Looking Back on the Oct
11th Chapter Meeting
This week’s meeting was
a special rehearsal for the fall show and was on the stage at Schlesinger
We got to hear the
soloist and sing with the accompanist for the Milk portion on the show. We went thru all the songs and the
transitions, heard the song introductions and wore our costumes for the visual
crew to check. (Some really realistic ‘80s gear!!)
Joe, Tony and Carlos worked with
us to sharpen our performance. Greg Tepe was on duty on stage and Todd Ryktarsyk was working the
technical things along with Mike Kelly and Dennis Ritchey working on sound.
Major announcements
include the reminder of the Friday Oct. 14th rehearsal at 7 pm in
the Music Suite at First Baptist Church.
We will work with the piano player for the Beatles portion of the show. There is still a need to share a few of the
narrow black ties with new members.
For show day—first call
is 10:30 am on Sat. Oct. 15th.
We are also advised to bring a lunch, since there won’t be time to leave
Schlesinger before the 2 pm matinee.
Don’t forget the
chapter’s annual meeting and election of offices will be Tues. Oct. 18th.
That meeting will be at First Baptist Church.
In other news, Alan Wile and his wife report that they
I attended the Providence Players of Fairfax production of Amadeus yesterday …
to see Michael Bagwell (Clark Chesser’s
partner) in the part of Emperor Joseph II. They also report that a number of
Harmonizer costumes from the “Bamboo” package were used in the show as was
acknowledged in the printed program from the show: “Special thanks to LTA for
Mozart and Salieri’s coats, and the Court Official’s vests, and members of Alexandria Harmonizers for lending
us costumes”. And great evidence
of our community involvement in the arts. Thanks to Brad Jones, Clark, Alan, Ike Evans, Stan Quick, Josh DesPortes, Todd
Ryktarsyk and Steve White for lending a garment. President
Randall Eliason alerted the chorus that we will be invited to
sing at the memorial service for Jim
Stockton. We will sing with the Mt.
Vernon chapter members directed by Drew
Fuller. Stay tuned for more details.
Until next time – editorjack!
(This message is prepared for your review if you
were there, for your information if you had to miss, and as a historical record
of the great things going on each week during the 68th year of the
Alexandria Harmonizer Chapter. —YeEd
