FESTPIEL XVII (A Whitley Concert Band Production)

so the guys (around a third of MSSMB) and me went for Festpiel XVII by the Whitley Concert Band.
after practice, we met at the ticketing concourse of Hougang MRT. we THOUGHT we were late, and kenneth ang nearly made us miss a 2nd ride.

from Hougang > Dhoby Ghaut > City Hall > Raffles.

phooi (it's better than kenneth. so common) lent me his nano, browsed thru and finally i have a junior with similar music interests. ran all the way to VCH.

we were damn early, and we occupied the front two rows. being a group of band members, rather than bonding we were sorta 'banding'. like a loud bonding. terrence kept shouting handsome, when mr sukit was bowing toward the audience. it wasn't really filled, around the same as M9.

pieces :

Flight of The Thunderbird (Richard L. Saucedo
Florentiner March (Julius Fucik)
Grease (B. Gibb, J. Jacobs & J. Farrer)
Xylomania (Wim Laseroms)
Seventh Night Of July (Itaru Sakai)

Intermission

Percussion Ensemble (Technology)
When Summer Takes Flight (played by the Junior Band)
Brazilian Portrait (Kawano Kunihiro)
El Bimbo (Morgan? ... seriously, Morgan?)
Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)
Brazil (Michael Kamen)
In The Mood (Joe Garland)

& i think a piece with the word 'tequila'? in it for the encore.

funny part during the percussion ensemble, wee muttered (audibly within the group) 'poseur!' 'cause we played technology for M9. and when the bells solo was .. well, messed up .. wee said 'ah ma better la, ah ma rocks'
sure, if i put in writing it'd sound really lame. it's those 'you-had-to-be-there' situations.

after concert was dinner or rather supper, at lau pa sat. after getting our stomachs filled, home it was .. and MRT was the transportation. oh yea, clarence said 'women X men = wo(men)²'
really lame stuff, but enough to keep you entertained thru out the ride home.

man, i really wanna meet the whitley band members. they're awesome. in many several ways :)

i assume they're made up of some sec 4s, not really sure if their sec 4s have passed over or however their system works over at whitley. they play reeeeeeallly well. we're both under Mr sukit, but still our standard is limited to grade 4 songs (FOTF lmao)

exams in 2 months (or so) and theory tests in september.
i can reach the low notes with no hardship. the test now is when the new low A-key b.sax arrives, have to adapt to the keys, and work on the low A (important for Albireo).

note to self : gideon needs help with the alto.

alif out.