tick tock tick tock tick tock...NINE DAYS REMAINING BEFORE SPRING CONCERTS!!

Hello everyone,
What a productive rehearsal we had at St. Joseph Church on Monday evening! It's a logistical tour de force, as you might imagine - an achievement that would not have been possible or successful without the cooperation and participation of everyone involved: management team, section leaders, CREW and DRIVERS!! So many, many thanks to you all.

A reminder - Dress Rehearsal #2 Thursday 4/21/16 (yes, the day after tomorrow!) in Campion Chapel. Please consult your Detailed Dates sheets for - well - details ;-)

And our third (final) dress rehearsal - Tuesday 4/26/16 at the church. Again, please check your Detailed Dates sheets for information.

Our rehearsal today in Campion was simply exhilarating! Isn't "El Vito" da bomb!!! Hooray for Jamie Namkung, one of this year's Pigott Endowment artists-in-residence, for totally kicking it on the Primo piano part! This is SO EXCITING to put together at last, what glorious fun.

"Incenerite spoglie" sounded haunting and beautiful today. The "tolling bell" idea came to me in a flash at rehearsal - I was gratified to hear the difference this 'mood-setter' made in the opening. We won't have audible tolling bells at the concert, but I do hope everyone will carry those bells (and the mood that I was trying to establish) into the performance. These things DO make a difference!

"Light-hearted Lovers" is becoming more light-hearted and playful each time we do it!

I urge everyone to be especially vigilant about self-care as we enter the final "lap" before our performances. Sleep well. Eat well. Stay well. Continue to explore and to enjoy the depths of the music. Really get into it! Give it your all! When the curtain falls at 10 p.m. on Saturday 4/30, you can then say that you have put your best effort into our group work - and you can roll home, eat everything in the fridge, hoist a tankard of some refreshing beverage (!), and sleep the sleep of the just.

Boldly go! Engage! Make it so!

Mr. Toad Motions Video

Video of LP doing the motions for "Mr. Toad's Song"
I am still working to get it into either Dropbox or Soundcloud - haven't figured out yet, but
HERE
IT
IS