FUSS hosts an FUSD district-wide Talent Show every year in November since 2012. The event includes 5 categories (i.e. Staff, Choir, Elementary School, Jr. High School, High School) and is open to all FUSD schools and staff.
The overall process is as follows:
August: Start sending schools participants registration notices once the performance site (e.g. MSJHS C120) is reserved in August. (flyer, publicity, website, registration page, social media outreach)
September:
- Confirm with sound/music company
- Organize teams (e.g. video, camera, publicity, art design)
- Determine team leaders
- Continue outreach to schools to invite participants
- Reach out to potential event/ads/cash awards sponsors
October:
- Participant Registration closes 3 weeks before the Show
- Ticket sales to audience starts
- Arrange choir risers with District Office
- Design Program Book cover
- More promotion of event for sponsorship and ticket sales
November:
- Finalize competition categories
- Do last round of promotion
- Arrange rehearsal schedule and show schedule
- Pick up spot lights
- Prepare food for volunteers on rehearsal night
- Prepare food for judges, emcees and volunteers on Show Day
- Volunteer sign-up
- Program Book
- Program Design / Layout / Printing (at least 1)
- Sponsorship / Ads outreach (at least 2-3)
On the Rehearsal Night:
- Setting up and Clean up
- Picking up programs (at least 1)
On the Show Day:
- Registration Area
- Will call tables (x4)
- Cash table (at least 1) [Robert: 1 should be enough. We open earlier than in previous years, and we have not had a line the last couple of years]
- Auditorium
- Stage team (at least 2)
- Lighting (at least 2)
- Student seating/stage escort
- Door monitors (at least 4 = 2 front door + 1 for each back door)
- Green Room
- Monitoring kids (choir teachers & parents)
- Checking in kids (at least 2)
- Escorting kids to auditorium (at least 2)
- Sales Tables
- Selling snacks (water / granola bars) – (at least 1)
- Picking up water and snacks (at least 1)
- FUSS product sales (same person selling water & snacks)
- Food Table
- Monitoring Food (at least 1)
- Ordering Food – Pizza (at least 1)
- Picking up food (at least 1)
- Judges / MC
- Queue cards
- Scoring rubric/forms
- Token prizes