I have no idea who reads this blog haha(if you are reading this post, leave a tag later on!), but seeing that yesterday was our last performance with the whole choir, I want to make this post a little more.. personal. I doubt you will cry from reading this, but you have to understand that there will be a little David Archuleta, Owl City and Tumblr references haha!
Yesterday was a very long for me. It felt like it was 3 days! The morning was one day, the afternoon another and night yet another!
(yea. listen to the music to get the 'feel' lol)
Coming to school was a little rush for me. I left my house at around 10.45 and promptly left my finished cup of milk sitting on my bedroom floor. My dad sent me to school and I met up with Jerilene and WeiLin. I got the keys from Mrs Chew and from this point onwards, time seemed to speed up. After Genesis came, the three of us started counting money and oh boy! we were rich. Really rich. During lunch, the three of us eat outside the music room and the topic shifted to whether we were nervous.
I wasn't nervous to speak the truth. There's no point in worrying and being nervous. It just makes you feel worser by the second. I was.. somewhat just having fun. And yes, I had fun (:
Changing and practice. I was a little worried (ironic but..). You guys sounded somewhat tired. Ms Yin's last minute correction of things also prodded me a little.
Sleeping session on the bus. Let's not elaborate on that.
My first impression of SOTA is wow. I am impressed with the architecture and then *snap* I knew I had to focus. But the day was already starting to take its toll on me. I was having backaches and thigh aches. (I believe I'm old.) The warm up room was pretty huge and spacey. Somehow I felt Ms Yin was a little.. upset? I don't know. Rush for time I guess. Even in the room, Ms Yin was STILL correcting us. But at this point of time, no point worrying yea?
Waiting to go on stage. At this point of time, I have to admit, this year's SYF was very different from 2 years ago. Maybe it's because of the venue change. Maybe it's the people I'm performing with. Maybe it's because I grew up and matured. There's a different flavor. Being the first person to go on stage, I got the nerves. And then everything seemed to fast forward. I followed the staff to the stage, walked on to the wooden floor, not before doing a double-take. I SWEAR I HAVE NEVER, EVER SEEN THE STAGE BEFORE. NOT EVEN IN PICTURES. That's why. and HECK, THE ROOM IS SMALL. But to speak the truth, the acoustics were much better than I expected.
This is probably the first time I am saying this, but when I sing, I lose awareness of my
surroundings. I just sing and pour everything out, especially when it was a performance. My backaches and muscle aches mystically vanished. I obviously couldn't be a fair judge. So, after getting off the stage, I asked Claris who was in front of me, "How was the performance?" Claris shook her head. I was like oh nooooooo.
Let's skip the part where we were audience.
When we were coming out, I asked for the opinions of others. Erica said it was fine. Evangeline said the jap song lacked emotions. Jerilene said it was fine. It was not until Ms Yin said that we were good and decent despite the sharp, when I relaxed. So yay!
And then it hit me. The Sec4s just had their last performance. (Inserts whole bunch of things that I will reserve for later lol)
In the auditorium again, sitting in the 2nd row, waiting for the results. We were choir 072. The first to be announced was Choir 05_. Waiting and waiting. 5GWHs and 1COP had gone past. Choir 070. The 4 of us, Jerilene, Evangeline, Erica, and Me, were squeezing each other's hands. Genesis had her face in her face. And then, the moe coordinator(she's the moe coordinator for the SYF opening ceremony last year too) announced, "Choir number 72, Nan Chiau High School, Gold." Woah. We gave a slight scream and then subtleness. The first thing that came to me was, "Wow. A Gold. Wow.", not "Dang, we didn't get GWH.) Coming out, we broke the news to you guys. Honestly speaking, I wasn't expecting the reaction you peeps gave. (crying and stuff) I honestly thought you guys will be cheering for we actually got a Gold. And then someone told me that everyone was hoping for a GWH.
Everyone looks at the world from a different point of view. Each judge has their own set of rules and each of them look out for different things. SYF is different from Hong Kong. We only had 3 judges in Hong Kong - 3 judges to please. It's already difficult. We have 7 judges for SYF - 7 hearts to capture. Definitely not easy. WE WERE DEBATABLE. Haven't you noticed the judges took a longer time to discuss about our performance as compared to the next few schools?We definitely got a high Gold. It's awesome already! If our SYF was last year, or even last month, how would you think we have fared? Having grown and improved so much, you girls should really be proud of yourself. Many of us cried. I cried too lol. But, remember we should be grateful for anything we get, this is life. :) (I don't why I say this but..) CHEER UP AND SMILE.
Getting to the buffet was an epic drama. Will not elaborate on this, but I hope everyone had lots of fun! My initial idea was to have a section dinner with my lovely A2s (idea taken from band lol). So I told Erica and asked A2s only or Altos in general. Suddenly, we were planning a buffet for the WHOLE choir. One week to plan, and none of us having organise a buffet before, I must say it wasn't not THAT difficult? It was fun. (If you haven't paid, PAY UP. Dang, I sound like a loanshark.)
This quote is (Y). I truly hope that juniors, you guys can carry on and work hard! Spread the chorister identity with the sec1s. We may not have gotten what we hoped for but at least, we maintained our Gold. In the next SYF, I really hope that you guys can get us that long-deserving GWH and make all the practices and effort worthwhile! No pressure of course. (: Sad to say, us Sec4s won't be there for practices anymore but be rest assured, our hearts will always be with you and we will still definitely visit. (:
So strive hard when practice resumes! Dear juniors, please take the choir to the sky! (:
(just in case you haven't realised, this post is obviously written by DENISE.)
NANCHIAUCHORALEY 11:21 PM
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