COMPLETE Highacres by Jane Abbott-mas

[Trotsa]

Highacres by Jane Abbot ( - 0).

The story of a young mountain girl and her first year of city living and going to a high school. She knows nothing of town life, but she had dreams and longs to learn more and discover what the world is like outside of her mountain home. Go with her to the Westley's home, where she finds everyone kind, except the Wesley's oldest daughter, Isobel, who is proud and snubs her. With determination, and courage she enjoys her first year, and longs to continue at Highacres. ( Trotsa)

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/highacres-by-jane-d-abbott/

• Casting for this project is Gender Correct!
  
  MC: MaryannSpiegel
  BC: ShiNeko
  DPL parts: Peppersnoodles93
  DPL completed chapters: Peppersnoodles93
  Editors: Shineko, Peppersnoodles93, hdave
  Narrator: hdave
  
  A big Thank you to everyone who took over this project since I had to leave!
  
  1. Is there a deadline?
     We ask that you submit your recorded sections within 1-2 months of placing your claim. Please note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after two months, your sections will automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it'll go back to the pool. There's no shame in this; we're all volunteers and things happen.Please do not sign up for more sections than you can complete within the two month deadline.
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     To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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     This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
     
     • Project Code: rucosEQS
     • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Jane Abbot) : n/a
     • Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
     • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 55
     • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
     • Original publication date (if known): 1920
     
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     Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/School; Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure
     Keywords that describe the book: school, girls
     
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  6. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
     Set your recording software to:
     Channels: 1 (Mono)
     Bit Rate: 128 kbps
     Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
     
     Between your lines please leave a space of a few seconds, to make it easier for the editors!
     
     Submit one file per chapter.
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     At the end: End of Chapter [#].
     
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     highacres_[role]_[#].mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the chapter number.
     
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  9. Any questions?
     Please post below

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[Trotsa]

Hi everyone! I am excited to be launching my first dramatic reading of a book. Below is a list of the characters. All together we have 26 characters and 29 chapters. The numbers show in which chapter(s) the character appears.

Casting for this project is Gender Correct!

Young People, school students

Jerry Travis ( : 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29)
Gyp Westley (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 26, 27, 29)
Isobel Westley (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 29)
Graham Westley (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26 )
Tibby Westley ( 4, 6, 9, 20, 26)
Dana King (7, 12, 13, 21, 25)
Ginny (Virginia) Cox (7, 8, 13, 16, 17 , 25)
Pat (Patricia) Everett (8, 9, 10 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 25)
Peggy Lee (8, 9, 10 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 25)
Amy Mathers (21)
Girl (8, 9 , 10, 14, 16, 21, 25)
Boy (13)

Older people, parents and teachers
Uncle Johnny/John Westley (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Mrs. Westley (4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26)
Mrs. Travis (2, 5, 12, 27, 28)
Barbara Lee (8, 14, 17, 19, 25, 26)
Aunt Maria (11) speaks a little French
Mrs. Penelope Allan (3)
Uncle Peter (7, 19)
Mrs. Allan (12)
Miss Gray (15, 23)
Dr. Canton (17)
George (23)
Mr. Stratman (23)
Doctor [a man] (21, 22)
Man (13)

Editors: Trotsa and ShiNeko
DPL: Trotsa

I am planning to PL the parts and also the completed chapters that ShiNeko edits. The chapters I edit she is willing PL.
Let me know if there is anything that needs changed. I have the text prepared and uploaded as PDFs at Ge.tt. I hope that is OK, as Google docs did not work out for me, though I tried different times. As this is my first time to BC a project like this, I realize there will probably be mistakes. Please let me know and I'll try to fix anything that is wrong! Thanks to everyone who signed up before hand!

[TimoleonWash]

It is good to see Highacres in the launch pad. I am looking forward to reading for Uncle Johnny/John Westley. I read a little of the text and am looking forward to the forthcoming pdf's which I guess will be formatted more like a script. Here is wishing us all good luck

[Elizabby]

Hi there! I'll claim Patricia Everett please.

(Also, it doesn't make any difference to me, but you might like to mention in the first post if you are looking for gender-correct or gender-neutral casting. Someone usually asks!)

[Trotsa]

Thanks both of you! I'll put you in the first post for Patricia Everett, Elizabby! And thanks for the tip, I'll do that too.

[Elizabby]

Thanks both of you! I'll put you in the first post for Patricia Everett, Elizabby! And thanks for the tip, I'll do that too.

In that case you might need to specify if your 2nd last character "doctor" is male/female or either would be acceptable.

[Trotsa]

Thanks again Elizabby, I did that. It's nice to have a teacher as one of the readers, very helpful!!!

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Trotsa,
I can MC this for you.

We are taking a new approach to MWs for DWs. Each part gets a section - so for the Narrator, there will be 29 sections rather than one. Each completed chapter also gets a section. As individual sections are completed and marked PL OK, they are dragged down the MW to appear under the chapter that they relate to. This means when it comes time to edit, all the sections for that chapter are grouped together. It also means that as the parts get completed, then are dropped lower in the MW, making it easier for people to see what is still open to be claimed, and what claims still need to be read or corrected.

With this "new math", please tell me how many sections you need.

MaryAnn

[TimoleonWash]

Yea MaryAnnSpiegel as MC

[Trotsa]

Thanks so much Maryann! Exciting to work with you again... I'll get the amount of sections to you once I figure it out, it will take some time and math, but I'll get there as soon as I can, maybe not till tomorrow. It sounds like a good way to go!

[LydiaCW]

When will the PDFs appear?

[Trotsa]

They'll appear when the MW gets set up, but if you'd like to start recording or just check them out, the link for all of them is here: http://ge.tt/74DlRSh1
Let me know if you see any mistakes!

[TimoleonWash]

Greetings Oh Determined One

I just glanced at the pdf for the 1st chapter and is this how it will go

I will record my parts, each line/s separated by a space or a particular sound, and someone (who ) will take my mp3 and copy the line/s and paste into a combined dialogue track

Also, as this is kind of a dramatic reading, should I try and get some emotion into my voice as I record the lines

Dang Trotsa, I am looking forward to this

[Trotsa]

You've got it pretty straight! You will record your lines omitting of course saying John Westley or Uncle Johnny (sorry, I did both John Westley in the first chapters, then changed it to Uncle Johnny later on, let me know if this makes it inconvenient for you) and leave a space between the lines of a few seconds to make it easier for editor.
ShiNeko and I are the editors, and we will do the copy, pasting, and all that to put all the parts into a completed chapter.

As for putting emotion in your voice, if you usually read in a flat monotone, please, yes!!! But regular expression is fine, though I really enjoy dramatics where the character laughs and sighs or whatever, when it says that they do... though that is totally not a rule and up to the individual! So, as you like, basically! The best reads are often by people who actually pretend they are the person they are reading for, and get the 'feeling' in their voices, my opinion!!!

Have fun! I am very excited to have this project going too!

[LydiaCW]

Here's Gyp for chapter 4. I found one mistake. There was a line that it didn't say whose it was, but I think it was Gyp's. I read it anyways. This recording is 2:54. Thanks!

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/highacres_gyp_04.mp3