Hi Folks!
I’m really happy with the work we put in this week on Dragonheart and Super Mario! These will be focus pieces for next week’s rehearsal as well. (Three rehearsals before our first performance!)
We’re now moving back to our regular location. All remaining rehearsals will be Bourkevale Community Centre – 100 Ferry Rd. Rehearsal from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm on Thursdays.
We have also booked our final gig for the season! We will be performing on Thursday, August 20 – 7 pm (call time: 6:30 pm) – Concordia Village, 1125 Molson St. (The appropriate website pages have been updated to reflect this).
And now is a good moment to mention our band polo shirts. If you would like to purchase a polo shirt, they will start coming to rehearsals with us next week. The cost is $25. You can also reach out to us at info@mbmillenniumband.com to make arrangements to have a shirt reserved for you (or, if you’re getting this post to your email, you can just reply and we will receive that!) You do not have to purchase a shirt – we prefer forest green on top (or black) and black on the bottom.
Please take a moment to check out: Administrative Operations if you haven’t already done so. This page contains information about the way we operate as an organisation (the binders, attendance expectations, concert wear, etc).
Our rehearsal will be drawn from the following list of pieces (not in order):
- 21 – A Disney Spectacular
- 35 – Roseland Tango
- 59 – Super Mario Brothers – recording
- 60- Dragonheart
- 75 – Fanfare for the Unsung Hero
- 78 – Baba Yetu – recording
- 79 – Zoolantis!
- 81 – A Gathering of Eagles
- 82 – Hymn to Freedom – recording
- 83 – cross-fire
For some listening this week, I encourage you to spend some time with the Super Mario Brothers recording (above).
Also, here are a couple of links for Dragonheart that might help:
This link is a performance of the arrangement we have as written (not the revised ending. I think you’ll understand why we perform the revision!) It is not professional studio musicians.
I would also recommend that you listen to the orchestral version. Here’s the version from the soundtrack (which is the one I’m most familiar with and my source for the revised ending).
This link is a performance conducted by Randy Edelman (the composer) and is a bit of a different arrangement, but I always find it educational to watch the composer conduct.
See you on Thursday!
Elizabeth.