Countdown to show week - 5 weeks to go!

Hi Gang Show peeps,

Only 5 weeks left, and we're just back from the first rehearsal at the theatre. It's very exciting to walk into the theatre for the first time, knowing that in just a few short weeks, you'll be performing on that very stage. It's actually a little bit daunting too!

Count down to show week! 6 weeks to go!

Hi guys and girls!

Apologies for the lack of updating! The busy busy rehearsals meant that I was unable to keep as up to date with the blog as I wanted. But we're in the final furlong now, and fairly soon this years show will be over. So I thought I'd make the most of it, and catch you up on our final weeks of preparation.

I have a cunning plan!

So... We're about to start the planning for the next SE Berks Gang Show! 18-23rd February 2013 seems like ages away, but it's actually much closer than you think! A lot of planning and man hours go towards the show before rehearsals even start, but there's no point in building scenery, or practicing dance moves or sewing costumes if we don't have any items for them to go towards.


So how do we build a show?

2012 Show Highlights!

Hiya

Welcome back to SEBerks Gangshow's blog! I really need to come up with a funkier name! Suggestions on a postcard please!

Today, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite moments from our recent show. We had some ups and downs, and inevitably I reached a point where I wondered if it would ever be alright on the night. But as always happens, not only did we manage to pull it off, but we did it with style!

So what did we do?

OPENING!

I GOTTA FEELING!.... That this blog might be a lot of fun! 

Welcome to the first blogpost for 

SE Berks GangShow! 

 

Although it seems like we've only just finished our 2012 show, we're already making plans for the 2013 show, and by following this blog, you'll get all the juicy backstage gossip and info! 


But first off, lets start by introducing ourselves. I thought I would make it easy, and give you all the information you'll need to know, by answering 6 very basic questions. What? Who? When? Where? Why? How?


First off, WHAT is a Gang Show?
Gang Shows started 80 years ago, when a scout leader called Ralph Reader organised a variety show by scouts to raise money for a new swimming pool at the Downe Scout campsite in Kent. It was a success and now many different gang shows exist all over the world. It is often said that a Gang Show is playing somewhere in the world every night of the year !



So WHO are you then?
We are a cast and crew of over one hundred, consisting of scouts and guides in South East Berkshire, ranging in age from 9 to 90+! Specifically, I am a member of the cast and also on the production team, so you'll get to see what happens from both sides of the show. As current cast members will confirm, I have little singing talent, a reasonable amount of dance talent, but a formidible set of lungs!