Saturday, May 31, 2008.

double edit: just listened to our recording of william tell and all i have to say: well done guys!

edit: I planned to acknowledge all non-current-RISE members in the next post, with other stuff, but due to Jerald's insistence, I shall acknowledge some really important guest players that I have interacted with (strangely, most from RI).

Besides the 1st one, in no order of merit:

JERALD HAN! (cause he's de facto SL, so he comes 1st)
PATRICK CHO!
JAMES ANDREW JR. GUNAWAN!
BENJAMIN NI!
KENNETH NG!
BERNARD YONG!
DAVID ZHAO YUE!

Thanks guys, for playing for RenaISsance 2008, and I promise you a treat. Seriously.
PS. Jerald don't ever bring that pack of cards when you get treated.
Quote David: These cards are from Jerald's house, what do you expect?

This post shall be the 1st of at least 2 posts, cause i dont think i can cover it all.

What can I say? The blood, the sweat (literally) and the tears, we've seen through them all.

Concert was great, mr. sze was looking REALLY happy after everything.

Some screwups did occur, like the early cello entry in magicfluteoverture, the piccolo screwup in fugue as well as us getting severely lost in 3/4 bar.

But ask me to relive the experience again, and I will.

I want to stand on stage again, pushing the grand into the hall. I want to stand on stage again, packing up the unused stands and chairs. I want to stand on stage again, to see the appluase and acknowledgments, especially from the seniors.

People from RISE (current) that I MUST thank:
Kai Cheng, for doing so much for the concert,
Shang Xuan, for the strings, the prog booklet and many more,
Zhao Kai, for scores, concert-day arrangements,
Ben Wee, for concert-day arrangement and 1st violin sectionals,
Jon Shin, for helping us in so many ways (like musically)

Sec 3s:
Ren Hao and Chentian, for being always with me even if your parents scold you,
Zhiyuan, Yihang, Shuhuan, Benn, Matthew Lo, Jon Chow, Minjian, Weng Hong, Yunfei, Daron and Adi, for your contributions to moving instruments safely to there and back (as well as night rhsls)
Ben Lee, for being ever-so-entertaining and a great concertmaster who saved me during the fugue 3/4 time

Sec 2s and Sec 1s who were overly-enthu in helping out. I'm glad the enthu spirit is still alive and running, and even when I leave it will be there for a long time.

And of course,
Mr. Sze (reasons can be left out).

Lee Foundation Theatre is a special place for me. It was the 1st time where I performed publicly (i.e. not on Raffles campus) and will be my last official time performing as a RISE member. When I played that D (last note of Britten), i played it with force, knowing that that will be the last note I play as an official RISE member in a concert.

Should I feel sad? I honestly don't know.

There's still camp to look forward to, and i promise that it will be spectacular, involving weird stuff (tekan) and other funny funny things. At least there's a last chance for me to do something to my 2nd home, a place I can go to have fun (like the spectacular 13 trick-win by weng hong and chentian)

Will talk more about other stuff in next post.

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