The scene polish has started! We’ve made it through the first section of rehearsals, and are now well on our way to perfecting each and every scene, dance, and song we have worked on. Our cast has also begun moving out of the dance studio, and started to place our beautiful choreo up on stage. Off and on this week we have been receiving some new set pieces which look stunning framed on stage, and we are very excited about them. Things are falling nicely into place! All week, we have spent a great deal of effort into reviewing and perfecting songs with Mr. Jackson and Justin Hiscox. The elbow grease everyone puts into these musical numbers is outstanding! “I think the polishing is going great and that we are on track for the show, and if we can keep up the hard work, we can give the audience a show that will leave them wanting more and then some,” says Dalton Lain who plays a leading role as Sebastian in our production. Although we are doing fantastic, there are still some loose ends, but nothing that can't be fixed. Mainly just our choreography. It is very beautiful and we have spent a lot of time on it. Some pieces still need a tad bit more of work, but we are all pulling together to achieve this! Whenever we have time our cast it encouraged to step aside and put more practice into the dance numbers. Really we practice at all times. Even in the music room, we have been memorizing the dance routines while sitting and singing! It may look silly and we get some good laughs out of it, but it helps a lot! Overall, we have about a month till opening! New set pieces have arrived and are in the midst of being painted! The entire show is looking unreal and amazing. The progress has flown by so fast. Its honestly incredible how much progress has been made! By the time of show week it will be very interesting to see how this has all paid off! We can’t wait to see you there. If you are interested in coming to see our production of ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella’, talk to one of our cast members or visit our online box office for ticket details.
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A month ago we had the opportunity to perform at the TAS 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend! A group of our cast members sang the song "Ten Minutes Ago," a romantic number between Ella and Prince Topher. Now that the whole show is blocked, rehearsals have been more of a polishing process versus what we’ve done previously, which has given us the opportunity to really get down to the details of the scenes in the show. Every rehearsal is always better than the last, and we are all watching ourselves improve day by day. Everybody is doing their fair share of practicing on their own, and with the help of others to achieve their ultimate best. With the help of the director, Ms Tye, many of the leads (and chorus members!) have been doing everything in their power to really develop their character, and make them complex and three-dimensional. As well as this process, everybody is doing their fair share of work behind the scenes to improve the set and props, including painting and tracking props. Rehearsals have given us all time to really get into the musical, and become more enthusiastic about what is going to be our final product. Despite all of the amazing progress that is unfolding, there are a few barriers we are trying to break through. One thing we are all currently focusing on is dancing while still being able to project our voices. For us to achieve the goal of putting on a splendid musical, we have to put into consideration how loud we are, and if it is going to work how we would like it to. “The individual talents are merging to create an incredible show,” says Alivia Buchan, chorus member and Understudy for Gabrielle, Projecting and singing is skill we all need to continue working on. Adding the elements of dancing and acting while singing can make it much more difficult to focus and maintain volume, but our awesome stage managers and teachers are helping us improve.” We also are doing our best to be loud and proud while acting, as our music class daily mantra is “Always Louder!” from Mr. Jackson. We hope that everything goes according to plan, and are all very enthused about continuing to rehearse and improve our skills. At this point, we are all antsy about getting to perform and hope to put on an amazing performance.
Written by Chelsea Macklin and Taylor Mosher :-) Well, it finally happened. Our first stumble through of the show, and only 6 more weeks until the real deal. What is a stumble through, you may ask? A stumble through is when the cast rehearses an entire play for the first time, without interruption, so the director can get a sense of what is working and what is not. The actors know some of their lines and their blocking, but since it is the first time the entire cast has performed the show start to finish, it is always a little messy. It may be a train-wreck, but it is a valuable part of the rehearsal process. Pictured above: Grace Demara (Ella), and Kaia Douglas (Marie), going through a scene in our stumble through. Stumble through's can definitely be messy, but they aren't all entirely bad. Some highlights of our stumble through include things such as, the way characters managed to interact with each other well. We also have improved on much of our big choreography, and everyone is starting to get into the swing of things, with their characterization and their lines. We also have begun to manage our transitions between scenes really well, though we still have a lot to get done over the next six weeks, we are very excited! When asked about the positives of our stumble through, Dalton Lain, who plays Sebastian, told us this. "I think overall we stayed in character well, and set changes were well done for our first try. We could improve our blocking and choreo to match the stage better for some songs and scenes but it is all things that need to be ironed out through more practice, so I think it went great." Despite all the good, we did have some hiccups. Our big set pieces are going to be a challenge to maneuver, but we are more than eager to figure out how it's going to be done. We also had some forgetfulness, but that can easily be fixed with a little practice and memorization. We also had some trouble focusing on our vocals and dance moves at the same time, and so of course, as always, that equals more practice, practice, practice! All of our little hiccups, can be fixed with practice, and despite them, we had an amazing first stumble through. When asked about his thoughts on the stumble through, Dylan Macdonald, who plays Prince Topher, had this to say. "Blocking was good for the most part, scenes we've blocked in the past slipped the minds of a few. The projection of singing and moving needs more practice, but I'm confident we'll get it. Scene changes took a FEW seconds longer than they should have, but we'll be able to work out the kinks once people know where they need to go." We hope to see you for the real show in December! Tickets are sale now, through a cast member, or through our online box office. We can't wait to have you at our magical production of 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella'! Written by: Grace Hatherly (chorus) and Emily Reed (Madame) Pictured above: Sophie Botting, Dhilan Maharaj, Grace Hatherly (back row) Chelsea Macklin, Nicole Craymer, Miranda Steiginga, Alivia Buchan, Faith Guest, Grace Demara (third row) Dalton Lain, Hayden Henderson, Amelia Hansen, Ms. Kim Driscoll, Kaia Douglas, Aria Rustage, Emily Reed (second row) Dylan Macdonald, Maggie Grant, Waverly Porter, Gretel Kaune, Taylor Mosher
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