So ! Hey guys (:
Honestly , I don't think any of you are reading it hahaha I'm just writing so I can feel better :P
So , it's been school holidays since November and let me just see what I accomplish during this "almost 2 months" ...
1. 2nd Wind Youth Band Festival 2014
2. School Band practices
3. Cruise trip to no where
4. My Birthday
5. Chalet Gathering
6. My Birthday Celebration
7. Sec 3 streaming results
Take note they're not in chronological order just becuase I'm lazy and yah :P
Lemme talk about one of the biggest things that happened in the hols . LETS START WITH ...
2nd Wind Youth Band Festival 2014
If you're wondering what it is , it's something like a holiday band where you get to enjoy playing music with other people from other schools & after only 4 days of rehearsals , you get to perform at the Esplanade Concert Hall (:
I actually went last year with my friends in the Junior Band (pic below)
It was really really fun and I got to play music with my friends without the stress of my conductor in school (no offence ... not) I also made a lot of new friends (: and the guest conductor was also really funny and our favourite piece last year was probably the POP MEDLEY [ which included piece such as forget you , smoke on water etc.]
Anyways , this year , my friends and I had the opportunity to join this again and most of us passed the audition . However , this year , I got into Intermedaite Band instead of Junior Band . The pieces were extremely difficult and I honestly had a hard time learning them .
One big problem I had was that I didn't know ANYONE in my section when I was for there and if you know me , I don't think I'm very good at making friends :P so I'm pretty awkward . Although it was hard for me , I managed to make friends with the rest of the 12 amazing people I had in my section . There're 12 of the funniest , interesting people I've met (:
some pics .... 
Intermediate Saxophones
First Official Friend in section (: she's so nice I cannot --- 大姐;)
Damn pretty lor she (: Si Qing
I look ew here don't look at my face . Just ignore it . Left to right : me , Hui Min & Rui Xian
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We got the opportunity to play 3 amazing pieces with the standard of difficulty so high I honestly almost died when I saw the score .
- The Centurion
- Bulgarian Dances
- Sang !
The running notes for the woodwinds in "Bulgarian Dances" were so fast , one of out sectional tutors had to use money to make us play 😂 (just kidding , wait no , really)
Sang! Was a piece where we actually had to sing almost half of the piece . When you look at the score for the first time , you will actually freak out like most of us do , and will totally give up . It's a jazz piece so if you learn music , there's ALOT of semi quavers and quavers . Although it was hard , it was really fun playing it as it was funny watching out conductor try to pronounce the words so that he could teach us how to sing it
(Pic does not belong to me)
On the concert day , 18th December 2014 , we were the band to open the concert and honestly speaking , although it wasn't as fun as last year in junior band , I had a really fun time playing with everyone else and learnt a lot of new things . The chaperones were also really nice and funny and if they did not play the ice breaker games with us on the 1st day , I really don't know how awkward it will be in the next few days of rehearsals .
All in all , it was an awesome experience and maybe next year , I might join again (: 3rd Wind Youth Band Festival !
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