Two Long Rehearsals

Saturday rehearsal was long, no two ways about it, but we got the bulk of the necessary work out of the way.

Arryck worked and worked and worked the choreography, fine-tuning the problem areas. This lasted most of the morning, and we broke for lunch at about 1:20. Thanks to Leana (finally spelled correctly, sorry) for the food and keeping us on track. The afternoon was a full runthrough with SOME of the lights. By 5:00 PM everyone was ready to call it quits. Right as I was cleaning up, I tripped on the power adapter cord for the lighting board and knocked it on the floor. Fortunately, it survived, only the LED bezel and one of the slider posts got popped off. I opened it all up and got it all put back together, and all was well. I went home, smiled at my kids on the way up to bed, and fell asleep.

Sunday was not necessarily long, but was REALLY arduous, as most cue-to-cue sessions are. That, and I had to finish by 5:15 PM so that I could scurry back up to Thousand Oaks PAC for the kids' evening dance recital. The cast and I got through most of the show, with only the cues from We Beseech Thee on remaining (about 1/5 of the show left). With over 160 cues, Leana is a bit concerned that it might be too much for Lulu to do, but we're going to give it a try. She's a VERY smart kid, with a HUGE attention to detail. I think she'll surprise us.

Tonight, we get Bill and the band. YAY! I can't wait to hear this thing come together. No more damned rehearsal CD!

- Sean