Not kidding I’m sitting drinking rum going through personal items from a storage unit I bought at auction and found a dance school program saw ascot gavotte on the program and here it is beautiful! I love learning new stuff thank you
Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here Ev'ryone who should be here is here. What a smashing, positively dashing spectacle, The Ascot op'ning day. At the gate are all the horses Waiting for the cue to fly away. What a gripping, absolutely ripping Moment at the Ascot op'ning day. Pulses rushing! Faces flushing! Heartbeats speed up! I have never been so keyed up! Any second now They'll begin to run. Hark! A bell is ringing, They are springing forward Look! It has begun...! What a frenzied moment that was! Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace? 'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling Running of the Ascot op'ning race.
I would love to see this on stage. The Ascot Gavotte is one of my favourite songs from this musical, and this version is sublime - the choreography and costumes, the elocution of the singers and the wonderful orchestral accompaniment. Thanks for uploading this wonderful clip.
There were ten of us in the pit. Most tours do not use large orchestras anymore...it isn't cost-effective for the producers. Yes, it sucks, but there isn't anything anybody can do about it. (And yes, we had a great deal of the string parts and other voices played by a synthesizer. That is par for the course nowadays, whether in a touring production or on Broadway here in New York.)
I saw my fair lady in Sydney directed by Julie Andrews. This version is good but what I miss are the two ladies wearing the same out fit the version I saw in Sydney really got a laugh there this one does not compare I am sorry to say
The men's suits look decidedly baggy & scruffy here, and where is "the lean-back lady"? She had a smaller hat and a long stick for balance and leaned way back as she walked. Not quite horizontal but giving that impression. When she stood up, she leaned forward on her stick planted on the ground, with her behind sticking out. I remember this from first seeing the show in the early 1960's. I don't particularly like the choreography here nor the "business" when they are all (a small cast however) standing in a line Down Stage. I agree about the accents, but English casts trying for some of the more localised accents in the states fare just as badly.
have to agree. the vocals and accent are a bit too exaggerated. they should be a bit more subtle and understated, same with their expressions. many of them had their eyes wide and eyebrows up, but a core element to this scene is the almost completely expressionless characters.
It should be ASCUT in posh (classic RP) English. Where on earth did ASCIT come from? Didn't someone listen to the original London Cast Album? ASCOT is used by some people but not by the upper class types represented in this racing scene.
Why is this called the Broadway tour? It certainly is a Broadway musical as well as a motion picture. Is the term Broadway tour a marketing technique? How does one tour Broadway?
