Agenda Rehearsal 28 October 2014

Chair: Robin  Venue: Linklaters 6.50  Attendees: RM WT LS MS MM SE KM JB DC JL ? Apologies: DD JL?     Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Warmup/Blending [ Louli] 19:00 1915 15 Louli   2 Warmup song – Reach Out [ Wendy] 1915 1920 5 Wendy   3 Moonlight Serenade [ Kathleen] 1920 1925 5 Kathleen     4 Money Money Money [ Duncan] 1925 1945 20 Duncan   5 I Can See Clearly Now [ Matt] 1945 2005 20 Matt   6 Break 2005 2015 10               7 Son of a Preacher Continue reading Agenda Rehearsal 28 October 2014

Minutes Rehearsal 21 October 2014

Chair: Wendy Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, KM, MM, RM, JP, LS, MS, WT Apologies: JL Item Action 1 Warmup exercise      Robin led a warmup exercise designed to get the vocal chords going and prepare the way for the blending exercise. Robin 2 Blending Exercise Louli led a very useful blending exercise in pairs working together on blending on Reach Out. Later we established it would be useful to use Duan Nollaig as a blending exercise too. All 3 Preacher Man Duncan took us through several sing-throughs of this which got progressively better but there are still areas we Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 21 October 2014

Agenda Rehearsal 21 October 2014

Agenda Rehearsal 21 October 2014 Chair: Wendy Venue: Linklaters Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, KM, MM, RM , JP, LS, MS, WT Apologies: none   Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Physical warmup 19:00 19:10 10 RM   2 Blending exercise 19:10 19:20 10 LS   3 Warm up song (Africa) 19:20 19:30 10 MM     4 Son of a Preacher man 19:30 20:00 30 Duncan   4 Break 20:00 20:10 10     5 Duan Nollaig 20:10 20:35 25 WT             6 Femme-la Dit 20:35 21:00 25 WT  

Minutes, All Day Rehearsal, 12 October 2014

Chairs: Janette, Kathleen, Matt, Robin Attendees: JB, DD, SE (half), JL, LS, MM, MS, KM, RM, WT Apols: DC, JP Femme-La Dit (Wendy) Introduced idea of claps/snaps as first verse or punctuation, depending on how the rest goes. Seems to help with the timing. Slowed pace down a bit. Progress hampered by chaps not knowing their parts. For next time everyone please to be OFF BOOK on this – it’s a short song, and we need to spend the time on fitting the bits together and getting the percussion in properly and not on how the tune goes. Next appearance Continue reading Minutes, All Day Rehearsal, 12 October 2014

Minutes Rehearsal 16 September 2014

Chair: Sebastian Present: JB, DC, DD, SE, KM, MM, RM, JP, LS, MS, WT Apologies: JL We ran through the songs for the Penge gig (Blue Skies, Sloop John B, You are the 1, In this heart, May I suggest, When will I see you again, Java Jive) and we really really needed to do so. My apologies for the misunderstanding. I thought we had more time at Robin’s for polishing and a proper run through. But time is very limited on Sat. AOB 1) Penge (Sat 20 Sep) We decided to do a run-through as soon as most people Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 16 September 2014