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Chair: RM Venue: Golden Lane Time: 18.45 for 19.00 start. Attendees: JB, SC, RM, MX, MR, LS, PS, WT, PV, CS Apologies: Musical Director: Rob Song Start Finish Time Leader Vocal warm-up 19:00 19:10 10 RS/RM Warm-up song: Dock of The Bay 19:10 19:20 10 MX Iqude 19:20 19:40 20 LS Patrick Spens 19:40 20:00 20 MR Break 20:00 20:10 10 Bridge Over Troubled Water 20:10 20:35 25 PS Sto Mi e Milo (w) / Deep River (m) 20:35 20:55 20 PS/WT AOB Continue reading Agenda 24 March 2026
Attendees:Juliana, Louli, Marcus, Peter, Philip, Rob S, Robin M, Sandy, Wendy Apologies:Colin, Max.Songs: points to note:1. Willie’s Rare:a. All sing opening bars 1 to 12, thereafter as written, i.e. bars 1-12 to be sung again but only by Sopranos, other parts join as per the score. b. Watch Rob for the tempo. c. Humming bar 63 to the end: follow Rob’s direction on when to move on each note. 2. Dock of the Bay:a. Bars 9, 21, 25, 41: Sops and Tenors have different rhythm to Altos and Basses: Rob asked all to enunciate words clearly and in the correct Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 10 March 2026
Rehearsal Notes for 24 Feb 2026 Chair: JB Full house: JB, WT, LS, MX, SC, RM, PS, CS, MR, PV, and RS, with Elizabeth H attending as our guest. Crossing the Bar – Remember to watch our conductor for tempo and dynamics. The correction to the error in the score Bar 65 for basses a tenors is now on the website. Dock of the Bay – Much work done on the ending. Sounding good. Attention drawn to the different timings at start of verses for Altos and Basses (Bar 21 and 25). Altos could refer to helpful recordings made by Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 24 February 2026
Minutes Wrablers Rehearsal 10/02/2026 Chair: PJV Venue: Golden Lane Community Centre Attendees WT, JB, SC, PJV, CS, PS, RM, LS, MX Apologies for absence MR, EH Songs: Seal Lullaby (Warmup), We sang quite tentatively and took a while to warm up. We spent 10 minutes more than planned Willie’s Rare, good singing Crossing the Bar, good singing Lovely on the Water, very good singing In none of the above did we actively include major “interpretation” points from Sunday 8th workshop Dock of the Bay A good start. Plenty of very useful input from MD, less time spent for Dock of Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 10th February 2026
Well, it would seem Wrablers have not made a single decision since the Pandemic hit in 2020! Of course that’s not the case. The Decisions Page has however been made largely redundant by its function being taken up elsewhere. We now have a reliable calendar here on the website for rehearsal and gig dates, a reliable Schedule, and individuals generally keep more reliable notes of other decisions via rehearsal notes and other communications. I will nevertheless endeavour to record anything else that qualifies as an important decision here in future. JB 3 Feb 2026