Minutes Rehearsal 3 September 2019

Chair: PS Venue: TfL Palestra Time: 18.45 for 19.00 start Attendees: CS, JL, LS, MR from 8pm, MX, PS, RM, WT, RS, and Kerry Donovan (observer) Apologies: JB, MJM, AM, MS Warm-up song: Java Jive A fair performance; basses have most of the melody and should improve phrasing; all need to improve intonation in penultimate bar (64) Moonlight Serenade (2) consonants (often d or t) should be voiced just ahead of the final beat of a long note; basses: avoid swooping up to notes eg entering bars 12, 24 etc; tenors: check melody in bars 30-33 Mack the Knife (1) Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 3 September 2019

Minutes Rehearsal 20 August 2019

Present: AM, MX, JL, MM ,MR, RM, CS, PS, RS Apologies: WT,JB, MS, Chair: Annie Guest Mike Guida unable to attend – hope he can observe 3rd September. N.B. 3RD September, Annie is on holiday, venue will be Palestra, Robin is Chair. Robin will email a reminder. Colin and Annie will liaise to enable Colin to collect keyboard from GOOD on 3rd Sep. Robin’s birthday was celebrated with traditional honours. Rob held off his jetlag with élan. Java Jive The tempo has been speeded up a bit, as while Rob commended us on our swing 😊, we were a bit Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 20 August 2019