Flurries

So far Griffin GA has avoided any significant snow flurries this winter, but there is certainly a flurry of activity surrounding THE ARMED MAN right now. Here's a sampling:

• Of course the choir and ballet company are in full-rehearsal-swing already. At the choir rehearsal on Monday night, I could not believe the level of concentration and the amount of mastery already demonstrated by the GCA singers! this is great news, especially because we have guest conductor Kevin Hibbard (from University of West Georgia) coming next week Monday, February 1, to work with us.
• Behind the scenes, we have been finalizing arrangements this week to obtain "grand rights" for the production. Because we are creating a new combination of music and ballet, there are more legal considerations than for a typical concert.
• The orchestra has been hired and I have all their names, addresses, email addresses to process. We have negotiated fees and we will be ready to send the (rental) music out to them when it arrives in a few weeks.
• Some are busy working to make the choir look a certain way on stage. I don't know if I'm allowed to disclose details about that, but there are people finding various shirts and coordinating colors, and shopping for bolts of cloth. I'm glad that's not my job...
• The TAM publicity committee (affectionately named TAMPR by Bill Pasch) has been writing articles (THANKS Mary Drew), gathering information about singer churches (THANKS Liz Fortson), and putting together a publicity packet to send out early in February. The GCA Board has also approved GCA becoming a contributor to SOUTHSIDE ARTS AGENDA, a weekly e-publication distributed to 7200 families. Our first full page ad will go out on February 1. (To subscribe, go here: www.southsideartsagenda.com and "Join Our Mailing List")
• Bill Pasch has disseminated a draft of the program notes to the chorus and others to help us all get educated and become familiar with some of the background and history surrounding TAM. These notes will be on the GCA website soon. I'll post an update here when they are available.

Much more to come! Keep spreading the word about THE ARMED MAN.