Please take note of the following:
1) Report to the band room by 2.50 (or at most 10 minutes after your last lesson) for temperature taking and attendance taking. Please do not go straight to the FM
2) Keep your mask on, and do not start warming up yet, but you can start setting up your instruments until further instructions are given by the teachers or Mrs Chua
3) Try not to intermingle until further instructions are given (i.e. stick with those of your class)
4) Bring back your instruments and all your instrument parts, as well as tuners, valve oil, band file, etc
5) Bring printed copies of your own score (Ghost Fleet and Polar Express if you are playing them) and Irecommend + Standard of Excellence + Total training an other band relted materials if you had borrowed them last year.
Please refer to this for the seating layout in the band room:
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Dear Band,
Please note the upcoming dates + repertoire
Limelight 2020
Date: 18 February 2020
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Pieces:
1. Persis Overture (Mrs Chua)
2. Howl's Moving Castle (Mr Lee)
3. Carnival of Melody ( Mr Chua)
4. Aladdin Medley (Mr Lee)
5. Tangled Medley (Mr Chua)
- Intermission -
6. Lost in Japan
7. Queen on Stage
8. Toy Box Fantasy
9. Adventure Tale of Neverland (Mrs Chua)
10. Highlights from La La Land (Mr Chua)
Encore: The Greatest Showman
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Orientation Campfire
Date: 3 January 2020
Pieces:
1. Aladdin Medley
2. How to train your Dragon
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Open House
Date:19 October 2019
Pieces:
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Feel it Still
- I Want it that Way
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Band Fiesta
Date: 27 July 2019 (Saturday)
Reporting Time: 8.30am
Dismissal Time: 3pm
Pieces:
- Stars of Tomorrow
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Count on me, Singapore
- Feel It Still
- Can't stop the Feeling
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National Day
Date: 8 August 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30am, reach school by 6.45am
Parade (Catherine)
Pieces:
- Fast March (Stars of Tomorrow): Watch Catherine as we might need to stop playing at any point in time, depending on the speed of UG marching
- Slow march (trumpet voluntary, whole band play): Start from bar 5, repeat around 2 times
- National Anthem (Majulah Singapura)
Hall (Chloe)
Pieces:
- Bohemian Rhapsody (showband style)
- Count on Me, Singapore (start from bar 5, don’t repeat the last part {skip to 2nd time house})
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SYF
Date: 11 April 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 2.15pm
Pieces: Festival on Earth (set piece), The Knight of the Sky (choice piece)
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Speech Day:
Date: 13 April 2019 (Saturday)
Rehearsal Dates: 10 April 2019 (Wednesday), Sec 2s only + 11 April 2019 (Thursday), main band
Time: 3 - 5.30pm for both days
Pieces: School song, Festival on Earth, Your Name
LOVE,
Exco 18'19 (29/3/19)
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Dear Band,
Please note the upcoming dates + repertoire
CCA Phototaking
Date: 29 March 2019 (Friday)
Time: TBC
SYF Exchange
Date: 30 March 2019 (Saturday)
Time: TBC
Pieces: Festival on Earth (set piece), Knight of the Sky (choice piece)
Speech Day:
Date: 13 April 2019 (Saturday)
Rehearsal Dates: TBC
Time: TBC
Pieces: School song, Festival on Earth, Your Name
SYF
Date: 8 - 30 April 2019
Time: TBC
Pieces: Festival on Earth (set piece), Knight of the Sky (choice piece)
LOVE,
Exco 18'19 (24/2/19)
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Dear Band,
Please note that the following IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES, as well as repertoire!
Limelight 2019: 18th February, 2019
1. Fate of the Gods - Mr Chua
2. Spirited Away - Mr Chua
3. Les Miz - Mr Lee
4. Bonsai Tree - Mr Lee
5. Beatles - Mr Lee
6. You Can't Stop the Beat - Mr Chua
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7. Flower Crown (Sec 3s Batch Piece)
8. Knight of the Sky
9. Wizard of Oz
10. Your Name Medley
11. Chinese New Year Medley (2nd hald all Mrs Chua)
SYF 2019: 8 - 30th April [TBC closer to date]
1. Knight of the Sky - choice piece
2. Festival on Earth - set piece
Sec 1 Campfire: 4th January 2019
Time: Evening (Actual time TBC)
We shall continue updating this post should there be any changes/new dates added. Hope the Holidays are treating yall well so far :-)
Love,
Exco 18'19 <3
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Dear Band,
Below are some important things to take note regarding practices.
December Holiday Practices 2018
Date: 27th and 28th December 2018
Time: 8am - 1.30pm
Normal Band Practices 2019
Days: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
Time: 2.30pm - 6pm (Mondays, Wednesdays)
2.30pm - 5.15pm (Fridays)
March Holiday Practices 2019
Dates: 21st (Wednesday), 22nd March (Thursday) 2019
Time: 9am - 4pm (Wednesday)
8am - 1.30pm (Thursday)
May/June Holiday Practice
Time: 8am - 1.30pm
Please take note that September Holiday Practice will have no holiday practices. The practices will, instead, be during the Teachers' Day Celebration week. More information will be given at a later date. Sorry for any inconvenience!
As you can see, holiday practices + practices in general have been cut down considerably. Please make use of the very little amount of practices left to make our next events a success!
WITH A LOT OF TLC,
Exco 18'19 :-)))
