pirates and merry men

Just like every Wednesday night, last night I had rehearsals and as always it was fun.

Last night we worked on 2 specific parts.

First we worked on act one... Think Robin Hood with his band of merry men frolicking and making folksy music. Lots of fun!

Then we worked on act three. The section with pirates.. HA! wonderfully boisterous, loud, noisy, raucous, rough, rowdy. At first the women try to lure the men with food.. but they reply that as much as they like food, they would prefer beer. We finally get them to pay attention to us using our womanly wiles and pretty much offer ourselves up for dessert.

Les Pommes d'Adam! On aime les bons desserts
Les Pommes d'Adam! Mais on préfère la bière.

Gentils pirates et mousses
Cessez cette vilaine chanson
Il faudrait que vous tous
Et nous s'embrassions
À l'amour, à l'amour, à l'amour

Les Pommes d'Adam. Les Pomme d'Adam s'emballent,
Les Pommes d'Adam. Pour commetre l'adultère!




We are supposed to be on a pirate ship. Of course we won't have a ship like that on stage but we will have portable port holes that we will open and close to offer a bit of hanky panky .. come and get us!!

Our friend, Bob the terrible.. a mean ol' pirate. (trust me, he sounds much more like a swashbuckler in French .. pronounce it as Bubb.. le terrible!) is going to have to walk the plank to be thrown to the sharks. In the pit, the orchestra will all be wearing shark fins on their heads. If you haven't guessed by now.. this is a comedy. LOL.

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One of our members from a few years ago (Jean-François) is gong to be singing with us. The last time I saw him was about 6 years ago. He was just a kid.. only 20. Now all grown up.. he's married and has a little boy that he brought to practice last night. The child was adorable. Once in a while when James would say something like.. yes.. that's what I want.. the kid would say.. Bravo! Bravo! It really was the cutest thing.. and yes, I guess you had to be there! :-P