8:30 Preliminary rehearsal

1. introduction
   
2. find out:
   
   • how many old timers
     
   • how many nebwies
     
3. issue armbands
   
4. make sure everybody (who wants it) has music
   
5. make sure everybody (who wants it) has music with chords
   
6. play in key of C
   
7. play using bright switches only
   
8. do not use buttons
   
9. play it through a few times
   
10. pair up newbies with old timers

1. old timers study music to verify exact notes and chords
   • verify melody notes
     
   • verify fingering
     
   • verify chords used
     
2. old timers help newbies to learn to play the melody
   • explain the bellows
     
   • explain the switches
     
   • explain the fingering - see the music
     
   • go over the notes
     

1. rehearse the song in 3/4
   
2. try with buttons
   
3. try 4/4 for marching
   
4. practice rolloff
   

9:00 Show Time

1. assemble in general gleet formation
2. intersperse old timers and newbies
3. ooze on over to the official recording site
4. record masterpiece to placate the sceptics from Guinness

9:20 Triumphant Procession to Activity Center