Prep for Feb 4 Rehearsal

Hi everyone! I want to start this week by reiterating that I am SO proud of you for taking Womanly Song of God from unknown to memorized in only three rehearsals. Your work ethic has been stellar and is a wonderful reinforcement of the values we hold in Xara. It's this kind of enthusiasm and commitment that helped us to achieve the rank of top women's choir in Canada a few years ago!!

Homework for this week
1. Memorize/integrate the blocking and choreography for Womanly Song of God so the whole piece is memorized up to performance standard.
2. Read the script. Please don't skim it and skip the lyrics. Instead,  read the lyrics to each song as if they were part of the script text and strive to understand how they further the story we are trying to tell. We will be having a workshop on the script with Jennette on Sunday!
3. Get a head start on memorizing the Finnish for KNT. In addition to pronunciation guide I created for you a couple of weeks ago, I've now uploaded to the Sound Files folder a recording of a Finnish person speaking the text so you can get a better feel for the text stress and cadence of the language.

Rehearsal Plan - Feb 4
Alto 2s on Snack!

1:15	Text/Character workshop with Jennette
2:15	Warm ups
2:35	Music: Kuka Nukkuu Womanly Song of God
3:35	Break
3:50	WSOG with blocking review
4:10	Music Rehearsal: Storm Workshop Pallaanda Famine Song
5:30	Home!