auditions on it and features McFlu the Chicken!

 

Hope to see you all at the information session if not the auditions. People that will need to be at the info session are Katherine Walters, Callum, Alison, Cath and if you're part of the web team you can show up too if you want!

 

Thanks for your support!

Sean

(It's getting closer!)

 

 

Hey everyone, my meeting with director Laura was moved forward to this morning and we got a lot covered!

The main things that will relate to you are the following!

 

On May 18th there will be an Information Session in the Hall at lunchtime so if you are interested in playing a character or a part backstage today is the day to show yourself. The FTP team will also be introduced and a brief synopsis of the show will be read out! Expressions of interest forms will be availble to fill out! (Remember these can be found on the forum and can be filled out there too.)

 

The auditions will be held on May the 25th and 26th at lunchtime in the hall. Your expressions of interest forms will come in handy here. Those that have handed them in will be auditioned in the order we recieved them, if you did not get to fill one out they will be available to fill out on the day but you will be at the end of the auditioning queue. You will be required to act, sing and maybe dance for the audition. You do not need to bring your own music. If we have an overwhelming amount of applicants to go through we will flow on to the next week for more auditions. If you are unable to make the audition dates please notify Sean, Katherine Walters or Mr Drape and we will organise a time for you.

 

The cast list will hopefully be posted on Tuesday the 13th of June and if call backs are required they will most likely happen this week. Term 3 rehearsals will begin and the show will most likely be in week 2 or 3 of Term 4!

 

Stay tuned to the Drama notice board, the classroom daily notices, this blog and the calendar on the forum for more information about dates and auditions etc.

 

Hope to see you at the information session and good luck for your auditions!

Sean and the FTP Team!

Hey everyone!

 

As many of you would now know Frank The Plucker is going ahead! Yes that's right the show will go on!

So now the search will begin, the search to find 18 or so lucky people to play the characters of Frank's story!

Soon a copy of the latest script will appear in the school library and the drama noticeboard will be all decked out in Frank's colours (Yellow, Red and White) and will contain a bit of information relating to the audition process.

 

Expressions of interest forms will be created soon and will be available for collection in the hall and from D13 and can be returned to either Mr Drape, Katherine Walters or yours truly (that's Sean for those of you who didn't get that!) Those forms will ask for the following information, (we will have an expressions of interest form to fill out on the forum if you would prefer to express your interest online. Mind you those that do not attend FCCC will be unable to perform in the show! So the details will be:

Name:

Class:

Which Character You Are Interested in Playing:

Previous Experiences In The Performing Arts:

Night/s of the week you are avialable for rehearsal:

Lunchtime/s you are available for rehearsal:

Are you interested in being backstage, if yes what areas?:

 

Of course if you want to be backstage rather than on stage the Which Character section will not apply to you instead put more detail in the backstage section. backstage requests will be passed on to Technical Director Callum Delaney.

 

So if you would like to express interest online head to www.franktheplucker.proboards51.com and register yourself to gain access to the Expressions of Interest Form. The Form can be found on all the boards in an announcement. Full instructions are on the site.

 

In other news I will be meeting the new Co-Director Laura on Friday to discuss the show.

 

So keep your ears and eyes open because FTP is about to take off, an information session about the show is planned and will be held before auditions one lunchtime.

 

Thanks for your support!

Sean

 

 

Hey everyone I thought I would give you all some info about FTP on the web!

 

The Frank The Plucker website is located at http://franktheplucker.tripod.com and has just recently been updated with all the new synopsis. When you take a visit there why not post a comment on the guestbook! We have roughly 250 views now so thanks to all those people who checked out the website! The website also contains more details about the show than any other of the FTP sites so if you need to see the cast list or find out about competetions etc check there!

 

The Frank The Plucker Fan Forums have gone a bit quiet now since the 26th of March I think but the FTP FF team want to get the fan forum up and running again with lots of new members. Remember as the show is almost about to start casting the boards will be full of conversation with cast, crew and fans all being members of the same forum! To check out the forum go to http://www.franktheplucker.proboards51.com and register today!

Once registered you have access to all the boards, chats and polls which cover everything from Cast news to fan fiction. The general board has a whole lot of things to talk about and every so often there is a competition held on the site!

 

The Frank The Plucker Blog...which is what you are reading now is updated the most and all posts (so far) come direct from the creators brain! The blog contains up to the minute news about the show and gives you an insight into what is going on in the FTP World. As you are here you obviously know where it can be found! (the adress is for those wondering or wanting to add links http://spaces.msn.com/riverlad)

 

Frank The Plucker is now on MySpace and can be found at http://www.myspace.com/franktheplucker so if you are a MySpace member why don't you become Frank's Friend! Photos and blog entries will hopefully appear there thanks to Assistant Director Katherine who maintains the MySpace (With occasional help from me).

 

Of course if you can't remember the official home page adress you can type Frank The Plucker into www.google.com and see that the website is at the top of the list. You will also find Cazza Marrazza's MySpace where there is a blog post about Frank!

 

So that's where you can find Frank The Plucker on the web. Of course you can contact Frank on franktheplucker@hotmail.com and send him fan mail or ask for news etc!

 

On behalf of the FTP Web Team I'd like to thank you all for your support towards the FTP project and we hope to see you soon at one of the above websites!

 

Sean, Caroline, Josh, Matt and Katherine