[Perform-Talk] Handling procession on and off stage

[Kelsey Nicolay]

Hello,
The decision not to use the choir loft was due to the number of people they had participating ′there were too many singers to be able to use the loft′. We practiced our entrance tonight and have agreed to us€ a combination of sighted guide and the cane. Once we are in position on stage, the person next to me will take the cane and put it offa to the ide so no one trips on it ′at first we thought there might not be a place to put the long cane, but we were ble to find a spot that works′. 
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> On Nov 17, 2024, at 7:36 PM, Annie Davis via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kelsey,
> Congratulations on this exciting opportunity!  I'm happy to hear you decided to stick with this.
> Some of your e-mail was a bit unclear  and hard to decipher: You may want to check the input and output settings on your braille display.  I hope they did not make the decision not to use the choir loft out of fear that you wouldn't be able to do it.  (I used a choir loft at my former church, and I always told people I looked forward to my weekly workout😊.
> I would also suggest taking some time outside of rehearsals to practice your entrance, should you decide to use your cane.  Do you have an O and M instructor you are currently working with?
> If you choose the sighted guide route, perhaps you and that person could practice outside rehearsal when you're under little pressureso they get the technique down.
> I wish you the best!
> Annie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perform-Talk <perform-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kelsey Nicolay via Perform-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2024 6:28 PM
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> Cc: Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Perform-Talk] Handling procession on and off stage
> 
> Hello fellow performers,
> I would love any suggestions on how to deal with procession at ls as it relates to concerts. I have the opportunity to perform an extended work with singers from all daifferent churches and choirs around my area ′I initially was not going to sign up for this opportunity because I wasn't sure whether I could get  a braille copy of the score, but I decided to do it anyw at y because I wanted to show the community that blind people can be an equal contributor to the musical community′. The director who is running this group has been extremely accommedating ′she did express so initial concern over me being able to get into the choir loft, but once I explaained that I could handle the steps and the techniques I might use, she was on board with having me be part of the group and we didn't end up using the choir loft after all which is a bonus. she let me know this evening that the choir will process on and off st at ge and she is open to trying a variety of approaches for me to do it safely, whether that's using a sighted guide, white cane, or combination of both. i would love to know how you hedle proc€ssing on and off st at ge in a choral setting ′the concert takes place in a church′. For those of you o us€ the NFB style canes, how do you hed£e stowing them while you are singing or so this o situation which a folding c at ne would be appropriate? I et the director know that i would be bringing a long white cane that doesn't fold and asked from there do   a place to put it during the performance sx is out of the way, but I do ppreciat€ what your thoughts are not this opic and the est approach to hed£ing it.
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