Landfill Orchestra

Hello hello something to start the year with :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXynrsrTKbI

Landfill orchestra from Paraguay!

See you all soon, continue practising hard, don't give up! JIA YOU! :)

-Jean Hann

CCA Fair 2014

Hello dear stringers! :) Hope you had a great December holidays, and managed to sneak some practicing time for the auditions! >:) I hope you all did.

Well, as all of you would have known, cca fair is coming (11 Jan!), and we would like all of you to play a part in it, not just by playing together. Yes, we will need all of you to create a poster to promote SN Strings, and here are the details:

It must be at least be A4 size.

Be creative, it doesn’t have to be fixed to a rectangle.

It must be obvious that we are publicising SNSO not SNCO. (ahem one extra curve makes a lot of difference)

Include CCA timings! (Wednesday 3.45pm to 6.30pm  Friday 4.00pm to 6.30pm)

Try to make it as colourful as possible. Catch people’s attention! so that when our juniors see it they will go OOH AHH 很棒，好的我要 join Strings 现在马上报名 ;)  *fireworks* *blingbling*

We have a nice slogan so please use it :) ‘Without A Doubt’

I THINK WE ARE MORE OR LESS DONE WHEEE:)

We hope that all of you will put your best effort into this poster, because each one of your poster really matters :) We’re gonna use every single one of them, so dont think of submitting late ya :) Dateline: Monday 6 Jan 2014 find and pass it to us! We're both in 4G :)

LETS BOMBARD THE SCHOOL WITH OUR AWESOME POSTERS MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY ;D

YES WE CAN DO THIS, ((creating awesome posters))

Because we are,

Without a Doubt, SNSO.

Love <3>

Your very crazy but not so crazy Jeanhann and Zhi Shyuan ;D

The New Exco :D

Hey Guys!

I'm sure some of you out there still do not know some of the positions the different people are running!

And especially since this year is one of the special alternate years when we have SYF, some of our Sec 1 juniors do not really know their seniors too well, vice versa.

Try to socialize among the other color badges too! :D I can guarantee that most of them are really nice when you get to know them better! <3 nbsp="" p="">
So, here's the Exco positions and their members!

President Zhi Shyuan

Vice President Jean Hann

Concert Mistress Jaz

Assistant Concert Mistress  Yi Man 

Student Conductor Xiao Wen

Secretary Nicole (Ong)

Welfare and Co Evonne and Xiao Wen

Assistant Welfare and Co Glenda

Librarian Ting Hsuan

Assistant Librarian Esther

Sec 1 Level Co Nicole (Lim)

Sec 2 Level Co Renee

Sec 3 Level Co Carissa

Violin II SL Valerie

Violin II ASL Glenda

Viola SL Zanna

Viola ASL Carissa

Cello SL Rachel

Cello ASL Xin Ying

Bass SL Zhi Shyuan

Bass ASL Germaine

Hope this helps you get to know the different positions of the Exco board better!

~Glenda :D

Jiayou for our upcoming performances! :)

Hello Stringers! :)

Hmm just like what most of you know, all of you will be playing for Open House, while some will be playing for the Official Opening. However, whether or not you will be participating in the Official Opening, each and everyone of you play an important role no matter what section you are in, so never belittle yourself!
Although it might just be a one-time performance to you all, but it might also be because of that one performance that captivates our little possible-future-妹妹们 to join SNSO haha :)
Hmm and for us to put up a great performance, we've to practice reallyreally hard! This explains the many practices that we will be having during the holidays, and I hope that you all will put your heart and soul into every practice. Yes, it will be tiring and boring at times because we're playing the same pieces over and over again. However, don't don't don't give up, because each and everyone of you are more important than you think you are! And for our stringers who might have trouble with some parts of the pieces, feel free to ask your SLs or ASLs and I'm sure they're more than willing to help you with it! :)

And hahaha one last thing! Remember to smileeeeeeeeee and sway to the music as you play! :))) Because number one, it looks scary when you don't smile as you play :/ And number two, it shows that you enjoy the music (haha I really hope you do enjoy it though) You guys reallyreallyreally look pretty when you smile so do smile more often :D Haha to me it feels really heartwarming to see you all smile :') Haha so smile and sway because no one wants to look like stones stones aren't nice they don't smile they stone so don't stone because stones stone and no we don't want to be stones so smile and sway :D


Jiayou my dear Stringers! :)
And I believe we can do this,
Because we're Without a Doubt, one SNSO ❤

Lubdub, Zhi Shyuan :)

Jokes For You?

Hey guys!

Happy Sunday! Well, tomorrow is Monday... Time to face the Monday bluezz again... Here's some orchestra jokes to cheer you up! :D

(Let me just establish the fact that these jokes are wonderful and amazing.) 

How many second violinists does it take to change a light bulb?

None. They can't get up that high! 

A double bass player arrived a few minutes late for the first rehearsal of the local choral society's annual performance of Handel's Messiah.

He picked up his instrument and bow, and turned his attention to the conductor. The conductor asked, "Would you like a moment to tune?"

The bass player replied with some surprise, "Why? Isn't it the same as last year?"

How do you tell the difference between a violinist and a dog?

The dog knows when to stop scratching.

String players' motto: "It's better to be sharp than out of tune."

What's the difference between a viola and a trampoline?

You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline.

What's the difference between a viola and an onion?

No one cries when you cut up a viola.

Hope these jokes relieve your Monday bluezz! 

You can also practice your sadness away ;)

Good luck for your EOY results! 

~Glenda ^_^

Upcoming Teacher's Day Performance

Hey Guys :)

There's an upcoming teacher's day performance this Thursday! We are going to play Viva La Vida, Mantras, or even both! Remember to practice really hard! We need that extra sound in everyone!

Remember not to rely on your seniors to "cover up" for you. It's best if you can play the song as well as we really need that extra instrument to make our orchestra play to its fullest potentials. Even if only one of you don't play, it can really affect the sound of the whole orchestra!

Practice whenever you can from today up to this coming Thursday! We need to give the teachers a good impression on our amazing LOVELY CCA!

Work hard! Happy weekend! ^_^

~ Glenda :)

CIP Instructions

Hey stringers! :)
i'm still trying to figure out how to update the blog, so give me sometime :D Anyway here are the instructions as well as the groupings for CIP this coming Saturday, so please take a look! 

here's the activity plan

Time:	Activity:	Details:
9.00-9.30	welcome speech introduce the instruments ( SLs of each section play a simple piece) Play pieces -Mantras (main orch) -A-roving (main orch) - Palladio          ( trainee orch)	******PLACE YOUR INSTRUMENTS, STANDS AND SCORES AT THE BACK OF MPR1 AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THE PERFORMANCE. dont need to pack. but HURRY!
9.30-9.45	Musical chairs	- some people will be in charge   of setting up the chairs  - try to be nice to the minds people and let them win. so don't snatch the chairs away from them - the music that will be played may be quite childish for you guys,( eg. ABC song and some other baby songs )  but please do not laugh about it especially in front of the minds people
9.45-10.05	pass the parcel
10.05-10.25	break	At the canteen  sit in groups ( to ensure that all of you get to socialise with the minds children and not just stick with  your own group of friends)
10.25-10.50	Arts and crafts -Folding origamis -decorating stickers	sit in your own groups in MPR1
10.50-11.00	Mass dance ( the chicky dance) Thank-you speech	we need all of you to participate, so please cooperate! :)

here are some reminders :
1)Please remember to wear strings tee on saturday
2) put your instrument cases in the utility room, and meet in the MPR1 with your instruments by 8am for briefing and to set up. dont be late!
3) I must emphasize this.. Please be really really nice to the minds children! try to socialize with them, dont just talk among yourselves.
4)Please remember to bring coloured pens/pencils for decorating the stickers.

 here are the groupings:

        group 1

• nicole ong (L)
• jaz loh
• yuet ying
• renee
• gwyneth
• rafaela nicole
• sharon 
• phylicia

group 2

• rachel ngu(L)
• ting hsuan
• sijin
• theodora
• rebecca
• madelaine
• jermayne

group 3

• wenqi(L)
• denise tan
• ching yung
• tricia
• xin jie
• xindi
• yueyun

group 4

• yiman(L)
• roslyn
• victoria
• amanda
• tanya
• cheryl
• glenda

group 5

• germaine(L)
• esther
• maegan
• valerie
• natasha gwendolyn
• nicole rui
• clarisse

so basically, you guys just need to remember who your group leader is if you cant remember the rest of your group mates . we'll be sitting in groups during art and crafts session and break time.

there will be around 4 minds children in each of the group. :-)

that's about it! 

i hope you guys will enjoy CIP :)

From: Evonne :)