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rehearsal minutes 22.10.19

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Rehearsal minutes 22.10.19 Chair: CS Venue: Good Agency Time: 19.00 – 21.00 Attendees: AM ( came in to open up for us , then left , unwell ) , CS , JB ,JL , LS , MM , MR , MS , MX , PS , RM , RS , WT . Apologies: None . Warm up exercise – William tell overture / ping pong Warm up song Steppin’ Out • Did twice , second time focussing on the timing at bar 33 Song One – Begin the Beguine • First whole song run through of this . • Did Continue reading rehearsal minutes 22.10.19→

Minutes of Rehearsal 3 September 2019

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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 of Rehearsal 3 September 2019→

Minutes Rehearsal 20 August 2019

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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→

Minutes of Rehearsal 2 April 2019

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Attendees: JB, JL, AM, MM, RM, Max, MR, CS, LS, MS, PS, WT Chair: WT Mrs Robinson – sing through Not too bad. Secret is all in the timing. Practise with robots (all parts) for help with this. I’ll Follow the Sun – 1st outing Altos – start after 1 beat (sheet music is wrong – robots are right. Sops – don’t slow down at the end (from bar 55). Everyone needs to lighten up – sounding a little bit heavier than it should. Not bad for first time in 5 years! Blackbird – first outing Altos need to listen Continue reading Minutes of Rehearsal 2 April 2019→

rehearsal minutes 23.10.18

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Rehearsal minutes 23.10.18 Chair: CS Venue: TfL Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8NJ Time: 19.00 Attendees: AM , CS , JB , JL , MM , PS , RM , RS Apologies: MS , WT , MX . LS Warm up song – Cold Haily A few points :- • We need to enunciate more the lyrics – annie gave example of her previous choir acting out looking up at the balcony to get the feeling • The overlapping “ Oh “ sections still a bit shaky – song leaders maybe focus on them next outing ? • Men Continue reading rehearsal minutes 23.10.18→