Gosh, what a exciting day yesterday was!
Yep, we had our first band concert ever, and it was a success!
Apart from Xunyan's ultra loud playing during Pirates, the band did great!
Okay, enough of the exclaimation marks. It's driving me crazy.
Well, I think I should relate everything to you, to be fair.
We were supposed to fall in at 11.30am, to check attire and all, like loading the instrumenta and all. I was pretty excited since it was our first public performance, and my second performance, not counting that diastrous playing on Racial Harmony Day, Simple Gifts, in fact. Sigh.
Yifan and I met on the bus and we were off to school. It was on purpose, by the way... Haha.
We were to fall in and then, Ms Lai let us off section by section, since we need to bring everything over. I brought my bag along too, placing the music stands in it and boy, it was heavy! I thought my bag will give way too. Carrying my instrument, I followed Yiling and the rest to the bus, and placed my instrument on the seat, hehe. Not taking any chances ok... Oh yah, the Sec4s are back being SLs, though Jiexiang and Jason are still in charge, together with Kokkeong and Boonsiong. We had fun on the bus too, joking lots and all with the rest of the section, though Weewu and Weiquan were acting a little emo. Qianyu said so, not me, hah.
Benjamin Liew met us there, since he overslept. Sigh, at least he's just Ms Lai's secretary. I chatted and joked around with Yiling, Qianyu, Jiahe and Chienwei of course, though I don't know where is Jiexiang... With the lorry? Never mind.
Soon, we reached the auditorium and began setting up our instruments and warming up. Then, they started their rehearsal. We acted out Morning Madness, blew for Legend of the Eagles and Sock Hop Tonight. Practicing getting on and off the stage was confusing, since Jiahe was supposed to be in front of me... [In the end, he was not... In the concert, I mean.]
Our lunch was cold too, a chicken burger. Lucky me, I ate sushi my mum bought on Saturday night as breakfast, and I was soooo full too.
Skipping all the parts till the actual concert now, it's not much of a fun.
Around 4.30 I think, my parents arrived! Argh, I have to run all the way up there to meet them too. Tired already...
Soon, the concert began... Junwei and I went to where the tubas were, hiding at the so-called backstage, which was actually just beside the stage, and was hidden till our skit in Morning Madness. Oh god, I acted as a tree in front of everyone! Argh, the horror!
Anything, just before the concert, we chatted a bit with Jiehan... Haha, he was so naughty to hide a bottle of water too! He's such a nice senior too... Ok, the others weren't bad too. The main band played Jericho, then Simple Gifts and soon, it was Morning Madness.
After the skit, which made the audience laughed, we ran to backstage where we began wearing our blazers, oh did I mention that we wore black shoes too, just arrived on Thursday.
Our attire was a blazer, our school uniform, school tie, black socks and shoes. All the rest will wear band uniform, and the girls with tied-up hair have to tie red ribbons too.
We got ready our instruments and lined up near the exit, when the seniors were playing Grease. Oh, I could hear Jiexiang's solo... Nice. Then, the seniors came in and we were off on stage. Just as I had mentioned just now, Jiahe came up late, just after Jiexiang walked there, who was conducting for us, Ms Chong took the main band. Chienwei took over his job of standing up first too. Later, Jiahe told me that he was rather tired and panting, which was why he didn't blow the first few parts of the piece, haha, poor Jiahe...
Next was Sock Hop, and I've got soli parts, which meant section only, or rather, feats. I think we were rather soft, but never mind... Soon, it was the interval.
Went to find my parents again too, gosh, they haven't eaten their dinner too... Poor fellows. I did pass them my squashed-up bread though, haha. Then, I heard the crazy gang, inclusive of Leyi, Maggie, Yian, Mandy and Bessy, I guess, can't remember, calling me. Gosh it was embarassing alright. Then Angie and Wuying called me too. Sigh.
The alumni band was up next playing Thank You For The Music, and Do Euka Vol. 1. The conducter was Seklin, of course. She was great! Though I want to hear her play... Maybe she could come join us for sectionals next year?
Mae and I went over to sit with Angie and Wuying, since there were seats there... Rouyi and Yifan had disappeared. The main band was up next, playing Concerto D'Amore, Animation Songs Medley, Pirates of The Carribean and Big Fun in the Sun.
It was sooooooo great! Alfred was the one playing the solo part in Animation, and he didn't break down! Heard that Ms Chong gave a thumbs-up too! Oh I was so touched...
I almost cried when hearing Concerto D'Amore and Animation Songs Medley. I was so touched by the band sometimes. Soon, the concert "ended", and we yelled, "Encore!" tons of times too, Ms Chong was pretty funny too. Some guy up there was yelling the loudest too. Dunno who.
The band played Go West and the school song for the encore pieces, and not many knew it was the school song. The same guy yelled, "Fuhua!" when it was the chorus too, argh, I'm embarassed.
Finally, the concert really ended, and I went to meet up with some of the old gang... Then I went to pack up and we were ready to head back to school. We joked along the way, and carried our instruments and placed them in the sewing room for future use on 17th Dec... Our next performance is for the Sec1s next year, and I'm promoted to a senior! WOOTS!
We fall in for the last time as a full whole band, the Sec4s opposite of us, and we were dismissed. Then we took section photos too. Not really, without Weewu, Weiquan, Jiahe and Chienwei, they went off first... Sigh. Only Jiexiang, Yiling, Ben Liew and me... Yiling asked Jason to take the photos, but we ended up too far and they were bickering, haha, so cute.
After that, we bidded farewell and the four of us went off. Yifan wanted to eat dinner, so Mae accompanied her while I went home with Rouyi. Then she forgot that her wallet was with Weijie, and I had left my Japanese elementary 1 textbook at the backstage, sigh. Hope I can get it back... Soon. We ran like mad people, then I stopped at the carpark, waiting for her to get back.
Then we crossed the road, I did checked whether Ms Lai was there first though, and we took 98 home...
End.
We did seem busy, right? Haha. Love the fact that my posts are getting longer, and I found Lisa, Jinni and Shirley's blogs! WOOTS! Love them! We used to hang out last year, in 6E. Mind you, Jinni was the top scholar in my primary school... They are in very good schools now, Jinni in RGS, Lisa in Nanyang Girls' and Shirley should be in RV... Only I chose a neighborhood school...
Boonping, Maggie were in my class too... And they chose Fuhua. Next year is my third year of being in the same class with Boonping, and Maggie's transferring out soon. It will be my 7th year of sharing classes with Aikseng, Chiting... Though Ashley reminds the only one who had shared all of my primary school classes. Miss him lots, and Gary, and the old gang. We used to hang out together as one big group... Boy, it was fun... Those halcyon days.
Going to read a fanfic, named Whelp, before I sleep. It's about Severus adopting Harry after saving him from the Dursleys, who had treated him like a house elf and a DOG, days before Sev came rescuing. They did tied a leash and collar around him too! Oh my poor little Harry. Like the name, Harry James Severus Snape, all tradition, placing the dad's first name as the middle name of the child. And Harry's really his son right from the beginning, with blood ties.
Going out tomorrow with Yifan to watch Enchanted, at Lot 1. Our movie date, just the two of us. Well, we can't contact Mae, and Rouyi might call too many people... I wanted to call Ben Chia and Jordan, but Ben said he don't feel like going, so we didn't ask Jordan either... Oh well, better sleep soon so tomorrow the two of us can go crazy!
I LOVE YOU YIFAN!