The name is Gary. I'm a person who likes to be who I am. A 16 year old who just graduated from Montfort Secondary School. I'm now in Ngee Ann Poly studying Mass Communication.
My interests? Making music, watching dramas, blogging, shopping, and the occasional reading.
Title of Piece: Sunrise and Safari for Concert Band
Composer: Adam Gorb
Publisher: Maecents Music
Perfomance Time: approx. 8 minutes
Performance Notes: If fewer than three suspended cymbals are available, performers may experiment striking different parts of the instruments to produce contrasting pitches and timbres with two (or even one).
Senza misura, Ad lib and free time: improvisation is permitted and encouraged with regard to rhythm and even the tempo of musical lines. These may be played either complete or in part, but new notes may not be added. Where strict and free materials is used simultaneously (e.g. Sunrise fig 5 et seq.), synchronisation between the two is not expected, though at fig 7 all improvising musicians must enter together.
If an oboe is not available, it is still possible to perform this work by playing the cues shown in Trumpet 1 for Singapore Sunrise and Clarinet 1 for Night Safari.
Night Safari: fig 21 et seq. Clarinets and saxophones instructed to remove mouthpieces may prefer alternatively to use a second mouthpiece though this should not be necessary.
Programme Note: This work consists of two movements which may be played together or separately. Each movement lasts around three and a half minutes.
The first, Singapore Sunrise, is suitable for school bands, and is based on the Singaporean melody ‘Ikan Kekek’. It’s characterised by a mysterious opening with early-morning birdcalls on woodwinds before the melody takes over and rises to a climax.
Night Safari is intended for slightly more advanced bands and is a depiction of Singapore’s world famous Safari Park that can be visited only in the dark. I have tried to capture a sense of excitement and danger as the wild animals are seen (or sometimes just heard) in their natural habitat. The piece is a sort of jazz waltz, but with a lot of surprising sounds!
Sunrise and Safari was commissioned as the test piece for concert bands for the Singapore Youth Festival 2007.
(Adapted from the composer/publisher)
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So, band practice once again. Mr Sukit gave warm up for 1 hour and then the librarians distrubuted the set piece, Sunrise and Safari. The piece consists of two movements, Singapore Sunrise and Night Safari. Our band will probably be playing the second one because it requires more techniques, and less of tone and balance.
At 11am, Mr Tan came in and wanted us to lay out all the instruments in the Newton Room. But then it took so long all the Excos and SLs were pumped 30, geez. Then the new instruments were allocated to the members. After that we were dismissed.
I'm still wondering whether they'll be any new horns...
My group woke up at 6.30 to bathe. Then we sat around the gallery, waiting for the others to wake up. Then it was 7.45, time for breakfast.
We headed to the D&T lab for breakfast. We had bread with peanut butter and jam, and also some biscuits. The Milo turned out disastrous, so no one drank it.
Aaron, Andrew, Ray, and Max lying in the exco tent
Hidden mickey, lol
Scouts hard at work in the early morning
The sky
MSSMB's top model
Scavenger Hunt
Then after eating, we went to the back of the lab into the classroom. There, the Ex-Cos briefed us on the scavenger hunt. It would be from Suntec City all the way to Marriott Hotel.
We were to complete at least 25 of the following 30 items.
1. Get receipts that total up to $15.25 (Completed. The coffee + Rainald's MosShake and my Apple Pie from PS's Mos Burger)
2. Collect 20 different flyers (Completed. We took them whenever we passed by any shops)
3. Find a hair that is 20cm in length and take a picture with the person whom you obtained the hair from (Completed. Rainald went and asked the lady at HSBC. Picture was taken with Rainald)
4. Get 5 GV tickets with different movie titles (Completed. Timothy, Gerald, and Joshua went to PS's GV and asked the ticketing guy there)
5. Find a 10 cent coin that was made in 1971 (Failed. Can't find)
6. Get a HSBC Credit Card application form (Completed. We just took from the shop/whatever thing its called)
7. Find 3 paper cups from Starbucks Cafe (Completed. Timothy went to take from Suntec City's Starbucks)
8. Find 6 ice-blended coffee cup from Coffee Bean (Completed. Timothy, Gideon, Gerald, and Rainald bought drinks from there. Then we asked for two more cups, lol)
9. Get a Mos Burger serviette with a lady's lip print on it (Completed. Rainald used McDonald's chilli sauce at did it himself)
10. Go to the cold storage at Takashimaya and search for food items beginning with each letter of the alphabet. List them down on a paper and record the price for each item (Completed)
11. Get a paper bag from Pop Doh (Completed. Found at Taka's food court area. Gerald bought some bread from there, but they didn't have paper bags, so we just got a Taka bag. Mrs Tan accepted it)
12. Collect 20 bottle caps (Failed. Waste time one, 1 point only)
13. Find a chocolate bar wrapper (Completed. Timothy bought a chocolate bar from Millenia Walk's Candy Empire)
14. Find a paper bag (Completed. We used Coffee Bean's paper bag)
15. Collect 10 satay sticks (Completed. Bought a packet of satay sticks from PS's Carrefour)
16. Find a Y-shaped twig (Completed. Found during the walk to Parliament house)
17. Find a French fry that is 8.5 in length (Completed. Found at Singapore River's McDonalds with Joshua's large-sized fries)
18. Find this picture and take a photo of it with the group
19. Locate a circular sculpture that can undergo slimming when viewed from a different angle. Take a candid group photo with the sculpture (Failed. Couldn't find it)
20. Find a pillar sculpture that is made up of 100 pieces of marble, each measuring 16cmx140cmx140cm. The marbles are arranged as a stack that spirals upwards. The angle of rotation for each square is 3.6 degrees. (Completed. We completed this along with task No. 8. When we sat inside Coffee Bean drinking, we saw the sculpture from the window, lucky us)
21. Find the Merlion and take a photo that depicts the group leader 'spitting' water from his mouth. (Completed. Took a picture of Rainald spitting water. Gideon was under him drinking the water as a bonus)
22. Find a serviette from the Top of the M restaurant. (Failed. It was closed)
23. Take a group photo with the following landmarks as the background : Esplanade CHIJMES Istana Parliament House
Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles (Completed. I tell you ah, this is the most tiring task la. We walked like 20km around town)
24. Take a picture of one of your members riding on the I-Gallop (Completed. The kind staff at Millenia Walk's OSIM let us take a picture of Gideon on the I-Gallop)
25. Find the Bah Kut Teh store at Boat Quay and take a group photo with the signboard as the background. (Completed. We only found this after like 2 big circles around the riverwalk area)
26. Get the latest pamphlet of the Singtel mobile phone offer (Completed. Found this at plaza singapura)
27. Get the price of the Marriott Gold Rewards Card (Failed. No time to go find)
28. Take a 30 second video of the group singing a Christmas song in front of a big Christmas Tree with decorated with many stars (Failed. No time to go find)
29. Find out the price of Don's black pepper chicken pie (Completed. Found this at Suntec City)
30. Locate Mrs Cassandra Tan's car. (Failed. It was parked at her home)
The checklist for the scavenger hunt
Pg 2
The ceiling of Millenia Walk
In starbucks. I look funny in this
Paperwork
Refer to task No.20
Magician on duty
Gideon on the iGallop, woohoo
A red car
Picture with two foreigners
Gideon, Rainald, and Gerald at Esplanade
Refer to task No.21
Refer to task No.17
Pop Doh
Punching Gideon
Ahem. The red car and Rainald
Rainald
Fun picture
Below the Parliament House
Infront of the Istana
Below Esplanade
Infront of Imperial Bak Kut Teh. Refer to task No.25
Back at school
When we arrived back at school at 5.15pm, we went back to our tents, only to find out everything has been flooded because of the rain, bleah. We took out all our things and laid them over the gallery floor to dry.
After that was free time all the way until 7pm. Some sat in the gallery, some went to bathe, some went to the basketball court to play basketball, and the rest went to the D&T lab to help with dinner. Oh, and the Yamaha instruments came before dinner.
At 7+, all of us gathered in the D&T lab for dinner. It also served as a farewell party for the sec 4s. Some alumni also turned up, such as Sean, Daniel, and Gerald.
As a tradition, the graduating sec 4s would select songs from the library and everyone would play. We played -
Persis Overture A Movement for Rosa Can't take my Eyes off you (Flute Solo) Rhapsody for Euphonium Discovery Fantasy
Everything ended around 12am. Since we couldn't sleep in the tents, we slept in the Gallery. Some slept at the first floor study area.
Some of my scores laid out to dry
The delivery man from Yamaha
At the basketball court
Our stuff
DM 06-07, Ray Wee
Crab!
The graduating sec 4s
Outside the D&T lab
Day 3
Bang. Before you know it,its already morning, zzz. Ate breakfast at 8. Then we had mass clean up. After that, the presentation of prizes and then dismissal. Everything ended like 11 something.
Hello, i'm now at Kenneth Phooi's house along with Joshua, Aaron, Dickson, and Kenneth Ang.
So since the rest are happily swimming and i have nothing to do, i shall blog.
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This survey was requested to be done by Shirly. Sorry for being late, haha.
Instructions :name 20 ppl you cn think of at the top of ur head.don't read the qns below before you write and tag 5 ppl to do this survey
1. Kenneth Phooi 2.Dickson 3.Joshua 4.Kenneth Ang 5.Aaron 6.Alif 7. Ivan 8.Gerald 9.Gideon 10.Rainald 11.Ray 12.Mr Sukit 13.Melvin 14.Jeremy 15. Jun Min 16.Kamal 17.Timothy 18.Wee Ong 19.Gavilan 20.Kenneth Phooi's mom
how did you meet 14?- Through band. Hes in the clarinet section
what would you do if you never meet 1 ?- I would never know how someone's house can be so nice
wht wuld you do if 20 and 9 dated ?- OMG
did you ever lik 19 ?- Yep. Hes a great senior in band
wuld 6 and 17 make a gd couple ?- No
describe 3 .- Cheap, lol. Just kidding la
do you think 8 is attractive ?- Hes my mirror image, i think
something about 7.- Golden hair boy
do you know any of 12's family members ?- Only know hes from Thailand
what's 18's fav ?- No idea
what would you do if 11 confesses that he/she likes you ?- Ignore him
what language does 15 speak ?- Singlish, Chinese
who is 9 going out with ?- Himself
how old is 16 now ?- 14
when was the last time you talk to 13 ?- This morning during band prac
would you date 7 ?- No
would you ever be in a serious relationship with 11 ?- Dream on
what sch does 3 go to ?- Montfort Sec
where does 6 live ?- Somewhere near Hougang Mall
Whats ur favourite thing about 5 ?- Hes shorter than me
have you seen 1 naked ?- No la Posted at 7:07 PM
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Exclusive Coverage : Band Camp Day 1
Hello people, I'm back from band camp! Can say that it was damn fun, but tiring. I shall elaborate activity by activity, haha.
Fall In & Pitching of tents -
Went to school at 6.30am. Then we waited for Aaron to open the band room so we could put our barang barang inside. After that, we were allocated to our groups.
After the grouping, we went to the field to set up our tents. Dickson brought his own tent and king-sized air bed for the Ex-Cos, rich guy sia.
Lastly, we had a special mace demonstration by DM Ray Wee.
In the morning
Flowers
Edward with his camera
Shaun's Kelly MPC
Everyone setting up the tents
The Exco tent, haha
Shaun's group moving the tent
Youxian hard at work
Mrs Vivian Tan and Mrs Cassandra Tan
Ray Wee holding the mace and Aaron Tan
Rainald hugging his Baby Tigger bolster
The bolster itselfBlack pig. Mrs Vivian Tan said it looks like P-Chan from Ranma 1/2, lol
Our sec 1 saxophonist, Gideon Low
Joshua hugging his pillow
Cooking Competition -
At 9+ in the morning, we set out for Hougang Mall to shop for the cooking competition. The budget was $15 for each group. In addition to the $15 budget, we spent an extra $28 buying stuff for ourselves, lol.
When we came back, we brought everything to the area outside D&T lab to cook. In the end, the winner was Max's group, blah. At least we had fun.
The two band teachers again
Joshua with his cousin's camera
Gideon Low
Louis Wang, our alumni Hornist
On the way to Hougang Mall
Shoppingggg
Knives for sale
Youxian with his basket
This is what our group bought
Edward, Gideon, Kamal, Chien Hui, and Zhen Hui below
Foodstuff
Terence's group seperating lots and lots of cauliflower
Dish made by the teachers
The winning dish by Max's group Mix of vegetables
Blackened egg
Han Wen smoking a paper cigarette
The exco's Yong Tau Foo
Mashed potato volcano by Max's group
Louis's sausage omelette
Digging in
Exchange with Whitley & Ang Mo Kio band
The bus left school at 1.30. We reached AMKSS at 2+. There, we went up to school hall. We played Flight of the Falcon, but only up til bar 61, damn.
Whitley band played Seventh Night of July and another song which name i forget, lol.
AMKSS band played Der Vogelhandler, Merry Widow, some trombone soli song, and one other.
After the exchange, we went for dinner. Our group went to McDonalds for dinner. Each person got $4 from the teachers.
Louis and Gerald
The Ex-Cos. Dickson, Ray, Aaron, and Joseph
Skies
Piano and flute duet by Kiong Tai and Gavilan
Gideon. With longer hair and dark eyebags, he could look like L from Deathnote, haha.
Nightwalk -
After dinner, we went back to the tents to get our stuff and waited. Soon later, we got a briefing from the Ex-cos about the Nightwalk. We were supposed to walked to Sengkang MRT and back. And on the way, we had to take pictures of five things.
1. A red car 2. A cat 3. Bus 161 4. Public telephone booth 5. Sengkang MRT sign
Each group left 5 minutes after the other. Gavilan and Timothy tagged along with our group. First, we walked to the area under Joshua's block cause a cat always sleeps around there. And we managed to find it, under a telephone booth to boot.
And on our way to Sengkang MRT, we got a picture of a red car and bus 161. Theres also video evidence by Joshua's camera and Gavilan's N70, lol.
We reached the MRT station at like 9.50. We got some shots and went inside CompassPoint. We went to 7-11 to get some drinks, and then walked back.
Though we were one of the last groups to leave, we were 1st to reach back. Well, not really. Kiong Tai's group came first but they took the train back.
