To Sign Up to be in “The Grinch!” – Email hunter@huntersdance.com between May 10-May 30. An $110 Costume Fee will be charged at Sign Up.
The “Grinch Choreography Camp” will be held August 19-21. A Schedule will be emailed by July 15th for the Dance and Tumble Grinch Choreography Camp!
“Broadway Bound Camp” with Jeremy Tucker
Anyone who wants to be a “WHO in Whoville” MUST attend the Broadway Bound Camp with Jeremy Tucker on June 17-19 from 5:00 - 8:00 to work on Acting, Singing, and Dance!
2024 SHOW DATES: Friday – December 13th; Saturday – December 14th; Sunday – December 15th
Weekend Grinch Rehearsals: Sundays – September 8; October 6; November 3; December 8
Stage Rehearsals – Hold all of these dates for now: December 9-12
JEREMY TUCKER – DIRECTOR
Jeremy Tucker holds a the Bachelor of Music and the Master of Music in Choral Music Education and an additional degree in Drama from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2009 he became recognized as a Nationally Board Certified Teacher in music education. After returning from the National Broadway tour of Oliver! The Musical!, as assistant musical director, Mr. Tucker taught elementary music in the Wilson County School system for seven years, where he was named Teacher of the Year for Wells Elementary School. He was the choral director at James B. Hunt High School in Wilson for five years. During that time the Show choir won the North Carolina State Show Choir competition, the Concert Chorus performed the national anthem in Fenway Park at a Boston Red Sox game and a concert in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Randall Stroope. Currently, Jeremy Tucker directs the Raleigh Boychoir. Jeremy remains active as a director and musical director in many community theaters across eastern North Carolina.
Mr. Tucker has directed and musically directed 28 musicals in the area. Mr. Tucker worked in New York as music director for the nation’s leading performing arts training center for Broadway bound high school students, Stagedoor Manor, for their workshop production of Avenue Q. In 2014-15 he was named teacher of the year at Hunt High School and Wilson County Schools. He was the Director of Children’s Music at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. Jeremy also created and organized Wilson Shines, a collaborated performing arts experience for community members and Wilson County Schools students and employees. Wilson Shines has raised over 12,000 dollars for Communities in Schools. Additionally he has served as the Associate Conductor for the Capital City Girls Choir at Meredith College in Raleigh North Carolina and recently was elected to the North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities Board of Directors where he created the first North Carolina Show Choir competition. This will be Jeremy Tucker’s 13th Year as Director of “The Grinch!” As Director and Writer of the show, “The Grinch!” is touted as one of the most successful musicals in Wilson! Hunter’s Dance is so flattered to have Jeremy Tucker collaborating on such an entertaining and fun show! Currently, Jeremy is the Director of Arts Education for Wake County Public Schools & Artistic Director of the Raleigh Youth Choir.
