hello percky percs! sibf was over today, and i hope that all of you feel okay about it. :) despite the horrible acoustics that the hall had, i think that we all had fun, right? haha oh and i'm putting up the nice and un-zipai photos taken today :) hillary has a hidden talent for artistic shots!

marimba, by hillary
chimes, by hillary

wind chimes, by hillary

artistic vibraphone, taken by hillary. :O their hands are a blur!
picture #1: xingern and aliza stoning.
picture #2: xingern and aliza happy! SEEE so much prettier :D i think this is the first proper picture i've had of both of them smiling at the same time! goodjob, keep it up! :))
heehee our section is cool! and im the second tallest :)))

band prac before SIBF! and everyone is in uniform :)
hello deborah :D it took her 3 shots to pose properly, haha!
kimberley and the piccolo snare.
ARTISTIC SHOT OF THE BELL TREE . i proudly proclaim that i took it, not hillary! :D
egg and tuna and crabmeat sandwiches...SO MANY PEOPLE THREW THEIR SANDWICHES AWAY!!! boo you evil waste-fooders!

I don't know what to say except for:

THANK YOU PERCUSSION 08
I LOVE YOU PERCUSSION 08
I AM VERY VERY VERY PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Hillary (:

hello!

I'm so sorry if I'm spamming this place, but I cannot resist posting some things :D. look below and see really pretty photos courtesy of wanting :D

kimberley!
aliza! (looking like she wants to murder the score)

and doesn't everyone agree, the little ball ball thingy is very cute! :D

anyway, in case anyone is still feeling down or feeling like they screwed up for ensemble or anything, WE DIDN'T! Besides getting the second loudest round of applause, we got compliments from all over the place (I mean, blogs). Like this:

(okay it's not just ensemble, but good comments in general as well!)

"What really impressed me was how in time the entire band was. Almost all (heck, all) the players were staring at Mr. Oura throughout the concert, and the rhythm was so precise (which made Metro Gnome really impressive). It looked like something out of Fantasia (Google's your best friend), and that really rocked.

Technology was really cool. I mean, no conductor and the percussionists still kept in time, what with all the super fast solos. Who thought percussionists would be so professional?

...

But yeah, on the whole, Cadenza XI was good (heck, excellent). *standing ovation*" - from some RI guy

"Carmen... sigh. Good ol' days of 2006. I saw Hillary practicing Carmen's part I solo and that got me wondering. Didn't know they were playing Carmen for Cadenza. On the whole, they did a great job, probably better than us two years ago (oh yes that girl playing my tambourine part did a much better job than me!), and it brought back lots of memories too (like Army of the Nile did in A Tempo). A bit on the slow side though." (DEBORAH LOOK YAY! :D you played tambourine, right!)

"Technology was SUPERB! Me goes, "Why can't WE have perc ensembles like that"

As the saying goes, quality beats quantity, and our two perc ensembles doesn't hold a Sacred Candle to Technology (oh come on, William Tell was a joke, and I don't want to have anything to do with anything that starts with an S and ends with a E). So cool! And if Monument was monumental, then Technology really is technological. They have managed to evoke a sense of modern-ness in that ensemble. So yeah, there you have it." -from Ben

okay see, we played well as a band and as a section :D.

Samantha

hello!

yay we survived Cadenza and we did a good job, okay! To whoever is still feeling zibei/sad/in a bad mood due to their so-called mediocre playing, you played well! everyone played well! :D

My parents said that the ensemble got the second loudest round of applause, the first being when the concert ended! which is really good, because people clap hard after the concert due to the random fun gimmicks! :D. Which means that we did really well for ensemble. (yes sorry, Sam is on a post concert high, which is quite weird).

Anyway, here are some photos that I've found, and yeah, posting them here for all to view!


perc ensemble: everyone except crystalbel and kimberley

argh I cannot get the next photo to load so I won't try ><. anyway, well done! :D and let's continue to strive hard for SIBF! rgssbpercs ftw!

Samantha

hello you guys (: haha its 4 days to cadenza, aren't you feeling the caterpillars hatching in your stomach? mine will manage to grow to butterflies with super-huge wings on the day of cadenza itself (: especially during perc ensemble. hee. but during perc ensemble i'll be distracted with the task of not laughing when it comes to D! anyway, let's work hard for cadenza so that it'll make a really wonderful memory for all of us (especially since we're the only ensemble :))

anyway, i shall add section photos into this post since we haven't had a photopost since eons ago











ALIZA SMILE LA YOUUUUUU!! and omgosh me hillary kimberley look like we're all the same height :DDDDD

Less than a week to go! Please push yourselves so we can pull through this. (push and pull, forces!) MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

Well actually, may the rgssb spirit be with you. And let us not forget that Cadenza isn't the only thing we're counting down to. There's still SIBF and quoting Deborah, the F-word. (Hint: It's a eight letter word).

Aren't you all excited and ready to go? Whooooooooo!
All the way perc (:

LOTSALOVE♥, HILLARYYYYY

We did it! We're bringing ensemble(s) back to the Cadenza stage. Let's impress and show them how much we've put in for this.

Now for two things before we can truly celebrate
1) Where is the last player and her score?
2) Getting through the real thing, ie. Cadenza itself

We're ready for this, yes? 2 Weeks to go.

Hillary