Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Hey hey!!
I am probably the only MJChoir member that has not blogged abt the last wk!! even those who are not in MJChoir have blogged abt us!! hehe!!
I am just going to say how proud i am to be in MJCHOIR!! this choir totally rocks!!
Last thurs, 26 may 2005, MJChoir put up a splendid performance, La Risonanza 2. the 2nd instalment to the La Risonanza series...ok...many said that it was not worth the money...coz it was $15...and that our choir wasnt good...becoz it was expensive and that we were not as good as compared to TKChoir...who was the guest choir...and that the guest was so much better than the actual performing choir...i humbly take all the feedback and thank all of you for your honest comments...i will not blow up or anything of sort becoz of these comments...(though i really feel like screaming!!)...i want and have to justify for MJChoir...i have to stand up for MJChoir!! its not right of just judging the choir just becoz the tix were expensive...and that becoz the guest choir was better...please note that in terms of vol, tkchoir was so much stronger!! their choir is like 2 times ours!! and they have more vol though they dont need to strain their voices or such...coz they have the numbers...mjchoir is onli 60 odd...you want to compare with a 140 odd strong choir??
i dont think the performance we put on that night was terrible!! in fact, i think it was so much better than our SYF performance...the feel was there....the emotions were all put into place...it was just splendid!! ABBA was neatly done!! ok...dancing a bit off...but we put in the efforts!! considering the time that we had to practice for this concert?? onli 2.5 wks!! we couldnt practice it earlier coz of the SYF!! but we still managed to pull thru and enjoy ourselves that night!! the purpose of an entertainer is to entertain people...entertain those who appreciate wat we do...and at the same time enjoy wat we do to entertain...we enjoyed...people enjoyed...we have reached our goal...the standard is there!! LR2 was so much better than LR1...as wat many say...so LR2 was a success! and to me...i think we did extremely well on stage!! MJCHOIR ROCKS!!
and people...MJChoir will be back next year with La Risonanza 3!! in the making...so do be sure to come! if not, it would be a waste on your part...
Btw...on wed25 may, MJ soccer boys won the match against VJ with the score of 7-6...yeah!! MJ rocks lah!! and so...fri was declared a sch hol!! that news was both good and bad to us..
good was that now since fri was going to be a sch hol, more people will go to our choir concert!! (wishful thinking..but nvm, that hope was there)
bad coz that meant that people may not turn up for that night's farewell party for the J2s...
but that was proven wrong...the turnout was great!! most of the j2s came!! so happy to see them!! the j1 comm organised a farewell party for the j2s and i think the date chosen was nice...not too late coz if we had it like in june, not many people would want to turn up...at least the night after the concert... people will still feel attached and would want to come...well...that was wat i thought...i actually had second thoughts abt it 2 days before...and was quite worried abt the turn up...but i was proven wrong! haha!!
i didnt really plan much...we were suppose to do a song...but didnt get the song in time...we didnt finish writing all the cards for the year2 comm...we didnt prepare well in time...dinner wasnt started promptly...actually it was earlier...anyway...i just felt disoraganized...the whole program of the night was just impromtu...it was like...ok ...wat eva we wanted to do ...we jsut on the spot came up with it...there was not straight program...haha!! a bit "shi bai" on my part lahz...
anyway...the thing turned out great la!!
i sat with my seniors for dinner!! we took lots of pics...something which we have not done so in the past!! we chat a lot...abt the past...the present and the future...hehe!!
we bought a cake for the J2s and ber suggested when we bought the cake earlier in the afternoon at TM, that we put in the words
"Marry us!!!"
this is coz we love the year 2s very dearly and we want the year 2s to foreva be with us...never to leave MJChoir...never to say no to our pleas...never say no to coming back to see us!
we know...you all wont turn your backs on us...coz we love you all...
mr kwei and mr yong came too!! the 2 wonderful conductors that we really need to thank becoz without them, we would not have come so far!! MJChoir would not be where we are today without them...i am appreciative of the scoldings that they gave, the black faces...and esp the time that mr kwei really turned his back on us...and flared up...thank you for tat wake up call!!
we had mini-performances put up by the j2s...a mini singing session behind the LTs by yan leng and yu jin and some others...and mini-magic trick performance by benedict!! my direct senior!! yeah!! he is a cool guy lahz!! with his magic tricks!! oh my!! they just stun me!! then came the most touching part...
we stood around in a circle in the center of the atrium and sang songs...the first one...Itsumo Nando Demo (from the movie Spirited away)...a song which we will never forget coz we took so much pain and time to memorise the lyrics...it was real sad when it came to the part with "sayonara no...."haiz...really a parting song...
we were already in tears...even people that i didnt think would cry, cried...
we sang "thank you for the music" next...the last song of our concert...we tried singing...but got choked by our cries...and we were super off pitch...but who cares!! its just us and we dont care!! its more of the love and the support that we all hve for each other that matters!! we screamed and shouted the chorus coz it became really unbearable to sing in tears!! so we jsut went all out to let the sadness come out!! it was really touching...
next some people requested for the chamber to sing for us again ...many of us cried while they sang...we tried singing along too...BK was sick but still he decided to perform for us...
we had the male and female chorus up to do their pieces too!! it was just excellent!!
the altos and geraldine sang "when you believe" for the choir and we sang along...it was really nice of them to sing...
mr kwei and mr yong gave their speeches and mr kwei told us that he really enjoyed his time that he spent with us...preparation for the syf and the concert...he thought that our performance was great!! from the 1st time that we came together to practice to compete till the night we ended our concert...we jsut lived up to more than his expectations!! i am just so glad and touched to see how the choir has grown...
i so totally agree with him...he made the right choice in taking our choir and keeping us till now...yeah!!
we gave presents and cards to our outgoing comm...for me...it was kok yong and harris...the 1 most wonderful people i met in mj!! i love you guys!!
to kok yong: thanks so much for being the 1st choir member to greet me...you may have forgotten...but not me...you made me feel close to choir...and days would have been boring if not for you...thanks so much for tolerating me throughout the days when we were preparing for the concert...take care! love you lotz...
to harris: yups!! like to say how happy i am that you are handling the folder down to me...at least i dont have to buy another...hehe!! anyway, like to say how happy i am to have taken over you..thanks for tolerating me...for being irritating...if i was...though you and ky say no...hehe...well...take care too!! love ya...
you 2 got to come back often to see us kk?? coz i will miss you all...the days taht we spent together in choir...the nights that we spend after choir (for dinner) ehhe... the sats that we spend together...the wonderful moments that we share...keep in touch!!
this proves that my choice in coming mjc and choosing back choir as my cca has not been a mistake...it has really been a blessing in disguise for me...not scoring well enough to go to other jcs...not having the chance to even think of going to other jcs...not being accepted by TJ in the 1st 3 mths... i am really so happy that i am in MJ!! it has truly been an experience...and now, as i take on the new roles...of being a treasurer and librarian...i know that i will do my best in helping MJChoir to be a better choir!!
MJCHOIR ROCKS!!
treasure wat we have now, coz the future we know not...
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~Rach~ missing the days we had together...
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