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carlfoxmarten) wrote2013-10-28 09:06 pm
carlfoxmarten) wrote2013-10-28 09:06 pm
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Panto update
Huh, I haven't posted on here in quite a while...
Panto rehearsals are coming along pretty nicely, we've got three songs down pretty much pat, two more that are pretty trivial, and warning that we've only one more chorus-only rehearsal left to learn two more songs.
After that, we get mashed together with the leads and start to run through the whole thing.
Because we've been focusing on the songs, when we're put together with the leads, we should be able to blow them away very nicely.
The minuet should be rather nice too. =^.^=
We're also starting to get an idea of some of the things surrounding the songs.
For example, we learned that the curtain is a few feet back from the front of the stage, comes from above, and is weighted with a very long, very heavy steel pipe.
Not exactly something you want landing on your head.
One of the songs ends with about half of us in front of where it would land, holding a pose for a couple seconds.
When that pose is over, we need to start moving backward pretty fast, because the curtain is going to come down and knock us for a loop, or even kill somebody if they didn't move fast enough.
(one person had received a nice bruise on her head from just a glancing blow, through a hard hat of some kind!)
The producer/director has been very busy the last few weeks and hasn't been able to actually attend the chorus rehearsals, but she'd called one of the people at yesterday's rehearsal and heard us as we sang one of the songs.
I forget which song it was, but she apparently liked what she heard. =^.^=
Next week I'm rather nervous about doing Riverdance...
Some of the people involved in the panto are also doing a small comic retelling of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I attended the preview performance and liked it enough to want to see it again, so I'll be attending tomorrow's performance.
(the fact that, as a panto person, I get 60% off the ticket price has nothing to do with it. You believe me, right? =^.~= )
Panto rehearsals are coming along pretty nicely, we've got three songs down pretty much pat, two more that are pretty trivial, and warning that we've only one more chorus-only rehearsal left to learn two more songs.
After that, we get mashed together with the leads and start to run through the whole thing.
Because we've been focusing on the songs, when we're put together with the leads, we should be able to blow them away very nicely.
The minuet should be rather nice too. =^.^=
We're also starting to get an idea of some of the things surrounding the songs.
For example, we learned that the curtain is a few feet back from the front of the stage, comes from above, and is weighted with a very long, very heavy steel pipe.
Not exactly something you want landing on your head.
One of the songs ends with about half of us in front of where it would land, holding a pose for a couple seconds.
When that pose is over, we need to start moving backward pretty fast, because the curtain is going to come down and knock us for a loop, or even kill somebody if they didn't move fast enough.
(one person had received a nice bruise on her head from just a glancing blow, through a hard hat of some kind!)
The producer/director has been very busy the last few weeks and hasn't been able to actually attend the chorus rehearsals, but she'd called one of the people at yesterday's rehearsal and heard us as we sang one of the songs.
I forget which song it was, but she apparently liked what she heard. =^.^=
Next week I'm rather nervous about doing Riverdance...
Some of the people involved in the panto are also doing a small comic retelling of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I attended the preview performance and liked it enough to want to see it again, so I'll be attending tomorrow's performance.
(the fact that, as a panto person, I get 60% off the ticket price has nothing to do with it. You believe me, right? =^.~= )
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(Can't remember if I've already asked this) Hope to see a video of the actual performance, assuming that taking a video wouldn't be in breach of copyrights.
What's your involvement in Riverdance?
(the fact that, as a panto person, I get 60% off the ticket price has nothing to do with it. You believe me, right? =^.~= )"
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Not sure what authority would be in charge of it, but judicious warnings ought to be sufficient.
(Can't remember if I've already asked this) Hope to see a video of the actual performance, assuming that taking a video wouldn't be in breach of copyrights.
We shall see.
At present, policy is to ban all recording devices from performances due to the Canadian Intellectual Copyright Act.
However, there's supposed to be a behind-the-scenes video done by the time the performances roll around in December, so I'll see if I can snag a copy for you.
What's your involvement in Riverdance?
Panto format dictates that there's one popular dance number in each show.
(sometimes it's an internet meme-ish sort of thing. Like last year's Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society's Phantom of the Panto had used Gangnam Style)
The Royal Canadian Theatre Co uses a Riverdance-inspired dance routine as their fallback if they can't come up with a current one.
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It's about in the same category that I first placed the “Arrow to the knee” quotes, though I've found those a bit more humorous now.
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Like with many memes it turned into an excuse for others to imitate it. I've seen several, but the furry version by EZ showed more imagination and better film footage than most.
Back to the panto (joke), it would be good to see the "making of" video. If it were possible for me to be an audience member I would.