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SPECIAL DATES TO TAKE NOTE BEFORE SYF

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7th APRIL, THURSDAY

• Extra practice in Choir room from 2.30pm to 5pm
• Mr Low is coming in for combined practice

8th APRIL, FRIDAY

• Costume check
• Gowns and heels for ladies, black shirt, pants and suit for gentlemen
• Black hair bands for ladies
• Rehearse walk-in with full attire
• Keep the attire in the choir room (Bring hanger!)

9th APRIL, SATURDAY

• Usual choir practice in the morning from 8am to 12.30pm
• Choir exchange at Hwa Chong Institute at 3pm
• Bus will arrive in school at 2.15pm
• Dismissed from Hwa Chong Institute

13th APRIL, WEDNESDAY, EVE OF SYF

• Report to choir room at 7am
• warm-ups and practice until 8.30am
• Mr Low will arrive at 8.30am
• Dry-run of SYF performance at 9.30am
• Practice after dry-run
• Students excused from class the entire day

Types of Court Shoes

Hello Choir (girls), so these are the types of shoes you should be wearing :

But first, here's an example of what NOT to wear, unless you wanna fall on your pretty face on stage. Which is a bad thing, I'm sure. (:

Okay, you can wear these kinda wedge shoes, with a much shorter heel length (height) of around 2 inches, because it's equally discomforting and dangerous.

Black flats, also allowed :
Like the 2nd design, with the ideal height, and PLAIN, with none of that weird ribbon thing on the front. (:

Ideal types are like this, which can be found at any Bata shops (Tampines etc. )

PLEASE NOTE :

- Shoes should be PLAIN BLACK design, no patterns, no yellow or silver or whatever colours of the rainbow you can find.

- NO STRAPS or BUCKLES. If you're afraid that the shoes may drop off when walking (remember to test them before you buy), ask your mom to get you heel grips or those cushion thingys for the soles.

- Shoes should be COMFORTABLE. It's best if you try standing in them and spouting a few soft notes in the shop, they should not block your blood flow or hinder your ability to use support in any way.

From now on, bring your shoes for every choir practice (no need for the ones in the early mornings) so we can practice and get used to singing in the shoes for SYF.

Girls, please try the shoes with your costumes when you get home, you shouldn't be in any danger of stepping on your dress or you dress being too short. If it's too long/short, please tell me or Denise or Ms Chong IMMEDIATELY, and we'll see what we can do. (:

SYF IS IN 2 WEEKS. GET PLENTY OF SLEEP! DON'T EAT CHILI, CURRY, SPICY STUFF, OLD CHANG KEE STUFF, KUEH etc! (: ADD OIL!

Who was here :

Yun Shi :D

SYF Venue: SOTA

One of the stairs where you will be exiting the stage


Risers where you will be standing on


View on stage towards the audience


The risers where you will be standing


The holding room before walking on to the stage

These are the pictures of the concert hall where you will be competing in on the 14th April. The acoustics of the concert is made in such a way where the slightest mistake can be easily heard so there must be NO MISTAKES!


Mr Ek.

Learning points from the SSO Rehearsal

I was reading through the reflections that you guys passed to me after the rehearsal and i am very glad that most of you learnt many things from the rehearsal, from how a choir should work and even commenting the techniques and sounds of the choir and the orchestra. Among all the well written reflections i want to highlight some of your learning points for others to see. Most of you have almost the same few points however that also means that most of you see the lack of such points in your choir. So here are what some of you reflected....

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I think the choristers, the orchestra and the conductor are putting in 100% effort, potential and focus in the rehearsal, which is something we sometimes lack - Tan Mei Hui

The musicians are listening to the other members of the choir thus their tonality blends with other musicians - Joseph Yap

Professional musicians do not procrastinate and start to rehearse straight away with the conductor - Alexander Tan

It is impossible for a choir to sing well without teamwork - Cao Aoying

I learnt that teamwork is essential in a choir - Jolene Koh

We still lack the accurate pitch, unity and harmony in singing. They produce a '3D' sound everytime they sing (* a sidenote.. meaning you guys produce a 2D sound when you sing?) - Lee Yee Teng

In this rehearsal, there are many instances whereby the performers take their own initiative to take notes and improve. We should learn from them and be more disciplined as a choir - Isabella

I was very inspired by this performance. It seemed to be telling me to strive hard and do my best like all the performers, to create mesmerizing music like this - Gwyneth Thong

When they sing, they stand straight with their feet apart and chests out. This gives them the support needed to project their voices - Tan Yun Shi

They are enjoying what they are doing and they sway naturally - Soon Hui Qi

Another thing i learnt is that 'eyes on the conductor at all times!' - Jacintha Tay

When the conductor is speaking no one is talking and gives him their 100% attention. Only like this can they achieve this level and standard of professionalism - Keziah

They seemed very confident of singing their notes out. I think our choir members need to build this confidence as well - Meng Yue

The scores were just like a reference. This may be why their sound was so cohesive. Free of scores, they did very well in listening to other sections of the orchestra. I think that is what our choir should improve on next - Yang Xiya

The choir maintained a ram-rod straight posture throughout the entire rehearsal. They exemplified self-discipline and there was no chattering among the musicians - Wong Man Ling

I think that since we are a secondary school choir, and our teachers do try to treat us as adults, then we ought to act like adults - Sophie Lau

We must instil self-discipline to know our parts, always look at the conductor and take down details of what to do or what not to do on our music scores - Sherrie Chew

I realised the importance of maintaining discipline whenever the conductor is talking. The rest of the choir needs to be quiet in order for the message that the conductor is trying to convey to be brought across. Also, we need to take down what the conductor tells us, any little detail like pronouncing the words clearly or holding the note longer, for a more productive rehearsal..... We need to have the correct attitude whenever we go for sectionals or combined practices - Denise Tan

Although it was a rehearsal, they respected the time and effort everyone gave and treated it like a real performance - Denise Teo

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There were lots more and i will put up all the reflections on the choir wall so that everyone can read the reflections in full, even for those that did not turn up for the SSO Rehearsal. Ms Chesed Wong will pick up the best reflection for each level (Choir + Music program students) and they will recieve a free CD.

I really hope you enjoyed the rehearsal and learnt about how a professional choir should behave. Reflect back on your own choir practices and improve.

Time to work together and work hard for SYF!

Mr Ek

SSO Concert Rehearsal on Friday

These are the names of the students that had NOT passed me their reply slips:

Thiang Soon Wei
Liu Chang
Gwyneth Thong
Daisuke
Yan Hui
Mengyue
Debra
Ling Jun
Jia Min
Yifan
Man Qini
Jesslyn
Mei Hui
Hsin Min
Clara Chong
Milton
Wei Shan
Keziah
Kyle
Ernest

Total - 20

Since there is no reply slip, i am expecting you to be present for this rehearsal. There are 39 students who had passed me their slips and thus i will be booking 1 bus for 41 only. The other 20 students you will make your way down to the Esplanade theatre yourselves. We will be taking your attendance at 6pm at the Esplanade.

If you're absent for the SSO Rehearsal, you will get ZERO for Friday's attendance. You will need to get a MC to submit to me.

If i do not receive your MC, your parents will be called and detention will be given.

The teachers are very frustrated that we have to go through such trouble to get you to submit forms. This is NOT the first time that we have so many students not submitting forms in time even though ample time was given. We will take disciplinary actions from now onwards.

Mr EK.

Chinese New Year Concert

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder, the outfit for the CNY concert is red top (plain in front) and black pants with appropriate shoes. The guys also need to get a plain red top for this performance. Giordano or bossini should carry, if not go to uniqlo, they have plain color tops.

The rehearsal for the concert will be on Friday, 28th Jan at 2.20pm in the Grand Audi. Ms Chong will do a costume check on that day so please bring your outfits. You may need to wear it on stage for us to see the effect.

If you have any queries please ask any of the teachers.

Cheers

Mr Ek

The Student Leadership Committee will be organising a service learning sharing session.
Date: 13th Jan 2011, Thursday
Time: 330-530pm
Venue: LH2

The agenda for the session is as follows:

Programme

1. SL camp project #1 : Investiture

2. SL Camp project #2 : Teacher's Day

3. SL camp project #3 : Open House

4. SC trip @ Yunnan

5. Cambodia Trip

6. Presentation at a student development seminar in China by Ivy, Xinyu

7. Sharing by Sing Yan on tea session with SM Goh Chok Tong

The following 11 students have been selected for the above sharing session:

1) Denise Tan
2) Yun Shi
3) Sherrie Chew
4) Isabella Zheng
5) Ling Jun
6) Jiachen
7) Rui Han
8) Yan Hui
9) Man Ling
10) Zheng Yi
11) Denise Teo

Thanks

Mr Ek

New Choir Dresses

Hi everyone,

These are the sample look for the new choir dress that you will be getting.

Dresses should be ready by the end of the month.

Cheers

Mr Ek

Some information...

Hi everyone,

This is the flight information for the Hong Kong trip. Sorry i got the timings wrong for the departure this evening....


6th of Dec

Flight no: SQ 860G

Time: 0830 hrs

Arrival time in HK: 1215 hrs

10th of Dec

Flight no: SQ 861G

Time: 1525 hrs

Arrival time in Singapore: 1920 hrs

Please inform your parents about the timings and the flight no. As mentioned today, we will organise a HK Trip briefing for your parents in due time.

Students who had not submitted the cheque or the passport information please do so by Friday so that we can settle the finance admin. We are chasing you as other people are chasing us. Please coorperate.

Remember that this Friday's practice is at 0930 hrs to 1230 hrs in LT1. Bring your scores and a pencil! You have to start to be serious as you are now preparing for SYF 2011. The committee had thought of a system to punish members who are late and i will let them inform you in due time as well.

See you on Friday, in proper school approved outfit (choir tee/PE tee/Full uniform with school pants/skirt)

Mr Ek

SEC 4 CHOIR MEMBERS SEE HERE!!

Hi,

As mentioned in the sms, Mr Soon is requesting for your help in the grand finale of the Graduation Ceremony tmr evening.

This year's graduation song is 'If we hold on together' by Diana Ross (Theme song for Land before Time)

We need you to join the class chairpersons on stage tmr evening at the end of the ceremony to sing along to the mp3 of the song. You guys will be stationed in front as you have better singing voices than the rest. All you need to do is just to sing along to the track. There will be lyrics provided for you so you do not need to memorise the song.

There will be a dry run at 4.30pm tmr at the Audi so please be there. We will run through the whole ceremony at that time as well.

This will be your farewell performance in CCHMS so enjoy yourself!!

I'll see you at the grand audi at 4.30pm tmr.

Ciao

Mr Ek.