The Hopi Variety Show

 

 

 

Event Details

Date: March 6-7, 2025 

 

The History 

The Variety Show has become one of Hopi’s longest standing traditions. The Hopi Variety Show is unlike any other talent show around! Perhaps one of our favorite Hopi Traditions, the Variety Show started in the 1980’s initially being run by the Hopi staff and performed in the school cafeteria. The show has grown in popularity and was eventually taken over and run by the Hopi PTA. The Variety Show is now held in the Arcadia High School Auditorium and the AHS theater students lend their technical help. Each year, the show has a theme such as “Hopi, Let's Go to The Movies,” “Hopi World Tour,” "Hopi:The Happiest Place on Earth," and “Hopi Headliners”! 

 

The Variety Show is a wonderful event, and we have seen it change children’s lives. Students love the opportunity to perform on stage and watch the show. They all look forward to seeing friends, classmates and even teachers on stage. There is truly nothing else like it.

We hope you will join in on the fun!

 

Acts  

A parent or a group of parents (called Parent Reps) gather together a group of kids, usually kids in the same grade, and put together an act. Acts can be anything such as dancing, singing, piano solos, guitar solos, comedy acts, skits, gymnastics routines! We encourage parent reps to get creative - almost anything goes! Each act is allocated around two minutes depending on how many kids are in the act:

  • Acts of 10 or more must be at or under 2 minutes in length
  • Acts of 9 or fewer need to be at or under 1 min 20 seconds
  • Acts with 1-3 participants need to be at or under 45 seconds

You may have as many in your group as you want but space on stage is tight (we suggest 18-20 max).

 

The whole show lasts about 2 hours and ranges from 28-40 acts! There are almost 400 children who participate each year.

Important Dates:

 

12/9-  MC informational meeting (8am in the library)
12/13-  Act Signup Genius (10am)
12/13-  MC audition forms due by 3:15pm
12/19-  MC auditions
12/20-  MC results announced (5pm)
1/8-      Parent Rep meeting (9am)
1/13-    Student Participation form open (registration, 2 tickets, tshirts, dvds)
1/17-    Student Participation form due
1/22-    Act Auditions
TBD    Ticket sales open
2/19-    All Act Run-Through
2/24-    Parent Rep meeting (9am)
3/3-      Act I Rehearsal & Photos
3/4-      Act II Rehearsal & Photos
3/5-      Full show rehearsal
3/6-      Thursday night show
3/7-      Friday night show
 

Participation Fee & Tickets

When registering for participation, each family will be guaranteed TWO tickets at $10 each. Additional tickets will be released based on availability.

 

Questions?

Email the Variety Show Committee at hopivarietyshow@gmail.com.