Challenging
May. 11th, 2008 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
howeirdMy first rehearsal in costume went well costume-wise. I have plenty 'o' time to do my two changes, and they are pretty easy.
This was also the first time we had the orchestra in their assigned location in the stage right wings. We weren't miked and neither were they, so musically it was a disaster. I am not pleased. It was two good groups of musicians communicating by Ouija board. Blindfolded. Wearing ear muffs. We have been promised tomorrow night we will both be miked, which will be good for the orchestra because they will be able to hear us, but this is a theater with an intelligently designed speaker system, which means the speakers do not feed back to the stage. Which means it will be a miracle if we can hear the orchestra. The cue for my song is a snare drum, which is all the way in the stage right corner of the wings, and I am most of the way stage left onstage. All I could hear was white noise, I could not hear the beat. I think I landed on the right note, though. I know I was not at the right tempo for the first two verses, when the orchestra comes in.
While I was waiting for my cue backstage, I watched the brass section, looking over their shoulders to read the music, and was very impressed by the trombones and French Horns. The trumpets actually sounded good this time when they were warmed up, but I couldn't squeeze behind them to see their music. After the rehearsal I caught up with one of the horn players in the parking lot to tell her she was awesome. Not only was she playing her part, she was showing the other horn player where they were in a very messy looking piece of sheet music.
The acting has really come together well. The set looks great, though it's not quite done yet. Costumes & props are in better shape than at closing night in some shows I've been in. Problems are being brought up, acknowledged and addressed, in all areas.
Tomorrow we add makeup and mikes. Should be way too much fun.
This was also the first time we had the orchestra in their assigned location in the stage right wings. We weren't miked and neither were they, so musically it was a disaster. I am not pleased. It was two good groups of musicians communicating by Ouija board. Blindfolded. Wearing ear muffs. We have been promised tomorrow night we will both be miked, which will be good for the orchestra because they will be able to hear us, but this is a theater with an intelligently designed speaker system, which means the speakers do not feed back to the stage. Which means it will be a miracle if we can hear the orchestra. The cue for my song is a snare drum, which is all the way in the stage right corner of the wings, and I am most of the way stage left onstage. All I could hear was white noise, I could not hear the beat. I think I landed on the right note, though. I know I was not at the right tempo for the first two verses, when the orchestra comes in.
While I was waiting for my cue backstage, I watched the brass section, looking over their shoulders to read the music, and was very impressed by the trombones and French Horns. The trumpets actually sounded good this time when they were warmed up, but I couldn't squeeze behind them to see their music. After the rehearsal I caught up with one of the horn players in the parking lot to tell her she was awesome. Not only was she playing her part, she was showing the other horn player where they were in a very messy looking piece of sheet music.
The acting has really come together well. The set looks great, though it's not quite done yet. Costumes & props are in better shape than at closing night in some shows I've been in. Problems are being brought up, acknowledged and addressed, in all areas.
Tomorrow we add makeup and mikes. Should be way too much fun.
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