This month’s Chairperson: Sebastian
The chair keeps us to time, and moves the agenda along. When they’re speaking, we all belt up. Chair also produces notes at the end of the meeting for circulation and upload to website.
Attendees: JB, LS, AL, MM, SE, MS, KM, RM, SA, WT, JL, SS, UW
Song Time Leader
1 Warm up 5 mins Mercedes (please?)
2 Warm up songs:
Blackbird
Do Right 10 mins Takers?
3 I Want To Break Free
Without scores if possible 10 mins Sebastian
4 Lassie Lie Near Me
Please have a listen to your part again and practise against the other parts. 30 mins
Wendy
5 Twa Corbies
Please have a listen to your part again and practise against the other parts. Use Juliana’s notes. 30 mins Juliana
6 Parting Glass – no words allowed!! 10 mins
7 Cool down songs:
Moon River
Summertime
Verse 1 – boys will sing Tune, rather than Tenor
Verse 2 – Full harmony
Verse 3 (repeat of Verse 1) – Full Harmony, with last line repeated 20 mins Simon
8 AOB
Shropshire Warbling 2-4 March 2012
10 mins
Updates to website
All start notes and parts for songs on individual song page. When we have notes at rehearsals we will update these pages immediately so that the record is up to date and available to everyone (no more “haunted files”).
Learning parts
Juliana’s document
Important to learn your part at home and be able to sing it against another part before you come to rehearsal.
5 weeks and 5 rehearsals until the George Orwell!!!