Back from a long but really good and fun rehearsal. I can see that I'm going to have to ride herd on the student actors - it's not their fault, really, they've never done anything like this before - but they are not retaining what they learn so at every rehearsal (well, we've only had three), it's like starting from scratch. But today they finally all brought something to record with so hopefully that will help, although they each have a CD with all the songs on them. Jose will have to have a couple of sessions with just them, just to deal with note values, cut-offs, and that kind of thing, because that's not something that it easy to understand when you haven't been trained. But they're awfully cute and work hard, and that's all I care about. I must have staged nine numbers tonight, including some real staging, not just walking - really fun stuff, I think, and as folks get off book I'll be able to add and finesse each number. But I was very pleased this evening.
