Rehearsal schedules begin during winter break, and continue during the first week of the spring semester. They are intense. And students are required to remain in school full-time, attending all their classes, while Front & Center rehearsals are under way. No lenience is granted to performers in the show.

The day before the show finally dawns. Rehearsal at the Anaheim Pond makes the upcoming show a reality. Carpenters put the sets together. Bright Ideas lighting technicians - the firm is owned by alumnus Greg Christy '85 - develop the colored tones. The cast works on its numbers. Adrenaline is running higher than ever…