Rehearsals: 10/05/11

Today we showed on the group dances to Sapphira as this was the first time that we had her presence whilst doing the dancing and singing together. When we have been rehearsing the group numbers up until this point we all know that we haven't sung to the best of our ability, I know this is because we have been focusing on the dance steps more than the singing and this has weakened the vocals. During singing rehearsals when we are not dancing the singing is really good, so today we just needed to combine the two and get that extra push from Sapphira to not forget about the vocals when dancing. After showing all the dances to Sapphira the singing has improved as she pointed out the parts that sounded weak, I personally feel that for me I need to work on my breathing technique so that when I am dancing, I can sing the notes in key and without straining my voice. This also comes down to using my diaphragm and taking the right breaths in songs so that I have enough breath to carry out a note. When inhaling the diaphragm contracts as it fills up with air, If I don't breath correctly I wont be using my diaphragm and the sound that is produced would not be at its best and I would be straining my voice.