Hi everyone, there are several things to note for Friday’s National Day Observation Ceremony and a few other things as well.
Rehearsal
There will be another rehearsal on this Thursday. This time, we will not be standing at the New Spectactors’ Stand, we will be at the Hockey Pitch. Try and remember your scores by then.
Order of Songs
Please remember the order of the songs we are suppoused to play and be alert as to when we are going to play. Here’s is basically what you should look out for, based on what I heard during the rehearsal, I will update this when I ask Chloe again for the programme sheet.
When you hear a very long command by Esther that ends with “Cepat Jalan”, start playing Spartans. When there is an introduction of Claudia and when she is marching in, the drummers should play a beat for her to march to.
Afterwards, they will check their dressing and drummers should play for 6 seconds when they hear “Baris Kekanan Lu-rus”
After a long time, there will say “Kawalan Ke-hormatan GOH, Hormat Principal kepada Ms Chan, Hermat Tan-an”, when the contingents will be saluting her, that’s when we play Liberty Fanfare. After which, it should be quite obvious when to play the National Anthem and School Song.
After the prayer, the St John’s contingent will march in front of the rest of the contingents, and when they command their contingents (“Kewalun kehormatan, Dari Kiri, Cepat Ja-lan”) to start marching, play “Sousa”.
Projection and other things related to Playing
No matter what, for both Spartans and Sousa, look at Chloe at ALL TIMES. Do not stop when you think the contingents are going to stop marching. They will stop marching when Chloe gives US the signal to prepare to stop in which they will stop together when we stop the music too. In conclusion, look at Chloe, stare hard at her and be alert!
For Spartans, during today’s rehearsal, we ended exactly at the end of Part B, if may change, so once again look out for Chloe. For fanfare, remember to accent, so we don’t sound funny. Remember to come in at the RIGHT TIME for School Song.
Since we played during morning assembly on Monday, as you can tell, we don’t sound very nice. Remember to project your sound because we sound really, really, really soft! Also, keep in mind dynamics as well as add a bit of emotion to the song. Try not to look like a block of wood when playing, smile or something.
Summarizing the above, remember to watch Chloe, watch out for her signal, project your sound and remember your dynamics.
Attire
We will be wearing the full band uniform, INCLUDING BLAZER, on Friday. In case you don’t remember, the band uniform consists of these:
- Band blouse
- Band blazer
- Band skirt
- Band shoes
- Band socks
- Band ribbons
- Band badge
Notice emphasis placed on the band badge, it’s part of our uniform! So wear your badge! If you realise that you don’t have your band ribbons at home, please get them before Friday because it’s going be super messy if everyone wants to get them. You have to pay to get your ribbons, no money no ribbons!
Time
Please come at 6:45am tomorrow! By 7:00am we should all be ready and waiting already at the hockey pitch. And ready, we mean that we have tuned up and practiced already.
Also, bring your thermometer down, it should be taken before the ceremony starts and not with the school.
Lastly, PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR BAND BADGE!
Oh, and thank you for thanking Ms Sia automatically today, let’s hope we can keep it this way.
I have devised a list on the order of how to thank figures of authority, so we dont mess up and end up greeting different people at the same time.
- Ms Sia
- Mr Ong
- Any other tutor (I shall devise an order for this, just in case there is more than one)
- Mr Lin
- Mr Cher
- Ms Du
- Ma’am(s)
This post will be further updated when I get hold of more information.
Let’s play our best on Friday since we don’t sound particularly awesome right now.
Thanks,
Grace Leung