Y Sunday, February 04, 2007
10:12 pm
First things first. I'M DEAD TIRED. The concert, despite it's inferior quality, was moderately.. well passable.Yesterday was a full day of rehearsals. Shit. Wake up at 8 am, prepare for CO then jet off to school. Practice till 5pm before heading to Parkway with MC for dinner.
Then I had to wait for half an hour for my parents to get my black shoes for the concert. Came home late. Played a bit, slept. Found out I had a slight fever.
Same drill for today, except we headed to the concert hall for a full-dress rehearsal. Because today's a special day, I'll take the liberty of posting pictures =D!
Woodwind buddies tuning their instruments. (Because the conductor loves picking on us.)
Illegal handphone sweat shop.
Aaaand that's the group of us after dinner at the MRT station. (I'm not photogenic though. T_T)
Rehearsals are easssyyyy. Yes, you're on stage with your fancy shirts, pants and socks. But there's a complete lack of an audience.
See, at the actual performance, things really start to change. People focus and don't screw parts they usually do (except lol John.) but open another can of worms. Ah well. At least they weren't too obvious. I actually felt really warm during the song before the interval. I made a few boo-boos and felt myself flush pretty bad. Hopefully no one noticed.
Not the biggest screw up though. By far, the MCs for tonight took the cake. WOW. I mean, "Transversing the DEATH Road"? FFS. How did Silk become Death? Took them THREE tries to get Mike Chiang's (conductor) name right. Not to mention they got every song's name totally WRONG. Hell the audience were LAUGHING OUT LOUD at them. No, not with, because they chuckled at themselves too. Three cheers for VS's MCs. You can be sure I'll protest against y'all MC-ing for us ever again.
Overall though, not too shabby. I think of it this way: Those who bought the tickets or rather, the vast majority of them, do not know much about music. Those who do have knowledge of the arts would not even attend in the first place.
Almost forgot, it's my dad's birthday today. What a coincidence. He almost fell asleep after the first song. Hmm. Happy Birthday daddy?
Had dinner with ex-school friends after the concert. I must say, it's nice seeing them after such a long time. (No, not because I'm slightly more prominent amongst them. I am not as bad as you think, Abygail.) It was my first time at Lau Par Sat. (or however you spell it.) Chester's girlfriend (I think?) mirrors him in a few ways. Very sociable. If I'm not wrong, she knew absolutely no one in the group, yet she could start conversations comfortably. Of course Chester did introductions before hand, but that's not the point. A good characteristic to have, at any rate.
I'm still slightly feverish, so no school for me tomorrow.