Inside Out rehearsal #3

Thacher Montessori, 2 - 12 -12

8:00 - 11:00 PM

In attendance: Victor, Rick, Chris (scribe), Brad, Scott

As people are getting settled, Dev asks whether the group should talk or play guitar first. There are several important matters to be discussed, which takes up the first part of the meeting: firstly, deciding which repertoire (out of a long list) to have ready for opening night in roughly a month's time. Nothing is ruled out, but a few suggestions are made on how to address repertoire in a quality-oriented but time-efficient way.

The next topic is deciding on a name for the performance series, as part of the process of beginning the group's promotional efforts. This turns out to not be so easy, and after a good bout of deliberation the topic is dropped with a vow "not to think about it whatsoever" until a later time. Dev also briefs the group on correspondence strategies.

For guitar playing, the group turns to some older repertoire with the idea of using it like a warm-up, while saving performance notes for personal practice. Going through each piece once, we play Askesis, Where's the Nurse, Third Relation, Flying Home, and Growing Circle, before a short break.

The Circle reconvenes with Peaches en Regalia, which exhibits a wide gamut of familiarity with individual players. Rehearsal of the piece is thus largely a process of running through the early sections, with Rick assisting respective circlers with an array of difficulties. Victor makes an appointment to learn the piece in person.

Overworld 2 gets a run with more last minute re-orchestration, and La Cathedrale Engloutie is given hearing for the first time since the end of season one, with a tighter arrangement and a new player. The first take is reassuring, and with some clarification from Brad the group makes it to the last measures more or less satisfactorily.