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Instructors: Mr Tan Thiam Hee & Mr Yea Guoming
Teachers IC: Mr Ramasamy, Ms Adeline Ng, Mr Mark Chan ex DM/BM: Mayble,Devon[06-07]; Muighern,Melodi[07-08]; Elysia,Clare[08-09] DM/BM: Siew Kim, Valerie [09-10] Committee [09-10]: 2nd Vice : Marie Quarter Mistress - Tessa Recruit Officer - Adeline, Elizabeth Welfare Officer - Dai Ling Chief Librarian - Denise Main Sectional Leaders [09-10]:
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9:16 PM | Monday, June 30, 2008
Apples pwn teh world. so.... there was band practice today once again. WEll, our dear juniors have officially joined us in the main band and so , together, we must all work hard together for next year's SYF. YES. So now that you are all with us in the main band, its time for serious work. we must all work hard together in the playing of BRS alright. And the set piece lah. Of course we dont zombie on only two songs, it would be boring if thats so. whatever it is, OUR MAIN AIM IS TO GET THE SILVER MEDAL, like what Sir said. anyways, first thing Mr Tan did was to change the whole arrangement of the band. now the cornets section are in the second row with the euphonium and the french horn section sandwiching them. And the percussion instruments are rearranged. He must have had his reason for doing so. After so, Ma'am Clare carried out with us Concert Band Clinic for warm-ups while Sir went out with the trombone section for a talk. then after that, He came back and we played the National Anthem once through. Here comes the not very nice part of the day. as expect since saturday when Mr Tan said that we are going to have a talk, He scolded the whole band including the juniors. Well, I guess you all would understand more now? so we must all work together with sir and the leaders to make this band a better place. Then, the Ma'am Elysia and Ma'am Clare went through with us new punishments, rules and etc that they had set with the whole commitee. the new punishments are really not as lenient, so you dont want your legs to break due to the numerous 'CONE-CLAPS'! haha! So, many so-called new stuff are going to start from next week onwards. :) let's hope everything will go fine. yours truly Pig Stick. 10:13 PM | Friday, June 27, 2008
70th sneak preview Yop this is Hay here. Today, it was the Sneak preview of 70th Anniversary... As usual, we did all the same stuff, except it was scarier with the audience around. Before that, we were carrying out heavy books to the Bandroom, set chairs, and changed into our uniforms. Alumnis came and performed with us, but some were joining the audience instead. Mr Tan came and everyone went through the whole play together as rehearsal first.. As everyone was a little tired, the rehearsal wasnt exactly serious, as everyone afraid they will tire themselves out for the later performance in the evening. We had a break after the rehearsal in the Band room, eating Hotdog Bread and Milo!! mmmm. we were told not to play our instruments for the same reason too, not to tire ourselves. When Mr Tan came back to the Band room, he conducted Blue Ridge teh slow part, making sure everyone played not badly. Then, the time came. We went up to the hall and played. yeah like, how many times already, i am kinda sick of this-.- We played a little bit better than the rehearsal. The audience was more hyper than the matinee's as there are more students involved and they laughed at the most unappropriate parts o.o When the whole thing ended, it was like about nine already and everyone was dead. We went back to the Band room, changed and went home. GAH i am so tired now. Oh yeah, it was Eugenia's birthday! we sang her a birthday song. -The Dead Hay. 8:18 PM | Monday, June 23, 2008
A Monotonous Masterpiece Journal. Monday, it was 70th Anniversary rehearsal again. In the morning, we had a short meeting with Elysia Ma'am and Clare Ma'am in the canteen about what we are supposed to do during recess. So, we did what we were told to and then after school, we rushed to eat and brought our instruments up to the hall. Rehearsal was as usual, except they setted up the lightings and the whole scene became much nicer. We were bothered by the lighting shone on us though.We had to play Kids Klassix, BRS, and the ensemble had to do their "things". We were not at all coordinated with the other CCAs, cause some of them were rushing, it was really messy (Both musically and physically). dont really know whether the everybody can make it by thurday's performance.... We ended at 6pm+ then we packed up our instrument, but left our stands and scores in the hall (as they are going to lock it) and then went home. stick. 8:33 PM | Wednesday, June 18, 2008
BEARYLICIOUS Hi Bandits! I am here to blog about Monday and Wednesday. MONDAY: Band as usual. Mr tan came in with His coffee and started drinking. Then he discussed some stuff with Mdm Alya before starting practice with us. Ma'am Clare was halfway going through Concert Band Clinic so He allowed her to continue before starting Band, at the same time coaching her. Then we started playing Kidz Klassix, but we seemed a little tired and slack. The playing went on and on until Mr Tan felt a little pissed when the band continued to remain irresponsive. So he walked out of the room and called Ma'am elysia out with him. We were told to practice Kidz Klassix properly. Then ma'am came back in and allowed us to a 15 min break. OH not again. Mr tan became so angry that he left the band room...well actually He had some personal matters to attend to instead... We went on with sectionals and we have to practice our parts properly. Mdm Alya gathered the people playing the ensemble in the storeroom and started to create thier parts with this fascinating music notation software. Lunch was good, but it was nothing compared to Band. Now we have energy to play better, whoot. (And when walking back to school, we saw many orange pointy things with white stripes and flat bases.) Mr Tan came and conducted Kidz Klassix, now we have filled ourselves full with Shrooms Burger and Fish Fillet, we are able to concentrate. We went through Blue Ridge, and Mr Tan thought we might memorise and play it while closing our files. But after that He seemed to have forgotten... WEDNESDAY (TODAY): So anyways, today's practice was for the 70th anniversary. so all the main band mambers had to report at 8.15 am for preparation of the rehearsal. The junior band remained in the bandroom for the practice with mr yea. Then warmed-up and tuned by 8.30 so that Ma'am clare could go on with a combined band warm-up. Then at 8.45, we were ready to go up the hall carrying our instruments. Up there, we just played what we were supposed to and stop when we are told to. For the whole time, we were mostly doing nothing. It was really messy when Ma'am Clare conducted the ensemble and the Band at the same time, as we were told to split up. -.- It was a bad idea. BUT the whole rehearsal only ended at 1 plus, and nothing much was done. Some had lunch late and then there was nothing much to do in the afternoon session cause there's so little time left. So we only had a while of combined rehearsal as a whole band. We tried playing Blue Ridge with our files closed and it was not bad. We were told to memorise the songs that we are playing for 70th cause it would be dark during the performance and cant see anything. It was really a boring day, we would have spend much time practicing instead. *Brick Hay 9:25 PM | Wednesday, June 11, 2008
RUBBISH BINS, BROOMS & YOU~ HEY THERE EVERYONE>~~~~ The pig is back after a while of hiatus. Whatever it is, I am here to blog about band on MONDAY and TODAY!(wednesday) MONDAY: Mr Yea was the conductor of the day. But mr tan also came for a while to settle some stuff, only for about 1 hr? can't really remember. Anyway, Mr Yea went through with us Four Quarter Rhythm Pattern with his methods like saying: bell, jingle, ?mun ne ru?, watermelon, banana, once-a, popeye-the and errr, others? Whatever it is, I am sure it was quite good. Then we went through some parts of the rehearsal of the 70th anniversary. Parts like doing a spoilt fanfare, BRS, KK and ensemble parts by the saxophone section and some brass instruments. However these are still not that confirmed until the next combined rehearsals with the other CCAs. ok... then after that i forgot what really went on. the next vivid thing on my mind is lunch~ everyone looks forward to lunch you know....But we look forward to Band more. After lunch, was sectionals once again and a last combined band rehearsal at 2.30pm. that was the end of MONDAY. TODAY (WEDNESDAY) : Mr yea was once again the conductor of the day. alright then, had warm-ups as usual with concert band clinic. the sec 1s were also playing with us so it was good experience for them. so then went through Four Quarter Rhythm Pattern again. then had combine playing with KK witht the sec 1s. they are also playing with us for national day i think. well, then, we had some sectionals from 10.30 to about 11.45. after that mr yea came abck for a last KK cmbine b4 it was lunch~ todays afternoon session was a little different from the others. we watched a show called Stomp out loud. its a video showcasting STOMP. they uses all sorts of stuff to create music such as cans, engine, ladder, broom, apple, cards and much much much more. whatever it is, we MUST ALSO BE AS CREATIVE AS THEM! kay...... i know that was uncalled for. then that was the end of band. THATS ALL FOLKS. BYEBYE. guess who blogged. stick? brick? hay? wolf? or material supplier? |
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To everyone: I am closing the poll as some in this band just cant understand simple instructions after constant reminders. 2008 poll results:
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