6 RCS students auditioned against hundreds of East Tennessee middle school students to be selected as part of the 2024 All-East Middle School Honor Choir. 8th graders Vada Beatty, Taylin Fender, and Cadence Jarnigan along with 7th graders Haddley Ewing, Shane Farmer, Grey Kirkpatrick will take part in rehearsals November 22 at Lee University and will perform on November 23 with other students across the region. This is the first time in school history that students at RCS have participated!
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Beth Jarnigan
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This is my 13th year of teaching music and my 4th year teaching at RCS. I got my undergraduate music education degree at Carson Newman University and my masters in curriculum and instruction at Lincoln Memorial University. I lead the RCS Singers and also am a picture day and yearbook coordinator.
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Music News and Updates
Tickets go on sale for the RCS production of Disney's Moana JR this Sunday, April 7!
Full ordering details here:
Tickets for the RCS production of Disney's Moana JR go on sale April 7, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. There will be three community performances this year. The show opens on Sunday, April 5, at 3:00 p.m. Then there will be two 7:00 performances on May 10 and May 11.
All tickets are sold online and are reserved seating only. The digital box office will remain open until an hour before showtime. Ticket cost is $8.00.
Visit the showtix4u website to order tickets.
We're so excited for you to enjoy this talented cast's hard work!
For more information, contact Director Beth Jarnigan at jarniganb@rcschool.net
RCS Music Theater has released the cast list for its upcoming spring production, Moana JR!
RCS Music Theater has released the cast list for its upcoming spring production, Moana JR. Students submitted video auditions over Christmas break and then performed in callback auditions in early January.
Community performances of Moana JR are set for May 3-5, 2024.
It's audition time! 5th-8th Graders, submit your audition videos for Moana Jr by December 30th. Callbacks will be held January 5.
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The RCS Music Theater Program is now accepting video auditions for its spring musical, Moana Jr. The deadline to submit video auditions is Saturday, December 30. Callbacks will be held Friday, January 5, 2024, at 3 p.m. in the RCS Auditorium. Auditions are open to students in grades 5-8.
Students need to join the Moana Jr Google Classroom to access audition music, scripts, and to upload their audition videos. The join code is 3wxy662.
Click here to watch a tutorial video about uploading audition videos.
Uploading from your phone (Make video full screen when viewing).
If you are logging into Google Classroom from home, here are the credentials:
username: schoolusername@rcschool.net
password: school password without the exclamation point
For example, a 7th grade student named Susie Smith whose password is 4yellow2000! would log in with
sus25smi@rcschool.net as the username and
4yellow2000 as the password.
Questions? Contact Beth Jarnigan at jarniganb@rcschool.net.
The cast for Aladdin, Jr has been set!
The cast list for the RCS Music Theater's production of Disney's Aladdin, Jr has been released!
Roles | Lead | Understudy |
Aladdin | Kenner Jarnigan | Grey Kirkpatrick |
Babkak | Ken Collins | |
Kassim | Haddley Ewing | |
Omar | Carter Taylor | |
Jasmine | Saylour Perry | Haddley Ewing |
Genie | Cadence Jarnigan | Shane Farmer |
Sultan | Jude Johnson | |
Jafar | Hank Elkins | |
Iago | Kirstin Newman | Easton Arnott |
Shop Owner | Easton Arnott | Cali Warner |
Razoul | Shane Farmer | |
Guard #1 | Jayla Hale | |
Guard #2 | Grey Kirkpatrick | |
Beggar #1 | Kaitlyn Cooley | |
Beggar #2 | Kendal Wilder | |
Beggar #3 | Riley Newman | |
Apple Vendor | Jaslyn Bevins | |
Fortune Teller | Ailin DeJesus | |
Attendant #1 | Ailin DeJesus | |
Attendant #2 | Ariyanna Dennis | |
Prince Abdullah | Bobby Mancucci | |
Isir | Laney Bradley | |
Manal | Shayla Fender | |
Rajah | Kelli Ellis | |
Spooky Voice | Noah Housewright | Grey Kirkpatrick |
Cave of Wonders | Jeremy Begley | Grey Kirkpatrick |
Agrabahns & Genie's Magical Ensemble | Charlee Arnott, Ailin DeJesus, Ariyanna Dennis, McKinlee Drinnon, Tori Hall, Paislee Hopkins, Riley Newman, Cali Warner, Kendal Wilder | |
Stage Crew | Alma Baumbach, Jeremy Begley, Nathaniel Cope, Noah Housewright, Leeland Newman, Collin Stewart | |
Makeup Artist | Anna Claire Catron |
Students in grades 5-8, want to be involved? Come see Mrs. Jarnigan for more info. It takes lots of help to produce a student musical.
Parents/guardians, be sure to join the Remind group for Aladdin so you'll be update on all rehearsals and other production announcements.
The join code is @kbaah8.
Students need to join the Aladdin Jr Google Classroom to access audition music and scripts as well. The join code is mdnenr4.
If you are logging into Google Classroom from home, here are the credentials:
username: schoolusername@rcschool.net
password: school password without the exclamation point
For example, a 6th grade student named Susie Smith whose password is 4yellow2000! would log in with
sus25smi@rcschool.net as the username and
4yellow2000 as the password.
Aladdin Jr community performance dates are May 5-6, 2023. Questions? Contact Beth Jarnigan at jarniganb@rcschool.net.