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Minutes Rehearsal 3 February 2015

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Wrablers Rehearsal Notes 3 Feb 2015 Venue: Linklaters. 1 Silk Street EC2Y 8HQ. Arrive by 6:45 for 7pm start Chair – JB Attendees JB, JL, WT, RM, SE, MM, DD Apols: DC (in Australia), KM (in NZ), LS (with parents hip op) MS (with babies due to train delays re parents’ babysitting) So, we were a small group! We did a round of the Ha Hee Ho Ha game as warmup and we’re getting better! We sang Koloi Ya Elijah as a blending/timing exercise. A fine example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Just like Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 3 February 2015→

Minutes Rehearsal 20 January 2015

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Chair: Wendy Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, KM, MM, RM, LS, MS, WT Item Action 1 Warmup exercise Duncan 2 Africa Didn’t go too badly despite the hiatus. JB had learned the second alto part, so we have all parts covered again. Agreed by popular demand to have a go at the difficult section we jettisoned last time round – everyone dig out the score again and let’s have another go. Need to schedule this for rehearsal again soon. All MM 3 Mercedes Benz Starting to sound lovely. If only Wendy had learned the right part. Get right for Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 20 January 2015→

Agenda for 20 January Rehearsal

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Chair: Wendy Venue: Linklaters Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, MM, RM, LS, MS, WT Apologies: KM (and possibly LS) Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Warmup 19:00 10:10 10:00 Needed 2 Warmup song/refresher – Africa 19:10 19:30 20:00 Matt 3 Mercedes Benz Both soprano parts now up and JB has allocated parts. Please have a reasonable grasp of the notes and the words by then. It’s fairly simple to learn – the challenge for us will be to let the bluegrass soul through and make it our own. 19:30 20:00 30:00 Juliana 4 Break 20:00 20:15 00:15 all 5 Continue reading Agenda for 20 January Rehearsal→

Agenda Rehearsal 6 January 2015

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Chair: DC Venue: Linklaters Attendees: JL JB MS WT MM RM DC DD SE KM Apologies: LS? 1850 for 1900 arrival 1900 warm up and sing through an old song 1915 exercises re blending and holding parts 1925 Mercedes Benz – start by listening to a recording of it and song leader giving us direction on the song generally 1950 Listen to recordings of three other songs on the set list, and discuss approach to them generally 2010 Break 2020 Patrick Spens – start by listening to a recording of it and song leader giving us direction on the song Continue reading Agenda Rehearsal 6 January 2015→

Agenda Rehearsal 25 November 2014

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Venue: Linklaters Chair: WT Time: 1850 for 1900 start Attendees: JB MS WT LS JL KM MM RM DC DD SE 1900 Warm up / Gaudete – Robin 1920 Femme la Dit – Wendy 1935 Son of a Preacher – Duncan 2000 BREAK 2010 Gloucester Wassail – Matt 2020 Angel Gabriel – Daniel 2040 Have Yourself a Merry – Daniel 2100 AOB 1 confirmation of introductions for songs a. intro to gig – Juilana b. Money Money Money – WT (to give JL time to get off stage) c. Son of a Preacher and warning of break – Duncan d. Continue reading Agenda Rehearsal 25 November 2014→