With only 2 weeks to opening night rehearsals are going really well with full run throughs at each meet. Last nights rehearsal was exceptionally loud even with so many of the cast and chorus still away on Easter break with thanks to all that attended.

This Thursday (16^th April) will be a long one we start running the show at 7:30pm at Fairway with Court room Principals being called at 7:00pm. We will also be setting the "Waiter's Gallop" which criss crosses the Harmonia Gardens Scene between dialog.

Quote : "Hello, Good Evening and Welcome" - Sir David Frost

With an apt quote to follow the departing chairman Stuart's closing quote I would like to introduce myself.

But First I would like to thank Stuart for his chairmanship and hard work over the past 2 years. I hope he can pass on a few tips on how to be a great Chairman.

Right, back to me.

My name is Marcus Bamford and I have the privilege of being your chairman for the coming year.

For those of you who don't know who I am here is a brief list of my Am Dram career:

I didn't start acting until I was about 19 when I was asked to play a double in a play with Kings Langley Players. For the next 6 years I performed in many plays and Pantos for them. I also sat on their committee.

I moved and joined Herts G & S Society and performed in Musicals with them for 3 years. I also sat on their committee.

I joined EBLOS in 1999 and performed in several of our productions until 2002. I was on our committee then as well.

In the years between 2002 and 2007 I have performed with Elstree Productions, Kenton Light Operatic, Lytton Players in Stevenage and Hertford Light Operatic.

I look forward to the coming year in my new role

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Well, I'm just about to go to the AGM where after 2 long but enjoyable years I am going to step down as Chairman of the group

I hope that you will join me in thanking all those who have helped to make the society what it is over the last two years and I look forward to us soaring to greater heights under our new Chairman, whoever that may be.

Thank you all and GoodNight

A last Quote of the week from Me

Goodbye, Goodbye, we really must go Goodbye, tiddly bom! - Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

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Well here we are with another year gone, and Xmas upon us again. What a year it has been for the society.

Two great shows under our belt - 'Annie Get Your Gun' and of course 'Oliver!'. Thanks to the success of 'Oliver!' we are able to put ourselves 'out there' and look forward to a successful 2009 with 'Hello Dolly' and our Festival Show 'Welcome to the Starlight Lounge' already well under way. Following on will be 'Hot Mikado' which, with a bit of luck, will round off another great year for the society

Last rehearsal is tonight and I am sorry that I won't be there to join in with the festivities, but as you all know I am currently hard at work rehearsing for the title part in 'Beauty and The Beast' (I'll let you work out which one I am playing) If you fancy supporting me please come along. You'll find all the details at www.thechameleons.co.uk.

Well that's all I have to say for this year except

Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year

Quote: A Dog is not just for Christmas, save a slice for Boxing Day

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Well done to all those who took part in last nights auditions, and congratulations to all the successful auditionees

Our thanks to Jan, Janette & David on the panel for their hard work

There are still some uncast parts so why not give it a bash at second auditions next week.

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Good Luck to everyone who is facing the nerve-wracking prospect of Auditions this Thursday

My heartiest best wishes to all

See You All There

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Today's Thought: The advantage to playing every part as yourself is that you never need to audition. Michael Caine

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To Everyone Who Made 'Oliver!' the great sucess it was.

Today's Thought: I Must Book Early for 'Hello Dolly' to avoid disapointment

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I'm very glad to report that the first two performances of Oliver! have been very well recieved.

Both teams of Kids have done a fabulous job on stage and even the adults have given 110%

With Friday, Saturday and Saturday Matinee all sold out we just have to keep the energy up to show our audience what a great show looks like.

Thanks to All.

Today's Quote: Consider Yourself, entertained. Consider Yourself having a real great time.....

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With less than 3 weeks to go, and tickets selling at an unprecidented speed we can safely say that we have a great show to look forward to.

Don't forget the walkabout this Saturday and More importantly the full company rehearsal on Sunday. Yes, that's right for the first time on Sunday we will be rehearsing the full show with the blue team of the Kids Chorus.

With all the hard work that we have all put into this show, let's look forward to the future.

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Today's Thought: Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.

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Rehearsals last night went very well, although attendance was a bit poor.

The big news is that the Saturday Matinee performance for Oliver is now sold out with less that 50% of seats remaining for the evening performance.

If you know anyone who wants to see the show please advise them to book now as we don't want to dissappoint any members of our audience who may not get to see this fabulous show

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Well, after a long abscense from this page, I'm making my return to the blog to keep you all updated on the build up to our October Production of 'Oliver!'

Rehearsals have been going very well, although, due to the holiday period, attendance has been a bit sporadic.

The Chorus Numbers have now all been set and just need that final bit of polish to make the show sparkle.

The two teams of kids are performing well and are very enthusiastic.

Ticket Sales are going well but as always could be even better, although the Saturday Matinee is almost sold out, the mid week performances could do with a bit of bolstering up.

In other news, the Curryoke last Friday was a great success, with a good time had by all, it also raised a goodly sum for the society, which is just what we need.

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Today's Quote: Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are. Marlon Brando

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'Oliver!' rehearsals are now well underway for both children and adults, and now that we have a full cast list it's easy to tell that we're going to have a fabulous show.

Many thanks go to Kelly & Marcus for hosting the extremely succesful BBQ last Saturday. It was great fun with silly games and lively banter. Don't forget that we have our Car Rally coming up on Saturday 9th August

On another note, thanks to some excellent research by Sophie we are able to offer a direct link from the homepage to a large number of Online retailers. The advantage to us is that for every purchase made through this link EBLOS earns some commission. The prices are the same as direct so why not buy your stuff and help make EBLOS a little bit on the Side.

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Today's Quote - Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. John Mortimer