i'm a pixel here, myself

Okay, they're not THAT bad, but I can say that this show is a step *down* in musical ability from "Jekyll & Hyde". It doesn't matter all that much, since it's not a show with a lot for the ensemble to do, music-wise (really, if you've got a good Quixote, Aldonza, and Sancho, you're fine), but eesh. Apparently it's too much to ask for people to read music. Okay, I guess that's not fair -- a few people in J&H couldn't read music, but they got along fine. It's that some of these folks are a little slower to pick up harmony lines. Today was only the first rehearsal, though, so maybe I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions. Also, our music director likes to talk. A lot. I kept staring at him like "can we SING now?" for much of the rehearsal.

In Potter news, I'm about to start the book again -- I want to catch all the little details I missed on my speed-through. To that end, there may be some more detailed posts from me in re: things in the book. I will, of course, use cut-tags judiciously. But before that, some overall points I didn't mention the other day in my super-short reaction post (spoilers abound!): ( potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter weasley WEASLEY! )