Audition Day Survived. . .

Well, the day has come and gone. Most of the technical positions have already been filled, with lots of thanks to the new Assistant Director (AD) Wayne Wang! These will soon be posted.
For performers, we find too few students for too many positions. Changes of some sort will have to be made. However, we had about 14 people who wanted to play parts and though that' s short by about 6 characters, we may be able to make it work. We had some good singers come out and I think the songs will sound great coming out of their throats. Now if we had some live musicians for the band. . . !
I want to offer a nice bonus to anyone in the class that can get us a promising lead for musicians for the band: at least a drummer, a keyboardist, a guitarist (both electric and acoustic) and a bassist.
If necessary, I'll just do the music myself on the computer but we'd lack the excitement of a live band badly!
Thanks to everyone who signed up. Please get other friends who are good at singing and also at playing instruments to sign up by Friday. . .or it will be too late. Thanks in particular to those who came out for the English drama despite not being English majors. Sorry, most material is in English now, but we'll try to work with you anyway.
I have to ask some people to come back again to sing or act so I can make good casting decisions. Will try to post the cast list and crew by Friday or Saturday.
Best to all! Good show.
Chris

Auditions are just around the (weekend) corner!

The Crystal Auditions page--after much new work--is about complete. The general audition songs and scripts are in place and most of the other songs, too. I've recorded my gruff voice singing most of the solo audition pieces, just in case anyone wants to use them. I've moved the MP3s to "adrive.com" instead of "soundclick" because of the troubles we experienced on Monday. Hope these work smoothly for you!
If these songs are too low or high for you, please let me know; I can move the key down or up to suit you, hopefully.
Please read through all the stuff that is available and try to get an idea of the story and characters before Monday.
Please also remember to fill in the pre-audition survey, and also

1. Enroll in our class at Studeous
2. Get Celtx
3. Upload a blank project from within Celtx, choosing a username and password in the process
4. Send me your username, preferably from within Studeous to protect it from the world's eyes

I will share the script and songs with you from within Celtx/Project Central.
Ask if you need any help or information! Have fun.

And please. . .help me get in touch with musicians for the band!!!!
Also. . .please get your friends, particularly those who are good singers, actors, and dancers, to join the class and attend the auditions on Monday! Help them to get the information they will need for auditions.
Thank you all so much for joining the drama and helping to make my 'dream' of having my own musical come true! You will be smashing!
Chris

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Now playing: The Beatles - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
via FoxyTunes

More audition material coming!

Hello there! At the Crystal Auditions page I've posted more material. I've got the audition piece that both Crystal and Lucinda will use, "Heroine." The version I've posted is not complete in its accompaniment, but the vocals will probably not change--or, not change much. It's enough to start getting ready with. Also, the choral music for the small ensemble, "A True Friend Like You," is posted. The bass part is the trickiest one.
The whole song "I Need to Talk to You" as well as "Gypsies Are. . ." (the two big songs for student character solos, especially for Shirley, Louise, Denny, and Bethany (the main singing students, as Charity has less to sing and could even be a non-singing character if necessary)), are ready and will be posted very soon, probably tomorrow.
Everyone except those who are trying for the chorus specifically should learn "New Class Clown," which is also ready and will be posted along with the other finished material. The instrumentals are not ready yet but the vocals are rarin' to go. Should be a good tune.
I'm teaching my daughter to sing the soprano parts and getting my sister to have a go at the alto ones, and I'll try recording the tenor and bass parts in the coming week so students can hear all this stuff sung, in case that is easier for you to work with than the MIDI files. Also, some of the chorus's MIDI solo material is in an instrument that isn't too suitable, so I'll replace those this weekend.
PLEASE someone get ready and make this hard work worthwhile for me!
Chris

Script and Materials Updated at Celtx!

Hi everyone!
The script has been updated with a new file located here.
It is now called "Crystal Development" and it's much smaller in size; the old one was picking up a lot of old files I didn't need anymore and it was 12 MB in size; the new version is just 200k. Also, the choral vocal audition materials and also the scripts for all characters are posted at the Crystal Auditions page. Please sign up for Celtx and send your username soon! Get ready; auditions are in less than a month!
Chris