Last Monday, after approximately six months of practices, it was time to unleash our hard work and training to five to seven professional judges and an audience consisting of our own teachers, other school choirs and their conductors in the form of three songs which were all in foreign languages hand-picked by our own conductor Mr Adyll. Through practices and meet- ups with three musically trained professionals, we were able to improve and get better in six months. Six months of hard work
and sometimes even sometimes some arguments and friction here and there but we stuck together as on choir family and one voice. With the help of Mr Kentaro Sato and Mr Jude who were both composers, we were able to convey more sincere emotions that were relevant to the specific songs for example "Tinig ng Maralita" which was a song in Tagalog and was regarding the desperate conditions in the Philippines and the even miserable lives of the poor children who live off scrap food in the streets.
Six months after these practice, it was time. Time to sign. Time to see how far we have come. Arriving in SOTA at about 2:30pm after practicing from 11pm the same day, we were excited and anxious, eager yet terrified to the bone. However, we striped ourselves with all of our problems and fears and as Mr Adyll emphasised, we kept our eyes on him and performed and not only sing. I remember Mr Adyll saying that he wanted us not only to sing but to perform and that there is difference between a choir singing and a choir performing. We in my opinion performed what we could, placed our focus and sang on. After about ten minutes of singing I mean I should say performing our hearts out, we were left relieved having performed really well. I asked Mrs Ng our fellow choir CCA teacher what she thought of our performance she distinctly said that we were very invested to Mr Adyll, putting all our attention to him. We then left SOTA feeling upbeat and on a overall happy note. Later this week Wednesday we were greeted with great joy having founded out we attained a certificate of accomplishment (COA/Silver). From a bronze to a silver from 2013 to 2015 , we have improved tremendously and I am personally proud of our great efforts and I am proud of you Choir good job! I hope we will continue to grow and bond together, singing on as time continues-
K PS: The ladies are wearing a revamped classic costume that re uses an old costume but introduces a crimson velvet red band on the waist instead of a blue one.
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| Our pianist, Ms Iddi with our Ladies |
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| WooHOO! |
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| Well done HSS Choir |
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