Notes from November 1st

Blocking Notes

End of Hanget Soi – XCTE ends in mixed scattered.

Move with purpose and excitement!

Narrator line: “After nearly a year of being away…” Family men enter and form the family group & Lucy centre centre – XCTE make room for them.

Narrator line: “That year, and for every year after…” XCTE move to the sides of the stage. Family & Lucy move stage right. Men in the family exit completely.

Jul Jul – BLOCKING VIDEO

M. 7     – XCTE move to mixed scattered. In place by measure 10

            - All men enter from Stage Right to stand on the platform (stay there for the entire piece – none of the following notes apply to you) Remember to sing as you walk!

M. 17

Move into new position – three curved lines (front line inverted, back two lines in a regular U shape), plus an inverted XYE line in the very front.

Front line (Stage right to stage left) : Sarah, Rachael D, Maria, Kaitlyn, Meghan, Nikki, Sydney, Jess, Julia

Second line (Stage right to stage left) : Rachael G, Georgia, Carolyn, Leah B, Sarah-Jean, Paige, Grace, Krystal, Talisa, Leah P

Back line (Stage right to stage left) : Kallie, Colleen, Brianna, Mackenzie, Hayley, Joanna, Tenille, Jordyn, Sara

M. 21

Turn to face centre

M. 22

Stage left people take a small step the the right (i.e. upstage)

M. 23 - 32

Walk forward one step per measure on the downbeat (right foot first), swapping positions with the other half of the choir

On Jenny’s bridge, people who are now on stage right turn to face forward and step forwrad to reform the line. People on stage left, turn to face forward.

Sing the rest of the song from these positions.

Ariana’s Lament

AUDIO RECORDING

VIDEO OF BLOCKING

For the entire song, Xara will be on stage right (Sops furthest to stage right, then Altos on the side closest to centre) 

Stand here and sing until bottom of page 3

On Kallie’s solo line “Among among turahé”, turn over your right shoulder to face Kallie.

At the end of that solo line “éééééé turahé”, continue turning over your right shoulder to face front.

Top of page 5 – split centre, and move when you sing. Sopranos lean right, Altos lean left. Stay leaning out until you sing again, then come back to standing. Let your arm and head flop

Page 6

3 “oh-ah” – Group 1 on the first choral “oh-ah”, Group 2 on the second, Group 3 on the third. Movement is leaning forward, lead with right shoulder & right foot. Right arm should hang loosely

“Among among turahé” Return slowly to standing

First “lala” section : Action 1 – Sharp lift right shoulder and jerk it back each time you repeat your pattern

Second repeated “lala” section : Action 2 – Left shoulder sharp drop and return each time you repeat your pattern

After the fermata in the second last system (leading into the descending “lala” section) : Action 3 - Right shoulder jerk up, then left shoulder

Come to stillness on the Alto triplets

Hanget Soi - BLOCKING VIDEO

DO NOT SING LETTER A

Letter A : Offstage. Enter just before letter B

Letter B : Move through the space. Greet each other happily.,

Letter C : Continue moving, XYE will join you now.

Bottom of page 5 – Top of page 6 – Ariana and Lucy will enter down stage left (let a ripple excitement pass through the crowd)

Letter D : Stand and face the front and sing

Letter E (piano) : Stay in place, but turn to interact with the people around you

Letter F : Move to the periphery while XYE moves through the village

Letter G : Enter and interact with / greet Ariana ( and wonder about Lucy)

Letter H : Turn to face front and sing to the end

PreliminaryWind Video :-D