Maybe I should try updating this blog more often and the night directly after the event... Hmmm... MOVING ON, before I say anything else, I'd first like to acknowledge that no matter how festive and happy people (Australians) can get for Australia Day (26 January), the Aboriginals of Australia may not share the same glee. Australia Day is "Invasion Day" (26 January) to them and I fully understand the context of which they're coming from. This is why amidst all the celebration, I'd like to remind people of the legacy and the thriving society and that is, the Aboriginals. So for the Australia Day celebration at our school, my friends/classmates and I prepared a little song cover and performed it in front of the whole school! Sounds awesome? Because it was! But most importantly, I am so proud of the whole class for pulling off setting everything up, practicing and whatsoever in such short notice. I would just like to say that I am lucky to be in the same class as these very incredible people.
We played the song Wavin' Flag by K'naan, which I admit is best known as being the theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but... yeah. ANYWAYS, our little band was composed of Esther on keyboard, Mariam on cajón, Salma on acoustic guitar, Lilas, Fahad, Mustafa, Msendoo and Mary on vocals, and last but not the least, me on electric guitar and vocals. The rest of the class was either on the tech team, the people who made sure that we wouldn't have any technical difficulties and fixed them if ever one was to arise (thankfully nothing did), or the art team, the people who were in charge of setting and decorating the stage. We, the whole class, had one week to do all that we did that day. It was crazy! Everyone was rushing around, people were stressing out, nobody was getting any sleep, and some people (me) were in the verge of a mental breakdown! It really, really was hectic because we had tests, assessments, homework, and other CAS activities to attend to (the AD Golf Championship I talked about in my last post took my whole weekend prior Australia Day). It was just chaos. I felt like quitting, some of my friends felt like quitting. Actually, I really did already quit. But on the day before Australia Day, I joined my friends during their practice session, gave them advice (I'm in a choir and I've played live before so I know some stuff), and the next thing I know I was part of the performance again. Everything was just so unplanned. Thank goodness, I've had some practice sessions with them before I initially quit, plus the chords were quite simple and the melody repetitive, that's why it wasn't that hard for me to cope. But WE DID IT! We played the song pretty well, in my opinion. We received good feedback from the spectators, and thank God everything really just went swimmingly! P.S. Unfortunately, considering our very tight schedule, we don't have much pictures of the event. However, I'll be posting some pics if ever I get some from other people who might've taken pictures of the event ^_^ Yesterday was the 4th meeting I attended for St. Joseph's Youth Choir. I am so happy and proud to be a member of it because our choir director Mariya Flynn is such a great teacher, and she's barely older than me too! My friend, Kim, also became an official member just yesterday and I'm glad that with her there I wouldn't feel so lonely anymore. Finally, I'm not the only Filipina in the group! Haha anyways, I don't really have a picture to share now but I will get one next time.
We had some basic vocal training yesterday, followed by an hour session of singing as a choir. Mariya told us about the importance of singing with the pitch of the other members since choir singing is different from solo. The songs we practiced yesterday included Fish With Me and We Fall Down (one of my personal favourites!) |
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