Onstage Rehearsals

This past Thursday was a very productive day. I'm very pleased with how well the Operas are progressing. Melanie, sorry to hear about your husband's accident. I hope the surgery went well. Thank you Becky for taking on helping to keep Melanie's class on track in terms of casting, etc.

I just wanted to review/confirm a couple of scheduling details and please correct me if I have any of them wrong.

• Tuesday April 28 - Rehearsals will all be held on the stage
• Tuesday May 5 - We will run through each of the Operas onstage in the morning. There will then be a Dress Rehearsal in front of the rest of the school in the afternoon. The students will then be presenting the Operas to parents and family members in the evening.

For the rehearsals on Tuesday, it would also be useful to have any of the big props (desks, chairs, etc) set up onstage. This will help to give us a clear idea of how much space is available.

Once again - excellent work everyone!

Sherri

Schedule Update

Below is an updated schedule showing the change in dates:

Tues. April 7 - Dean
Tues. April 14 - Sherri & Dean
Tues. April 21 - Ann (Designer)
Thurs. April 23 - Sherri
Tues. April 28 - Sherri & Dean
Tues. May 5 - Sherri & Dean

Also just a reminder - if any questions arise during the week, please feel free to post them on the blog. We check the blog on a regular basis and can therefore address the questions as quickly as possible.

Project Schedule

Hello Everyone,

Below is a very brief outline of how Dean and I plan on organizing our time during the project. It lists the date, which artists will be present at the school, and an overview of what we aim to focus on. The focus of each session may change depending upon the needs of each individual class and what they accomplish within each session. As well as the primary focus for each session, we are also aiming to include general exercise/activities exploring vocal and movement work.

1. Thursday March 26th - Dean & Sherri - focus on story writing
2. Tuesday March 31st - Dean & Sherri - focus on converting story into lyrics
3. Tuesday April 7th - Dean - focus on music
4. Tuesday April 14th - Sherri - focus on movement/drama blocking, Character development through movement
5. Thursday April 16th - Dean & Sherri - focus on starting to bring all the elements together & identifying any gaps/missing pieces, preliminary discussion on design ideas
6. Tuesday April 21st - Designer (to be determined)
7. Tuesday April 28th - Dean & Sherri - focus on 'smoothing out the edges', run through the pieces
8. Tuesday May 5th - Dean & Sherri - Informal sharing of the Operas (if we're at that stage) or putting on final touches where necessary