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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Hello. This is one of the picture from the saxtion outing taken by the 'professional' cameraman, Sir Dom XD Heres the Saxes '2010: 
Yours Wonderfully.ºŽâínŭ̺ at 11:49 AM Friday, March 27, 2009
hi
i had the best section outing during the holidays espically with wallace and dominic and karthik and of course the SJI saxes haha Lets hope for a better one tmr:)
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 5:01 PM Friday, March 13, 2009
Our Music
hey, zuriel here... I would want to talk about what we have been doing for the past few weeks on our standard of music. For where i can see it i see that we are all putting in our effort even if we are not showing it much, but its the willingness to actually put in the effort! I also want to talk about our music yesterday on thursday... Jericho: We overall did it well and we kept in tempo, we also remembered important parts and did it well. But some parts we were rushing at the end part R and we need to be more conscious of out timing. Overture No. 1: This song we always play with a lot of confidence and strength, indeed this is good but when we do this we may tend to rush a little and get out of tempo. USE YOUR EARS AND LISTEN! dont just listen to yourself and hv the attitude that if u are in tempo, tats it. Listen to the rest of the band, perhaps its easier to listen to the person beside to you playing the same part so try and tune to him. But actually this song we do it quite impressively! I also want to bring up the issue on sectionals... during sectionals when SL or any one of us are conducting, it oes not matter who conducts (cause hes the conductor) so must still show respect and listen to him. We tend to talk a lot when the conductor cuts and when he wants to move on, we are talking away already. SO lets try and improve our discipline, we can joke, but at the right times. If we can do this i really call this good... like tat we are happy and the conductor does not get frustrated, so in the end everybody gains. We are overall on track and improving every parade, so if we continue i am sure we will taste victory!!! Zuriel
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 7:28 PM Wednesday, March 11, 2009
11.03.09
Hi guys, I'd like to talk about this week's sectionals and our exchange on Saturday, 6th March. Okay. I came late as usual for sectionals, but this week's one was kind of special, because we had combined sectionals with the other sections. I think that this is very important, especially as it is nearing to SYFs already. Like what Mr Tan had said, we have to be sensitive and be aware of what other sections are playing. Playing with the clarinets and flutes will help us in creating a better wind band, being more sensitive to each others. I think future sectionals should be like such, as it would benefit not only the poeple in our section but also those from the other sections. There was a slight improvement in the sectionals. And I felt that I personally learnt that I have to be aware of the other sections, especially those that play the same part as us. NEXT: 6th MARCH BAND EXCHANGE. The band exchange was okay, I guess. However, some people are quite busy-body to know the other people in the other band such as I would say that our performance was excellent during the exchange. I personally didn't feel very nervous as compared to the Serangoon exchange. I think from the 2 exchanges, we would have learnt something from the other bands and hoped that we apply these things into our playing, such as proper balancing and pitching. Okay. Besides these two there's also another thing I would like to say. I think everyone in the section knows about it la. But I'll just say it again. For fun :) The order of the bands were released, and we are.. FOURTH DAY, FIRST BAND. I think it is an advantage to us, just like what Mr Tan said, we would have a fresh mind and perform at our best. However the proper balancing is still required and ultimately it is the balanced sound that the judges are looking for. Hopefully we would perform at our best and achieve our main goal! :) That's it from me. Bye. Zainul
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