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Monday, December 14, 2009 ♫ GREETINGS TO ALL CLARINETS READING THIS POST! PLEASE GO GO CHECK YOUR EMAIL NOWWW AND REPLY ASAP! :DDD
♪ 18:44 Saturday, December 12, 2009 ♫ AT LEAST THE (NOT) BLUR SECTION MATE MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH THE HORRIBLE SECTION WHO TRICKED THE POOR INNOCENT NAIVE SECTIONMATE INTO BELIEVING THAT THE SIDE GATE WAS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IT WAS JUST AFTER LUNCH! I ALMOST DIED SPRINTING FROM THE SIDE GATE TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE!!! HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PEOPLE DDDDD: i am never believing you all again D< BUT IT WAS FUNNY HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE  love, the sectionmate who will never believe her horrible section again ♪ 12:26 Friday, December 11, 2009 ♫ HELLO! :D tasha is being very spastic again! aye ok anyways I'm here to tell you guys about parts cause I'm lazy to repeat myself again and again ;D Perseus/ American Beauties (wahh if up to now you still don't know ahh...!) 1st: Sherlyn Esther Josephine 2nd: Beishi Charis Rachelle Yu Jun Cherie 3rd: Huizhen Tasha Jinny Nicole Xinyun Bass: Chiaying oh yep just something to note about perseus. for perseus, there's a choir part from bars 1-10 and 124-138. yup then during these bars, clarinets is basically the only section playing. but only two people from each part will be playing bars 1-10 & 124-138, while the rest of the section will be singing together with the band. so those playing are sherlyn, esther, beishi, rachelle, huizhen, tasha & chiaying. for those singing the choir part, Bars 1-10 Singing UPPER LINE: Josephine, Charis, Yujun, Cherie Singing LOWER LINE: Jinny, Nicole, Xinyun Bars 124-138 Singing SOPRANO/ FIRST LINE: Josephine Singing ALTO 1/ SECOND LINE: Charis, Yujun, Cherie Singing ALTO 2/ THIRD LINE: Jinny, Nicole, Xinyun so please take note of what parts you are singing. for bars 124-138, the part you are singing is exactly the same as what the clarinet part is playing. for example, soprano's choir part will be exactly the same as the 1st clarinets part, while the alto 1's choir part will be exactly the same as the 2nd clarinets part etc. Art in the Park (confirmed concert piece) 1st: Beishi Rachelle Esther Nicole 2nd: Huizhen Jinny Josephine Xinyun 3rd: Sherlyn Charis Tasha Yujun Cherie Bass: Chiaying First Suite in Eb 1st: Huizhen Tasha Cherie 2nd: Charis Rachelle Josephine Nicole 3rd: Beishi Esther Jinny Yujun Xinyun Solo: Sherlyn Bass: Chiaying please make sure that all of you have the scores of PERSEUS, AMERICAN BEAUTIES, ART IN THE PARK & FIRST SUITE in your own file! there are no more scores in the section library, so please either borrow the score from your partmate to photocopy, or ask your kind partmate to help you photocopy (or you can print out the one I scanned!) yup and also note that these parts are not confirmed confirmed, there might be changes here and there in the future (; oh and just to end off, I shall tell all of you a story! one fine day, on 11th December 2009, the clarinets section from NYCB decided to go to Bukit Timah Food Centre for their lunch. after consuming their great lunch (and drinking weird-tasting soya bandung and grass jelly), the clarinets set off back to their dear home NYGH by taking bus 174. nearing school, part of the section decided to trick their sectionmate. 'Hey sectionmate, we alight at the bus stop leading to the main gate, then you alight at the bus stop near the side gate ok! then we race each other, see who can reach the band room faster!' this blur sectionmate however, didn't realise that the side gate was not open! and so at the bus stop, the entire section alighted except for this blur sectionmate, along with two poor other sectionmates who were lost and didn't know what was happening. seeing that 3 of their sectionmates were really not alighting, the remaining of the section started laughingggg non stop! in the end, they spotted the blur sectionmate running from the bus stop at the side gate towards them! aye ok my story telling skills are quite bad. anyways, huizhen chiaying esther rachelle and I had a good laugh, while poor cherie and xinyun had to run all the way back with the blur sectionmate! guess who is miss blur sectionmate! ;D sherlyn(; p/s everyone must hand in five concert journals when school re-opens next year!
♪ 23:01 Thursday, December 10, 2009 ♫ HELLO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO START TO I USED HELLO. HELLO :D OKAY SECTION OUTING IS ON THE UMM, 31st DEC AT NICOLE/CHERIE/XINYUN/SHERLYN(?) 'S HOUSE. HEEHEE AND WE'LL BE PLAYING OR DOING RANDOM STUFF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED YET BUT MOST PROBABLY WE'LL BE EATING OUR LIVES AWAY OR FLYING KITES (WHICH HZ GAVE ME THE -.- FACE CAUSE SHE SAID THERE'RE TOO MANY BUILDINGS THERE BUT I DON'T SEE WHY NOT, HZ! ANY PLACE IS AS GOOD AS MIRINA BARRAGE!) YOU SEE, WE CAN SWIM WHILE FLYING KITES! THERE WON'T BE BUILDINGS ABOVE THE SWIMMING POOL, WILL THERE? AND IT WILL BE LIKE KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE! (i forgot the chinese translation for that phrase) AND AT NIGHT(?NOT CONFIRMED AGAIN), WE MIGHT HAVE A BBQ OR SOME SORT OF THING WHICH INVOLVES ALOT ALOT OF LAUGHING AND SPASMING :DDD PROBABLY SOME SORT OF INDOOR PICNIC I PREDICT. ANYHOW, DISCUSSIONS ON THIS IMPORTANT EVENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT ASAP ASAP ASAP!!! OKAY I'M DONE! REJOICE! :D love, tasha ♪ 17:53 Tuesday, November 03, 2009 ♫ hello clarinets! FOA is tmr! ahh aren't you excited haha. although the hall is not very exciting, but it's our first official performance together! excitingg eh (; yup just some miscellaneous stuff to take care of: BAND UNIFORM & ATTIRE hello, if you are reading this and haven't packed your band uniform, go do it nowwwww! don't have a heart attack when you come tomorrow and realise that you didn't bring any part of the band u haha. this includes blouse, vest, scarf, skirt, socks and shoes. 6 ITEMS (those without socks, you will only have 5). gogo check that you have all 5 or 6 parts of the band u. ohoh you may also want to bring a hanger so that you can hang and air your band u after tmr's performance. oh ahem ahem and attention to those without socks (cherie, jinny, josephine, nicole, xinyun, yujun), remember to bring $3.30 exact to pay celine tmr. lastly, please come in school uniform (your best friend the hongzi) tmr, don't come to school in your band u! or else you will scare rachel away on thursday with the smell of your band u ;D SCORES & STANDS hmm I think this is already done, but do sort out with your stand partner whose file is going to be brought onto 'stage' tmr for the performance. ohoh and please ensure that all the scores are tucked neatly in your file! or else when you open the file tmr, we might see a score floating to the audience...o.o PERFORMANCE during the performance, look look look look at ms chong! even if you can't bear peel your eyes off the score throughout the entire performance, please look at her occasionally to ensure you are on time. yup and ms chong likes to hint with her hands if you need to play louder/ softer at the different passages, so do look up more at ms chong! :D when not playing, it is highly discouraged to lie your clarinet on your lap. yup so if we have many many many bars of rest, stand your clarinet smartly on your lap. and please do not start hanging your clarinet between your knees! other than that, you need to place your instrument in your mouth at least 2 bars before your entrance. also, concentrate! don't start daydreaming in the middle of the performance, or start scanning the crowd for familiar faces. count your bars and come in correctly. yup and sit properly during the performance ok! we are all 淑女s hahah. and don't forget to take your cap after the performance(; MUSIC: Ponyo for ponyo, the crotchets are suppose to be played long, while the quavers are supposed to be played short and light. yup try to play the quavers with a bounce, such that the sound will be warm and fluffy (I can't seem to find a suitable word heh). also try to make all the articulation sound more pronounced. yup and in case the message didn't manage to be passed around, remember to come down after hitting the long note (I think all of us are playing high Bb) in the last 3rd and 4th bar. lastly, listen out more for the ending, such that we'll be able to play together as one :D MUSIC: Legend of the Ancient Hero: for legend, try to bring out more of the change in dynamics. remember to play very loud for bar 20 (oh but try to control and not blast (;), and come down at bar 28. other than that, remember to look at ms chong so as to keep up with her tempo, articulate all the accents, and tongue your entrance yup that's about it! and most importantly, enjoy yourselves! don't feel stressed or nervous during the performance. be confident of yourself, count and come in. be sure of yourself, don't wait for your partmates to come in before you come in (; all of us have spent much time and effort preparing for this very performance. I think that we have definitely improved alot since EOYs ended, so just go up there and show the audience the platinum NYCB that we are! don't see the notes as scary notes with weird accidentals popping up here and there, but see them as music. flow with the music, and enjoy yourself! it's only when you enjoy yourself, that you'll be able to produce the best sound :D yup and ms lee beishi sends her heart (along with all her love) from shanghai to all of you! haha yup so jiayou for tomorrow! let's give our very best for ms chong, mr goh, for beishi who's in shanghai, as well as for all our sec fours who will be scattered among the audience! 加油 CLARINETS! :D and don't forget to have fun! sherlyn (;
♪ 20:35 Saturday, September 19, 2009 ♫ Heee hello clarinets! I know now band stopped practices, please study hard, don't forget to practice, stay healthy and happy :) So if you are feeling stressed you can listen to this song. This is what me and sherlyn want to tell all of you! We believe in you, so don't give up, keep trying. Don't feel so stressed, you all can set a goal to motivate yourself! Like... a feast :P after everything is over. That will motivate you to work hard! Yah haha I need to go. Clarinets, we can do it :) Jiayou! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce8HZ2keKwk ♪ 23:25 |