California Youth in Theatre Day
March 13, 2012, from 7:30 AM-4:30 PM

CYIT is a statewide celebration honoring the youth of California for their accomplishments in theatre arts and to acknowledge the many individuals and organizations that support and contribute to theatre education for all grade levels – school administrators, teachers, parents, legislators and other officials.

Please read the following event information very carefully. In order for the event to run smoothly we need all attendees to understand the participation guidelines and the schedule of the day.

General Rules and Information

•    Everyone attending the event must be registered
•    There is no on-site registration
•    Sponsoring teachers must be current members of CETA
•    Sponsoring teachers must attend the event and supervise their students
•    Performers must meet at least one of the qualification guidelines to ensure that performances are polished pieces – not works-in-progress. The qualification guidelines are posted on our website.
•    Submission deadlines cannot be extended:
•    Registration and fee payment, through this website, must be completed by Feb. 22
•    Program information must be submitted and received by Feb. 25
•   There are no refunds for this event
•    CETA does not recommend or support overnight stays for this event
•    All correspondence will be sent to the sponsoring teacher. It is the teacher’s responsibility to distribute information to registered attendees
•    Sponsoring teacher may register for 2 units of academic credit from CSU East Bay. For information and costs for the course, Theatre Advocacy For Theatre Students, contact Gai Jones.
•    We request that you contact your local newspaper to publicize your participation in this event
•    It is important to make travel arrangements so that all registered participants arrive at the Capitol no later than 7:30 AM. Please keep in mind that it takes approximately 40 minutes to travel from the Sacramento Airport to the Capitol

The Day’s Schedule

•    The Opening Ceremony begins at 7:30 AM in the Capitol. Only registered attendees will be seated for the opening festivities
•    At 8:45 AM, students will visit their legislators’ offices to confirm their appointment later in the day, and then walk to Sacramento Theatre Company (STC) at 1419 H Street (916) 446-7501 for a continental breakfast, introductions, hour-after-hour performances, lunch, and workshops. CETA certificates will be presented during the day to the performers and their teachers
•    Between 4:00-4:30 PM, we gather for the Closing Ceremony that will conclude the day’s events

Performance Guidelines

•    We ask for professionalism and a spirit of support and goodwill with regard to the appropriateness of material, adhering to time limits, and overall behavior throughout the day
•    All aspects of the performance must be appropriate to a G-rating, including language, content, costuming, etc.
•    Hand props are allowed but please keep your set-up simple and efficient•    There is no available piano or keyboard
•    Each group must provide its own CD/tape player. Outlets are available, but it is recommended that you have battery backup
•    The theatre will provide a total of 4 chairs ONLY for onstage use
•    It is recommended that each teacher acquire performance rights for any published material to be performed at the event
•    All morning performers and their instructors are to be audience members for the other morning performers; the afternoon performers and their instructors are audience members for the other afternoon performers 
•    When students and educators are not in the theatre for performances, they will attend professional interactive workshops and/or travel to the Capitol for appointments with legislators
•    At lunch we gather on the patio for box lunches, and enjoy performances by special guests
•    All students must remain at STC during lunch time
•    After 4:30 PM, groups may opt to take the self-guided tour of the Capitol or take the trolley to Old Sacramento for shopping and food. Please make travel arrangements that ensure your participation until 4:30 PM. We request that each teacher schedule air transportation from Sacramento after 6:30 PM

Time Limits

• Monologues and solo performances are a maximum length of 4 minutes
• Duo performances are a maximum of 5 minutes
• Group performances are maximum of 8 minutes

However, the total time for each school is 8 minutes. Please edit your pieces to fit the maximum time limit. If you go overtime, it will affect the day’s events

The following information is needed to complete the registration on this site: 

Attending/Sponsoring teacher Information
Email address
Cell phone number  
Teacher’s home address

School Information
School name
School address

Participants
Number of people registering (total number: teacher, students, chaperones). Every attendee must be registered.
Names of performing students
Names of non-performing students
Names of chaperones
Number of vegetarian lunches
Arrival time in Sacramento Performance Information
Number of performance entries
Types of performance entries (song, monologue, dance, scene)
Performance running time of each entry (The total time of combined entries is 8 minutes)

Registration Information
Ticket Type
Amount for participants (number of ALL attendees @ $28.00 each)
$75 CETA membership (if teacher is not a current 2011-2012 member)
Total AmountMethod of payment: PayPal, school check, or personal check (1 check per school entry). Purchase Orders are NOT accepted.

Legislator Information
Name of California state senator and his/her district number
Capitol room number of California state senator
Name of California state assemblyperson/s
Capitol room number/s of California state assemblyperson/s

You can find your state legislators here.

Publicity Information
Name of your local newspaper
Email contact information for the section of your local newspaper that you will contact to submit your publicity article/photo. Please do not the give us the newspaper’s general website address!

Once the required fields are entered, and your payment has been received, the teacher will be emailed program information to be completed and returned by February 25, 2012.

Registration is NOT complete until registration forms and fees are submitted on this site by the deadline and program information is submitted to gjones@cetoweb.org AND gaijones@ix.netcom.com 

Deadlines:

Registration and payment must be received by February 22, 2012:Program information must be received by February 25, 2012.Questions? Contact Gai Jones.

CETA ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY CONNECTED WITH THIS EVENT.