Blocking Notes from Full Run (Nov. 15)

In general, remember that there is no hiding when the audience is raised above you. If you end up in the wrong place, evaluate if it is essential that you move, and move with purpose.

Hey Ho

Set up the very first snap forward  (look around a little more just before that happens)

Family solo verse – Men, you started a bar too early

Mountain Nights

Xara, move to your three lines on the line “Pretty children they all were”

Your first movement will now begin on the Alto entry at the bottom of the first page.

Claire will review the video and provide feedback re: timing of certain moments of blocking

I See You

Xara exit during the piano ending, split centre and leave before the piece ends.

After Blow Blow

Large pause for the bear team to exit before Jennette begins narration

Tabula Rasa

Cue to enter is “You must have been so lonely”

Boadicea

Make sure you move to Forest B when Xara starts to sing again

In general, try to keep facing forward during the transitions between forests. Claire will review and make a decision if a change needs to be made.

Wind Soundscape

Review :

-       opening cues

-       south wind

-       aFRAID

-       traveling soundscape with decrescendo & west wind section

Ariana’s Lament

-       big pause (with Jenny filling with music) for wings to be set down and Xara to re-enter

-       narration starts at the same time as Ariana’s Lament

Scene 5 – The Queen’s Castle

When you are in the cross formation, the cue to drop arms for EVERYONE is now “As she approached the door, it blew open”

After “The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun”

There will be a transition scene with the little family – the XYE sisters, and the brothers. This is to leave time for Xara to do their costume change. 

Jul Jul

Enter when XYE sings “darkness and shadow”

Blocking Notes from October 12th

Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind (Ariana’s lonely song)  Video

Opening formation – open curtains

M. 8 – 16

“Blow blow thou winter wind” Lean forward into the wind, arms pull back

“Thou are not… because thou art not seen.” Stand and sing

“Although thy breath be rude” Lean back with the wind

M. 17 - 18 Cross to the other side of the stage, end mixed scattered.

M 20 -  Reach right hand, left hand, sweep hands across to the right, then left and allow that movement to carry you back to your original side, end in MIXED SCATTERED.

M 26-28 Peel back to the open curtain formation.

M. 29 - 36

“Freeze, freeze… “ Lean forward into the wind, arms pull back

“that does not bite… thy sting is not so sharp” Stand and sing

“As a friend remembered not” Lean back with the wind

M. 37 – 38 Sop 1s & Alto move backwards, Middles move forward, ending in mixed scattered formation

M. 40 Step back with right foot, lean right shoulder back – then Sop 1s & Altos push forward and step with their right foots while Middles reach forward with right hand and pull back. Return to MIXED SCATTERED

M. 44  Same as M. 17 (side to side cross, arms sweep up and cross back)

M. 51 Peel back the curtain

Tabula Rasa - Video

Beginning until the end of page 4:  Xara will be at the back of the stage, providing a backdrop for Ariana & Lucy. See photo for standing locations (Carolyn between Talisa and Jordyn)

Letter C – Come down off the platforms and fill the stage in mixed scattered by measure 53. Path TBD.

Letter D – M. 74 – Stand and sing

M. 75 – 82 Arms come up in a hug, sway one bar right, then rock back to centre. Lead with your right shoulder. Sense of comforting and keeping safe. See video.

M. 83 – 85 Gradually come to stillness and drop arms slowly to sides.

M. 86-87 Complete stillness

Don’t Be Afraid - Video

Remain offstage until measure 12. Then enter just enough that you can see Christina. Just on the periphery. Sing from here until Letter B.

Letter B – Enter a little more, remaining on the edges of the stage. ¾ turn toward Christina.

Letter D – Fill the space (spread around Ariana & Lucy, don’t be further toward the front of the stage than they are)

Letter E – Hold hands with your neighbour (Carolyn hold hands with Maria)

Letter F – Release hands and spread out to fill the space even more (it’s ok at this point to be further downstage than Ariana & Lucy)

Tundra Video 

Mountain Nights Beginning Lines: 

Notes from September 13th

HOMEWORK

• ·      Memorize Mountain Nights and I See You
• ·      Review Ariana’s Lament so that you don’t lose the work we did this week
• ·      If you want to audition for the solo in Ariana’s Lament, please prepare the last system of page 1 and the descending triplets at the top of page 5 (up to speed)

Music Notes

I SEE YOU

Measures 75 – 82 All parts, change “doo” to “doh” (back to “doo” at measure 83)

TABULA RASA

Page 4 – Solo lines will be sung as follows:

Soprano solo : Sop1A (Sop 1B stay on the Sop 1 line)

Alto solo : Alto 2A (Alto 2B say on Alto 2 line)

Movement Notes

Mountain Nights – see video (there will be some changes in exactly where people are standing)

Page 1

Stand and sing (three line U formation) – Ariana enters on the moving Alto line

Page 2

4^th measure (moving Alto line) form the triangle clump with Ariana at the apex. In place by the end of the moving Alto line

Page 3

First 2 measures : step forward on right foot and lean forward

Next 2 measures (Sop 1 entry) : look to the right (still leaning)

Next 2 measures (Sop 1 entry) : stand back up (still looking right)

Second system, second measure (when Sopranos start their pattern that moves up to a G) : begin walking behind Ariana, staying close together

Page 4

3^rd measure : left shoulder back, right foot step back (in time with the Alto moving eighths)

Last measure, top system : Fade quickly back to initial formation (in place before the fermata)

Notes from Saturday Sept 5th

Divisi and rehearsal seating order

4 or 8-part  split
Sarah	S1a
Kallie	S1a
Rachael D	S1a
Rachael G	S1b
Carolyn	S1b
Maria	S1b
Georgia	S1b
Leah B	S2a
Colleen	S2a
Brianna	S2a
Hayley	S2b
Paige	S2b
Sarah-Jean	S2b
Meghan	S2b
Mackenzie	A1a
Grace	A1a
Jordyn	A1a
Sydney	A1b
Joanna	A1b
Tenille	A1b
Nikki	A1b
Talisa	A2a
Jess	A2a
Sara	A2a
Krystal	A2b
Cat	A2b
Julia	A2b
Leah P	A2b

3 or 6-part split
Sarah	SopA
Kallie	SopA
Rachael D	SopA
Maria	SopA
Carolyn	SopA
Rachael G	SopB
Georgia	SopB
Colleen	SopB
Brianna	SopB
Leah B	MSA
Hayley	MSA
Paige	MSA
Sarah-Jean	MSA
Meghan	MSA
Mackenzie	MSB
Grace	MSB
Sydney	MSB
Joanna	MSB
Nikki	MSB
Tenille	AA
Jordyn	AA
Jess	AA
Sara	AA
Talisa	AB
Krystal	AB
Cat	AB
Julia	AB
Leah P	AB

MOUNTAIN NIGHTS

Divisi notes:

·      Pages 1, 2 & 5 – 3-part (6-part) split

·      Pages 3 & 4 – 4-part (8-part) split as follows :

-       top line : Sop 1a

-       second line : Sop 1b

-       third line : All Sop 2s

-       fourth line : All Alto 1s

-       fifth line : All Alto 2s

Music notes:

·      Pay close attention to the [a] vowel throughout this piece

·      Dynamics should be exactly as written (take note of places where crescendos/decrescendos exist and where they don’t)

·      Page 3 : Middle voices should create a sense of mystic fog

Context Notes

Page 1 & 2 – Cold mysterious night

Page 3 & 4 – Building danger of bear’s presence

Page 5 – The bear is actually a friend

Movement Notes

Page 1 & 2 (see photo for approximate positions)

Page 3 & 4 (see video)

Begin forming the triangle clump following Ariana.

Step forward on the right foot first, when the Sop 2 line begins.

Forward movement stops in the second measure of the second system.

On the decrescendo at the bottom of page 4, melt back into opening positions (slightly faster than the movement forward)

TABULA RASA

Divisi notes:

Note : A change has been made to the original A1-A2-A3 on page 3 and at measure 75. This should mean that no Alto has to jump between lines. Please make note of this change if it affects you.

·      Page 2 – Normal 4-part divisi

·      M. 13 - 19 Divisi :

o   Sop 1 & 2 as normal in a 4-part split

o   A1 – Mackenzie, Grace, Jordyn, Sydney Mackenzie, Grace, Sydney, Joanna, Nikki

o   A2 – Joanna, Nikki, Tenille, Talisa, Jess Tenille, Jordyn, Jess, Sara

o   A3 – Sara, Krystal, Julia, Cat, Leah P Talisa, Krystal, Cat, Julia, Leah P

·      Letter A – Normal 4-part divisi

·      Page 5 – is in a 6-part split

o   S1 – Sop A

o   S2 – Sop B

o   S3 – MS A

o   A1 – MS B (top: Meghan, Mackenzie, Grace, Jordyn; bottom: Sydney, Joanna, Nikki)  when this part splits, make sure to increase your volume to carry forward to the forte on the next page

o   A2 – Alto A

o   A3 – Alto B

·      Letter D – 4-part split

·      Measure 67 – 74 There will be a soloist, the other divisi are as written

·      Measure 75

o   Solo – Sop 1A (in a 4-part)

o   Sop 1 – Sop 1B (in a 4-part)

o   Sop 2 – Sop 2A

o   Sop 3 – Sop 2B

o   A1 – Mackenzie, Grace, Jordyn, Sydney Mackenzie, Grace, Sydney, Joanna, Nikki

o   A2 – Joanna, Nikki, Tenille, Talisa, Jess Tenille, Jordyn, Jess, Sara

o   A3 – Sara, Krystal, Julia, Cat, Leah P Talisa, Krystal, Cat, Julia, Leah P