In Episode 22, we are back with our final installment of the Recital Fun Series! If you haven't listened to Parts 1, 2 and 3 yet, make sure to listen! 

Today we are sharing 3 recital-related accommodations we made for Covid that we plan to continue in the future

1. Bundling Costs and Pre-Orders: Instead of selling things individually like t-shirts, videos, etc., we bundled them together and this allowed us to make a larger profit each item to help us afford the venue we are in, but ultimately we were able to cut some of those costs for our clients. 

Our fun bundle - “FUNdle” - includes 2 tickets, 1 download, recital fee, t-shirt, face mask, lanyard, year-end show goodie bag and luggage tag. 

We created a google form for t-shirt selection (size, color) and 98% of our 900 plus families filled it out on time! We gave a unique code to each family to claim their 2 pre-paid tickets in the FUNdle. This guaranteed all families would get their 2 tickets.  

2. Dress Rehearsal & Tech Week: We held Dress Rehearsal in our studio this instead of the theater.  We always have our tech week in the studio about 3 weeks prior to show week, so we are thinking we will combine the two and make tech week a little bit bigger and more elaborate. Some of the benefits for us were:

• Since the kids were coming in costume, parents were coming, and group photos were being taken, it forced us to get ALL of the props and sets completed in a much more timely manner. In the past, tech week was just for us to make our lighting and backdrop notes, so we weren’t overly concerned with every detail being complete. This year, everything was 100% done and ready to load in the truck 2 full weeks prior to showtime.
• It forced us and our teachers to get choreography done earlier, which is a win for everyone involved.
• We had fun photo ops for everyone set up in different areas of the studio which triggered lots of social media posts, which again is a win for everyone.
• Many of you may already do this, but we had everyone pre-order their t-shirts and they’ve already received them. Such a benefit as they are already wearing them, which is advertising for the studio and the show. And, we don’t have to take hundreds of t-shirts to the show in hopes of selling them.

3. Character organization and rehearsals: We include characters in our routines to tie the story together (we create a big production number for our preschool classes that include the characters to make it more magical), and we usually just make it happen at dress rehearsal. This year, we had Emily (our Summer Camp Director) organize and manage it instead of us figuring it out last minute. It's a lot of improv vs. choreo. We held rehearsals and have organized spreadsheet ready to go! We are way more prepped for the show now than we normally have!

PODCAST UPDATE: We will on hiatus for the month of June to have some much needed rest and relaxation! We will be back in July!

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