I hope you all are still speaking to me after downloading 5 pages of rehearsal notes! Once I got going, I realized I had a lot to reinforce!

Please follow this link and download/print your Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’ parts. Like last week, this list is sorted alphabetically, not in score order. Thanks for printing and bringing these parts again.

Remember to check the rehearsal plan. See you on Monday at PCMS.

Thanks for a great rehearsal this past Monday night. We accomplished a lot with 1812, and I appreciate that everyone brought the 76 Trombone parts. Look for an message late on Friday announcing the links for the parts for Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’. Lois will be attending the final two rehearsals, and I can’t wait to hear the cadenza!

I will update the rehearsal order for Monday next. Please take time to download and read my Rehearsal Notes from Monday night. This will save a lot of time next week. This is very important!

Chris Carbone found the short film, starring Frank Sinatra, titled The House I Live In, which includes the number we are performing. The film is only about 10 minutes long, and is completely inspiring. I’ve embedded the film, below.

Practice diligently! See you Monday!

The House I Live In (1945) by Lost_Shangri_La_Horizon

I forgot to post this, as I had promised. Enjoy!

Also – There seem to be some problems with that coupon code I forwarded. I’ve sent a message explaining the issue, and hope to have answers by Monday evening.

Please be sure to read this entire blog entry by clicking this link!

I’m serious that Carmoor is coming. Paul Rosenblum, the Managing Director of the Caramoor Festival, is coming to observe this Monday’s rehearsal. He’s eager to meet you and hear the group play. So this rehearsal takes on some serious implications!

IMPORTANT: As discussed last week, I need to  ask you to please download, print, and bring your own 76 Trombones part on Monday. Follow this link to take you to the Dropbox I created with the 76 Trombones parts. You do not need a Dropbox.com account, and you do not need to sign in. Find your part, click Download in the upper right-hand corner, open the download, and print. Look for the double bar and make sure you print all pages. Percussion: please note that there are 6 parts for Bass Drum, Cymbals, Drum Set, Glock & Triangle, Snare Drum, and Timpani. Don’t wait until Monday afternoon to download your parts! Inevitably, doing so will yield some kind of problem.

I had a long discussion with Paul today. Besides learning that he intends to attend Monday’s rehearsal, here is some important new information:

• July 4 arrival times:
  • Percussion should plan on being on site by 2:30 pm for percussion load-in.
  • All other members should plan on arriving by 3:30 pm for our 4:00 pm rehearsal.
• Paul is providing a hospitality table on arrival – coffee, water, fruit, cookies – and will provide dinner for us (fried chicken, sides, beverages). This was a surprise, and is most welcomed! (Please note that this dinner is for WSW members only; unfortunately, he cannot extend this to WSW family members or handbell ringers. They are welcome to bring picnics or purchase food on site that day.)
• Paul also provided a promotion code which can be used to purchase final tickets at 50% off! This applies to all seats ($36, $46, $56, $76) except the most expensive seats ($86). Use promo code PBRG at check-out on the web, or you can use it if you call the Box Office 914-232-1252. True, I wish we’d known about this earlier, but this just happened today.

Thank you for bringing those downloadable parts. See you Monday, for a prompt start at 7:30 pm. Practice diligently!