Saturday, August 6 @9:32 pm
today is the big day.. harhar.. i woke at 5.30.. did stuff till it was 6+ then i started to call.. one time... two time.. after that i was busy so i reached school and decided to call again when i reach..
i wore my band tee with pants and slippers to school, not plannin to attend assembly.. but i attended anyway.. once i reached school, at ard 6.45, sujin was snoring away and kaixin was there practicing her rhythm for the ensemble.. i called and called and called.. no one picked up.. ppl started coming.. michelle, natasha, yee kiat, kiong wee, eileen, etc... then the band room opened and i practiced on my trumpet before i went for assembly.. i was the only black guy there.. one blak dot in the sea of green.. lol. i neva went to physics lec.
Kiong Wee was havin sectionals for his percussion ensemble. Then KW suddenly called me.. "Clement! play maracas!!" and i was part of the ensemble ever since.. Everything was in a rush.. the arrangement of scores, the loading of instrument and ppl..
I have to say the CO were very inefficient.. yar.. say wanted to end at 3 then dragged til almost 4.. many ppl very angry... had dinner and then changed...
KONZERT started.
Armenian Dances pt. 1... luckily the first three notes came in and did not sound like chickens. harhar. a bit of mistakes here and there...
Highlights from CHESS... i liked this one lots. cos this song made me more warmed up in the sense that it got me prepared for 2nd suite. Sujin's conducting got me confused at the ending.
2nd suite in F... on the whole, its alright... but Dr. lee's face changed as the mvts finished.. from happy to stern.. esp. when Jun Wei missed his part and everybody stunned.. and only a few played the last note, i managed to play a squeak. harhar. Then durin the 4th mvmt, its like the 1st practically stopped playing at one point of time. and i cabt pitch the note and wat was heard was i mispitch.. har har..
~INTERVAL: met my family, met some of my alumni band members, secondary school band members and people from S08: they looking for my bag.. lol~
Alumni: Monoke and Seventh night of July
CO: Three songs with chinese title..
Perc. ensemble: i had to sit with the audience on the first row with Kiong Wee cos i had to walk across the hall, up to the stage, to the percussion section while playing the maracas.. i just had to shake while walking. i started walking very slowly.. Then i saw Kiong Wee signalling to me to walk faster then i started to quicken.. i turned my head and gave them an expression that made them laugh.. and i walked up to them. Then i felt like an idiot.. i din know how to play with them.. harhar.
Jap Graf. 4: ok.. enjoyable..
Gloriosa: i finally did a decent solo.. harhar. weee....
Me and Sujin pre-arranged an encore song, tat is the duet tat we have been practicing during band prac.. its was a well done piece..
hahaz..
We went back to the band room after moving the percussions to the lorry, then the whole bus broke into song and laughter, singing many songs, including the potato song.. hahaz. dun tell u how it goes..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAZLINAH!!! hahaz. the strudel is veri nice..
went for supper with Dr. Lee and a few rest until late at night.. reached home at 3 a.m.
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