Director Details 2025
Director Details 2025
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THEATRE DISPLAYS
Can begin set-up anytime after 7:15am.
6' plastic tables will be available. No tablecloths are provided.
Please have the setup in the Rotunda complete by 9:00 am.
Plan to leave displays in place in the rotunda until (at least 1:30pm)
Have the rotunda clear of all displays by 3:30pm
SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES are scheduled between 10:00 and 11:00 in the Rotunda.
See performance schedule for more details.
ROTUNDA MUSICAL PERFORMANCES Noon-1:00 p.m. We are limited to LIVE musical performances between noon and 1 p.m.in the Rotunda by legislative rules.See important directions in the live musical performance director details section below.
All performers, All Spoken Word Performers, All Tech Theatre Displays, All Visual Artists
are invited to perform in the Finale of the Live Music Performance in the Capitol Rotunda
Weather permitting, a rehearsal for the Finale will be conducted
on the South Steps (facing the city - not the river) at 10:45am.
Please plan to attend so your students can meet the conductor
and rehearse the finale song - America the Beautiful - all together.
FINALE SONG: America the Beautiful - Public Domain Arrangements.
We will sing the first and fourth verses in unison or parts with accompaniment since we have High School, Middle School and Elementary choirs. Find here a link to the public domain sheet music - - Unison SATB
LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR DETAILS
NOON - 1:00PM - CAPITOL ROTUNDA
NOON - 1:00PM - CAPITOL ROTUNDA
Stage Directions for Capitol Performances
Each ensemble in the rotunda each have a 7 min time period which includes getting on and off stage and any set-up.
To fit that 7 minute time frame it is recommended that the group perform 2 selections only.
Please review the performance schedule for your specific performance time.
Choral Groups - Plan to arrange your students in either a 3-row or 4-row configuration.
RISER ACCOMODATIONS
There will be five - (3 step Wenger risers) in place.
Please plan to arrange your students in a minimum of 3 rows and a maximum of 4 rows.
3 rows
4 rows
Entering the Performance Space - Please note the line up and stage direction notes for your group on the map image. (Stage Right is the conductors Left , Stage LEFT is the conductors Right.)
STAGE MOVEMENT -- FINALE PERFORMANCE LINE UP and DETAILS
The map above indicates the location your students will wait prior to their performance time, and the directions from which they will enter.
AFTER your performance, students exit and take their positions as indicated in the group-specific directions below on the grand staircase.
See the Finale Position Chart image below for the specific stairstep area standing assignments.
Important: After their performance and while seated in public view on the stairs, Please instruct your students to sit quietly and not distract from the next performing group.
All performers will stand to sing the finale: America the Beautiful - verse 1 and verse 4.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Blake Richter from Nixa Public Schools
as our 2025 Finale Guest Conductor.
Weather permitting, a rehearsal for the Finale will be conducted
on the South Steps (facing the city - not the river) at 10:45am.
Please plan to attend so your students can meet the conductor and rehearse the finale song together.
1. Osage Trail Middle School - will enter from Stage Left and take position on the risers. Exit stage left and go up the stairs.
2. Smithson HS Choir - will enter from Stage Right and take position on the risers. Exit stage right and go up the stairs.
3. Timber Singers - will enter from Stage Left and take position on the risers. Exit Stage Left and go up the stairs.
4. Vocal Nation - will enter from Stage Right and take position on the risers. Exit Stage Right and go up the Stairs
5. Sparta Singers - will enter from Stage Left and take position on the risers. Exit Stage Left and go up the Stairs.
6. Pipkin MS Choir - will enter from Stage Right and take position on the risers. Exit Stage Right and go up the Stairs.
7. Nixa JH Varsity Treble Choir - will enter from Stage Right and take position on the risers. They will stay on risers for Finale.
8. Forsyth MS Choir - will enter from Stage Left will Nixa JH Choir is entering on the risers. (you may enter during #6 as well)
9. South Step Band Performers - will enter and go up the Stage Left stairs while Nixa JH Choir is entering on the risers.
10. Displays, Poets, and Kinetic Tapestry - will enter and go up the Stage Right Stairs while Nixa JH Choir is entering on the risers.
** #9 and #10 students can take their places earlier when choirs are entering/leaving the risers. Please do not move during the perfomances.
FINALE SONG: America the Beautiful - Public Domain Arrangements. We will sing the first and fourth verses in unison or parts with accompaniment since we have High School, Middle School and Elementary choirs. Find here a link to the public domain sheet music - - Unison SATB
We will rehearse at 10:45 on the South Steps (weather permitting). Following the rehearsal, choirs will go inside to their staging sides in the Rotunda for the noon performances.
SOUTH STEPS PERFORMANCES
Each ensemble has a 15-minute block to set up and perform.. Performances are set up STAGE RIGHT for bands and STAGE LEFT for Choirs.. It is often windy in March, so be prepared as necessary. A sound system and keyboard will be available. In case of inclement weather, afternoon performances will be in the Governor's Building on the 4th Floor. (See Map Below)
Lunch will also be occuring on the bottom steps so you will have an audience. Please have your groups wait on the upper steps on your performance side.
In case of inclement weather and if outdoor performances on the South Steps are not possible, we have arranged an alternate venue in the Governors Office Building - 200 Madison Street - 2 blocks east of the Capitol - in room 400 (4th floor). A diagram of the seating plan and stage area are below - as well as an interactive map showing the building's location.
Governors Office Building 200 Madison St, Jefferson City, MO 65101, USA
Governors Office Building 200 Madison St, Jefferson City, MO 65101, USA
LUNCH - more details
Lunch will be served near the South Steps in two shifts beginning at 11:00 am and 1:00 p.m. Lunch will include pizza, bottled water, and ice cream.
In the case of inclement weather, lunch service will be indoors. Students may eat near the service area on the steps outside, or if inside use the hallway space near the service area,or at the tables (or the areas near the tables) in the: place TBD.
Please help us make sure we have enough food. Feel free to provide info about the number of people (audience members and performers) we can expect from your school. Let us know about any special dietary needs and we will try to make accommodations. R.S.V.P Pizza Lunch
BUSES: info from the Missouri State Museum at the Capitol
Buses and trucks/trailers should park in a lot by the Union Pacific depot....NOT AMTRAK. Take Capitol Drive to either Madison (in front of the Governor's Mansion) or Monroe. Turn left and go down the hill towards the river. It is OK to park on Madison in front of the Gov. Mansion.
CAPITOL ENTRANCE
The only access to the Capitol is through the Carriage Entrance (under the South Steps). Everyone has to go through security. Backpacks are a big hassle...have your kids leave them on the bus.
Arriving and entering the Capitol Building
Arriving and entering the Capitol Building
Guests at the Capitol enter the building through the security checkpoint at the "Carriage Entrance" under the south steps, which can be accessed from the sidewalks at the southeast and southwest corners of the building. Entrances are staffed by Missouri Capitol Police utilizing both magnetometers and X-ray conveyors for security screening. These public entrances are also used by school groups, contract employees, special guests, members of the media and others. Learn more about Capitol security here.
(If you climb all the south stairs, you will have a great view, but you will be unable to enter the building from that location.)
Access additional parking and shuttle information.
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Arriving and entering the Capitol Building
Arriving and entering the Capitol Building
Guests at the Capitol enter the building through the security checkpoint at the "Carriage Entrance" under the south steps, which can be accessed from the sidewalks at the southeast and southwest corners of the building.
(If you climb all the stairs, you will have a great view, but you will be unable to enter the building from there.)
Access additional parking and shuttle information.
Busses are have specific unloading, parking and loading locations at the request of Capitol Facilities and Capitol Police. Please see Map for more details.
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