CCKSS chinese orchestra

2009-12-11T20:46:00.004+08:00

The message(about the thing we going to do on CO nite) you'll be receiving from your SLs/chairman by today or tomorrow is a must to reply by 13 December, Sunday.
If never receive/still not sure what im talking about, add me/libin on msn for details
Wei Ting : ngwitg94@hotmail.com
Li Bin : libin_sito@hotmail.com
Pass the above message around. Thanks

&, you guys know what we are going to do on CO nite.
Learn it.
But there will be minor changes to the dance

Mirrored Version of Sorry Sorry

&

Nobody's tutorial part 1

Nobody's tutorial part 2

2009-12-05T14:33:00.004+08:00

Latest Updates :

Sec 1s, please be reminded for CO nite you are to purchase
1) White long sleeve shirt
2) Long black pants (preferably not skinny type, those office-alike ones)
3) LONG black socks (No ankle socks should be seen)
4) Black shoes (preferably not high heels type)
Enquiries are to be clarified with your seniors before our next practice on 21st

To all , please take note. You are to :
1) pass up all your CO nite reply slips latest by 21st december, which is our next practice.
2) remind each other there is extended practice from 2pm-5pm after 21st morning practice
3) Remember there will be a practice for "special item" on 22nd afternoon

Sec 3s, please be reminded to come to school on the 17th of December.
We had briefed you about the things to be done on that day yesterday.
Anything just text me (:

& last thing,
there will be a countdown "party" at Hong Kah North CC on the 31/12/09 from 9.30-12 ++.
Tickets are at $2 each.
Interested parties do approach any of the 4 chairmans.
Thank you.

26/5/09

2009-05-26T19:25:00.002+08:00

Attention to all Secondary 4&5 CO members!

Tomorrow(27/5) will be our farewell party as well as a celebration for our SYF.

so please turn up for this final event.

report to CO at 4.30pm

and we will be having lots of fun, hopefully? haha.

just sit around, chat with your juniors. stressfree.

so DO TURN UP! :D

see you guys then! :)

Last and Out!

2009-05-02T15:36:00.002+08:00

30 April ended with a bang! :)

the performance was really great! :D

if you could just feel ourselves, we totally owned the audience!

that was the kind of feeling we should have when performing!

no stress, no worries, no pressure, no tension!

:) that was simply lovely music!

i must applaud the sec3s for doing such a fine job this time and making the sec4s relax most of the time. :)

you guys did a fantastic job and it is a great comfort for the sec4s to see your ready to take over us.

for the new committee, the names are not out yet and we will release the results ASAP.

when you guys return from your mid years, the results should be out! :D

it was the last day for the sec4s and you guys deserve a BIG BIG HUG from one another!

your have survived and endured the difficult times and the nights and hours that we have spent in getting CO to do better and better.

now its time that your have to pack your feelings and put it aside, and quickly get back to your studies. i know its tough placing everything down.

but you need to lighten these loads to place all your academic loads on as well.

:) i really wish all of the sec4s to do well in your O levels and i hope that the 4, 5 , 6 distinctions, as well as the top scorer and student of the year, will come from CO.

i know we can do this. :) we shall pwn O level like its chicken feet and get all the great results and go into the courses we want. :D

To the ex-chairmans, JK and MX, you guys did a great great job. i cannot stop praising you guys.

in my letter, in my blog, and even HERE! haha. you guys are simply fantastic.

CO could do so well, because you guys were always around with your groups as well as CO.

To the Future Chairmans, you may not have to follow our footsteps,you can choose the way you may want CO to go. But i just hope you will remember that you are not just accountable to yourself, but to the school and to CO.

once you carry this respondsibility, you have to carry all the way. if you find its a burden at any point of time, approach any of your seniors, we will be more than willing to help you.

just dont carry everything on your own shoulder, share the load, you will feel easier.

CO: I apologise for the rash and hasty decision that i have made over the past years. I have also not bother much about you guys feelings and all i wanted was to see results as well as getting what i wanted. it might have come down hard on you guys but i want to assure you guys that it was nothing personal. even if i have to choose all over again. i will still pick this route that i have walked, because i think the scoldings and the shoutings were needed.

i hope the next chairman would not have to be like me.. having to do everything himself/herself. its not that my team of committee is not good enough. but its just that i failed to trust my judgement and i only believed in myself. so i want to apologise for what i've done and hopefully the next chairman will learn the good pointers and not the bad habits. :)

sec3s, its all up to you guys now. whether CO is going to be led well in your hands, its a choice that you guys will and can make. remember, its not the position that marks who you are in everyones' heart, but it is what you do and what you believe in that truely marks the way you are..

whether or not you are chairman or non-committee or committee, your all have a part to play. CO is your hands now. ALL THE BEST!

i dunno what else to say already. been typing for hours. haha.

anyone who wish to say or post anything.

can send me what your want to say, and i will post it for you guys. :)

Dave.

2009-04-25T14:46:00.000+08:00

Some old school video. Smile! =)

2009-04-22T19:09:00.002+08:00

Definitely, we are extremely unhappy with today's results.

Certainly, we wanted more than just this.

However, you guys really did a splendid job today. Your senior who watched the performance today said that she's very touched by what you all played.

Over the past few months, most of you have put in lots of efforts into this, and I believe anyone who have seen you all through all these while will be able to see that.

Kudos goes out especially to TB , percussion and CnB, because I really think that it's an achievement to play out something of such high standards despite the absence of a diyin and percussion instructor, and for TB, just having Chen Lao Shi to teach such a big group of you. It certainly takes lots of motivations and effort to play out something like that.

Of course woodwind and xian yue have put in lots of effort as well! =PP

But well, the judges will never know the amount of effort you all have put in and the difficulties that you all have. To them, it's just another secondary school chinese orchestra.

But you all know, and we all know, that you all have put in the best effort and have staged the best performance thus far.

This is really what that matters.

The results today may be an understatement of your true abilities, but it's time to move on and get ready to show everyone what we are really made of in 2011.

To the Sec 4s: Please please please come back and help out in CO whenever you can after you graduated, ok? and I guess this really goes out especially to seniors in TB, CnB and percussion, since you all how difficult is it for us to -cough- to cope with three instructors(when the school next door has five), any help from you all to guide them will certainly help your juniors to improve faster, and get ready for the next challenge, ok? Like what libin says, if they all get gold, it means we all get gold.

To the rest of the juniors: Now it's your turn to bring back what we should deserve. You have seen how much your seniors really wanted the gold back. Work hard, practise hard and listen to your dear instructors, they are the ones who can give you the best advice on how you should play. Please please please jia you!

2009 we may miss it by this small bit, but never mind, let's bag it back in 2011!

2009-04-19T22:54:00.002+08:00

Dear juniors! =D

Just found a video online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

They don't let me embed it here but please watch ok! =)

All I want to say from the video is that do believe in yourself, enjoy what you are playing, that will be THE music you will be creating on Wednesday. =)

On another note,

This is the video I have mentioned before. Hehe, if you want to be so enthu like the sheng soloist, I guess no one can stop you. =D

Jia you for the next 2 days and enjoy the last lap ok!

要haolian!要lovethemusic!
dy

2009-04-18T01:12:00.005+08:00

i totally agree with dave koh.
disappointment.
there's is little we, chairmans, be it junkai,dave, or me can do now.
however, a little CHANGE in everyone's attitude can help the entire CO.
ask yourself, have you ever feel that u had done more than enough for CO?
if it's a no, please, be a little more enthu, a little more interested and a little more concerned.
jus for a few more days.
working hard for jus the next few days may get us a gold.
y not?
our hardwork will be paid off.

even though u may had heard that we may get gold.
so?
in reality, we HAVEN got a gold.
and we still have only a few more days to PREPARE ourselves.
ARE YOU UP TO THIS GAME of OURS?

the only and main problem now is your ATTITUDE towards CO.
it's one of one last practice.
did u make full use of those hours?
did u play all the parts that mr lee had corrected you right?

there was once a feedback that you guys are having to much scoldings from us & are getting sick of CO.
do u think you really DONT deserve it?
however, we still take that.
we didnt scold you all.
we tolerated your misbehaviours.
every now and then, the chairmans&vicechairmans&other committee are settling all the problems, doing things for you.
opening/closing the doors, marking your attendances, your CO CAMP last year, CO NIGHT last year, SYF showcase in sch,preparing all the ties, instrument, xuans.
and its real hard for us to plan all this stuff.
why do you think we will want to spend all our time on these?
its for u.
and you all take it for granted.
so why cant you jus care about CO more this few days?

lastly, i hope today's incident of the LIUQIN, teaches everyone a lesson.
at this point of time, and u broke your instrument.
and few weeks back, they broke another LQ.
PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR INSTRUMENT.
treat it wif care.

to those who wants a position, PROVE it to us.

want some glory,

work hard together&motivate the rest.

we're together as a whole,

nth is impossible.

minxuan

17/4/09

2009-04-17T23:02:00.002+08:00

one of the last few practices already.

where are we heading to?

gold? silver?

today was very disappointing, i don't know if its because of the fact that there is no instructor.

but you guys attitude was appalling. i hope this rowdiness and poor attutude will cease from today onwards. let's all move towards our "gold" for SYF.

to be truthful, my worry is not just SYF result.

although i know this standard is not our best yet, but theres not much that i can really do now as well.

however, if ur don't know yet, the school is going to make like a mini hall from our combine room to our CO room. and now that DANCE got GOLD for their SYF, and if we did not perform as ideal as them, then guess who will get the priority of the whole room next time?

this world is realistic and cruel, if we want to maintain what we have, or get more than what we are given right now, we have to WORK for it. Prove to the school that we are worth spending the money on.

no point complaining since we got nothing to show as well.

i know this is not our best. and we can still make it on time.

it is just whether you guys want to work for it.

we left 5 days. its all up to your.

i cannot make much of a difference.

but if we all put in effort and do our very best,

we can still carry our heads up even if we get silver.

at least, we know we have tried our best.

but if we were to be awarded silver now, can you lie to yourself that we have already put in our best efforts in preparing for the SYF?

for 30th april's showcase, i intend to let some of the potential sec 3 s to take over our chairperson's respondsiblities and organise CO for the showcase, so can i seek you guys' fullest support in aiding your peers. give them the support they need:)

CO, i hope you guys will understand that. As a family, we do not just share the GOOD TIMES.

we cheer, celebrate and be happy together. but at the same time, we slog, sweat and toil as a family as well. i really wish to see us sharing the BAD and TOUGHEST time together as well.

i am not able to take the blow entirely, the committee is not able to as well.

but if all of us, ALL OF US have no complains and push ourselves, i believe we will all taste the fruit of our labour. we will soar.together as one.

14/4/09

2009-04-14T21:13:00.002+08:00

today DANCE has competed in their SYF this afternoon

and on 16 april, its choir's turn.

and lastly, CO is going for out SYF on 22 april! :D

its 8 days from now!

last week to chiong!!

ALL THE WAY GUYS! :D

its not gold/silver that we can or will take.

as long as we know we place our best and greatest effort with no reservations,

we've cliched gold with honours already. :)

just put our best in what we play and everything will be fine. :)

jiayous!

13/3/09

2009-03-13T21:07:00.002+08:00

for tomorrow's CCA,

you guys may want to come in your CO shirt first, then change when we reach there.

Remember that tml is full dress rehearsal, so wear long black pants, your black shoes, white long sleeve shirt, as well as your black socks. :)

report at 5.30pm sharp.

it will be quite a rush, so its best if your can come slightly earlier.

that will be greatly appreciated.

those who stay behind for the meeting, please report at 5pm tml.

and we will have to quickly do our things.

it will be a rush against time.

please eat before u come.

it may get alittle taxing when we get there.

and we would not one to have any of your feeling unwell during the course of the event.

Sleep early and hope to see all of your in your best tml! :)

its going to be like our real test.

so take it seriously. :)

2009-02-20T22:33:00.003+08:00

ok. HI PPL!

its CHUA MIN XUAN here.

eh, not dave, k. LOL

k, my purpose is to show u the picture.

the wordings in it.

"IMPOSSIBLE IS JUST A BIG WORD THROWN AROUND BY SMALL MEN

WHO FIND IT EASIER TO LIVE IN THE WORLD THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN TO

THAN TO EXPLORE THE POWER THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT.

IT'S AN OPINION.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A DECLARATION.

IT'S A DARE.

IMPOSSIBLE IS POTENTIAL.

IMPOSSIBLE IS TEMPORARY.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!"

after countless of scoldingS, it didnt seem to impact you all much.

i dont know when u all will WAKE UP.

i dont know when u all will realise the importance of keeping quiet,

listening to other instruments and paying attention to mr lee

and how GOOD is mr lee.

he is a damn nice conductor, k.

he's very patient and friendly and reasonable. he jokes too!

other sch conductors may not as nice as mr lee..

and have u ever realise he NEVER scold us.

he only say us and suan us only.

HAHA.

oh! and pitching[for all kinds of erhu, C&B,woodwind] is damn important too,

while for plucking is tuning the instruments.

if we want to get gold with honour, it is POSSIBLE.

but are u all able to work extremely hard?

making sure u perfect the whole songs?

we are left with 3weeks

=6practices

=6x3h

=18h of practices only.

mus minus away the time which u all take u prepare.

mb we left wif 15h?

so lets practice hard before it's too late.

giving in 101% of hardwork together.

when it's time to be serious, pls concentrate.

when it's time to have fun, enjoy it.

dont drag down the whole entire co becos of you.

everyone has a part to play.

only till 14march...

14/2/09

2009-02-14T01:08:00.002+08:00

Happy Valentines Day to all of you guys. :)

those have dates, thats great.

those who do not have dates, its great too! (concentrate on studies and CO!!)

lolx!

alrights, practice was so-so.

lets work together to make the both songs sound best to us.

i feel we are getting closer and closer each practice.

all we got to do is press on all the way till april.

all the best.! :)

6/2/09

2009-02-06T20:35:00.003+08:00

the new committee is out.

so i hope that we can work together for syf and afterwhich,

we will pass the crown to our juniors.

hope that you guys will take our practices more seriously.

i do not wish to shout at you guys, today almost hit the brim.

but i did not want to hold you guys back.

:) enjoy your weekends,

see your on wednesday for our sectionals, most probably.

(practise on your posture and pitch)

11/1/08

2009-01-11T00:08:00.002+08:00

2009 is going to be an exciting year to be.

please be prepared and ready to receive your fellow sec one juniors.

as well as to prepare for our syf.

intensive training will come further on during feb or march.

so please do not slack in class.

we cannot afford to lose concentration. :)

also, do take care of your body no matter how busy you are.

thank you. :)

23/12/08

2008-12-23T00:15:00.001+08:00

EVERYONE TAKE NOTE THAT.

29 DECEMBER 2008, practice from 10am-1pm.

then lunch break.

followed by 2pm-5pm practice. :)

please be punctual.

LAST PRACTICE FOR 2008 lerhs.. PLEASE COME!! :D

SEE YOUR SOON!

19/12/08

2008-12-20T15:12:00.002+08:00

thank you all those who have came down on 16 and 19 of december. :)

it was rather early for the holidays to come down.

but a BIG BIG THANK YOU to you all for being punctual and it was really great time playing music with your guys. :)

corrections from what i said,

the CIP hours will be changed to 3 hours instead.

cuz we ended before 11am.

so ya, sorryys!

see you guys on 29 of december, Monday.

(: rest well, enjoy your Christmas Parties and have fun! :)

till then... BYES!.

Dave.

15/12/08

2008-12-15T02:25:00.002+08:00

hey guys!

those involved in the performance this friday 8am-12nn.

remember to come for practice from 9am to 12noon of tuesday, 16 december ok?! haha.

songs are to be confirmed by 16/12.

so prepare your scores and everything.

:) going to start practice tml. :)

see you guys tml morning then!

going to sleep now.

tired. ><

05/12/08

2008-12-05T19:16:00.002+08:00

10 and 12 december 2008--- practice from 2pm to 5pm. :)

please be punctual!! :D

today combine session was great to me! :)

you guys were very disciplined and your minimised talking and noise being produced during our practicing time. :)

which i am really happy about it! keep it up guys! :D

also hope that your will rmb what i said to your today. :)

wish to see improvements too k? :D

rest well! see you guys on 10dec, 2pm!!!

inform those who were not present for pracitces. :)

Dave.

27/11/08

2008-11-27T22:48:00.002+08:00

just like to address a few points in CO.

the CO Nite is over and i wish to take this opportunity to ask all of your to reflect upon this experience.

did you guys fared well personally?

or were your very nervous?

the secondary one students, how did you feel during the concert.?

hope you can ask yourself such questions and from there, improve. :)

first,we got to be aware of what are our strengths and flaws.

then we accept them.

and we adapt with them!

i am not telling you guys that, you cannot be NERVOUS on stage.

everyone will bound to be nervous!

but we need to make the nervousness constuctive!

if not, it will be destructive.

another point is that our attendance of certain members are not regular.

can the Secion Leaders please follow up with these people's case?

we cannot afford to have them come and go as they please.

it will be very difficult on our practices.

so please try your best in getting all members to attend.

or have VALID reasons if they are not attending.

the practice is still too noisy and it is not productive at all.

SAME instructions have to be repeated OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

its not just once or twice, but EVERYTIME!.

and when conductor is coaching a certain group, the rest of the groups,

can your please do not chat loudly or practise?

it is very irritating to have all sorts of instruments' sounds and the chattering.

i do not wish to shout or chase people out of the room.

but if it leaves me no choice, then i got to do it.

so please be incharge of your own discipline during practice hours.

next is that, we need to have better sense of urgency,

be it before or after practice.

we can see people taking their time to set up and still chit chatting along thier way.

even if we are late.

committee members, can we all take charge in rushing them to get ready faster for practice?

and even when keeping instruments, please rush.

so that meeting starts and end fast.

:) thank you.

CO CAMP 2008 pics

2008-11-22T02:32:00.002+08:00

ALRIGHT guys! look at the time now!! haha.

i been uploading our camp photos! :)

hope your enjoy it..

http://s447.photobucket.com/albums/qq195/Davekoh1902/CO%20CAMP%202008/?albumview=slideshow

21/11/08

2008-11-22T00:07:00.002+08:00

CO NITE 2008 was a HUGE SUCCESS!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK! :)

this concert marked the end of our hardwork and all the practices that we had.

though CO NITE 2008 has ended, we still got next year waiting for us!

and i will definately try to make 2009 a better year as well as to make it as enriching as possible. :)

take a good rest for now, but also do practise hard! to prepare yourself for next year! :D

first day of the camp,

we played games and we enjoyed ourselves very much..

this could not have happened without the committee and the game ICs,

so i would like to take this opportunity to THANK all of them who have put in a lot of effort in planning the games out for all of us to enjoy!

THANK YOU!

today was tiring but its all worth it!

Great Job everyone!

btw, hope that this concert will also remind us the IMPROTANCE of looking at the conductor.

i would like to tell all of your this.

"the score is dead, but the conductor is alive"

i know its soo DUH! haha.

but at times, MANY, we tend to look at the score instead.

but remove the HABIT!!

BE CONFIDENT, and look at the conductor.

its better to see the conductor than seeing the score!

will post the pictures up soon!

once again, thank you everyone! :D

31/10/08

2008-10-31T00:20:00.002+08:00

its been awhile since the camp committee has met.

wonder how is their progress.

hmms. shld i hold another meeting, or shld i wait for them to b proactive and ask me?

umm, i wonder.

21/10/08

2008-10-21T22:50:00.002+08:00

today met up with the camp committee for the first meeting and also seeing their first draft for the proposal.

comments are that, your are too brief.

need to spend the extra effort to actually put the thinking thoughts down into the paper so that as i read, i do not have to do the thinking also.

if not then the proposal gets very tedious as every explanation needs you to go one by one.

so maybe your can pay more attention to the details and be more precise?

also, to thank your for staying back and spending the time to plan and suffer those few hours.

i was more lenient on the first draft.. i will be more demanding as the deadline draws nearer.

so be prepared for major changes and urgent meetings or rushed deadlines.

what i want by the next meeting is the following:

Timeline for Campers and Committee.

Supporting Members list.

Location needed throughout the camp.

Games Introduction, Arrangement.

Content Page, Objective of the camp.

take note of these few points..

i will inform the next meeting, lastest by thursday?

:) hope to see you guys soon.. any problems.. can always find me..

also, can approach the other members of the camp committee.

lastly, thank you for being part of the committee.

i know its not a easy job. :D

thank you!

A successful event will never be possible without the planning committee. you guys are the CORE! you rock. xD

17/10/08

2008-10-18T00:43:00.002+08:00

Today had a combine practice.

its a long time since we practise as a whole family..

the feeling was nice.. but the standard was definately not there.

so i seek cooperation from you guys that we buck up for the concert in november and SYF next year.

time may seem to be infinite for now..

and we might just kip delaying.

bt procrastination will not help at all.

and preparation is always better.

so please start practising more and getting yourself familiar to the songs.

bring a pencil and highlighter into the combine practice next time.

write as much things on your scores.

like... f,p, mp, mf, ff, <, >.

and highlight all these to make it prominent so that even when you are nervous, you still can see it and will not miss it.

next practice is on 5 of november, 2.30-5.30pm.

please be punctual.

we will start marking attendance at 2.15pm or even eariler.

so those after 2.30pm, will b strictly marked as late.

so leave house eariler. :)

thank you!

see all of your on the 5th of november..!!

those planning the CO camp proposal,

21st of october, 2.10pm @ canteen.

first draft, as well as the viewing of an example proposal.

see you guys! and i thank your for taking up the respondsibilty.

as well as taking up your holiday time to do this.

but its for a good cause, so why not?

something meaningful and beneficial.

you will have more experience then. :)

ok! see you guys on 2.10pm, 21st october. :)

16/10/08

2008-10-16T22:31:00.002+08:00

17/10/08- CO practice.

those who already know about this website.

i need your help to spread to the rest about this website.

i will annouce it soon, but i hope that this blog will be of use as soon as possible.

thanks.

Dave.

15/10/08

2008-10-15T21:00:00.000+08:00

birth of our blog :)

hope this can help to improve communication.

as we are a very big family..

camp proposal open to all actually. :)

i welcome any proposal.. jus approach me if u are interested. :D

thanks.

dave.