Hello band.
Please remember what we said after band today okay.
We expect to see all of you to be more FOCUSED tomorrow.
And do RESPOND to mr chan's questions,
WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE ONLY THE TRUMPETERS RESPONDING!
Also, NOTE DOWN whatever important points mr chan said,
we do not want to see people sitting there doing nothing.

Similarly tomorrow after band,
we expect to see everyone doing the same thing,
which is to note down whatever mr chan had said TOGETHER.
So Jodie and I do not want to see people complaining.
You guys only have the rights to complain if all of you prove
to us that you all can play everything well.

One last thing band,
like I said, no use wasting mr chan's time by making
him pick on the MOST FUNDAMENTAL stuffs like
WRONG NOTES, RHYTHM.
He can easily use this time to teach us other important things
to make our piece better!

CELESTINE.

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side
- Margaret Carty

Hey band!
Please be reminded that Mr Chan will be coming over on the 29th,
I expect to see good attendance.
SLs, please contact those who're missing
for the past few practices.

AND! For every single one in the band,
please DO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE HARD.
Do not make mr chan pick on wrong notes and rhythm
when he's here on the 29th and 30th.
Why not treasure the time when he's here,
to polish up on other aspects to make our piece better,
rather than wasting time correcting on our very most basic stuffs.
It would be a waste of time.

SO DO PRACTICE!

Lastly, I wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS
and hope to see greater achievements in the year ahead.
But first, please show our teachers some achievements
by completing all your holiday homework :DD

CELESTINE

Hey, TPJC is holding a concert soon.

Details as follows:

Tampines Junior College Band Festival Concert
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: TPJC Auditorium
Date: 18th Dec
Ticket: $5

First Segment

Maris Stella High School
Conductor: Mr Adrian Chiang
1. (Singapore Premiere Work)
2. Richard Rogers - The Sound of Music

St Anthony Canossians School
Conductor: Mr Jason de Hamel
1. (To be announced)
2. Paul Murtha - Highlights from Grease

Chong Boon Secondary School
Conductor: Mr Adrian Chiang
1. (Singapore Premiere Work)
2. Robert Longfield - Highlights from High School Musical 2

Second Segment

Tampines Junior College Symphonic Winds
Conductor: Mr Surapol Thanyawibool (Music Director, Kasetsart University)
Euphonium Soloist: Mr Adrian Chiang
1. Brian's Holiday (Singapore Premiere)
2. Satoshi Yagisawa - Machu Pichu - City in the sky ~the mystery of the hidden Sun Temple~
3. Philip Sparke - Pantomime - Euphonium Solo with Band -
4. (Singapore Premiere Work)

Interested in this concert? Contact HANSLEY for the tickets.
It clashes with our camp, but you can always ask your friends to go. :)

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence,
excellence becomes a reality.
- Joe Paterno


Hi band,
to those who attended sectionals cum full band today,
WELL DONE!
I see & hear a slight improvement (:
Keep this up alright,
I'm sure by SYF you people will become better.

There's still 4 more days to HinHua's exchange.
If you people don't wish to embarrass yourselves,
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
4 more days to practice and to polish everything up...
ITS ALL UP TO YOU PEOPLE TO DECIDE!

CELESTINE.

Gettin' good players is easy.
Gettin' them to play together is the hard part.
- Casey Stengel

Hey.
Hin Hua will be playing Noah's Ark during our exchange,
please do listen to it on our playlist.

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Band room will be open on thurs, 11th Dec
from 9am to 12pm as usual.
Reporting time 8.45am, don't be late!

Ensemble pieces got to be perfected and set piece
got to be at least better than what we've played the last time.

CELESTINE.

The strength of the team is each individual member
& the strength of each member is the team.
- Coach Phil Jackson Chicago Bulls

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LOOK everyone! FREE CONCERT!

Nanyang Junior College Symphonic Band Concert

Featuring Guest Malaysian Band, Hin Hua School Band
Venue: Nanyang Junior College, LT 4
Date: 14th December 2008, Sunday
Time: 3pm
Tickets: Free Admission

Repertoire:
Nanyang Junior College Symphonic Band
Young Man YMCA
With Heart & Voice
Christmas Festival

Hin Hua School Band
Poet and Peasant Overture
You Raise Me Up
Noah's Ark

combine piece - folk song suite

This is a good chance to learn from others,
& furthermore, let me emphasize... ITS FREEEE!
So I would advice everyone to attend!
Those interested, please email me at the band's email.
Thanks (:

Just in case you people don't know how to get there...

By MRT:
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station - Bus Nos 22, 24, 73, 133, 135, 136
Bishan MRT Station - Bus Nos 53, 58
Serangoon MRT Station - Bus Nos 22, 53, 105, 534,
By foot (approx 8 mins)
Lorong Chuan MRT Station (Circle Line) - By foot (2 min walk)

By Bus:
Changi Airport - Bus Nos 24, 53
Pasir Ris - Bus Nos 53, 58
Tampines Ave 10 - Bus Nos 58
Tampines Central - Bus Nos 22
Tampines Road - 53

CELESTINE.

Teams share the burden and divide the grief.
- Doug Smith

Check these videos out.


A 19 year old flautist, Katherine Bryan.
Check out how amazing her tone and technique is!


12 year old trombonist, Peter Moore.
"I've known for long time that I'd like to be a trombone player
when I was about five to be honest"
His tone too, is really great for a 12 year old.

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There are more videos that we can learn from on youtube,
so search for some and learn from them.
More exposure means more improvements!

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