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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 @ 19:21

HEY BAND!
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN YOUR ATTITUDES. CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN YOUR CHARACTER AND IN YOUR PLAYING. YOU GUYS CAN DO IT, DO IT FOR THE BAND! AND TOGETHER WE WILL EXCEL AND BRING THE BAND TO GREATER HEIGHTS. ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF! WE CAN DO IT!

GO! GO! GO! DMB! :D

WE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!

Gentle reminder: Do not lose your band jacket, please!
Also, bring your "uniform holder", to keep your uniform jacket.

Seeya on friday. Bring a notebook too, pass this message already please!

Tuesday, 27 November 2007 @ 17:41

Band, wake up your idea already.

Sectionals for you guys is not for you all to play the NOTES you all already KNOW. Furthermore, what on earth are you susposed to be working at you tell us?
The passion, i repeat again, is not just about HAVING It, you CAN'T HAVE IT WITHOUT working it.

even so, how many times have you guys practice instant concert than your own weak points in moonlight and simple. Why didn't you all go into your section and tune together? That is WHAT sectionals are for. If you said you are practicing for friendship concerts, what about MUMBLE FEET? Did you DO IT.

you know, sometimes its just that talking is not working. I don't CARE if you think we treat you like robots . Cos we don't, we made it fair to everyone. Regardless whether you are a sec 1 or sec 4. BE FAIR TO YOUR MEMBERS, come for band practices. If not, you will end up pulling your members down. Those who didn't make it for the audition, what the hell are you waiting for? I don't see any effort made at all,

Wake up YOUR IDEA ALREADY seriously.
you know if things aren't working, do something. This is getting tiring.

Monday, 26 November 2007 @ 16:04

WORK HARD even if you didn't make it for the Audition.

Especially to the Sec 1s. Please reflect on yourself.
To the sec 2s and sec 3s, even if you got in, doesn't mean you are perfect. The good ones have to train to be better , and at last the best. Those we didn't get in, do something. Don't just SIT there and let your seniors scold. Prove to them, you can do better.

Would you want to get something in Genting, its up to us. Our band directors can't do anything, they are here only to teach us, and make music. The hard work, discipline is all up to us.

WAKE UP, and shut up all your complains.

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 @ 20:40

band, if u think punishments are given unjustly, think again. Its about the band, not yourself. Take a look at the other band members around u. I know many of u guys still think that, "but hello? it's not me? Its them". But for the millionth time, its about the band, not about only yourself. Band, u all need that. Those who are working hard now, continue to endure with the punishments. those who are not, stop putting your friends in misery. Know the meaning of punishments. what you're supposed to feel when you're being punished.

@ 16:33

Hi Band. These are the Recent Announcements.

1) Practice your instrument.
Why?
- To achieve something during Genting Trip
- There will be a 'test' on Saturday whereby the Majors will check one by one
- Audition for Genting Trip starts next week when Mr Yeo comes back from HK
- To play well

Most importantly, you are a band member, so you need to practice.

2) Higher Woodwinds
Report to school this Friday by 945AM . Bring along your consent forms
Why?
- The woodwinds' running notes are way too messy
- We need to play as one whole woodwind section
- Try to sound like a 'wind'
- Tune together
- Play with metronome!

If you cannot make it, please either Call or Message Christine.

3) Reflect on yourself
Why?
- Have you been practicing hard enough?
- Do you know your music well enough?
- Are you making at least an effort to prove others you are right?

4) Brass/Lower woodwinds
If you think you need more practices for your own brass/lower woodwinds section, come and look for either Christine or Huldah with a date, time and reason being.
Why?
- Play as one brass/lower woodwinds section
- Intonation
- Articulation
- Long tones
- Tuning

Ps: For the Trumpets section, please find initiative to look for the Flutes and Oboes section to practice Moonlight Kungfu together.

Dear Band, Once again. I hope all of you will at least make an effort. Don't try, you must.
Set a goal for yourself, it'll be good. Do it, at least for yourself. Would you want to be in the band now, or a band that it united? The choice is yours.

Everywhere we go ooo! Everywhere we go ooo!
People want to know o! People want to know o!
Who we are ah! Who we are ah!
Where we come from! Where we come from!
So we tell them! So we tell them!
We are from DMB! We are from DMB!
Dunearn Military Band! Dunearn Military baaaaand!
Oleh oleh 3X Oleh oleh 3X

Non italic= 1 person shout
italic= Band shout as one

DMB! HAAAAAA*!
DMB! HAAAAAA!
DMB DMB! HA! HA! HA!

*May vary. (Can be yeah or any word that is chosen to be said.)

Yours Truly,
Christine & Huldah

Friday, 9 November 2007 @ 20:42

hey people.
the genting trip is not donkey years away, it's just about 10 practices(more or less) away. i think many of us have seen the trip only for the fun. But guess wad, if u dont work hard, the fun will be limited. So work hard and play well, get exposed, do long tones, everything and anything that will help u to play better. Dear band, we really want passionate people, and u dont get the passion by just sitting around. You work for it, and then u find it. So stop finding out how to love band, because the answer is to work, and u will love everything about it. Even during the most tiring footdrills, u will want to endure because you've found something u love. I know it sounds very very dramatic, like a love story. But when all of us really work hard and have the passion for band(music), u will not regret a single second. Do u really wanna spend your 4 years in band dreading every single second of it, or enjoying every second?

profile: About DMB.

Dunearn Military Band has a long history dating back to 1966 when it was one of the first twenty school bands set up in Singapore.
The band started with only twelve pioneer members and has grown to a membership of 120 and is one of the oldest of all the uniformed groups in Dunearn Secondary School.
The band attained a Silver Award at the 11th Australian Music Festival in June 2000.

The band also participated in competitions like the National Band Competition in 2006, which it obtained a silver award and the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), in which it obtained three consecutive gold wards in years 2001,2003 and 2005 and obtained a silver award in year 2007.

In December 2007, the band travelled to Genting Highlands and participated in the 21st Century International Music Fesival and attained a silver award. In July 2008, the band participated in the 1st Singapore International Band Festival and attained a bronze.

Also, the band had an opportunity to perform overseas at Hong Kong in December 2008, with the Tom Lee HK Youth NeoWinds Orchestra.

In the SYF central judging 2009,the band clinched a Silver award.

The band participated in the Singapore International Band Festival 2010 and they achieved a Silver award in return for their hard work.

In the recent SYF Central Judging, 2011, the band attained a Bronze award.

The Band is currently under the baton of Mr Louis Yeo.
Assistant conductor: Mr Zhong Kai Yi
Band Strength: 55
Teachers in Charge:Mr Beh Yong Hua; Ms Dewi Marlina ; Mdm Lee Eng Hong ; Miss Jester Chong Sin Yee

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Drum Major: Isaac Hong An Jie
Band Major: Lua Shi Hwee
Quarter Masters/Mistresses: Tok Xie Ying [Woodwind] | Tan Yu Yi [Brass] | Nurul Afiqah bte Rashid [Percussion]
Librarians: Aslin Haziqah Anuar | Crystal Chan Xin Hui
Uniform Managers: Anthea Tan Ee Qin | Augustine Wong Chew Yuan
Function Mistresses [Events Manager & Treasurers]: Hazel Lai Kai Yun | Gracelin Chan En Hui

SECTION LEADERS

Flute/Oboe SL: Tey Xue Yue
Clarinet SL: Vera Low Yun
Saxophone SL: Lua Shi Hwee
French Horn SL: Gladys Tay Ching Hui
Euphonium/Tuba SL: Isaac Hong An Jie
Trombone SL: Desi Marina Muhammad
Trumpet SL: Tan Zhi Xin
Percussion SL: Aaron Seah