Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Just remembered was supposed to tell EVERYONE what the commanders told us today. So this is all I can remember (not very much, unfortunately)
1. On the oh-so-controversial matter of blogs and censorship. We are to maintain the reputation of the band by foremostly blogging with respect and even admiration towards other bands. Or at least equality (...build a democractic society, based on justice and EQUALITY...). Since, as they mentioned, every school trains as hard for all the competitions; just that the nature of competitions finds a need to proclaim a winner; hence a hierachy of bands AT THAT POINT IN TIME, from which we have no way whatsoever, and no right to comment on the standard of that band, and in comparison to ours.
2. On the multi-perspective matter of respect for seniors. They expressed that we may not be able to appreciate this respect for seniors in band yet, but they have, and they believe we will too. While different seniors may have different expectations as to your respect towards them, we should nonetheless treat them with as much as we can, and of course, they have provided the assurance (with 16 people as witnesses) that they WILL treat you with that same amount of respect, if not more.
3. On the matter of Inunion. They have expressed that Inunion is our official investiture into band and we should try to make it our top priority for that day (as in, if you have holidays that have not been scheduled or booked yet, try your best not to let it fall on that day). We should also work very hard because we only have 1 month after the band break to prepare for this performance and one month is NOT A LOT. 1 month = 4 weeks = 4 (3 practices) = 4 ( 2 x 3 hours) = 24 hours. JUST A DAY. IMAGINE THAT.
4. On the matter of SYF. They have expressed that SYF is an important event and that we should try our best, especially since we, Sec 1s, have a 1/3 (or 33.3%) stake in the sound quality of the band, which is A LOT. It's like we are one of the Powerpuff Girls or something like that. XD Anyway, so we are doing this not to prove to others that we are better, but to prove to ourselves that we CAN get whatever we set our minds to, to prove band's significance to you, and also to avoid regrets for all the things we did not do should we not get what we expected. I went to SYF for both band and ballet. Quite stressful. That year the band I was in got silver. It was a rather sad affair because for the past about 5 months the conductor had been telling us to work harder and harder, scolding us, and so on, and most of us DID try to some extent to play properly. However, it was agreed, it wasn't our best. We were told we were too complacent. Just because our past seniors had done the school and themselves proud by achieving gold two times in a row does not mean that that gold medal is waiting for us, and we don't have to do anything to get it. It DOES take effort. And that can only be seen from ACTION, not words. It was under such circumstances that the band major that year cried, and other people too, if I remember correctly. I had only been there for about 1 year, so perhaps I did not feel that much intensity in feeling, but still I could realise that I could have done much better, worked harder, and so on. Haha. So long.
5. Seniors will try their best to support us in any way possible.
6. Hehheh. I kinda forgot... anyone care to help me continue???
Batch XIII
breaking the MUSIC.
10:03 PM
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