deenierah

you should be in boston! my friends and i STILL go get ice cream on the weekends. the concept of ice cream places that are only open seasonally is unheard of here.

motter3

ahh man do i love ice cream on a cold day in boston. all ice cream places sell year round here i <3 it!

cartera45

Well if any of you guys are ever in Princeton NJ, definitely go to "The Bent Spoon." The best I have ever had. It is all homemade there so you never know what flavors they will have. I had a dark chocolate bourbon - if I had more, my D would have had to drive. I don't even like liquor, but this stuff was incredible.

Sporti2005

On the ice cream topic....I was a tour guide for a while at the Ben & Jerry's Factory. If you learn to scoop with your whole arm and not just your wrist it isn't bad at all! They spent a while teaching us so that we wouldn't end each shift with sore sore wrists...and, I ended my time there with very nicely toned arms (on top of TONS of superfluous ice cream knowledge and a freezer full of pints I didn't want)!

tiffw

Perhaps we should just go ahead and change the title of this thread to "Ice Cream Scooping Techniques, Tips and Tricks for Musical Theater Junkies!"

Sporti2005

Actually, the tour guide job was great for theatre kids (straight and MT) and a lot worked there. It was almost like one technique used to approach a scene -- you had to find LOTS of tactics to get the tourists to listen to you, and every tour was DEFINITELY a performance!!

My supervisors said they really liked hiring performers because they learn the material quickly and always find new ways to keep it interesting.

So I would recommend looking into tourism positions for kids during college breaks. Another plus -- they're often looking for more employees during the summer!

rossji

OK - my younger daughter works at a Friendly's (they're in the northeast, mainly) and has had trouble with her back. I'm trying to get her to quit, but she loves the people there. Ironically, I worked at Friendly's my first job and never had any trouble, but I was a waitress AND made ice cream; my daughter ONLY works at fountain, so I guess that's why. ANYWAY, off/on topic? has anyone had trouble submitting a headshot/resume to Strawhat? My older d submitted hers and they said they never got it (they received the one in the mail, but not the one for EMAIL; the headshot needs to be a certain size, etc.)

KatMT

I have a student who had the same problem -- she thinks it is because she did not compress the picture to 100 dpi (I think those are the right initials)... basically, she thinks it is because the photo file was too big.

If you use Microsoft picture manager, open the picture, right click on it, and then click "edit". On the right had side of your screen a menu should open up giving you the option of compressing the picture for an email attachment. Check that option, then click "okay" down at the bottom of the page. Then go up to the upper left hand corner of the computer page and click "file", then click "Save as" and rename the file. This way you have not changed the original picture, only the one you are going to email to strawhat.

I do not know if this is the problem, but it is worth a try!

rossji

Thanks so much, KatMT. We figured it out; I think they had her down as 2 separate people; one with just her middle initial, and one with her full middle name! She got a confirmation that they were received, though. And my, aren't you techno-savvy! Can you come over here and try to get my dinosaur computer to take less than 3 hours logging on to my email?

DR3mtAZ

Does anyone know if there are still audition times available for Straw Hat?

KatMT

They are still accepting applications. I think the dealine is sometime in mid-february.

edmondsg

Yep, it's Feb. 16th.

onstage

That may be the deadline, but time slots generally fill up very quickly, so don't wait till the last minute -- there's no guarantee you can still get an appointment.

edmondsg

are they fairly easy to get with a decent resume and an early application?

alwaysamom

Edmond, I wouldn't say that it is 'fairly easy'. In our experience, and I have to admit that it's been two years since any of my D's friends were at Strawhat because last year they were auditioning for fulltime jobs!, the kids who we knew who got auditions at Strawhat had gotten their applications in in December, or first week of January at the latest. They all had good resumes so, who knows, they may have been chosen because of those, too. As others have mentioned, though, early applications are a must.