[cantabile] Report on the October 25 meeting

We played:

• Vignons, vignons
• To Portsmouth
• Fair Phyllis
• Silly Bees
• Vive la Serpe
• Shepherd in a shade

John made some suggestions:

• Everybody should be able to sing their own part without support
  from others.
• Practice regularly with a metronome
• Memorize the words
• Play the simpler things without the music.

Schedule

As there wasn’t a day when everyone could rehearse in the week
before the gig, we scheduled two rehearsals, with different people
missing each. So our schedule now looks like:

• Tuesday, November 1, rehearsal.
• Sunday, November 6, Dress rehearsal; no Bruce. We didn’t discuss
  the time for this — is 7 PM too early? I know some people (including
  me) will want to
  go to concerts in the afternoon, but meeting at 7 would get us an
  extra 45 minutes that we could decide whether we wanted to use it for
  rehearsing, drinking beer, or sleeping.
• Tuesday, November 8, Election Day. Please remember to vote. I
  won’t be available for rehearsal, but don’t let that stop you if you
  want to get together.
• Thursday, November 10, Dress rehearsal; no Barney, Ishmael
  probably late. The regular
  7:45 time.
• Friday, November 11, Merry Wives of Windsor performance, no Bruce.
• Saturday, November 12, Merry Wives of Windsor performance
• Sunday, November 13, West Gallery; we won’t be playing the Merry
  Wives of Windsor
• Tuesday, November 15, Rehearsal. If things are going well enough
  with the Merry Wives gig, we may decide to make this a rehearsal for the Lowell
  performance.
• Thurday, November 17, Merry Wives of Windsor performance, no
  Barney.
• Friday, November 18, Merry Wives of Windsor performance, no Bruce
• Saturday, November 19, Final Merry Wives of Windsor performance,
  strike party.
• Tuesday, November 22, Rehearsal for Lowell gig.
• Tuesday, November 29, Rehearsal for Lowell gig.
• Thursday, December 1, 5 PM, Lowell gig.
• Tuesday, December 6, drop-in rehearsals resume

If there’s anyone with scheduling problems that I don’t know about,
please let me know as soon as possible. Stuart, which day were you
planning to leave your cello at my place?