Hi,

This shall be my last post on the viola blog. A super short post too....

Personally I think the standard of the viola section isn't too bad, even after the sec4s left. After attending last Fri's sectionals, I could see that viola section can do pretty well for next year's SYF!

I hope that HCISO Violists 2009 will...

Be the most disciplined section in HCISO.
'Traditionally, viola section is the most disciplined section in HCISO' --- quote from Nancy Tay. Being in a 'despised' section, you people must learn as fast as possible in order to catch up with the rest. Bjorn once said, 'since we can't play like a violinist, we might as well be more disciplined than they are.'

Be the strongest section in HCISO.
No. I don't mean all of you should get a diploma at the end of the year. Being the strongest section does not mean everyone of you gotta be as pro as Voon. To be the strongest section in HCISO, there are three things you need to do.
1) Practise for Dr Yeo lessons dilligently
2) Practise orchestra pieces.
3) Practise your orchestra skills during rehearsal instead of talking among yourself.

Love music.
I don't care what kind of music is your idea of 'fun'. It's different for every year. For example, during Tiap Yang's time it was the Shostakovich 2nd mvnt. During Albert's time it was Tambourine. During Bjorn's time it was Telemann. This year it was Passacaglia. The idea is you people must learn to have fun making music together. Music IS fun. Especially if it's exciting music.

Be the most fun loving section in HCISO.
Heh.. traditionally, viola section house the strongest DotA players... lol just kidding
Besides that you people must have strong teamwork. Find your best friends in the viola section. Go for section outings frequently. Tell viola jokes during rehearsals. Bond each other during sectionals.

That's about it. Only four goals. Cool right? The key idea is to have fun while being disciplined at the same time. Honestly, after these years in HCISO, I learnt that being disciplined as a group is the first step to have fun together.

So... GwH for SYF 2009? You can do it!

All the best, Violists 2009 (:

Cheers,
Choong

HCISO Violists17:05<3

Yo, violists!

My first post, finally! haha! :P

As you all know, we'll be off without the sec 4s from probably the next practice onwards. It is inevitable for the standard of the whole viola section to drop, but it's up to all of us to make the section recover from the post-sec4-farwell state and to strive harder for next year's SYF!

Wilfred! violists will miss your water-proof hair and the emo look on your face whenever you stand in front of the orchestra silently demanding silence! ;P and I must admit that you look humorously-serious during those moments!! haha! an oxymoron to match your HP language!! yay! and we'll most definitely miss your sectionals! (not much sectionals this year, are there?) haiz.. such a pity..

Larry! (the horniest ASL that ever lived) see this familiar?? haha!! ya! we'll sure miss you too! you never fail to cheer the viola section up with all your jokes and funny acts! we'll also miss the sexionals that you and wilfred conduct! haha~ you brought so much joy to the section and is always encouraing us to strive better.. we'll miss you for sure!

Chay choong! we will also miss you and your diploma-standard-understanding of music.. (or have you already reached diploma??) :P thanks for your farewell note.. though you are using the 2/3-for-1k viola, you are still able to play well along with your own interpretation of the pieces.. lol~ i know i will miss you a lot! yay! desk 2 pwnz~

Hao Meng! you are probably the one who cared for the violas' welfare the most, giving off tic-tacs and all those sweets when rehearsal starts to get boring.. hahaz.. and we'll definitely miss your hilarious playing of Big-Foot-Joe (or smth like that..)! we'll miss the kind of welfare you provided for the violists, though aaron might be your successor~ ;P

I'm sure the violists will not let the sec 4s down.. let's practice harder to pull our section's standard back up to where it is with the sec 4s! We shall prove ourselves worthy of being called "the most disciplined section in the orchestra"Mrs Tay lol~ let's all strive for a gold with honours next year! Violas 加油! (hehe.. i bet i'm the first to use chinese in the viola blog~)

Oh! and one insider-joke for the sec 4s and sec 3s..

Remember the teachers..
Though your sec 4 days in HCISO may be over,
Remember that you are still welcomed back anytime..
Remember too the teachers who have contributed
As much as you contributed for the orchestra:
Remember the teacher, who was facially-challenged,
Remember the teacher, who was horizontally-challenged,
Last but not least, remember the teacher, who was vertically-challenged.

Cheers,
zhaohong

HCISO Violists12:49<3

Hi Violists..

I have just received news that our performance item for teacher's day has to be vetted by the organising committee in charge of the programmes for the day. We need to practise before Next monday (11/8/08) so most likely we will be having rehearsals this wednesday (6/6/08) and friday (8/8/08). I need to confirm this again so stay tuned for latest updates. Please be alert and proactive and not wait for people to tell you whats going on. I know most of you reading this will be complaining but we just gotta tolerate. I'm sure you wouldn't want to screw up in front on your friends and teachers on Teachers Day right?

We need 4 desks to play for Teacher's Day. The list of people from the viola section are:

Zhao Hong
Jia Quan
Cong Ning
Aaron
Terre
Zher Yin
Wenqi
Hanyi

Plase inform Zhao Hong if you cannot play for this. Help to pass this message around

Hope you understand..
Jiaquan

HCISO Violists23:07<3