Sunday, December 04, 2005
3dec
Yesz itz finally over! Lets celebrate!
The days leading up to the concert were emotionally charged and exciting.
26nov
npcb rondeau. Gave that bk toy to josh. Aged 3+ LOLS. The concert was great yea, and josh made me write a review. Yea.
Rondeau Memories (Rondeau XX)
Ngee Ann Poly Concert Band
Date of Concert: 26th November 2005 Sat 6pm
Repertoire:
Main Band:
Alleluia! Laudamus Te
Second Suite for Band
Ballade for Solo Alto Sax and Band
Praise Jerusalem
Japanese Graffiti VII
The Way We Were
To A New Dawn
We Are All Alone (Encore)
Alumni Band:
The Blue and the Gray
The Saint and the City
Under the baton of Mr Tan Aik Kee, the band was very impressive. The concert hall was packed and the atmosphere was terrific as many turned up to support the band. In remembrance of the late Alfred Reed, the first half of the concert featured his pieces whereas the second half featured an exciting percussion ensemble performance and more fun pieces like Japanese Graffiti VII. I personally feel that the band had great control of their technique and the tone production was good. The ability to be able to convey feelings in the music proves to be one of their greater strengths. The soloist in the Ballade and The Way We Were were fantastic and the woodwinds amazed by being able to play the running notes in Praise Jerusalem. The performance also featured the NP Alumni Band, which played two wonderful pieces and the clarinet quartet and percussion ensemble. All in all the concert was marvelous and it was worth the ticket price.
Reviewed by Khoo Jun Jie, Nan Hua Symphonic Band
27th November 2005
taken from http://sgbandfusion.com
28nov
last band prac b4 exchange. Not very eventful there. Yea. Nth to tok bout.
29nov
buying reeds. Serangoon – IMM – sun plaza – plaza singapura – serangoon.
Yea long tiring day. No reeds to be found at IMM and sun plaza. So went back to PS. Yea. Bot a mouthpiece patch aso.
30nov
as exchange. Yea basically the driver lost his way again. Dunno why all of them like marine cove so much lol. Then went there intro icebreaker then lunch. Was quite ok la then had ice-cream and drink. Full. Pirates. Vs pppl so damn pro sia. Really diff atmosphere. There was this kind of confidence exuding from all of them players. Yea super loud. Pirates quite alrite. Then heard band a play some elvis song. Then b4 tat we went to shout bina and tat conductor just turn his head and look lor. So damn siasuay. Yea then vs played amer graf 8 (frank sinastra hits medley) were literally chased backed to school. Overall damn fun la. The vs ppl are funny and they are pro! =)
1dec
last band prac b4 the big day. Was quite wonderful generally and tat stupid patch keep coming off. Mr tan and jiahao said I too loud. Oops. Then we were to write something for the vs guys. Made jiahao write. Then sharine me and Sharon were spamming tat piece of paper with things like bala u haven give Sharon ur number and the sort la hahas. then went wif jiahao and sharine to je station. Yea. Talked a lot on the performance, who’s coming and the sort la.
2dec
literally rotted at home. Finally got mi maple up and running. Yea at 4 plus on sat morning. Photocopied scores. Listening to internet radio blah blah.
3dec
VSCB 40th Anniversary
big day! Went to school. Bumped into cornet section on the way. Drank some ginger beer to calm down, and went to sign in. gave bina her lollis. Then went up wif shufen and jingru. The majors hurried us down and zuraida went about her usual routine. Then boarded the bus went vs. lucky no more u-turns and the sort. Reach le then settled into their humongous music room. Was damn huge. Then is a rehearsal of alvamar and foxfire. Mr Tan sort of encouraged us yea play to the ceiling. Then was pirates. Then went for dinner! Wonderful 2 bucks dinner *rolleyes. Cleared the boxed, dirtied my shirt wif the gravy. Then played taidi. Then it was confiscated by zuraida. Then went back. Sharine and michh din some last min work wif us. Then we went to line up le. Went to watch them play Alleluia! Laudamus Te and American Graffiti 8. and Imran is so funny as emcee. Yea I guess vs ppl are liddat hhaas. Then went to line up. Veri nervous sia. But syf tat time worse.
Went into the auditorium. Yea played tuning note. Then foxfire. Was damn nice yea. Then dropped stand be alvamar. So damn loud. Really shaken. Then it was marvelous yea slow part was really nice. Yea. Then dropped the stand after the song again. LOL. Then went up meet the seniors. Yea.mr tan was happy and Christofle said I did well to drop the stand and tat he was laughing his ass off. The jiahao said I play very loud. Cos alvamar can hear tat bass part. Then zai congratulated me as we were leaving the auditorium. Then yea. Saw a lot of the seniors. Hahas. then christofle was saying he din noe alto got solo. Yup.
Then was pirates. But b4 tat the honour band ppl have to line up the the sweltering heat outside the auditorium. Then went in sit. Pirates was pretty nice. But some parts were screwed I guess. Maybe due to lack of practice bah but it was generally nice yea. The mood is there =)
Zuraida returned the cards. Then heard them play the last pieces. Rhapsody for hannukah is nice. And the solos are damn nice. And seems like yuzhu and Sharon are smitten over bala. Then the former was like see see he so pro oohh ~~~~~ “-.-
Then returned back to nh. Seniors lompang-ed the bus. We were like larfing over christolf zaewe pearl and marie’s jokes lor. Damn farni. The went to put instru in 1o6 classroom. Franz was so nice help me carry instru. Then signed out and went home.
The memories of this day, all the hard work tat bore fruit, all the sacrifices made by everyone to make this possible, will always be etched in us forever. Till the end of time.