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outbac [2022/10/05 19:15] – Iain Hallam | outbac [2024/01/08 18:47] (current) – Iain Hallam | ||
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- | > Current contest and dates: [[https:// | + | > Current contest and dates: [[https:// |
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After registering, | After registering, | ||
- | OutBAC singers should **learn the music before the second session | + | OutBAC singers should **learn the music before the second session** so they can be working on the same skills as the weekly singers. Choreographed moves might be added or changed in the weekly rehearsals, and weekend singers should learn these outside the sessions as well to make sure they’ll be practised enough by the time of a contest. |
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- | ===== Certifying | + | {{section>: |
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We ask that singers joining OutBAC display the following qualities: | We ask that singers joining OutBAC display the following qualities: | ||
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* embody the song’s story through visual **performance** | * embody the song’s story through visual **performance** | ||
- | We check this in the latter half of the season by having section leaders listen to a singer while they are singing with the chorus, by doing rolling quartets on the contest songs, where only one person from each part is singing for a few bars before the next takes over, and observing the chorus performance in rehearsals. Each singer intending to sing at convention should be signed off by the music team by the start of April 2023. | + | We check this in the latter half of the season by having section leaders listen to a singer while they are singing with the chorus, by doing rolling quartets on the contest songs, where only one person from each part is singing for a few bars before the next takes over, and observing the chorus performance in rehearsals. Each singer intending to sing at convention should be signed off by the music team two months before |
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To be invited to this kind of membership, singers must: | To be invited to this kind of membership, singers must: | ||
- | * **live in or near((In the surrounding counties: Monmouthshire, | + | * **live in or near((In the surrounding counties: Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, |
* sing with a **high standard of vocal skills** (assessed at certification) | * sing with a **high standard of vocal skills** (assessed at certification) | ||
* **attend at least half of the weekend coaching sessions** for the contest season((If this will be impossible for a singer who would otherwise meet our standard for the performance, | * **attend at least half of the weekend coaching sessions** for the contest season((If this will be impossible for a singer who would otherwise meet our standard for the performance, | ||
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===== Past OutBAC seasons ===== | ===== Past OutBAC seasons ===== | ||
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