[cantabile] Plans for the October 11 meeting

This meeting is a dress rehearsal for the Saturday, October 15,
ciderfest performance.

This means that it is restricted to, and compulsory for, the people
who are playing that performance.

Please forget about thinking of this group as a drop-in group for
this meeting. Please arrive on time, with your music in order. If
you aren’t able to print music, please let me know that, so that I can
print music for you.

The list you should have in order is
here.
I’m not sure it’s actually necessary to print out the drinking songs
individually instead of playing from the drinking songs book, but
definitely all the madrigals should be printed out and in order. If
it rains and you want to do drinking songs from a book, you’ll have to
use one of the old ones.

I think it would be a good idea for us to start the rehearsals with
some idea of what part we’re playing. I think that’s pretty much
decided by our voice ranges except for me and Bonnie. Anne needs to
know which of me and Bonnie are playing bass so that she can hold down
the other part. Barney may feel he would rather double Anne than sing
a tenor or bass part that doesn’t fit his range. So Bonnie, can we
decide and let Anne know which of the following you want to play bass
on, and which I’ll do?

• Sheep (and bee) set
  • Fair Phyllis
  • Dulcina
  • It was a time when silly bees could speak
  • A shepherd in a shade
• Drinking Songs
  • Changeons propos
  • Vignon, vignon
  • Vive la serpe

We may decide that we don’t need instrumental bass for Changeons
Propos or Vignon, vignon, but I’m pretty sure we want it for
everything else on that list.

It has also been suggested that we should do a dance set. I think
that’s a good idea, but I suggest that we do three-part music that
Barney, Ishmael, and Bonnie can handle if I end up organizing. Anne
can bop along if she wants to, but I think expecting her to hold down
a solo part outdoors is unrealistic. If someone wants to organize
that in advance, that would be best, although you’re certainly welcome
to use my trio box if that would help.