Band practice and recital today! :D We practiced in General Office 2 after waiting (and practicing) at the canteen for about an hour. At the canteen, I learnt the first part of the melody of Montego Bay from Xue Qi and played it on my Trombone. When we went to the GO 2, Ms Leong told us not to take chairs because we only had an hour (until 5pm) then we'll go to the M-Learning Room for the recital. I didn't use book or file because I memorised the songs except the warm ups and Frere Jacques, where I shared with Jaslyn. First time my instrument has saliva, usually when I empty and blow very hard, nothing comes out. This time it dripped from the water key like my seniors' instruments. Then every now and then I emptied and there was saliva.
We always play Frere Jacques last and it has a lot of high B flat notes and I always cannot reach when it's coming to the end. Ms Leong said she would record us playing in front of our seniors! So we went there at 5pm. Before we entered, we heard them cheering-for us. Mr Yeo was talking to them until 5.15pm, then we started. While he was talking, we kept telling each other we were very nervous. I said it was the first time I see Trombones(my seniors') and I get so nervous. I also said it's the first time I see my seniors I would get so nervous. Darryl and Kevin were there. I was third to perform. Xue Qi was first and Jaslyn next. When Jaslyn went out, I asked Xue Qi to go out with me to empty saliva. Shortly after I went back in, she was done. Then whe she came back and I was supposed to go, I went "Why you finish so fast? Why you finish so fast? I hate you!" Then the seniors were laughing, at me I think, haha.
I went up with my book and introduced myself "I'm Rebecca from Trombone Section and the song I'll be playing is entitled Alouette." I heard some people saying "What?" and another person replying "Alouette" I was looking at the book when I said that. Then I started playing without looking at the book at all and I saw Germaine whispering to Serene something. Then when I finished and went back, the seniors laughed. I asked the other juniors what happened, they said Mr Yeo told my seniors "Learn from your junior." Then for the quartet, I introduced the song "The song that we'll be playing is entitled Jolly Old St Nicholas" and went without my book (and didn't look at anyone's book either). I gave the queue and we played. When we finished, the seniors laughed again because Mr Yeo said something to my seniors again. Then we played the combined pieces, Montego Bay first. I asked Ms Leong "Is my stand ok?" when I knew it was. She asked if I have enough space then she said very close cannot conduct haha. Then 2 clarinet seniors, Benedict and Tian Hoe wanted to help her conduct but she conducted in the end. She stood right in front of me as I was in the middle and so my seniors couldn't see me. But at least now I know that Kevin cares for me because he kept popping his head out as he couldn't see me. I saw that, haha. I can't remember if he did that for both songs or just Frere Jacques. If it was just Frere Jacques, then maybe it was because he couldn't hear me playing. After the melody, I couldn't play the high B flat notes! So I played softly hoping people wouldn't be able to tell I couldn't reach it. I don't even know if I made any sound at those notes! Worse than usual!
After we finished, Mr Yeo talked to the seniors about our recital. He said there are a lot of things they can learn from their juniors. Then he mentioned one junior then he mentioned me! He pointed at me for a while without saying anything (thinking), then he said "Jaslyn..." I gave a puzzled look. I went " Huh? Jaslyn is her!" (He asked our names at the Tapestry) Then he went "Oh Jaslyn is her. At least I remembered the names... Rebecca, for almost all the songs that she played, she memorised." Then everyone looked at me, I was like how did he know. The quartet one was obvious but the rest maybe he saw I wasn't looking at the book. He continued talking to the seniors. Then he told the seniors something I forgot, about learning from us or something. Then he went "Understand? ... Trombone Section!...(People laugh) Memorise your music!" (People laugh) Then half way talking to the seniors he told me "I think I'll make you Section Leader." -.- Those are not funny, it's embarrassing my seniors. I wouldn't even dream of competing with them or snatching their position. He's bullying my seniors. I felt like apologising to them. I'm not better than them! I kept thinking then (and I'm still thinking) whether they would be upset. If I was one of them, I would.
Then practice was over for the juniors but the seniors were playing the Elmo song and after that I don't know what they did. In the bus, I decided to SMS Kevin for fun so I did that at 6.32pm. First time. I wrote "Hi! :D I'm your junior! :D" but he didn't reply:( Is he angry?... I hope not, I hope it's just that he doesn't want to waste SMS. So the recital wasn't that bad, it was fun. I hope the seniors had fun listening to and laughing at us :D
Labels: Band, Concerts/Performances, Events/Occassions, Seniors, Trombone