If you know the schedule of the child ahead of time, you can write the
officials of your tournament and see if it possible to work his absence
around the skit presentation. Like ask for a very early or very late skit
time.  They may not be able to accommodate you, but it would be worth
asking.   Somebody has to go last right?
  You can make him director of the play, or the sign holder, someone who
says the name of the play, flips the board at the end that says "that's all
folks" (or whatever.:)  You can make him a human prop in the play- coat
rack with ultrasonic coat gripper anyone?-, which can be pretty funny, but
also set aside in the event he can not be there.
  More trying - and very dependent on the age of the students- is making
the child the least number of the lines in the play his understudy, so in
the event he can not be there, the understudy says both sets of lines, not
just his/her own.  We've had years where this was not a good option, and
years where the kids stepped in for people who were absent during the
practice and I thought,"Great. if one person is absent for illness, this
will still be ok!"
Good luck.
Brandy


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Darlene Pantaleo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Colleen, which event did you sign up for? Events have different hours.
> Also, what times are the conflict?
>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Colleen VanDyke wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Another Rookie Coach here...
>
> I just found out one of my team members has a conflict for a several hours
> on tournament day.  I would like him to participate while he is on-site.
> But since we don't know the schedule ahead of time, I am hesitant to give
> him an equal\critical role.  (He will do whatever is best of the team, so
> that is not a concern.)
>
> Am I better off deleting him from the team and having him as the team
> historian?  That way he could be with the team, but it wouldn't count
> against the team if he didn't have an equal role or wasn't present?
>
> I thought about planning for each activity with and without him, but I
> don't think my team can be that flexible on the fly.  (They are pretty
> nervous.)
>
> All suggestions welcome!
>
> --
> Thanks - Colleen
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