DUNEARN MILITARY BAND

2011-05-19T17:28:00.001+08:00

Hey Band, the next band practice will be 20th May 2011, tomorrow. Fall in at the porch @ 1.30 p.m.
Please don't be late. Thankyou! :)

2011-04-23T16:45:00.001+08:00

WORK HARD FOR YOUR MYE
& GOOD LUCK.
See you guys when band pracs resume.

2011-04-16T00:17:00.001+08:00

Today's Speech Day was kinda epic. I'm sure all of you received loads of presents. Though the sec4 & 5s are stepping down, it's not the end. It is the start of a brand new batch of leaders, the start of a new generation. Please thank your graduating seniors who have worked so hard to bring you this far, guiding you along. The new committee members, I hope you put in your best to serve the band and use your seniors to motivate yourselves. Make them proud. Always remember, "With great power, comes great responsibility." Like what Mr Yeo said, don't be afraid to make mistakes. Mistakes are part of a learning journey in life. However, do not neglect your studies though. I hereby wish all of you the best of luck in your upcoming exams and in everything you do. I shall see you guys when band practices resume. Have a good rest DMB.
-Chunjet

2011-04-12T21:44:00.009+08:00

Hello band. Today's Speech Day rehearsal was quite inacceptable. Fanfare needs to be practised more. I don't think you would want to welcome the Guest of Honour with that kind of sound. As for the fall out, I think your movement was pretty slow. You guys ain't pumped for nothing. The alumnis who were there today wants you to know that this is to wake you up. You guys got complacent after SYF thinking that you can slack after it. The secondary 4 and 5s yes because you are stepping down soon, however, please do your last few best ones before leaving. The secondary 3s, you guys are taking over soon. Honestly, do you yourselves think this attitude is acceptable? When the time limit is given, please do not take your own sweet time to keep your instruments then stroll down. The band needs to change this, or else, the collapsing of the band is highly possible. That's all. Please practise your pieces and don't be late for fall in tomorrow. Rest well guys.
Chunjet

2011-04-09T10:26:00.003+08:00

Hi Band!

In the recent SYF,I know that things did not go as well as you thought you would.I know how you guys feel because I've experienced the same thing.Disappointments and failures is all part and parcel of life,the only problem is whether we want to stand up again after the fall.There's a saying "Its better to try and fail,then fail to try".We know you did your best and I'm sure YOU know you did your best.The best thing to do now is to look forward and keep on moving.Take this as a learning experience especially for the juniors.This will not be your first nor last competition in DMB.There is more to come in life and it is not just gonna be an empty highway.Life is full of adversities and hardships but it is how we deal with it that matters.

I know very well that DMB never falters over failure.We strive forward knowing that as long as we work hard,we will be satisfied.Who cares what the other others think about our result.If you cant appreciate what you've got,how can others appreciate and applaud your hard work.From here on now, I'm very confident that DMB will continually improve and prove to other CCAs that we will not be faltered by a mere bump in the road.The only road from here is up.And the driver is gonna be you guys DMB.

Naz (The best senior EVER!!!)

2011-04-09T09:42:00.004+08:00

Hi band,
 I can see that many of you are coping well with what happened. Like most failures, this is

hard to get over but I'm glad you guys are doing fine. I want to remind you guys what is on

your noticeboard, giving up is the easiest thing to do. But showing true perseverance and

tenacity through adversities and hardship, that's true strength in character. Take this SYF as

a learning experience as it should be. Also take it as a reality check. What stood in your way of

achieving what you aimed for? Seniors, I especially want you to think about this because you

guys have the most experience. This experience and the knowledge you have gained from it

will be very valuable to your juniors so please share it! If every batch of members were to truly

learn from failures and overcome adversities and eventually pass their knowledge and experience

down to the next batch, the band eventually will get better! It's all up to you to make it happen.

Forget your grudges and cherish each other because you are a team! Serve and make decisions for

the greater good. If you do, you'll find your lives a lot more worth it and there'll be more invaluable

memories and experiences to keep.
 
Jasper Tan
Bass trombonist
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

2011-04-08T21:58:00.000+08:00

One of the events of Band Camp! Have a good laugh at yourselves!

-Chunjet.

2011-04-08T00:23:00.009+08:00

Chunjet:
Hello, band. I know that you guys have been demoralised by what the band have gotten for the SYF that passed days ago. Most of the alumnis including me, wants to tell you guys that the medal isn't important. Whether you guys have put it all your best into it is then the most important thing. In life there will be some failures, and we do not have the power to change the present. But do we do have the ability to change the future. Meaning you guys have the ability to change your own future, and how the band is going to be like in the upcoming days ahead. There is a saying, "Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up." Rome wasn't built in a day. If you want to succeed, you'll have to learn from the failures first. Failure is the mother of success. If there is no failure in life, people would become complacent. I believe that Dunearn Military Band has the ability to play music that inspires. Be it yourself or others. That was what I joined band for. I know deep down, that the alumnis will not give up on the band, so you guys should not give up on yourselves. Use this as a learning point and work harder. Don't get complacent after a small success. And I believe you guys can do it. "Do not be destroyed about what is given to you, instead, take it and use it to change the future." I believe Dunearn Military Band can do it. GO DMB!

2009-07-16T20:41:00.005+08:00

I know alot of people have been asking why everybody have to retry the jackets. Here, I want to apologise, cause when I stock-check, I took up everybody's tag and mixed up the jackets. Hope you guys and understand. Yeah (:
And to all Sec4s, Please do return your band uniforms (e.g. Dress Shirt, Skirt, Shorts) and jackets if you have not return it. Please return ASAP too (: Thanks.
Huimin

2009-07-14T19:24:00.006+08:00

Hi band!
There is a band practice tomorrow. Please remember to fall in at the porch by 3:45 p.m. We need to be prepare for the National Day rehearsal on Friday. So, please have these scores with you:

National Anthem
DMB Fanfare
Thunderer March
Pomp & Circumstances
Ponyo
Folksong Suite
Road to Gokusen
Tequila
Latin Gold
Pirates Pt. 1
Pirates Pt. 2
Pirates Pt. 3

Further instructions will be given tomorrow during fall-in.

P/S: Those who are not able to attend / coming late for tomorrow's band practice. Please inform Wee Shan. Thanks!

2009-06-25T09:01:00.002+08:00

Hi guys!

I hope you guys did enjoy the band camp just like i do! I've learned alot through this band camp this time round, and hopefully you guys will remember what Mr Yeo had said.
If you guys want, we could always organise another round of captain's ball! Tag in the tagboard if you guys want to play.

School reopens next monday. So rest your leg well, if you have muscle aches. Brand new school term, brand new start!

See you on Monday! :D

2009-06-12T21:41:00.003+08:00

Hi Band :)

Seniors that are interested in buying the SYF Photo 2009, please bring the money after you've decided which size of the photo you want to purchase.

This is super important, because you can only make order after you have paid.

To those that did not check out the prices earlier after band today, please take a look:

Super 6R [15 cm x 22 cm] = $ 12
Super 8R [20 cm x 30 cm] = $ 15
Super 12R [30 cm x 45 cm] = $ 60
Super 16R [40 cm x 60 cm] = $180

Kindly bring the money asap, dateline by next week :)
For the Sec4 seniors, dateline would be by 27th June! Please take note.

Thankyou.
- JoeyTan

2009-06-11T20:22:00.002+08:00

hello!
please be reminded to bring an extra set of school-related clothing tomorrow.
If there isnt a valid reason for not bringing, punishment will be given.
SLs, please remind your section.
thanks.
[from UMs]

Please fall in at 7:30a.m in your white band tee & PE shorts tomorrow.
Late comers will be punished.
Dont be late! :D

Wee Shan

2009-06-09T20:36:00.003+08:00

Reminder to all:
For the main band, please fall-in at 7:30a.m. in your black band tee & PE shorts tomorrow.
And for the Secondary 1s, please fall-in in your PE shirt & shorts tomorrow.

Please also remember to sign & bring your consent tomorrow too.
Dont be late! :D

Wee Shan.

2009-06-07T10:09:00.003+08:00

Those who wish to help out for the BBQ tomorrow, please contact either Sheryl @ 96227855 / Sabrina @ 93298412. Please tell us latest by tomorrow's band practice.
Please volunteer! We need help!

Thanks!

Band BBQ on 8June.

2009-06-06T12:26:00.002+08:00

Hello band.
Please please please remember to bring the $5 on monday.
It is really really really important because if we don't have the money, we will not have the food.
So remember to pay up.
Those who haven't informed us whether you're going or not, please tell us by tomorrow, Sunday.
As for those who don't pay up, we will deem you as not going for the BBQ.
So yeah, co-operate with us and you'll have fun!
See you guys on Monday.

DAYNA

2009-06-01T23:17:00.005+08:00

Hi band!

I've aready updated the names of the new committee members. And for those who have already lost their June Holiday's band schedule, i've already included the download link for it. It's under the 'Miscellaneous' section.

But if you're lazy, the link is here:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/5/16/2444205/scan0001.jpg

For those who can make it to 8th June's BBQ, please do go! Sure fun! Guarantee + confirm + chop! For those secondary 1s, don't be shy to come! It can be a bonding session. Bond with your seniors and make closer friends in band! Life in band will then be very very fun!

By the way, there are many concerts coming up this June Holiday. Try to at least go for one concert. But if you really cannot make it, then it's okay.

1)

12th JUNE 2009 - FRIDAY

MUSICAL WORLD XXIII

BY
Victoria School Concert Band

VENUE / TIME
Victoria Concert Hall, 7.30pm

ADMISSION
Standard: $10 (Stalls), $12 (Circle)
Available from vsconcertband@gmail.com

CONDUCTORS
Mr Tan Beng Wee

PROGRAMME
Symphonic Movement (Vaclav Nelhybel)
The Merry Widow Selections
The Inn of Sixth Happiness

6th JUNE 2009 - SATURDAY

RHYTHM XXIII

BY
Dunman High School Symphonic Band

VENUE / TIME
Performing Arts Centre, Dunman High School, 7.00pm

ADMISSION
Standard: $10
Available from hongkui99@hotmail.com

CONDUCTORS
Mr Desmond Ng

PROGRAMME
Credentium
Carmen Suite
Saga Maligna

These are some of the few concerts. Hopefully you guys can make it.

Reminder: Next band practice is on the 8th June. Fall in at 7:30am in your white band tee & PE shorts. Don't be late!
Those who're going to the BBQ and have not paid the $5 to th ex-QMs, please do so on the 8th June. Including those who only paid half the fee, remember to pay up the rest of the amount to either Athirah, Dayna or Azimah.
Thanks!

Sheryl.

Band BBQ on 8June.

2009-05-26T19:46:00.002+08:00

Hi band, as you have all been told earlier, there's band BBQ coming. So it means we need people to go. Those who are interested please either contact Azimah or me, Dayna by Thursday, 28May. We need the names asap so we can calculate the budget to buy food and the quantity of food. So yeah, tell us. And also, those going for the BBQ will have to pay around $5 or so. We're still trying to get nice food and making the BBQ a cheap one for all of you lovely DMBians. Anyone who wants to help out please tell us. Thank you.

DAYNA

2009-05-26T18:19:00.002+08:00

Hey band, just some instructions for tomorrow, pls fall in at 2pm. If anyone cannot make it by this time because you have some school activity (excluding sec 3 camp), pls inform any of the majors. Pls bring all necessary cleaning materials for your instrument tomorrow, see ya all! :)

~ Jasper ~

2009-05-22T14:53:00.003+08:00

Hi band, Mr Yeo has changed his plan, the posts will be released tomorrow instead of next saturday. Let me reiterate what I have said from the previous posts:

What time to fall in?: 7:30am

Attire: Black band tee and PE shorts

What to bring?:

Rags
Pails
Vacuum cleaner
Your instruments (if you're holding on to them)
Any accessories or equipment needed for cleaning your instruments
Used toothbrushes
Kettles (electric ones)

Yup please be clear about tomorrow's instructions. Please pass this message around to your peers so that everyone can be informed. Have a nice day and see ya all tomorrow! :]

~ Jasper ~

2009-05-21T22:54:00.003+08:00

Oh and one more thing sorry, the stock check will be on monday (25th May) so anyone who is holding on to your instruments please bring it back on saturday. Section leaders please pass down the instructions for this saturday to your section members, thanks! :]

2009-05-21T22:24:00.003+08:00

Hi band, I hope everyone has studied hard and did your best for the exams. Just an update for everyone. For this saturday's band prac, Mr Yeo has sent the instructions to me via email. Here is his original email:

this sat please get everyone down for band practice. I'm gonna make this sat and the following weekday practices as a clean up week so I need all the help of everyone and its gonna be the graduating student's last contribution as a student.

Do get everyone to bring a rag (and possible a pail) for cleaning up the music and band room. also ask around if some of them could bring along a vacuum cleaner.

they will also bring cloth to clean instruments. bring face towel kind of cloth so the brass can wash their instruments. kettles will be needed too to make warm water.

Used tooth brush is also good. I will lead in the cleaning.

Yup thats his email to me. So yes, pls follow his instructions, bring a rag and a pail if possible. Anyone who can bring their vacuum cleaners pls do bring them. I'm sure everyone wants to practice in a clean environment so please follow instructions and carry out your duties well. Graduating members, according to Mr Yeo, your last practice will be next thursday (28th May). Posting results will be released on next saturday (30th May) and there will be an investiture day sometime during the June holidays. Mr Yeo will confirm with everyone about the details in due course so in the mean time, just remember to bring your cleaning materials and fall in at 7:30am in black band tee and PE shorts. See ya all on saturday! :]

~ Jasper ~

2009-04-25T11:56:00.004+08:00

Hello band (:

We're having a BBQ at East Coast Park on the 8th of June. More details will be up on a later date. I know it's only April. But i hope that you guys will be free on that day. There will be morning band practice on the day itself too. Make yourself free on the evening!

2009-04-25T11:32:00.002+08:00

Hello people!
This morning I was online and DaeYoep sent me this:

This was done by him, "Dmb in Korea". :) And he is currently learning this, getting a certificate for it soon. :) 3 cheers for him!

Jiali.

Speech Day

2009-04-16T22:40:00.003+08:00

Hello!
Just here to post something for speech day...
please fall in at 6.30am on saturday in black band tee and pe short...
please be reminded to do your hair at home before you come and BRING YOUR UNIFORM..
girls please be reminded that you have to get black stocking...
guys, please make sure that your socks are black, and NO ANKLE SOCK...

so lets make music on staurday! =)

anyway, there will be interview tmr for all sec 3... please gather outside AVA room at 1pm..

2009-04-10T15:42:00.002+08:00

HI!
next band practice for main band will be next tuesday 14/04, fall in 3.45pm...
for sec 1 your next practice will be on wednesday 15/04, fall in at 3.30pm

so pls pass this msg around... thanks =)

2009-04-06T19:30:00.000+08:00

DMB! LETS DIE FOR MUSIC TMR!!!!!!

2009-04-04T21:30:00.003+08:00

SYF CENTRAL JUDGING JUDGING CRITERIA

50% - Technique
Articulation
Dynamics
Intonation
Rhythm
Tone

50% - Musicianship
Balance
Blend
Expression

Interpretation

Phrasing
Style

Awards
Gold with Honour: Above 85%
Gold: 80% to 84%
Silver: 70% to 79%
Bronze: 60% to 69%
COP: 59% and below

2009-04-03T19:41:00.003+08:00

Hi band.
Finally I'm wrapping off everything after all that posts. Some cant post, some didn't post, but it's okay.

Firstly, I want to thank all that made the effort to post at least something. At first, Jueying and I was very worried that nobody will response to this idea of ours to make everybody blog. But, this works and almost everybody obeyed the instructions. We were very thankful and delighted! Thank you people. I'm sure everything that you guys writes has a little impact to each and one of us who had read it. I hope the initial idea of using this reflection writting had made everybody feel a little motivated and start working harder for Syf.

The results of the past few days for Syf I believe all of you had known at least alittle. If not, please do check them out. I sincerely hope that those who hadn't been working hard and had been finding excuses to skip band practice to actually start practising your dearest instrument now. It's just two days, work hard and just suffer for the next two days for this big day. Most of us are first-timers for Syf, including my batch. Our batch had very little members who had experience Syf before, so this may be your first and the last chance to syf. So please work hard. If you don't regret when the results are announced, then start working hard now. Remember, choices have consequences. :)

With all the loves,
Jiali.

2009-04-02T21:23:00.001+08:00

HEY!

So band, as you know ah, SYF is coming up right? Then ah, i noticed ah, that all of us have been very hardworking ah. So good ah. Then i wanna applaud everyone ah, for taking their time out to com for practice ah. We have been very together & improved ever since that day Mr Yeo reprimanded us in the porch. So yah, good ah. So i hope that you guys will keep it up ah! (:

As for today ah, i know we were all very pissed off by the GuZheng members. But then, we have to understand that today is not our turn to use the music room so please understand ah. One good thing i've realised that we were all SUPER UNITED because when we're supposed to set up the concourse, we were SPEEDY! So good job! (:

Regarding our playing today, i can tell that we were all trying to focus & respond to Mr yeo's conducting. Which is indeed very good as there was the D'Gig auditions that were totally distracting. However, there were a few noisy people here & there luh. So whatever ah.

When it was time to pack up, we were all perspiring & sticky already. But it isn't an excuse to not help to pack up okay?! Only a handful of people really took the initiative to help. But where were the rest of you, you & you huh??? So please please please, as a QM, i have to tell you to help pack up. I know it's not fun. But help here help there then can become more fun what! Bond ah. At the same time can faster go home what, so yah, HELP. (:

All in all, just respond to all of Mr Yeo's conducting. Focus & practice hard. Be humble but confident. Complacency is BAD. (:

STRIVE FOR SYF, LET'S SHINE! (:

Love much, Dayna. (:

2009-04-01T20:45:00.001+08:00

DMB! Lets continue to work even harder and not be complacent. :D

2009-03-30T20:37:00.002+08:00

Hi DMB! Ok so the results from the first day are out as shown below. Well just for your info,

though it may not mean much to you, here are the adjudicators for SYF:

Dr Kelly Tang
Mr Amri (don't know who he is)
Mr Mitsuo Nonami (Japan; composer of SYF 2008 set piece; adjudicator of past SYFs)
Dr William Malambri (don't know who he is)
Mr Bert Aaiders (Former president of WASBE)
Mr Henk Smith (Netherlands)
Dr Erica Neidlinger (Chicago)

There will be sectionals tomorrow at 3:30pm, please do your best to make it on time. From the feedback from some of you, dynamics, articulation and sound blending still needs to be worked on. Work on these tomorrow. Please remember what Mr Yeo tells you by writing it down on your score and apply it. For those who have trouble playing long phrases due to lack of air, here's a tip, it's what I do every night before I sleep: I assume most of you have beds against a wall, so what you do is you take a piece of paper and blow it on the wall for as long as you can. Seriously, it helps. Excercising is another good idea mentioned by Mr Yeo, especially running/jogging. Oh yeah, please keep yourself healthy, take good care of yourself. Sleep early, drink lots of water, eat a balanced diet etc.. Just make sure you're fit and healthy to play for SYF next tuesday. There will be a speech day rehearsal this friday @ 3pm, just for everyone to know. Attendance is compulsory for everyone unless you have valid reasons like MEP, blah blah blah... Yup thats all, cya all tomorrow! :]

~ Jasper ~

2009-03-30T19:10:00.002+08:00

here's an update:
First Toa Payoh : Bronze
Fuhua: Silver
Evergreen : Silver
St Anthony Canossian : Silver
St Gabriel's : Gold
Chestnut Drive : Bronze
Woodlands Ring : Silver
Bukit Batok : Silver
Holy Innocent's High : Silver
Pei Hwa : Silver
CHIJ Toa Payoh : Gold
Woodlands : Silver
East Spring : Silver
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian : Silver
Serangoon Gardens : Silver
Regent : Gold
Bedok View : Bronze
Hong Kah : Bronze

2009-03-29T20:46:00.002+08:00

hello! just a short post...
there will be a morning band practice tmr... so pls be in school lastest 7am
and there will be sectional tmr as written in the consent form...
it will start from 4pm to 5.30pm...
so see all of you tmr morning!
GO! GOLD! GO! =)

jasmine

2009-03-28T21:38:00.004+08:00

Hey Band!

After seeing much posts on ppl's reflection, could see the improvement that the band made :))
BUT Dont be COMPLACENT yet!!
theres still a long way to go.. Even though we got the notes but we were still missing of some things. We often forgot our DYAMICS, INTONATION, and stuffs... Like where to crescendo, how to END the last note of the piece. Long note short note blah blah..

COME ON D.M.B!
We can do it!!!!
Its all IN THE MIND!
Juz a PENCIL to write wat mr yeo says and it'll be a stepping stone to GOLD! :)

Anw, ITs credit time! (:
During sectionals on wed, RZ was super serious! (clap clap)
Felt really happy that our flute section FINALLY got to sectionals as a SECTION. :D
During sections today... Samantha helped Zarifah with the running notes @ N in pecos. And ended up Yu xiu and me joined in to play together.

GOOD WORK SAM! For teaching us (:

Glad that Zarifah practise real hard for running notes in the front part of pecos. :D
[Not bad! But not enough air! (: ] Not to forget SAMANTHA too!!! She also practised hard after knowing that almost everyone in the section could play the running notes (:

JIA YOU! >.<
Hope that EVERYONE'll work SUPER DUPER hard! (: (Rmb yr pencils!)
ELICIA :D

2009-03-28T20:00:00.005+08:00

Hey people! Its my turn to post :)
I will just keep this simple and sweet.

Today's band practice made me extremely motivated. Its hard for me to express or explain why, but somehow seeing every band member's determined face, I felt even more determined to be my best. And today, Mr Yeo put up something on the notice board for us. I read it and I felt so touched (seriously). I agree with what Mr Yeo said, SYF is not a competition against other bands or ccas. But its a competition against yourself.

If there's an enemy in this situation, the enemy would be ourselves. Because its your choice, your will, whether you wish to succeed or fail. I believe all of us want to get a gold, and I believe we can. Just looking at all the exchanges we've gone through, all the band practices.. From my point of view, all of us improved.

Its always okay to make mistakes, but whats most important is we LEARN from it. We know what went wrong and we should never repeat the same thing again.

And I honestly think we should all encourage each other. Especially the soloists. Its really not easy to be up on the stage, playing for everybody else to hear. And since we're all in this together, the more we should encourage one another! :) So everybody, lets give a big hug and words of encouragement for Ruizhong, Joeytham, Hongting, Fiona, and all the other soloists.

Last but not least, I want to tell Tengjiao, you really improved alot, and I feel so proud of you :)

- JoeyTan.

2009-03-28T19:02:00.003+08:00

hi
i find that th band prac tday is okay.. it was better after our break, i think its bcause some of us nvr eat our breakfast as some are rushing t go t sch (like me). Anyway, in Pecos, there are a lot of running notes for me nd ever since MsFoo tested th flute section on our running notes, me nd elicia kept on forcing each other t practise on our running notes nd whenever there's sectionals, we did our running notes together.. there's one time, on wed, only me nd elicia came for sectionals nd we did th exercise that MrYeo taught us during th mon sectionals.. it helps me with my air nd all that nd it worked! Now, we can play our running notes better alr..
I hope that th band will work harder within this short period of time left nd I hope that we can get gold or maybe even gold with honours. WORK HARD!
zarifah

2009-03-27T22:10:00.005+08:00

hi,
i'm supposed to post ytd but i was busy. so, sorry.. ytd's practice was okay, apart from the netballers' thingy.. but, we shouldn't blame them. after speaking with a netballer classmate of mine today, i found out that they had no choice but to practice in the concourse. many of us have pointed out ytd that there was no rain so the netballers should do their businesses in their rightful venue(s). but, the fault was not the netballers'. although there was no rain, there was both lightning and thunder and they were thus driven indoors by mr boh. (not that the fault was mr boh's, he was just doing his job..) yes, i do agree that they didn't apologise after their ball came toward us and caused some commotion. but as the "wide-minded" (is there such a word??!) and magnanimous band, can't we just turn a blind eye, forgive and forget??
getting tired of me huh?? kays, i'll just end off with a quote. here goes:
"Even an individual at cross purposes with himself is certain to end in failure. Yet a hundred or even a thousand people can definitely attain their goal, if they are of one mind"
~Nichiren Daishonin

the end and full stop,

yuanting

2009-03-26T23:42:00.004+08:00

Alright, its my turn to post now (:

I feel today band practice was alright, just that we are all we distracted and tired but nevertheless I believe everyone is trying their best to concentrate and listen to MrYeo. I admit I am very distracted most of the time but I will constantly remind myself to focus.

SYF is about in 11 days time and I agreed with what Jasmine said today, the secondary three
only have this one and only chance to participate in SYF, none of us want to regret before you leave dunearn, so just work hard and harder this few days! and like what MrBeh always says, No pain, No gain (: you got to work hard in order to get something! and additional that, we can prove to the school that band is definitely the CCA that will make them feel proud of, not just for the sake of saying.

Miracles do happen, but it depends on us this time round.
Everyone want to get GOLD right? So jiayou :D

Deying.

2009-03-26T21:58:00.002+08:00

I feel band today was okay, and that we should inspire ourselves to do better and put in our best for band practices and syf.
I just want to say that, always have faith in yourselves.
goodluck people
-CHUNJET

2009-03-26T20:20:00.003+08:00

HOLD IT UP !
I'm the first sec4 to post and i'm proud of it. Cheh ! (:

Not gonna do any reflections on today's practice cos other posts would be the same.

Anyway, SYF'09 is in about 11 more days. And it's the graduating students last SYF. Oh ! Not to forget that it's the Sec 3Es ONE & ONLY SYF. Few days more. And that's it. All our hardwork, if that's what you call it, will put to an end. The band will then move on to something else. Continue bonding more. This kind of helps in our music. And yeah, stay strong till the 7th of April.

In fact, not only till 7th April. We should always be there for each other. Through thick and thin. Well, if that's asking for too much. Let's just stay together. No point wearing our band tee if it's only for show. Prove it that we're really "One for all. All for one."

I find it stupid to type out what the others had posted before. Yeah we all think the same of way and stuffs. Everyone suggested something out. But why couldn't we do what we've suggested. Once someone is making the first move, why don't the rest co-operate. It's better than going nowhere.

If you do have anything in mind, just speak it out. Don't keep it to yourself or only to those who you are close with. As band-mates, we should work together (:

Anyway, i was surprised by how the trumpeters sound today : D
You guys sound better. Seriously.

Loveyouguys,
Azimah

2009-03-26T20:06:00.002+08:00

Hi there! ;D
It's my turn to post about today's band practise! :)
Well, today's band practise is quite good, absolutely an improvement of the past previous practises. *cheers!*
But there are some people who were distracted by the netballers, and not listening.
i think the majors should ask the netballers nicely to move to somewhere elses to play or they will make us lose our concentration.
Plus i could tell Mr.Yeo was kind of angry when the ball flew towards the band
Well, I agree what Artifah has said. We have to FOCUS.
Even though you focus already, you still must FOCUS MORE.
I presume almost all of you guys has already memorised both Pecos Pueblo and Overture no.1 already,
So if you have already done that(memorising both scores), then look at Mr.Yeo! Because he may do some new performing directions.(Is this the correct term?) Hahaha!
Try to remember what Mr.Yeo has said prior to the improvements of the piece. It may concern you. Put it down BIG in your score. Decorate the words if possible, but don't make it too messy. (hehheh.)
Well, sorry to say, but there is only 11 DAYS TO SYF.
Yeah, and before you know it, it'll be our turn.
And, we're right after Yuying Secondary(And their band is SERIOUSLY GOOD.) and we're right before Victoria School(Another VERY GOOD BAND.)
So, we're sanwiched between 2 good bands.
Feeling the pressure now?
As the saying goes ( I kinda quoted from a anime movie. :P)
"Time waits for no one."
We have already reached it's peak, but it's NOT OVER yet. We still have a long road to go.
We still can improve!!! Just BELIEVE!!!!
Visualise the scene when the announcer tells us that Dunearn Secondary School has Achieved GOLD, or even better, GOLD WITH HONOURS!!! If that happens, I'm sure lots of people will cry with joy! I know I will!!!
Let's make the school PROUD! Let's make ourselves PROUD!
Oh yeah, just to sidetrack a lil' bit, a friend of mine told me that" Band sucks."
And what's worse, he even told me that "the Band is deproving."
I was REALLY ANGRY when he told me that. But just for safety measures, I won't tell you who is it.
Then I told to myself, that i'll prove him wrong.

Well, We're ONE BAND. A team. Let's do our part, as a member to work hard.
A little contribution won't hurt, ain't it? Put in more effort yeah?
LET'S HAVE THE GOLD BAND ATTITUDE! or even better, a Gold with HONOURS attitude!
Bring back your scores everyday. Go through them, sing your parts, and do the fingerings. SING IT OUT LOUD if you want to. Make your family members irritated, or not. (That's what I did to irritate my older sibling. :P)
Like the Majors has already said, Don't be COMPLACENT.
Complacency and Disunity(is there such word?) leads to THE IMMEDIATE DOWNFALL OF THE BAND.
Don't give up. C'mon, it's the LAST LAP ALREADY.
JUST GIVE IT YOUR ALL. YOUR UTMOST BEST SHOT.
The outcome depends on the effort that we have put in.
JIAYOU DMB!! GANBATTE!!!!
Okay, I think I oughta stop now. I think I write too much. (Oops.)
Signing off,
-GraceHo.

2009-03-26T19:38:00.002+08:00

hello!

well. i think band practice today is quite good.,
but we were are not focusing enough.
we get easily distracted by the netballers .
lol.
anyway , we should FOCUS more during band practice
so that we can improve better .!
haha.
and we better practice the parts where Mr Yeo wanted
us to work on.
so that we can get GOLD !
infact GOLD WITH HONOURS !
so yarh , DMB we can DO IT !!!!
yeah!!!

written by,
artifah :)

2009-03-25T21:33:00.002+08:00

Alrighty, its my turn now :D
So, today's sectionals was a good one. Yeah, can see that all the sections really work on what was written on th paper given to us. Also, other sections actually went to find other sections to play together. Like, LWW and Lower Brass, playing the part before 'A' alot of times just to be on time. Then Trumpets and Trombones and Bassoons playing the part before 'G'. Then when i was on th way t th toilet, I saw Flutes and Oboes still practicing together even though everybody has started packing up. I find that doing sectionals with other sections that holds the same part with you really helps because it could make our bond stronger. So, i think we should do this oftenly because it really helps.

Anyway, SYF is 12 more days. Come on DMB, we can do it :D
Anything can happen. So, lets make a miracle and achieve GOLD! Infact, Gold With Honours!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee, Jiayou jiayou!

Ok, i must go study fr E-maths and A-maths test now! All the best fr the sec 3's. ( im off topic alrd )

- Sabrinaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :D

2009-03-25T20:04:00.004+08:00

Hello BANDMATES! :D
Today's sectionals was great.
But I guess I played a little fool during sectionals. Just a little. xD
Yup. I saw quite many sections having sectionals seriously. GOOD!
I think the majors did the right choice of photocopying the paper that MrYeo wrote to give us.
I think that all section like 1st Clar, 2nd Clar, 3rd Clar should have like 1 each to share among.
So we could know where to practise and such.
Ya. So thanks (:
Then I want to apologise for my bad attitude last yr/ the yr before.
If I have make you guys real angry, please forgive me. Yup. x)
Continue with the attitude of taking sectionals seriously and I will.
As for today I little bit hyper then I suddenly angry suddenly hyper and such. :X
Keep my post for today short and nice.
As I really have nothing much to write about since it's just sectionals.
Yup. Keep up the GOOD WORK. And Sayonara!
GOLD! For Syf (:
huimin
P.S. I look like a idiot dragging my legs while walking thanks to my pathetic shoes. :X

2009-03-23T21:06:00.002+08:00

Dunearn Military Band - Purgatorio - Dunearn Military Band

Hey ppl. Found this song purgatorio by dmb.

2009-03-23T18:42:00.004+08:00

Hello! Firstly, i would like to thank everyone who woke up early today for the morning combined sectional today... not forgetting that we should be grateful to the band teachers and Mr Yeo for making their effort to come early to school to hand us the key or to teach us.

Next, it's the speed that the music room was set up/ kept this morning...
everyone was like hurriedly setting up their instrument, then quickly help out with the chairs and stands, and at the same time trying to find out who is still not present...
if i am not wrong, it took us less than 10 mins to settle down...
ITS REALLY AMAZING! anything is possible if everyone stay together and help one another!
continue to keep up this attitude!
really hope that on thursday, everything could be set/ kept in less that 15mins... our target ok?

Lastly, here are some parts that Mr Yeo had gone through today... Take note of it, practice it and make it perfect ok?

Pecos:
1. Tempo Primo to Part L had been cut off
This means that we will play normally until the bar before Tempo Primo
then go straight Part L

At J:
1. Piccolo, Flute, Trumpet and Clarinet (Melody)
Your have to listen to one another. Trumpet have to play more. Clarinet is acting like a bridge linking the piccolo, flute and trumpet together. AND REMEMBER THAT THE LINE HAVE TO KEEP ON GOING, so don't breathe at parts Mr Yeo told you not to breathe. ( this will make the music beautiful, so don't breathe at those parts... die also cannot... i know it will be hard, but i believe as long as we try/practice, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!) Take note of the phrasing Mr Yeo had talk to you about and remember your dynamics... Think it through and practice it...
I believe your could do it! JIA YOU!

2. Euph, Horns, Trombone, Saxophones ( Counter melody at J)
Remember about your 4 bar phrasing and DYNAMICS

3. whole band
Bar 207 is the loudest part of the music
Remember to make lines in the music
It is still loud for the two bars before Tempo Primo, so don't soft down...

Overture 1:
1. 1st Trombone have to play more at the beginning

2. Whole Band
At Bar 4 and 5 the dynamics have to be exaggerated.
E.G. we could stay really soft after the "fp" then at the last count then we become very loud.. it will be the same for the next bar...

3. Part A
Clarinet have to push your air, clean notes and play together.
Flute, Piccolo and Oboe will then join in... changing the music into a brighter colour
your may want to think of happy things to help...
* REMEMBER TO HAVE AIR SUPPORT WHEN YOU PLAY*

4. Bass Drum can play less because Mr Yeo says that you become more accurate when you play less

5. Part B
1st Trombone and euph come out more so please work on that and you have to play like you are singing.

6. Part C
Clarinet have to play even lesser to get the effect for your crescendo

To end up, please go and recall what Mr Yeo had said last time like what thing to take note and the stuff he told us recently... Put them together, and the music would become better! because Mr Yeo said that there are alot of things that he had told us before, but we had forgotten...
Mr Yeo also told us to sing pecos and overture 1 everyday, please sing seriously because how you sing will be how you play. so if you don't sing with dynamics, phrasing and articulation, when you play you will be least likely to do that too..

THE BAND ROOM WILL BE OPEN AFTER SCHOOL TMR...
i know that there will be peer tutoring and tutorials after school, but i would really hope that your could come over to practice after your PT or tutorials...

13 more days left to SYF!!!!!

jasmine

2009-03-22T19:13:00.002+08:00

HELLLLLO.
Ytd band exchange at greedrige was not bad, I think everybody have done their best. Even if some of us have misbehave but we have improved alot from last few exchanges. We were not that noisy already, and we have listened to Mr yeo.
I have also learned alot of things from this exchange.
Btw, sorry that i said vulgarities out but I'll try to use less of it as i have alr get used to it. I'll slowly change, hope ur understand.
Bye!
Bowei.

2009-03-22T15:25:00.003+08:00

hello band.

i was ask to post on saturday's band exchange.

so here is my post.

Firstly, i think that this exchange was quite a good one.

prolly because of the co-operation of the band.

i think that the band has really taken in what Mr Yeo has said on friday.

therefore there was lesser noise level, but again people are still talking amongst themselves.

I think that the band can still improve on the tone.

like what( .. i dun noe his name.. the guy from NAFA.)

he said that our tone can be better, and to hear that the soloists have done well,

and the work we put in to phrase the music, i think that we have done a good job on the overall.

lastly, i would like to comment on some of the band members,

i think that sec 1s can be more initiated, as like there are people like the percussionist who need help.

therefore,i think that the sec 1s can come forward and lend them a helping hand.

as for the main band, i think that we must learn to be humble.

and try to listen to the majors.

although i have not been really committed to band,

i will try to work hard and come for every band practise in the future.

i really hope that after the seniors leave, the sec 3s will set a good example for our juniors.

after all, we're taking over the band soon.

so there. i hope that the band will be brought to greater heights.

and band, Mr Yeo said that

COMPLACENCY=DOWNFALL OF OUR BAND

so, i think that we should learn to be humble.

that's all i have..

sorry if i'm too naggy.

Gwen.

2009-03-22T13:15:00.003+08:00

Dear Band Members,

The names of the sec 1s have been updated. Thanks to Jasper.
I've linked everyone in the band that has a blog. Unless you state that you don't want to be linked, please do tag the blog. And we'll remove it. Thankyou. Oh ! I'll be checking the links once in a while so that it's updated. (:

Azimah

2009-03-22T11:19:00.002+08:00

Hello Band!
Im here to reflect on yesterday's exchange @ Greenridge.
I feel that the exchange yesterday was much more better than the other exchanges we had in terms of our discipline and playing. We weren't complacent, and we did focus during playing. But I believed we did not give our best. We did not put in effort when Mr Yeo is pointing out our weak/negative points, write down what he said. You see, Jasmine and Joyce's always writing down every single thing he mentioned. ( They're always beside me ) Yeah, practice makes perfect! Also, we should respect other bands when they are playing as well. Like, just keeping quiet.
& from today's exchange, I have learned that we, as a band, should be united in playing. Unity is really important, and this is what it needs for us to play together. I can see that the other bands really played together. (:
Lastly, our band really have alot of conflicts between one another. As long as we put the hatred behind us and move on, hopefully all this conflicts will be resolved. Forgive and forget? So, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to those I've offended before. Sorry people. (:
&&&&& SEE YOU GUYS TMR MORNING! :D
ClaudiaTan.

2009-03-21T21:12:00.003+08:00

Hi band! (:
Gonna reflect about today's exchange, so is like this ;
I feel that when we were at greenridge, our behaviour was much more better, but there's still some people misbehaving themselves.. But anyway continue to keep up the good descipline!(: Then when playing the Overture No. 1 and Pecos Pueblo, I think we did quite well, but as what the guy (i forgot his name three) told us that the whole music 'power' like weak weak like that (sorry uh my eng. sucks) , so then we try to play more massive and heroic to sound better yah ! :D But don't forget some parts which needed to play soft must remember to play really soft ! (:
From this exchange, I learn that when we play must play together as one, instead of like individual playing . Must listen and blend to other members play ! Lastly, must must must LOOK at Mr Yeo !
I find that other band's playing is improving like Greenridge band, can see that they've been putting in a lot of effort. So if we do the same, put in more effort , practice every single part of the music in details without stopping , I am sure our efforts will not be wasted and we will not regret! We must not think that we've already put in many efforts already, becuase actually we really haven't reach to the best yet. So we must strive hard ! Get GOLD! WE CAN DO IT!!! ;DD
-TengJiao(:

2009-03-21T18:40:00.005+08:00

Hello band! :D
Im asked to do my reflection on this blog, so yeah, here it goes.
I feel that during today's exchange, we did quite well, just as what the guy told us. ( I forgot his name too.) Well at least, we are not complacent today, focused and looked at Mr Yeo, that's a good thing, but i do hope that band will always stay like this because it doesn't feel good to always see Mr Yeo feeling disappointed in us. I also hope that all of us will remember what are the points that are pointed out by the guy for both of the pieces, Overture No. 1 and Pecos Pueblo, so that we can always practise by ourselves and practise with our section. Just as what others use to say, Practice makes perfect.
As for what i had learnt from today's exchange, i learnt about togetherness, in other words, being united, after watching all the other bands performance. They really played as a band. Not only that, they were really very attentive and quiet when listening to other bands performance. Our band can also be like them, right?
I can see that band has been putting in alot of effort to improve and be more disciplined but still, there's always room for improvement. We cannot always think that we had put in alot of effort and its enough already, mainly because we are still not there yet. So, lets continue to work hard and strive towards our goal for the upcoming SYF, we have to get at least a GOLD. All the best!
-Regine.

2009-03-21T18:40:00.004+08:00

hello everybody. i'm here to reflect about today's band exchange at greenridge secondary school. firstly, i think that we are noisy during the tuning session in the classroom. jasper told the band to stop our conversation but we ignored his instructions and continued talking away. i can see he was very irritated. i think we should listen and follow the majors instruction. it is not good to be stubborn. imagine you tell someone to do something and he/she doesn't listen to you. you will definitely feel angry and irritated. secondly, i feel happy for the band because during the first half of the exchange session, we were not noisy but we started to get noisy during the second half of the exchange session. i think we should wait patiently for our turn to play and even if we already played, we should respect the other bands by keeping quiet while they are playing their pieces. let's improve our behavior and character and become better people. during the photo taking session, we were quite inconsiderate because we were dragging the chairs against the floor. as usual, in the brass bus, we were noisy and i think the driver is very irritated. next time we should keep our volume down and stop shouting and screaming in the bus.

i feel that we are working harder than before because we are more aware that syf is very near and we should feel worried for that. i really hope that we will improve alot each practice so that our improving rate will increase.

so now i want to tell everybody that we can achieve what we really want in this syf if we stay united. we can do it! do not be complacent as complacency will prevent us from working again. continue to work hard every practice. when mr yeo tell us something about our music, just write it down even if you think you can remember it because by writing what is said, you can remember easily. take every practice seriously so that every practice we will confirm be better than before. when you are free at home, take just some time to practise your syf pieces so that we can play more confidently during band practices. alright? i think that's all from me. we can do it! goodbye!

Syazwan Shahri

2009-03-21T17:56:00.003+08:00

hey band(:
Erm, yea, i'm here like the others, here to write my reflections.
Actually i think i'm still a junior, so i still might not have alot of rights
to say anything, even if a say, some might not even listen.
But i really feel that the band has lost the ' I WILL WORK HARD '
attitude that the OLD DMB has. I still remember when i
first stepped into DMB. The band was very dissaplined and all. But now,
i think that the attitude is gone. ITS NOT THE MAJORS FAULT.
They, themselves have been trying so hard to get the band together.
But none of us even bother to care about what they have said.
They tried very hard to get the band to be like it was before. But none
of their methods seems to be working. I think that some people have
been really working very hard. But what's the point when the others
are not doing the same thing? Like what MrYeo had said before,
' THE BAND IS AS GOOD AS ITS WEAKEST PLAYER '
It doesn't make any sense for the others to prepare so hard because
they really want a GOLD, when the others are like slacking.
Yea, and today, i think that the band is quite good :D
Many of us have listen to what MrYeo had said and practiced hard.
That's some good news! But, i think we still have a long way to go.
I was really delighted when the guy said that we were good(:
[ i forgot who he is. xD]
i would really like to thanks those people who made an effort to
come today(: I think all the SLs have been working very hard to
bond the section. WE ARE NOT DEAD TODAY. I THINK. hahaha.
DMB Jiayous. We can do it okay! Don't dissapoint our Alumis!
They have worked very hard! It's time for us to work hard too!
Lets work hard together for that GOLD! :D

Byebye(:
KarinLee.

2009-03-20T21:44:00.002+08:00

hello.
there will be another round of captain's ball tomorrow after the exchange at Greenridge.
calling all band mates! let's play together.
let's have fun together.
sec 1s can join us for the game too! :D
and also, does anyone have volleyballs?
please bring it tomorrow! (:

there's exchange tomorrow.
let's do our best!

-jueying.

2009-03-20T21:29:00.006+08:00

open, feel it

hello!

sorry for th poor language nd hope u all understand.
Band are more focused today as everybody talk less.However, it can still be more quiet if one talk softer or reduce the word amount in the sentence. But the best is closed our mouth when not playing :D Today band prac was quite fruitful one due to much attentiveness. I can see everybody putting in effort and trying their best to work together. If we responds to mr yeo's words nd actions, together with our sectionals, we can progress faster. Look at mr yeo. I sometimes also cannot remember th notes, so i will somehow remember each phrase and when there is rest in between phrases, i will look at th upcoming notes, so i noe wad to play. Try to move the stand in mr yeo's direction and adjust the nice position, so we get to see both together. Listen to their comments and improve, no one is perfect. ;D lets be discipline!

There are some cca's historical pictures at th concourse and as for th band, u can see th achievements seniors have gain by their hardwork which continues the band. Its is our turn now to continue the path and make our seniors nd everybody proud of us. What we choose now will affect everything in our future so why not make it memorable and not regretting it. "We have confidence in our future", thats is written together with the band picture at the concourse.

Since we join band in th first place, why not workhard together. Each and everybody small efforts is connected in the music we play and forming a big achievement. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.".

Sometimes, band prac are boring and people get playful, not serious enough, thus mr yeo or seniors scold people, which caused unhappiness and skip band prac or even want quit band. We can take the "boring" time to look through the parts we are unsure of, do our fingerings and try to make it a meaningful time for us. If u give up so easily, remember why you hold for so long in the first place, why u join band."A winner is one who accepts his failures and mistakes, picks up the pieces, and continues striving to reach his goals." Comeon, gooooOOO!

"A human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind." , change it for a better one. Its either u wan or not. keep improving ourself and persevere to make a differences in our life.

alright, i dunno wad to post actually. anyway, trust nd believe in each other. we are dunearn military band!

ALL THE WAY

work together

smiles,
weeshan.

2009-03-20T21:21:00.002+08:00

Anyway there's 7 band playing tmr for the exchange in Greenridge!

Dunearn Military Band

Greenridge Symphonic Band

Ngee Ann Concert Band

Orchird Park Wind Orchestra

Teck Whye Concert Band

Woodland Rings Concert Band

Changkat Changi Military Band

Perform your best yeah, band? Listen to each other and play together.

Love all of you,
Azimah.

2009-03-20T19:42:00.003+08:00

Hello band! :D
I was told to post a essay on this blog.
I'm stuggling of what to say because my standard of
english is not good. But I hope you guys will understand
what I meant / say.

I feel that today's band practice is better den the previous
practice. As, we are all focusing and paying attention to
what Mr.Yeo is saying. That's a good thing. Although I talk,
and others are talking alittle but I think it's ok.
And I see many people taking down notes of what Mr.Yeo
told us. I hope we can always pay attention like how we did
today. And everyone did a good job.

There's two things I learn today. I learn the meaning of
matching with flutes, oboes & vibes. Last time, I was so
noob. I dont know what's this, what's that. Matching means,
we must like try to connect to them as in who we are playing with.
Or else, it wont sound nice. I also learn that, we must really
listen. Because if you lost count, you have to listen to know
where you are & if you go ask the person beside you. End up,
both of you will also lost count. So we must really really listen.

I think that the band is okay. And if we really pay attention,
we are able to play better music. There was this time, when
my knee was injure and I wasn't able to fall in and do foot drills.
I sit at the shelter there, I look at the band doing drills.
The band look very nice, but just that got this something we lack
of. Which makes the band look weird. Not very weird. It's like,
you see an art piece or a picture, you can see something is not there
& it lokks funny/ weird. I think you guys will understand a bit of what
I'm saying.

I also want to tell the band, we must be like that time, we in HK,
performing with NeoWinds. We worry about the concert &
we are putting in our effort to make a nice concert,
because we want to look nice, we dontwant to embarrass ourselves.
I can see that we really want to do well. We were worried &
I was feeling very stress-up. I like that time when we are all worry.
Not I like to see people worry lah. Is that, when we worry together
you know you not the only one worry & you have many people
around you worrying too.

And that's was the first time I see tingwei alittle worried.
I really want him to worry again for his parts.
Because if he worry, he knows what to do & I believe he can do it.
And from a small action, we can see alot of things. Like today's
captain ball. Nicko's group they choose their own clique,
they think they will win with the friendship among them. In the end,
complency brought the whole team down.
Like Joyce's group, although we are winning, we became a little
complacent & the other group all trying to get the ball which
shows a Never-Say-Die spirit. I like it!
Although, their group suddenly many people,
suddenly short of 1-2 people.

Lastly, let's all work hard for SYF!

Aubrey.

2009-03-20T18:30:00.003+08:00

Hey band!
My reflection for today's band practise was that i felt that we were able to apply what Mr Yeo asked us to do. :D We were more focus too. It would be good for us to always remember what Mr Yeo said and not just play it once through on that practise and put it aside. Like what Jasmine had said, we should go home and recall through the music. It is always good to strive for improvement as there is always someone out there who would be better then you.

My suggestion to motivate you to practise is to go to the internet on youtube and search for music played by your own instruments. That is what I did which did help to motivate me. (:

I think the band now is really trying their best to improve and not be so playful.
WE CAN DO IT PEOPLE! Even though there is only 2 weeks more to SYF, as long as we put our hearts and minds into practising, nothing is impossible. When we reap the good results, we would look back and think that all the hard work that we had put in in the past was all worthwhile.
Even though we are after Yuying Sec and before Victoria, we do not need to be afraid. As long as we did our part in practising and doing our best and most importantly to enjoy the music.

Tmr there will be an exchange with GSB. Even if they have improve tremendously, we should not feel discouraged but instead, set it as a target to improve too.

JIAYOUS DMB! :DD
-grace lee

Things that Mr Yeo mentioned about today

2009-03-20T17:36:00.004+08:00

Hello! Here are some things that are mentioned by Mr Yeo during band practice for Pecos...

Beginning :
a) Flute and Piccolo

did not start together
don't have to play very loud but the air have to be focus

At Bar 10:
a) Flute and Piccolo

always behind
don't have to play very loud but air have to be focus
aim for the quarter C note

At Bar 14:
a) LWW

play the notes shorter and be more together
play very very soft at 4 bars before A then at bar 18 crescendo(ENERGY) to A then soft down

At Bar 21:
a) Clarinet

work on the running notes

At A:
a) Horn and Trumpet

after every each phrase, soft down a little

At Bar 34:
a) Whole Band

suddenly drop to piano

At B:
a) Bass drum

work on your part

6th Bar of B:
a) saxophone and piccolo solo

come together and play that part many many times

4 bar before C:
a) Flute and Oboe

Same feeling - move from one point to another

At C:
a) Saxophone and Clarinet

play soft, especially saxophone
same shape

Bar 92 to E:
a) Whole Band

must have the same articulation
togetherness
remember its all about air

1 bar before D
a)2nd alto saxophone and tenor saxophone

same shape, crescendo then decrescendo

At D:
a) Trumpet and Flute

same style( Dance)
1st note is very important

b) Clarinet and Horn

have to play the same style as trumpet and flute
don't rush

7th bar of E and 8th bar of E:
a) Saxophone and Horn

decrescendo( 7th bar of E) then crescendo ( 8th bar of E)

b) Flute and Oboe

Blend in to saxophone and Horn

Adagio:
a) saxophone, bass clarinet, string bass, xylophone

practice together
togetherness

so, please take note of all these and improve on it tmr when we play...WE CAN DO IT!

jasmine

2009-03-20T16:57:00.002+08:00

Er . i don't know what to say.. My reflections i think today's band practise was useful but if the band members can cut straight away after mr yeo cut it would be better because we tend to continue and continue until about 4 bars then stop which , in turn adds up to lots of time being waste.. One or two times is okay but if alot of time then keep continuing . If you can count, example 4 bars 15 seconds. We play for more then 20 times today . 20 times 15 becomes alot. Maybe if we are more oblivious to mr yeo, we can do stop together with him so that he will have more time to talk and correct us in our playing..

I think the band is getting quieter in terms of talketiveness but i think i am still talking and singing alot but i am trying. If i can keep quiet during band practises then it will be better. But i am not spouting nonsense . I also never scold vulgar. I talk to ruizhong about the music and sing sing with him.

Thats all but overall i think todays practise is productive because most of the people play the things mr yeo say during the play through. I think i also must praise ruizhong because i can see him trying his best to not breathe and i could see him trying very hard. i know he wants to breathe but he didn't. Thats all from me.
-hongting

2009-03-20T16:46:00.003+08:00

Hiie Band...
I was asked to post a reflection of yesterday band xchange...so here goes..
Firstly, i think that compared to other bands @ TK sec xchange other bands was definitely far better than us..
lacking of many things showing in our music....TRUST, TOGETHERNESS and so on..
all of them are schools with famous reputation...
Crescent Girls',Hwa chong, Fuhua, CHIJ toa payoh & St. Margrets...
You may think its impossible to beat them but think positive...
SO WHAT! You are not seeing wrongly...SO WHAT if we are only a neighbourhood school!
Can't we do better?
YES WE CAN! BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT...SHOW THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE!
GOLD...or even better..GOLD WITH HONOUR!
we are having many problems in band now
but lets put aside all our conflicts, hatred, pessimistic thinking away...
work our hardest for our last 2 weeks before SYF...Get everything as perfect as possible...
LET US TOGETHER AS ONE MOVE FORWARD AND SHINE...
LET US GET OUR OVERSEAS REWARD FROM MR WONG TO JAPAN...
DUN LET THE OTHERS BEAT US....
Yes...i may not be a good flute player but still i worked hard to get the music as right as possible..
SO... just show your effort kays.....WE R ALL IN THIS TOGETHER :D
Dun let Mr Yeo be disappointed in us...
Take away our ARROGANT & COMPLACENT attitude

L.YuXiu

2009-03-19T20:12:00.008+08:00

Hey Band(:
I was asked to write my reflection-cum-scrunity about today's exchange.
Well, the other bands were incredible, and in my opinion,
we were kind of far-fetched from them.
Perhaps it's like what mr yeo said,
our band lack unity+resilience, not synergic at all.
I feel that our conduct had improved from last exchanges( nan chiau; Ngee ann),
we were less noisy and less oblivious to the surrounding.
Although at times some of us were still fooling around,
at least we did took a step to improve.
Also, the bonding time with other schools make me realised that the band can improve alot further(:
I'm aware that the possibility of getting a gold, not to mention GWH, is little,
BUT, if we work hard, there will be no regrets right(it's less than a month away yo)?^.^
jy!
The band is more often than not criticised by our school mates, from what i've heard,
it's because band is monstrously noisy and spent alot of the school's funds?
However, should we be affected by their opinions? NO!
We were able to travel overseas, Genting in 07 & HK in 08,
thus we should not dissapoint the faith the school has in place for us, not to forget, ourselves.
Lastly, do you know idea how i remember my running notes?
It sounds dumb, but it works alright.
When you are bathing;relieving yourself,
just run through your running notes with your fingers continously until you get it right.
I do it alright, i would sing the tune (despite being unable to sing:/) while doing the fingerings plentiful times till it stucks in my head like superglue(:
Whenever i play my oboe at home, my parents would be like super irritated,
yup, they lack appreciation for music :S
So..., i lock my room door each time i play my oboe(It's useless,my parents would should shout: ''STOP,you are disturbing the neighbours and i'm having a headache'' :/

Anyway, exchange with greenridge this sat,
COMPLACENCY=FAILURE+DISSAPOINTMENT.
Let's not let Mr Yeo to use the word ''dead''on us ok.
JY alright?^.^

yours,
Grace Low

ps:jy yo!(:

Gifts for the exchange.

2009-03-19T19:20:00.002+08:00

Hi band,
I would like to apologize to the secondary three who did up all the gifts for the exchange today. So sorry that I asked you guys to do up gifts for Tanjong Katong when Crescent Girls was the host band. I didn’t know about it too, so yeah.

I'm rather please and happy when almost all the sections had did up what they had to do as required, though flute section didn't do it. Especially Saxophone Section, whom had their card laminated. it’s really very nice of you guys to do that. Trumpet section, Clarinet section and the Double Reeds too, did up a beautiful card.

This coming Saturday we’ll be having an exchange with Green Ridge Secondary, so you have to do up something again as well. However, materials will be provided for you this time. All of you will be given some cardboard to decorate, hope you will do a nice job like this time. And hope all the sections will do it, and don’t disappoint me and Jueying. As long as we can see you putting in effort to do it, we're satisfied.

And for the Secondary threes again, Jueying and I have decided to make all the Secondary threes to turn their turns to post on the band's blog. Objectives of it is to let you guys gain experience writting to the band, tell the band what you've learnt, learning to motivate one another and let us know how you feel about band now. Also, do chip in ideas of what you think DMB could do to improve ourselves in order to achieve at least a gold. Remember, our aim is always Gold with Honours. To those who are writting, if you had received any comments by the other bands during the sharing-time today, and they had told you guys any good advices, do post it out too, share with the entire band members. And you may include in your entries how you think of this particular person or the section, which part they have to work extra harder on, but of course, reminders: please do not write anything too offensive, because this blog is world-wide readable. Encourage the person, instead of insulting him/her and pull her morale down. Ok?

As for the rest of the members, we hope you could read what the secondary threes had wrote and think through what they had said. Remember they will be your future leaders in two-three weeks' time.

Jiali.

2009-03-19T18:48:00.004+08:00

I was asked to drop by and leave my reflections here. (FIRST!!! ><)
Well, i think today we did not really do our best.
and my solo sucks.
We are not following Mr. Yeo AGAIN.
At first i thought that our band was quite okay today.
Cause we sat with our sections and such.
But once after break, some changed their place.
I was kind of disappointed.
I heard from some people in our band that, there are parts where some of their seniors do not have enough air to continue, they will just skip one note or just break the tie.
And it was so obvious that juniors could tell.
Footdrills are there to help us to improve our stamina, it make our breath longer.
But why do we have not enough breath to continue?
This meant that we aren't serious in our drills.

Have you ever look around the musicroom, and take a look at the posters?
There is one like this ,"Don't Quit. Something miracle might happen."
The are times where i wanted to quit band. yea, times.
But there are times where miracles happen, such as the bond we had overseas, camps..
It made me stayed in band.
This also applies to music.
If we quit improving our music, miracles will not happen.
The chances of getting a gold is LOW.
Let us just imagine, all of us are working freaking hard, even recess we go to band.
Of course the chances of getting gold is like more than now.
I don't really meant it, but at least bring home your instrument sometimes.
I do bring home every saturday recently.

We should be grateful that we could go overseas.
And we all should show to the school that it's because we worked real hard, going overseas is a reward for all of us.
You see, guzheng, malay dance.. etc.. Do they go overseas?
And most of them are jealous of us.
But we must show them that this is what hard work pays off. (is this sentence right???)
If our SYF this year, we didn't do well, I guess the trip to japan would be so pointless.
What for going to japan when you couldn't improve ur music after thousands of reminders?
My sister is jealous that we could go overseas almost every year.
Their band got gold and silver for 2006 & 2008 (if not wrong.)
Yet they had never went overseas.
Lets us buck up, and prove to them that we worth it.

I suggest that, when you bring home your instrument,
bring it to the playground and play to the kids. (This what my neighbour had done.)
Well, at least it improves your confidence in playing infront of people.
Although i had not tried it yet. Because i think the kids would fall asleep listening to a bass clarinet plays. ^^
But i think this would be useful for trumpets, trombones & HORNS!
As for my method, I play at the balcony with the door closed, at night around 9...
I think i woke alot people up, but i could tell people are listening to my music sometimes ^^
Cause some looked up when they were passing by my block haha.
And it was very fun to do it. (:
But i think don't do it around 9. Around 7 will be best.
Because everyone came back from work, tiring. ><
They will feel so happy to listen to band musics.

Lets all buck up together and improve within 18days!
Well, it will be better if we improves ASAP. ^^
Don't let your seniors and alumni disappointed!
Bring back Dunearn our glory days!! (:
oops, i'm sorry that my post is long, and some english mistake...(I failed my english.)
Hope you guys would heed "part" of my advices.
And i will heed yours. (:
Oh ya, Stop making the majors angry. Or you, me and ALL OF US will suffer (:
And the majors are already having a bad time. So yea, listen to them more .
And listen to Mr. Yeo. He, too, is having a hard time.
If he everytime scold us, he will lost his voice again.
So, haha, be more guai leh (:

Erm, Adding on.. i think we should bring up our instruments at same time..
and make some patterns (:
For bonding the band, i had some ideas. But i think if i continue to post, everyone will kill me. It's too long !!! hahaha.
Oh and i think Nicholas is making an effort to come band even though he is late. Quite a good thing. Cause if it was me in the past, i would not go band if i was late. But it will be good if he wouldn't be late on important days ^^

Signing off,
Xiaohui. (:
19032009 muahaha. 1st time leave footprints in DMB blog, must remember ^^

2009-03-19T18:04:00.001+08:00

Hey there people. Okay I don’t know if writing here talking to your is gonna work, but at least I tried. I just want to say continue to work hard don’t stop.
Push yourself to your limits. Always do your best in everything and don’t give up. You can do it, and WE can do it together. In order to enjoy have fun get what you want, we must now work hard.
WE CAN DO IT, believe in yourself. Actions actions actions! Show it out! Don’t disappoint anyone. Even though we are left with only 2 weeks more, but anything is possible. At least you put in the effort and hard work and don’t regret.
CMON DMB!!! :D

2009-03-19T17:17:00.002+08:00

Hi band, I hope what happened after the exchange has woken everyone up. There's 18 days left to SYF. Yes it is near, but there's still time to change, still time to give it your all in your mindset, discipline, attitude and of course, your music. What the band wins will depend on how much effort each and every member of the band puts in. Yes it is tiring, yes it is time consuming, but think about it, if we just start to work very very hard, give all your energy, put your mind on the task, no matter what medal we win in the end, it will be a memorable experience for everyone. What kind of memory you want to keep for the rest of your life is up to you. If you don't give it your all, even if you win a gold medal, will it mean anything to you? Think about it. Put away your complacent attitude, your ego and your grudges with one another. This band is only great if everyone works together as a team. Yes, Mr Yeo says that the band has talented individuals, but this band does not revolve around an individual, it revolves around every single member of the band. Perseverance is very important now, if you have a problem with some part of the music, work on it. Work on it until you get it right consistently. If people give you advice that is practical, please work on it. Don't throw people's useful words down the drain, that will just show how arrogant and complacent you are. We are not there yet, but there's time to work towards it. Remember that nothing is impossible. Seriously, it just takes effort and discipline. Ok some comments from the various conductors on our performance during the exchange: Opening for Overture is good, but we gradually lost life in the music. Pecos was well played, but seriously lacked direction and flow. Ok these are the two comments that Mr Yeo has told me about. For overall we have to improve on dynamics, section leaders, please start to get your section to exaggerate the dynamics. To improve flow and direction, I suggest that we take breaths at appropiate places and also dynamic change is also important. So section leaders, please work these out as well as any other problems that your section may have with the music. Band I really hope that you will do these from your heart, not because I tell you to. If you want to win a gold medal, you really have to concentrate all your focus and your energy for the next 18 days on your music. For tomorrow sec 1s need not come, seniors please fall in at 7:30am in black band tee and there will be a captain's ball game tomorrow at 12noon so please do join us and have some fun! Have a good rest tonight and see you tomorrow! :]

~ Jasper ~

COME ON! WE CAN KEEP IT ALIVE!

2009-03-18T14:44:00.003+08:00

HELLO!
i hope everyone had spent sometime thinking about what had happened yesterday...
ITS A BRAND NEW DAY TODAY! SO ITS A GOOD CHANCE FOR A CHANGE!

Here's something i found on the net and hope that it will encourage you to strive for the better :

Figure it out for yourself, my lad.
You’ve got all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say, "I Can ."

Look them over, the wise and the great,
They take their food from a common plate,
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world consider them brave and smart,
But you’ve got all they had when they made their start.

You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if you only will.
You’re well equipped for the fight you choose,
You have arms and legs and a brain to use.
And the man who has risen great deeds to do,
Began his life with no more than you.

You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go,
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.

Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: "I Can ."

19 MORE DAYS TO SYF
hang in there... don't give up! believe in yourself, trust your members to practice! we will be there!

Hang In There

Whatever it is you do in life,
Try to remember that nothing is too big to achieve
And nothing is too small to ignore,
Hang on in there, even if it's with the last thread,
It is well.

You may be on life's path
Not having an idea how and when you'll get there,
The most important thing is that you have a sense of direction,
All you have to do is to take each step one at a time,
And you'll get there.

The idea behind life is about meeting people,
The beauty of life is loving people,
The essence of life is about making impacts,
The joy of life is leaving footprints in the sands of time.

On your journey through life,
Absorb everything you hear,
But choose what you want to believe...

so.. remember! YOU CAN AND YOU WILL STRIVE FOR THE BETTER, IF YOU HAVE THE WILL! HANG IN THERE! WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY! DON'T GIVE UP!

NEXT BAND PRACTICE FOR SEC1, 2,3,4,5 will be tmr, thursday...
fall in at 7.30am in white band tee and school skirts or pants...

i trust you to change and strive for the better... see you all tmr!

jasmine...

2009-03-16T23:29:00.002+08:00

so, the layout is changed, finally.
to the sec 1s, if you would like to be linked, please tag on the tagboard :D
so there's sound check at SCH tomorrow.
look forward to it, there's sandwiches :'D (jk)
&& also, the noticeboard(outside music room) needs to be changed, if anyone have ideas about what we should change next, drop me a message at deawere@hotmail.com! :D

see you tomorrow ;p
jueying.

2009-03-05T20:23:00.002+08:00

Hey DMB!!

Just an update for everyone about the exchange this saturday.

The school we're going to is Nan Chiau High School

It's in Sengkang for your info

The following schools are in the afternoon session (there's morning and afternoon session):

Nan Chiau High School
Yuying Secondary School
Pasir Ris Secondary School
Victoria Secondary School
Dunearn Secondary School
Kranji Secondary School
Hua Yi Secondary School
Zhonghua Secondary School

Alright so I guess we will be seeing some familiar faces. Associate professor Ho Hwee Long will be there to comment on each band's performance as well. He will be something like a judge there. PLEASE PLEASE FOCUS ON THE MUSIC!!! We don't want to repeat what happened at Ngee Ann. Look at Mr Yeo, watch him becuase you guys should have memorized your scores by now. When it's not our turn to play, please at least show respect to other bands by keeping quiet. If you have positive comments, voice it out only after the exchange. If your comments are negative, pls keep them to yourselves. I know it can be boring and tiring to watch 7 other bands play their pieces, but there's always something to learn from each band. Here are the instructions for saturday:

Attire: Black band tee with school pants or skirt (no PE shorts)

Fall-in time: 10:30am (don't be late)

We will give everyone a lunch break but please come back at the time we ask you to, no later. The bus will leave at 12pm.

Cya all on saturday! :]

~ Jasper ~

2009-02-27T21:08:00.002+08:00

HELLO BAND.

Kay so thats a SAJC band concert, 08/03/09 @ VCH. 1930. Tix at $12. Pls contact the majors if u re interested. AND i strongly encourage your to go!

2009-02-12T22:04:00.002+08:00

Hi band!

For the exchange this saturday,

it will be @ Ngee Ann Secondary School

which is at Tampines for your info

the following schools shud be there:

-Ngee Ann Secondary School (host school)

-Dunearn Secondary School

-Greenridge Secondary School

-Teck Whye Secondary School

-Queenstown Secondary School

-Woodlands Ring Secondary School

The bus is arranged to leave Dunearn at 8:15am. So pls don't be late for fall-in

Make sure you wake up on time!! Set multiple alarms if necessary

Pls get enough rest and sleep especially tmr nite..drink lots of water..eat a healthy diet!

Fall-in time: 7:30am PLEASE DON'T BE LATE!!!!

Attire for seniors: Black band tee with school skirt (for ladies) or school shorts/long pants (for gents)

Attire for Sec 1s: White band tee with school skirt (for ladies) or school shorts (for gents)

Pls pass on the info to fellow band mates!! Cya all on saturday!! :]

~ Jasper ~

2009-01-31T20:44:00.003+08:00

Hi band!

Exchange is over! I know everyone is tired

Please take a good rest

Mr Yeo will be taking the Euphonium section on Monday so pls note that

So band I hope you have learnt something from this exchange

Focus, concentrate and work hard, continue to read your music

For your info, we will be going to Singapore Conference Hall for a sound check this coming Friday

Our time slot is 11:30am to 12:30pm

So that means you will be excused from class. What time? I will inform you when I know

Please do your very best to memorise both pieces so that you can focus on Mr Yeo's conducting.

Oh and once the sound check at SCH is over, you still have to run for the X-country if you

are not under MC.

And one more thing, fall-in time for this wednesday is now 4:00pm not 3:30

This is because many people are finishing their tutorials etc. after 3:30, so pls take note of

the new fall-in time.

Remember band, pls work very very hard!

~Jasper~

2009-01-29T20:44:00.006+08:00

Hi band

I'm very sure most of you are feeling that today's prac

was not good

So pls band, learn from your mistakes, coz it is stupid to repeat mistakes

over and over again.

For those of you who don't know, Mr Yeo has changed

the tempo of Pecos Pueblo's 3/4 part to crochet=166 instead of 160

Remember that the success of a band starts from You.

You have to make the effort to practice the rhythm, notes, know

the key signature, accidentals, articulation, etc. as an individual

Without knowing them, you will be wasting time during sectionals

and combine. Sectionals is for the section to get together to work out balance, togetherness and intonation rather than practicing what you shoud have already done as an individual.

Combine is for the whole band to put together what we have practiced as an individual and as a section. It is not a time for Mr Yeo to work out rhythm,

remind you about key signature or accidentals. It wastes his time, your time and the whole band's time. So please, make an effort to at least read your music at home, during your free time, whenever you can. Section leaders, pls make sure every section member can play his/her part with correct rhythm, notes and articulation. Make each sectionals a productive one so that in turn, combines are more productive than repeating the same thing over and over again, which is wasting time. With that said, remember, it starts from the individual.

For the exchange this saturday, if I'm not mistaken, the following schools will be there:

Yuying Secondary School (host school)
Dunearn Secondary School
Kranji Secondary School
Mayflower Secondary School
St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
Geylang Methodist Girls School
North Vista Secondary School
Pasir Ris Secondary School
Bedok View Secondary School
Anderson Secondary School

Please fall-in at 8:30 am

Attire: Black band tee with school skirt for girls or long pants/shorts for guys. No PE shorts. No other attire

There will be practice in the morning. There will be a break before we leave to have your meal (breakfast/lunch/brunch) whatever u wanna call it. Bus will leave at 11:50a.m. There will be no lunch provided at the exchange so pls eat during the break, there will probably be only some refreshments. So band, pls do your best, put up a gd show during the exchange. I'm sure you want other bands to praise you. Also, since there are so many bands there, learn from their gd points and don't learn their bad points. Pls don't critcise anybody or any band there coz it creates a very bad impression about us. Pls revise your scores tmr so that you can be more prepared for the prac in the morning and the exchange itself. Pls remember to look at Mr Yeo's conducting. Cya all! :]

~Jasper~

19jan 09

2009-01-19T21:47:00.003+08:00

Hello Everyone!
ok.. its so long since something was post on the blog...
anyway, i am here to inform you that the sec 1 will be coming for band on the 21 jan( wed) band practice...
So the new fall in time will be at 3.15pm

I know that most of your will have tutorial until 3.45pm so i hope that your could have a heavy breakfast and recess on wednesday so that you could come for band immediately after tutorial.
we hope you could understand and co-operate with us.

Next, we have assign people to be with the sec 1 during the testing out of instrument. You have to get really lastest by 3.50pm outside the music rm, so these are the people:

1. DeYing ( Aslin Haziqah Bte Anuar)
2. Hui Min ( Crystal Chan Xin Hui)
3. Artifah ( Desi Marina Modammad)
4. Pei Qi ( Gracelin Chan En Hui)
5. Aubrey ( Hazifah Nurhannah Bte Hanafia)
6. Grace Ho ( Hazel Lai Kai Yun)
7. Marcus ( Isaac Hong An Jie)
8. Xiao Hui ( Low Yun Vera)
9. Grace Lee ( Lua Shi Hwee)
10. Rosalyn ( Nur Asyiqin Bte Najib)
11. Fiona ( Nurul Afiqah Bte Rashid)
12. Sabrina and Sheryl ( Nurul Faiqah Bte Hashim)
13. Syazwan ( Rodney So Sheng Ting)
14. Hong Ting ( Sherrich Tang Wei Yun)
15. Wee Shan ( Tan Ee Qin Anthea)
16. Gwen ( Tan Zhi Xin)
17. Joey Tan ( Tay Ching Hui Gladys)
18. Claudia ( Teo Shu Ying)
19. Bo Wei ( Terry Goh)
20. Grace Low ( Tey Xue Yue)
21. Elicia & Yu Xiu ( Tok Xie Ying)

Those whose names are not above you will help out with the section. SL please take note that section will be allocated a place near to music room to set up "booth"...
please choose nice instruments for the sec 1 to play so that they will be interested to join the section. Setting up of everything should end by 3.45pm.

Anyone who have any queries or problem, do not hesitant to call/msg the majors...
so please be on your best behaviour and make the sec 1 feel WELCOME!!

Band fest.

2008-12-19T23:00:00.002+08:00

There's a band fest concert on sun at Esplanade, 5pm.
Tickets are at $13 bucks.
Interested parties please contact Darylene Long. :)

2008-12-13T22:57:00.002+08:00

Hi again ppl! Juz posting another event: The JC and Poly Band Festival

Concert Date and Venue

Sunday, December 21, 2008

5:00pm

Esplanade Concert Hall

Ticket Prices

$13, $16 from all SISTIC outlets and www.sistic.com.sg

Repertoire
Signature - Jan van Der Roost
An Original Suite - Gordon Jacob
La Mezquita de Cordoba - Julie Giroux
Rolling Thunder March - Henry Fillmore (ed. Frederick Fennell)
Blessed Are They from "German Requiem" - Johannes Brahms
The Wizard of Oz - James Barnes
Hands Across the Sea - John Philip Sousa (ed. Frederick Fennel)
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen (arr. Robert Reynolds)
Merry Widow Selections - Franz Lehar (arr. Eiji Suzuki)
March Blue Sky - Tohko Takagi

Participating Schools
Anglo-Chinese JC
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Innova JC
National JC

Nanyang Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Pioneer JC
Raffles JC
Republic Polytechnic

Serangoon JC
Singapore Polytechnic
Victoria JC
Yishun JC

If you're interested, u may tag on Rani's blog to get the tix (his link is on the tagboard as 'dmbalumni') coz SISTIC usually charge extra if u book through them. Also be reminded that this is on the same day as Mr Zhong's concert so pls choose one only. Hope you guys will watch!

~Jasper

2008-12-13T20:34:00.002+08:00

Hey band! Just helping Mr Zhong advertise a concert:

Sembawang Symphonic Winds
proudly presents

Symphonie IV

Date: 21st December 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 7pm
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall
Tickets: $12 (Free Seating)

Music Director: Mr. Desmond Ng

Resident Conductor: Mr. Andrew Ng

Repertoire:

Sembawang Wind Orchestra

Symphony No. 0 IV. Flight to Heliopolis - Ceremony of RA
Bart Picqueur

Sinfonietta II. Sword Dance III. Nightfall by the River IV. Towards the Future
Jan Van der Roost

Cello Suite No. 3 Performed on Marimba
Johann Sebastian Bach
(Soloist: Mr. Teo Jia Rong)

Sembawang Symphonic Winds & Sembawang Wind Orchestra

New World Symphony
Antonín Dvořák
Transcribed by Mark H. Hindsley

If anyone is keen to go, pls inform me or you can also inform Mr Zhong directly. :)

~Jasper~

BACK FROM HK!!

2008-12-10T20:05:00.003+08:00

HELLO!

How's everyone?
missing HK uh?...haha
i hope everyone had a fun time there and learned something during the trip...
anyway, Dae Yeop will be leaving for Korea today... (kind of sad)
but i'm sure we will stay in contact!! haha=)

i do not have much HK pictures to post up here...yup so sorry...

NEXT BAND PRACTICE( EXCHANDE WITH GREENRIDGE)

DATE: 22 DEC
FALL IN: 7AM
ATTIRE: WHITE BAND TEE AND SKIRT(for girls)/ PANTS( for guys) with school shoes

so remember to look through your SYF scores.. know you parts...have fun with it
stay updated to the band blog for more informations!
or you can simlpy call the majors if you have any questions=)

HAVE FUN!! =)

__jasmine__

2008-11-30T18:04:00.003+08:00

Hi band!!

This message goes out to everyone who is going to Hong Kong

Those who haven't handed in your passports, pls do so by tomorrow!!

Those who haven't made your mickey mouse ears, pls do so by tomorrow as well!

Pls remember to bring your uniform holders, this goes out to the seniors as well

Everyone pls do your best to polish up the pieces for our HK repertoire.

We're just 4 days away ya. Look foward to the trip!

If you want to polish, clean or do watever with your instrument, pls bring it home tmr

especially the bigger instruments as they will be taped up on tuesday.

Tomorrow's attire is black band tee and PE shorts

Fall in at 7:30am sharp

Late-comers your punishment will be at least 10 rounds so pls don't be late.

Cya all tmr ppl! :)

~Jasper~

2008-11-27T10:43:00.002+08:00

Hey band!

Juz a reminder for everyone:

Pls remember to bring your passports this Saturday!!

Bring your actual passport, not a photocopied one.

For those who are going overseas from now till 3rd December,

you must bring your passports on 4th December itself.

The briefing for the Hong Kong trip will be on the 2nd of December (next tuesday)

Cya all on saturday!

Attire is white band tee and PE shorts

Fall in at 7:30am

~Jasper~

2008-11-16T20:06:00.002+08:00

Hi band!
Finally dunearnite is over ya
Lets put everything that happened during those two days behind us and look towards
the future.
The Hong Kong trip is just 17 days away from tommorow
Including the two additional practices, we have just 8 practices left
You guys did well during Dunearnite
but lets put our best show in Hong Kong
Make a good impression there.
Please work very very very very HARD
Lets all look foward to this trip and put on a good show there
For those who don't know or don't remember,
the 2 additional practices are on 24th (mon) and 26th November (wed)
time is 1:30 to 5:30
Next band prac is on 18th November (tues), fall in at 7:30a.m
in white band tee and PE shorts.
It's a full day practice from 8a.m to 6p.m, so pls make full use of it
Oh n just a reminder, the SAF concert is on this wednesday
See ya all people! :)
~Jasper~

2008-11-10T15:12:00.007+08:00

Dear band,
For those who did not attend band practice today, please be reminded that the meeting will be 1030am outside the music room. But, the location may change if weather conditions doesn't fits. Please only come if you really wants to help out, don't come if you just want to play around and delay the other's time. Also, for those who are coming, please get your parent's approval and tell them it is strictly volunterry(spelling error). Be honest! :) For those groups who wants to do your own part tomorrow, please text me at 98562569 before 2030pm today, because I will provide the board for you guys and I need to go and buy them.

And be truthful to all of you, I'm very disappointed with the 'zero response' I had today when I made the announcement and asked for volunteers. Initally I thought that there will be alot of people willing to volunteer because it's our own gimmicks(spelling error). Very sorry to say, but I was so wrong. Like how I've said when I first step up, I hope that there will be many people volunteer to help out when I needed them. Alot of people assure me that they will help out, but where are all these people today? Maybe I should think that it's because they're absent for band practice today. I don't wish to use punishments to force you guys to do things. Don't you guys feel that by punishing you guys because you guys didn't take initative to help out is a little too (...) ? &I feel that by forcing, everyone will not do it with enthusiasum(spelling error) and work will turn out very ugly. I really hope from today onwards, there will be more helpers/ volunteers.

Lastly, please work hard for Hongkong& Dunearnite and do our part in practising at home. Like what Mr. Yeo has said today, everything starts with 'I'. And, I wish to thank the majors for the effort they had put in for the postcards& letters. Especially Jasmine, for the envelope. Thank you.

With loves,
Jiali.

Ps: Pardon for bad english, grammars or vocabulary.

Updated:
Thanks to all that had came on Tuesday. :)

2008-11-04T21:43:00.003+08:00

Hi band
I hope wat mr yeo said today has really made u motivate to practice harder
We're not far away from the HK trip; juz 30 days from tmr
Time flies very quickly, there are only 7 practices left till the HK trip
if we don't count the Dunearite rehearsals
We don't have a lot of time, in fact we have very little time
Our repertoire for HK is not small either; at least 10 pieces and they are not well polished
Pls come for every band practice and make the most out of every practice
Really push to finish practicing your parts on time
For those of u who came today, u realised we couldn't do Pecos Pueblo
because our Sound of Music was poorly done
Seriously band, we have very little time left
Don't take wat mr yeo said today lightly like it is an empty threat
Work real hard. Section leaders, pls push to work on as many weak points as possible
Prevent Mr Yeo from sending your section out because there is something to be worked on
that shud hav been done in the previous practices.
Encourage and motivate each other, don't give up
Remember, only 30 days left

2008-11-02T21:11:00.004+08:00

Hi band! Just an update from Mr Zhong about the concert
Who's performing: The SAF Band
featuring 6 principal musicians from 'The President's Own' US Marines Band
Date: 19th November 2008
Time: 7:30p.m
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Free-of-charge
Flute and Clarinet solos

Mr Zhong said that there are about 500 tickets left out of 1800. Pls ask your parents if you can attend this concert. Persuade them coz this concert is absolutely FREE!!! We want the whole band to go so anybody who can't go pls tell me the next practice as well as your reason. Latest by Thursday 6 Nov or there will probably be not enough tickets left.

~Jasper~

21/10/2008

2008-10-21T19:44:00.003+08:00

Hello!
Just here to remind you guys about the next band practice...
NEXT BAND PRACTICE : 23/10/2008 (thursday)
FALL IN : 1PM
anyway, pls remember to bring your consent forms for those who have not handed in...

CONCERT!
19 november : Mr Zhong 's band concert
Venue - Esplanade
Time - i'm not very sure
Price - FREE

20 november: Regent Wind Symphony, ShuQun band and Hougang band combine concert
Venue - VCH
Time - 7.30pm or 8pm
Price - $10

If you are interested in the concert, look for Jasmine

Anyway, pls contiune to practice your parts well in DETAILS on your own at home...
I'm sure everyone's bit of effort will help the band to improve...
Therefore, continue to work hard ok?
I'm sure everyone want to put up a good performance for Dunearnite and the Hong Kong trip so lets really PRACTICE HARD to achieve that!
TREAT EVERY BAND PRACTICE SERIOUSLY, GIVE IT ALL THAT YOU COULD!

For sections that has members that are constantly absent for band practice, lets also motivate them to come for band practice... eg . sent them a msg telling them there's band practice.. something like that...haha

that's all!
SEE YOU!
HAHA=)

_jasmine_

16/10/2008

2008-10-16T22:29:00.003+08:00

Hello!
Another 49 more days to HK!
MUST PRACTICE HARD OK?
we have alot of things to learn...

Anyway, next band practice will be on 18/10/2008 ( sat), fall in at 7.30am sharp in white band tee and pe shorts...pls do come for the practice!
we cannot improve if people do not want to come for band practice...
since you have decided to join band, be committed to it!

oh, pls hand in all your consent forms by sat! (lastest), if you do not hand in on sat, punishment will be given..
those who have not pay for your CD, pls do pay up...

time is short! so pls practice your parts well at home will you are free...
exams might be over but play less computer game (etc.) , take out your score and start practicing! With everyone's effort , we will improve and be able to do more music...

remember! NO PAIN, NO GAIN!>

ok.. bye!
see you all on sat!
lets motivate one another to come for band! YEA!
haha... ok bye!

_jasmine_

2008-10-14T18:43:00.002+08:00

Greetings bandmates!
I have issued out a HK consent form which will be I hope the last consent form for HK
your parents will need to sign.
I understand that some don't have the consent form
If you are one of those ppl, pls look for me tmr or as soon as possible.
Submission deadline is this THURSDAY (16 Oct 2008).
Unless you have a really good reason why you can't hand in, your name will be striked off from the HK trip.

ps. It wasn't me who posted the spam, but like gwen said, don't bother about them.

Have a nice day! =)
~Jasper~

2008-10-10T22:36:00.001+08:00

just wanna say work hard for all the coming band prac! (:

2008-10-10T22:30:00.002+08:00

Hi band!!
Those who are making new passports by the end of this month
pls inform the majors or mr beh about the expiry date
Those who are making after October
pls inform the majors or mr beh as well
One more thing: the second HK consent form (for 4th to 8th Dec)
We need those who are going to hand in that consent form
We currently have very few forms submitted
If u hav lost the consent forms..pls ask for a new one
Submission dateline: 25th October (Saturday)
Pls remember about these 2 things cos they are very important information...Thanks
- Jasper -

2008-10-09T15:26:00.002+08:00

Hi band...just to add on to what Jasmine said in the previous post
pls don't tear out your consent form as u will also tear out part of your schedule
if u can, pls photocopy the schedule or record it down somewhere
then u submit the consent forms..hand in the consent forms latest by 18 October (Saturday)
For those who don't have the consent form..lost it, etc..pls look for the majors on tuesday
Cya all on Tuesday =)

Next Band Practice

2008-10-09T12:08:00.003+08:00

HELLO! HELLO! HELLO!
haha.. EXAMS FINALLY OVER!
happy right?!

Next band practice: 14th October( Tuesday).
Fall in : 7.30am
Attire: White band tee and pe shorts

see you! ^^

_jasmine_

2008-09-29T16:27:00.003+08:00

Yo band!!!
I hope everybody is going through their exams smoothly
I have news for everyone...to some it is gd to some it is bad...u decide
Our flight timing has been changed: We r leaving Singapore at 9:10am on 4th December instead of 8:15am and our flight back to Singapore will arrive at changi at 10:20pm on 8th December.
For reference, our flight numbers are CX690 n CX691
Whether we r still staying overnite at school I'm still unsure...but at the moment, yes we r staying overnite
Some gd news for all: band prac starts on the week after exams!!

Which day exactly I'm not sure but Mr Beh will give out the consent forms soon
I hope u ppl r studying real hard but again, don't forget to practice!!!
Cya!!

2008-09-20T10:38:00.001+08:00

Hello band
I hope you guys are studying real hard...coz u shud be
anyway juz to inform those who haven't submited ur passport photocopies..
pls hand it in to mr beh ASAP
Oh n those with any special meal requirements like no beef etc...pls inform mr beh as well
For the muslims, we have noted down already so unless u can't eat anything else...there is no need for u to find mr beh
Study hard for your exams but don't forget to practice your music at home...
make sure that when u come back u know the rhythm of all the pieces that we r playing
so that we can do more stuff when band prac starts again
We're 75 days away from the HK trip so work hard everyone!!!

End of Year Exam Coming

2008-09-13T23:18:00.002+08:00

Hello!!
How's everyone??
Exams coming! so pls study hard ok??
anyway, don't forget to practice all the songs we have...
eg. Sound of Music, March Blue Sky, Cloudburst, Florentiner March, Mystery on Mena Mountain....( and other more)

Though exams are coming, pls practice too... just spend about 1-2 hr of your time in the weekends...

PRACTICE!!

ok.. that's all..haha
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR EXAMS!!
take good care of your health..

+jasmine+

Pictures from Ms Chung on SBIF.

2008-09-02T10:23:00.002+08:00

Hi band, there's something i had owe you guys very very,
very very very very very very very long.
All these pictures are from Miss Chung, on our SBIF. :)

The Sound of Music

2008-09-01T22:06:00.003+08:00

Hello!
I have found some videos on Sound of Music..( its the show)
your can watch it..( to have a better understanding of the song) haha
* take note of the background music* haha=)
ENJOY!!

Here's the link..
http://www.tudou.com/playlist/playindex.do?lid=3850482&iid=19404605

Remember to practice..
Practice slowly..
make sure you know all your notes..

2008-08-25T20:25:00.002+08:00

Heyyy BAND MATES!

These are the GROUP PHOTOS I have with me.

I'm sorry that the QUALITY isn't THAT GOOD.

There's RED EYE in some pictures.

But well those who miss this concert is really A WASTE.

You CAN ASK those who went!

12 BUCKS is WORTHWHILE!

Anyway, WORK HARD BAND!

LOOK FORWARD FOR HONGKONG TRIP!

Cheers,

JOEY!

cloudburst

2008-08-24T10:44:00.004+08:00

Recording on Cloudburst

Choir:

the two videos above just gave me two different feeling.. yup.. so go LISTEN..haha..enjoy

Band:

haha..it's raining!