Overseas Trip

Dear all,

please check your tpjc.net for the online msg that ms liu has sent.
it's a letter for your parents about this trip.
it is to answer their queries about the trip.
hopefully they will allow you to go for this once in a life time trip with the choir.

please give your SLs the confirmation for the trip by this coming wednesday.

Thanks :)

those who havent joined the yahoo groups,join it.the link to the group is under the tagboard.



Wan Ling

Update for Practice

Hey all,

how was it without your seniors on Wednesday?

Anyway, the details for the recording of the college song is out already.

It is confirmed tt we'll be rehearsing for the college song this Fri,maybe for awhile during or after practice.

and WE ARE RECORDING THE SONG THIS SATURDAY.

SO, i expect everyone to be present.

& yup,girls,please remember to pay for your gowns k.
it's $65.

j2 girls,the carolling payout is out already.
meet me aft prac, cos i'll tell you how much you have earned.




Wan Ling :)

20.03.09

[from my perspective]


Immerse your voice




Into the sorrowful rhythm




Of that graceful night wind







The wind full of cries, full of misery






From a broken world left unnoticed.





__Nachwache I.





The melody of the dance





With a hidden story











Left unsung...




For us to sing






__Sounds of joy






Stillness deep in my heart









Lives a prayer













A longing for something...






Beyond reach





___Allelujah





But,




"With determination, nothing is beyond reach."

We can do it, TPJChoir. :-)

~Fym
(Hopefully these pics can help in envisioning the songs...)




Credits:
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20 March 2009, A change that we should see in each and every of us.

Hey guys,
i'm sure each and every of us must have felt the same after today's performace at VJC. Disappointed, after we've work so hard on our pieces for the past few weeks.

Hmm. i choose not to disclose much stuff here, will talk to you guys soon during choir cos its pretty inconvenient.

But in general, this is not the time to point finger's which section or who's at fault.

This choir consists of each and everyone of us, and how we work together as a choir gives us the sound quality we want to achieve. One choir, one sound.

I suppose there are two ways to see today's performace. You either take it as an encouragement to spur you on to work even harder, or.. to see it as a disappointment and leave things the way it is. I know we're disheartened, but do not let this emotion take over you and affect the rest of your performance.

But, do not shrug this lesson aside, remember and learn from this. Take today as a lesson to be learnt.

We believe that each and every one of us are capable to acheiving greater heights.

Do take your sectional and warm up seriously.

and Yes, Actions speak louder than words.

Remember, the best is yet to be. Believe in yourself k. Read below:



Cheer up all, we all can do it! (:


With much love,
Sara Lee

Salve Regina

opps. hello.
i found this video.
it brings back those concert memories last year..
the performance at Esplanade last year during our Phasir De Chanson concert last year.

just look at the proportion! haha. and thank goodness we are going to have a change in the gowns, GIRLS!!! :D



let's hope we can perform better than this at Slovakia.
but we must first clinch that GOLD back (hopefully we can add the honours behind) during SYF.
JIAYOU!




Wan Ling :)))

Friday's Practice

hey everyone, i hope you have benefited from the session we had with the maestro on tuesday. :)

anyway,this is the schedule for friday's practice.
it will be super tiring,so please have an early night tonight & have more sleep.

8-8.30am Warm Ups
8.30-9.30am Practice with Ms Ong
9.30-11am Own Practice
11-12.30pm Lunch + Sleep/Nap
12.30-1pm Warm Ups [again]

*NOTE: Schedule maybe subjected to changes due to unforeseen circumstances.

Sing well with emotions on friday ok? Let's do our best! :D
WAY TO GO, TPJCHOIR!! :)))




With Love,
Wan Ling <333

HAPPY 17TH! :D

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR SUPERMODEL,
YONG JING!!! :DDD

(lol. must insert a supermodel pose from you here. ahaha)
please watch your standing posture!
haha.

with lots of love on behalf of the choir,
YOUR SECRETARY,
Wan Ling

guess who's 18? (:

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY REBECCA FOO! :D:D:D KEEP ROCKING ON, VICE PRESIDENT! HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY ((((:

WITH LOVE, CHOIR COMM 2008/09 <3

p.s. don't be so fierce all the time! no good for the heart, y'know xD

amanda (:

Hi all, let me try to put up the rest of the pictures now.* If any one has any more pictures to share on the blog, you can pass them to me or Wan Ling to upload.

*Ok, computer's having some problems, so I'm holding back the group photos for just alittle while more. So sorry >.<

Another thing: this concerns the SAF(S'pore Arts Festival) concerts, the juniors have to attend 2 concerts while the seniors can choose to go for both or just one.
Compulsory for both to attend Moscow State Chamber Choir on 11 June @ 7.30pm. Seniors can also choose to attend the Ladysmith Black Mambazo on 14 June @ 7.30pm as well.
To avoid too many administrative problems, all seniors are immediately signed up for the Moscow choir, and only those seniors who can pay up for (and want to watch) the Ladysmith Black Mambazo can sign up.
Absolute final deadline for collection of money is this Wednesday. See, pays to read the blog.

See you all bright and shiny next Tuesday =)
~Rebecca(VP)

See if you can recognise who this is ;)

$$$

Hey people!
Everyone is required to go for the two concerts mentioned before by the teachers.
Please bring $30 tomorrow, (as this is quite a huge sum, pass it to me personally)
you'll get $18 back for the subsidy another time.
So in the end, you'll only pay $12 for two world class concerts, issnt that great? :D

Love,
Ming En (the nice ah long ^^)

IMPORTANT DETAILS FOR MARCH HOILDAYS

helloooo choirrrr..

like you all have heard, we have some activities during the March holidays.

one word of advice: dont ever think your holidays will be free when you're in JC.

sorry,but,yup,since SYF is in less than 2 months, we have no choice.

YOU HAVE TO TURN UP FOR EVERY PRACTICE. (sorry amos,but i really have to use CAPS to emphasize the imporatance)

and J1s study for your profiling tests & J2s revise for your SA1s!

take note of these dates again!

17 MARCH - Workshop @ Raffles Music College . we'll be in school at 8am and there will only be one way transport. Whoever doesnt know where it is, click HERE. you all have to make your way back on your own.

18 MARCH- VERY IMPORTANT PRACTICE IN SCHOOL @ 9am - 12pm before friday's performance.
you can wear half-u during holidays.

20 MARCH - THE PERFORMANCE AT VJ. with other JC choirs. please dont disgrace yourselves ok. we must show the unexpected PRO side of our own choir, so other JC choirs,esp the top few dont look down on us.

ANYWAY, we'll practice in school @ 9am & leave for VJ @ 1pm.




alright..that's all for now.






P.S anyone interested in taking over my position after the seniors step down? let me know. thanks.


lots of love,
YOUR SECRETARY
Wan Ling :D

Camp photos

Since you all asked, here they are. Enjoy :)

But first, please remember to brush up on your Everlasting Melody, NOT 'melamine'. If I catch you corrupting this nice song, well, let's just says the consequence will be...painful. Same goes for Alleluja, say it with me: Ah- LEE- lu- yah.

Choir please take note that this Friday we will have to do a short performance for the TPJC staff and principal and 2 vice-principals. We are doing Everlasting, so please work hard at it. Don't forget who's providing the funding for our Europe trip (hint hint ;) )

Please take care of yourselves and your voices as we push on towards the SYF.

Ok, this is just the first set of photos, please wait till I have more time to upload in the near future. =)

Luv, your VP

PRACTICE ON 11 MARCH

HEY PEOPLE.

practice as per normal at 2.30pm.
it will be extended to around 6.30pm to make up for the practice lost during road run.
anyway,we have to practice mama mia & everlasting melody for a performance on friday.





Wan Ling :DDD

choral songs you should listen to =)

Yoru!!!

This is the song that i'm asking Ms Ong to let us sing for the Europe Trip... But she feels we are not gentle enough to attempt this song lol.



Salve Regina (the one we just learnt, no offence to our muslim mates)

Sops were a bit flat, but still nice overall =)



Credo (again, no offence to our muslim mates, but a lot of choral works are religious :|. I'm nt christian btw.)

Some parts a bit weird, but its a VERY nice song (and quite difficult too) if you sing it correctly. Sops got high A (alleluia highest note. should be no kick ler right? haha!), bass 2s got low E-flat (3 semi-tones down from ur lowest note in nachtwache). Go sharp, sops die. Go flat, bass die. lol.


Roger =)

RANDOM

OK.
PEOPLE.

if you didnt know a TPJChoir facebook group actually exists, here's the link for you to add..
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=81da484af49a9b19464c397aa0da73a4&gid=43428700463
haha. at least the seniors will know how great & fun their juniors are. :D

and,speaking of studies, anyone game for a choir study group? lol.




Wan Ling :D

CHOIR CAMP 2009

HELLO ALL ~

FINALLY! the choir camp is over :D

i'm sure all of you had loads of fun with your groups during the race :)
even though it was tiring,but at least you all got to bond & interact together as much as you all want during the process of the race.
it's definitely a great starting point for everyone to get to know each other much better.
at least you start to know each other better in your own group,then you'll be able to know the whole choir well. haha.
anyway,it was really a huge successful with all of you present & attended the camp throughout :D
thank you for your participation! & i hope you do gain valuable experience & benefit from whatever you have learnt from this camp.

J1s,it'll be your turn next year to do such thing,so please do a even better choir camp next year! MUAHAHAHAHA~


Just a reminder, for the next few weeks, we have to practice quite some time for our SYF pieces plus the SHOWCASE THING. GOSH. so, everyone,do your best to perfect our songs ok? like during the next practice. at least we won't have to lose face in front of the other top JC choirs.


LET'S GO CHOIR LET'S GO! :D







With love,
YOUR SECRETARY
Wan Ling :)))

A level results tomorrow

Sorry such a rushed post, but all seniors are excused to collect their results tomorrow.
J1s MUST still come on time. Xian Ming And Wan Rong will lead you guys. Try to sing out, a good experience not to count on your seniors too much ;)

SENIORS: please try to rush back to choir rm asap after collecting your results. Camp activities will have to be pushed back. Leaders please know who you are, what group you are in and your group members.

That's all for now. Wishing seniors all the best for tomorrow- both the current batch and our previous batch. See everyone soon :)

Reb.(a.k.a. VP)

Choir Camp

Hi guys!

Gentle reminder that tomorrow choir starts at 2.30pm sharp! You guys can place your camp stuff in the choir room from 7am to 7.30am.

See you!

Amos

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :)

i know this is totally not related to much of our choir stuff.
but,there are a few of our fellow choir members who celebrate their 17th birthday today :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

TO

QIU MEI (sop)

CHUIN CHI (sop)

JING HAN (bass)


happy birthday :)
all the best in your studies & may all your wishes come true :D

if there is any altos who celebrate your birthday today,
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO :D
sorry since i havent got hold of your birthdays yet..





Wan Ling <333

Yahoo! Groups

Hello guys!

To sign up for the Yahoo! Groups, you need to create a yahoo account. However, you can set your normal email address for all the Yahoo! Groups notices to be sent to, so that you do not need to check the yahoo account.

If you have any more problems feel free to msg me or anything.

Regards,
Amos

CHOIR CAMP PACKING LIST

EARTHLINGS.
the camp packing list is out.
haha.

Choir Camp "Free & Easy" Packing List

1. Sleeping Bag
2. Slippers :)
3. Scores [ IF YOU DON’T BRING, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE WITH MS ONG]
4. Ezlink Card [ Top up at least $10 before day of the camp]
5. Jacket/Windbreaker [optional]
6. Money [Max $20] [for lunch..]
7. Toiletries [Toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, body foam etc..]
8. Towel
9. Comb
10. Undergarments
11. 2 sets of home clothes [ 1 for sleep, 1 for activity]
12. 1 PE/Orientation Tee & ur shorts/fbts [ for activity]
13. Pencil [for writing down whatever Ms Ong says about the songs..]
14. BIG WATER BOTTLE
15. Plastic Bags [ for your change of dirty clothes]
16. Torchlight
17. Poncho/ Umbrella
18. Personal Medications [if needed]
19. HANDPHONE [to facilitate communication]
20. YOURSELF (:

see you all soon k?
check your tpjc.net ok..
you all have no excuse to not bring something that has been mentioned in the list or never pack your bag properly :)





Wan Ling the V.I.S Very Important Secretary :) lol.