Victoria School Choir

Hello choir. SYF Choral Presentation has ended, and I am sure that everyone enjoyed the performance on the whole. Whether you felt we performed well or not, let us not dwell too much upon this and look forward to the future. There will not be any practices until further notice, so please focus on your academics more and catch up with whatever work that needs to be done. Your SLs will be contacting you around after the CA week, about 3 weeks from now. While there is a break from choir, I urge you to continue practising your techniques and facial expressions by yourself. Use your time wisely! We also would like to extend a farewell to the Secondary4s as the choral presentation marks their very last performance with the rest of the choir. I am sure that they will have many unforgettable memories performing with VS Choir as they continue on their journey in life. To everyone else, strive for the very best results in your studies!

There will be practice for ALL choir members at the music room at 1.40pm. You are required to leave your classes at 1.30PM and head straight to the music room. Those who did not bring their penguin suits are to bring it tomorrow. If any item is missing, the person will not be allowed on stage.

The next practice for all choir members will be on Monday 23rd July at 2.45pm in the music room. Do not forget to bring your penguin suit for inspection. Buy all the items which do not have or which do not meet the standards by tomorrow. You are allowed to leave your suit in the music store room. Even if this event is not a competition we all must put in our best efforts to show them how great our choir can be together as one. Every single one of you in the choir is important so put up your best show and enjoy your time on stage singing together with your friends. Find joy in it!

There will not be practice tomorrow,Saturday 21st July. The next practice for everyone will be on Monday, 23rd July at 2.45pm. This will be the practice the day before choral presentation.

There will be practice tomorrow, 20th July, starting at 1.40pm. Do remember to bring your Performance attire(penguin suit) which consists of: 1)White, long-sleeved collared shirt 2)Black, long pants 3)Black non-ankle socks 4)Black formal leather shoes 5)Black vest 6)Yellow tie If you do not have anything from 1-4, buy them today otherwise I don't think you'll be able to be part of our Co-Curricular Activity photo. If the item that you lack is either 5 or 6, then tell us and we may be able to lend you a set tomorrow. You may place your attires in the Music Store Room in the morning at about 7am. Please be disciplined as unruly behavior is unacceptable. You will be presenting yourself to the photographer(s) and other teachers tomorrow, leave a good impression. Also, bad discipline warrants a punishment so bear this in mind as you may regret your actions. Don't challenge us to take action. We will if we must.

There is practice tomorrow for all choir members at 2.15pm in the music room. There will be no rehearsals. Those who ordered the tickets are to bring $5 for each ticket ordered.

Hello choir. A good job done by both the Speech Day performers and the AVOS competitors. For those that still are not in the know (in which you should have already heard by word of mouth or something), we have obtained a Gold C award in Category F: Folklore, with a score of 81.52. Do remember that there is still a long journey ahead of us and it is not a time for us too be complacent about it. Urgent announcements as follows: In preparation for the upcoming SYF Choral Presentation, there will be a rehearsal on Wednesday, 18th July at Victoria Concert Hall. Please leave your classes at about 10am and be in the music room at 10.10am sharp . There will be time allocated for lunch and a chartered bus will take us there in the afternoon. It should end at about 6pm. For those who have ordered tickets for your relatives or friends to watch the Choral Presentation, you will have to bring the $5 for each ticket you have ordered asap . There is also a phototaking session on Friday, 20th July. Y

Hey guys! Welcome back from Thailand! I hope that everyone has enjoyed their trip and gained valuable experiences through this competition. Congratulations on the Gold award, you guys have deserved it. Special thanks to the committee members who went for A Voyage Of Songs 2007 for putting in all your hard work, effort and determination to help bring back the Gold award. Also to the 3 teachers who accompanied us to Thailand, Ms Lau, Mrs Bala and Mr Tan for helping us in administrative details and ensuring our members' safety. And last but not least, everyone else who were part of the competition group for being there and enjoying yourselves singing on stage. You guys can be proud of yourselves. However, we must not rest on our laurels, this is just a step forward to greater heights. We still have another upcoming performance which we must present good music once again this time to a local audience - the SYF Choral Presentation 2007, held on July 24th. 8 Days to next performance! Kee

For those competing in AVOS, you are hereby reminded to be at Changi Airport, Terminal 2 at 7.55am on Wednesday, 11th July. Please prepare everything as in the packing list and do remember all the stuff we have covered the past weeks. For those participating in Speech Day, there will be a rehearsal on Wednesday, 11th July, so be in the music room at 2.40pm. For all performers, all the best and bring honour and glory to VS Choir! =)

[Notes for 7-7-07 workshop in VJC] Ondeh Ondeh: -Will be slower a little bit to make La yang la yang parts more comfortable -Clearer timing -Better diction -Sopranoes tone down -Sopranoes lighter sound(dark from 2nd page 4th bar all the way) -Altos come out more -Tenors flat for Ah part -Altos and Basses louder for Ah part -Basses not too fierce at solo part -Altos and Sopranoes don't come in too fiercely either at Bass solo Pok Pok Alimpako: -Altos abit louder for beginning entry -Altos, Tenors and Basses beginning don't push too hard because pitch flies every crescendo -Sopranoes first entry sharp -2nd page 2nd system dung nung dung nung part sharp -I ya I ya part too constricted feeling -Altos sharp for Dung nung entries at pages 4 and 8 -Soprano 1s sharp for A a i part -Soprano 2s come out more for both A a i parts -Sopranoes wrong rhythm and sharp for ma la la part(lala lala lala instead of just la la la) -Tenors come out more for Ma la la part -Altos don't decrescendo

The next practice for those competing in AVOS and those participating in Speech Day will be on Tuesday, 10th July. Please be in the music room at 2.45pm after school. Please note that this will be the last practice before leaving for Thailand for the AVOS participants. 4 days!

The next practice for all choir members is at 9am tomorrow at the music room. There will be a workshop at 2.30pm at VJC. All Pattaya members are to reach VJC by 1pm sharp for practice. Those who did not bring any part of the penguin suit are to bring it tomorrow. (Pattaya team only)

The next practice for BOTH those competing in AVOS and performing in Speech Day will be tomorrow, Friday, 6th July. Please be in the music room at 1.40pm.

The next practice will be at 2.15 for all choir members. Mr Low will be coming and there will be a briefing by the travel agency.

The next practice for everyone(including the sec 4s) will be on Wednesday, 4th July. Those involved in speech day will be having rehearsals and practice, and those involved in AVOS will be having small group practices. Everyone is to be in the music room at 3pm.