SYF approaches

Actually, SYF approaches isn't the best title ever; SYF was always approaching.

But 5 days to D-Day, it seems alot closer than ever.

I find that I worry too much about other people screwing up than me screwing up. If a soloist screws up, I have this internal wince, but if I screw up, I don't feel anything.

That's not a good sign.

RGSSB got Gold. Saint Patricks got Gold with Honours... the ONLY band out of 50 bands so far to get it.

So... out of 63 secondary school bands so far...

1 got Gold with Honours.
7 got Gold.
55 got the rest.

Please, please, if not Gold with Honours, then at least Gold.

Please, may we turn the latent hope inside each of us into a rushing flow of energy that will course through our limbs, up our diaphragm, into our instruments, and move all listening. Even though not many of us openly express it, many of us do have the passion and the fire needed to melt the hearts of the audience and judges, and make sure that, no matter what we get, we don't regret it. We're almost there, one final push and miracle is all that's left to give, all that's left to hope, and all that's left to expect.

Thats a bit dramatic, but never mind.

Practice today was... not bad. Although we were given a lecture at the start about how RGSSB > RIMB... which is probably true... and also about how some of us had the audacity to go and watch RGSSB SYF performance instead of staying in RI to practice (instigated by our BM)... the rest of the practice was OK. But everyone, watch you crescendos. Brandon, Jia Hui, PLAY LOUDER. AND IN TUNE. For me, I need to stay in timing and train stamina.

Thursday practice, Firday practice, Saturday practice, tentative Sunday practice... then ggxx.

AAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH!!!

Time flies! I'm a band senior, about to take part in SYF. What happened to good old drills in Sec 1??? To the irresponsibility, the skipping, the learning to play, the fun?

Doomsday in 115 hours, 39 minutes, 8 seconds.