Officially start!
OK everything is finalized now.
First session of Guzheng alumni will start on
8 sept, Sat. and 15 sept is the performance. so we only have one session of practice before the performance. Very sorry for this but we all have to work harder for the performance already.
We will be playing 彝族舞曲 for the performance. Please practise before you come for the practice on 8 sept. i understand that many of us haven't touched guzheng for a long time. but just try your best and practise hard in the limited time left. For the performanance, maybe a small group will suffice so that it's easier to coordinate.
We need at least 6 people for the performance. at least 2 people from each sections. If the need arises, we may need to reshuffle people for the 3 sections.
For the first practice session on 8 Sept, it will probably be a longer session. because it's the one and ONLY practice b4 the performance. Maybe i will request
2pm to 6pm. but in future, practice will be 4pm-6pm every other saturday. Extremely light committment. Just 4 hours a month.
I will be meeting the alumni chairperson and zhss principal to discuss some admin matters. so on the first practice, we need to assign ourselves to each guzheng. Every guzheng has a number and i will need to create a list of who is assigned to which guzheng. We are responsible for the well-being of the guzhengs.
Expect another sms to inform you about the exact details of the first practice. Tentatively,
Date: 8 Sept 2007, Sat
Time: 2pm-6pm
Venue: ZHSS (to be confirmed)
latest update
hi people.. most of you should have received one or more of my smses. But for the benefit of those who didn't i shall repeat it here.
ZHSS alumni finally gave me a nod, zhss venue for sat evening! however, they will need to pay extra for security guard. that's why i suggested sat morning to all of you.
Apparently, sat evening is a better choice because most of you have something on in the morning.
So, i will tentatively fix the practice time as: Sat 6pm-8pm, once every two weeks. In the event that we are preparing for a performance, we will increase the frequency of practice to once a week.
I understand that all of us are very busy now. many of us are in university now and some of you are preparing for prelims and A levels. but i really hope you people will spare the few hours of your time once every two week. this is not a very heavy commitment, but i think it is enough to keep the spirit going :)
for those of you preparing for A levels, you may join us after the exam.
Many of you are hesitant about joining cos you haven't been playing guzheng for a long time. please rest assured that many of us here are not playing guzheng in JC too. me included. So i will be going slow at first. don't have to worry that you can't catch up.
Lastly, 15 sept is the school aniversary. So ZHSS alumni requests an item from us. I will hope to make up a small group item for this event. Update you all about the choice of song soon. Any suggestions feel free to sms me at 92281056 or leave a comment here.
Many thanks to those who have replied to my sms. sorry that i haven't been replying cos i need to look at more people's response before i make a decision and inform you all. so do check this blog regularly too.
