All+Night+Strut+Rehearsal+and+Acting+Notes

FINAL DRESS

Chattanooga good good

Minnie the Moocher Oh poor old minnie - syncopated Brother can you spare a dime goosebumps ALL: say dontchoo remember

In the Mood ALL: at end just before badop bop day, change “woo” to “waa”

Nightingale BRANDON: at beginning, stay on vowels, croon it... getting diphthongy and chewy poor = pur, not pour. AND LIKE AN ECHO far away.... make far away soft WW2 medley JOE/JUSTIN: Seems kinda rough now - must be louder, more vowels

Rosie the riveter: Praise the lord! remind yourself of the loose jaw (bent over) feeling!! “Man oh man and how we lift”.... ENERGY!! needs to really go for it!! mm 275-287 ALISHA: stay strong on the very last note!!

ACT 2

Aint misbehavin good good gagood

Operator pitches

Dream zombie faces? “things never are as bad as they seem” - notes... craaaaappp

A Fine romance Nick - Artartart louder! BRANDON/JUSTIN: “aged in the wood” big D

Java Jive DYNAMICS can be contrasted much more... it’s another choice to make and if it’s made mediocrely...

As time goes by JOE/JUSTIN: and man must have his maeeeeet review notes middle of song... very wrong... 12/8 section AS TIME - FF

Hit that Jive good good gagood

1 SWINGIN ON A STAR 2 MOONLIGHT SERENADE 3 BEAT ME DADDY 4 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT 5 TUXEDO JUNCTION

LULLABY of BROADWAY ALISHA: must stay energized in low energy, belt it. Tech 2  Chattanooga ChooChoo GOOD TENORS: first entrance tenors missed ALL: say “what?” with energy/intention
 * too loud saxes, bass

Minnie the Moocher LAUREN: she had a million dollars... you do this the better way on the second verse ALL : “every day she counted them” more stage whisper-y

OLD POOR OLD MINNIE - RHYTHM

Brother can you spare DEANNA: you will need to come in in tempo, intro will be slower than normal memory AND REST! “they called me Al” - notes

ALL: good energy, good sound!

In the Mood ALL: drum solo intro will be twice as long ALL: backup singers “her head has flipped” all change to go up the octave, and YELL “Right NOW!”

Nightingale ALL: we’ll have an long introduction ready, to catch you. &&&&ALL: memory - “all gold and blue” near end of song - 2nd time that’s been dropped

WW2 MEDLEY MEN: sing louder “shoo-shoo baby” and “seems kinda rough now” DEANNA/LAUREN: “There’ll be blue-birds” … can be very soft and intimate b/c nothing is underneath you. JUSTIN/JOE: “Though there’s one motor gone, we can still carry on” GOOD! INITIAL CONSONANTS will make good all the entrances after pauses … getting a lot of “koffkoff on’t sit under the apple tree” “koff min’ in on a wing...”

&&&& “when the night is new” - “the night is new” ALISHA: memory “Carousel” (uh) not “Carowwwsel” - final you can be louder and full?

OVERALL ACT 1 MUCH BETTER THAN LAST NIGHT

ACT 2

Aint Misbehavin ALL: notes on “you’re kisses are worth waitin for”

OPERATOR ALL: “Line” BOOM “Oh Yeah”

No Transition DREAM ALL: stay on vowels as long as possible (Brandon/Alisha) especially when soloing

Fine Romance Longer transition music
 * BAND laugh with Brandon
 * Nick make seal noise “art art art” after “At least they clap their fins to express emotion”

JAVA JIVE

As Time Goes By JOE: nicely done, good energy… remember that you must hand off the energy to Alisha, so don’t drop the energy in the final 3 phrases. ALISHA: wonderful wonderful wonderful!

TENORS: several notes toward end. Dont be shy about “AS TIME” be forte!

Hit that jive jack BRANDON: sing “scadedada”, but everything else spoken ALL: review “goin downtown” vs “time and tide”

1 SKYLARK 2 SWINGIN ON A STAR 3 BEAT ME DADDY 4 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT 5 TUXEDO JUNCTION

Lullaby of Broadway ALL: review notes in choral parts & do. not. breathe. before. Way! in Broadway.

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TECH 1 Chattanooga

“boy you can gimme a shine” sustain shine longer...

“just a trifle to spare” same

“when you hear the whistle blowin” … GUYS must sing out!

m 103 - tenors?! ADD BRANDON “ She’s gonna cry, until I tell her that I’ll never roam"

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Lauren: “she had a million dollars” must be mixed or head voice!

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poor mins = AWESOME!

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moving neck for each note; this does not make things clearer.

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&&&“they called me Al” - review notes... flat

Energize!! SUCH A GOOD SOUND WHEN CHORAL!

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amazing! Looks/Sounds so good!

&&&“like a merry go round in a fair” so flat. you cannot miss that one tenors. Tall vowels, good low breath. I know it's complicated choreography there.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brandon: “When true lovers” can go even faster

m. 48 to End - memory all

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ALL: “after you revive” just before “chuck all your junk” - sustain note on revive

Joe/Justin: “papa’s gotta be tough now” - stay energized

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ALL: "the shepherd will tend his sheep" REVIEW NOTES <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">m. 116 “ shepherd” flat tenors on last note

&&&stay on a-flat - “bye bye baby” tenors!!

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**common error = when you decrescendo you lose energy**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deanna/Lauren =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alisha = sing out more plz. belt away.

“one motor on, we can still carry” on carry you’re very flat tenors.

Joe = Praise p to the r

“don’t sit under the apple tree” needs clear “d”... and foreknowledge, be mezzo forte

ALL: in 'I'll Be Seeing You' - “the night is new” = SAME NOTES AS ALISHA!

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wonderful!!

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tuning... facepalm...

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constant struggle to energize the slower or more subdued songs in the show. because no mics, your energy must be esp. high for these types of songs.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Justin: pinches line... memory again... 3rd times it's been missed

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Really good! Girls... “OH!” love the dynamic but gotta seek the right notes

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Joe: too intimate, too slow... gotta breathe to yell, do it and see if I'm wrong.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alisha: this is the volume and energy and belt we need: “future” not fyoochaa, should be fyoocher

Justin: man must have his mate NOTES

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Really good again! Brandon: spoke it! but then you didnt... stay speaky! trust it

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ALL: which time is “goin downtown” which time is “time and tide”: review

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very nice!

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Lullaby Very Good!!

Ashley's Notes for "As Time Goes By" 6/6/2011

T urn at beginning more subtle hands down, keep palm up don't look at floor on dreak fancy turn earlier in the music Hands on push need to be angled don't let mic swing on turn keep close to body Back arm up higher in drag (Joe and Brandon)

Melody for 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83B8DujBP0

Check out the RUN OF SHOW/SOUND RECORDING page to get a sense of HOW the evening will run DUE FRIDAY: A handshake or a hug to Jake, Ashley and Michael sometime BEFORE or AFTER rehearsal. DUE TUESDAY - After 3 day WEEKEND: Review the notes on CHARACTER in script and from rehearsal - including all the jive. ENJOY the following as we begin to craft transitions: [] – Betty Hutton: spend five minutes looking at her fearless committed goofy, sexy, gorgeous work – go beyond this one. She embodies ALL the personalities we've started to develop. She's committed and I know you will be too! [] - Bing Crosby and The Andres SIsters Spend five minutes looking at his goofy face and simply gestures with shoulders, head cock, eyeballs - go beyond this one. Unabashedly sexy and silly all at once. HE OWNS IT and that's what you will do, gentleman. [] – 1940's radio spots - captures the feel of the era – naive, sweet, joyous – and you can really taste the chheeezzzeeee – which is delicious. DO NOT MISS the Lifebouy commercial! Devise 3 bits to transition between the songs rehearsed for that day.

Rehearsal Schedule: We'll polish the numbers AND develop our transitions - bring your good ideas! TUE - Chattanooga, Minnie, Brother, In the Mood, Nightingale WED - Java Jive, WWII Medley, Ain't Midbehavin', Operator, Dream THU - A Fine Roman, Tuxedo, As Time, Finale I & II FRI - 1:00: Concert run thru with BAND! 3:30 Run Through

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