New acquaintances! Today, ( yesterday rather ) we had a band exchange with xin min. Reported to school at 10 and we did warm ups and went through pieces. The morning was cold. So was in the afternoon. Actually, recently, everyday is cold. A change! Finally.

Lunched. I talked to some people whom i seldom talk to. We talked about lime green luggages and many more. juNe Ping went for dental and came back with a Disney umbrella and SUBWAY~! God. Haven't have that in a long time.

We shifted everything down to the hall where the exchange was going to take place. I suddenly realized that hao lun is actually very weak. Physically : D

While tuning up in the hall, Xin min walked in. Heheh. First person i saw was a trumpeter! YAY! Grr... Tuning was really out for me today. Don't do this to me with 8 more days left. God bless. First to perform was the symphonic band, which consists of secondary 2s and 3s. Basically, everything was alright... Until symphonic episode. How ironic. Symphonic band can't play symphonic episode. Ok... That was... err... Haha.

Xin min was up next and they did March Blue Sky and Sunshine. At a really slow pace. It was ok. Nice section tone. They sounded together. No one sticking out or hiding. And best thing is, they blended with the band. NICE! After which, is the set piece for the competition they are going to on 3 april. Kinda ok. Although a bit screwed. GANBATTE! Flight! Adventure in the Sky, written by Mr Benjamin Yeo for MTDC. : ) They did quite well. Could use as a reference. Did anyone record? In anyway, Xin min was really good! Good luck for your competition! Do well!

Wind ensemble. AHH~!! Die. We did Arsenal, which sounded like a lump of sound according to mr tan. AHH!! 8 more days. I just have to keep reminding myself... Dumb! Shenandoah was... Ok. Ahh!! So many parts never come in properly. Bush Dance. The killer. Beginning was one of the better ones but not the best. We did better before. My solo was ok in the beginning phase until I was settled and rushed abit. The rest was practically ok. Part S was better. By a lot. Gondwana was ok. Except no strength already.

So, to wrap it all up, the exchange was... ok : ) We packed up and had interaction time with our respective xin min sections. We took a very long time before we made contact with them. Their other conductor asked me how i could play the running notes... I didn't know what to say... Just crapped. The truth is, I didn't look at that part as a running part. More of melody. Hope it will help. When we finally did communicate, they had to leave. Manage to learn their names. Secondary 2s: Tricia, Wan Rong, Jia Jia. Secondary 3s: Lin Rei, Hui xing. Secondary 4s... I only know albert and yu feng... Nice to meet you guys! Their secondary 2s are like ours. One short, one middle height and one tall.

After the whole thing, I had a talk with " Soloist ". Got to know her better in terms of how she thought and all. I can tell she is damn stressed. Jiayous! Hang in there!