WILLY WONKA MUSIC NOTES 3-2-2011

ACT I

CANDY MAN
* Soloists? ...what happened?
* Norris & Tjade...great cutoff together
I EAT MORE
* Bob, J, & Jody...please don't sway while ur singing
* Tracy...this is a chorus number where only dancers r onstage & they have a tendency to not song when they're dancing...offstage mic?
* Dancers...SING!!!!!
THINK POSITIVE
* Seth...after Charlie sings, "...sees me thru!" @ the beginning, can u start to walk away or something to give her a reason to sing some more
* Seth...don't sing, "positive is the way to be" with the charlies bc both of them do it differently
* Caroline...proud of u...ur working hard & doing well
ON TV
* Mihir...pitch at beginning is too low! Keep workin this, hun
* Katie...please sing w Mihir, "cuz he's got his computer"...it will help w pitches
CHEER UP CHARLIE
* Dave...I like the nose touch on that music at the and before u sing ur last "cheer up charlie"...that was cute & it fit perfectly
THINK POSITIVE REP
* Caroline - girl...get more excited when u say, " look what happened..." u got a ticket!!!!
* Marcus - Wonka's mic needs to be on at end of Think Positive reprise...he sings instead of Charlie as indicated by script
IVE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET
* Caroline...words
* Natalie...ur awesome on stage
* All...great ending vocally! ...now, gimme more excitement physically, & it will also brighten your sound!!!!


ACT II

AT THE GATES
* J...dialogue took a lil too long,
* Norris...while they're "looking" for Wonka...make sure ur listening for when to come in!!!
* Norris...r u supposed to have a pen or something for them to sign the contract?
IN THIS ROOM HERE
* Norris..."marshmallow pillows to....when u just can't sleep"...words/pitches
* Norris...this is one I need u to listen to the pitches
OOMPA 1
* Roger...work ur pitches u have recorded on ur recorder
* All...diction
THERE'S NO KNOWING
* Norris...listen to the pitches again, please
OOMPA 2
* Maddie F...u can sing ur solo down the octave in chest voice
FLYING
* Caroline...no "H" on "it's so appealing" ("hits")
I WANT IT NOW
* Christie...thx for covering while Marcus was fixing sound stuff before ur music came on
* Christie..."I want the works"...words
* All...cutoffs!!!!! They're short in this song!
OOMPA 4
* Ryan, Gia, Austin...Gia has the second solo between you guys!
FLYING
* ....troubles
FINALE
* All...this needs work...words...pitches...harmonies...cutoffs
BOW
* All...don't forget we all sing in this!!!
Pamela M. Moore