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well, its
13 days to SYF.. have practice everyday till almost 8, then stayed back to do my tutorials after that knowing I won't do them if I went home.. so haven't had the time to blog much these days..
regarding academic life, got back the comments for PW on tues, our group's file was supposedly sent to MOE for dunno what, so didn't get that back.. Wed our Econs teacher didn't come so had an extra 1.5 hour break.. well, almost the whole class went to mac to have breakfast during that 2 hour break we had.. tried the new bagel, didn't know the egg had onion inside..
Wed was the Ex-Co interviews for Photog.. in quite a dilema here, even after narrowing down, we still have 2 strong contenders for my post as Chief Instructor.. whereas the rest of the posts are more or less set.. the standard of the pics we produce largely relies on how well the Chief Instructor can teach the members, so its an important decision.. seems like exactly one year back again, but this time we're the ones giving the interview.. the final rituals before we step down..
Friday was a half-day due to the 30th Anniversary the next day.. bumped into Mr Lau about 1 week back when he asked me if I was going to cover the 30th Anniversary.. told him I was performing, he said it's such a waste if I'm not covering.. he's been quite supportive of me every since the reshuffling of teachers-in-charge, and prob Mr Neo before that, though he doesn't explicitly tells me..
the new cameras came in the afternoon, was still having full band, so he left it in the darkroom first.. well, our playing wise has improved after intensive sectionals.. Bar I of Sinfonia still doesn't sound like what I imagined it to be.. my sound has been better since I got the B44, but still don't find myself doing the "pouring out from the soul" kinda playing.. I want this part to be
where the Alto Clar really shines since I'm the only one playing the lower melody with the rest of the clarinet section..
then went to watch a DVD which had a video recording of Sinfonia.. it was by Sienna Wind Orchestra, a jap band.. had some trouble getting it playing at first, but resolved it.. the way the conductor conducts is really emotion, and the musicians themselves just superb.. they didn't do a cameo on the alto clarinettist though, only knew there was one by looking closely at the full band shot..
Today we had a
band exchange at HCI in the morning before the 30th Anniversary Celebrations.. and yes, their uniform colour is the exact same shade as the J1s.. went according to SYF appearance order, so we're 2nd to perform.. HCI played Symphonic Overture for their choice piece, one of my fav band pieces.. the opening was nice, woodwinds running notes were nice too.. but the brass intonation can be better..
we were up next.. their chairs were abit too low for my liking.. played Safari and Sinfonia, Safari had a very obvious mistake in the clapping part.. Sinfonia was ok, Mr Tan let us hear the recording of it when we got back to sch.. needs some more refinement..
VJC was there also, except for the Contra-Alto, they had the full expanded instrumentation for the clarinet section.. yea, the straight Contra-Bass is sick.. they played Spartacus, another one of my favs, for the rhythms especially.. then
made a new friend today.. Ginny, who also plays the Alto Clar from VJC.. had a nice chat with her since she is the only other Alto Clarinettist there.. all the JCs there had an Eb clarinet, and they're all guys with the exception of us.. they're also playing Safari, so passed her my printed transposed score as she only used pencil markings to transpose the 3rd score.. gotta go print another copy for myself now..
got back to sch at around 1+ for our
30th Anniversary Celebrations.. had to settle some photog stuff since today's a huge event and I'm not covering.. they had some problems at the neoprint booth.. apparently the teacher didn't buy the adapter for the card sized prints.. luckily, I bought the adapter for the V-Day bazaar and its in the darkroom..
went up to the hall and waited for the arrival of the GOH.. had a brass fanfare to welcome the minister, then more waiting as they gave their speeches.. the choir were all decked out in their SYF attire, and we on the other on were just wearing the sch u.. quite contrasting if you ask me.. had to play soft as to not overpower the choir.. alot of the alumni members were present, the college anthem/school song would mean alot to them.. had a resounding round of applause after we played, quite statisfying feeling..
Me and Zhi Kai with our final product..went down to eat, then met up with Zhi Kai.. took some self portraits of ourselves with the Virtual Tour touch screen panel which was launched today.. Mr Kooi came to congratulate us on a job well done, but still need to update some of the scenes since alot of construction been going on just for today.. opening new sites around the college..
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