21 April 2018

Dress Rehearsal Details & Eliza's Competition

Eliza Corrington's Songwriting Competition - Live from New York!
Eliza let me know how to watch it! The competition is on Monday, April 23, 2018, from 6:00 -8:30 pm ET (4:00 - 6:30 pm Mountain Time) and streamed at arts.gov.  


​The concert is THIS Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 7:00 pm, Box Elder High School. Publicity information was released
​a few weeks ago
Here is the link.​


Volunteers Requested
We never had a volunteer to set up the end of year party, and it kind of fell off my radar. If you believe in end
​-​
of
​-​
year social get
​-​
togethers
​and would like
to plan a chance for everyone to bring a pot luck and enjoy some time at a park, do let me know. I can tell you how to make it happen
​ & ​
support your efforts.​

Depending on timing at BEHS, we may need a mini-van or similar vehicle to haul our nice timpanis and a whole bunch of music stands, possibly loading up Wednesday and not unloading until 3 pm Thursday. Our regular helper may not be able to fit her schedule to ours
​​
. If this jumps out at you as something you can help with, do let me know.


General Instructions
​​
Wear concert attire for this DRESS rehearsal.
We have a photographer coming to take photos during rehearsal as if it's during the concert. 

A
​​
group photo
will also be taken on stage​ before chamber joins us. 

Bring a
​​
sack dinner
for the break. 
​Not a lot of time so don't expect to leave and come back.​

​Put your
​​
cases
around the very edge of the band room, or backstage. Chamber will be rehearsing in the band room while we rehearse on stage
​, and there needs to be room in the band room for them to set up and play.

Schedule
​​
Set up
begins at 3 pm, call time 3.30 pm. (I know some people can't come that early - but come as early as you can. And we need all the help we can get setting up!)​


​​
Rehearsal
begins at *or before* 3.45 pm, as soon as we're ready. 

Rehearsal will end with
​​
Sorcerer's Apprentice
combined with Chamber (they will begin their rehearsal time at 5.15 pm in the band room). 
​The first 4 outside players of Firsts, Seconds, and Violas, and the first 7 outside cello players will move to the back of the orchestra and the chamber students will take those places.
There will be o
ne more quick group on
​-​
stage picture ​after Sorcerer's Apprentice.

​​
Chamber
then begins their rehearsal on stage at around 6.00 pm.

​​
Doors
​ for seating in the
auditorium will open after chamber is finished with their rehearsal. 

​​
Call time
for the concert is 6.30 pm. 

​Join
the
​​
audience
for the chamber orchestra portion of the program. We will block out seats for you.

Make sure you play A LOT when
​you
go on stage after chamber
​ ​
finishes performing.
We need to be well warmed up for the
​​
Tchaikovsky
(GO NATALIE!).
F
irst violins, manage your stage area well, so our soloist can stand in the right place.

​​
Dvorak
is next.
Warn your guests that it's a long piece and accepted traditional etiquette is to hold applause until the end. That means 4 movements without clapping. :)
I
​​
know
some people won't be able to resist!

After
​ ​
the f
inal
wild applause, re-arrange yourselves for
​​
Sorcerer's Apprentice.
We will
​store the extra chairs and stands for the last number in the wings and bring them on after Dvorak.
The stage is going to be super full!


​You are all Awesome!​
Please know how grateful I am for all of you! There is no one I'd rather spend Saturday mornings with than youth who love music!

​Be sure to have FUN on Thursday. We do this because we love it, and that means we enjoy it and we don't look scared or too terribly serious on stage! ​

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