1. Product Work Log
Name: Rachel McFarland Date: April 19, 2012
Product: Performing with a Barbershop Quartet
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
January 9, 2012 Discussing basics with Mrs. Decided to only have a quartet
30 minutes Wallace: group size, members, instead of a large group; chose
practice times Emilie K., Kayleigh L., and Cara
P.; practice times TBD based on
previously scheduled
appointments
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
January 20, 2012 Discussing with group members Decided to order A Dream is a
1 hour on which songs to order and Wish Your Heart Makes, Don’t
finding a trustworthy website to Sit Under the Apple Tree, and
order from Diamonds are a Girl’s Best
Friend; challenging to find a
good website, more expensive
than I realized
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
January 30, 2012 Voicing group members to find Hard to find time to get together;
1 hour out which part each should sing Emilie-Tenor, Kayleigh-Lead,
Rachel-Baritone, Cara-Bass
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
February 17, 2012 Recording music with Mrs. Had to re-record several times
2 hours Wallace because of mistakes; had a few
issues downloading parts onto
computer to burn CDs
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
February 27, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Did not know our parts very well
45 minutes Heart Makes yet; had issues learning parts
because of lack of ability to play
piano; ended up finding a video

2. on YouTube to sing along with
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 2, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Still using video to sing along
45 minutes Heart Makes with, but better knowledge of
parts; only 3 members able to
attend
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 5, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Had to practice during class
1 hour Heart Makes because no other time to practice
together
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 9, 2012 Practicing and memorizingA Had to practice during class
1 hour Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes because no other time to practice
with Mrs. Wallace assisting together; helped to clean entire
song, not just individual parts
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 15, 2012 Practicing and memorizing A Had to practice during furlough
2 hours Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes days because no other time
before or after school; cleaned
individual parts of song
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 16, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Had to practice during furlough
2 hours Heart Makes from memory days because no other time
before or after school; cleaned
individual voice parts in entire
song
Activity:
Date/Time: Commentary:
Finalizing parts of A Dream is a
March 19, 2012 Practiced day before concert;
Wish Your Heart Makes with Mrs.
30 minutes prepared to not perform at
Wallace
concert because some parts of
song did not sound ready

3. Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
March 20, 2012 Finalizing parts of A Dream is a Practiced on day of concert;
30 minutes Wish Your Heart Makes with Mrs. Decided not to perform because
Wallace we were not confident in some
parts of song
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
April 6, 2012 Discussing with Mrs. Wallace on Decided to perform in front of
15 minutes when to perform song chorus class one day
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
April 9, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Practiced before school; only 3
30 minutes Heart Makes from memory voice parts could attend; made
sure we knew words and pitches
well
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
April 11, 2012 Practicing A Dream is a Wish Your Practiced during chorus class
30 minutes Heart Makes from memory because no other time to
rehearse; tried to perfect entire
song
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
April 11, 2012 Deciding what to wear for Decided on white shirt for Emilie
15 minutes performance and Cara and black shirt for
Kayleigh and me with jeans and
black shoes and colorful scarves
Date/Time: Activity: Commentary:
April 13, 2012 Final practice of A Dream is a Wish Making sure entire song was near
30 minutes Your Heart Makesbefore perfect
performance
Date/Time: Activity:
Commentary:
April 13, 2012 Performing A Dream is a Wish Your
Had to perform twice because
15 minutes Heart Makesin front of chorus class
first run through had several
mistakes; second run through
was much better