Once again, folks, your dedication and hard work is paying dividends! This week’s rehearsal was unbelievable! I’m so thrilled that we’ve managed to have both Broadway Journey and Arctic Fire performance-ready! (I had complete faith in you – I just thought we might need some more time before debuting them). This is an accomplishment not to be undervalued, so please take a moment or two to pat yourselves on the back!
Our next rehearsal is a dress rehearsal (you don’t have to come in uniform – but it is our final rehearsal before our first gig this year so rehearsal format is a little different) – we’ll begin with the usual scales and a sight-reading piece to warm-up. The first half of our rehearsal will be a dry run of the concert programme (below). In the second half, we’ll work on tweaking anything that needs it, and we may (if time permits) do some prep work for Victoria Beach.
Concert Programme:
51 – Entrance of the Gladiators
66 – Arctic Fire
63 – Hallelujah
8 – Themes Like Old Times
5 – Broadway Journey
54 – The Drunken Sailor
65 – Moana
7 – Swing the Mood
Concert dress is: black bottoms and Millennium Band t-shirt. (Also acceptable is any forest green, short-sleeved shirt. The final option is a black short-sleeved shirt).
Bruce will be bringing our t-shirt inventory on Wednesday evening, so you can see him and one can be yours for the low, low price of $12. What a steal!
If you know you would like to purchase a shirt, please email the info@mbmillenniumband.com and be sure to include your name and the shirt size you expect to require by Sunday evening – July 8. The information will be passed on to Bruce first thing Monday morning.
I think that covers the rehearsal-related topics, so I’ll sign off for now. I hope you all have a wonderful week – stay hydrated, sun-screened, and please take care of yourselves as we hit our heat wave!
(Fair warning: I have two other topics to bring to your attention, which I will do in two separate posts, so I’m being a bit spammier than usual this week).
See you on Wednesday!