The Junior Musical Theatre program at the Weyburn Comprehensive School is finishing production on Beauty and the Beast Junior.
The musical will be unlike any other musical production that the Weyburn Comprehensive School has completed, according to Tanya Cameron, director and music theatre teacher at the WCS.
鈥淟ast November, 麻豆视频 East Cornerstone decided that any extracurricular activities that could be done virtually were allowed to start up again.听 So, I decided to try rehearsing virtually on Teams with the WCS Junior Musical Theatre group,鈥� explained Cameron.听鈥淲e met twice a week on Teams to learn songs and run lines for Beauty and the Beast Jr.鈥澨�
鈥淢y hope was that we would eventually get to be together in person and hopefully video tape it to share with our audiences. By January, we knew that would not be possible, so I had the students record themselves at home singing their songs and saying their lines, which I then had them e-mail to me at school,鈥� said Cameron.
鈥淎ll of January I spent putting together their audio tracks. Over the February break, I videotaped each student individually in front of a green screen wearing a clear mask. Then all of March has been spent taking out the green screens using Adobe Premier Pro as well as turning each video into a clear Movie file.鈥�
鈥淚 am now finished putting all of the students into each scene and song together and am just adding their audio tracks and some finishing touches. It is incredible how good they sound and how they appear to look as though they were actually filmed together,鈥� exclaimed Cameron.
The following is the cast list for Beauty and the Beast Junior.
叠别濒濒别听鈥撎�Brittany Barber
Beast/Prince 鈥撎�Jayren Schulz
Mrs. Potts 鈥撎�Natalie Butz
Chip 鈥撎�Peyton Lokken
Gaston 鈥撎�Sawyer Leko
Le Fou 鈥撎�Jonas Burdan
Cogsworth 鈥撎�Calla Hrynewich
Lumiere 鈥撎�Marcus Isaak
Babette 鈥撎�Kailyn McFadden
Madame La Grande Bouche 鈥撎�Carlee Wade
Maurice 鈥撎�Brody Walter
Monsieur D鈥橝rque 鈥撎�Travis Benning
Old Beggar Woman/Enchantress 鈥撎�Selah Johnston
Statue 鈥撎�Calla Hrynewich
Narrators (to be divided up) 鈥撎�Carys Moffatt, Shelby Olweny, Brinlee Klapak, Hayden Pulfer, Brie Hallberg
Silly Girls 鈥撎�Keira Mahnke/Cara Johnson; Zoe Kerr/Mya Periard; Vonnie Schira/Cali Blunt
听Aristocratic Lady 鈥� Ella Leko
Fishman 鈥撎�Travis Benning
Eggman 鈥撎�Tace Odima
Sausage Curl Girl 鈥撎�Lilith Moffat
Baker 鈥撎�Camden Husband
Butcher 鈥撎�Brody Walter
Lady with Cane 鈥撎�Beth Hamel
Lady with Baby 鈥撎�Kalyna Fodchuk
Candle Seller 鈥撎�Hayden Pulfer
Hat Seller 鈥撎�Cassidy Pretty
Milkmaid 鈥撎�Brie Hallberg
Shepherd boy 鈥撎�Tace Odima
Bookseller 鈥撎�Shantal Copley
听鈥淏e Our Guest鈥� Flatwear 鈥撎�Jordynn Bell, Beth Hamel, Lilith Moffat, Layla Crone, Cassidy Pretty, Laura Woodard, Eliza Kohane, Mickenzie Whitford, Kalyna Fodchuk, Ella Leko, Selah Johnston, Shantal Copley, Camden Husband
Wolves 鈥撎�Travis Benning, Tace Odima, Camden Husband, Jonas Burdan, Marcus Isaak
Villagers 听鈥撎�Selah Johnston, Kalyna Fodchuk
Male Villager 鈥撎�Camden Husband
Female Villager 鈥撎�Jordynn Bell
During the recording for Beauty and Beast Junior, there are many places of interest around Weyburn that will be featured.
鈥淭hings you will see in our virtual production are the Court House, the Tower on the hill, the new Weyburn signs, the T.C. Douglas Statue, the T.C. Douglas Centre, Souris Valley, the Souris River, the Weyburn Legion, The Rolling Pin, the Weyburn Public Library, the Little Staveley Library and Heather Haupstein's house on the hill as Belle's cottage,鈥� said Cameron.
鈥淎nother cool feature of our virtual musical is that we have drone video footage of Weyburn as well so it really is like a movie musical.鈥�
Tickets for Beauty and Beast Junior will be available in about two weeks and will be sold on ShowTix4U.com. They will be $20 for the link (no matter how many people in your house) and residents can watch on your Smart TV, computer or iPad. Please watch for a future story, once the link is available.
