Friday
6:30 Arrival + Snack
7:00 Intro Session
8:30 Music Session
10:00 Snack
Saturday
8:30 Breakfast & Clean-up
9:30 Movement Session
10:15 Music Session
11:15 Break
11:20 Music Session
12:15 Lunch Prep/Eat/Clean
1:30 Goals for the Year & Fundraising Session
2:30 Theatre Session
3:30 Break
3:45 Music Session
4:30 Small Group Fundraising
5:00 Supper Break
6:30 Creative Workshop
8:30 End of Day
Sunday
8:00 Breakfast/Cleanup
9:00 Yoga
10:00 Music Session
11:00 Break
11:15 Xara Ambassadors Session
11:45 Debrief
12:00 Closing & Leaving Camp
1:00 Lunch at The Port
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Xara Camp 2012 Packing List
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts is half way between a nice retreat centre and a camp. Your accommodations will be dorm style (two large cabins with 12 bunks in each). They do not have electric lighting but they are heated. Good quality mattresses are provided but bedding is not. Good quality bathroom facilities (with electricity) are a bit of a walk from the cabins in the main building. The rehearsal facilities are top-notch-gorgeous and the kitchen/dining situation is also really nice (we will be doing our own cooking).
Suggested Packing List:
Suggested Packing List:
- Weather-appropriate clothes
- Warm clothes for evening
- Toiletries
- Towels, facecloth
- Bedding or Sleeping Bag
- Pillow
- Waterproof footwear for walking around camp
- Gym/yoga clothes for sessions (layers are good) - must be comfortable and able to move in them
- Gym slippers (Xara shoes for those who have them)
- Water bottle, pencil
- Yoga mat or large towel
- Your music (in a sturdy folder)
- Journal or something to write in/on
- Flashlight (really important since the bathrooms are a walk away from your cabins)
- Ear plugs for light sleepers!
- $20 for lunch at The Port (optional)
- Clothing for the One Voice video - all black bottoms (regular pants, yoga pants with no other colours or large logos , skirts + leggings), black top with sleeves (no tank tops or shirts with logos); you will also be filmed so bring basic makeup/hair supplies
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
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
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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.
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.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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
*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
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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
Making Waves
Kiurun Tie
Storm Soundscape
Sea-Wash
Transformation Groups:
Sea-Bred:
Briar and the Rose (humming version)
Pakkanen
Swansongs 1
Briar and the Rose (end of show)
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
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
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
Friday, May 4, 2012
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):
Jenny solos:
Jenny speaking: Jordyn
Mackenzie (note giving):
Mackenzie solos:
Mackenzie speaking: Sara J
Nelle solo:
Kristin solos:
Kristin movement: Tenille
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
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