Front Row at Home for the Holidays

Submission Requests
for Front Row at Home for the Holidays

Front Row at Home for the Holidays is a winter holiday themed spectacular presented with the love and passion of our membership to bring the joy of Front Row Centre Players to the comfort and safety of your own home.
We are seeking singers, actors, dancers, instrumentalists, and any other peformance artists who are interested.

Show Run Date:

Online December 20th, 2020

Submission Requirements:

We are looking for submissions in 3 ways:

Open Submissions:

• Not needing to be holiday-themed but encouraged
• Musical theatre songs, Christmas carols, other holiday songs
• Sing, dance, act, tell jokes, juggle
• Tiktok-style clips of fun holiday activities
• Submit your ideas:
  • Submit an approximately 1 minute sample of your performance
  • Preface your sample with a slate of who you are, what you are doing, and your vision for the final performance
  • Musical performances will need to use live accompaniment or a personally recorded musician. I.e. no karaoke/professional backing tracks.  For the purposes of your initial submission (only) a backing track is acceptable
  • Submit here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/LAP6cSwKdeN7AEWoH21x
  • Submissions are due November 22

Pre-selected numbers:

• Group numbers will also be programmed by FRC's creative team
• The songs we are considering are:
  • Once Upon a December (From Anastasia)
  • We Need a Little Christmas (From Mame)
  • Seasons of Love (From Rent)
  • Sparklejollytwinklejingly (From Elf)
  • March of the Toy Soldiers (Dance Number by the Rockettes)
• Participants will primarily be selected from the other submissions
• If you want to be a part of the group numbers but not submit another performance, please reply to this email to indicate your interest before November 22
• Several types to be chosen for, including non-musical and non-singing parts and dancing
• The material will be provided for you to learn independently with minor time commitment via online social group prior to recording the final product

Pianists and Instrumentalists:

We are looking for your talents to…

• Submit a holiday instrumental solo, duet, quartet or group number
  • Submit an approximately 1 minute sample of your performance
  • Preface your sample with a slate of who you are, what you are doing, and your vision for the final performance
  • Musical performances will need to use live accompaniment or a personally recorded musician. I.e. no professional backing tracks.  For the purposes of your initial submission (only) a backing track is acceptable provided it can be replicated with other musicians (i.e. sheet music is available)
  • Submit here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/LAP6cSwKdeN7AEWoH21x
  • Submissions are due November 22
• Please express your interest or make a submission if you would be willing to record yourself playing piano backing tracks for others and/or add instrumental backup to various songs.  Please respond before November 22