SGS Voices in the Garden

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Travelling...

Hello choir,

Will be out of town from 1-12dec 07, but contactable by sms. Pls. identify yourself if u msg me because I may not have your tel in my phone. Will be in the province of Yunnan in China. Won't be looking for internet access when I'm there, unless there's free wifi my phone can pick up so probably will not read any emails 'til I get back. Meanwhile, if there are urgent matters related to choir, pls approach Ms Yang or Mdm Ng or the school directly. I'll be thousands of miles away and won't be much help for immediate matters.

Will be back in and out of school the week after I get back to move out of the current staffroom and into the new staffroom. Anyone who wants to help is welcome to drop by! :-)

Meanwhile:

1. Shawn to please train 3 reliable people in the choir (you choose) on how to set up and handle the choir's mikes and stands. Shawn and Stessen are the only 2 people who know how to do it at the moment, so the lower sec choir members need to know. There will be performances where you need to do this in the 1st term already. Choir mikes and stands will be placed with Mdm Ng. Make arrangements directly with her please.

2. Wen Jing: Pls. approach Mr Wee and let him know the choir will be keen to help out with the teaching of the school song as part of the Sec 1 Orientation and to please include a slot for it in the Orientation programme that he will be planning.

3. Those of you who don't have the choir t-shirt yet, please bring $10 to the practice on the 28th Dec and I will pass you your t-shirt.

4. I believe all of you are aware that you have to sing for Sec 1 Orientation within the first week of school and that this performance is VERY IMPORTANT because you need to impress the new students so that as many as possible will join choir. We are targeting having at least 3 members from each class. I expect to hear you at performance standard when I see u on the 28th so please do your homework and don't forget what you need to do. Approach your section leaders and student conductors for help. Choir committee may wish to hold their own practices before that if possible to make sure that you are all ready when we see you for that final practice on the 28th. By then, if you are not ready, it will really be too late and there will be nothing I can do to help you because I will not be around.

5. RE: Party. I'm thinking of having a simple post-practice potluck party on the 28th after the choir practice since its the last time I'll be seeing you. Think of something you can make or bring that's enough for about 3-4 people, and I'll coordinate. More details when I get back, but think of possibilities of what to bring/make. :-)

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