Next Parade:
12 July 2010, Monday Morning
7.00 a.m.
School Uniform
Don't forget Badge and Tie

Revision For Mid-Years

Sunday, April 26, 20097:18 PM

For the next few days, I'll be opening the music room, bandsmen who wanna revise or do homework can feel free to do it there. Anyone who have any comments call me.
Ps: This is a request specially made to bandsmen who are particularly good in any subjects: try to come down to help the others and also juniors.
Thanks.

Supreme Court (For selected students) *UPDATED*

Wednesday, April 15, 20097:18 PM

Date: 24th April 2009

Reporting Time: 12pm
*Early Release Form will be given in due course

Attire: Report in your school uniform first; Lower Secondary Students are to bring long pants along; Bring your blazers, black shoes/socks and long-sleeved shirt

Dismissal Time (Band-room): 5.00pm
*No one is to leave straight from Supreme Court

Songs: Hawaii Five-O, Spanish Fever, Sock hop tonight, When you wish upon a star, Thank You for the Music
*Section librarians go and prepare these 5 songs

Bring: Instruments, Accessories, Scores, Mutes, Music Stands (Allowed to bring camera phones not camera)

*Please do not bring sharp objects and camera (Will be locked up by the police upon entry)

*Please be at your best behaviour at all times

*Schedule will be told to your on Thursday (23rd April 2009)

*Please be reminded that the security is very tight. Everything that you bring to Supreme Court will be checked, including instruments and bags)

*Group 1: Clarinet, Flute, Alto Sax, Oboe, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Cornet, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Horn, Euphonium, Trombone

*Group 2: Tuba, Double Bass, Percussion

*Upon arrival, split yourself into Group 1 & 2

SJI-OBA Homecoming Dinner (For selected bandsmen) *UPDATED*

6:58 PM

Date: 18th April 2009
Reporting time: 4.30pm
Wear: Long-Sleeved T-shirt, Long pants, Black Shoes, Black Socks, Badge
Bring: Blazer (Prefects are to bring your own prefect tie)
Dismissal Time: 9.00pm

Songs: Hawaii Five-O, Thank You for the Music, Spanish Fever

*Section Librarians please prepare these scores before hand. (Not playing St. Joseph's Call and School Rally)

*Drummers, when the whole band goes to the gallery, proceed to the beurel to set up your instruments, then put at the back stage. Proceed to the gallery after that.

*Please be reminded that some bandsmen are needed by Ms Anita Sebastian when we are resting at the gallery (Further notice will be provided on that day itself)

*These bandsmen are to meet Ms Anita Sebastian before 6.00pm (Get your section mates to hold on your instruments until your duty is over, then proceed to gallery, lvl 2, founder's hall)
- Samuel Tan
- Thaddaeus Tan
- Daniel Farhan
- Richard Kwek

Cheers,
Wen Quan (QM)

Forgot something,...

Thursday, April 2, 20098:16 PM

Other than thanking all the teachers who supported us, we owe our achievement also to the support of the alumnis! Especially those who skipped school to watch our performance =)

SYF pictures

6:29 PM

Hey guys, CS here.
Heres the link to syf pictures taken by professional photographers
www.syfphotography.com

But i don't think our pictures are there yet....but no harm checking!

GWH!

GOLD WITH HONOURS

3:26 PM

omg, it's surreal isn't it. never in my life have i ever dreamed that we'd end up getting the gold with honours. well done everyone. i guess waking up at 2.30am was worth it. spending over 30 bucks buying macdonalds for my section today was worth it. coming to school at such an ungodly hour was SO worth it. why? because we've succeeded way past our own expectations.

for all those who weren't there with us, here's how the day went:
i came to school at 4.45am after buying macdonalds for my section. when DM and Benedick arrived they'd discovered that the bandroom was locked and that the keys were with the office. so we all ended up waiting in the canteen with Mr Tan, talking about how we needed to relax later to play well. the morning was spent mainly on tuning, a problem most of us probably have all the time. so this was good. warmups were helpful too, with the long low notes, don't know about you guys, but my lips were definitely warmed up. gathering outside the stalls in the canteen, a lot of people came to wish us good luck. some sounded sincere in wishing, some of course were cynical, others mocking. but nonetheless, good luck anyways. on the bus there, though we were told not to talk much, a lot of us just ended up talking away anyways. getting off the bus at SCH. everyone was silent to get into the mood of the competition. though i personally felt that by being silent, everyone would become more tense. but ah well.

we were the first band today. so before we entered the hall, CM led us in a short prayer. entering into the hall, there weren't many people. thank you all the people who ponned school just to watch us perform. Namely, Ian Chai, Xueyu[Shaun.], Melvin Ng and Zhi Xiong. and a haha to Zhibin who was smsing me during his lecture and half listening to his lecturer. haha. must've taken a lot out of you eh? haha. anyways, we played. and for me, i was personally very surprised at how we FINALLY managed to keep timing throughout the songs. THANK GOD FOR THAT. for me, the playing was a very weird experience. i actually had a thigh cramp in the middle of jericho. so weird. thigh cramp whilst sitting? lols. i think everyone did a really great job. everyone played the part they needed to play very well. and best of all, we were all together. i felt really comfortable playing and i really enjoyed the breaks where i could just get lost in the music the rest of you were making. excellent job guys. excellent job.

i'm sure the sec 2's and sec 3's went off in great anticipation of the results. the sec 4's remained behind to listen to the other bands. and boy were we scared. simply because the bands today were really good. [which explains the other GWH and 4 Golds]. so we were really afraid of losing the Gold. Melvin Ng heard SCGS and siad we may have just lost our Gold with Honours. in the end, we got it. CM, who had told everyone not to shout or cheer but just to clap, jumped across the seat into my seat that was 4 seats away.

i think as CS has mentioned in the previous post. we need to be thankful for all the people who've supported us all the way. even the people who've insulted us before. we need to thank these peole for giving all of us the motivation to do and strive for much better. without which, i don't think we would've improved as much as we did.

and we did it. SJIMB has finally achieved it's first ever Gold with Honours Award. don't believe me? take a look at band fusion:
GOLD with HONOURS.

We did it!

3:16 PM

Bandsmen, we did it.
After 8 years of not getting what we wanted, we finally got it.
Yes, its way above our expectation, Gold With Honours! =)
We have many people to thanks so let me start listing them:
1) We must thank our conductor, Mr Tan, for his never-ending support and guidance.
2) Mrs Chua, Miss Adeline Tan, Mr Ng Shuh Lit, Mr Sirhan, our principals and school teachers for their support during our perfomance and through our long, tough and satisfying rehearsals.
3) Many thanks to our section instructors for their help and guidance!

Well Done Bandsmen, very Well done
Sui ya.

Get Ready Guys

Wednesday, April 1, 20095:08 PM

Time passes very fast....
Syf is just tomorrow.
Be mentally prepared!
We can do it.
Remember, heal the souls of the audience, dont think about the award while playing.
Feel the flow and follow it.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, cherish the moment with your bandsmen and conductor and let these happy memories stay with us forever!

Ready?
I think we are.

sjimb.


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