Monday, July 28, 2008

Subcomms and J2 Farewell

Hello everyone! (This is Gloria.)

The long-awaited J2 farewell ceremony/party will be held next monday, 4 Aug. There are no lessons next monday for the J1s, so it is mandatory to go for the J2 farewell. Although of course you would probably go even if it's not mandatory.

J2 Farewell
Venue: LT4
Date: 4 Aug 2008 (Mon)
Time: 4 pm (to anytime...?)

All J1s and J2s are invited to go. Please pass the message to guitar members that you will probably meet in school.
You don't have to bring anything except yourself. Unless you want to perform something like a farewell song or something.

So that is for the J2 Farewell. After that, the other subcomms probably have to start working. Here are the subcomms and commitee members:

Orientation:
Charlotte
Weihan
Jonathan
Suxiang
Desiree
Elissa
Yanjun
Winnie
Tuan Anh
Jeremy
*Openhouse is on 10th October. That will be the first thing you're planning. =)

EOY retreat/outing/chalet:
Tricia
Kanzy
Sheena
Huanting
Zhiying
Jiayi
Melissa
Ziran
*This will probably be open to all current and past guitar club members...as a gathering of sorts.

Next year's concert:
Cheyenne
Yulin
Yuhan
Fenglin
Yulei
Lisa
Kyna
Chanyi
Mengyuan
Kewei
Zhao Rui
Lowell
Jess
*You guys will be further divided into your duties by whoever's in charge of concert. There will also be J1s joining the preparations for concert next year.

Yup, that should be about it. Did I miss anyone out? I hope not. Have fun in your subcomms, and don't start planning too late! Ahem.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Hey people!
Good effort today even though there are many things that could be improved. Of course, we can do better by the next performance (: which is by the way, teachers' day! Most likely the songs will be the same, but with the power of the whole cca.

Anyway, reminder: this week, there's no guitar training session. ( we are long overdue for a little break) However, lessons resume on next Monday (28/07/08). So remember to bring your guitar then and turn up for lessons.

Rest well (:

Monday, July 21, 2008

Malaguena: a bull and its matador



Geezz..the blog is dead. Its 1am, and i'm almost dead too. HAHA.

Malaguena if played correctly, reflects a bull fight with a matador. The spirit of the fight is played out quite nicely in this video, although if you listen carefully, one of the players pressed the wrong fret. If you can correctly identify the wrong note with the timing of the video, i'll treat you to a drink haha. (YES trust me, there is a note played wrongly, look at your score and follow the notes as they play. hint: accidentals)

If you look closely, you'll notice that there are different sizes of guitars there. The most noticeable is the UBER big guitar, called the Guitarron. The smallest is the alto. I'll share more if we have time. Meanwhile, enjoy the video :D

Sorry, i couldn't embed the video here. THANKS!!


Jonathan

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Reminders

hello people, sorry for this late update. hope as many of you see this as possible.

Several things to note:
1) Training starts at 3 tmr.
2) Bring your performance attire tmr for your SLs to check. Performance attire, fyi for those who still don't know, is the same attire for arts fest.
3) Bring your lessons fees (for those who take lessons) tmr and pay Sheena.

that's all, jiayou and see you guys tmr!


Tricia

For tmr (:

Hi everyone!

Here are some announcements that you have to take note for tmr..

1) Training will starts at 3pm tmr and end lastest at 6.30pm.

Latecomers will have to stay back and clear everything. (according to sheena:) hahah. scared nw?) (So dun be late!)

2) Please remember to brg your black file and attire for tues performace. We will be doing spot check.

3) "Full dress" rehearsal aka full run (without changing clothes) will start at 4.30pm.


Yup, that's all. All the best for tues performance! :)





yisan:)

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Leave Forms & Training Next Week

Hi all!

TRAININGS NEXT WEEK
Trainings next week are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It is not yet confirmed if there will be Saturday training. We will update you guys again.

Monday's training starts at 3.30pm. Lessons will carry on simultaneously. So for those who don't have lessons at 3pm or who take lessons at all, please be punctual and go to second level classrooms in E block as usual.

LEAVE FORMS
Mr Quek has updated all of us on the leave form system and the SOP again yesterday. For those who weren't here and basically for everyone, I would like to reinforce matters regarding the leave form system again:

1) SOP:
-Get forms (2 each time)
-Ask SLs to sign
-Ask Mr Ho/Mr Quek to sign
-Submit one copy to Mr Quek/ Mr Ho and one to me.

2) I realised that I have been receiving many leave forms without Mr Ho/Mr Quek's endorsement. Please not that from now on, all leave forms without proper endorsement by the teachers-in-charge would NOT be accepted.

3) It is also up to you guys to submit your leave forms to me. I would not be going after you for your leave forms or excuse letters because there would be much hassle involved. I would accept them if they are late, but not if they are too late (like 1 month later or beyond). Leave forms submitted later than that time period, I would process them and mark your attendance as valid at my own discretion. However, if you do not submit your leave forms to account for your absence, your attendance would be marked as absent without valid reason.

Thus, it would be best if you can submit your leave forms before your actual leave. For those who've been doing that all this while, thank you very much but for those who haven't hope that you guys can start doing it! That would save quite some trouble on my part.

Jiayou for trainings next week! We only have approximately one week left before our suntec performance!

Tricia

Classes.

Hi everyone!

Reminder: Bring $45 for lesson fees.

Group 1 ( 3 - 4 pm) - Ms Ester Neo
Tzinwai 08S78
Feng Lin 08S75
Yisan 08S78
Yulin 08S63
Yan Jun 08S70
Melody 08A10

Group 2 (4 - 5 pm) - Ms Ester Neo
Jeremy 08S6F
Meng Yuan 08S7B
Su Xiang 08S77
Yu Lei 08S65
Nicolette 08A10
Gloria 08S67

Group 3 (4 - 5 pm) Ms Karen Sin
Lisa 08S7B
Tuan Anh 08S6T
Zhao Rui 08S6H
Libo 08A12
Cheyenne 08S6D
Melissa 08S78

Group 4 (4 – 5 pm) Mr Shi
Jess 08A14
Zi Ran 08A12
Winnie 08S76
Desiree 08S6J
Elissa 08S77

Group 5 (5.10 – 6.10 pm) Ms Karen Sin
Huan Ting 08A14
Yuhan 08S63
Zi Yang 08S6N
Zhi Ying 08A15
Jia Yi 08S6D

Group 6 (5.10 – 6.10 pm) Mr Shi
David 08S72
Lowell 08S74
Kewei 08S77
Tricia 08S71
Zhengshan 08S76

Once again, put in your best effort in lessons! Trainings too. Thanks lots.


Wei Han

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Saturday Trainings

hey all,

there won't be saturday trainings until further notice, as with majority's wishes. will update you guys again if there's sat trgs.

sorry for this late update.


Tricia

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Sports Elective Programme (SEP)

Hi guys!

By now, most if not all of you should have been contacted by any exco member regarding your choice of sports for the Sports Elective Programme for non-sports CCA groups. In case you're still not sure what this is about, its basically an initiative by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) which sponsors half of the cost of a sports activitiy (usually an introductory course spanning a few sessions), in an effort to encourage all students to lead an active lifestyle. (I know many of you sedentary beings enjoy exercise about as much as you do studying, haha.) Anyway, the other half is sponsored by HCI, meaning that its FREE for us if more than 80% of you turn up, failing which the penalty for poor attendance is full cost of the activity.

But without further ado, I shall announce the preliminary survey conducted in line with our push for greater democracy and a consultative form of leadership in the club. (Note: votes do not tally since not everybody voted or used up both their votes, but this doesn't really matter since the trend is kind of clear).

Table tennis 6
Volley ball 4
Badminton 10
Inline skating 14
Dancesport 4

As such, we shall be having inline skating for our SEP this year, subject to the approval of the PE department. I will be getting back to the PE teacher in charge of this on Friday, and further details will be made known to you guys in due time.

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Jia Jun