I attended with a positive attitude, hoping to salvage the best out of a bad situation. All of us - excluding Kian, Dylan and Luke who were being chastised individually, one-by-one in meetings organised by the college - attempted to run the set list as best we could.
Luke, whose meeting was first came back first and initiated a vocal warm-up by playing the keyboard in preparation for Kian and Dylan's return. Once the full group was reunited by Dylan and Kian's return we had lost even more hours of valuable rehearsal time but soldiered on with rehearsing the group performances of "Time Will Tell" and "Golden Brown" regardless.
Luckily, "Time Will Tell" ran with relatively minor errors but the inclusion of claps in "Golden Brown" was a source of confusion which we spent time correcting. I believe the 3/4 time signature was difficult for a few group members to clap to at times as they are not accustomed to performing songs outside of the standard common time (4/4) bar set up.
Overall, I feel that little was achieved today due to the meetings that took place in the first half of the day which robbed the group of rehearsal time. Despite this, I'm making every effort to stay optimistic and positive so that the little rehearsal time we have is as productive as possible. I've contributed far too much work into this final major performance to give up now or simply settle for the bare minimum because I'm terribly stressed by the decisions of others.
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