Henderson Choir: Hey Punggol!:Practices,Punggolerson,Japanese and Harry Potter

November practices!! Holiday practices are a staple in this choir, especially when our SYF is creeping nearer and nearer, we are doing are best to keep training and becoming much more stronger and bonded in voice and as group in general. As we trained and sang our selected songs we also had the chance to be part of Mr Sato Sans'(world-renowned composer) concert as part of a performance with Punggol Secondary Choir. As Preparation for the concert, we had two trips to Punggol to have sessions with their Choir, who were very friendly and welcoming and in the course of two days we already made some lasting friends. Not only were they great people, they were also awesome singers and surprisingly we could blend easily well and after a short course of time we already sounded like one, solid voice. At the last hour of each session, we had short discussion and practice with Mr Sato San himself and he was such an energetic and child at heart individual who knew when something was not right and really easy to follow.

Mr Sato San was and is known for his work such as Mae-e which is about the lost of people during the 2011 earthquake in Japan. He trained as with passion and was really friendly, he helped plan our formation during performances and taught some hand gestures that would be followed as a sign during our performance. He compared the harry potter books and films as an example to show that it is difficult to show or evoke emotions especially when they are just written. He said that the first three films were amazing,on-point but as the films continued to come somethings were a bit muddled and confused thus overall he said he enjoyed the literature much more:)

On the day of the performance itself, we met very early just in case and went up to our seats. We were quite anxious but it went pretty well and seeing the video it was not bad. There were also other choirs who were also part of a two-part performance, and like the NUSS singathon, there were cute primary school angels and teenagers of our age that sang their hearts out. There were some scuffles here and there but no road is made of smooth cement:) and as the we board the bus onwards endless tunnels, seas away from Henderson, we have surely learnt great things that night have made great experiences to remember oh and plus we got to meet Ms Iddi our Standby conductor and amazing pianist.

Credit: Thank you for Mdm Maizal for those amazing pastries and Mrs Pang and Mrs Ng for the old Chang Kee order for lunch on the exchange session days:D