Wrablers Rehearsal Minutes 18.08.26

Fun rehearsal with six singers, very good to have Rob S back with us. Music all round generally sharper. Spent 15 minutes of “warm up” song Tourdion: Singing went well. Havana: Rob tightened our phrasing throughout. Especially bars 42-49. Dance: singing went OK, Rob asked basses to pronounce “ts” background more from the abdomen than the mouth. There was no actual body percussion practice; Rob S was asked, and agreed to allocate singers to group 1 and 3 and that we all need to learn group two. In the break, LS and PV practiced group 2. We all agreed to Continue reading Wrablers Rehearsal Minutes 18.08.26

Notes from Wrablers Rehearsal 26 May 2026

This was an unusual rehearsal in many ways. There were only 6 singers, and no Rob S. The plan at this late date was to sing any songs that we considered needed work. There was no warmup, the girls had spent 30 minutes from 18.30 practicing their songs, and Peter and I are super fit. The chairman had emailed a suggested list of likely problem songs and we basically worked through most of the list. Because of 3 absent men, no men-only songs were sung Seal Lullaby: (a popular choice!) We concentrated on entries, some of Rob’s interpretations from previous Continue reading Notes from Wrablers Rehearsal 26 May 2026