Cruisin' the Mighty Mississippi - Running Rehearsal Outline

29 JANUARY

• Let the River Run: review mm. 12–17; learn mm. 28–35; run all but coda

• Love Me Tender: review mm. 25–41; learn m. 45–end; run all

• Listen: review

• Walkin’ in Memphis: learn mm. 9–41

• Moon River: review mm. 3–42

• St. Louis Blues: learn mm. 6–28

• In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn: learn mm. 3–9

• Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll: review m. 91–end; back up to m. 65 if time

5 FEBRUARY

• Sectionals

  • Louisiana 1927: mm. 21–28→mm.13–20

  • Let the River Run: coda (m. 36–end)

  • In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn: m. 41–end

  • Moon River: m. 43–end

• Tutti

  • Louisiana 1927: mm. 13–28 (put together)

  • Walkin’ in Memphis: review mm. 9–41

  • Moon River: review mm. 43–end→run all

  • Let the River Run: review coda→run all

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9 FEBRUARY (SATURDAY)

• Tutti

  • Let the River Run: all

  • Moon River: all

  • Love Me Tender: all

• Sectionals

  • Peace of Wild Things: mm. 4–35

  • In the Lavender Stillness...: mm. 25–39→all

  • Jambalaya: all

  • Proud Mary: mm. 34–72

• Tutti

  • Louisiana 1927: all

  • Peace of Wild Things: mm. 4–35 (put together)

  • Jambalaya: all (put together)

  • In the Lavender Stillness…: as much as possible (put together)

  • Walkin’ in Memphis: mm. 5–8, add mm. 44–60→“stumble through” all

  • Proud Mary: mm. 34–72→add coda

12 FEBRUARY

• Sectionals

  • Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll: mm. 17–43

  • Peace of Wild Things: m. 36–end

• Tutti

  • Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll: m. 17–43 (put together)→“stumble through” all

  • Louisiana 1927: TBD

  • Let the River Run: run only

  • Moon River: run only

  • Love Me Tender: run only

• CHARIS 101

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19 FEBRUARY

Memorization deadline: Let the River Run, Moon River, Love Me Tender

• Memory check

• Sectionals

  • Black Water: mm. 1–72

  • St. Louis Blues: all

  • Peace of Wild Things: all

  • Proud Mary: mm. 6–25 + coda→all

• Tutti:

  • Purple Rain: all

  • Louisiana 1927: all

  • Walkin’ in Memphis: all

  • Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll: all

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26 FEBRUARY

Memorization deadline: Listen, Purple Rain, Louisiana 1927, Walkin’ in Memphis

• Memory check

• Look at solo audition material

• Black Water: review mm. 1–72

• Peace of Wild Things: all

• St. Louis Blues: all

• Proud Mary: all

• Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll: all

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5 MARCH

Memorization deadline: St. Louis Blues, Proud Mary, Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll

• Memory check

• Look at solo audition material

• Black Water: m. 125–end

• In the Lavender Stillness: all

• Jambalaya: all

• Peace of Wild Things: all

• Rescue Me: TBD

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12 MARCH

Memorization deadline: Peace of Wild Things, In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn, Jambalaya

• Memory check

• Black Water: m. 101–124

• Rescue Me: TBD

• I’m Not From Here: all

• Solo auditions

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19 MARCH

Memorization deadline: I’m Not From Here

• Proud Mary: all

• Rescue Me: all

• Black Water: all (put together)

• Iko Iko: all

• Annual meeting

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26 MARCH

Memorization deadline: Rescue Me

• Memory check

• Black Water: all

• Proud Mary: all

• Iko Iko: all

• Jambalaya: all/choreography

• REVIEW:

  • Let the River Run

  • Love Me Tender

  • Steal Your Rock ‘N Roll

2 APRIL

Memorization deadline:  Black Water, Iko Iko

• Memory check

• Peace of Wild Things: all

• Walkin’ in Memphis: all

• Louisiana 1927: all

• Jambalaya: all/choreography

• Other polishing TBD

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6 APRIL (SATURDAY)

• Clinic with Dr. Meredith Bowen?

• Choreography and other review

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9 APRIL

• Run/polish Act I

• Other polishing TBD

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16 APRIL

• Run/polish Act II

• Other polishing TBD