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Chair: RM Attendees: DC WT MM MS LS JL KM JB DD Apologies: SE Item Action 1 Warm up with classic song courtesy of Wendy – fun 2 Warm Up Song – Sloop John B – pretty smooth, well so it should be 3 Chattanoogoo Choo Choo –-the start is critical to get song working. Sops struggled initially but it was working after a few starts. Sops need to be secure in their start notes. Note when parts have the lead – emphasis the one to give the feel of a trains rhythm and where we are in unison – Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 14 April 2015→

Wrablers Rehearsal Notes 3 Feb 2015 Venue: Linklaters. 1 Silk Street EC2Y 8HQ. Arrive by 6:45 for 7pm start Chair – JB Attendees JB, JL, WT, RM, SE, MM, DD Apols: DC (in Australia), KM (in NZ), LS (with parents hip op) MS (with babies due to train delays re parents’ babysitting) So, we were a small group! We did a round of the Ha Hee Ho Ha game as warmup and we’re getting better! We sang Koloi Ya Elijah as a blending/timing exercise. A fine example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Just like Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 3 February 2015→

Chair: Wendy Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, KM, MM, RM, LS, MS, WT Item Action 1 Warmup exercise Duncan 2 Africa Didn’t go too badly despite the hiatus. JB had learned the second alto part, so we have all parts covered again. Agreed by popular demand to have a go at the difficult section we jettisoned last time round – everyone dig out the score again and let’s have another go. Need to schedule this for rehearsal again soon. All MM 3 Mercedes Benz Starting to sound lovely. If only Wendy had learned the right part. Get right for Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 20 January 2015→

Chair: Kathleen Attendees: JB, DC, DD, SE, JL, KM, LM, MM, RM, MS, WT Apols: none Some brief notes from Tuesday below, including the GIG TASK LIST: (not sure if I got the action correct in the creation of the 2 different ‘programmes’ in item 4 and K) ———————————————————————————————————————————- 1.00 Gaudete – Robin to confirm the opening sequence …was I the only one confused?? Robin 2.00 Money Money Money – Sops/altos to emphasise the staccato singing on the beginning of the verses. Come off the ‘rich man’s world’ quickly. Quieten the piano so it’s ‘backing’. 3.00 Moonlight Serenade – Sounded Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 18 November 2014→

Chair: RM Attendees: DC WT SE MM MS LS JL KM JB Apologies: DD Item Action 1 Warm up/blending by Lou – some effective renditions, keep it up LS 2 Reach Out – as warm up – sounding good, leads need to rehearse together to get phrasing/blending right WT/MS/RM 3 Moonlight Serenade – sounding good, agreed it should stay, well done KM 4 Money Money Money – Duncan worked on dynamics to improve, almost there 5 I Can See Clearly Now – Matt seems happy with it, bass fine so just needs other parts to be bolder in entrances 6 Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 28 October 2014→