Ah, fuck it. I hit SEND instead of SAVE DRAFT, so here's the whole thing... ...well, maybe more than a few. Better sit down, and perhaps grab a cuppa. You're gonna be reading for a while. And please read all the way to the end - Monday's meeting was quite truncated and the only meeting we've had where the full committee was present thus far was the EGM, which doesn't really count. And we have a lotta shit to deal with. First things first: ROCKY HORROR: As of this moment, we have 96 tickets sold, and under Shane's estimates, another 24 covers our costs for the show. Yayness! Conor Farrell has asked me to reserve 5 for him for tomorrow, and many people have told me "ah, sure I'll get one off you tomorrow," the usual shite. For various reasons, the prop shopping was NOT done today, but Jay assures me that he has a handle on it, and will get it done tomorrow. We have about 30 working water pistols - do we need to buy more?? Lemme know what you all think. Soon, so that we can pass the word along to Jay. He will cover what needs to be covered out of his own pocket, and I've told him to keep receipts. Ashley Ridiculousfuckinglongsurname is going with him. Jay is also sorting out the screen and projector for about 5.30 ish, and ASSURES me that he knows exactly how to set it up for the show. The union have asked me if they can use it when we are done, to show horror movies. Given that we probably won't be finished before 11.30, I reckon they'll squeeze in one movie and I can't see it being a problem. I'll be out in the HUB at 10am to sell tickets, sorry about today. I was off in a bloody lecture before I realised that the tickets and money box were locked into my room. Ooops. Even though we didn't start selling until 2pm today, we still sold about 30 tickets. We get in there all day tomorrow and we could flog off our entire allotment. Result! Mind you, I can't stay at the desk all day, so will be looking for help :) There's lots of toilet paper, rice and a big box of slutty costumes in the equipment room. We seperated them from the rest when we tidied the room. We'll need all hands on deck from about 5.30 - 6ish tomorrow. There's a lot of prep work to be done for the RHPS, especially loading the goodie bags. I've asked Jay to have a look for lots of cheap popcorn for tomorrow night too. Eoghan has sorted out a projector and screen for the script, we can keep them overnight, but I would reccommend that we NOT leave them in the Venue. My gaff will do nicely. We need two laptops - we can show the movie on mine, but need another for the script-projector combo. As for rehearsals, here's the deal. About 10 people turned up to Monday night's screening, and a grand total of zero to this afternoon's. But that's fine. It'll be more of a case of the crowd coming in and having a complete laugh than doing an organised RHPS thing. But what the hell. I'm thinking if we sort of lead the way, they'll get the idea, especially with the abuse-hurling... Because it's the Halloween Ball, more people will be wandering in and out of the Venue throughout the night, as opposed to being there specifically for the RHPS. Meh. In terms of needing a ticket, that's a bit of a tricky issue. As of now we have plenty of tickets to spare (to do with as we wish etc), so I'm thinking that we should just give a freebie to committee members (so we all officially have a ticket to the ball) and perhaps Jay too, seeing as he has done so much in John's absence. OTHER STUFF: BROADWAY: Carol Cohen at bestofbroadway.com <http://bestofbroadway.com> has emailed me to say that the Spamalot tix are waiting for us at the box office. She has yet to receive the other two payments though, and is getting a bit impatient. When were they mailed? I figured they would take 5 days, which means if they were mailed last Wednesday, she should have got them today, or tomorrow at the latest. I've been in contact with the Hostel and they have booked 3 x 10 bed dorms for us - it's the only way we are guaranteed not to have to share with complete strangers, but it does mean that there will be 9 girls and 1 bloke in one of the rooms. Who's the lucky fella? Total cost: $3,840, which is going on MY credit card :( SOCS BALL TIX: Shane, you the man on this issue. Charlie asked me to ask you if you had a ticket for him. I don't know if you had already factored in the committee when doing your maths or what, so let us know. Pleeeease! Cheers. BLOODY MUSICAL: I spoke briefly with Lennox today, and she said that the music that they receieved for one version of Alice in Wonderland was bollocks. The music for the other version had to come from the States or something, it was complicated and stuff. It's looking increasingly like Guys and Dolls, which would not necessarily be a bad thing - it's a known show with popular songs. I know that another group are going to be doing it around the same time. Which leaves us with two issues: Are they going to wipe the floor with us on this (and really, do we care?), AND will we even get the rights? DANIEL BEVAN: Wants to meet me re: production team for his show. Also wants to do it in first semester, expects me to pull the Helix outta my ass. I'm trying to convince him to use the Interfaith, but he still needs a production team. Joe M, can I get you to email the production mailing list and see who's interested? DEE JONES: Held auditions on Tuesday for her play "My Mother Said I Never Should" and cast herself and one other girl, leaving two empty spots. She wants more auditions next Tuesday and has already booked a room. I like this girl, she gets off her ass and does things. The show will be in semester 2, at some bloody stage. EQUIPMENT ROOM: Still has all the garbage in it since we tidied it out. Eoghan, can you look into ways of getting rid of it? Including the elderly pizza, cheers. WEBSITE STUFF: In addition to Eoin's suggestion that we post our pictures on the committee page along with the @dcudrama.ie <http://dcudrama.ie> email addresses, I would like all concerned to mail their cast lists (of shows that we have already cast) to either Charlie (phaxx@redbrick.dcu.ie) or the committee mailing list. He is going to put them up on the website. This is because a load of people have auditioned for stuff, and it would be nice to let them know that they have (or more importantly, haven't) got a part. It'll be a new page on the website. Yayness! STARS IN THEIR EYES: Once more, much apologies for my goofage concerning our intrepid production team. Unless I'm wrong, it looks like this: Executive Producer: Dave Grimes. Producers: Jes NiLongbloodyirishsurname and Jay Fallon. Jes is not the most experienced at this sort of thing, and my suggestion is to get her to liaise with MPS as to their role in the production, which is scheduled for Wednesday the 16th of November. The Venue is booked. She basically needs to organise it so that MPS do the pre-show recordings, put them on a dvd and handle the techy end of that during the show, and also to film the show as it happens and project a live feed onto a screen. Dave and Jay can handle the rest. Of course that's just my suggestion, so feel free to tell me to go to hell. I spoke with Yvonne Tuohy today and I had completely forgotten that last year's winner gets to come back and sing her winning song again! If we cannot find the CD (although it should be with the Karaoke CDs), she has offered to get one for us. Roisin Cooper, who won last year's Karaoke and did Shania Twain in Stars, approached myself and Eoin and begged to present the show. Whaddaya think? Judges? Drama Alumni maybe? ONE ACT STUFF/ARTS WEEK: I'm not sure if we can charge entry for the one act plays during Arts Week - did we before? Either way, I would like to suggest that seeing as the Hamlet play is so short (yet hilarious), we should have both plays run together. Open with the Hamlet thing and close with the Breakfast Club. At an Arts week meeting today, it was suggested that this take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday - what about the Nursing Building one day and the Interfaith the next? Suggestions on a postcard etc. ST. MICHAEL'S HOUSE CHRISTMAS THING: Shelly, as I recall, you were going to take this on along with Elaine. Have you spoken to her yet? You need to see about the availability of the Venue for week 12 too. BLOODY DCU 25th ANNIVERSARY THING: Eoin is going to meet with Sarah Farrell tomorrow to determine exactly what the craic is with this. We don't know what time we are supposed to be doing stuff or where. There's someting about doing a show every 15 mins, but that's not a problem. Given that it's "Who's line is it anyway?" we simply fit in 3 or 4 sketches in 15 mins and then take a break, then do 3 or 4 more completely different sketches. The audience will keep changing, so as long as we have about 20 sketches to do, we can start repeating them if necessary. There's still talk of doing Friday night too. There's pros and cons to that. Pro: Only Drama and Music have been invited to perform at the evening show - it looks good for Drama to participate in this sort of thing, spreading our wings etc. Con: It's for the bigwigs, with a few select members of clubs n socs invited and NO members of the regular student body. Hmmm. I think this needs serious consideration and a vote. I am not around that Friday night as my old man is turning 60, so I'm off home for the weekend. AND ANOTHER THING: Nope, that's it. Thank Fuck. I hope you all have as much fun reading this as I've had writing it. Word Count: 1,799 A New Record!! Yayness!!!! Bob! -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie <http://www.dcudrama.ie> "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-