Rehearsals - Week 2 - 28th October 2013

Another really successful week of rehearsals!

We hit some problems on our Tuesday rehearsal with Sarah, our choreographer being ill and not being able to make it. What did we learn from this? Always have a contingency plan! With having just over an hour to rejig the whole evening, it left us rather grasping at straws for the rest of the evening.

BUT - our cast worked really hard on Tuesday evening and a good few songs were learnt.

During the week we had a few meetings as a production team to re-assess the rehearsal planning process, coming to the conclusion that as there are so many members of our prod team, we all need a particular remit for who is doing what with who in which rehearsals. This said, we all planned Saturday's rehearsal together, and this was always gonna be a strenuous rehearsal!

And just an honorary mention for our daughters chorus for their sheer levels of stamina. Saturday was, well, bloody productive. We got 8 songs taught and a whole heap'o choreography learnt by the daughters which was no mean feat. It was a good 6 hours worth of rehearsal, it was hot and sweaty and strenuous for Sarah and the chorus, but it was looking and sounding amazing by the end of the evening.

We're one rehearsal away from the Act 1 finale, as is the rehearsal plan, needless to say, we're stupidly ahead of schedule and it looks like we'll get it all taught before Christmas.

Say wha'?! 'tis crazy. Jon and I are sat together as I write this and we're fangirling about how well it's going and just how amazing our cast are.

The week ahead is looking just as busy. After the first orchestra rehearsal was postponed, we have that this weekend with almost a full orchestra (bar 1 member). This Tuesday, we're teaching up to and including the Major General song, which leaves next Saturday's rehearsal for teaching all of the principle parts for the Act 1 Finale, for us to teach the chorus parts for the Act 1 finale which means that by Tuesday 5th November we'll have the whole first act taught.

That's the plan, at least.

Your Loving MD,
Thomas