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Some more details about songs.

• Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors (Duet). See this youtube video if you don't know the song, you should do, it's loverly. Doing that with Charlie who took the female lead in the last show OMTC did (Me and My Girl).
• The Song That Goes Like This from Spamalot (Duet). This is a parody of everything predictable and bad about some songs you find in your run-of-the-mill musical. Think of it as a musical escalator, upping the key every few bars. We're splitting it into 3 and I'm doing a section with Heather (I think?).
• Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miserables (Solo). I know little about this despite having seen the show. It was a couple of years ago (in my defense). See this Wikipedia page for some background.
• Timeless to Me from Hairspray (Duet). This is going to be done with me singing the part of Edna Turnblad (John Travolta in the film, Michael Ball on stage) against Mark, who's directing this show. If you want to see why it's going to be scary, see this image - I've got to be able to show how madly in love with him I am.

The chorus pieces I'm not sure what the deal's going to be there, but we

• One Short Day from Wicked. If we (blokes) had the tune on this one, we'd be fine. As we're singing quite high harmony a lot of the time, it will be an experience.
• Something from the Secret Garden musical, which I know nothing of. It sounds a bit saccharin to me when I've tinkled it on the organ but it may sound good when properly played.
• A medley of Beatles songs. People NEVER believe me when I say I don't know many Beatles songs. I've really proved it with this. I know one or two of them, vaguely. Learning quickly though!
• A medley of On This Night and Buenos Aires from Evita. Again two songs I don't know and am finding tricky. It's only been a week. Must keep reminding self. It's only been a week, can't be perfect yet!

Looking forward to getting my hands on some music for the solo/duet parts.

It's so bloody cold here I'm shivering. I think it's a good cue for bed.