Notes for Sunday October 23

Hi everyone!

What an awesome rehearsal yesterday! We are staying right on track and making great progress. Thank you all for your hard work! Here's the plan for this coming Sunday. Reminder that starting this week, rehearsal will run until 5:50 pm every Sunday. Tenors and basses are off this week, with the exception of the Troll Team. We are back at our regular rehearsal venue, St. Matt's, this week.

Call Times

SSAA Company is called 1:15-5:50pm

Jennette is called 2:15-4:10pm

Troll Team is called 2:15-4:10pm

Schedule

1:15 Physical Warm up
1:25 Vocal Warm up
1:35 Pseudo-Yoik Lite Music
2:15 SSAA Music/Scene 5 Blocking
3:00 Run Lie Light with Blocking
3:15 Break
3:30 Pseudo-Yoik Lite Blocking
4:10 Songbird Blocking
4:55 SSAA Music

5:50 Home!

Please note that Songbird and Pseudo-Yoik Lite are to be memorized for this week. We will also be working on music for Clocks, Call of the Flowers, and Kayama. Note that we will be running Lie Light with blocking, so please take some time to review and refresh that piece this week. Reminder that soprano 1s are on snack!

A Special Note for Tenors & Basses

You guys rock!!!

Also, now that your first two pieces are memorized, please put some significant effort into learning Parting Glass over the next two weeks (it's due to be memorized on November 6). We will have a solid chunk of time to work on it on October 30 but it would be super helpful for you to stay on top of things so we are really productive in rehearsal.

Off Book Dates

For those with speaking roles, Scenes 1-5 should be off book by Sunday October 30. Scenes 6-8 should be off book by November 12.

Tuition

Reminder that choir fees + dress fees for new singers are due now. Please coordinate with Erin.

Rehearsal Notes October 16

Link to Script with Blocking Notes

Link to Running Blocking Notes for Songs

O Yo Yo Blocking - VIDEO

SECTION 1

During the lead-in line “As soon as they left the clearning, Sop 2s peek in from upstage right

Leah, Hayley & Antoinnette on top platform

Gabrielle, Katelyn & Georgia on the floor

M 1 - Sop 1s peek in from downstage right (Shila, Kallie & Rachael centre; Rowan, Maria & Rylee downstage); Altos peek in from centre and downstage left (Morgan, Mackenzie, Catherine, Jordyn, Natasha centre; Krystal, Karen, Rhian & Jess downstage)

M 13 - Sop 2s enter on the edge, one step in

M 16 - Everyone else enters on the edge, one step in

One bar of rest, then into the hummed version.

REPEAT UNDER NARRATION

Repeat measures 1-12 on a loop, hummed, staccato, underneath Narrator’s text.

After “unable to move a limb” finish the phrase you are on and stop singing.

At the end of this section, sit down (from downstage to upstage) at the edge of the stage. Sop 2s make sure to leave space for the entrance and exit on stage right. Alto 2s, make sure there is space for Dan to enter and exit downstage left.

SECTION 2

Sitting and singing.

SECTION 3

M 67 - 84 Transition from sitting to standing. Starting with the Sop 2s (upstage to downstage), and then adding people from upstage to downstage. Stand slowly, intrigued and supportive of Joanna.

M 85 - 94 Move in lines toward the centre (see video)

M 95 - 100 Drift back to regular positions (Sop 2s may walk sideways up the stairs instead of backward) Remain here until the end of the piece.

After the song ends, slow staggered fade-away exit into the wings, from upstage to downstage.

Nothing Else Matters Blocking - VIDEO

Enter two bars before you begin to sing. Altos enter downstage left, then Tenors enter upstage right, then Basses enter upstage left, then Sopranos enter downstage right. Form a scattered clump with your voice part, leaving a channel up the centre of the stage.

M 29 - Drop heads on the downbeat

M 32 - Rachael’s head comes back up

M 41 - Alto heads come back up, not too quickly

M 50 - Soprano heads come back up, not too quickly

M 59 - Tenor & Bass heads come back up, not too quickly

M 64 - 65 Turn slightly towards the centre, Sopranos and Altos drift back to make a V formation

M 67 - 80 Stand in these positions and sing, Joanna will walk forward in the centre during this section

M 81 - 97 Create a clump in the centre of the stage, with Joanna and Rachael at the front

M 98 - 122  Stand and sing

M 122 - Drift apart to create a mixed scattered look across the entire stage

Notes for Sunday October 16

Hi everyone,

We missed seeing you on Monday evening but we are glad you are all safe and sound. As a result of losing that evening's rehearsal, we have had to make some shifts to the long range rehearsal planner in terms of music memorization and blocking. Please review it carefully and make note of any changes by clicking here.

Thank you to those who responded to the poll re: making up the extra time. In order to accommodate our singers/stage manager who travel from Wolfville, we have decided to extend our rehearsals by 20 minutes each week rather than try and schedule a separate rehearsal. These extended rehearsals will begin starting October 30.

Here's the plan for this Sunday. We are once again at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Room 121 (basement). O Yo Yo & Nothing Else Matters are to be memorized for this week. Please try your best with Songbird. Reminder that Alto 2s are on snack!

Call Times

• SSAA company is called from 1:00-5:15pm (**note the early start time and early end time, this is due to space availability)
• Tenors & Basses are called from 3:45-4:50pm. 
• Jennette is called from 2:30-5:15pm
• Sid is called 2:30-5:15pm
• Dan is called 2:30-4:50pm 

Schedule

1:00 Physical Warm up
1:15 Vocal Warm up
1:25 SSAA Music
2:10 O Yo-Yo Music
2:30 O Yo-Yo Blocking + Scene 3 Blocking
3:30 Break

3:40 Housekeeping  

3:45 TENORS & BASSES ARRIVE
3:50 Nothing Else Matters Music
4:10 Nothing Else Matters Blocking
4:50 SSAA Music/Scene 4 Blocking

5:15 Home

Tuition

Reminder that tuition (or payment plan schedule coordinated with Erin is due this Sunday, October 16. Payments can be made via cash or cheque (or series of post-dated cheques). Please note that new singers are required to pay a one-time $40 uniform fee in addition to their tuition. Tuition is $75/term or $150 for the year.

Choir Reps

We are still accepting expressions of interest for choir representatives for the board of directors. If you are interested, please let Claire and Christina know via email before this Sunday's rehearsal. We will be making a final decision on Sunday as a group for who will represent the singers at the board level.

Notes for Monday Oct 10 + Vocal Solo Results

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for an excellent rehearsal on Sunday! We are making some great progress and things are really starting to come together! Let's keep it up!!!

As Thanksgiving is this Sunday, we will be holding our rehearsal on Monday evening from 6-9pm. Please note that rehearsal will be held at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Room 121 (basement of the building).  

4:45 Scene 3 rehearsal - Jennette, Dan, Colleen, Sid, Joanna only

6:00 Physical Warm up - Full SSAA Company
6:10 Vocal Warm up
6:20 O Yo-Yo Music
6:45 O Yo-Yo Blocking + Scene 3 Blocking
7:45 Break
8:00 Music

Note that Sid and Dan will have to stay until 7:45pm in order to rehearse Scene 3 with full music and blocking. 

Reminder that O Yo-Yo is to be memorized for this week. For music, we will be working on Songbird, Pseudo-Yoik Lite, Call of Flowers, Kayama. We will also be running Lie Light with blocking so please make sure to review this piece in detail before Monday. Reminder that Alto 1s are on snack!

Choir Reps

Thank you all for your great discussion regarding choir representatives for the Board of Directors. Anyone who is interested should send an email to Christina and Claire before Monday evening's rehearsal. Once we receive expressions of interest we will bring them forward to everyone and we can decide at Monday's rehearsal who will be the choir representatives for this year.

Tuition

Just a reminder that tuition is due Sunday Oct 16. Please give Erin any tuition payments, or make arrangements to pay or create a payment schedule with her.

Tales of the Old North - Vocal Solos

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for vocal solos - you made it extremely difficult because there are so many talented people in our company! We tried to ensure that those without lead speaking roles had an opportunity to shine in the area of vocal solos.

Songbird: Kallie

Pakkanen1: Jordyn (lead) + Shila (echo 1) + Rachael (echo 2)
Pakkanen 2: Kallie

Nothing Else Matters: Rachael

Call of the Flowers: Kallie & Leah

Clocks: Shila

Kayama 1: Jess
Kayama Trio: Rachael/Leah/Jess

Rehearsal Notes - October 2

Link to Running Blocking Notes. I will continue to update these notes as we block new songs. If you click on "Tools" and then "Document Outline" you can see a table of contents that will take you to the song you are looking for by clicking on its name.

Link to Script with Blocking Notes. I will continue to update these notes as we block new scenes.

Nothing Else Matters

Page 10 measure 116 Soprano line

Top - Rachael, Rylee, Kallie, Shila

Middle - Maria, Rowan, Georgia, Hayley

Bottom - Leah, Katelyn, Gabrielle, Antoinette

Pakkanen - Video

Enter after Narrator’s line “with a determination unlike any other” - just inside the legs on SL & SR

During B1, singers cluster around Joanna - entrances starting with downstage right and moving around in an arc to downstage left.

A3 - Spread out to a checkerboard formation with joined hands to create a tangled forest. Joanna will weave among the company. As she passes, singers should release hands to let her through and then re-form.

B2 - Move to the other side of the stage and make a large U around the perimeter of the stage, stay with your section

C1 - hold the U formation

M 72 - step forward with right foot and lean slightly in towards Joanna, keep straight upper bodies

C2 - Move in towards Joanna, stepping softly forward on the downbeat of each bar. Maintain the U shape

D1 - Drift backwards to the edges of the stage, leaving a gap upstage centre.

After the last note of the piece - take a step backwards into the legs

Notes for Sunday October 2 + Deloitte Gig

Hi everyone!

Thank you for a great Sunday including both the rehearsal and the church service!

Here's the plan for this Sunday's rehearsal. Tenors and basses are called from 1:15-3:30pm. Jennette is called from 2:15-3:30pm.

1:15  Physical Warm up
1:25 Vocal Warm up
1:35 SATB Music
2:15 Snowdrift Soundscape & Blocking
2:45 Block Sc 2 - Sc 3.1
3:15 Break
3:30 Pakkanen Music & Blocking
4:25 SSAA Music
5:15 Vocal Solo Auditions

For SATB music we will be working on Jing-ga-lye-ya and Nothing Else Matters. We will be running Jing-ga-lye-ya from memory and with blocking so please make sure to review that piece this week so we don't have to spend any time re-teaching things on Sunday.

For SSAA music we will be working on O-Yo-Yo and Songbird in addition to Pakkanen. Reminder that Pakkanen is to be memorized for this week.

To review the list of vocal solos we will be auditioning on Sunday, click here.

Deloitte Gig

Date: Friday September 30

Time: 10:45pm-1:30pm

Location: Bluenose Room, Delta Halifax

Repertoire: Sister Song, Warrior, One Voice (all memorized)

Clothing: tunics, boots, black leggings

Hair/Makeup: Clean and simple, hair can be up or down but must be pinned off your face

To access the script that we are using for the event, click here.

Thank you to everyone who is able to do this performance! We are really looking forward to sharing our music with Deloitte and all those attending this luncheon to thank Deloitte for their support of our Chrysalis program. Any questions, please let us know!

Tales 2016 Long Range Rehearsal Plan

Hi everyone!

Please see this spreadsheet that outlines our rehearsal plan from now until tech week. On it you'll find rehearsal dates/times, including call times for tenors & basses, as well as which songs and scenes we will be blocking, and which pieces are to be memorized!

Those with speaking roles should make careful note of when we are blocking particular scenes, and make sure that you are available for the rehearsals that involve your character. If you have any unavoidable conflicts, you MUST let us know ASAP so we can plan accordingly.