Going to the Chapel?

OK, we're late with this entry to the blog. But then, aren't many brides fashionably late to their own wedding?

And if you're a fan of The Proclaimers you may well have guessed the song we did this last Thursday. Aye, 'twas Let's get Married. In terms of harmonies it's relatively easy for the majority of the tune. About 50% in unison, with a 2-to-3 way split at some points. But relatively easy...

Except for Myke. When Myke heard the part that our esteemed director wanted him to sing...well, we can't remember his exact words but they went something like "You have got to be kidding!!" Heh - can't wait until next week when we put it all together.

And Vicki, our director, also tellt us that the band's coming together and sounding great. That means we'll have to raise our game further still.

We also got shown the result of the previous Sunday's scene rehearsal - Throw the R Away. Och aye, pretty braw rendition.

More news when it arrives. Might even be able to let you know about dates for actual performances soon :-)

We got media coverage...

Thanks to the Dundee Courier and Advertiser for featuring us in their paper and on their website on 22nd October 2013. Here's the link:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-theatre-company-claim-a-sunshine-on-leith-first-1.144348

See ShyAnn shimmy...

Drinking songs...usually they're along the lines of "skol, skol, skol, skol" repeated ad-infinitum until the singers falls over. Other accepted styles include the singer declaring their love for another or extolling the virtues of the local scenery. Of course, this being Sunshine on Leith all those are collapsed into about 3 minutes. We got jumpers, teachers, early sexual anecdotes, dinner and death.

"But," you say, "what about skol, skol, skol, skol?" The reply is, "You try and go 'bah-bah oo' for eight bars, repeatedly." Not too bad you might think, but when you have a double 'bah-bah' in the middle you lose sync and tend to make it up. As long as they don't turn the mikes up then we'll be OK.

And ShyAnn's shimmy? Heh-heh - just wait until you see our barmaid.

Oh - forgot to say: one of the people in the scene falls over too.