Countdown: 1

Only one sleep to go!

See you all there tomorrow

2pm and 5pm

The Meteor - Victoria Street - Hamilton

(and don't forget, it's daylight saving... 1 hour forward)

Smartphone addict?

Pineapple might have a vintage flavour but we are up to date with all the new technology! Yes you can find Pineapple and its Jukebox in all the major apps of your smartphone.

Facebook
@PineappleProductionsDance
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Twitter
@DancePineapple
#PineappleJukebox

Instagram
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And don’t forget all our other online media:

Website: www.pineappleproductionsdance.com

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/pineappleproductions

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/pineappleproductions

Vimeo: vimeo.com/pineappleproductions

Coundown: 5

5 days to go. Everything is falling nicely into place and the whole team is starting to be pretty excited.

We received the program during the week, and the chocolate coins have just arrived.

We finally manage to find the beach balls we were looking for and all the finals details on costumes have been made.

After a really good dress rehearsal on Sunday we now just have a final run through on Thursday, and on we will go with the show!

Parlez-vous français?

Want to brush up your French? Our choreographer Julie will be talking about the Jukebox show on The French radio "Amuse Gueule", this Sunday 23rd September at 6.30pm.

To know all about the French touches the show has to offer make sure to tune to planetFM 104.6 in Auckland or to listen to the broadcast on their website.

Updates: First mock-up practice

The past week has been busy, really busy…

On the costume front, our seamstress Coco Columbine has been creative with grey, white and black fabric, while the rest of the team has been shopping all around town for footwear, and new tops to complete our wardrobe. There’s been sequin sewing, bow gluing and costume fitting happening in our office all week. The result should be superb!

In the meantime Ling, our graphic and set designer, has completed the show program that will contain the setlist and the coins. And it's off to the printers today!

What about the dancing you might ask? Well after practicing 3 hours each night of the week and running through the entire setlist on Saturday we finally had our first show mock-up on Sunday.

At 3.30pm we lay out the 24 costumes in our improvised changing room (a dance studio) while our sound engineer Matt was getting acquainted with the 24 tracks.

We marked a stage on the floor of the studio and set the jukebox in the corner.
Soon we were all ready, waiting for Patti Cakes to pull the choreography order out of a hat (well a tin cup in that case) and our stage help Caitlin to send the outcome backstage. You could feel the excitement and tension in the room.

The mock-up went like a breeze. Of course there were some costumes still being created and some that need to be altered!
Now it's time to clean the finer details, like our quick changes!

A snippet from the playlist

Are you hoping to be a coin getter at the Jukebox Show?

Here is a snippet from the playlist to get you thinking about what song you might like to choose...

You've been stamped!

The stamp is in the house and this is how we are getting creative and making the coins that our lucky 15 show-goers will recieve to choose a dance!

Pretty sparkly coins...

Last Thursday on the radio

Last Thursday Nicole was promoting the Jukebox Show on the radio FREE FM - Artspace.

For those of you who didn't get the chance to listen to her live, here it is at last!

You can also download or listen to the entire show by going to the on demand download section of the Community Radio Hamilton website. Just need to select "Arts and Culture". The show was aired on the 06/09/12.

Practice updates: First run through

The countdown is on. 3 weeks to go. Today was our first run through.

It all began at 12:30pm, when we started to organize the practice schedule so that it would run as smoothly as possible. We prepared a run order and started sorting out which costumes we had complete and ready for photos. The photos will be for the backstage hands to see a complete outfit so no dancer runs on stage missing something!

At 2:30pm sharp we began the photoshoot with the 6 dancers at hand.

Then by 3:30pm all 9 dancers came together to have our first run though of the choreographies. We got to see where we need work, and smooth out some minor details (such as some of us running into each other!). Watching us and taking notes was our MC Patti Cakes.

Starting with 9 of us, and moving through all the group choreograpies.
Cancan, Medleys, Chair, Charleston......

The group shrunk down to 6, the jazz and contemporary begins.
You see us throwing ourselves on the floor, triple turns.

Then there were 3. For 2 very challenging routines. Hoping the audience will choose these!
And finished it all off with an elvis number!

Only 3 weeks to go!
Don't forget to get your tickets!

The host with the most.....cute dress!

Want to see who's hosting The Jukebox Show?
Here's a sneaky sneak of Patti Cakes and her hostess dress! Made by the wonderfully talented Coco Columbine!

Think bows in the hair and skates on the feet!

Photoshoot Reveal!

The gallery of the stunning pictures we took in Hamilton last Sunday is almot ready... But you can already have a look at a large number of them, just click here...

... and stay tuned for more to come...

Jukebox Radio

Yes, that's true, Pineapple Jukebox will be on the radio tonight. Our lovely Media coordinator Nicole will talk about the show on Artspace.

So if you're in Waikato region tune to FREE FM 89.0 tonight from 5.00pm.
Or just go online to listen to the live streaming. Nicole should be on at around 5.40pm

Jukebox Promo Video

The wait is over folks, the Hamilton footages from our promo Sunday are here... And while the photo galeries are still uploading here is the Jukebox promo video that Geraldine has created!

Back from our photoshoot in Hamilton

Today some of the Jukebox dancers went to Hamilton City to shoot our promo pictures!

We found a beautiful spot at The Gardens, in front of the lake where we set up on the stage that we thought was there just for us! Posed with our Jukebox (star of the show) showing off some of our moves and entertaining the lovely public of the city! 

We had adults, grannies and kids come running to see what was happening! What a rush! So many aspiring tiny tot dancers posing with our girls!

We then performed a quick number in our ensemble costumes, to add to our interactive photoshoot.

After a quick break and some lunch we moved right into the city centre to see what we could do- we found a water fountain. Perfect backdrop for our mix of styles and colours! More interested people came flocking over to grab flyers, see th jukebox and of course try some of our moves! 

Here's a few to get you started, keep an eye out for what's to come!!

See you again soon Hamilton!