Tickets On Sale? When? Where? How can I earn FREE tickets?

We have been receiving many inquiries about ticket availability via e-mail, facebook and in person too.  Our goal is to have tickets available for purchase on the SteppingStone Theatre website NO LATER than Saturday, March 19^th, 2011.

Thus far, LEGACY has pre-sold over 73 seats to two large groups (over 25 ticket orders). These groups knew they were coming to the show since last year so they wanted to guarantee tickets for their groups. We have been able to sell tickets to large groups before ticket actually go on sale to the general public. Currently, there are two other large groups pending to buy their several dozens on tickets to this awesome show! No worries, there are enough shows this year to meet demand. At this rate, it's looking like opening night is going to be quite busy!

The ticket prices are as follows:

In Advance- $12

At the Door- $15

Groups over 25- $10

Buy online- www.steppingstonetheatre.org

Buy in person- Flag me down or contact me. I can deliver in the cities, believe it or not. And no, I am not in my MJ gear when I deliver. 

WANT FREE TICKETS?

In order to raise money for our production expenses we are selling boxes of candy. If anyone would like to volunteer to sell candy you can earn free tickets. For every  5 boxes  of candy sold, we will give that volunteer 2 tickets to any of the shows!! This is worth $30!! The candy is provided by the production too.   

I know 5 boxes sounds like a lot of candy but if you have access to school, sporting events etc., the candy goes QUICK. There are 30 pieces of chocolate bars per box.

If you are interested, please e-mail me at mr.lcastillo@yahoo.com so we can help each other!!!  This is really nice especially since there is enough time between now and May to sell more than 5 boxes.

LC

2 Shows in 1 Weekend= Crazy & Fun!!

This past weekend we had two shows which were an overall success for LEGACY. In our opinion, one of the shows went much better than the other. What I mean by that is that one of the shows was much better executed than the other. However, both audiences were highly entertained which is the most important thing! 

On Saturday, March 5th we performed for "Dance Your Heart Out" at the Radisson Hotel ball room in downtown Minneapolis. This is an organization that raises money and awareness for children and families living with HIV. Last year we performed for DYHO at the MOA right around this time as well. It’s always nice to be part of this great event; it's rewarding and we get to work with some of the same people such as DJ Adrian Perryman who always does a wonderful job. The folks running the event knew what they were doing so everything ran very smoothly. I was very happy with the accommodations we were offered. It's always nice having a space ( commonly referred as a green room) where our dancers can relax, get ready for a show, not to mention being given yummy food! 

At this show, some dancers did make some slight mistakes during the new numbers but that's fine; nothing too bad. I don't think the audience cared because they were clapping anyway! I am not stressing out about technical mistakes YET since it's only March. If these mistakes happen in early May, we have a problem!!! LOL

On Sunday night, we were hired to perform at DaVinci Trattoria. This was for a private gala/fundraiser for the White Bear Montessori School and that was a very good show. Although the crowd was not as big as we're used to having, it was by far a super fun show. The crowd was very energetic and very into our show. They were singing along, screaming at times and even yelling out names of songs they wanted to see us dance to which most of the ones they would yell for, they got to see!!  Technically for us it was a great performance; smooth and flawless.  The staff was very nice to us from the beginning and the accommodations for our crew was incredible as well. We’re not used to leather couches, big screen TV, candles and gourmet sandwiches as our green room experience before a show!!  YummooooOOO!!

This was a crazy, busy weekend but after these shows, it's back to focusing on LEGACY rehearsals. We are on the homestretch of a bad ass, new show and then we run the show until it's perfect!!  Our next scheduled set of shows begin mid-April unless we have an offer we can't pass up!

BIG thanks to all the dancers, costumer (Lisa C.) and Glo for all your hard work! LEGACY is NOTHING without YOU. 

Also, a million thanks to wonderful organizations hiring us to entertain your events and the connection in between us (Ching Lauj- thank you!!)!! We are always happy to put on a great show for any event!

Luis C.

The blogs stopped for a moment. Not the show!

Esmeralda Lynn Castillo

Well Hello again!!  It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to talk about; I’ve been busy training on being a dad! My daughter was born on Thursday, February 24^th. Leading up to going into the hospital being at the hospital and settling at home has taken time. I've had to place this show on the backburner (for myself) for a couple of weeks and focus on my family.

Rehearsals have not stopped. Alan Mure and Gloria Gamboa have been running rehearsals as scheduled so the production continues so it does not fall behind.

Although I’ve had to pull myself   away from the production for a while,  I have not lost focus on it so don't count me out for too long. I return to rehearsals this week and also, LEGACY has two shows this weekend (the 5^th and 6^th) at two different venues.

When I booked these shows months ago I thought it would be nothing but a breeze since I know the drill like the palm of my hand! I didn't take into account the fact that I'm sleep deprived and on-call 24hrs a day. My wife delivered the baby via C-section so I have to take on much of the baby-care duties for the first couple of days while she recovers.  I love to take care of the baby, change diapers and I don't mind poop either; those are a challenge. What I don't like so much is knowing that I have large commitments that I HAVE TO tend to on top of my first priority which is my family.

After getting home from the hospital, I have four days to regroup and start setting up all the prep-work for these shows. I will admit that it feels good knowing that I am going back to my routine even though I am on-call no matter what I'm doing or where I am. The best option is to make sure that this baby is exposed to the “show-business” schedules and drills. That is where I will place my bet!

After this weekend I would have gone from “Where is he?” to “There he is again!!

-LC