Last Rehearsal, Dramatically

Well, we had our last rehearsal before the performance date yesterday, and due to a last-minute venue crisis, magnificently averted by Lynne, we ended up gathering at RADA. You know it is RADA and not RAM when the receptionist is wearing a Madonna-esque headset and has light blue tinted sunglasses (undoubtedly prescription, but with great effect!)

After passing through several hermetically sealed doors, and down a multitude of corridors and flights of stairs, we got to the actual venue itself, a theatre cum rehearsal space in the bowels of the building, reminiscent, as Johnathon says, of the set from Rent. Actually, it reminded me of the stage from Jerry Springer, and I was half expecting someone to descend from a staircase stage right. "I bitchslap you girl!"

The rehearsal started off a little rough - our nerves are clearly somewhat raw since we will be performing in a couple of days, but once we got used to the change in acoustics, and each other - we sat with the tenors and basses on one side rather than behind the sopranos and altos - things settled down nicely. Most of the evening was spent polishing, polishing and even more polishing - just picking up on the odd places which needed fine-tuning.

The choreography is now looking especially precise and the music is sounding wonderful. And Zane, our sign-language interpreter, is also learning some of the dance moves, and will be jiving along with us. Excitement is really high - hope to see you there on Saturday!