Yellow Submarine Update
Lots of progress on the Yellow Submarine! And lots of opportunities for volunteers- Hope you can make it to some of these work/play parties! Time to make this ensemble ship-shape!
Friday (June 11) 6-9pm – Powerhouse (3940 Fremont Ave N)
Sunday (June 13) 12-6pm – Powerhouse
Yellow Sub and Sgt. Pepper’s bandstand floats and associated props. Fun with cardboard, paint, papier mache, and exploration of breakthrough float techniques. Help with elements like paper mache-ing the rudder, propellers, making the groovy periscopes… and other assorted fun tasks.
Thursday (June 17) 5-7:30pm
Costume workshop at the Ballard Library community room! (headed up by Jalair and Denise)
Focus will be on the groovification of you Denizens of Pepperland! This is also a great place to “plug in” if you want to join us, but don’t know where you fit in yet. Please bring solid (or striped or polka-dotted… BIG, graphic prints are best) pants/ skirt and shirts that can be cut up/ painted or otherwise altered permanently. Also bring an iron, scissors and a sewing machine if you have one. If you haven’t already spent time looking at the movie or images from the movie, PLEASE check it out BEFORE you make a costume plan…!!! Lots of images on the web and movie snips on youtube. We don’t want this to be St. Pepper meets the Grateful Dead!
Friday Nite (June 18) FLOAT MOVE! (stay tuned for time) All available hands on deck! The floats get moved down the hill to the staging area. Wear white, safety orange and/or reflective clothes, sturdy shoes, bring flashlights, glow stix… This is a blast!
And in the meantime, brush up on the words to “Yellow Submarine” and “All You Need is Love!” We hope our ensemble inspires the audience into a “sing along!”
Update on Ensembles:
Still needed:
Way-Out Float pushers (minimum of 8 people needed)
Apple Bonkers (on stilts!): Clayton, Patrick Casey (?),… hearing rumors- but need an update on this. We’re trying to get costume support for this group and need a clear count (and measurements!).
Snapping Turks
Suckophant, Kinky-Boot Beasts, and other amazing creatures from the Sea of Monsters
Old Lord Mayor
Evil Clowns
We’ve got!
The Beatles in Liverpool: (Yay!)
George: Eric Stoval
Ringo: Giovanni
Paul: Yoni Wexler
John: Rob Raymond
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band:
Kiki, Sasha, Salamandir, and friend from the Fremont Philharmonic (Yay!!!)
Blue Meanies (15 of them Meanies- Yay!): Lida, Lars, and Denise Henrikson; Naomi Rue, Israel and Sammy Evans, Jasper and Zsa-zsa Toms, Laura B, Nicole and David Wexler, Oleana, Dave Lacey, Jade Weston, Linda Greenway … On Solstice, Fremont goes BLUE-Y!
Giant Glove: Peter Weston (Peter has been super busy heading up the Submarine and he’d love some support realizing his vision for a Blue Glove on rollerblades! If you are handy and available to help, please come to a float-build work party and consult with Peter to either help with glove- or the sub so he can focus on the glove…)
Young Fred: Mama Rosa riding a Norma-created sub sub (Yay!)
Nowhere Man: Norma Baum as Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D (Yay!)
Denizens of Pepperland and Sea of Holes: Jalair, Gopal, Jaya and 15+ friends (Yay!)
You as Beatles Cut-out: (Yay Oleana!) A 2-d mural of the Beatles with faces cut out so people can stand behind and become the “Fab Four”!
