Progress Reports

Well, we've been gradually learning our parts and beginning work on the backstage details. It appears that the band will be much less active in our performance than originally planned. These hardworking volunteers have a lot on their respective plates! So part of the accompaniment will be live, while other parts will need to be prerecorded. Hope I'm up to it! The chorus is sounding better and better and I believe they are getting more confident. They are even volunteering for solos! That's great.
We will be practicing on Nov. 24th in the Student Center Theater for the first time. Expect delays! The actors are supposed to be "off book" by Nov. 17th--that means they may no longer hold the script during practices. Ergo, they have to have their parts memorized! A big challenge for some characters, you bet! These people are making excellent suggestions for minor cuts to the script--and I want to encourage that!
The performance, it seems, will be on December 30th. Not much time remains to us and I still have not seen any backstage work such as costumes, sets, props, sound effects, etc. I hope these are nearly ready!
Soon I hope to have some guest posts by backstage leaders, actors, singers, and such. That should be good reading!
I myself am nearly exhausted. Too much pressure and too many projects!!
"Break a leg" everybody! (That means that I wish you the best of luck; we don't say "g**d luck" in the theatre!)
The poster looks pretty good, right? However, there are still some suggestions I have. Also, my name is wrong. . . comments?
Chris O'Brien