Rehearsal was too rough for my taste, save for my people, who were fully prepared. The rest were told in an e-mail on May 15 that they HAD to know their song by heart at the first rehearsal. Well, I knew something was awry on Monday because no one did. And that continued today - when I finally got so irritated that I began asking, they all said they'd never seen that e-mail. And yet, Doug resent it to all of them so they could see that he did, in fact, send it. It's hard for me to do what I need to do when they're staring at a piece of paper and don't know the music. So, for me, this first rehearsal was pretty much a waste of time, since I couldn't give them direction or help them. That means we have one rehearsal to do that work, and then their only other shot before performance is the stumble-through. So, they've been told AGAIN, by Doug and myself, that they need to show up at rehearsal two and that I expect to see a performance and that means knowing the song backwards and forwards and sideways. Those who don't will be in danger of being cut from the show.
