A flexible rehearsal plan

An original fictional information text for reading practice.

The community orchestra will rehearse the full programme on Saturday morning. The afternoon session is optional and will focus on the two passages that several players have asked to revisit. Missing that session will not affect anyone’s place in the concert.

Players attending in the afternoon should bring the revised parts distributed last week. The conductor has changed the order of practice so that people needed for only one passage can leave after their section has finished. The morning rehearsal remains unchanged.

Please tell the librarian if you need another copy of a part. Trying to read from a neighbour’s stand can obscure the markings that differ between the two instruments, particularly where one player has a rest.

Explain what the word “optional” means as it is used in this text.