26.2.08
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Anglo-Chinese Junior College Concert Band Presents:
~ MUSE ~
Date: 24th March 2008, Monday
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Ticket Prices: $21 and $25
We will be playing:
* Lord of the Rings Symphony No.1 Mvt I, IV, V ~Johan de Meij~
* Rhapsody on the theme of Paganini ~Sergei Rachmaninoff arr. Kazuhiro Morita~
* Blue Horizons ~Franco Cesarini~
* Armenian Dances Part I ~Alfred Reed~
* Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral ~Richard Wagner arr. Lucian Caillett~
* Charming Asia ~arr. Yuen Ching-Hai~
* Feng Yang Hua Gu (The Flower Drum of Feng Yang) ~arr. Yuen Ching-Hai~
Charming Asia and Feng Yang Hua Gu are combined pieces with ACS(I)
Edusave-able for ACJC students
**Please reply me asap if you are interested because good seat tickets come on a first come(pay) first serve basis.
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Anglo-Chinese Junior College Alumni Band Concert
Date: 8th March 2008
Time:
Venue: LT4
Location: Anglo-Chinese Junior College 25 Dover Close East Singapore 139745
Map: http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_330/travel_site_10667/
Ticket Price: $5
Playing:
* Glenn Miller
* Japanese Graffiti XII
* Doreamon
* Selections from Spirited Away
* Prince of Egypt
* Deep Purple Medley
* The Best of Earth, Wind and Fire
...and many many other pieces.
**Please reply me asap if you are interested because good the concert is soon!
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Anglo-Chinese Junior College Concert Band Presents:
~MUSE: A Night to Remember~
Date: 6th July 2008, Sunday
Time: 4.30pm to be confirmed
Venue: Singapore Conference Hall
Ticket Prices: to be confirmed
Will be playing:
to be confirmed
**Please keep that day free. =))
If you are interested in advertising in our concert programme, which will be given out to every concert attendee, or know of anyone who wants some space to advertise, please contact me. There are spaces or Full, Half or Quarter page. Similarly, if you would like to donate, or know of anyone who would like to donate, the spaces are also available for the specific charges. This advertising and donation(sponsorship) will help the band financially, to fly to Europe for a prestigious competition in Interlaken, Switzerland. We will be representing not only ACJC, but also Singapore at the competition.so please do help us achieve this dream. The money from the advertising and donation will NOT be misused unless you consider sending us to Europe a misuse.
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Anglo-Chinese Junior College Presents:
FUN-O-RAMA XIX
Date: 29th March 2008, Saturday
Time: 9.30am - 6.00pm
Location: Anglo-Chinese Junior College 25 Dover Close East Singapore 139745
Map: http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_330/travel_site_10667/
Coupons are going at $10 per piece.
ACJC's students work together to bring to you this occasion of fun and laughter, for you to enjoy with your family, friends and loved ones.
The bi-annual Fun-o-rama is a bi-annual event where students come together to create a fun-o-rama special to their cohort and by this, raise funds for the building of school facilities and such. This fun-o-rama will go to the building of the Centre for Performing Arts in ACJC which requires funds to build as it is not fully subsidised by the government.
If you are unable to go, but would like to support us anyway, no fret. just indicate the amount you would like to buy and the coupons will be donated to benefit charitable organisations, allowing children who are not as well-off to be able to experience the joy and excitement of Fun-O-Rama.
Hope that you will support ACJC and the students who are working hard for this to be a success.
Much appreciation to those who purchase the coupons and we hope you have an enjoyable time at the Fun-o-Rama.
Guaranteed to be "The Ultimate Trip".
**Please inform me asap if you are interested and would like to purchase tickets. There are discount coupons at the bottom of the tickets as well.
Labels: acjc, acs(i), advertising, band, competition, concert, donation, esplanade, Fun-o-rama, lord, muse, paganini, rhapsody, rings, singapore conference hall, sponsorship, ticket
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3.4.07
from the case file of enjia's lifeworry not,for i am here to worry for you.so take heed and worry not.sleep well and rest plentifully.
audition results tomorrow may not be what you expect or not desirable to you,but please take it in your stride and do not keep staying in the disappointed mood.we'll work for the concert if we don't get in syf,right?we'll work so hard that we'll improve so much that we'll impress the rest and put the audience in awe.
go ACSian band people!
Labels: band, syf auditions
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2.4.07
from the case file of enjia's lifeMuse 07 flew past really quickly like yingda said it would.now we can only look back and find places to improve upon.
tosca was good.the J2s did a really good job on the tosca opening. (go J2s!) tosca was really beautiful.really really beautiful.
i think festive was more or less there,except for some dynamic chages not displayed well enough..i was quite worried that when we came in aft the tpts,we'd screw up,like not come in correct note,not come in tgt... but it wasn;t that bad.
colonial songs beginning was not very tgt,but at least when they came in,it was not that obvious to people who don't listen out for these kinda details..and congratulations to evelyn and gladys on your successful tuning for that miserable 5 notes! it was really in tune from where i was sitting!i think the last stopped note was not bad.the two of us holding the note was relatively in tune and seemed in tune with the 1sts,but some people say we weren't in tune with them.oh well.
march didn't sound that bad either.the 1st stopped note of the horns was more or less in tune.at least sean and i were.i finally managed to reach the high Bflat that i never could.i think we more or less followed dr lee for this piece.the horns solo was quite flowy and i don't think there was random stoppig and entering for the solos.
aft intermission was tosca and as usual,P was not acccurate but it sounded alright.puay bing was sweating like nuts and can totally see that she's very tired.and again,the opening was really good,all thnks to the J2s.the resonance at the end was super loud....very tired aft that.actually already very tired after the 1st half.
feste romane.i was really scared.really really scared.for the firt time in my whole band career i was so super super scared.so scared i nearly cried.i don't know if it's we came in early or late,played too fast or too slow,but we were all lost.or at least it felt like that.i myself felt as if i really got lost and until dominic and jefri came in before the stopped horns,i felt like i was just nowhere.thank goodness for the two of them or the band is so screwed.thanks to them,the horns managed to come in,the tpts managed to come in,and we managed to try to pick ourselves up.from then on i was so scared tt i didn't dare look away from dr lee at all,it felt as if i would lose my way if i didn't follow him.
i think my fear's dragging on.when we went back on the bus gladys thought i was mad at her(for i duno what reason) when i was just sitting there.and i couldn't sleep until 1.30 this morning.
ytd when i went to sleep,i told myself:"check if the mthpc's in my bag later whe i wake up.tomorrow morning must practice."i woke up and it wasn't in my bag nor in my blazer pocker.so i calmed myself down and thought."it may be in the case."i couldn't find it in my case,then puaybing told my to check if it's with the rest,so i searched to cases and i couldnt find it.i was super scared already(a drag on from roman fest),so i just broke down and started tearing.then sean insisted i seach my bag and thank goodness he did cos it was in this obselute corner of my bag.i was so relieved that i was crying and crying and gerdine was trying to stop me from crying. >.< thanks gerdine!thanks sean!
i really really miss band practice.i really do.
i need to audition.let's pray that the roman fear will not drag on till audition.really hope so.
HUILIN!!!!! i miss you alot.please don't cry.please please don't cry.you've also made a really huge impact on me as we have on you,really really love you and please take really good care.advertise pj concert to me and i'll try my very best to make it!really please stay in touch even though we're not gonna see each other much anymore.i miss you already.
fear is a permanent thing.it's just how well you suppress it.so when you're really frightened,it will all gush out at one go.
i really wanna cry now,but i don't know for what.for why.for whom.for when.for how.an internal unvoluntary urge to cry.an unconcious thought that caused that feeling.
Labels: band, concert, muse, syf auditions
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27.3.07
from the case file of enjia's lifeACJC CONCERT ONLY HAS $17 TICKETS LEFT!!if you want $21 tickets,please go to sistic website to purchase.you can only do so three days prior to concert,which is friday.
i've been stoning alot these few days.was stoning the day away.haven't toned in a long long long time.befre recently that is..
tosca T2T2T2!!!! drLee's a genius! >.<
band was not so strenous today.unike ytd,where we went through the concert repertoire in our sectionals and had to play the second half down in a room which was heating up due to lack of aircon and exertion.today's practice was not that bad,but we still have lots to work on.i have alot alot to work on.i fear the uncertainties.....
fear is not a good thing sometimes.
it leads to uncertainty and insecurity.
i'm still tired.still very tired.
don't worry.i won't give up till i drop.
Labels: $17 tickets, band, tosca
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24.3.07
from the case file of enjia's lifesyf auditions on the 13th April.will i make it? tosca shepherd's call is not well played all except one of all times,feste romane horn's melody lines am not able to play well,i can't play all the really important parts well.
my stamina is so low,so much so that i cannot sustain through the pieces,through tosca,is already dead and out of breath,through march is already trying to survive,through pantom after that is dead already by the end.
my tuning is inconsistent,always nearly there,but slightly sharp or slightly flat fluctuatingly,rarely do i manage to hold a constant note.
this morning i went t school 1hr early to go to the rooftop garden to practice so that i may develope my volume better in an open space.however,when i asked sean,jefri,huiling they all if they heard a horn while they walking into school,all didnt.was also practicing with a mute yesterday,from aft e mbti thingy to ard 6 plus,trying to play forte through for roman feste and all parts w loud parts.and the result?still a sucky soft and thin tone.
sitting on the right of sean during march is depressing.i can hear that he's loud and his tone is not that thin,so much so that when he stops playing in the middle of a horn part,you can so obviously hear that someone has stopped even if you're not looking.he's so loud that i can't even hear myself.and when he stops,the thin sound will emerge from my horn.
tosca G# B-B is also very thin,the low b's tone just does not match up to the G# and high B's tone.how can i improve?in what way can i improve.
i've been trying really hard to use my diaphragm and use loads and loads of air,so much that i become breathless really fast,but my tone's still thin and rubbishy.
been playing to much highnotes that i cannot reach well and sitting much too straight while doing so.dont know if it's true,but my back hurts when i'm trying to play march's FA CFA CFA the high range,and plus i've been practicing that the whole week,without much progress,plau yesterday's sleeping in the wrong position in the qm room,plus today's practice,it really hurts..
very hard to fall asleep too.when i'm trying to fall asleep,when it's very quiet,the music of band will just play in my head and the fingerings play in my head,my fingers unawaringly will finger it out.if it's noisy ad i listen to the music from my phone,then same things occur...i guess that it's good since it's never happened to me before previously..
colonial,horn's nicest part,from beat 4 bar 36 to bar 42 beat 2 is super nice,but once again,i'm not able to play it well.high high Bb...stopped notes originally play one semitone down,but unfortuntely we're all super sharp on the stopped notes,so we cn play a tone down and sound correct. >.<
march is tiring! ...
tosca...J's syncopated rhythm we're trying our best to play out,p's agitato's _23_23_23_23 we're also working on it,trying very very hard not to play __31_31_31_31_31_31_31 like the tuba.even if we wanna start corrct,but being influenced by others who ma or may not be aware of themselves playing the wrong rhythm,we'll still be unable to play the correct rhythm.though we feel that we're correct,but we're definitely wrong,as can be seen by the linking to the 123123 rhythm in 273.i'm worried bout I's horn and piccolo solo too.it's thin and and just not there.i dont know what the problem is,but it's just not there.the notes are there,rhythms are there,but something is missing.so missing that it feels really empty.
i was talking to hope on friday and we were both mooning about missing practices(she's choir) and there being really bored without practices ad thing is i've jut had practice the day before and she had 2 days before.i think band's so large part of my life that without band for a day,i feell really uneasy.without band for a week,i feel really out of time,dont know when is when,lost and dont know what to do.though band is hectic and most people who hear about my schedule say : "siao arh?!", it's really something i cannot do without.the last year of sec sch,i was banned from band by my parents,i felt really restless and un-me.
i really have to thank ms sng and dr lee for taking me in from my appeal in to acjc.i've been aiming to go to acjc and join the band since quite some years ago,but some how half way through,in sec 4,i lost sight of this aim and didn't have a goal to work towards.or rather i lost it though it was there.the drift away from band made me lose sight of it,resulting in poor results that did not allow me to go acjc.not that it was totally the drift away from band that caused it totally.most was my own fault for not being clear about wht i want,for not working,for not being firm in my resolutions.thank you alot to ms sng and dr lee for taking me in.thankyou ms sng for taking me in though i told you that it was because i did not study that i got such ridiculous results,thank you dr lee for taking me in though i was not up to the prefered standard,still trying to retrieve what i lost from a year's lack of practice..really thank you alot.
thank you also to my ac band mates,j1s or j2s,thank you for helping me adjust into my new class.though you may not be aware of it,but ya,you all did help.i don't really know anyone in the new class,there's three other band ppl(liling,hanliang,zhanwei) who i know and there's carol. >.< however,in a class of 23 now 26 where seemingly everyone knows everyone and i know little,it's really hard to not to blend into the background nd stay there.hanging around with the band people during breaks for the past week has made me realised that i've not been trying to blend in to the class instead of the background,made me have the courage to go and blend out of the background.
i've been blending into the background so much in my whole life from themoment i associate wit people,een with my relatives, that now i'm trying to blend out of it,it's difficult.among al my cousins,sisters and i,the relatives always prefer to talk to and associate with the rest.i've been told by some junoirs that i look scary(why arh?),maybe that's why,but maybe it's just myself telling myself that i don't want to blend out,don't want to talk to others,don't want to associate with others.till now,i'm still thinking this subconciously alot of the times.but i want to blend out.i really want to.but it's difficult.i shall still try to blend out.why can i blend into the background so well,so much that i don't feel for much,but not blend so well into the band,which i really feel so much,so much for?
sleep is not able to refresh me at all anymore except once or twice in the a week.appetite's been shrinking.hope i'm not getting sick soon.if i should get sick,let it be after auditions and let me recover fast.i'm not looking forward to faling sick anymore.maybe i will be aft experencing pe again.... let not me fall sick at this important point of time,at any important point of life.at any moment i really want to appreciate,to experience,to feel.
i'm tired.real tired.
i'm an ISFP by the way.the only ISFP in 1st intake arts ppl. =.= anyone else's an ISFP?
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10.3.07
from the case file of enjia's lifewooh!!!
life is good to me. shall start from where it all started...
TUESDAY 6/3
woke up at 7.55 to switch on the computer to check the results of posting.says there jurong junior college.wasn't fully awake yet,so was just thinking - okae.i've been posted to jj.then went to school with eileen to appeal..was still half asleep,so just went through the process of appealing.
eileen,liyun,engloong,stuart,satish,wilson,hanliang and i went to vivo to walk walk talk talk eat eat till time for band and we met up w sheree,braynt and huiling there.we slacked and loitered ard vivo..we went to the roof top whatever its caled and 'sailed' a bowl and a boat and so on and so forth.food republic food is expensive and not that nice.tn..
ya.we went back to school for band,had ice pops,set up the stage and etc..then was combine.combine was quite tiring cos was out the whole day plus wake up so freaking early and slept late the night before... z.z desperately trying to focus..
the sad thing was when i went home,was on the bus 947,i was quite bored,so i whipped out my phone and started to listen to......(stupidly)...... TOSCA.was so tragic tt it nearly made me cry on the bus...
WEDNESDAY 7/3
had to report to jj and i didn't know how to go there,so my mum offered to send me there.actually she offered me on tues,i refused,but asked on wednesday cos was super tired.we left the house at 6.20,thinking thered be a jam,but reached jj at 6.30.so....as orienttion starts at 7,i had to sit there and stone and stone and continue stoning.don't really recall much about the morning cos 1) i wasn't fully awake, 2) i was very upset, 3) was desperately hoping tht the appeal people would call me asap, 4) slept through the talks which amount up to around half the day.
lester was also there,so i ased him to call me if he was going off for sectionals and smart person actually came up with a super good excuse for leaving jj at around 2 plus 3.excuse is...... : "i'm sorry,i have to go to acjc to appeal." so true so true.and so,with that,we 'safely' escaped from jjc.and 198-ed to acjc for sectionals.
when i reached qm rm and saw ms sng at the windows,i was like -shoots-.scarly she find out i pon jj orientation or sth like that and i die how...? and so was trying to be adiscreetap..
setionals was more of self prac since dominic wanted to see us play individually away from te section.evelyn went out and came back crying...
and so,aft one and a half day of endurance,i see evelyn cry ended up was also crying.cos it was really freaking sad.havent gotten the call,may have to go back to jj and jj had freaking orientation camp from thursday to saturday aft,meaning if i have t stay in jj,i wouldn't be able to come for combine and be late for sat combine.
and so i was crying and stopping and crying and stopping in between playing.
aft sectionals ended,we went down t e corridor beside lvl3 lift lobby to self prac summore,then gladys,evelyn and i were tuning and long toning etc..was still very upset,but calmed down le..
aft ard 1 hr 2,shaheera suddenly screamed and ran around and was wondering wht happened,then saw her face and know tt she got THE call le.we were all congratulating her as she cried.then suddenly my phone was vibrating and i tought it was an sms cos the whole day keep having sms coming in,resulting in it being very much like calls,but when i took it out,i saw some strange number and i was super excited and calmed down and picked the call up...
after i hung up it was like all the pressure inside escaped and eera and i were screaming and running around and jumping around like mad,which i think we were...
it's been a long time since i cried so much that i couldn't breathe and it's a good feeling,really good.for once in so so so long,i'm actually wide awake,so clear of what's going on and so alive.
still rmb weiting hid yingda's bag in the eupho's sectionals room and we hid his pencil case in the ac panel. XDDD yingda! open your eyes! XDD
bryant and i were playing with the projector,computer and sound systm in lt4,plying music and tosca(no more crying!) through the phone through the mic...
saw justin on the way out from school.he hadn't gotten the call yet.
was freaking tired while going home and was falling asleep on the bus. >.<
THURSDAY 8/3
reported to acjc!
hao weiyi and i duno who else was there.
at 9,all the bnd appeal ppl went to the hub to get the memorandum.and the sad thing isss...... it's not signed.
we were stoning in the canteen for v long like 1 2 hrs i wait for the memorandum t b signed...well,to be honest,i was super worried cos on weds night,i was happily preparing to tear all the jj papers up and my father refused to let me tear : "what if sth happens and ac kicks you out?" oh well.
saw mrs chang early in the morning and told her that eera and i appeal successful.she was super happy for us,but she was very "heartbroken"(qouted) tt justin was not called yet.cos she saw justin on wednesday.
and so,we got the memo,198-ed to jj,walked in ad handed it up,got it signed,and 198-ed back to ac!wooh! submitted to chris,took and subject reg form and since e mep teachers not there yet,need t get them to sign,so decided to go back later.
its so good to be back in acjc,with the og,the additions to the og and all..the random games and slackings though not supposed to. XDD
mass rally ard 4,em and i screamed our clash chords and we left ard 4.30 for band,which actually starts at 6,went to change,clean up..
emily,jefri and i went to dover market to eat,et quite some band ppl there. >.<
and back t school for combine.once again,i was very tired cos couldn't sleep early and woke up realy early and ya.basicall the same thing.was forcing myself to focus.haha,i can do TAtaka taTAka tataKA but i can't do taTAka tataKA taTAka.. T.T will work on it. -determined look-
FRIDAY 9/3
wooh! ACJC here i come again.
haha the games were the same as before,but still fun. XD
we massed danced most f the time away.
wooh fast forward to mass rally.clash chord again.really successful. XD but must conserve. xD
had og lunch-ner at swensens holland v.played some game with ice cream,figured out the bang bang game,the traveling game,the light game etc random stuff. went back to school was still early,so we got gill to teach us the 2006 orientation dance.haha.crash courses are not effective man..
campfireee. XD
the fire was really beautiful,the cinders and flame,the flaming "AC" etc.
was a peaceful campfire compared to orientation one,but it's still a fun campfire.
we had fun clash chording and cheering singing t the top of our voices,making lotsa noise,mass dancing.
claire,hao,weiyi,dora and i duno who else was there,but richie got in! =D all the best for the rest of you ya! and so,claire grabbed me and made me do the snkey thingy. xd once is enough,will never try it again. XD
was very tired and exhausted,went back with suiying,emily and benjamin.and we were random etc..
and TODAY 10/3 was a v tirin,but fufiling day.
combine at acs(i). we went t get our uniform tailored in sch.haha.i was sitting there extra while em was taking down the measurements and we found out tt some guys the measurements got less numbera than the rest and we asked the uncle if he missed out anything.uncle said sth along the line of : "they too flat,so dont need to take so many." XDD the way uncle say super funny.
haha.we prank called gladys heng nearly 50 times and we carried on to MSG gladys. XDDD haha.horns,you know what i mean! XDDD and we went to holland v nydc cos suying msged us t go there for brunch,but it wasnt open,so we thought they playuing ard w us and thus went to bk to eat.haha.turns out ther also didnt know nydc not open,so we all ended up in bk for brunch.
wet back t acj,rushed to get the stuff over to acs(i).al horns with cases and black stand too.
combine at acs(i) was quite fun.met genevieve there.she's so poor thing...one of the very few girls there in acs(ib) band... >.<
and on and on and on.
then the debriefing in the lt,the J3s came back and gave us some prep talks.crystal was telling us about her 'life story',how band affected her,thow also,but not from a diary,qinyi and ruth too and eunarco too.ms sng had her turn,the yingda,samuel ho and zhenrong had their turn.
we rushed back to acj cos was quite late le and the church ppl waned t use lt 4,so we hd t clear out of it.. and so rush rush rush,got locked out of the bcak gate.... haha.got in in the end.
went for dinner w some band ppl at bk holland v(again. XD).
its al been tiring and exhaustive days,but i love it.and my voice has changed due to the clash chords during orientation.do not be alarmed if you hear a 'stranger' calling you or when you call me. XDDD let's just hope it recovers soon..really uncomfortable...
alycia,thiam looh,claire,justin,weiyi,dora,and any one else who i may have missed in this sectence,all the best for your appeal and take loads of care!
i resolve to study hard and play hard in band too.i will NOT be like what i was in secondary school,only able to focus on one per time.i want to do this.i will do this.
thank you to gladys and anyone else who encouraged me when i was upset over the posting results and when i was waiting for the appeal results so worryingly.(yes gladys,stop letting it get into your head and grow so big its on the brink of bursting.)thank you all for everything these few days,thank you for the care and concern showered,thank you for you,thank you to the people who supported me physically,emotionally and mentally and most of all...,
THANK YOU DR LEE AND MS SNG for accepting me into acjc.
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