Well what a whirlwind rehearsals have been!
We've just completed our third week of rehearsals. Having officially learned and run all three production shows, the directors gave us this entire weekend off for some well-deserved rest, homework-time, and some fun. Since I'm returning to the same ship that I did last year, the shows are all the same. I am doing some different parts than last time, so there was still plenty of new material to learn - along with changes to the shows along the way. So the past three weeks have been filled with an odd combination of forgetting some old, remembering some old, and learning some new. So my brain was a bit confused for a bit, but I think I've got a handle now on all the material.
Here's some shots of Scarborough - the town in North Yorkshire where we rehearse. Unfortunately, the weather has been the exact opposite from the beautiful spring we had last year. Like much of the US, we've had abnormally cold weather with lots of wind and snow.
This building is The Spa. We rehearse in music and dance studios inside. The building is stunning.
Aside from the work side of life - it's been so great returning here to Scarborough! The nearby Seamer Fisheries is still just amazing as I remember it from last year. I've had their Fish & Chips at least once a week.
We celebrated Jacob's birthday our first weekend here. At the end of a crazy week of rehearsals, we definitely needed a chance to unwind with each other for a bit. A friend from the Infinity contract last year also came to visit from London. We had a big party to celebrate and explored cold-windy Scarborough the next day.
This week we have just three days of rehearsal. We'll run and clean the shows all week until our final run-throughs for company producers on Wednesday. Then a bunch of the cast is going home for a few days. Some of us will be staying here in Scarborough until we head to Manchester, UK on Saturday to fly out Sunday morning to head back to Florida to board the ship! So even though it's just three days of rehearsal this week, they'll be a full-on intense three days. Hope we make it through unscathed!
The men of the Infinity 2013 out in Scarborough this weekend:
Our director organized a discount sweatshirt order for us with Infinity 2013 printed on the sleeve/chest and nicknames on the back. A shot of our full company:
It's been an exhausting but exciting three weeks. Can't wait to spend the next 7 months with everyone. We're going to have a great contract exploring Northern Europe. Hopefully we'll get to explore a bit more before we fly to Florida on Sunday.
We've just completed our third week of rehearsals. Having officially learned and run all three production shows, the directors gave us this entire weekend off for some well-deserved rest, homework-time, and some fun. Since I'm returning to the same ship that I did last year, the shows are all the same. I am doing some different parts than last time, so there was still plenty of new material to learn - along with changes to the shows along the way. So the past three weeks have been filled with an odd combination of forgetting some old, remembering some old, and learning some new. So my brain was a bit confused for a bit, but I think I've got a handle now on all the material.
Here's some shots of Scarborough - the town in North Yorkshire where we rehearse. Unfortunately, the weather has been the exact opposite from the beautiful spring we had last year. Like much of the US, we've had abnormally cold weather with lots of wind and snow.
This building is The Spa. We rehearse in music and dance studios inside. The building is stunning.
Warm-up before rehearsal (The dancer girls bought matching pink onesies):
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The cottages they've built and furnished for us:
We celebrated Jacob's birthday our first weekend here. At the end of a crazy week of rehearsals, we definitely needed a chance to unwind with each other for a bit. A friend from the Infinity contract last year also came to visit from London. We had a big party to celebrate and explored cold-windy Scarborough the next day.
This week we have just three days of rehearsal. We'll run and clean the shows all week until our final run-throughs for company producers on Wednesday. Then a bunch of the cast is going home for a few days. Some of us will be staying here in Scarborough until we head to Manchester, UK on Saturday to fly out Sunday morning to head back to Florida to board the ship! So even though it's just three days of rehearsal this week, they'll be a full-on intense three days. Hope we make it through unscathed!
The men of the Infinity 2013 out in Scarborough this weekend:
Our director organized a discount sweatshirt order for us with Infinity 2013 printed on the sleeve/chest and nicknames on the back. A shot of our full company:
It's been an exhausting but exciting three weeks. Can't wait to spend the next 7 months with everyone. We're going to have a great contract exploring Northern Europe. Hopefully we'll get to explore a bit more before we fly to Florida on Sunday.
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