Looking for ideas/suggestions

[TipsyTraveler]

There are still plenty of places where "look" might still matter so it's not a foreign concept in any atmosphere. CHOIRS are not just about singing ... it is about presently a group of people who dress alike and blend as one to create music, no distractions. There are often rules in terms of color, dress, jewelry, styling etc. My niece was in Chorus, Choir and Musical theater throughout middle, high school and college (including a degree) and she would never have considered coloring her hair unnatural colors. I get all schools and groups are different but at different levels of performance come expectations.

In this particular situation it sounds like they knew in spring it was an option to try out for and mid summer they were talking about applying for the opportunity. Disney is a highly coveted serious performance and common sense is Disney has specific guidelines. Starting school knowing you might have this chance would make my child find out what is required so she wouldn't be left out - internet makes it easy. But I'm still not blaming the child, the ultimate fault for lack of communication comes from the teachers. When they found out in the spring it was open to explore, they should have sent out a "we are going to apply, these are the rules". As a teacher I'd want to know before any student was included in the audition tape that they were committed.

And I have a DD that had highly colored hair high school - college, from top to bottom ombre to having stripes to having the bottom 6" all around a rainbow. It's hair, it's color, it's really simple ~ either go get it recolored as required or pass on the experience. When she went to work at Disney she had to color her hair natural, remove most her earrings and jewelry. She wanted the job, she did what they asked without complaint or looking to short cut.

Unless there is a medical reason, it's just hair.

Yes, the internet does make it easy, and if the girl had thought to look up the rules in advance she may have come to the conclusion that it would be okay to color her hair and just cover it for the performance because there is no Disney rule against wearing wigs (or head coverings, for that matter).




The no-wigs thing is coming from the teacher, made up in the first moment she was asked, because she’s either too lazy to look it up or overly cautious about adhering to the Disney dress code. I would be irked if I was @sam_gordon at the expense, hassle, and potential hair damage that my daughter would have to deal with for the teacher’s made up rule when Disney themselves do not care.

Think about it, having a no-wigs/head coverings rule would open up a Pandora’s Box of discrimination allegations against Disney. There is no upside for Disney to try to implement this and they’re smart enough to know that. That’s why it’s not a rule! Disney is not anti-wig, evidence below.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Would they allow her to wear a scarf over her head, to cover her hair? (This is common in some cultures.)

 

[princesscinderella]

Unfortunately neither DW nor I get to go. We have to hope someone in the audience ends up posting it on YT.

Both of my children performed in the Candelight procession last year and we were lucky enough to have had both performances recorded by You Tubers so family who couldn’t attend could watch too. One was a live streamer and we were waiting in the candlelight package line with her. They had Whoopi and Neil Patrick Harris as their narrators on the first day of their run at the 5:30 show and they are so popular that helped too. The school choirs were performing at the 5:30 slots last with the later slots the cast choirs, not sure if that will change if they have opened up for out of state choirs now. My daughter’s choir has also been selected to perform again and they will be either Dec 14 or 15 the exact date hasn’t been confirmed yet.

One the hair issue as the daughter of a hairdresser, they do make temporary hair color covering sprays, the only problem with these is that if you sweat they can run which would look awful (kind of like Rudolph Giuliani press conference meme). However if she has long hair and the unnatural color is more ombré in her hair where it’s only at the ends she could put it in a bun and use the spray on the ends and it shouldn’t be affected by sweating. Anything that has to be applied close to the scalp would run the risk. The weather may be hot or cold you never know in Florida in Dec but they are also wearing a robe which doesn’t help.

As for dying it back, if she has dark hair it would be very easy for her to get back to her natural with just a drugstore dye kit so you or her can save some money vs having it professionally done. Then if she wants to get back to her wild color after she’s has more money to get it professionally done as that needs heavy bleaching to make the color vibrant. If she’s a blond I’d go to the salon to get it back to her natural color as bleaching can go bad very easily.