Xara Camp 2012 Driving Directions

Ross Creek GPS:
 Latitude 45.22159
Longitude -64.43816

 If coming from Halifax:
- Take Highway 101
 - Take Exit 11, turn right off ramp
 - Continue straight through lights toward Canning and Port Williams – follow signs for Canning (11km)
 - In the Canning Village centre, turn left at the monument
 - At the T at the top of the mountain, turn left
 - Turn immediately right down Ross Creek Road (gravel)
 - Approximately 3 km down that road, The Ross Creek Centre is on your left

Notes for Monday July 2

Hi everyone!


We wanted to give you a heads up about rehearsal on Monday so we can have a really productive and efficient three hours! We will work specifically on the new movement and blocking, some focused music work on Woods, Kiurun Tie and Making Waves, and then do a full run through of the program. We are treating this rehearsal as a dress rehearsal since we will not have any time to rehearse on July 6th other than a quick sound check. Therefore, it is IMPERATIVE that everyone is present on Monday for the WHOLE rehearsal. This concert will earn us $1000, so we need to deliver as professional a program as possible! 


We have updated the previous blog post with the Mahone Bay program order to include when we will be picking up and putting down folders etc. Soloists have also been noted in this list. For your convenience, here are the lists of memorized pieces and unmemorized pieces:


Pieces that must be memorized:
Sister Song
Kiurun Tie
Transformation - solos: Zoe, Kallie
Adiemus
Nocturne
Bringers
Pakkanen - solos Tenille, Jordyn
Morning Tide
Swansongs 1
Making Waves - solos: Zoe (both)
Maiden and the Sea - solo: Deirdre
To Be Sung on the Water
Raising the Wind - solos: Sara, Jordyn, Tenille
Briar and the Rose - solos: Hayley & Jenny, Jordyn & Tejas, Zoe & Sara
Eternity


Pieces where we will use music:
My Soul, the Tree of Life
Woods
Hanget Soi
Sure on This Shining Night
Swansongs 2
I'll Give My Love an Apple
Nuit d'Etoiles
You are the New Day


Reminder that rehearsal is 5:30-8:30 on Monday July 2nd at Fairview United.  

Mahone Bay Program & Standing Positions

Repertoire List - Mahone Bay - July 6, 2012 (Blocking in Purple)

*UPDATED TUES JUNE 26*

Sister Song (Soila Sariola, arr. C. Murray*) procession with folders held at side

My Soul, The Tree of Life (Elizabeth Poston/arr. C. Murray*) Mixed Scattered (MS) with folders
Woods (Jeff Enns*) U-shape with folders
*put folders down on pew*
Kiurun Tie (Pekka Kostiainen) - two rows (same order for zigzag steps from Wail)
Transformation (trad. Georgian/arr. Kitka) - Wail blocking
Adiemus (Karl Jenkins) - blocking with fabric, Tenille/Jordyn/Kallie elevated


*pick up folders*
Hanget Soi (Heikki Sarmanto) - U-shape with folders
Sure On this Shining Night (Samuel Barber) - MS with folders
Nocturne (Miklos Kocsar) - clump with folders held at side
Bringers (Miklos Kocsar) - clump with folders held at side
*put folders down on pew*
Pakkanen (Soila Sariola) - U-shape
*pick up folders and go offstage*
INTERMISSION

Morning Tide (Stephen Leek) - procession with folders held at sides
Swansongs 1 (Bob Chilcott) - Wail blocking with folders held at side
Swansongs 2 (Bob Chilcott) - revised Wail blocking with folders
I'll Give My Love an Apple (trad. Nova Scotian/arr. J. Trites*) - U-shape with folders

*put folders down on pew*
Making Waves (Bob Chilcott) - Titanic blocking with SOS sounds
Maiden and the Sea (Kurt Bikkemsberg) - Wail blocking
To be Sung on the Water, op.42, no. 2 (Samuel Barber) - Two clumps - sopranos and altos
Raising the Wind (Anna-Mari Kähära, arr. C. Murray*) - U-shape; Tenille elevated


*pick up folders*

Briar and the Rose (Tom Waits, arr. The Once*) - Wail blocking (end of show) with folders held at side
Nuit d’Étoiles (Claude Debussy) - U-shape with folders
You Are the New Day (John David, arr. Philip Lawson) - MS with folders
Eternity (Michael Bojesen) - recession with folders held at side

Info for Shelburne Performance of Wail!

Hi everyone!


We made some changes to the blocking for Saturday's show in Shelburne. If you were not at rehearsal on Saturday, please review these changes carefully and if you have any questions, ask someone in your section to clarify.
Blocking Changes
Siren Song

• entrance from backstage on both sides - Sops enter upstage right, Altos enter upstage left

Making Waves

• S1s and S2s on risers; altos in the front as per usual

Kiurun Tie

• Back Row: Brianna, Deirdre, Suelayka, Erin, Tejas, Mary, Elizabeth
• Front Row: Zoe, Kallie, Hayley, Tenille, Jordyn, Sara, Robin

Storm Soundscape

• Exit backstage

Sea-Wash

• Plan A: Altos enter upstage left, Sop 2s enter upstage right, Sop 1s enter from back
• Plan B: Altos enter upstage left, Sop 2s enter upstage right, Sop 1s enter from upstage right

Transformation Groups:

• Hayley & Suelayka
• Deirdre & Brianna
• Tenille & Tejas
• Erin & Elizabeth
• Sara & Jordyn
• Robin & Mary

Sea-Bred:

• Erin & Elizabeth move forward on the line “the tide seemed higher than before”

Briar and the Rose (humming version)

• Beth & Robin will be sitting on the upstage left riser

Pakkanen

• Duet dancers to replace Kristin & Alba - Zoe & Sara

Swansongs 1

• Zoe sings S2

Briar and the Rose (end of show)

• Understudy solos:
• 1st: Hayley & Elizabeth
• 2nd: Jordyn & Tejas
• 3rd: Zoe & Sara

Here is our working schedule for the day! Please make sure you leave plenty of time to get to Shelburne so we can have the full three hours for rehearsal. 

Schedule

• 1:30 pm arrival
• 2:00-5:00 pm rehearsal
• 5:00-6:00 pm dinner
• 6:00 pm call for show
• 8:00 pm show

Drives:
The first person is the driver!

Claire + Matt + Tenille + Brianna
Christina + Deirdre + Zoe + Jordyn
Elizabeth + Mary + Kallie + Suelayka
Sara + Robin + Hayley + Tejas
Erin


Directions to Shelburne and the Osprey Arts Centre

-Coming from Halifax…
- On Highway 103, take Exit 25 by the Oxbow Motel.
- Go about 6 km until you come to the the stop sign at the centre of town, turn left.
- Continue straight for about 5 blocks.
- Turn right at 107 Water Street.  It’s the big red building at the end of the driveway.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?client=safari&q=2350+Hunter+Street,+halifax,+to+Osprey+Arts+Center,+Shelburne&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&hl=en

Understudy List

Hi all,

As you know, for our Shelburne show, there are a few performers missing.  Unfortunately, most of this small group of girls have important solo moments in the show (whether that be to give pitches, sing, speak, or move!).  For efficiency's sake, we have come up with an understudy list for these parts.  Please look for your name here and start thinking ahead to these bits and pieces so you are ready to jump in and take over!

Please note that tuning forks will be provided for pitch-givers.

Jenny (note giving):

• Sara J: give a D for Making Waves, Sea-wash, Apple,
• Mary: low G for Storm Soundscape
• Elizabeth: B-flat for Woods and A for Maiden and the Sea

Jenny solos:

• Briar - Elizabeth

Jenny speaking: Jordyn

Mackenzie (note giving):

• Alone: Kallie (needs to sing S2 all the way through for this show)
• Nocturne: Kallie spreads A during Joshua’s text

Mackenzie solos:

• Raising: Jordyn
• Briar: Jordyn

Mackenzie speaking: Sara J

Nelle solo:

• Deirdre

Kristin solos:

• Pakkanen - no one or Tenille repeats
• Briar - Hayley

Kristin movement: Tenille

Transitions

Hi everyone,

We have made a list of all the little details for transitions for each piece. This document is meant to supplement your practicing, but you still need to be reviewing the Wail script document so you are familiar with all the text and the order of the pieces. For some of the transitions it just says “start immediately” - this means there is no extra music that has been added in to the transition, and that you will already be in your starting positions for this piece.

Transitions to May 2:

Top of Show to Siren Songs
Pitch: Deirdre gives pitches and conducts

Siren Songs to Making Waves
Music: humming Siren Songs underneath Joshua’s text
Movement: slow motion walking from offstage to Making Waves positions
Pitch for MW: Jenny spreads D hum

Making Waves to Kiurun Tie
start immediately
Pitch: taken from the end of MW

Kiurun Tie to Storm Soundscape
start immediately
Pitch: Jenny spreads low G for A2s

Storm Soundscape to Sea-Wash
Music: continue ominous rumbling quietly
Movement: everyone exit upstage left; all splash water through hair; sop 1s move quickly to back of space
Pitch: Jenny spreads D backstage

Sea-Wash to Transformation
Movement: gasp and reaching upward motion, coming to standing
Pitch: Kallie gives her own pitch

Transformation to Sea-Bred
start immediately

Sea-Bred to Mermaid
Movement: all sirens move backward in a tight clump during Joshua’s text; cue to move - “the island was sea soaked and barren”

Mermaid to Nocturne
Movement: TBA on Sunday
Pitch: Mackenzie spreads A during Joshua’s text

Nocturne to Woods
Text: Hayley, Erin, Brianna speak
Movement: stillness during text
Pitch: Jenny spreads B-flat during text

Woods to Sweet Clover
Music/Movement: Deirdre comes forward singing opening solo
Pitch: Deirdre sets pitch through solo

Sweet Clover to Briar and the Rose
Movement: already sitting in Briar and the Rose positions by the end of Sweet Clover
Pitch: Zoe sets pitch through solo

Briar and the Rose to Morning Tide
Text: dialogue between Joshua and sirens
Movement: move backwards in clump, cue to stop is Joshua’s line “Don’t worry I won’t hurt you”
Pitch: Deirdre sings m.1 as solo and sets pitch

Morning Tide to Pakkanen
start immediately
Pitch: taken from end of Morning Tide

Pakkanen to I’ll Give My Love an Apple
Movement: Elders exit upstage left as soon as Younglings start singing
Pitch: Jenny gives D

I’ll Give My Love an Apple to Swansongs 2
Movement: Elders have entered during Give My Love; Younglings move to clump centerstage as soon as Elders begin singing
Pitch: Deirdre gives F

Swansongs 2 to Maiden and the Sea
Music/Movement: move to Maiden and the Sea positions following Zoe’s last line “You are not of this world and you cannot love one who is”; music (wave crashing sounds) starts immediately
Pitch: Jenny spreads A during wave sounds

Maiden and the Sea to To Be Sung on the Water
Movement: all sirens drift from standing to To Be Sung on the Water positions - Younglings sitting on the floor in small groups, Elders standing behind
Pitch: taken from the end of Maiden

To Be Sung on the Water to Swansongs 1
Music: D minor descending scale, sopranos descend from fifth to tonic (started by Deirdre), altos descend from tonic down to fifth
Movement: Elders help up Younglings, all walk toward UL exit; interrupted by Jordyn’s text then all move down toward SS1 positions
Pitch: taken from musical transition

Swansongs 1 to Raising the Wind
Music/Text: Tenille calls with siren song line, Joshua says “From the deck of the ship I could hear them calling, wailing”, rest of Elders sing siren song line then Younglings start to rumble underneath
Movement: Standing still, but anger bubbling up inside of you, embodying the siren
Pitch: Tenille sets pitch with solo opening to Siren Song under Joshua’s text

Raising the Wind to Bringers
Movement: TBA on Sunday
Pitch: Deirdre sings solo on a C

Bringers to Lost Autumn
start immediately

Lost Autumn to Alone
Movement: sirens help each other up and move to Alone positions starting with Sara’s lines “You walked one day with me...”
Pitch: Mackenzie sings opening S2 line as a solo; all S2s join on repeat

Alone to To Heal My Heart
Movement: drift to Briar and the Rose positions during choral speaking

To Heal My Heart to Briar and the Rose
Music: humming siren songs underneath Joshua’s text
Pitch: Kristin sets pitch with solo

Show Week Dates & Times

Sunday, May 6 at Fairview United
12:45 p.m.  Kallie, Zoe, Suelayka, Erin: speaking or movement review
                    Hayley, Kristin, Alba: make-up
1:00 p.m.    Kristin, Alba, Erin, Tejas: Pakkanen Dancer Duet review
1:15 - 4:45  ALL: Rehearsal (with Alan)

Wednesday, May 9 at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
enter through front doors - after hours door is indicated
7:00 - 10:00 PM Cue to Cue rehearsal

Thursday, May 10 at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
6:30 p.m. call for Dress rehearsal. You will have one hour to get the following to show-ready standards (we are doing our professional photo-shoot during the dress rehearsal so all these elements must be as good as they will be on Friday & Saturday):

• hair
• make-up
• costumes 

8:00 p.m. Dress Rehearsal
We have called you until 10 p.m. for this day.  If the dress rehearsal runs into any major problems, we will may have to go beyond this time but will not keep you later than 10:30 p.m.


Friday, May 11 at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
5:30 p.m. call for concert (set up chairs, make-up, hair, costumes, rehearse)
8:00 p.m. show
9:30 p.m. help with tear-down (chairs and risers only)
Please note, that NO SINGER may leave until the tear-down is complete.  This is part of being in Xara!  


Saturday, May 12 at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
5:30 p.m. call for concert (set up chairs, make-up, hair, costumes, rehearse)
8:00 p.m. show
9:30 p.m. help with tear-down (EVERYTHING - lights, chairs, risers, etc.)
Please note, that NO SINGER may leave until the tear-down is complete.  This is part of being in Xara!
11:00 p.m. (approx) AFTER PARTY at ZOE'S!!!

Sunday, May 13
NO REHEARSAL!!!