Schedule of Event:

10:30a - Students arrive at ROCS entrance & head to classrooms for costumes (PLEASE arrive on time!)
10:45a - Doors open for seating
11:00a - Program begins (ROCS student performances, graduation ceremony)
12:30ish - Program ends
12:30-2:00p - Student showcases (& indoor seating) in Beach Hall, food trucks in the breezeway.

If you’d like to order lunch ahead of time:

Food truck #1: 614 Fully Loaded

Food truck #2: Taquitos

Olive & Lime (across the parking lot)

FOR PARENTS:

FOR STUDENTS:

Thanks to ROCS mom, Hannah Lemont for putting together the YouTube videos for kids to use!

Rehearsals Schedule

WEEK ONE (Please bring costumes to keep at school this week if you haven’t already!)

• 3- & 5-day students - Tue, April 29th - 10:00-12:00p - NO COSTUMES & 1x class at a time

• 3- & 5-day students - Wed, April 30th - 10:00a-12:00p - NO COSTUMES & 1x class at a time

• 2- & 5-day students - Thu, May 1st - 10:00-12:00p - NO COSTUMES & 1x class at a time

WEEK TWO

• ALL STUDENTS (2-day students can be dropped off) - Tue, May 6th - 10:00-11:40a - COSTUMES

• ALL STUDENTS (2-day students can be dropped off) - Wed, May 7th - 10:00a-11:40a - COSTUMES

• ALL STUDENTS (3-day students can be dropped off) - Thu, May 8th - 1:00p-3:00p - COSTUMES

• EXTRA DAY IF NEEDED - ALL STUDENTS (3-day students can be dropped off) - Fri, May 10th - 10:00a-11:40a - COSTUMES

Costume Information

General notes for ALL students - Pants should be athletic, with secured waistband and bottom stops at the ankles with nothing going over the heels. Think leggings, sweat pants, etc. Shirts should be soft (no dress shirts) with solid colors with no words/images, or turned inside out. Think tshirts, etc.

*If anyone needs assistance finding/purchasing costume pieces, please let us know and we’ll take care of it.

• Chickadees (K)

  • 2- & 5-day students -

    • Plain shirt & pants that can have items attached based on the animal. Red Oak will be attaching the items- think wings, scales, tails, furry fabric items. (The color of shirt & pants can depend on the animal) - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY May 1st.

    • Pablo - Alligator/Eagle

  • Lincoln - Dragon/Fish

  • Vera - Horse/Eagle wings

  • Vivi - Chickadee/horse

  • Rowan - Cat/Eagle

  • Zoe - Cat/Dolphin

  • Yaretzi - Seagull/Penguin

  • Issac - Dragon/snake

  • Zoh - Horse/Bluejay/mermaid tail

  • Arlo - Zebra/Eagle

  • Oliver - Bunny/Eagle

  • 3- & 5-day students -

    • Cape will be made at Red oak

    • Theme: Going on a journey or quest. - “Questing clothes,” shirt, and pants. (For example cargo pants would be fun.) Any color can be worn for pants or shirts. Please no images on shirt or wear it inside out. - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY April 28th.

  • 5-day students will do both dances. These students will need to change costumes. Please have your 5 day student wear body fitting under layer for dress rehearsal days & ROCSFest. For example: bicycle shorts and a tank top or shirt. Another option is swimsuit/leotard underneath clothing. This allows us to change in a group setting backstage.

• Peeweees (1st grade)

  • 2- & 5-day students -

    • White shirt provided by Red Oak, decorating shirt done by Red Oak

    • Black pants/leggings that stop at the ankle. - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY May 1st.

  • 3- & 5-day students - (look for your student’s name)

    • NEED TO BRING IN ALL ITEMS BELOW LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY APRIL 28TH

    • Please no images on shirt or wear it inside out.

    • SUNSET CREW: Wesley, Marin, Thomas, Juni, Adeline B, Van 

      • RED/YELLOW/ORANGE shirt and pants from home, does not have to be the same, possible combo RED pants with ORANGE top

    • NIGHT TIME CREW: Thea, Porter, Luke, Kareem, Brenner, Bennett

      • BLACK/BLUE/PURPLE shirt and pants from home, does not have to be the same, possible combo BLUE pants with PURPLE top

  • 5-day students will do both dances. These students will need to change costumes. Please have your 5 day student wear body fitting under layer for dress rehearsal days & ROCSFest. For example: bicycle shorts and a tank top or shirt. Another option is swimsuit/leotard underneath clothing. This allows us to change in a group setting backstage.

• Wrens (2nd/3rd grades)

  • 2 & 5-day students -

    • Black shirt provided by Red Oak, shirt decorating at Red Oak

  • Black pants or leggings - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY MAY 1ST

  • 3- & 5-day students -

    • White shirts provided by Red Oak, shirt decorating at Red Oak

    • Solid color pants/leggings (can be any color) that stop at the ankle - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY APRIL 28TH

  • 5-day students will do both dances. These students will need to change costumes. Please have your 5 day student wear body fitting under layer for dress rehearsal days & ROCSFest. For example: bicycle shorts and a tank top or shirt. Another option is swimsuit/leotard underneath clothing. This allows us to change in a group setting backstage.

• Swifts (3rd/4th grades)

  • 2- & 5-day students -

    • White shirts provided by Red Oak, shirt decorating at Red Oak

    • Black pants/ leggings that stop at the ankle - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME ASAP

  • 3- & 5-day students -

    • Blue shirts provided by Red Oak, shirt decorating at Red Oak

    • Blue pants/ leggings that stop at the ankle - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY APRIL 28TH

  • 5-day students will do both dances. These students will need to change costumes. Please have your 5 day student wear body fitting under layer for dress rehearsal days & ROCSFest. For example: bicycle shorts and a tank top or shirt. Another option is swimsuit/leotard underneath clothing. This allows us to change in a group setting backstage.

• Kestrels (4th/5th grades)

  • All Kestrels -

    • Black shirt provided by Red Oak, shirt decorating at Red Oak

    • Black pants/leggings that stop at the ankle, pockets in the pants a plus. - NEED TO BRING IN LABELED WITH STUDENT NAME BY APRIL 28TH/ MAY 1ST

Accessibility Needs Statement

We have put a lot of effort into ensuring the accessibility of ROCSFest, but we recognize that we have not covered everything. We welcome feedback and suggestions as we learn and improve.

• The First Unitarian Universalist Church (Red Oak’s home) is accessible via COTA bus lines #2, #102 and #33, COTA Mainstream service, as well as from the Olentangy Bike Trail.

• Parking, the building entrance and performance space are all wheelchair accessible. There are no stairs/steps to access the performance space. There is one sidewalk cut at the main entrance.

• We will have an ASL interpreter. Microphones will be used to amplify sound. 

• A visually accessible version of the digital program will be provided.

• Seating options in the performance space includes individual chairs without arms, and floor seating directly in front of the stage. There are marked spaces for wheelchair seating. The seating is easily adjustable to create as much accessible seating as needed. 

• There are two bathrooms- both have one accessible stall and while they are gendered, folks are welcome to use the bathroom that best fits their gender identity. There is one single stall bathroom available as well. 

• There is an adjacent viewing room that will be available for sensory-friendly viewing. 

• There will be two food truck(s) available at 12:30p - Taquitos and 614 Fully Loaded. There is also Olive & Lime and Chipotle right across the parking lot. We have tried to take allergies and dietary restrictions into account when choosing who to book for our event. Let us know if you will need assistance accessing food trucks or transporting food to your table. Outdoor seating includes picnic tables and a table with movable  chairs.

If you or your guest have an accessibility need that we have not addressed, please send us an email.

2024 ROCSFest Video

(To protect our students’ privacy, do not share this link publicly or on social media platforms.)