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Spend your summer on stage! |
| Celebrate the cheers and applause of the more than one million guests who visit Valleyfair every year. Make the most of your summer by taking advantage of all that Valleyfair and the Minneapolis/St. Paul area have to offer. Strengthen and perfect your craft as you work with and learn from other talented people like yourself. Receive valuable experience and exposure while earning a competitive salary. |
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You can earn well over $6000 this summer! |
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As a Valleyfair employee, enjoy great benefits like on-site housing, an off-site housing assistance program, free admission to our 90-acre facility as well as free passes for family and friends, and employee social events including ride nights, dances, talent show nights and sports leagues. Enjoy it all while showcasing your talents on a Valleyfair stage doing the thing you love the most — ENTERTAINING! If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, make plans today to visit one of our audition sites. |
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Audition Tour 2008 |
| Auditions will begin approximately 15 minutes after registration opens. Dance callbacks will be held at each site. Please be prepared to change into dance attire. |
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Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, February 3
Hennepin Center for the Arts,
1st Floor
(Corner of 6th St. & Hennepin Ave.)
Registration: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
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Moorhead, MN
Tuesday, February 5
Concordia College
Lab Theatre in Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre
Registration: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. |
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Eau Claire, WI
Friday, February 8
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Haas Fine Arts Center
Registration: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. |
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Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, February 17
Hennepin Center for the Arts, 1st Floor
(Corner of 6th St. and Hennepin Ave.)
Registration: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m |
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Minneapolis, MN
Monday, February 18
Hennepin Center for the Arts, 1st Floor
(Corner of 6th St. and Hennepin Ave.)
Registration: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
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| If you cannot audition in person, you may send a résumé and audio or video materials to the address listed under “Employment Information.” Please specify the dates you will be available to work. Materials will not be returned. First consideration will be given to performers who audition in person. | |
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Valleyfair shows demand well-rounded, versatile entertainers to engage our guests with a variety of popular musical styles like Top 40, country, R&B, rock ’n’ roll, and music just for kids. We have more than 40 positions to fill in the following areas:
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Singer/Dancer |
Musician/Singer |
Street Performer |
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Costumed
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Magician's
Assistant |
Production
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Keyboard |
Guitar |
Electric Bass |
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Steel Guitar |
Fiddle |
Saxophone |
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Trumpet |
Trombone |
Tuba |
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Drum Set |
Snare Drum |
Bass Drum | |
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Singer/Dancers
| We are looking for strong singers who dance. Valleyfair shows feature totally live vocals, so we ask that you demonstrate your singing ability first. You must audition individually. |
| Prepare two songs, one up-tempo and one slow ballad, in the correct key, avoiding repetitive choruses. An accompanist will be provided but will not transpose. A standard cassette/CD player will also be available. You may bring your own accompanist or commercially-produced accompaniment tape/CD, but you may not sing a cappella. Some individuals may be asked to stay for a dance callback. Please be prepared to change into dance attire. |
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Instrumentalists |
| All instrumentalists must audition individually. Choose two selections of contrasting styles which demonstrate your versatility (e.g. pop, country, classical). Avoid highly progressive jazz and hard rock. Sight reading may be requested. Drummers, be prepared to play a variety of styles (e.g. pop, jazz, rudiments). A drum set and a piano will be available, other players should provide their own instruments and amps for the audition. |
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Street Performers |
| We are seeking “variety performers” to entertain our guests in a highly interactive walkway setting. Show us roughly two minutes of your most visually entertaining routines such as juggling, clowning, magic, mime, prop comedy, comic improv skills, etc. |
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Colonel Ohoompapa
| As the owner of Valleyfair, Colonel John Philips Ohoompapa greets guests and entertains at special events throughout the park. Occasionally, Colonel represents Valleyfair at parades and promotional appearances around the Twin Cities. We are looking for strong performers with acting and movement skills. Applicants should be between 5'6' and 6'0' to fit into the costume. Send a detailed résumé (including your height) listing your experience with costumed character work, dance, children’s theater or recreation to the Live Entertainment Department no later than March 1, 2008. You may also attend one of the audition sites for an interview. |
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Production Staff
| Be a sound engineer at our outdoor Gazebo Stage, be a projectionist or usher in our Pepsi IMAX® movie theater, or join the technical crew in our newest venue, the Galaxy Theater. |
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Sound Engineer |
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Master Electrician |
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Stage Technician |
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House Manager |
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Pepsi IMAX® projectionist or usher | |
Experienced applicants for production staff positions should send a detailed résumé no later than March 1, 2008. Be sure to include the dates you will be available to work, a detailed account of related experience, and the names, positions and phone numbers of three professional references. You may submit your resume at any of our audition sites or mail it to the address listed below. Qualified individuals will be contacted for an interview at a later date. |
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Employment Information
Performance dates for our 2008 season include full-time schedules beginning between Memorial Day (May 26) and early June, and ending between late August and Labor Day (September 1), depending on show assignment. Some schedules will include weekends in May and/or September. |
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For more information please contact us:
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