Tuesday, October 31, 2006
hi..
i m feeling so depressed..dun ask y..ok anyway those who went back to d bandroom tiz few days muz b wondering y d bls nv open bandroom..
well o levels r going on so d school dun thnk its a gd idea tt we make so mch noise..mrs song said tt she will give us d o level schdule soon so tt we will know when xan open bandroom
but i think it will b better if u ppl can sign out ur instruments(mrs song' idea) durin band on thurs cuz knowing d sch, they wun lt us prac when there is o levels...
about d briefing on sat 4th nov for the band trip...it is now COMPULSORY for at least 1 parent to go..plz take note...
germaine
Thursday, October 26, 2006
its me again!!!
shud nt hv given shiling d password..she said wad i wanted 2 say! :(
d holz r finally here.enjoy while u can BUT dun 4gt 2 cum bak 4 self-prac (xpecially d sec 1s)
fellow sec 3s, jz tahan more 2 wks k. it will b our turn 2 play after bridging
so here's wad happen 2day..
we played ivanhoe for d 1st time!!personally think we did quite ok but mr tan said nt gd... here r some stuffs 2 b worked on
-tone
-intervals
-sight reading
-scale builders
all tiz can b found in symphonic band techniques
some things to take note of...
-1st movement : brass achieve more fanfare sound
:pulse
-2nd movement: tuning & intonation
-3rd movement: time signature
Impressed wif me? i took dwn notes when mr tan talking ok so gimme face and work on all tiz during sectionals hor
oh and gd luck 2 those sec3s, 4E and 5N who will be taking thier o levels soon...
germaine, frien of d pure idiot n ass
Hello I'm back. Here to update you guys with the figures. 32 people going to Australia in all. Kind of a disappointment but I know it's quite a last min notice. Hereby, I will like to praise terence who is the only sec 1 coming with us for showing such passion to the band and giving your fullest support. In any case, band members please work on the following pieces:
Ivanhoe (our SYF piece next year)
Can't take my eyes off you
Burst of brass
Selections from 'Ocean'
Joy
Pirates of the Caribbean
Under the double eagle (finally got it right haha)
If any of you did not manage to get hold of any of the above pieces or have lost your copy, please inform any of the librarians or us leaders to pass you a copy as soon as possible. Guys, time is running out and if you haven't noticed, we are just 2 weeks away from the overseas trip. We really want to make this a beneficial trip. Since exams are over, I think the band deserves effort from each and everyone of you here.
Productivity: Do not count the days... make the days count!
NSL (as named pure idiot)
Monday, October 23, 2006
yox
we hv one space left for the overseas trip..can sm1 pls pls pls go for d trip?
dun matter if ur close friens r nt going cuz part of the purpose of this trip is 2 bond wif ur band peeps..who noes mayb u mite find a very gd frien in band during d trip?
if any1 interested pls lt d BLs or any band teacher noe asap...if u n another buddy want 2 go can lt us noe too..we try find air tix for u all
ok so bout d band prac schdule... main band resumes band tiz coming thurs which is 26th pls pass msg around..
sec1s plz check d notice board for ur nxt prac..schdule will hopefully b up soon(d notice board is actually there 4 a purpose hor)...
and SLs can u guys try hold sectionals?oversea trip less than a mth away..
jia you ppl :)
ger
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
lets jz ignore d ass tt has been talking nonsense...(yiyong)
ok so d syf choice piece is ivanhoe think most of u heard oridy.. pls lts work really hard for syf..we freakingly need tt GOLD!!! d sch is so damn bias jz cuz we dun gt gold.. sit back and relax..now is story time...
2 years ago...when we were sec 2s...basically every1 waited for d LASTEST min 2 practise.. mr tan was pissed with us a number of times..d worst was once he threw a baton and it broke..think all those in syf will still remember..d band oni started working lyk 1 wk b4 syf..
we improve alot during tt tym(according to mr tan) so we jz whack and went 4 syf..
on tt day while waiting results every1 was lyk freaking nervous.. when they announce silver every1 started crying (almoz every1) d trip back was so different frm d trip tt we went 2 the syf..every1 was realy disheartened
still remember we went bak school den the sec1s(now sec2s) hvin band prac.. mr kiang talk tp us mrs song talk to us den mrs low came too..
she said tt it did nt matter tt we did nt gt gold (we all noe tt nt true).. she even made us play infrt of the sch d nxt day at flagraising..
again every1 was crying and we completly screwed it up..end of tortue?nt yt...
all d GOLD cca went to collect prizes on champions night xcept us...on 60th anniversary only d Gold aesthetics grp performed.. band sat tt lyk idiots after playing d fan fare..
its a really materialistic world tt we r living in..we really nid tt gold...lts start taking sectionals seriously and really love our band ok? tiz can b done only if every1 helps..remember wad nr kiang says? OUR WEAKEST PLAYER IS OUR STRONGEST PLAYER... the band nids every single 1 of you..
anyway well done 2 d ensmble grps who played on open house...
ur workin bl,
germaine
Saturday, October 14, 2006
YOYOYO! your slacking-but-still-working-dearest-yiyong is here!
okay recently i just realise im not exactly slacking,
but its because,
im not given much duties to fufil!
and when i do get them,
THE OTHER TWO DOGS
( if you dont know they refer to those who have higher power than me other than the teachers :))are busy snatching away the duties from me.
So i've decided to change the term of my bl status to working-but-no-duties-to-perform bl.
okay so babes and dudes, your working-but-no-duties-to-perform bl is here to report on recent band news.
so today we had open house!
the open house was boring.
sadly i have to admit that.
the admin staff team , consisting of pathetic yiang shan, me, germaine and shit ling,
had to sit and rot under the hall's light,
while waiting on parents who looked all the same.
hmm seems the open house was boring,
theres not much things to write right?
but DA DA DA DA ( going from higher octave DA to lower octave DA * sing) ,
your working-but-no-duties-to-perform bl is super inteliigent,
as i have an IQ of -623
i can produce crap even if im suppose to describe vacuum.
So listen up dudes and babes,
your working-but-no-duties-to-perform bl is gonna influence you to ROFL.
here we go!
today the day started out early for many xinminarians.
I dont know what happen from 8:45 am to 10: 45 because i wasnt there,
so lets just skip that part.
When i reached the band room,
germaine was crawling on the floor.
Ah people, she aint a baby although she acts like one,
no no no.
She was being a hardworking band major by searching for the dusty and old brochures.
After she gathered her baton, stick, long metal thingo, ( whatever you call that ) , and a bag of brochures , i joined her and we headed to the hall.
Before that , we removed the REN JIAN REN AI ( chinese proverb for
all see all love ) notices on the noticeboard.
WHY?!
Ah that you must ask my fellow band mate,
because you see,
germaine was complaiining how plain our corner in the hall look,
while the rest of aesthetics group was done up like a collage of magazine cutouts.
Well i couldnt believe it.
But when i reached the hall,
indeed our corner look like some sort of rundown warehouse while the rest of the aesthetic groups corner look like renovated palaces.
so you see.. how serious the situation was?
WELL VITAL AND DEADLY TIMES REQUIRE VITAL MEASURES!
So the bls started plastering the notices on the side wall near the hall door. ( our corner is next to the main entrance)
.
Ok.
i have to admit.
I slack there.
Germaine was grumbling that i wasnt helping.
And she had to hold on the poster and demand scotchtape while i remain like a statue and refused to help her.
So in the end, after 600 years (or maybe even more ) , of Germaine waiting for me to pass the scotchtape, and shit ling had enough laughing at her stupidity, shit ling passed the scotchtape to her.
So after the pasting of the notice,
the 3 bls notice somehow the notice was paste in the wrong place.
YOU SEE , the notice was place on the wall that wasnt behind the table where we were advertising the awards, etc. belonging to the band.
BUT!
it was pasted next to far right of the table.
So its really ironical,
that when you have a big empty space behind the tables,
and a very miserable lonely poster at the side of your table.
OKay but we have to admit our band corner is more colourful than it was before right?
So later on, we added on new features to our corner.
And it looked much better.
IT became from a rundown warehouse, to an old warehouse!
DONT LAUGH!
its still much better okay!
From this my fellow band mates what can you learn?
well, the moral of this story is that although those improvements we made on the band corner may be small, but they still are
significant. By applying this theory to your music journey, you must understand that, some of you may be improving inch by inch, and you may feel that you are improving too slowly, but you still must admit these improvements are significant to making you a better musician.
OF COURSE!
we cannot deny still that large steps and gigantic improvments are much more preferable right?
JUst like will you go to a shop giving 0.1 percent of discount when the shop next to it is giving a 100% discount ?
NO right?
so my fellow band mates, a 100% effort and improvement is much much more attractive and preferable than a 0.1% effort and improvment.
Minute things may bring about a holocaust in a society after a period of time , but a large-scale impact
will defintely bring about a change in the society one second after the large-scale impact is presented.
So if you want to be an
immediate powerful person, do something
big.
Of course you will be telling me, it is so hard.
Of course it is hard dumb dumb!!
come on, life aint a bed of roses.
Spending at least 13 years of your life living in a country full of propaganda and stress,
how can you not deny that band is just another source of challenge Singapore has given to us.
Well, i believe if you really find it hard and stressful to improve your musical skills, or even live through the days where band practices are held, then you have to slap yourself and ask yourself to face it.
Because you cant do anything except either backing out or
embracing it.
Well backing out are for wimps.
These people will never suceed in life, that i can promise you.
People who embrace problems, and turn it to other way around to become their advantage,
are people who have a major upper hand over the rest.
So who do you want to be?
of course there are people who are just in love with the band.
These people are simply people we are trying to adopt or breed.
OKay its not like you guys are animals or anythings ( other than the two dogs).
I believe that one must always make your own decisions.
But one must always make the right one.
so
guys,
i think i've describe and crap alot already.
I guess some of you would be thinking how can our working-but-no-duties-to-perform bl has so much crap in him,
well i guess,
its for me to know, and you to find out.
ain't?
too doos,
keep the positive side in you always!
live strong, be strong.
your working-but-no-duties-to-perform dearest bl,
yiyong.
:)
Friday, October 13, 2006
hi peeps!!
exams r FINALLY over!!!!!lets hope tt every1 gets gd gd results ok..
there was a band meeting today to discuss about the band trip. response was ok but not fantastic either.. i really hope tt those who can go will really consider. its seldom tt we gt d opportunity to go overseas as a band. furthurmore it can also help us bond and learn new skills...
Sec 1s pls try and go ok?only terence showed interest..if u r interested pls lt Mrs Song or any band cher know by mon..
and syf is cumin soon too..can we start working hard together and strive for tt gold tt we missed 2 years ago? we must really try hard and do our best.. lts nt start practising oni 2 weeks before syf like we did last time. start early this year and nopt have any regrets can? getting gold this time means alot to me and i m sure it means alot to most of u..
tnr is open house day! last try psycho as much sec1 nxt yr as possible to join band k. haha. gd luck to tne ensemble grps tmr..especially FLUTES..
germaine :)
