When I - Amy and Abi rehearsal

To begin this rehearsal I played the song to Amy and Hayley to get their opinion on it to see if they wanted to take it forward. They agreed that we needed to adapt lyrics and shape it a bit more but that it was a good start and that we finally had something to work with. The first thing we did was adapt and write the lyrics so that they were appropriate to the scene we were given and so that they were more Musical Theatre. 

'When I look at you, 
All the things I could do,
If I didn't have you,
Now that we are through

When I,when I, when I first saw you.
When I, when I, when I said I loved you.
I lied, I lied, I lied I don't love you.
Don't cry, don't cry, I didn't want to hurt you.

Is this happening to us,
Can't believe our luck,
Now we've won the jackpot,
Sorry what?' 

INSTRUMENTAL

Now walk away, there is nothing to say,
Money's stolen her heart today.
No walk away, there is nothing to say,
Money's stolen her heart today.

When I,when I, when I first saw you.
When I, when I, when I said I loved you.
I lied, I lied, I lied I don't love you.
Don't cry, don't cry, I didn't want to hurt you.'

Coming up with the lyrics also allowed us to be able to form a clear structure of intro, verse,chorus, verse than an instrumental to provide a section for the dancers to do a tap dance and then lead on to the bridge and another chorus. This is a structure that fits the genre and also enables the dancers to have a clear structure to follow when choreographing and we have recorded a version of just the piano so that the dancers are able to start choreographing and practicing whilst we get a better recorded version for them with the lyrics when Meg gets back. It was important we kept rehearsing it by repeating it to make sure we knew it inside out so that when Meg came back we would be able to fit her in without it taking up too much time.