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ANASTASIA REHEARSALS

36 hours down and 18 to go!
October 24: read and listen-through of the full script; brief real life Romanov history discussion
October 27: slime tutorial viewing party
October 31: MUSIC rehearsal: ALL divided by character gender: Opening Fanfare, Last Dance of the Romanovs, Once Upon A December (and assessments with Caroline)
November 7: Music rehearsal - ALL (and assessments with Caroline)
November 9: lots of us went to see Anastasia at Wilsonville High School
November 14: DANCE: fun mini couples waltz lesson, The Last Dance of The Romanovs, Caroline sing-through Rumor in St Petersburg
November 21: DANCE (review: Last Dance of the Romanovs and begin Paris Holds The Key)+ MUSIC (Land of Yesterday-Cacee, The Rumors Never End-Skye, Once Upon(s)-Ramona)
December 5:  DANCE (finish Paris Holds The Key and start Land of Yesterday) + MUSIC ( In A Crowd of Thousands, Caroline finished audition assessments!
December 12: DANCE: finished Land of Yesterday; music: Learn To Do It, Everything to Win(s)
JOURNAL PROMPT: Why Are You Here?
December 19: DANCE: SOME of Learn To Do it ; music: A Rumor in St Petersburg + review; BLOCKED: page 26 before Learn To Do It, page 37 Gleb/Anya scene
JOURNAL PROMPT: What I want to improve in my acting is…(list 2 personal goals)
January 9: DANCE: Learn To Do It, Paris Holds The Key, Land of Yesterday; MUSIC: Stay I Pray You
JOURNAL PROMPT:
My biggest strength in school is… I think this is because…
My biggest weakness in school is… I think this is because…
January 16:  STAGE/DANCE A Rumor in St. Petersburg; Ardie worked with Denise;
Here’s the cartoon A Rumor in St Petersburg and The Broadway version
RUSSIA IN 1927: Russia was in the midst of becoming the Soviet Union (combining Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and some others). The Soviet Union lasted between 1922 (after the Russian Civil War) to 1991.  
Joseph Stalin is in power. Over the next couple of years he orders the spread of “collectivization” which ultimately forces all small businesses and farms to be government owned and operated. He orders the persecution of rich farmers and deports 15 million peasants.  Over the next five years over 6 million people die of famine.
Is your character a peasant? An ex-royal? What motivation would you have to stay? What motivation would you have to leave?
NO JOURNAL PROMPT TODAY BUT WE GOT OUR SECRET CASTMATES!
January 23: blocked ALL Opening through page 30 with A Rumor in St. Petersburg review. So glad we got it all done!
NEW journal prompt: What I really love about myself is…  What annoys me about myself is… I fear… I wish…
January 30: blocking pages 30 - 40
Anya, Vlad, Dmitry review: Learn To Do it, block My Petersburg song and scene page 38 up to Once Upon A December half way through page 40; The Rumors Never End pages 30 - 31 song and scene
DOWNSTAIRS with Denise group vocals: In My Dreams, Walker sing My Petersburg, Ardie sing Journey to the Past
February 6: blocking pages 40 - 48
ON STAGE with Caroline 4:20 - 4:50pm: Block: Anya, Vlad and Dmitry middle of page 41 - top of page 43 + Scene 8 pages 45 - top of 47 (with Police and train riders)
ALL stage Stay I Pray You, Royal Family and Anya Once Upon A December
NO JOURNAL PROMPT TODAY BUT EVERYONE WHO COULD FILLED OUT A COSTUME PLOT FORM
February 16 - Sunday
costume fittings, staged Journey to the Past with Parisians, blocked all scenes to the end without Dowager Empress (minus final Gleb scene); worked on Press Conference and Finale vocals
February 20: COMPLETED BLOCKING + costume fittings - secret castmate Valentines
Paris Holds the Key review, vocal rehearsal with Denise, finished basic blocking