...and I'm feeling good!

Sigh!  A good Monday morning here in the Mountains of Musical Madness.  I'm starting the week feeling great for a few reasons:
1- The sun is shining!
2- I just Skyped with the three cutest littles in the world!
3- Starting rehearsal on a new show today (one that I REALLY like)!

All that is so great.  I've spent a lot of time this weekend prepping and getting ready.  This is our first show that involved the FULL company.  So it'll be nice to have everyone in the same place working on a show rather than in separate spaces working on smaller projects.  Everyone here is in full work mode now.  The last company member (a musician) is arriving today.  The new theater is being prepped and readied very vigorously.  A couple days of rain last week set the contractors back a few days but it appears that they'll be able to get everything done just in the knick of time.

The antics have now begun with the company.  A few members of the group are really kind of pulling away, by that I mean...wow you're annoying and don't realize that people can't stand being around you.  There is one person here in particular, one of "The Cherubs" who just really doesn't realize that his demeanor is aggravating to people.  He has one of the personalities where he really likes to hear himself talk and not in a great way!  He tends to be a stereotype all on his own, which is really annoying in a community like this!  Today is my first day of rehearsal with "The Cherubs" as they've been working on their own projects with their own "Maestro".  I'm looking forward to working with them today and am a bit anxious about it too.

Over the past week and a half I've recorded a lot of music to be rehearsed outside of the rehearsal hall...and ideally AHEAD OF TIME!  Many people have been taking advantage of this and I'm expecting that the first sounds I hear today will be mostly good.  However some of "The Cherubs" (including) "The Stereotype" have clearly not been working on this.  Recreation has been a big thing for a few people.  Now, don't get me wrong, on your day off you should go to the river and swim, or catch a movie in town, or grab a bite to eat at a nearby restaurant, or go play Rock Band on a big screen up at the theater.  But you can really only do these things after you've done your homework!  Where I teach homework tends to be 40% of a students grade.  That means if you do NONE...you fail!  We'll see how this goes.

Tomorrow's topic is one from over the weekend...The Schmooz Fest...details forthcoming.

Here's to a good week from the Mountains of Musical Madness.

CK