WE' RE BACK

Exams over and now we're back

Hello everyone!!!
there will be practice this coming Wednesday (28 NOVEMBER 2007)
VENUE: 5.02
TIME: 1.30 - 3.30

this will be for the performance for Swinburne Lecturer's Christmas Dinner in the auditorium

this is a great opportunity to perform in front of all the lecturers

so...hope to see u there... also help to inform those who don't know... especially those who does not visit this blog... Thanks

ANNOUNCEMENT

hi everyone... sorry to say tat... for this month, there will be no choir practice due to exams and stuff.. so the next practice will only start early next month.

probably the practice day will change to a Saturday instead of friday.

so... for those who has finished their exams.. please be patient for the rest to finish their exams... then we will have fun together!!!!

THANK YOU..

ALL THE BEST TO THOSE WHO WILL BE HAVING THEIR EXAMS THIS MONTH

Movie Day

this coming saturday.... 29 september 2007, there will be a movie afternoon for choir club
it's at
Auditorium
from 3.30 - until the movie finishes..

so... all members of choir family... please go.... DUN WORRY!!! THIS TIME IT'S FREE
we'll be watching a movie entitled Hairspray... by John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron and many more....

AND THIS FRIDAY.... PRACTICE AS USUAL....ALTHOUGH IT'S DEGREE HOLIDAY, BUT PRACTICE IS ON!!!

Practice for the mooncake festival performance

THERE WILL BE A PRACTICE FOR THE MOONCAKE FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE THIS:

MONDAY
9.30A.M - 11.30A.M
AUDITORIUM

THIS IS THE MINIMUM LAST MINUTE PRACTICE
THEN IF NOT ENOUGH THERE WILL BE EXTRA PRACTICE TO PREPARE FOR THE EXCITING NIGHT...

SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO COME
EVEN THOSE WHO DIDN'T COME FOR THE FRIDAY PRACTICE HAVE TO COME
BUT MAKE SURE U ARE GOIN TO THE MOONCAKE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION FIRST
THANK YOU...

Tri-Gatherings

There will be three upcoming events.


First of all, bowling competition.

It does not matter if you don't know how to play or not good at it. This is all about hanging out together, spending time together, getting to know each other better. You will of course learn new things.

It will be held at Crystal Bowl this Saturday, 22 September 2007 at 9.30am. And when I say 9.30am, it means the thing starts at that time. So, be there earlier for registration and to pay the fee. It costs RM10, and it's cheap in terms of price.

For more information please call Mr Tan Kwang Yang at 014-2051105.



Secondly, mooncake festival.

Although we live on earth, we must also appreciate that we can see such a beautiful moon at night. If you live on Saturn, you will celebrate 22 times every year. Luckily we only have one moon. Scientifically speaking, we are celebrating "natural-satelite"cake festival.

Nevertheless, gather around at 7.15pm next Monday, 24 September 2007 at auditorium. Lanterns and food will be provided. So, moonwalk yourself there.

For more details, please contact Miss Judieth Ting at 016-5893321. She might have a moonstone.



Lastly, movie day.

Yeah, probably after playing and spraining your arms in bowling and celebrating mooncake festival, all we need would be a nice movie. Don't worry, there's no horror movies or thrillers. So girls, you have no reason not to come also.

The venue will be swinburne's auditorium again. I know it's a cheap place. However, it's so cheap that it's free for all choir members only. If any members should bring any non-members, RM2 will be charged per head person.

The movie will start at 4pm, so please do not be late. It's on next Saturday, 29 September 2007.

For more information, you can call me up at 0128816062 or save your credits and mail me instead at here.

Need Help~~!!

as you can see, this website is undergoing major changing in its appearance..

apparently, nobody seemed to be supportive.. come on lah.. one choir four sound.. must work together.. although sometimes sing till out of tune, or sing till voicebox pecah, we're still a (___).. please fill in the blank..

i need help from those who is/are professional (or at least a little bit) in html codes.. please contact me as soon as possible..

your mission is to make choir club presentable and qualitative in websites and in the real world..

The result

I was just back from the prize giving ceremony. Sitting at the VIP sit. Privilege le... hehe.. Anyway, we did not win any of the prizes. UiTM won the first prize. And the other 2 contingents were also government schools. Inti, LimKokwing and Swinburne etc didn't win any of the items.

Never mind junkers!

Little encouragement:

I know many of you do want to win in this parade competition. We worked hard for it. However, don't take hold of the final results. We have definitely enchant the people's attention during those performance. Lots of elders laughed positively at our instruments. This was certainly our first ever performance and experience in public. Moreover, we were representing Swinburne!

What a privilege we had!

Thanks for your involvement once again. I appreciate it. And we do appreciate one another as well.

Little advertisement, Stay tuned for my latest update in my blog. hehe..

! Junkers rockz ! See you next year!

Regards,

Johnson

City Day announcement!!

Junkers!

Guess everyone of you are waiting for the result patiently right? Guess what? Dr. Chua has emailed me, and he was told by Encik Ismail that Swinburne is invited to attend for the prize giving ceremony. Don't get so excited first. Then result of the winners is yet to be announced, so probably on this Saturday.

Dr. Chua, me and Gary are invited to attend the ceremony. Privilege le.. Wuahaha... Don't makan cuka. I will rakam the event in my cam recorder. And kek you guys. haha.. nola.. kidding kidding.

I'm also keen to know the result. Winning or getting the best performance is not the major issue. But it's the participation of every junkers who have won the crowd's heart.


Awaiting for the great news!


Regards,
Johnson

Regarding Notice Board and Website

when you past the 2nd floor notice board, what do you see..?

choir club notice board of course!!

ok, cold joke..

to any loyal club members, please help out with the notice board.. your job is very simple..

note that sometimes, the sticky-tapes will malfunction lose their stickiness.. and your job is just to stick it back to the board.. even if you are kedekut do not have any sticky-tapes with you, just press the notices against the board, hoping it will stick back..

if any damage is found, please contact any director of publicity immediately.. that will be me(0128816062), aldrin(0168963882), and last resort, miss tiong yieng(0128907433)..

the notice board is still under construction.. don't worry, the directors of publicity will finish it before swinburne finishes its construction..

if you see anyone vandalizes the notice board, feel free to bash the person up.. for girls, if you have no muscles, just scold loudly.. scold till the guy/girl rolling on the floor in fear.. i'm so evil.. if bashing not enough, just borrow broomstick from the maids..

ok, enough violence.. we are choir club, not bashing-people-up-because-they-vandalizes-our-notice-board club..

now, we are done with the notice board, let's move on to the website!!

see this blog..? so plain.. don't even have any hibiscus or rafflesia decoration at all.. so, i have decided to launch a contest..

are you EXCITED!!??

there can be lots of participants, but there's only one winner though.. all you have to do, is to draw out a banner that you think is suitable for this blog.. it can anything as long as it is not a plagiarized work..

submit a SOFT copy to me through here.. yes, either *bmp file or *jpg format.. if got *gif format, even better.. closing date is on Saturday, 15 September 2007.. submit before 11.59pm..

the committee members will vote over it, and decide which one is the winner.. if you prefer to decline the fame of being a winner, i will just hand the prize to you privately if you win..

the prize is worth winning, don't worry..

may the best artist win.. take the initiative and start clicking your mouse..

Attention!

Tomorrow will have a commitee at 5.01 at 2.30pm to 3.15pm. It is compulsary for the all the commitee. Those who can't make it please inform anyone of our commitee so that we know the reason, be more responsible. This meeting is important. Be punctual too.

Only for Commitee members
Time : 2.30pm to 3.15pm
Venue : 5.01
Day : Wednesday



Besides that, there will have members meeting on this Friday at Auditorium at 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Wish to see you all in this meeting. We so long didn't have meeting. For the old members do invite new people come to join us. Thanks. See ya

All the old members and new members
Time : 12.30pm to 2.30pm
Venue : Auditorium
Day : Friday

Great and well-done

Everyone !!

I guess most of your kaki very sakit now right? haha..Unfortunately mine not sakit.. only my right arm's muscle a bit painful.

I will blog about the full rehearsal plus last night parade thingy in my blog soon. Plus the photos and video. Stay tuned yea.

Not much to talk here, just a little saying, "Well done, guys. "

I do apologise of my anger on you if it did hurt you alot. Paiseh le..

Do drop comment here and share your wonderful experience in the comment box.

Tata

Read read

Take note. Our Chale-fay's namelist.

1) Tiffanny Jelly Yong Tiong Yieng
2) Alvin Yap Abubu
3) Irene (Foundation de i guess)
4) Shi Hui
5) Yew Shan
6) Francis Yong
7) Yen Ru
8) Geraldine Tan

Thanks for volunteering yourself and your friends to be part of the **cough cough helpers**. Eh, important le...

Take note of this too.

Wednesday 5pm-12am
Thursday 7pm-9.30pm (Our stomp practice)
Friday 3pm-12am
Saturday 9.30-11.30am (our stomp practice)
3pm- ....

The red ink is the MBKS thingy punya. So sickening ba.. wana masuk Malaysia Book of Record. And force us to join lagi... nvm la.. join nia... Remember to ring your own water bottles.

Those junkers, remember to come for our two more practice yea. See you.

I know many of you are tired of the run-through, I am also quite exhausted too. However, we cannot give up easily, especially at this very hours. I am not quitting although i am kinda tired of running up and down ( 7th mile...10th mile.... india street.... bla bla bla) to buy the equipments for you guys, thinking of the usable drumbeats.

I am not quitting, so same goes to you guys too. Never give your negative thought a foothold into your new experience. Just keep on practicing and persevering. Don't concede so easily k.

I will keep figuring out the creative movements and dance for you guys. I will do my part and hope you guys will do yours too. You will reap what you sow after the performance. Cheers!

Kuching is yet to be stomped by 14 of the junkers !!!!!

Michael Jordan:" Practice makes perfect."

Dwayne The Rock Johnson:" Next time when you come, bring you heart along with you."

Important "Chale-fay"

There's a saying," A composer compose, a teachers teach, a writer write and a volunteer volunteer ..."

In my previous post, i noted that we were in need of 6 or more volunteers to join us in the City day parade. And here's the incomplete name lists.

1) Tiffanny Jelly Yong Tiong Yieng
2) Alvin Yap Abubu
3) Irene (Foundation de i guess)
4) Shi Hui
5) Yew Shan
6)
7)
.....or more


Anyone ? We need guys !! Macho guys with 6 packs. Come on, guys where are you ?? Don't be shy, faster register yourself now.

Just to remind these bunch of chale-fays. Your job for the 3 hours parade is stated CLEARLY in my previous post. So please don't stone me if your job is too tiring yea.

Cheers !

6 more days !!

6 more days to our jungle's performance in front of thousands and thousands of Kuchingnites even ang mo lang!! How cool is that !

Unforgettable and exciting experience yet to come!!

Last four practices: Take note.

Monday 7-9pm
Tuesday 7-9pm
Thursday 7-9pm
Saturday 9.30am-11.30am

For those who want to help me to modify the instruments, please come to my house on Monday 10am. Your presence will enlighten my burden.

Confirmed 14 junkers.

1) Johnson Woan
2) Wui Jie
3) Swee
4) Tan Kwan Yang
5) Eric Soon
6) YunQii
7) Wei Tat
8) Ryan
9) Chong Soon Eng
10) Melvin
11) Keith Chong
12)Jacqueline Kuek
13) Evelyn
14) Judieth Ting

I will print out the drumbeats' recipe for you guys. Private and Confidential ba.

Our contingent needs 6 more people from Choir Club to join the Street Parade. Job to be done for the street parade. This 6 people will help up in carrying bottles, pulling trolleys, teman-ning the 14 junkers.

Interested ? Sign up fast. First come first serve! Drop your name in the comment box. Don't miss out this wonderful experience in your uni's life !

Tata.

1 week plus..!!

Junkers !!!

Lets work hard for this few more days!!!

We desperately need at least 3 RUBBISH CAP and 4-5 MILO TIN... !!!

All the best for your self-practice!!

Regards. Johnson

Practice!!

2 more weeks to go!!!

Practice:
Tonight (Monday)
Tuesday
Thursday

All start at 7pm-9pm. Room 8.13

See ya!!

Well done for your practice!

Junkers,

I'm kinda satisfied of your plittle improvement today. Keep practice hard AT HOME k.

Here's the drumbeats that we have just covered just now. Practice practice!!

R L R L R L R L R (RL) (RL)

R L R L R L R L R L .......

R L R L R

[R L R L R L]--X3 (R L R L R L R L R L R L)...

[R R L R L R L R L] R [R R L R L R L R L]...

You guys need to practice hard. Do help me find the rubbish bin's penutup and milo tins.

Next practice:

Day: Thursday
Time: 7pm-9pm !! BE PUNCTUAL !
Room: 8.13

Drumbeats to be mastered.

Please have your own self-practice before you appear for the next practice. =)

Michael Jordan: "Practice in the right way makes perfect."

I find it quite difficult to post up the double stroke in this post. So i have decided to use (RL) as a symbol to show that it plays with both hand at the same beat. Hope you CATCH the ball yea.. LOl. Enjoy figuring it out.

X= Pause for one beat
O= Hit your sticks

1)

--(RL) (RL)-X-(RL)-X-(RL)-X-(RL) (RL)--

2)

(fast) R L R L R X R L R L R L X ......

3)

(RL) (RL) (RL) (RL) O (RL) (RL) (RL) (RL) O ..................

4)

(9 beat) R L R L R L R L R (RL) (RL) ..........

5)

...(Fast) .. R L R L R (RL)... R L R L R (RL) ... R L R L R (RL) ...R L R L R L R L R L R L R(RL) ..



That's all. Practice hard. And keep your tempo in the constant speed. Don't speed it up and speed it down.


Tuesday night practice yea. 7pm !!! See you plus bring your WATER and Heart yea..

** I'm desperately in need of the RUBBISH BIN's Cap............I have two with me now

Comfirmed practice.

Junkers,

Okay, after i read all the suggestions, majority of the people would prefer Tuesday night. Due to the youth installation thingy which falls on Monday night itself. So.

Day: Tuesday
Time:7pm-9pm
Bring:Drumsticks, water & Heart
Room: 8.13


Just wanna encourage you guys to bring WATER for this coming practice k. Thanks. For those who have Rubbish bin's cap please bring too, i need it. Nono..is "WE" need it desperately. Thanks. Wui jie has collected some of the glass botols from his workplace, probably he steal some, i guess. haha..

New member volunteered to join. Let's put our hand together and welcome "KEITH".

Junkers, we have 2+ weeks to go!!! Let's put in extra effort to work hard. The outcome performance falls at your hand, if you play well, we will produce nice and cool music. How bout that !!!

See yea!

"YOUR PUNCTUALITY SHOWS YOUR PROFESSIONALITY". --Mr Ooi--

Practice

Junkers,

I have just recieved notice tha this coming whole weekdays, there will going to be new intake registration and orientation for the foundation july intake students. And the auditorium is fully booked throughout the week. So no choice, i got to book the night section. Can you guys make it?

Monday 7.30-9.30pm
Tuesday 7.30-9.30pm

Which one would you prefer? Please tell me ASAP. We need to sacrifice our time to practice hard. Time is running out. Thanks thanks.

2nd practice

Dear junkers:

Venue: Auditorium
Time: 10am-12pm
Bring: Drumsticks, Heart, Water
Day: Friday


Please do your self-practice at home.


1) ----R L R L R L R L R L ... ---- (faster)

2) ----RRRR LLLL RRRR LLLL ... ----

3) ---- RR LL RR LL RR LL RR ... ----

4) ---- RLRR LRLL RLRR LRLL ... ----

5) ---- ( 9 beats) R L R L R L R L R ----


Please practice each drumbeats perfectly and consistently for at least 3-4 minutes k. Reason- to train your wrists' stamina. If not, on that actualy day, your tangan cramp or patah dont blame me arr...... wuahaha

For those who have the Rubbish bin's penutup and Glass botols please bring on Friday too.

tata

First practice section

Dear junkers,

For those who came for the meeting just now, I appreciate it a lot. And for those who purposely MISSED this meeting and run to Lundu to main main **cough cough Eric cough cough**, hmmm......

Guys
1) Johnson Woan
2) Wui Jie
3) Jong Wei Tat
4) Swee
5) Wee Liang
6) Chong Soon Eng
7) Ryan
8) Yun Qii
9) Kwan Yang
10) Melvin
11) Paul (TBC)
Girls
1) Judieth Ting
2) Evelyn


I have posted the 3 videos here, do spend time to "enjoy" their music.

Do take note of the 1.05 when the guy walks in with the two penutups. Probably we will do that too. But who will be the victim ???... LOL




Do take note of the 2:16, i pretty like the style they change the drum tempo.





I'm still figuring the style and tempo that we will going to bind together. Inspiration needed. Definitely the performance will going to be very Creative + Bombastic !!


First practice section:

Day: Wednesday
Venue: Room 3:19
Time: 9.30am-11.30am
Bring: Yourself, Heart and Water.

Awaiting for your presence !


Tata

Reconsider for the namelist. **updated**

I'm back.

Over this few days, i have keep thinking about the name list. And i just feel that 20 people will be too much in this STOMP band. It is because if we can't manage to play well according to the perfect beat within this 2-3 weeks before the actual event, we will going to create NOICE rather than a nice music beat.

So i've decided to withdraw some people from the previous name list. I will reduce it to 13-14 people (Max), and just to clarify, this 13 people will involve in the "Stomp performance". And the others whose names are not in the performance list, you are allowed to join the city parade. But only limited people are allowed to follow. This is requested by Encik Ismail. Cheers.

But thinking of who to pull out is a very sickening action to do, hope all of you will understand. Seriously, i feel so uneasy laa.... paiseh.. we only have less than 3 weeks to practice. So i've decided to conclude it with a "fair and square" condition.

I believe that this requires:

Commitment ---(Can come for every single practice, if possible),
Perseverance ---(Seriously, this performance is very tiring and requires a lot of energy, i hope none of you will give up at the last second)
Willingness (---You know la ..... )

I have talked to those whose names are not in the latest list already. New lists. Appreciate you guys lots.

Guys
1) Johnson Woan
2) Wui Jie
3) Ivan Liew
4) Swee
5) Wee Liang
6) Chong Soon Eng
7) Ryan
8) Yun Qii
9) Kwan Yang
10) Melvin

Girls
1) Judieth Ting
2) Evelyn


Please don't stone me ok if i have removed your name. I do apologise. No swapping or replacing with "outsiders" are allowed , if one of you has decided to step out / quit, and the name lists will still be the same. No new members wil be added in.

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Just for a little update.

Melvin, Ah yieng and I went to search for the instruments that we will going to use. I bought some drumsticks. Seriously, i don't know where to find and buy those big tongs and tong sampah.... And thank God that melvins' aunty sells this "things" at 10th miles !!!!! gossh.... Anyway, we went there for a survey on Thursday. And this morning we went there again together with a rented truck and we bought a lot of stuffs. And after that we went to 7th miles to buy other necessary equipments. And tour tour tour.....

Some photos

We will use this Shun Wu Kung's sticks as our drumsticks, and the rests will use the actual drumsticks.



Some recycle tins and dustbins.



Seriously, those tongs are so smelly ( some tins are taken out from the place where they throw the rubbishs and wastes) and oily. Busying washing them.


Here you go !


Tiring but exciting ! My first time to in charge of this big event ( We are representing Swinburne !) . What a privilege. Hope we will see a strong teamwork among our people.



Remember:

First meeting on this MONDAY. 2pm-4pm. At Room 5.02 (might change) cas we need lcd.

Do post comments to make sure you are still alive. If cannot make it, do let me know, if not i will anggap that you kenak kidnapped.

Tata

Name lists for City Day Parade

I have just attended the City Parade meeting together with the other persons-in-charge and Uncle Ismail. Blabbing here and there.


City Day Parade:

Date: 4th August 2007
Day: Saturday
Venue: Jubilee ground to Padang merdeka.
Time: 3pm-12am.
Attire: TBC
Performance: Less than 3 minutes

I have chosen 20 members from Choir club to be involved in this performance. How lucky and soi you are. Basically what we are going to do is to STOMP. Using domestic equipments like Tins, Buckets, Tong Sampah, Steel Pipes and bla bla bla to make music. How cool is that ! On the other hand, I have personally scanned through each person that has the hidden potential.

Characters required: Perseverance, Commitment, Obedience, Faithful, Patient, Quick-learner and cooperative.

Guys
1) Johnson Woan
2) Aldrin Wong
3) Wui Jie
4) Ivan Liew
5) Swee
6) Wee Liang
7) Chong Soon Eng
8) Ryan
9) Yun Qii
10) Ee sing
11) Wei Tat
12) Billy
13) Avery Wee
14) Kwan Yang
15) Melvin

Girls
1) Judieth Ting
2) Laura Ting
3) Evelyn

For those who are involved, if you are not interested in joining this STOMP. Do let me know as soon as possible. But don't regret yea. **cough cough** I'm still in need of 3-4 stompers. For those who are interested and your name is not in the lists, do let me know. We welcome you with open arms. I'm just trying to be hospitable ba.....


More information to zeal you up.

There is a total of 56+++ contingents involved. And Swinburne University is part of them. Each contingent required minimum 40 peoples. Choir- 20, Anime-15 and Staff-10.

Prize to be won.

1st prize: Rm10,000
2nd prize: Rm 7,000
3rd prize: Rm5,000
Best costume: Rm 3,000
Consolation: Rm 500 X 5

And of course, we, representing Swinburne University of Junks, aim for the Consolation prize.. haha.. please don't stone me.

I am still thinking the music for the performance. 29 days to go! Feel free to give me some CREATIVE ideas. Other than that, i won't entertain you. Jahat nya...

1st meeting and practice, this coming Monday, 2pm-4pm, room 5.04. Means tomorrow's tomorrow's tomorrow's tomorrow. Please tolong me to inform your friends that are involved. Appreciate it. thanks..

For any requires, do drop comments. For those who involved, please reply in the comment box. Just to make sure that you're still alive.

Thanks. God bless you.

No Choir Practice in July

Attention to all Swinburne Choir members:

From Johnson,

There will going to have NO Choir practice/meeting this month (July) due to degree student's holiday and foundation student's final examination. We are very considerate de.... Kindly take note of that tolong me tell your friends too.

I know many of you are desperated in SINGING. No worries, we will inform all of you when will the next choir practice starts. Thank you Banyak muchie...

Choir next target: Swinburne Carnival.... yuhuuu!!

Note:

I will post up the "Junkies" post soon together with the names and the practice date. I'm exciting and excited for it ! Hope it goes same to you, tong sampah. =P

Study hard and smart to all foundation students.


Johnson. Thanks chen.

Good Luck to all Degree students and coming Foundation Test...

So kolien ooo this choir blog... already dead ka? haiz...

Anyway... all the best to the degree students. Dont nervous, dont worry, dont panic, dont lazy, dont give up... Even though if you feel that you can do the question, dont just leave it blank! draw some turtle or power ranger in the paper, maybe teacher will give you some symphathy marks lo!

In conclusion, may God bless you. =) all da best ^_^

-Chen-

URGENT MEETING

THERE WILL BE A MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY - 6 JUNE 2007)

VENUE: LEVEL 5. DUNNO THE ROOM BUT JUST GO THERE...

TIME: 2.30 P.M (DUN WORRY IT'S NOT A PRACTICE. IT WILL TAKE LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR)

JUST HAVE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING. ABOUT THE SONS CHOIR AND THE CITY DAY PARADE THING.

MAKE SURE ALL THE MEMBERS GO!!! MUST!!!! TELL THOSE WHO DIN READ THE BLOG.

Adding Blog Links and FEES...

anyone who has blog please write ur url in the chatbox or in the comments in this post so that we can add u into the link part... thank you..

and please note that for the older members who has joined during the summer semester or before that, please pay ur RM 8 for this semester.. the semester is ending soon...and we haven't collected. and for those who joined but did not pay last year, then i'm sorry but u will have to pay RM10... so that it's fair.. =>

Permenant Future practice location and time

Start from now on, we will be having our practise on

Date : Every Friday

Time : from 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Venue: auditorium.

So if there is any changes, i personally will message all of the members. thanks. =) remember to come =)

Regarding to Choir T-Shirt

I am here repeat this for the last time, about our Choir T-Shirt.

We are now, providing 5 different size...

a) XS
b) S
c) M
d) L
e) XL

Each of the T-shirt costs RM18.00 nett, definitely no discount or price rising, all of the members have to buy it for future purpose( mostly presentation ), and the new shirt should look a bit different compare to the old one... remember the 'Swin burn ne' part? hehe.. =)

If you need other size than above, Example: XXS , XXL, please contact any of the leader, or you may send a message to me, 016-8599119, best before June. Thanks for your coperation and wish you enjoy your day during choir practise.

-Chen-

Sons Choir Concert Visit

A visit to

SONS CHOIR CONCERT...

at Maktab Perguruan Batu Lintang...

Dear choir members,

Please be informed that all of us are to meet at Swinburne's Lobby at 7 pm sharp because we will be going by chartered bus. For those going on their own, please wait at the entrance for the rest of us so that we can go in together.

All members are required to wear Choir Club's T-shirt for identification purpose. All members are also required to bring their Student ID.

For any enquires, please contact 016-8576754 (Choir Club's Hp.no).

Thank you.

NEXT CHOIR PRACTICE!!!

Dear choir members,

The practice for tomorrow is as usual

Venue: Auditorium

Time: 12.15 pm - 2.30

Date: 18 May 2007

Remember to bring you “The Phantom of the Opera” music book.
All Tenors and Basses are asked to come at 12.15pm to brush up on “Think of me”.
Thank you.

CHOIR PRACTICE

As usual, there would be a choir practice tomorrow.


venue: Auditorium
time: 12.30 - 2.30p.m
date: 11 May 2007



ALL MEMBERS MUST COME!!
remember to bring your music book "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"
and for those who haven't pay,bring money.

we welcome new members.

SEE YOU THERE~!! :)

SING SMART! not hard! ----->free vocal tips

Here's some alphabetical vocal tips to improve your singing skills. Seriously, it helps alot! :)


A = Airflow. Never hold your breath while singing. The airflow is what creates and carries your vocal tone, so keep it flowing. Avoid Clavicular Breathing and Belly Breathing -- instead, learn the proper way to breathe for singing, called diaphragmatic breathing.

B = Breathing properly for singing requires the shoulders to remain down and relaxed, not rise with the breath intake. A singer will gain power to their voice by strengthening the muscles in their ribcage and back.

C = Communicate the music's message. During performance it is very important to communicate the message of the song. If you make a "mistake" don't point it out to your audience. It is most likely they did not even notice.

D = Diaphragmatic Support. Develop the strength and coordination of the diaphragm and become a pro at controlling the speed of the airflow released, the quantity of the airflow released and the consistency of the airflow released.

E = Elasticity of the Vocal Folds. The vocal tone is created as airflow bursts through the cleft of the vocal cords causing them to vibrate/oscillate. The vocal folds can lose elasticity due to misuse, lack of use and/or increase of age. Be sure to train your voice with vocal exercises on a regular basis to keep your voice in shape.

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F = Free your natural voice. Don't be a slave to any music style -- even your favorite one. Learn to sing with your full and natural voice by developing your vocal strength and coordination. Then add stylistic nuances to achieve any singing style you desire.

G = Guessing Games. Never guess the pitch you are about to sing. Hear the note in your head before you open your mouth.

H = Higher notes require an increase in airflow.

I = Increase your breathing capacity and control by doing breathing exercises every day. Be sure to avoid patterned breathing. Singers must negotiate phrase lengths of all different sizes, so it is important to be versatile.

J = Jumping Jacks. If you are having trouble getting your body completely involved with singing, try doing some cardiovascular activities, like jumping jacks, for a few minutes before getting started again. Sometimes your instrument simply needs an airflow wake-up call.

K = Know your limits. Don't sing too high or too low. Don't sing to the point of vocal fatigue. Never strain or push your voice. Doing so will not result in a higher or lower singing range, or a stronger voice, only a voice that has suffered undue stress.

L = Lower notes require a decrease in airflow.

M = Mirror. Training in front of a mirror can help a singer discover many things about their instrument, as well as confirm that other actions are being done correctly. Be sure to rely on a mirror during vocal training, but be able to leave the mirror to face an audience.

N = Never sing if it hurts to swallow.

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O = Open your mouth wider. Nine times out of ten this will help you achieve a stronger, more defined vocal tone.


P = Prepare your instrument before singing. Singers are very much like athletes. Take care of your body/instrument by stretching out the vocal muscles and relieving the body of unnecessary tension before singing.

Q = Quit smoking. Quit talking too loudly. Quit talking too much.

R = Raise the Soft Palate. Creating a larger space inside your mouth by raising the soft palate, or fleshy part of the back of our throat, helps achieve a deeper more well rounded singing tone.

S = Sing through the vocal breaks. If you do not teach the muscles the necessary actions to sing through the trouble spots, success will never be achieved. Sing through it, sing through it again, and again....

T = Tone Placement. Learning the facts about tone placement and resonance make a huge difference in the abilities of a singer. In simple terms, a singer has numerous body cavities (nasal cavity, chest cavity, etc.) and amplifiers (bones, ligaments, etc.) that act as resonators. Focusing the vocal tone through the proper resonating chamber with the proper support is important with regard to controlling and developing your personal sound.

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U = Unique Voice Under Construction. Remember that your voice has its own unique fingerprint and is constantly changing with our actions, environment, health habits, etc. With this in mind, listen to your own voice often and use vocal training tools to keep your voice on the right track.


V = Vibrato. Vibrato is a natural or forced fluctuation of a singing tone. Do not concentrate on learning how to sing with vibrato. Instead, concentrate on the basic foundations of singing, breathing and support. When the proper coordination is achieved, vibrato will occur naturally.

W = Water. Water. Water. Drink room temperature water as often as you can to keep your voice organ hydrated. If you only have cold or hot water available, swish it around in your mouth for a moment. This action will keep your voice organ from being startled or stressed by different temperatures.

Y = You Can Sing with Impact! Exercise your voice daily with contemporary voice lesson products. Don't Just Sing when You Can Sing with Impact!

Z = Zzzzzzzz. Be sure to get your rest. If you are tired, your voice will show it. A tired body/instrument will not allow you to produce your best possible sound.

By,
YVONNE DeBANDI


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i never knew singing could be so interesting with all these theories.

coming practice!!!

there will be practice this Friday (4 may 2007)
venue: auditorium
time: same 12.30 - 2.30p.m

all members should go!!! Thank you
if u wanna bring in new friends, can also...

Regarding Notice Board and Practices

our official choir club notice board will be located at level 2, right wing.. it is still not updated, but the committee members will do it soon..

however, i would like to stress that, please check frequently on this site for special events even though we gain possession of a notice board now..

the regular practices will be on every friday, 12.30pm to 2.30pm.. and i would like to send condolences to our Muslim fellow members as they have prayer that particular period of the week..

nevertheless, the committee board will call up practices on saturday if necessary.. attendance is not compulsory, but we need to show our enthusiasm.. who would want to sing like a frog forever..?

Practice

practice on 27 April 2007

TIME: SAME TIME 12.30 -2.30 P.M

VENUE: AUDITORIUM.

THINGS TO BRING: UR VOICE AND THE BOOK ....ALSO FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T PAY REMEMBER TO BRING MONEY.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!

PLEASE HELP TO INFORM OTHERS WHO DOESN'T KNOW... BRING IN NEW FRIENDS IF U WANT TO

20th April 2007

We are having practise on this coming Friday, as usual:

Time : 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Venue: 4.07
attendance : old and new members are welcome.

For your information, Leaders are requested to inform the new members about the time and the venue of every practises. Thanks for your co-operation. And make sure you bring yourself there too.

-Chen-

i realized that our blog has been spammed. anyway, who cares about what "outsider" say right. all the members agree right?? usually when people spam, they're just jealous of what our club has done. all he/she knows is just criticizing what other people do... only talk and no do...

anyway, some of the members have replied the spam in the chatbox. with all the members' cooperation, it is useless for anybody to insult us. if want, just come and compete with us with singing. see how good they are.... don't forget, we have a lot of good singers!!!

it's alright if we didn't perform rite, we're all beginners and are willing from our mistakes rite??unlike some "outsiders" who didn't dare to face their failure...

Let's work harder, members!!!!

Notice For Practice

As choir members, we need practice! You see, practice makes perfect. Anyways:

Date: Friday, 13 April 2007
Time: 12.30-2.30 a.m. p.m.
Venue: Ground Floor Auditorium

Old members and new members are all welcome.

Yeah, it will be Friday the 13th but let's make a jinx our lucky charm. Who truly believes in such superstitions anyway.

Please motivate yourself to come for this practice okay? Remember that we all aim to be the best choir around... And that requires practice! It will be a glorious moment when we finally reach the top. Imagine the glory of standing on that stage, hearing the thunderous applause and the deafening cheers of the crowd. Just imagine~

Dreams can become a reality, you know? ;) So let's work hard for it!

See you at the practice!

Welcome members

see how much fun we have?? so i guess u also dun wanna miss it rite??

welcome members to the choir blog... this is the place for u to write ur comments and to communicate with other members. we have to be committed... and really have fun in this club...