Friday, April 19, 2013
Monday, December 06, 2010
No longer a member
From the MPO History on the website - written by Chris.
Milborne Port Opera is run on strictly democratic lines: we elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer at an Annual General Meeting shortly after the annual show, but we have no Board of Management. The Chairman normally sounds out potential Producers who are invited to make a presentation to the AGM of what show they would like to stage the following spring. In the unusual event that there is more than one candidate those present are invited to vote on their preference and the successful Producer puts together a management team to ensure that everything happens on time. It then falls to the Producer and his or her chosen Musical Director to audition and cast the show which is done after some initial sing-throughs in the Methodist Hall in early September.
Oh Yeah ?
Milborne Port Opera is run on strictly democratic lines: we elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer at an Annual General Meeting shortly after the annual show, but we have no Board of Management. The Chairman normally sounds out potential Producers who are invited to make a presentation to the AGM of what show they would like to stage the following spring. In the unusual event that there is more than one candidate those present are invited to vote on their preference and the successful Producer puts together a management team to ensure that everything happens on time. It then falls to the Producer and his or her chosen Musical Director to audition and cast the show which is done after some initial sing-throughs in the Methodist Hall in early September.
Oh Yeah ?
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
No longer a member
As a minority saw fit to wreck "Beginners Please" and would have wrecked "Pinafore" I had no other possible action to take other than resignation.
I hope that the minority are pleased with themselves and are satisfied with the outcome of their machinations - well done.
If you are reading this - innocent MPO members - please note that at NO time did anyone ever come to me in person to ask questions or make criticisms - never mind offering assistance. All the carping was done by email - often when I was on holiday. The sheer cowardice of these actions from people who I had (foolishly) thought were friends is still making me both annoyed and depressed.
Nevertheless I hope that Pinafore goes well for you although I doubt very much whether I want to come to the performances.
Geoff
I hope that the minority are pleased with themselves and are satisfied with the outcome of their machinations - well done.
If you are reading this - innocent MPO members - please note that at NO time did anyone ever come to me in person to ask questions or make criticisms - never mind offering assistance. All the carping was done by email - often when I was on holiday. The sheer cowardice of these actions from people who I had (foolishly) thought were friends is still making me both annoyed and depressed.
Nevertheless I hope that Pinafore goes well for you although I doubt very much whether I want to come to the performances.
Geoff
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Post Production
What a great show - I think everyone enjoyed it - I know I did.
Thanks to you all - singers, band, back-stage , front of house etc.
here is a link to some photos taken at the technical Rehearsal
Here
Videos will appear on YouTube etc. as and when
Cheers all - here's to 2010
Geoff
What a great show - I think everyone enjoyed it - I know I did.
Thanks to you all - singers, band, back-stage , front of house etc.
here is a link to some photos taken at the technical Rehearsal
Here
Videos will appear on YouTube etc. as and when
Cheers all - here's to 2010
Geoff
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Not long now
It's Thursday folks - last rehearsal in the school - with costumes!
I'll be videoing it too for future reference !!
Act your heads off from now on !!
Cheers
Geoff
Picture !!
I'll be videoing it too for future reference !!
Act your heads off from now on !!
Cheers
Geoff
Picture !!
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| From Mikado Publicity |
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday Rehearsal
Thanks all - excellent rehearsal on Sunday - it's coming on !! Please can everyone learn their words /lines - on Thursday 19th March we are doing the first 8 scenes or so - so men at 8:00pm and ladies at 8:30 pm please. Preferably without libs !! Then 26th March - the whole of Act 1. April 2nd the whole of Act 2 - no libs !!!
Soloists remember - Act 1 dialogue at Ruth's today Monday 16th and Act 2 dialogue next Monday 23rd March. Singing rehearsal at Carolines on Wednesday 18th.
We will be rehearsing Maundy Thursday - not Wednesday - sorry !!
Make sure that you ALL come to ALL rehearsals from now on !!! Or I shall cry - and you don't want to see that !!
Finally - here is one of Candices makeup experiments - we are going with this one !!
Cheers
Geoff
Rehearsal Photos
YumYum - just out of the shower !!
Characteristic Japanese Grovel ?
The Mikado pronounces the sentence !!
Soloists remember - Act 1 dialogue at Ruth's today Monday 16th and Act 2 dialogue next Monday 23rd March. Singing rehearsal at Carolines on Wednesday 18th.
We will be rehearsing Maundy Thursday - not Wednesday - sorry !!
Make sure that you ALL come to ALL rehearsals from now on !!! Or I shall cry - and you don't want to see that !!
Finally - here is one of Candices makeup experiments - we are going with this one !!
Cheers
Geoff
Rehearsal Photos
YumYum - just out of the shower !!
Characteristic Japanese Grovel ?
The Mikado pronounces the sentence !!
Monday, March 02, 2009
Thursday Rehearsal
We were going to have a split rehearsal on Thursday. Unfortunately we can't have Church House (Tai Chi class!) so we will all be together in the school. Rehearsal details follow ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Rehearsal Schedule
29 Jan 2009
Here is a link to a new rehearsal schedule (pdf file) - see you on Thursday
Geoff
P.S.
We need to get down to learning lines/words/moves folks- I would like to see scripts
disappearing soon (apart from writing moves down as they change etc.)
New Schedule Here (sorry the one posted on Wednesday was incorrect)
Here is a link to a new rehearsal schedule (pdf file) - see you on Thursday
Geoff
P.S.
We need to get down to learning lines/words/moves folks- I would like to see scripts
disappearing soon (apart from writing moves down as they change etc.)
New Schedule Here (sorry the one posted on Wednesday was incorrect)
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday Rehearsals
Hi All,
the Sunday rehearsals in Feb and March will be at 14:00 to 16:30 at the Village Hall on
8 Feb, 15 March, 29 March 2009. At least one of these will have the band present.
Good rehearsal on Thursday - see you next Thursday - get learning those words/moves/lines
I'll do a new rehearsal schedule soon
Cheers
Geoff
the Sunday rehearsals in Feb and March will be at 14:00 to 16:30 at the Village Hall on
8 Feb, 15 March, 29 March 2009. At least one of these will have the band present.
Good rehearsal on Thursday - see you next Thursday - get learning those words/moves/lines
I'll do a new rehearsal schedule soon
Cheers
Geoff
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Hi folks - excellent session in Wincanton last week - I hope you are all raring to go on Thursday.
As we said - ladies go to the school as usual - men to Church House please.
Please make sure you all come to rehearsals - we are learning the moves now - very very important to be there. I find it hard enough to learn the moves and I haven't missed a rehearsal yet !! No excuses (unless they are interesting).
Please arrive ready to START rehearsing at 8:00 pm too - we're getting a bit slack !!!!!
You will find a new rehearsal schedule to get us to the end of January here please download and look at it.
See you on Thursday (chaps)
Cheers
Geoff
As we said - ladies go to the school as usual - men to Church House please.
Please make sure you all come to rehearsals - we are learning the moves now - very very important to be there. I find it hard enough to learn the moves and I haven't missed a rehearsal yet !! No excuses (unless they are interesting).
Please arrive ready to START rehearsing at 8:00 pm too - we're getting a bit slack !!!!!
You will find a new rehearsal schedule to get us to the end of January here please download and look at it.
See you on Thursday (chaps)
Cheers
Geoff
Friday, November 21, 2008
Wednesday 26th Nov Martial Arts Studio, Wincanton
Remember folks to meet for 8:00pm on WEDNESDAY 26th Nov at Wincanton Karate Centre (Honbu) . Paul Hacker will give us a session on Karate - it should be great fun and interesting too.
Look at the video a few posts down - you'll spot quite a few of our moves (Naomi you're marvellous !!)
The location is :
The Tythings Commercial Centre
Wincanton
Somerset BA9 9RZ
View Larger Map
See you there.
Look at the video a few posts down - you'll spot quite a few of our moves (Naomi you're marvellous !!)
The location is :
The Tythings Commercial Centre
Wincanton
Somerset BA9 9RZ
View Larger Map
See you there.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Cast and Rehearsal Information
Well now we have got the casting we can carry on with rehearsing.
Remember
16th - men at 8:00pm Ladies at 8:30pm
23rd - All at 8:00pm and EGM
30th - Soloists at Carolines (ask if you have never been before)
6th Nov - in the school hall - walk through
pdf file of rehearsals is Here
I will print librettos over the next couple of weeks - if you can't wait
pdf file is Here
I have created a cast list - please check and let me know if you are missing - I do apologise if you have been missed !!
(Ellie and Allison not on it at the moment - I presume this is correct)
In Excel
In pdf
In OpenOffice
See you on Thursday(s)
Remember
16th - men at 8:00pm Ladies at 8:30pm
23rd - All at 8:00pm and EGM
30th - Soloists at Carolines (ask if you have never been before)
6th Nov - in the school hall - walk through
pdf file of rehearsals is Here
I will print librettos over the next couple of weeks - if you can't wait
pdf file is Here
I have created a cast list - please check and let me know if you are missing - I do apologise if you have been missed !!
(Ellie and Allison not on it at the moment - I presume this is correct)
In Excel
In pdf
In OpenOffice
See you on Thursday(s)
Friday, October 03, 2008
Auditions for Mikado
Thank you all very much for auditioning. Caroline and I (assisted by Naomi an Allison) had to make some very hard choices for the parts. You were all excellent. We could probably put forward 4 casts for the show.
I am sorry that you could not all have parts - but there are only 9 principals in the Mikado. Blame Mr Gilbert!!
- so the official line-up is :-
Yum-Yum - Jessie
Pitti-Sing - Ruth
Peep-Bo - Katharine
Katisha - Sarah
Nanki-Pooh - Tony
Ko-Ko - Lloyd Davies
Pish-Tush - John
Pooh-Bah - Andrew
Mikado - Bernard
We may appoint understudies later on. We have so much talent that we could do this this year.
Thank you all again - it's going to be a great show.
Geoff
I am sorry that you could not all have parts - but there are only 9 principals in the Mikado. Blame Mr Gilbert!!
- so the official line-up is :-
Yum-Yum - Jessie
Pitti-Sing - Ruth
Peep-Bo - Katharine
Katisha - Sarah
Nanki-Pooh - Tony
Ko-Ko - Lloyd Davies
Pish-Tush - John
Pooh-Bah - Andrew
Mikado - Bernard
We may appoint understudies later on. We have so much talent that we could do this this year.
Thank you all again - it's going to be a great show.
Geoff
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wincanton Martial Arts Studio Opening
Photo of David Heath MP cutting the ribbon.
Naomi, Jan and I went to the opening of the new Wincanton Martial Arts centre on Saturday. They are going to help us with purchasing Gi s (costumes) and of course with some of the "moves".
The video is a short (very energetic demonstration Kata (martial arts routine)
We hope to base a lot of the movements in the Mikado on this type of thing (with a bit less
crashing to the ground for most of us I guess)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Links to rehearsal files and Audition Details
Links to mp3 files of the music
Act1
Act 2
Auditions
Date : 2 October 2008, 20:00, Methodist Upper Room
Who should attend : Everyone !!! the auditions will be part of the rehearsal
The Audition Pieces
Act1
Act 2
Auditions
Date : 2 October 2008, 20:00, Methodist Upper Room
Who should attend : Everyone !!! the auditions will be part of the rehearsal
The Audition Pieces
Rehearsal Schedule (vsn 1 - until half term)
The Mikado - 2009
2009 opera - The Mikado - with a Karate / Martial Arts flavour.
I will post things in here for rehearsals, links to rehearsal files (mp3 files here and so on.
Geoff
I will post things in here for rehearsals, links to rehearsal files (mp3 files here and so on.
Geoff
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Thursday, May 03, 2007
The audio files of the music of "The Lost Continent of Love" may be found here:-
http://www.yenston.plus.com/camerata/MPO_Audio.htm
http://www.yenston.plus.com/camerata/MPO_Audio.htm
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
South Somerset District Council removes posters
On the day of the World Premiere of "The Lost Continent" the district council removed our large posters from the A30 - thanks elected representatives.
To all our readers - if you aren't in it - come to see it !!
Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th April 7:30 Milborne Port Village Hall, off the A30 and up North Street.
To all our readers - if you aren't in it - come to see it !!
Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th April 7:30 Milborne Port Village Hall, off the A30 and up North Street.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Technical and Dress Rehearsals 9 / 10 April 2007
Pictures from the Technical and Dress Rehearsals - a fairly random selection
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Music Rehearsal
Anne-Marie played for us again and Geoff conducted the rehearsal, Caroline being away. Got through some of Act 2 Finale etc. Pretty good I thought - Neil's music is not easy but it is very tuneful and should make a good impression on our adoring public. More next week.
Casting Note.
I think that Sir Gayford Jantzen is to be played by John Forrest - what a trouper !!
Snark
Casting Note.
I think that Sir Gayford Jantzen is to be played by John Forrest - what a trouper !!
Snark
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