Blocking Act I, Numbers 6-12

p. 33, No. 6: Barcarolle.
Women are lined up in back: Michelle, Wendy, Christina, Maureen, Lia, Joan, Kathleen, Silloo, Joyce, Anne-Marie.
Men are divided: Stage Left: Jim, Bill A., Bill L., Izzy, Richard (Martin); Stage Right, (Martin?) Dexter, Bernie, Guy, et. al.

Shortly after women begin, ("KCB", top of 34) Dexter enters, sees women, beckons to men on Stage Right; they come in. Immediately after "the nine-pounders go", Bill A. and Jim enter, see women, beckon to men on Stage Left; they come in except Izzy. Izzy enters eight measures later, after 2nd "K.C.B."

Men occupy themselves straightening uniforms, etc. to end of song.

p. 35 No. 7: "Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen."

Men are facing away from audience at beginning.

Second measure second beat, men turn halfway, with faces toward audience (right before singing "Sir Joseph's barge is seen"). Note that song starts piano, not forte, accented and rhythmic. Crescendo at "sober men and true." Note; "Suh Joseph, not Sirrr Joseph"

'"We sail we sail": all men take two steps forward; half of the men take an additional step (so that the line is staggered).

On the second "Sober sober men and true", men move forward and form wedge.

At end of "as smart as we are" (top of 37), men run to back of stage and split into two diagonal lines.

Women immediately enter between men's lines, move about stage, and end in formation prior to singing "Gaily Tripping"

WOMEN'S FORMATION: CENTER GROUP: Anne-Marie, Joyce, Lia, Silloo. DOWNSTAGE LEFT: Diana, Michelle, Wendy, DOWNSTAGE RIGHT: Kathleen, Maureen, Christina.

Women should be in place and have stopped moving by the time they sing "Gaily tripping."

Women sing, pp. 37-38: everyone stays in place.

"Flags and Guns and Pennants Dipping": men stay still; women switch stage positions; Maureen, Christina, Joan, and Kathleen are now

DOWNSTAGE LEFT; Joyce, Anne-Marie, Diana are now DOWNSTAGE RIGHT; Michelle and Wendy are further up behind them, and Silloo and Lia in the center.

"Ladies who can smile so brightly": Men spread out into circular formation and offer right arm. WOMEN STAY STILL UNTIL THEY START SINGING "SAILORS SPRIGHTLY".

"Sailors sprightly": Women go to their men, pairing up (with the woman on the right side). All couples are now in a circle formation: STARTING DOWNSTAGE CENTER AND GOING COUNTERCLOCKWISE: Silloo/Izzy, Maureen/Rich, Joan/Jim (STAGE LEFT), Christina/Bill A., Bill L./Kathleen, John/Joyce, Lia/Martin (CENTER BACK), Wendy/Jason, Michelle/Dexter, Anne-Marie/Bernie (STAGE RIGHT), Guy/Diana. The men are showing the ladies the ship. Act accordingly. Men walk proudly showing the ship. Wmen pull outward.

At "Gaily tripping", circle precesses counterclockwise; sailors strut proudly; they're showing off the ship.

"Poli------tely" (top of 41), all stop precessing (you should be in the same place you started).

"Gai-ly / trip-ping": Collapse circle: move downstage and form two lines: BACK LINE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Jim/Joan, Bill A./Christina, Bill L./Kathleen, Lia/Martin, John/Joyce. FRONT LINE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Rich//Maureen, Izzy  /Silloo, Bernie/Anne-Marie, Dexter/Michelle, Guy/Diana, Wendy/Jason.

At end of "most po-lite-ly", women disengage. Back line women form line and walk to stage left. Wendy from the front line falls in behind Joyce from the back line, and front-line women follow back line women, to form a diagonal line stage left.

Meanwhile, men are marching to stage right, also forming a diagonal line. Men snap to attention and dress their line. Both lines face to center.

p. 42 No. 8 "Now Give Three Cheers"

Both choruses stand straight while singing "Hoo-ray" Men wave caps.

On drum roll, CHORUS FACES UPSTAGE.  Men salute when Sir Joseph
salutes (palm out).  Men turn out as Sir J. passes by them going downstage. Turn back to face center after he passes.

"I am the monarch of the sea": BOTH CHORUSES: whenever you sing, SNAP HEAD TO FACE AUDIENCE. When you are finished singing, SNAP HEAD BACK TO FACE CENTER.

p. 46 No. 9 "When I was a lad"

As soon as music begins, women's line swings downstage to form a curved line at center stage front, facing the audience. Men's line swings over and to the left, to form a curved line in back of the women.

p. 53:

When ladies go to sit on boat, men stay standing, TO BE INSPECTED.

p. 54  MEN REMEMBER YOUR LINE:  "Aye!  Aye!" after "doesn't walk the deck,
your honor"

No. 9a. 

p. 56  At end of song, Hebe leads women to stage left and they all go
offstage, but as a GROUP, not as a line.
 
DIALOGUE: p. 56:  MEN TAKE NOTE: you've five lines to memorize.

No. 12: Act I Finale

Men enter from right, women from left.
 
p. 66  After "it's not to be expected", Ralph walks back from center front.
 
p. 66:  "Messmates ahoy": all enter and gather around Ralph. 

p. 66:

Blocking is STAGGERED; it's a crowd scene.
p. 67: "Rejects my humble suit, milady":  Chorus reacts to Ralph.
p. 67: "Oh, cruel one!": Chorus sings IN, to Ralph, not out to audience.
p. 68 top: During Dick's "I told you so", Izzy rushes at Dick, and must be
restrained by Dexter and Rich.
 
p. 68 "Shall we submit": Monica, David, and Larry come forward.  CHORUS
COMES FORWARD BEHIND THEM.
 
p. 68 bottom: "No! No!" : Chorus faces Dick to sing "No No" to him, then
turns to front.

p. 69. On "Shal we submit," chorus come forward.

 
p. 70 "No! No!" : Chorus faces Dick to sing "No No" to him, then turns to
front.
 
p. 71 "My friends.." Chorus listens and is sad.  Dexter puts hand on Ralph's
shoulder; Ralph brushes it off.
 
p. 71 Chorus "Of life, alas..."  Turn to each other, very sad.
 
   [MUSIC NOTE: Tone is dark, covered]
 
p. 72    [MUSIC NOTE: "he loved huh well", not "he loved herrr well"]
p. 72   When Ralph puts pistol to his head, ALL TURN AWAY.

Chorus looks up and back to see Josephine sing "Ah stay your hand..." and looks back to
Ralph on as they repeat "ah stay your hand."

As Ralph sings "Loves me" look back to Josephine.
p. 73. As trio sings "Oh joy oh rapture..." chorus fades back upstage into semicircle, but focus remains on Ralph and Jospehine. Chorus exults in their joy.

p. 74-75. Chorus focus remains on Josephine as Deadeye sings "He thinks he's won his Josephine.."

p. 74 Ad  J, H and R start singing "This very night" theyb start creeping downstage but chorus doe snot move yet, but is eagerly listening in.

p. 79-80. As chorus begins "This verb night..." the move forward and gather closely around Josephine, Rpah and Hebe in pow-wow style.

p. 83. Bled sound when all are singing "This very night' quickly.

p. 79: Principals come downstage as they sing, and chorus is listening in, but CHORUS DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL CHORUS STARTS TO SING.
 
pp. 80-82: Chorus creeps forward into close, powwow formation around the principals.
 
pp. 83-84: [MUSICAL NOTE]: On the final series of chorus eighth notes, BLEND THE SOUND; DON'T HAMMER EACH EIGHTH NOTE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT INSTEAD FEEL THE RHYTHM OF THE ENTIRE PHRASES.
 
p. 85:  During music following "None can part them then," chorus backs away and upstage (backing out of powwow formation), and PARTS TO FORM PASSAGEWAY IN CENTER FOR PRINCIPALS.    Men turn around as they are backing up, looking around to make sure the Captain isn't looking.    
 
p. 85:  When Dick Deadeye starts singing "Forbear..", ALL LOOK UP AT HIM.
 
p. 85:  On SECOND "Back vermin back", Guy, Jim, and Bill charge up stairs to drive Dick away.
 
p. 86: With introductory music before "Let's give three cheers", chorus resumes diagonal formation: men in two lines, women in two lines, Josephine and Ralph in center.  (Men's formation: front row upstage-to-downstage: Jim, Dexter, Rich, Bernie; back row upstage-to-downstage: Bill A., Guy, Martin, John, Bill L.).  Larry and David Shimchick are in front of the men's two lines (Monica and Linda in front of the women's two lines?). 
 
p. 86: At the start of singing "Let's give three cheers", David walks Amy downstage and around in circle, presenting her; men bow and ladies nod as she passes.
 
p. 86-87:  On "Tra la, la, la"s, chorus CLAPS on the first beat of every measure.  
 
p. 87: For the first four long "La"s, men's lines and women's lines take four steps FORWARD towards each other, one step per measure.  For the next four long "La"s, the lines take four steps BACK away from each other, one step per measure.   WOMEN'S LINES CHANGE POSITION AT LAST TWO MEASURES, so that front line is now back, and the back row in front. 
 
p. 87: [MUSICAL NOTE]: Make the "La's" SFORTZANDO/PIANO, and watch the  director closely.
 
p. 88 top: On second singing of "Let's give three cheers", WOMEN'S double line marches towards downstage right, and then circles around upstage, moving in a circle.   MEN'S double line marches in same clockwise direction, following end of women's double line, so that the whole chorus is marching in a circle.
    Meanwhile, Ralph and Josephine are embracing in center, surrounded by Buttercup, Boatswain, Hebe, and Carpenter, who dance around them holding hands.
 
p. 88  By the end of the music that follows "honest love of a sailor true" (but before the women's "For a British tar"), the chorus circle has stopped, with Women's two  lines downstage center.  Men are upstage center in double-line phalanx, with Ralph, Boatswain, and Carpenter in front of them but in back of women.
 
p. 89: At end of women's "tang of a tyrant tongue," women PART into two halves, leaving space in center for men to fill.  Women retain their double-line formation.
 
p. 89: On men's "His nose should pant," men's phalanx marches forward and fills in the back of the chorus, retaining double-line formation lining up with the women's two lines (women are to either side of them).  
 
pp. 90-95:  All sing forward.
 
p. 95 bottom: On chorus's "eyes should flash, His breast protrude," WOMEN'S CHORUS (both wings) MOVES FORWARD SEVERAL STEPS.
 
p. 96: After end of singing, Chorus IMMEDIATELY PARTS to form central passage upstage (both halves of chorus are  facing in to center).   Ralph and Josephine pass through it upstage, followed by Boatswain, Buttercup, Carpenter, and Hebe.  
 
      CHORUS LOOKS UP TO SEE SIR JOSEPH AND CAPTAIN STANDING ON THE POOP DECK!
 
THE FIVE WOMEN ON STAGE LEFT (Michelle, Maureen, Wendy, Lia, and Kathleen) hustle Josephine into the cabin, supervised by Hebe.
 
FOUR MEN (Bill L., John, Martin, Guy) hustle Ralph off stage, supervised by the Carpenter.
 
THE FIVE WOMEN ON STAGE RIGHT cross to upstage center and go halfway up the stairs.
 
BERNIE AND RICH go downstage right and busy themselves with some barrels; BILL A., JIM, and DEXTER go downstage left and polish the cannons, all the while looking anxiously up at Sir Joseph and the Captain and trying to look busy.   
 
CURTAIN.