::had a much more pleasant 2 days compared with the previous 2.. Wednesday came went back to school as per normal.. tried to catch what I missed on Tues.. conducted the first lesson for the 2nd intakers, and I think I went alittle too fast.. but some are really keen..
then went back in time for full band pract, praticed Grandfather's Clock and Sinfonia.. the running notes with the basses at the end much together now.. then for Sinfonia I tried something that I had suggested for AE a year back.. closed my eyes and experienced the music.. felt this heart-wrenching pain that I've felt before while playing, but not as intense as when I just closed my eyes.. the feeling felt very similar to Persis, when the 03 batch described the music to us.. missed playing the Eb part for the climax of the slow adante movement, where the altissimo register of the Eb clarinet really shines.. just don't feel Li En gives much character to the Eb even though technicals wise she may be better, while I'm the opposite.. on the other hand, love playing the lower melody of the Alto and the occasional bass line..
then today feels like a friday, since its a public holiday tomorrow.. ended at 12.30 as usual, went to the band room as usual, took out my Bb to play as usual.. then Shirley informed me that one of the J1s was going to use my instrument.. although I've a new found love, I'm very much still a Bb player, even while before the change, I still am.. its like taking a part of me away again, this time its a larger cut..
went to take out the problematic instruments to check on them.. some minor problems like tenore cork loose.. Xue Qi's one had a pad that dropped out, but it played fine until I noticed the top trill key pad was missing.. Yong De asked the repairman come down to look at some of the instruments, took out the key for him to fix.. gave the keys some polish since I took it out.. then took out the left hand keys to give them a polish too since its quite tarnished.. ended up polishing the rest of the problematic clarinets since I was working on them.. and one side of my silver cloth is now very black..
only went off at 3.50 to get back home to get the rest of the photographs for submission for the Singapore School's Photography Competition 2007.. initially wanted to go home straight to get them, but the repairman was coming.. got the pack of photos that we already sorted out, did the labels for the various room for Sat.. then took a cab to rj.. the cab driver was very friendly, we had a little chat about photography along the way.. hahaa, told him I was going to submit some photos for a competition, he wished me all the best as I was leaving his cab.. well, the campus is freaking nice.. asked one of the students walking around for directions to the General Office, she was free so she walked me there.. showed her some of my works that I was submitting, she commented it was very nice, and wished me all the best too as we approached the GO.. then came the 3rd nice person I met that afternoon, the receptionist at the GO.. had a pleasant time dealing with her when submitting the photos.. I had lotsa work cut out for her since the photos were all nicely packed and accompanied by the entry forms in a clear plastic sheet..
these 3 people really made my day.. got back to sch for another com meeting for the Muse Festival.. Wee Chong and Tracy went to get dinner for us, but he sorta forgot my order.. haven't eaten lunch yet so was quite hungry..

Labels: band, muse festival, photog

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