Thank you for volunteering for the Arise Year-End Recital 2025!

CAREFULLY read below to find your dress code, instructions, and other important details. Then, send us an email to confirm you got it, or with any questions you may have.

- Your job will take place before and during the show (or dress rehearsal).

- When you arrive, check in with Maryann or Noelle at the ticket table in front of the theatre doors to get your badge and instructions. Noelle will be wearing a badge labelled “Backstage Coordinator”; Maryann will be wearing a badge labelled “Lobby Coordinator”.

- Your job is to look after a class of dancers while they wait backstage. Keep the dancers quiet and engaged while waiting for their song to be called. Please tell them your name and get to know their names. 

- Merry, an Arise teacher, will coordinate when the dancers need to be ready to perform on stage and another Arise staff member will bring them to the stage and then will bring them back to you afterwards.

- Another volunteer will walk children to the bathrooms so you don’t need to leave your charges unattended.

- Arise will provide water and clean, dry snacks for the younger students to eat backstage. Arise will also provide colouring pages and books for the youngest students. A live stream of the show will play on a projector for the students to watch when they aren't dancing.

- The younger students will arrive and leave already dressed in their costumes, so you will not need to worry about helping them get changed. Older students can change themselves. 

- Be sure that all snacks are put away and the dancers have used the bathroom (if they need it) well before it’s their turn to dance.

- In order to watch the recital, you will need to purchase a ticket to see the show you are not volunteering at. You cannot watch the show while you are filling this position.

- Come dressed nicely, but comfortably, as you will be working with students throughout the show (or dress rehearsal).

- Let us know if you have any questions!