Up until now it's been all vocal rehearsals for the ensemble, but it's when we kick into blocking and dancing rehearsals that I really feel like things are moving along.
Vocally, I'm still pretty behind seeing as how I missed the very first vocal rehearsal, but it seemed like others who didn't miss the first one were just as confused about the notes as I was. Probably not a GOOD thing, but it's good not to feel too behind of everyone else.
We staged/blocked/danced the beginning of the Merry Old Land of Oz number last night. From past experience with this theater group, whenever they say blocking - I know to wear dance clothes because it usually means dancing too.
The steps and we were "going" felt a little confusing and crazy at first, but after running through it over and over again, it actually really worked out. And was pretty fun too! Especially seeing a couple of the male dancers attempt a Russian split-jump. ("I didn't stretch first!")
There were some VERY funny moments. When the "polishers" in Oz, all guys, sang "whether you're tin or brass..." wait...Oz does NOT rhyme with brass. So everyone's imaginations rang amok. (Amok, amok, amok!)
And when the male dancers were going through their steps, they are supposed to be holding packages. So our choreographer was calling out their steps as "put your package down", "step around your packages" and "go behind your packages". This, of course, caused a loud amount of laughs from the tired, silly and just plain amused onlookers.
She finally decided to change the term to "box"!
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