CWW

First rehearsal was really long and boring, but it should get better. I worked 3- 7 and we had rehearsal 7:15- 10. Please shoot me. We jsut sat there for at least an hour of it. The next night it started coming together much better. We actually started getting out in the auditorium and running the songs where they would actually be sung. Tuesday's rehearsal was seperated by choir. Each choir had their own rehearsal for an hour and a half, and then we ahd an hour mass rehearsal to reinforce what we had done the night before. Wednesday was our first "performance." There were about 60 potential music majors and their familes in the audience for our first really rough run through. It went really well actually. We didn't have to stop at all because of a trainwreck. Thursday we started to get the hang of it and it was a good thing to because we had close to 200 people in the audience there. The transistions started to become more seamless and flowing into one another better. Friday was our first performance that required a ticket to get in. We had a full house, and it went really well. All the choirs and the band knew what to do when except for one thing. We were still a little off when it came to knowing who had to stand and sit when. It was really long show, and they expected us to memorize it in 3 days. I don't think so! Saturday we went to Lutheran Church of Hope in Des Moines. Again a full house, but one problem. We have never sung there before, so we had no plan for getting on and off stage. We had to have a 3 hour rehearsal that afternoon just to make sure we know where to go, and still perform the whole show 2 hours later. My voice was shot by saturday night. OH NO we still have two more performances Sunday. Sunday afternoon wasn't a huge crown, but Sunday night was. The show went surprisingly well for everyone being so tired and vocally dead. Everything sounded a little under pitch because of it, but not enough for anyone but us to notice.
All in all it was a WONDERFUL experience for my first CWW.
Katie Zimmer lol :)