Post 1: Something that took place in school.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Thrilled, I made my way to school by bus. Why was I so thrilled? Mainly because I was about to meet my new batch of juniors! I pondered over how my juniors would be like, their personalities and sort. Upon reaching school, I made my way slowly up to the band room, located on the 3rd floor.
When I reached the band room, I saw many pairs of shoes outside the band room and wondered:"Whose shoes could these be?" My eyes then met with Derick Toh, my batch mate in the percussion section. Asking him about the shoes, he tells me that Mr Tan, the conductor, was with the secondary 1 students, teaching them music theory.
Knowing that Mr.Tan was not one who liked to be disturbed, I did not go into the band room and went into the band storeroom instead. Setting up my instrument, I grumbled about my 'new' instrument. My original instrument was one of the better silver trombones, but however, Eugene, my secondary 3 senior kept insisting that he wanted my instrument as it was better than his current one. Therefore my Section Leader, made the switch as Eugene kept pestering him.
After setting up, I took a chair and sat on it, warming up by playing the scale of B♭ Major. Suddenly, a secondary 3 senior told me to stop playing as it was disturbing the students inside the band room who was learning theory from Mr.Tan. Taking my instrument, I wore my shoes and proceeded to the gallery, where the band plays the National Anthem every Monday and Friday. The others in the band storeroom had to also make their way to the gallery to practice. When I went out, I saw my section mate, Niyaz, and waved to him. We had arranged to meet up so we could 'Inspect' our juniors, but the plan did not go as expected though.
After practicing some scales, Wei Jie, my good friend, caught the corner of my eye and I rushed to him to say hi. We started chatting happily and we practiced together after he had set up his instrument, the Saxophone. Very soon, it was time to fall in for band practice. During fall in, some people had to pump (do push ups) for either not tucking in their shirts, or wearing watches. When they had finished pumping, they reported to get up, however, the Student Conductor who was taking attendance, did not hear them report. I felt that they should have reported louder so they would have been heard and not hold the push up position for a longer time than needed.
We had sectionals after falling out. Though we practiced for a long time, I felt that it was not productive as we did not accomplish much. After sectionals, we went back to the band room for band practice. We went through one song, which was 'Disney's Princess Medley'. It was a hard song and it was only our fourth reading. I did not feel confident when playing the song therefore my tone was quite bad. I feel I should have more confidence in myself. Time passed quickly and soon it was time to pack up. During debriefing, the Student Conductor briefed us on our weaknesses and where we should improve or take note. I reflected deeply on my shortcomings and promised that i would try to work harder and sound better.
This concludes the end of my first post: Something that took place in school.
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