Two Down, 3 to go

[howeird]

Sunday matineé had a good-sized audience, and I knew things would be okay when they started singing along right from the start. The show is as nailed down as it is ever going to be, we need to stop with the pre-show dance and "fight scene" rehearsals already. Vocal warm-ups 40 minutes before we actually sing are not that effective either.

May help with tech for the next show, but it depends on where I'm working and whether I'm working with the Portola Valley Oz production.

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Did the laundry at the coinless place. I love their dryers - big and efficient and they get most of the cat fur off the clothes. Must put the laundry away after I write this. Watched the 49ers melt down again. So sad. Coach needs to be demoted to defense coach, and someone hired from elsewhere who has a background as a QB and/or QB coach. I wonder if Joe Montana could be lured into it.

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Did not get off my butt early enough this morning to do the chores I'd planned on. Tuesday, maybe.

Plans for tomorrow:
Work
Fry's - look for a fan. The one I got online is way too powerful on its lowest setting, and they lied about the remote control, it doesn't control oscillation and the variable breeze feature is missing altogether. 
BASFA (?)

Comments

[seamoose.livejournal.com]

Lyric typically does the vocal warmups before the house opens, so that part is normal. As to the fight and dance, that is up to Kim, and I've been doing my best to keep her off of all of you about the "fight" parts.

[howeird]

Most companies do vocal warmups 10 minutes before the house opens, but that doesn't make it intelligent. It does help bring the cast together, but musically it is useless.

Most community theater companies (and I have worked in Washington, Oregon, Bay Area and Bangkok) hand the show to the SM and the cast on opening night, and the director's job is done. Some allow the director to post notes during the run, but pre-show rehearsing of anything short of a weapons fight is out of the question. And those are overseen by the swordmaster under the direction of the SM, as a safety issue.