Melody of the Band
Sunday, March 1, 2009
A rip from my batch blog.
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SYF is approaching. Only a month left. From the very first time I heard SJIMB till now, I feel and I know that we have improved tremendously. Our tone, articulation, pitch, etc has reached a whole new level. However, we must not be complacent. You might think that we have already attained a gold standard but my section's tutor Ms Ong told my section something that we really should know: other school bands are also improving like us. Our current standards could have gotten us a Gold maybe in the SYF 2 or 4 years ago but times have changed. Other bands have changed. So if we want to assure ourselves that we really get this gold, we really need to practise doubly hard. Go to the bandroom whenever you are free. If not, bring your instrument back home and practise at least 15 minutes a day. We can't wait any longer. Work on parts in Jericho or Overture that you are weak at. Maintain or improve the parts which you are already good at. We must give our 100%. For our sec 3 and 4 seniors who will be playing for SYF with SJIMB for their last time, and also for ourselves. If we attain a Gold, you want to walk out of Singapore Concert Hall proud because you know that you have done your part and given your best and not be a parasite and get the gold because of other bandsmens' hardwork. This is a team effort. Every person is important. A 4th part of the song is equally important as the 1st part. So do not have the menality that you suck because you are playing the 3rd of 4th part. Lower parts are meant to support the higher parts. They are the foundations. So sec2s, work hard. The day is approaching. We must and we will be prepared to fight this battle! We will stand strong against the judges. We will show them who is the best!
