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Minutes Rehearsal 16 October 2012

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by Wendy — No Comments ↓

Chair: Seb Notes written by: JB Attendees: JB, WT, JL, SE, MM, RM, KM Apologies: SA, MS, DD, SS, LS Special Guests: Heather Mitchell, Julian Hay 1. Warmup lead by RM. Thanks RM 2. Warm-up song out of the hat idea was tried out with mixed result. JB had cut up the Alpha List and brought resultant folded papers in a bag. We pulled out Moon River and sang it, and eventually Do Right. JB had not edited at source, so we had to discard several tries of songs we don’t yet know and small group songs. JB to remove Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 16 October 2012→

Minutes Rehearsal 5 November 2011

Posted on 8 November, 2011 by Wendy — No Comments ↓

Notes from 5 November 2011 Rehearsal Attendees: SA, JB, SE, JL, KM, MM, RM, LS, MS, SS, WT, UW Chair : WT, SE, MM Iqude – Robin • Still much too English. Everyone seek out their inner Zulu. • Robin needed to conduct out front, while singing, as we need his voice. Summertime – Janette • Much too shouty (esp tunes). Needs more dynamics. Do Right – Janette • Penultimate verse – needs to be quieter and “fed up”. • Last verse is the angry one. • Less shouty in the jazzy bit • Women keep hand movements to the Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 5 November 2011→

Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011

Posted on 8 October, 2011 by Wendy — No Comments ↓

present: AL, LS JB, MS, JL, MM, SA, SS, KM, UW, SE apologies: WT and RM 0. 1855 by popular request Goring songs playback, followed by discussion, for which I’ve jotted down soundbytes: Not the kindest of recordings….. recording does not lie…..some wrong notes…..retitience….important to feel committed…..difficult to give ourselves feedback…..be good to get (someone to) give feedback in rehearsal….people liked us at GU….need to go through first few notes of Blackbird slowly…..we should take turns to sit out and listen….important to practice each part separately (can then hear mistakes)….practice 2 parts together….need to get into performance mode…..warm up important….our Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 4 October 2011→