The Hopi Variety Show

 

Event Details

Date: March 6-7, 2025
Show times and details TBA next spring 

 

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 TV,” “Hopi, An Arcadia Musical,” or “Hopi, The Greatest Show” and “Hopi World Tour!”  

 

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 9 or more must be at or under 2 minutes in length
  • Acts of 8 or fewer need to be at or under 1 min 30 sec
  • Acts with 1-3 participants need to be at or under 1 min

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

Participation Fee & Tickets

Each student who participates in the Variety Show will pay a $20 participation fee that covers the cost of the field trip and Arcadia facility use. 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.