Yo! Today's dress-down day in celebration of NAS Founder's Day. I wore black (or is it very dark blue? It's supposed to be black) jeans, black blouse with the words 'GLAM IN MUSIC' (because there's practice today :D) and black shoes with red lace and a bit more red. Everything black, haha, even my hair rubber band :O But 1st period PE and I took v long to change in and out of the PE attire. After school, I went to canteen and just when I was gonna buy food, Serene & CJ saw me so they sat there. After eating I bought drink (Ser still eating but she also) and CJ no need to eat or drink?! So we were there till 1.30pm. I took 30min more than usual :O They waiting for Germaine (HCL lesson) so I went to sit at the table they put their bags cos I wanna do homework. But I can't do, so I went upstairs. Maybe because I do homework there every Friday (and maybe a few Tuesdays) so I can't do it anywhere else haha. Or maybe cos it's somewhere closer to where my heart is :) Or maybe just because I'm more alone there. I managed to finish 2! That's nothing, I always finish homework up there. The new library is open, nice nice & air-con and all. Up there wooden bench attach to table, and hot. But the place outside the room will have better business from me compared to the library :D Cliff came and told me to pass XQ the flute (that was with him) then at first I agreed. Then I remembered she's absent so I told him and he said just look after it. About 2.30pm or a few min past, I went into the room (with the flute and put where Flutes sit) then go in store room take file & stand. Go back in take mouthpiece wash. Go back in set up and never go back in alr until dismissal, haha. Cheng Heng came past 2.30pm but before 2.40pm when I was setting up trombone. After I set up stand, CH was out so I help him too :) Then set up alr but was gonna make it higher and he came in so I left it like that, same height as mine. CH got a nice new white bag! Similar to his old one so I guessed it was his. He took out hw to ask CH.
Mr Lim (band teacher) came up here and told us to go sectionals but I didn't cos CH still discussing hw. Then he said "Trombone, you only?" something like that, then Chen Hua point to him and I think he made a peace sign, haha. Then we went sectionals. He wanna use the right side but crowded so the left side. People having Wushu so cannot go till the other side of the corner of the wall, so we're at the corner, but right to the left from everyone else. We did warm ups first. B flat major scale, 4 counts each, 2 counts, 1 count and 1/2 count. Then E flat major scale 2 counts each. Then we practice on our own cos he told me to, he said he wanna (don't know what, cannot hear) practise his own or something. He wore school shoes, Koref (Sec 3 camp) T-shirt and blue jeans. White and blue. His jeans so long! We practised both songs on our own. Sec 4s have their weekly common test starting today. So Dar came later. At first he was holding a slide (only) and come ask CH something, CH said inside (the store room I think)?! Now I know why the lights in the room wasn't on, it spoilt, as CH told Dar. We're still practising ourselves, because shortly after he came Cliff called us back in. Our section so guai. School encourage us to wear school colours then Dar got white & blue striped shirt and black jeans. Whole section go sch colour. Mr Yeo was here.
We practised first, then Mr Yeo let us hear the recording of us at SCH during the 2nd rehearsal. Overture No. 1 only. Before that he said he almost got into (car) accident (he listens to his bands' music in the car). Trombone and eupho melody at B is soft! -.- When there's the part where CH has High F E flat very loud (cos Mr Yeo wants that part to be loud, like solo) it was very clear. Well done CH! :D Then there's a grin on our (trombonists) faces, haha. Same for the bar 73 trombone part after 72 eupho part. Loud too, but can hear that they're purposely making it loud, not as nice as CH's 2 notes. I can hardly hear my part.And Mr Yeo ask me to play softer. Then he let us listen to the 1st rehearsal. He said luckily he didn't listen to that in the car. It's worse obviously. Melody at B was even softer I think. CH's 2 notes can hear but doesn't sound like a solo, soft enough to be accompaniment. Bar 73 not that loud also. Darryl tell me to play softer, he can hear me but not himself and CH. I cannot hear me! Then continue practising. I played louder at B but the 2 of them still same volume and say I play too loud. That part so soft can't they just play louder?! It's not that difficult to play a bit louder right? Or they prefer during the melody cannot hear properly. FYI I don't like it when I listen to music and I can't hear clearly because it's soft. It's like some background noise and it's boring. Again he said he can't hear himself and CH. Then I think he must be deaf (not the first time anyway). We played A Monmouth Overture too. Oh ya, Mr Yeo asked eupho to shift left that means they're freaking blocking us -.- CH's slide bang on James' chair, haha! Not his fault la, they go sit in front of us so they should be expecting that. It happened in the M-Learning Room last time too. I think he bang quite hard, haha!
Hmm...Darryl didn't leave at 5pm for tuition today... Dismissed late, 6+ Mr Yeo still talking. Then before attendance taking, Dar said his parents are here to fetch him. Some guy said his parents are not here, he takes the bus. That I not sure, though I know he does take bus home. We got SYF consent form and Term2 practice schedule. After SYF we'll stop practice and Sec 1s will practise on Wed and Fri. When he told us that I was shocked! Then I saw schedule, after the break is exams. Sec 4s will leave after SYF :( I said I don't want Darryl to leave. On the other hand... I might be less jealous without him. Nah, I probably will. But then sectionals will be different. A few weeks eh, I'm gonna miss my trombone (maybe seniors) again :( That period of time, when I have to study and go through hard times without anything/anyone to take comfort in. The anyone doesn't refer to my seniors la, it refers to the band. I think I don't like them as much as when I was in Sec 1. CH's ok. I can tell him where he plays wrongly and he will take note and change it :) Which is good, he takes comments seriously and works on it. That's the way to be :) Bye!
Labels: Band, Events/Occassions, Seniors, Trombone