Hey guys! Countdown to 2 days before band camp starts! How's all of your cohort camps been? Remember to pack well for band camp, don't miss out on anything important like your clothings, toiletries and also your band files and technique books! I hope you guys have been practicing hard even though you've just came back from your cohort camps. Band camp is to have fun, as well as to learn much more, since we have time being spent together from day till night. Band camp should be used wisely, like sectionals time or even combine time, we should be using them to work hard on our pieces like Macbeth. So that we could improve better and then start on other new pieces. Etude challenge, how's everything going on? I hope you guys could at least play half of the etude book with correct rhythms and notes. You wouldn't want to throw your faces in front of affiliated schools isn't it. Looking forward to all your handwork and efforts placed into the camp, everyone of you counts. Take care, rest well and get ready to rock off the camp (:
Hey guys! Its the last paper for common test tomorrow! I'm sure after tomorrow you will have more time to practice your etudes, scales and your macbeth. Constantly remind yourself that you don't want to lose your faces, lose to other schools, lose to people who might be younger than you at the etude challenge during camp. I'm sure you want to be fully prepared and when other schools come, you would proudly stood up and say you want to challenge someone. Macbeth also, all of you have to work hard to improve it if you can play, ask if you don't know anything. Attendance, don't always make conductors come and go for nothing, going through etudes with us when we can do them ourselves at home. Make them come, use time wisely and go through with us scores like Macbeth, Concord. You have to work hard to achieve something you want, good things doesn't come as you want. Tomorrow there would be sec one band practice, SLs and ASLs be in the music room by 3pm! Make your sec ones excited for practice,don't make them feel left out (:
Hey guys! Your next band practice would be on friday, be in the music room by 1pm. All of you should have gotten your new scores, like Concord and Macbeth, please start working on them, like your rhythms and your notes, what to take note. Do all these simple stuffs at home so that we could have more time during combine to go through the pieces and know better about the pieces. Macbeth is not a easy song, section mates should help each other, regardless of you are a sec2 or sec4, everyone work together. Other than these pieces, please also not neglect your major scales, minor scales and your etudes. You wouldn't want to spend time in band going through scales and scales over again right? Be prepared for every band practice, don't come unprepared. Sec ones have came in and seen you guys before, set a good example to them. Even though there is not a lot of them, we have to cherish each and every one of them, take good care of them and make them feel welcomed inside band. Drink lots of water and take care of yourself! (:
Hey bandmates! Tomorrow fall in 0730am in band tee with pe shorts and regent socks! CCA Orientation is finally here, aren't all of you excited? Tomorrow's the day to finally show off for what you have been practicing weekly and show the sec 1s how well you could actually memorise all these pieces! It's the day to not make any mistakes, show them how well we can actually be, and also to show our section strength!
Grab as many sec1s tomorrow to have them join us as a cca, introduce them in our different kinds of instruments and show them how friendly we are! Tell them more about our band culture, conductors, teachers and also how we could manage our time well with our studies. Remember to rest well tonight, drink lots of water and don't be late tomorrow (: PUT IN YOUR VERY BEST EFFORT, PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE!
Hey bandmates! Christmas's over, its back to serious work again! Tomorrow fall in 0830am in your pe attire with regent socks. Hope to see much more improvements in all of you, knowing you had learnt from your mistakes! Remember to keep your instruments in tip-top condition and also take care of yourself! (:
Disney Celebration and Whistle While You Work below, please listen to these recordings!
Whistle While You Work.
Disney Celebration.
Hey bandmates! You guys enjoyed band bbq last week? Then its no time for games now, its time for serious work! I'm sure you guys know how well you played today right? Woodwinds combine with Ms Loh, sec ones having mistakes here and there and getting chased out by Ms Loh to have seniors practice and go through them with you, don't you guys feel guilty having not learn your parts well before coming to band? Rhythms, notes everything should be OUT by now! Why wait for your seniors to spoon feed you and ask you questions before you take the initiative to ask them beforehand? Even if you guys just gotten your scores recently, it doesn't mean that you have more rights to practice them longer, taking your own sweet time to learn each and every part. When you have much time in sectionals, why not learn everything at one go and instead wanting to just learn half of the song and the rest on other days, why not put in your effort now,learn everything correctly and show the next year sec1s your very best? Brasses combine with Mr Lim, I'm sure you guys can do a better job in your tone and also sec ones, I know you guys are trying hard but this isn't hard enough! Orientation is coming real SOON, are all your orientation stuffs like souvenirs and pamphlets completed yet? Feel the urgency and the urge to recruit many more sec ones next year into our band! Take care and don't fall sick (:
" Sec1s, you are left with 9 days till your cuteness expire".
HELLO BANDIES!
Tomorrow is our band's bbq already whoohoo!! The venue will be at Changi Beach Area A, BYOP1 and BYOP2. BYOP means Bring Your Own Pit but don't worry we'll settle that. :)
Please dress casually, don't wear until so nice, because you will get dirty! MUAHAHAHAHA. Do come around 1:30pm to 3pm. For those who are meeting together, meet Farraqhan and Faisal tomorrow at CCK control station at 12:30pm. Don't be late because we won't wait for you guys.
For those who are going on their own, there are a few ways you can go.
- Take the mrt to Jurong East, then alight at Bedok. Take bus no. 2 and alight at Changi Village. Then you have to walk for about 5 mins across the pedestrian footbridge to the park.
- Take the mrt to Jurong East, then alight at Pasir Ris. Then walk towards the bus stop near the White Sands Shopping Centre. Then take bus no. 89 and alight at Changi Village and walk for about 5 mins across the pedestrian footbridge to the park.
Bring umbrella, some card games like monopoly deal, uno, etc, ball game like volleyball.
The reason why we have this bbq is for bonding, alumni will also be coming and to know more about each other.
See you guys tomorrow! :)
Hey guys! Tomorrow fall in 0830am , in your black polo tee with pe shorts and regent socks plus band badge. It's 6 Days to Ensemble Competition, 5 Days to JBIC!! Its just 3 more practices left! Are you guys all ready? Calm yourselves down these few days and keep practicing those parts that you are not sure of! Don't give up halfway, you've came so far for all these important events, don't let you effort go down the drain! Don't waste the efforts of your conductors coming back to help you guys improve, and also your seniors! Everyone made this possible, a group's effort. Apply what you learned, not only in playing but also in your drills. If you can't do drills together properly, it also means like a group of members not playing together! Nevertheless, please don't neglect your TICKET SALES! Remember : Money comes first before getting ticket! 5 Days to JBIC, I'm sure sec ones you would want the concert hall to be filled with people, and show them what you have been rehearsing!
Seniors watching the JBIC concert as audience, please buy the tickets from Sharmaine latest by this Saturday or Monday! Sec One, please remember that you have to sell at least 4 tickets each! All the best in everything and take good care of yourself (: meanwhile, PRACTICE HARD!
Hey guys! Your next band practice will be on wednesday, fall in 1pm in your school uniform!
16 more days to those taking part in ensemble competition and 15 more days to JBIC! Are you guys all READY YET? I'm sure you guys are not really ready for everything, spend your time wisely in band, the time where you get to play your piece together as an ensemble team. Anything unsure you could always ask around, we are one band, everyone should always help each other when in need. Sec ones, are you guys happy with your playing TODAY? Things that Ms Loh and Ms Ng have been teaching, why are there only some of you doing it while others are not even trying hard enough? If you have really watched the conductor, then why are some of you still slowing down in your playing? I know its tough, like holding long notes like 8 counts, but when there's a will there will be a way to everything. Holding long notes, also means that you have to hold your notes IN TUNE, not just 8 COUNTS! Like what Ms Loh said, use a tuner or metronome, this is reason for buying one for self use. Tuning Charts, its something you have to do daily also, if you don't want to spend 5-10mins of your precious time doing, then what for you bring home your instruments? Everyone is helping you guys to improve better, hope that you all would reflect on yourselves and make more improvements the next practice. Sec Ones please WAKE UP, it is already coming to the end of the year.
Hey band! Today's the first day of band after your long exam break! Sec ones, i'm sure you guys know how you played together with your seniors around beside you today, i hope you would go home and reflect on what mistakes you have made today and improve them, change them as soon as possible. JBIC is coming in less than a month's time, and you guys are the first band to be performing. I'm sure you would not want your audience to be scared away by your playing. Show them what Regent sec ones are made of and show them what you have been practicing all these while! The next band practice would be on wednesday, be in the music room by 3pm.
Junior Band In Concert is coming! 15 November 2011, 7.30pm @ Singapore Conference Hall .
Ticket sales at $6 per tickets. Seniors please take note that you would have to help to sell 2 tickets each, excluding the one for yourself and sec ones please sell at least 5 tickets each! (: