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.
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
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
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
