The Hopi Variety Show

 

 

 

Event Details

Date: February 12-13, 2026 

 

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 World Tour,” "Hopi:The Happiest Place on Earth," “Hopi Headliners”, and "Hopi's Night at the Museum!"

 

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.

 

Act SignUp Genius 

Look out for a special Hopi Highlights email on October 30th at 10:00am for a link to the Variety Show Sign Up Genius. Act sign ups are first come, first served. Be ready to sign up with your act/song choice. If you are considering creating a group, but are unsure of the process or how to build a group, we highly encourage you to still sign up on 10/30. We will help you get your group going! 

 

      

 

 

 







5th Grade MC's

Calling all 5th graders! Are you interested in becoming a Variety Show MC? Auditions will be held on November 13th. There are a few important things you need to know about the audition process so please keep an eye out for another email on the evening of November 2nd where you can find all the details about how to prepare for your audition: including links to the MC Dance and MC Monologues.

 

The Variety Show Committee will be holding an MC informational meeting Nov. 3rd at 7:30am in thelibrary for students and parents. Come find out everything you need to know about the audition process!

 

Important Dates:

10/30- Act Signup Genius (10am)

11/03- MC informational meeting (7:30am in the library)
11/07- MC audition forms due by 3:15pm

11/13- MC auditions

11/14- MC results announced (5pm)

11/17- Parent Rep meeting (9am in the cafeteria)
12/10- Act Auditions

1/28- All Act Run-Through
2/02- Parent Rep meeting
2/09- Act I Rehearsal
2/10- Act II Rehearsal
2/11- Full show rehearsal
2/12- Thursday day show

2/12- Thursday night show
2/13- Friday night show

 

 

Participation Fee & Tickets:

information coming soon

 

Questions?

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