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wynham
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Joined: 6/01/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
 Topic: Fiddler on the RoofPosted: 6/01/05 at 11:01pm |
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am looking for the special bottles that are bottom heavy and concave
for the bottle dance in "Fiddler" Please contact me if you know
where they can be found.
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Wynham
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dougb
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Joined: 3/30/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
Posted: 6/02/05 at 10:49am |
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I have seen a couple of productions and was in one and they all used
regular bottles. All it takes is a lot of practice. We
tried weighting the bottles with shot held in place with melted wax but
the actors had better luck with just plain old wine bottles.
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Shatcher
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Joined: 2/21/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 251 |
Posted: 6/02/05 at 3:03pm |
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I always used regular bottles as well. They are eaiser and less expensive to replace if one gets broken!( and I'm sure one will)
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Juliet
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Joined: 8/26/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 73 |
Posted: 6/04/05 at 10:30am |
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If you don't want to use regular, you can get these hats and bottles with velcro on them. When my highschool did fiddler, that's what we used.
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dougb
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Posted: 6/04/05 at 11:15am |
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I might add that when we did Fiddler, the bottle dancers were played by
high school kids. The first time they made it through without a
bottle falling off, the cast applauded more than the audience - we knew
how hard they had worked on it. It was one of those magical
theater moments.
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basscase
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Joined: 8/04/05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 8/26/05 at 10:03am |
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We used magnets- one in the bottle and one attached to the inside of the hat. They never fell off.
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Gaafa
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Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181 |
Posted: 8/31/05 at 11:58am |
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We have always done the dance with glass wine bottles!
It takes practice & the dancers become very adept in catching them before they hit the stage. I think we only had a couple that actually broke, all the rest bounced & none shattered. The other warm props quickly cleaned up the glass. Also it adds to the punters appreciation, if they can see, they are not held to the hats. |
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Joe
Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
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