in which we are reviewed

DEAR EVERYONE: BUY THE CROYDON ADVERTISER, OMG.

There's a review of the showcase on page 22 of The Guide. We got four stars! Seriously! (We beat, er, The Woman In White, which only got three, and the only thing to beat us with five stars was an actual proper production of The Rocky Horry Show.)

If anyone can't get hold of it, I am happy to type up the review, but I won't put it up yet because I don't want to spoil it for anybody.

In conclusion, we are awesome, k.

Current setlist

Ok, since people seem to be pulling out left, right and centre, we probably ought to sort the contract thing out so that they won't do that any more. I have the contract on my computer--does someone want me to email it to them so they can bring some along next Tuesday, or something?

SETLIST. The times here are approximate, and in some cases quite possibly completely wrong. Tell me if you know I'm way out on something, and I'll change it.

ACT ONE
- Rapping // Rohand and Jocelyn // 5 minutes
- Guitars, part one // Andy and Maddie W // 10 minutes
- Dancing // Shanique's troupe // 5 minutes
- Ukuleles, part one // Maddies B and W // 10 minutes
- Play // the lady who Olly knows and various Ambassadors // 10 minutes

INTERVAL // 15 minutes

ACT TWO
- Guitars, part two // Andy and Maddie W // 10 minutes
- Dancing // Jo and Chris // 3 minutes
- Film // Sarah and Nina // 10 minutes
- Singing // Shanique and Samantha // 10 minutes
- Ukuleles, part two // Maddies B and W // 5 minutes


I have not included Nic's singing, because I don't know if this is happening. Any word on that, Sarah? If she does decide to do it, I propose putting her between Guitars (part one) and the dance troupe.

THE CAPITALS CONVEY THE SENSE OF IMPORTANCE

HELLO EVERYONE

WE ARE ALL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY (30th) TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING. BE THERE OR BE DEAD SQUARE.


And oh dear god, I promised to write this on Sarah's behalf, and only just at this moment has it struck me that I can't make it. It's my mum's birthday, and we're going out to see a play, and arghhh I am really sorry. Really. But please, please go along and make my absence seem even worse! I will be there in spirit? I will send Peter instead. He hasn't been out much recently.

just to confirm

There are no more acts going into the showcase.

The not-auditions were meant to be a cut-off point for potential acts: it would be really unfair to the people who actually came along on the days to accept more now. (This is, of course, excepting acts who confirmed beforehand that they would be taking part, like the steel drums.)

I'm sure there are loads of great bands/singers/anything that would like to take part, but it's a bit late now: we've got as much material as we need.

Love from three-quarters of the programming team, and crossing fingers that Andy agrees with us here.


P.S. OLLY YOUR PICTURES ARE FANTASTIC ILU.

there's also a little picture of a Dalek, but that's probably less relevant

I'm not sure how many people actually read this, but for anyone that does, here's the write-up of everything I found on paper after the two not-auditions.

Current idea for setlist follows. The timings are mostly rough guesses, rounded to the nearest five minutes, so could be slightly longer or shorter.

PROVISIONAL SETLIST
(as approved by, I think, myself, Andy and Olly)

ACT ONE
- Rapping // Rohan and Jocelyn // 5 minutes
- Guitars, part one // Andy and Maddie W // 10 minutes
- Singing // Nic // 5 minutes
- Play // Jess and co // 10 minutes
- Ukuleles, part one // Maddies B and W // 10 minutes
- Steel band // Rosina and co // 10 minutes

INTERVAL // 15 minutes

ACT TWO
- Guitars, part two // Andy and Maddie W // 10 minutes
- Dance // Jess and Emilie // 5 minutes
- Film // Sarah and Nina // 10 minutes
- Singing // Shanique // 5 minutes
- Chicago // Jess and co // 5 minutes
- Ukuleles, part two // Maddies B and W // 5 minutes

This adds up to an hour and a half's worth of material, give or take, plus a fifteen minute interval--giving us an hour and forty-five minutes of showcase total, and fifteen minutes to run over into if anything goes wrong.

Any thoughts/endorsements/complaints?

Meanwhile, Kirsty and Jocelyn will be compering, and Jonathan's pictures will be up on a slideshow before, after and during the interval of the show.


ACTS WE STILL NEED TO SEE ASAP
- Jess and Emilie's dance
- Jocelyn and Rohan rapping
- the play
- Chicago
- Both Nic and Shanique, with backing track/musicians/whatever they're going to do--I'm assuming neither is planning to sing acapella
- Steel drums (I am aware Rosina is not very well at the moment, so obviously only when she's had time to get better)
- Film (again, aware this won't be done for a month or so, but, you know, when it is)
- Jonathan's pictures (just to have a look through them)

The sooner these can be performed (completed) at at Tuesday session, the better. This Tuesday (9th) is very short notice, so could I ask that as many oustanding acts as possible be ready by the week after (16th)? If friends of non-ambassador acts could let them know, and find out when they'll be ready by? That would be several shades of brilliant.