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Wrablers rehearsal notes 29 Sept Marcus chair Present: Rob, Juliana, Wendy, Sandy, Louli, Marcus, Robin, Phil, Peter, Irene Absent: Maxine, Colin Uptown (warm up) No major screw-ups It don’t mean a thing Alto solo 58-66 rather high – drop the octave if easier (Louli has recorded) Bar 90 “aint” – keep it short Swell on the last “swing” One for my baby Bar 25, elongate “eeeeasy” slightly Bar 42, pause for breath before AND after “Well” Bar 58, pause for breath before the Tag If using original score (with two lines per stave), make sure you know whose line is Continue reading Minutes 29 Sept 2026→

Wrablers Rehearsal Minutes 08-09-26 Chair: Sandy Attendees:  SC, RM, MR, MX, LS, CS, PS, WT, PV  plus 3 guests for ‘Taster’ session. Apologies: JB, RS Thanks to Robin for taking the warm up session and to Marcus for taking the lead bringing us in and counting across our practice songs as well as guiding us through the body percussion practice..  White Winter Hymnal: Warm up song, sung through twice, no big issues. Need to check with Rob on tempo, breathing and phrasing. Java Jive: Remembered Rob’s instruction to sing a little slower, more sultry. Not too slow though, need to Continue reading Minutes 8 September 2026→

Wrablers Rehearsal Notes   04.08.26 Chair: JB Attendees: JB, SC, RM, CS, MR, PV Apols: RS, WT, LS, PS, MX So, we were 6. Robin warmed us up with one of his inimitable creations. Warm up song – Route 66 – Sang through a couple of times. Delicious harmonies getting tighter. Altos found it easier to hear where we were going wrong without the Sopranos there to distract us! Useful session. White Winter Hymnal – Sounding good. Timings and repeats all sorted now. Colin representing the basses was resolute about staying in the lower register, [sounding like wolves in the Continue reading Minutes 4 August 2026→

Minutes: Rehearsal – 21 Jul 2026 Chair: PS Attendees: JB, SC, MR, CS, PS, WT, PV Apologies: RM, MM, LS, RS Havana Sounding good. MR to think about taking on the trumpet part White Winter Hymnal NB: notes for the web page: In the final bar: Basses to sing “summer time” (in unison rhythm, on D) Dance! Practised Body Percussion for Groups 1 and 2 No decision yet on allocation of people to Groups 1, 2, 3 Melody was fairly good, but work needed on the off-beats. Tourdion Everyone must use the sheet music labelled “TOURDION FULL SCORE FINAL SHEET Continue reading Minutes 21 July 2026→

Rehearsal 7 July – Marcus chair Dance! Gonna be a nice challenge, but glimmers of possibility. Thanks to Josh and Alex for getting us started on body percussion. Java Jive Ok I think, some finessing expected from Rob in due course. Havana Ok I think. Route 66 Homework needed on women-men call-reponse sections. Tourdion Introduction repeated *7* times in total, with staggered entry bottom up, sops joining for the last 2. Verses, pipe up when you have words, down when you don’t. AOB Proposed to move gigs to spring and autumn to avoid summer heat and competition from holidays / Continue reading Minutes 7 July 2026 – AOB proposed change to main gig pattern→