Adios April

I can't believe April is over-it's been so busy. The band rehearsed yesterday afternoon and it was great. The cast isn't going to believe the difference when they get to sing with 8 top-notch musicians instead of a 65 key-keyboard! It's very exciting.

Miscellaneous: email bio to Hilary's mom if you haven't done so already.
- continue to practice words and tunes for Saturday
-congratulations to all the drama fest participants. I heard a rumour we have a number of cast members who won acting awards. Well played!

Amy

Meduxnekeag Summer Series I

Announcing the first of three Meduxnekeag River Association summer concerts.

Thursday, June 14th at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls

Jigsaw Winds, featuring Sam Arnold's "Meduxnekeag Walking Trails Suite"

Una Voce - vocal ensemble directed by Jennifer Muir

Come and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the construction of St. Mark's church with an evening of beautiful music in a beautiful setting. Admission is by donation. For more information call the Meduxnekeag River Association 328-2427 or email amandrs@mta.ca

Be there or be square (and afraid I might come looking for you!...)

Hi everybody,

Hope you enjoyed the lovely weekend-it's great to see spring arrive.

I wanted to reinforce how important it is to have absolutely EVERYONE at rehearsal from now until June 1st. Please schedule social events on days when we are not rehearsing. Especially important is the May 5th sing through-I am expecting EVERYONE to be there. Period. So if you have to work, please reschedule it ASAP. I cannot overstate how important it is to have everyone at rehearsal.

Other than that, we will need to review a couple of music things in the upcoming weeks, with the chorus (Sensation Reprise) and also a short rehearsal with the Sens. I will keep you posted on that. If anyone has questions about their parts, please let me know ASAP.

Thanks,

Amy

Shiretones go digital

Check this out-our local Barbershop quartet is now on youtube. This is taken from a performance they gave at a worksop in Montreal this spring

The "Tommy connection?" one of these singers is the dad of our cast member Matt Clark, and will also be playing the horn part in our pit band (on trombone, no less). What a great family! They even know how to do taxes...

How I Got Into This Crazy Business

Everybody has a story behind how they caught the theatre 'bug.' A big part of my story was named Andrew and David Stitt. They were two years older than me, and some of the funnest most creative people I have ever met (and yes, I know funnest isn't a word).

We were in "Little Shop of Horrors" together, and it was a blast. The WHS theatre was literally my second home and when they graduated the boys were a doorway into the bigger world of Halifax, the theatre scene, etc.

As many of you know, they passed away in a car accident in the summer of 2000. That was a blow to the many people who loved and appreciated them for the vibrant guys they were. At the funeral someone read "Andrew's New World Order" and despite the tragic circumstances it was still one of the funniest lists I've ever heard. Eat your heart out, Letterman... Here it is.

1) 6 Month years. That way winter is shorter, Christmas is longer and Easter will be in the same month so there is less confusion.
2) When you're sixteen you make a list of your 10 favorite jobs and every month (60 days) you will change. You will get some good and some bad days.
3) Minutes will have 100 seconds to make things easier. I know this will mess up our current system, so it will go 58,59,100.
4) 3-4 will be singing and dancing hour. If you don't sing and dance you will be shot. Every system needs a little fear in it. Don't worry the snipers won't be very good, remember they only have the job for a month.
5) A bunch of other things will change. Up is now left, right is superright and down doesn't exist. 1 is 3 and 3 will get a much needed vacation.
6) Stop signs will now read "Whoa there partner slow down." You see stop signs are too vague. I don't know what they want me to stop doing.
7) Wars will be fought with nothing but open fields and people without arms or legs. They will be televised.
8) Fat people are now medium, medium will be skinny and skinny will be fat. That way it wouldn't be so important to be skinny, most people already are. People with eating disorders will gain weight to become skinny so there will be less vomiting.
9) There will be no crime. The only people who will go to jail are the people who were picked to be there for that month. Think, you could be a judge, juror and executioner all together.
10) Cars will be replaced by planes. This way a) there will be a lot more cool plane crashes b) less fatal car crashes which have seen a sharp increase as of late.
11) People must shower in Booze that way everyone will smell hungover instead of that one alcoholic & his feelings would be hurt.
(Written by Andrew Stitt, no corrections or alterations have been made)