After the first night nerves, the cast and choir were raring to go on the second day of our premiere weekend. We had two performances on the Sunday - a sellout matinee and a pretty full evening show. It turned out to be in God's plan that the Sunday night hadn't sold out, as the hall staff were able to slip in at the back and watch.
After Bishop David on the Saturday night, we had Bishop Michael Whinney - a great friend to Roger and CMM over the years - for the matinee performance, and Bishop Andrew Watson for the evening. Andrew had only become Bishop of Aston a couple of days before the performance. We were his first official engagement!
The camera crew stayed for the afternoon performance, which was a great relief for the cast so that they could iron out the little mistakes for the DVD.
So watch this space - the official Rock DVD is being pressed at this very moment, so they will be available very soon - hopefully before Christmas. Get your orders in now!
Time for some more thanks - this time to all those who have helped with the preparation of the musical:
Darren Close - worked incredibly hard producing the drama, sorting out the cast's appalling acting, and fitting the whole thing together.
Claire Close and Ann Parkin - designing and making the costumes. As you can see from the photos, they look absolutely amazing (they didn't make the Roman armour though...)
Sally Jones and Gill Johnson - choreography. The dancing really is stunning - there have been so many comments about the dance, particularly the crucifixion scene. Nice one.
Annie Routley - Annie's fabulous arrangements have added so much to the musical. The instrumentalists give the cast time to change costumes, sort props, while at the same time setting the mood for the next scene, giving the audience time to reflect, and sounding beautiful!
Jonathan Chappell, Martin Fisher and anyone else involved in sorting the props - this was not a small job for this musical, so thanks guys.
Mary Jones - the amazing unseen job of looking after Roger, and in combination with Richard Harvey, keeping the touring party well supplied with tea and coffee.
Roger Jones and Alison Fuggle - without your creativity and openness to the Holy Spirit, Rock would never have happened.
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