tonight harmoc concert was a huge success!! full house at vj performance theatre!! woo! congrats to vj harmoc on getting gold for syf as well as the great performance tonight. really really enjoyed it. ivy, yoo should have come!!
there were many nice songs played, such as forever love, yi qian nian yi hou, qing fei de yi, spirited away, feng, zhuan shu tian shi, eyes on me, fly me to the moon, shalala lala etc. although there were slight glitches probably cos they were nervous, it didn affect the overall performance. of cos coupled with mr tang's humourous conducting of the songs, it was perfect.
as i watched the concert, many memories came alive. i remembered our very own concert when i was in J2, where we had to juggle between preparing for syf as well as planning our first harmoc concert. mind yoo, not combined with guitar emsemble ok. all along it has been a combined concert by harmoc and guitar, but that year, we decide to do it on our own. albeit the lack of time and inexperience in planning, we managed to pull it off. and the feedback was great. the audience loved our performances, just like tonight's.
i remembered how i had to oversee different aspects of the planning and execution cos my chairman was busy with his TSD exams during that period.
ticketing was a huge problem cos our sales weren there and we had to crack our brains to think of ways to increase sales. whether to force ppl to sell at least 2o tix like how choir makes it mandatory for its members to sell choir concert tix.. in e end we didn enforce such a rule. just sell as many as you can.
and programme as well, how to make the concert less boring. this includes the choice of songs and the presentation of songs, like maybe add a bit of acting and humour. some sort of variation which would enhance our songs.
i remembered the making of the booklet too, whom jingzhi was in charge of. the booklet is getting better and nicer each year. im so proud of the juniors.
another problem was to find players for the drum, double bass, electric guitar and keyboard. we do have ppl who can play these instruments except maybe the drums, but due to our small strength, we need everyone we have to play the harmoc. so we gotta source from other classes, other levels. we managed to find a vv good drummer who performed at music fest before, drumming with eyes blindfolded. ill nv forget him, cos we hit it off vv well. wonder how he's doing now.
the practising of the songs was the most difficult issue. in fact we only had a month after syf to prepare for the concert songs. and we didn have 100 people like now. during our practices, we seldom get full attendance and we gotta make sure that everyone can play the songs. not jus play, but play them well. i dunno how to manage to get this done. i guess it's everybody's effort. just like how we prepared for syf. although mr tang told us frankly before syf that judging by our standard, we wouldn get anything past a silver. but we worked vv hard, practised many times a week, we even went to vs hostel to practise when we cant find a proper venue. eventually we got our gold, much to our surprise though.
after the concert that year, i felt so relieved and tears jus kept flowing. harmoc is the only cca which made me cry twice. once during syf when they announced we got gold. and the second time after my harmoc concert. the tears were tears of joy cos all our efforts had paid off. and my dear and all my friends esp ivy and jen were so supportive of me during that period. i was totally stressed out towards the date of the concert. dear waited until i settled everything and we had dinner at abt 11 plus. he stayed with me until abt 2 plus am cos i was still too excited to go home yet. then he walked home from my house cos he wanna save on the cab fare. at least an half an hour walk from my house, but he did it willingly. tonight, he didn watch the concert like he did 2 years ago, but he came to pick me up after the concert. this time, we didn take bus 76 like we used to do, cos he drove. but i really appreciate everything he has done for me. through the good and bad times.. thank yoo dear.
and i love vj harmoc band~!! yoo rock!! we all rock! :)Labels: vj harmoc rocks :)
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