Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bravo, Choir!
Bravo, Choir! You were simply amazing last night! The energy level was so high that I was so worried that you'd be too tired to sing by the time you could go on stage. Hence I was constantly shushing you that you should conserve your energy in the dance studio.
Eventually though, you delivered your best and wowed the audience with your performance. Despite the 'eerie' microphone and technical glitch halfway through The Prayer, you remained alert and watched for Ms Khor's directions. That is the way to do it! Even though some pupils in the audience were giggling away when you sang the first song, teachers who enjoy evergreen songs gave very good feedback. And when you were singing the second and third songs, the audience was silently listening and watching you. You had caught their attention.
I hope the Secondary 1s who have joined us this year finally understood what it is like to perform together with the Quest Choir, under the direction of Ms Khor. Even though I was only helping out in turning the pages for our pianist Jun Ting, I could sense everyone was paying close attention to Ms Khor and working together as how a great team should. Jun Ting played exceptionally well too. He watched Ms Khor closely, his playing matched Ms Khor's timing throughout the performance and he played with all his heart. He did not panic either when the technician crew in the backstage accidentally unplugged our digital piano!
I know that many people fell ill during this very stressful period of time. This was just a fraction of what Quest Choir went through last year for SYF 2007! (I foresee extremely intensive practising next year for SYF 2009. Ms Khor has great plans for you!) So, please take good care of yourselves. Drink barrels of water and have enough (not excess!) sleep in preparation of your mid-year examinations in a couple of weeks' time.
Once again: Bravo, Choir, for a superb performance! I'm really proud of you!
=)
Miss J. Tan