Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it due to prior commitments that I thought I could change but it turns out I can't. Jason has kindly agreed to step in and lead the bateria! Please help him out.
Dress code: white pants, Orange Roar shirt. For those who don't have a Roar shirt, there will be some extra ones available in the dressing room. Hang on to them for next time!
Everyone assemble at Inform (radio lollipop) car park, opposite the main boom gate at Castlemain Street. Please be there 5.45pm. You will receive tickets, wristbands and be lead into the stadium and to the dressing room. I will have parked the trailer at the carpark previously, please carry all instruments and bags inside to the dressing room.
We'll have a dressing room, and I've asked for a separate dressing room for the 3 dancers. Please set up, ready to go for half time at 6.45pm. I believe the first 7 minutes of half time will be commercials, but don't count on it - be ready on time!
The half time performance will last 7.30 minutes max, and will go as follows:
- bateria walks out of centre tunnel (without playing), sets up in front of stage
- Jason walks out of centre tunnel, playing paradinhas. Bateria responds (of course!)
- Jason walks to front of stage as well (whilst playing paradinhas)
- Samba for 2 minutes or so
- Dancers come out of centre tunnel (walking with grace, but not dancing) then dance on top of stage
- Optional: Jason enters stage and interacts (musically) with dancers
- bateria + dancers + Jason walk back to centre tunnel while playing
So ONLY the dancers (and maybe Jason) will go on the stage!
Following the half time performance, I'd like to ask the following players to play in the Den with Jason (repinique): Elwin (2nd surdo), Mike (1st surdo), Fernando (3rd surdo), Gail (shaker), Vitor (caixa)
Everyone else, please take instruments back to dressing room. I will arrive into the stadium about 7.30pm with my car + trailer, and we will be able to load the instruments into there without going back to the lollipop carpark.
1 comment:
Remko, Jason exploited the silence after each paradinha very well. The echos of the drums sound fantastic. No rush, just let the echos bounce off before the next move. I'm impressed !
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