Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Heaven Will Rise & Uraren besotik Blocking Notes

HEAVEN WILL RISE

Transition between Day Dawn & Heaven Will Rise - Joanna starts speaking her line, Jenny spreads a D, all pick up and "popcorn" the sound while moving to starting positions for Heaven Will Rise.

mm 1-2  Two lines on either edge of the stage. Sops stage right (SR), altos stage left (SL). Shannon at front of sop line.

mm 3-22  One at a time at a fast pace, leave line, pickup suitcase at the back of the stage, walking to I Lie mixed scattered (MS) formation. Suitcase in right hand. Order is the same as in I lie mm 29-50 (see notes to follow re: changes)

mm 23-24 Still, facing forward

mm 25  Move to 2 lines position (as per I lie).

mm 30  Move suitcase to front of body, holding with two hands when Shannon sings D of "will"

mm 46  Move to train positions, put down suitcase as your "seat", stay standing.

Sop train runs up stage right (USR) to down stage center (DSC). Order starting from the front of the train:
(outside) Zoe & Shila (inside)
Colleen & Hayley
Sarah & Brianna
Kallie & Corinne
Shannon & Nelle

Alto train runs up stage left (USL) to DSC. Order starting from the front of the train:
(outside) Leah/Jordyn & Mackenzie (inside)
Tenille & Robin
Tejas & Joanna
Jenny & Sara
Krystal & Devon

mm 50-72  Sit in train positions

mm 54  Zoe stand to sing, sit when finished

mm 62 Shannon stand to sing, stay near your seat on the train, move to sit at mm 70

mm 73-80  Look at one another, excited, "talking", to each other on the train

mm 81-84 Turn body to face the audience

mm 85-88  Head turn as if watching the countryside go by (mm 85 - R to L, mm 86 L to R etc)

mm 89-92  Lean forward

mm 93-98  Stand up

mm 99-120  Sit down

mm 121 Stand up, pick up suitcase and file off train, moving to MS. Zoe and Shannon are down stage right (DSR)

mm 139  Still until end of song

URAREN BESOTIK

mm 1-2  All except soloist turn around to face back of stage on Christina's cue

mm 3-4  Put suitcase down

mm 5-6  Right shoulder rolls up, right arm reaches back to audience, look over right shoulder

mm 7-8  Turn body to face audience, bring right hand to heart (fist)

mm 9  Hand down, stay still

mm 12-13  Still

mm 14-17 Stage cross, moving to new MS

mm 18-19  Step backwards (3 steps - for sops it happens on "ba", "ko" and "ra"; for altos it happens on "u", "ai" and "ren"

mm 20-23 Step forward, one step/bar on beat 1

mm 24-25 Still

mm 26-31  Stage cross

mm 32  Still

mm 33-36  Staggered turn in, outside to inside of group. Group 1 (outermost edges) turn on downbeat of mm 34. Group 2 turn on downbeat of mm 35. Group 3 turn on downbeat of mm 36.

mm 37-39 Slow head turn over audience shoulder (like in slow section of V'la l'bon vent)

mm 40 Slow body turn to front

mm 41  Suitcase down

mm 42-44  Box action (like in Apple & Day Dawn), fast 'sweep' of hands across box happens on downbeat of mm 43. Hands down on mm 44 beat 1 "na"

mm 45-46  Right arm reaches forward when you sing "zai da go", 2nd sops split half with sop 1s and half with altos

mm 46-47  R hand to heart (fist), comes down on last beat of mm 47

mm 51- 52  Still

mm 53-56 Stage cross

mm 57-58  Step backward (3 steps - for sop 1s it happens on "sen", "ko" and "ra" for sop 2s and altos it happens on "u", "e" and "re"

mm 59-62  Step forward, one step/bar on beat 1

mm 63 Suitcase down

mm 64 Both hands up on last note "en!"

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