COmmunication, Control, Courtesy and Other Stuff Beginning With 'C'

Today I missed Hebrew class (I mis-set my alarm for 11:45 rahter than 10:45 when I went back to bed after minyan), but the rest of my day went well and organizedly. In shiur we started the prohibition against cross dressing and the like, and Adina was quite surprised that last year we'd done 2 full sessions just on pants. Dinner was actuall conducted almost all in Hebrew, as planned. It was a somewhat halting conversation, but it happened, and it'll get better, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Rehearsal went well- there was lots of it, but people got through things, and in general it was a good base to start from. There's lots of fix-up work and fine-tuning and the like that needs to happen in a pretty short time, but the final product should be pretty workable. We'll see.

That said: Mandatory Announcement COming Up: Wyrd Sisters will be performed in Schwartz Auditorium, Sunday March 21 at 2:00. We're asking for a donation of a used book, of any sort. Be there- it'll be quite, quite funny.

And thought of the day: Golda Meir apparently wondered in Moshe Dayan removed his eye patch during his assorted one-night-stands. Courtesy of Steve from home.

All that said, I got quite frustrated with all the folks who just didn't listen to Nomi, our director, or argued with her over incredibly normal performance stuff- like actors stay back stage, even if they have no more parts to play. This has gone for orchestra concerts, dance performances, and plays for as long as I can remember. THe only exception is the informal recital, as far as I can tell. And well, you just Don't question things like that from our director/conductor. It's rude, horrid rehearsal ettiquette, and just wrong. I guess this is where my 4 years of youth orchestra with Ventre (a rather old fashioned maestro of a conductor, at least during rehearsal- and a sweet giant tedd bear of a man outside of it) show through. You just don't question what he says during rehearsal. Nomi may be another student- but I don't care. Her word still goes, without question.

COmmunication, Control, Courtesy and Other Stuff Beginning With 'C'

Today I missed Hebrew class (I mis-set my alarm for 11:45 rahter than 10:45 when I went back to bed after minyan), but the rest of my day went well and organizedly. In shiur we started the prohibition against cross dressing and the like, and Adina was quite surprised that last year we'd done 2 full sessions just on pants. Dinner was actuall conducted almost all in Hebrew, as planned. It was a somewhat halting conversation, but it happened, and it'll get better, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Rehearsal went well- there was lots of it, but people got through things, and in general it was a good base to start from. There's lots of fix-up work and fine-tuning and the like that needs to happen in a pretty short time, but the final product should be pretty workable. We'll see.

That said: Mandatory Announcement COming Up: Wyrd Sisters will be performed in Schwartz Auditorium, Sunday March 21 at 2:00. We're asking for a donation of a used book, of any sort. Be there- it'll be quite, quite funny.

And thought of the day: Golda Meir apparently wondered in Moshe Dayan removed his eye patch during his assorted one-night-stands. Courtesy of Steve from home.

All that said, I got quite frustrated with all the folks who just didn't listen to Nomi, our director, or argued with her over incredibly normal performance stuff- like actors stay back stage, even if they have no more parts to play. This has gone for orchestra concerts, dance performances, and plays for as long as I can remember. THe only exception is the informal recital, as far as I can tell. And well, you just Don't question things like that from our director/conductor. It's rude, horrid rehearsal ettiquette, and just wrong. I guess this is where my 4 years of youth orchestra with Ventre (a rather old fashioned maestro of a conductor, at least during rehearsal- and a sweet giant tedd bear of a man outside of it) show through. You just don't question what he says during rehearsal. Nomi may be another student- but I don't care. Her word still goes, without question.