September Band Practice Schedule(with more details)

Hi Bandits!

In case you have not read the EMB message posted by Ms Choo, here is the September Holiday Band Practice Schedule:

Tuesday: 9am to 1pm

Band Practice

Wednesday: 8.30 am to 5 pm (expect some delays)

An exchange with 3 bands: Balestier Secondary School, Bartley Secondary School and Northview Secondary School

The schools will arrive at about 9.30 am. Plans include full band, sectionals and other activities (to be confirmed later) Lunch will be catered so please check whether you can make it for the practice on Wednesday and tell your SLs by this Friday. The bands will leave at about 4:30 pm and if nothing goes wrong you will be dismissed at about 5pm.

Also, please polish up your instrument playing skills and put on your best behaviour on that day. Be helpful and take innitiatives.

Thursday: 9 am to 1 pm

Band Practice + instruments and rooms cleaning. Please bring the accessories needed to clean your instruments(brass soap, slide grease, etc) on that day. If you are unsure what you need to clean your instruments, approach the QM. Everyone also needs to bring along a rag on that day to clean up OBR, main hall, side rooms and sectional rooms.

*All band practices during September Holiday are compulsory. If you have any official reasons such as official make-up lessons(not tuition)/tests/remedials/compulsory school events that you can’t run away from, please notify your SLs in advance. Thank you.

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There will not be anymore official band practices after the September Holiday. Before wishing all of you all the best for your EOY examinations, I would also like to remind you that we have only a few weeks after the examinations to the concert which will be held in early December. Thus, to avoid being suffocated by MORE stress before the concert, worse than that you get before exams, please continue to come for individuals during the exam period. 3 hours of (focused) practice a week should be the minimum and that is hardly enough to prevent your standard from dropping.

Also, before the examinations get closer, please start working on Eb Suite and Silvercrest. Notes and (accurate) Rhythm should be completed before the end of September Holidays. I believe you guys have the ability to multi-task and will not neglect your instrument playing even under the tremendous stress of EOY exams.

Last but not least, ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR EXAMS!!! :D

Po En

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