Hey guys! :D

As you all know, it's our study break now and there's no CCA! >:( I feel kind of weird that there's no Choir on Wednesdays and Fridays now lol, not sure if you feel the same.

Anyways, for those who are interested to study together, let's all occupy the Library from 230 on Wednesdays and 3 on Fridays yeah? Since we're not supposed to have CCA now, let's make use of the time to finish up our tutorials and start studying for Promos! You can leave anytime you want aha because it's your own study time 8) Treat it like normal CCA time, but instead, we study!

Also, for the concert on 5th September, since we're not performing anymore, let's all try to go for the 7.30pm show! Please remember to pay for your 7.30pm tickets if you haven't! Pay to Jonah Wang asap. Most of the Excos (Music + Admin comm) will be helping out backstage, and Nadiah and I will be Emceeing so haha you guys need to find your own arrangements (as a section/own cliques) to go for the show yourselves yeah! It's this Sunday ;)

Let's all work hard for this short period of time! LET'S ACE PROMOS TOGETHER WHOOO and show them that not only do we work/play hard in Poland, we can also ace our studies! Jia you!

Gillian

UPDATES :D

Heys all!
Please remember to check your email/gmail/hotmail for invitations because we're sending out the invitations to join the tpjchoir yahoo group alrights!

Also, please remember to bring your SHOES for the costume check on WEDNESDAY, 25th August.
There are consent forms going around tomorrow so don't leave school until you've collected your very own consent form from your SLs!! :D (sounds like some limited edition freebie LOL)

That's all for todayy :D
BLESSINGS FOR A GOOD NIGHT :D

Hi all! This announcement is important so take note alrights (:

NUMBER ONE: Lyrics
These are the lyrics to the songs, please memorize them asap alrights ^^

Cash Changes Everything

Ps: The black words are the original lyrics, the green onces are the spoofed version.

Cash Changes Everything (I)
Love, love chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: hands and faces, earth and sky
Cash, cash chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: hands and faces, earth and sky

Love, love chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: how you live and how you die.
Cash, cash chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: how you live and how you die.

Love can make the sum-mer fly or a night seem like a life-time.
Cash now give us end-less fun or a night seem like a life-time.

Yes love, love chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: Now I tremble at your name.
Yes cash, cash chang-es ev-‘ry-thing: Now I tremble at your name.

Noth-ing in the world will ev-er be the same.
Noth-ing in the world will ev-er be the same.

Cash Changes Everything (II)
Off in-to the world we go; plan-ning futures, shap-ing years.
Off in-to the world we go; plan-ning shop-ping, try-ing shoes.

Love, bursts in and sud-den-ly, all our wis-dom dis-ap-pears.
Cash, bursts in and sud-den-ly, all our wor-ries dis-ap-pears.

Love makes fools of ev-ery-one; all the rules we make are bro-ken.
Cash makes fools of ev-ery-one; all the nets and cre-dit cards too.

Yes love, love chang-es ev-‘ry-one; live or pe-rish in its flame.
Yes cash, cash -es ev-‘ry-one; live or pe-rish in its bills.

Love will nev-er, nev-er let you be the same.
Cash will nev-er, nev-er let you be the same.

Lover will nev-er, nev-er let you be the same.
Cash will nev-er, nev-er let you be the same.

Ah –
Yes cash –

First Man You Remember

[Guys] I want to be the first man you remember
I want to be the last man you forget
I want to be the one you’ll always turn to
I want to be the one you won’t regret

May I be first to say you look delightful
May I be first to dance you round the floor
The very first to see your face by moonlight
The very first to walk you to the door

[Girls] Well young man I’ll be delighted
There is nothing I would rather do
What could be a sweeter mem’ry
Than sharing my first bill with you?

[Guys] I want to be the first man you remember
[Girls] The very first to buy me a big treat
[Guys] I want to be the one you always turn to
[Girls] The first to make my young heart miss a beat
(Away from the guys, but facing the audience) ew!
[Both] The very first...
The very first!

Other Pleasures

Other pleasures, and I've known many...
Afternoons in warm Venetian squares
Brief encounters, long siestas...
Pleasures old and new, can't compare with you

You amaze me! Where did you come from?
You do things champagne could never do.
Crystal winters, crimson summers...
Other pleasures, I would trade them all for you.

Pleasures old and new, can't compare with you...
Wild mimosa, the scent of evening,
Shuttered rooms, with sunlight breaking through,
Crazy soirees, lazy Sundays...
Other pleasures, I would trade them all for you.

Sailing off in the night on a silver lake
Taking more from this life than I ought to take...
Other pleasures, I would trade them all for you.

Mermaid Song

Guys: (I am a mermaid with golden hair)
I am a rich man with stylish hair

Girls:
I've never seen one like you

Guys: (Not all us mermaids have......I have no tail at all)
Not all us rich men love credit cards
I only want your love

Girls: (Well I've never seen any....Maybe a touch too tall)
Well I've never seen any spoilt brats with such big hearts,
I'd say this tale was a touch too tall
Maybe a touch too tall

Guys: (Sailors would smash on my jagged rock, lured by my siren song)
You are so pretty and beautiful
I only have eyes for you

Girls: (It isn't the song of the......that's where it all goes wrong)
It isn't your charm and your good looks that captured me
That's where your theory goes sadly wrong
That's where it all goes wrong

Guys: I thought you'd know better
You know nothing about rich men

Girls: You know nothing about poor girls

Guys: I do, much more than you
If I gave you ev'ry thing that I had
Would you stay here for me?

Girls: I wouldn't be foolish enough to stay by your side
I'd drive my Ferrari out of here
(say) Hasta la vista, baby!

Thats all for the lyrics (:
SPECIAL THANKS to those who helped to send me the spoofed version of the lyrics! <3 And also thanks to all of you who helped to come up with ideas for this set of lyrics :D

NUMBER TWO : Consent forms
There will be consent forms regarding the musical passed around on Monday (23rd August) so please be alert!
The consent forms will be passed to Gillian so SLs please collect
the consent forms from Gillian on Monday.
Gillain will sms you all when she gets the consent forms yeah!
Please hand back the consent forms to your SLs on Tuesday (24th August).
SLs pls compile the forms and kindly pass the consent forms to Gillian yeah (:

NUMBER THREE: Ticketing Sales
The tickets for the 5th Sept concert are out for sale!
Kindly purchase them from the admin comm in your section yeah!

Sopranos: Sherene, Victoria
Altos: Gillian, Deborah, Ariel
Tenors: Darren
Bass: Jonah Wang, Winston

Each ticket is priced at $16.
The concert is at Scape Audi, behind Cineleisure at Orchard.
The concert is hosted by Wild Empire.
Free seating.
The one we're performing for will start at 7.30pm.
Please buy the tickets from the respective people in your section (:
Please take note: First come first serve basis, no reservations, and pls kindly pay on the spot (:

We will be checking the ticket sales on Wednesday and Friday yeah~!
We have to try to get the tickets sold out by the end of next week,
so please sell as many tickets as possible (:

NUMBER FOUR: Costume check
There will be a costume check on Wednesday, 25th August.
Please remember to bring your costumes then to let the welfare, logisitics and publicity check (:! Its our last practice!

For the first half songs, we will be wearing our gowns and the suits yeah.
Girls pls check that you still have the belts, & if you lost your belt etc,
Pls inform us asap so we can prepare the ribbons to act as your belt (:

For guys:
You all will be acting as rich guys, so its fine to just wear your choir suits. However, please bring your own tie as part of the costume (not the choir costume one, another tie of your own selection).

For girls:
Dress as simply as possible.
Plain tops, dress or skirts.
NO shorts, slippers...
NO tight fitting or skirts that are too short.
Keep it as SIMPLE and POOR looking :D
NO heels pls (:

Just bring your costumes on Wednesday for checking yeah (:

NUMBER FIVE: Updates
Over the weekend, please visit this blog regularly
and also check your tpjc.net because we will be sending information over there as well (This blog is public so it's not kinda safe =P).
Another important thing to take note,
please check your hotmail/gmail/email etc because Victoria will be sending over
the invitation for the private tpjchoir yahoo group,
And it will be much more convenient to disseminate any information over there.
The recording will also be uploaded via the yahoo group yeah (:

NUMBER SIX: Fine system (:

Latecoming:
$n+1, n being the number of times being late without a valid reason.
For example, late first time: $2. Late second time: $3. Late third time: $4.
There is CAP at $4, which means that for eg this person is late 3 times, the person still pays $4.

Skipping practice without valid reason:
For pon-ing without reason, please note that there is NO fine system.
We follow the school's system because hehe pon CCA without reason is same as truancy according to the teachers =X.
So NOTE that there is no acceptance of parent's letter if you are sick! Only MC.
For those that cannot come on Wed/Fri due to studies, it's a valid reason so its accepted.
According to the teachers, first time skipping without valid reason, the teachers would have to be informed. The third time would result in being banned from CCA. x[
So please please please have a valid reason yeah (:

Scores:
For scores, it is $1 for every set of score that you forgot to bring. SLs would have to check for each song they do with the section!

IMPORTANT: THERE IS NO MORE 5 MINS GRACE. So if you come in at 3.01pm/2.31pm, its considered late (if you do not have valid excuse la). We look at the clock! So PLEASE come early okayy!!!

Thats all for now!
Please remember to check this blog, your hotmail and your tpjc.net mail regularly alrights!

Oh yes if there are any mistakes (as usual T.T) please feel free to edit this post :D
Thanks loads!

Hi choir,

Practice on this coming Wednesday (18 Aug 2010) will be from 3PM-6PM.

3PM-3.30PM : SA-TB warmups

3.30PM-4.45PM : Sectionals

4.45PM-6PM : Combine

We MUST do the first half songs!

so please please please remember to bring ALL your scores thanks (:

And oh ya, to all musical group leaders and exco members, we will be having a meeting with ms ong together after the practice on wed.

kk that's all cya on wed! (:

-Victoria-

Relay system & Musical Groupings

Hey all,
This message is very very important!!! :D
This is about the relay system and the allocation of groups for the musical (:

This is the new relay system for the choir, SLs pls take note alrights then if any problems pls feedback asap (:

Ps: Sorry dear Victoria i dunno how to upload that table up on the blog hehehe (: Im an internet IDIOT :D

Gillain will pass down msg to Elizabeth and the exco,
then Elizabeth will pass down msg to the SLs.
SLS, these are the ppl you will have to pass down msg to (:

Sarah
Faidah
Audrey
Clara
ShuJun
Roxanne
Yi Seul
Joanna

Isabel
Yiting
Xin Yi
Sherene
Victoria
Elizabeth

Ariel
Guifang
Emily
XueHan
Gillian

Deborah
LiTing
Ain
Nadiah
Mindy

Ray
Darren

Mark Weng
Ewan

Kingsley
Winston
JingJie
Jonah Goh

Mark Yeo
Shane
Jonah Wang
Jeremy

SLs, can you pls help to pass down msg later regarding the musical groupings ( just pass down msg ask them check the blog) according to the relay system to help test it out so we can iron out any problems if there is ^^

The musical groupings are below (:
Ps: the bolded names are the leaders for the group yeahhhhh ^^

First Man You Remember
Shane
Kingsley

Isabel
Roxanne
JingJie
ShuJun
Sherene

Guifang
LiTing

Mermaid Song
Faidah
Sarah
Mark Yeo
Ewan

JonahWang
Winston

Gillian
Emily
Elizabeth

Other Pleasures
Nadiah
Ariel

Mark Weng
Audrey
Darren
Clara
Yiseul
XueHan
XinYi

Cash Changes Everything
Jeremy
Ray
Deborah
Jonah Goh

YiTing
Joanna
Victoria
Ain

Mindy

In addition, Darren, Sherene, Winston will be the ones in charge for the costumes! (:
Also,can the leaders of the musical groups kindly stay back on Wednesday after practice to plan for the musical on Friday, so that during the 2 hrs that we have for the preparation of the musical on friday, we can make the most of it (:

JIAYOUX PEOPLE :DDD
WE're all in this TOGETHER (:

Eliz (:

Suuupp choir!

Practice tomorrow 13 August 2010 will be from 2.30PM-6.30PM!

Here's the schedule:

2.30PM-3.30PM warmups + combine for the 1st half songs.
(but will be concentrating more on pastime & the french song)

3.30PM-5.00PM WE NEED TO CONFIRM THE MUSICAL & SING THROUGH THE SONGS BECAUSE WE NEED TO PRESENT IT TO MS ONG WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR @ 5PM-6.30PM!!
(this is super duper important because she wants to see our progress.)

Anyways, we have a rough storyline so spoof the lyircs AMAP! or think of actions OKAY!?


thanks peeps, cya tmr! :D

-victoria-

August - September 2010 Schedule

Hey all!
This is the weekly schedule for this month and next month!

6th August, Friday
NO PRACTICE :D
Condition: Pls pls pls pls pls come up with the spoofing plot/ spoofed lyrics for the musical songs and prepare it best by 11th August (Wednesday) so that we can decide on the final spoofed lyrics to be used in the preparation for the musical on the 13th August (Friday)!

11th August, Wednesday
We will be working on the first half of our concert on 5th Sept,
The songs we will be singing are :

• I'm gonna sing
• Tres Cantos
• Haec Dies
• Terra Tremuit
• Pastime with good company
• Ah! si mon moine voulait danser!

13th August, Friday

2.30pm - 4.00pm : Combined practice with Pasir Ris Crest and Kranji Sec choir for Ah! Si mon and Pastime

4.00pm- 5.30pm : Musical preparation

Songs we are going to sing for the musical:

• Love Changes Everything
• Other Pleasures
• Mermaid song
• Hand me the wine and the dice ( shorter version with dance)
• First man you remember ( Tentative)

We have to spoof and have a confirmed set of lyrics for the above songs if we are spoofing the songs. Pls think of possible lyrics (spoofed version) for the above songs! (:

5.15pm - 6.30pm : Ms Ong will be coming in so we have to present to her what we have prepared

18th August, Wednesday
Similar to 11th August, practice for first half songs

20th August, Friday
Similar to 13th August, combined practice with Kranji and Pasir Ris Crest for Ah! Si mon and Pastime, followed by practice for the musical

25th August, Wednesday
Performance for YOG Poland people
We will be performing the first half songs..

27th August, Friday
No combined with Kranji and Pasir Ris Crest
We will have the full run through of the entire concert

31st August is teacher's day celebration,
So 1st [edited]September may be a school holiday.
If 1st September is a school holiday, there will be no choir practice.
If 1st September is NOT a school holiday, there will be choir practice.

However, there will be an extra practice on either Saturday ( 28th August) or Sunday ( 29th August). The confirmed days are still tentative yeah!

5th September, Sunday
THE DAY!
Performance @ SCAPE warehouse
*Scape is a new building located behind orchard cineleisure.
Details are not yet confirmed, but we may have to go to the venue ourselves.

After the 5th sept performance, we will break for our exam break and MUG HARD :D

For the people whose results are suffering and can only attend choir once a week,
Ms Ong suggested to come for the Wednesday Practice,
Then for Friday perhaps you can study in school until 4pm,
then come and join the choir in the musical preparation until 6.30pm.
That way you can still join the choir in the musical and just miss the combined choir practices with Kranji and Pasir Ris Crest. (:
It's just a suggestion yepx! And if studying in school is not effective and you prefer to go home to study, then its up to you yepx!

YEah thats all for now!
If there are any changes there should be updates :D
Oh yes if any of the above information is wrong feel free to update/edit alrights!

Cya all (:
-elizabeth-

Hi Choir, for this coming wednesday's practice,

For those who are going to hospice, you will be released for lunch at 12noon and to meet at the foyer at 12.50PM as the bus will leave at 1.00PM sharp.

Those not going to the hospice meet in choir room at 2.30PM, (if your classes end at 2.30PM, you can have your lunch first then come in at 3.00PM).

We'll be doing the musical spoof from 2.30PM-4.00PM. This is urgent and needs to be finalised by 4.00PM becuase we need to practice the spoofing on Friday.

We will then have combine warmups from 4.00PM-4.30PM and the arts students should be back by then to join for combine warmups.

From 4.30PM-6.30PM we will be at the hall to practice fields of gold and i'm gonna sing for the 5th Aug performance!

And, we'll end around 6.30PM.

Please remember to bring all your scores.


k that's all. cya on wednesday! (:
-victoria-