Now for 2018

We hope you enjoyed the show
Now it's nearly at the end
We will be back, you know.

It's time to have a rest.  The Blog is resting until at least next spring 2017

w/c Sun 25 Sept

This is the start of our week in the theatre.  Enjoy yourselves, smile and sing out !

Sunday  Bring your costumes at 4pm to the theatre in line with the instructions on the yellow sheet.  You should hang them up tidily following instructions from the dressing room staff.  You should be finished before 5pm

Monday  This is our Dress & Technical Rehearsal.  You should be at the theatre in time to enter at 5.30pm.  Please wait at the queuing point if you are early.  Entry for everyone is by the Stage Door at the entrance to the theatre restaurant.   The Junior Gang will finish at approximately 8.30pm with everyone else finishing between 9.30 and 10pm depending on how the rehearsal proceeds.

Tuesday - Saturday   Arrive between 6.30 and 6.45pm and enter via the Stage Door.  Again, if you are early please wait at the queuing point.   The Junior Gang will finish at 8.40pm (except Saturday) and the Main Gang will finish at 10pm.

w/c Mon 19 Sept

This is the last week of rehearsal so all words should now have been committed to memory along with the moves.

Tues 20 Sept : 
7 - 9pm   Everyone who is in the first half for a run through (except Junior Gang)

Thurs 22 Sept :
7 - 9pm   Everyone who is in the second half for a run through

Sat 24 Sept :
1.45 - 6pm   Main Gang rehearsal for  everyone
1.45 - 3.30pm   Junior Gang rehearsal

Saturday's rehearsal is in Beechwood Scout Centre.  A map will be emailed to everyone.

Sun 25 Sept :
Don't forget to bring your costumes to the MacRobert in line with the instructions you have been given.

w/c Mon 12 Sept

Tues 13 Sept   Guide Hut
7 - 8pm   Highwaymen                  7 - 9pm   The Opening
8 - 9pm   The Jocks

Thurs 15 Sept     Mayfield Centre, St Ninians
6 - 7pm   Junior Gang
7 - 8pm   We Could be Heroes   &   Nil Point
8 - 9pm   William Tell                &   Top Notch

Sun 18 Sept
2 - 3.30pm   The Opening & Disney Parade with Junior Gang
3. 30 - 5.15pm   Are You Dancing & revise The Opening and OZ
4 - 5.15 pm   Caveman Coppers
5.15 - 6.30pm   Finale

w/c 5 September

Very good rehearsal yesterday for the Main Gang with great progress on the last production number.
The Junior Gang also did well on Saturday.

Thurs 8 Sept
7 - 7.30  Finale Setting                               7 - 8pm   Caveman Coppers
7.30 - 9  Finale Singing                              8 - 8.30pm  William Tell
                                                                    8.30 - 9pm  Top Notch

Sun 11 Sept
2 - 3.30pm  Revise The Opening & Disney Parade with Junior Gang
3.30 - 6pm  Final setting of Are You Dancing       5 - 6  Caveman Coppers

Don't forget that there is an extra rehearsal of The Opening on Tues 13 Sept

w/c 29 August

Insufficient DVDs have been ordered so we will not proceed with this.  If you have paid it will be refunded on Saturday or Sunday.  We hope to have a DVD shot by ourselves available at a much cheaper price.  We are unsure of the quality of this DVD but hope it will be adequate.

Tues 30 Aug   7 - 9  Revision of The Opening, Cotton Fields & Circus.  Cast of Cotton
                                  Fields should be in costume.  Heroes will be rehearsed at a
                                  suitable time during the revision.
                        7 - 8  William Tell
                        8 - 9  The Jocks

Thurs 1 Sept   7 - 7.40   Top Notch
                        7.40 - 8.20  The Jocks                        8 - 9 Caveman Coppers
                        8.20 - 9   Highwaymen

Sat 3 Sept      4 - 6   Junior Gang

Sun 4 Sept     2 - 3.45 Are you Dancing  (Singing)          2.30 - 3.30   Highwaymen
                      4 - 6  Are You Dancing  (Setting)              4 - 5.30    Caveman Coppers
                      6 - 6.30   Caveman Coppers  (Singing)

The first information about your preparations for the theatre should be ready for picking up on Saturday/Sunday.

COSTUMES
Main production numbers -
Opening - lower half white skirts (females) or trousers (males)  and white socks and shoes: Gang Show t-shirts will be provided
Cotton Fields - mainly scruffy jeans or shorts with scruffy t-shirt / vest; some ladies / older guides with long skirts and high necked long sleeved blouse. Girls on front tab: white trousers and coloured t-shirt
Seasons - all males: smart black trousers, coloured shirt, stripey bow tie. Females: pink,  lilac or mauve "handkerchief" skirt and plain white blouse
Disney - as per character
Circus - as per character
Oz - all males: coloured trousers, white long sleeved school shirt. All females, rainbow coloured skirts with gipsy blouse (elastic at neck and sleeves) 
Are you dancing - red and black with silver/ grey accessories

W/c 22nd August

Tuesday 23 Aug
Special Dancers for Are You Dancing   Nos 1, 11, 34, 82, 87, 92

Sat 27 Aug
Audio Workshop for those who will be wearing radio Mikes (Speaking parts or small singing groups).  If you have been to one of these sessions before then you don't need to come.

Sun 28 Aug
2 - 6pm  Final Setting of Seasons.        4.30 - 5.30   We Could Be Heroes