Meiden.Meridian.Moichido Part III Video Playback

hey MJCSB,
the long awaited video compilation on Meiden.Meridian.Moichido Part III is FINALLY uploaded!

Part 1


Part 2


Special thanks to Ms Tan who painstakingly compiled the wonderful pictures she took into a video!

Play some music from imeem on the right to entertain yourself as there is no audio to this video.
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-erhao XD

Meiden.Meridian.Moichido Part III Day 2

hey guys! i'm back again with more pics! this is the pictures for Day 2! We started off our 2nd wonderful day at Japan with some shopping at Osu early in the morning before proceeding down to Aichi Meiden to meet them.
They waited for us outside their school in temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius just to greet us!
their new school buildingwe went up 5 floors to their band room and settled down before unwrapping our instruments for the 1st time and getting ready for sectionals.
ito sensei took us for combines as he helped us with some of our pieces. Time passes really quick there and soon it was time for us to make our leave.
for dinner, mr wong treated us to this great place that served delicious chicken wings.the underground railway system in Nagoya that we always took.

back at Ryokan Meiryu, sections decided to complete their gifts for Aichi Meiden students. Here is trombone section hard at work.we Excos, also did not slack and complete the gifts for the various people who made this trip successful
-erhao XD

Machu Picchu

Though Machu Picchu is a very technically and musically demanding piece and no matter how much you dread playing the challenging parts - you gotta admit that it's such a beautiful and brilliant masterpiece. Unknowingly, you're tapping your feet to it during band (well you should stop doing it anyway!), you're humming to it every now and then and the song just goes on replay in your mind uncontrollably.

Yes, you are falling in love with Machu Picchu.

To gain a better understanding of what the piece requires, I think we should all know what the legendary city looks like (yes! it actually exists on earth) so here you go!

P.S. The video gets boring after 5 seconds, trust me. I suggest you mute it and play the song from the playlist at the right to achieve optimal effect.

Enjoy!

- Evonne

Memories: Meiden Meridian Moichido Part III

Ohayou gozaimasu!!

i am terribly sorry for the delay in the uploading of the photos. we were compiling as many photos as we can from as many of you. here are some pictures from Day 1.

we were greeted by Mr kajiyama at the airport. a nice feeling to see a familiar face around!

from the airport..sorting out the luggages..

the multi-purpose hall. volley. badminton. basketball. you name it..

the teachers room.

the band members brought us around their school and introduced us to their fellow classmates! OHIO!

the scenic view of nagoya and the nagoya dome from the 5th floor of the new meiden building.
one of the many shelves displaying a proud 5oyears worth treasures of achievement and accolades.

huddling up to keep ourselves warm and ready to watch the videos.
the meiden showing us a few of their display band's competition video. versatile players. they play symphonic as well as march well.. our true teenage idols

warming up to the different atmosphere for playing - cold air = flatter tone..very very flat..

my internet connection is slightly down at the moment. i will continue for day 2 and the rest tomorrow. take care all!

reminder

BRASS players: Steven Mead recital tomorrow 3pm. Hope your SLs sent you the SMS.

COSMOS:D

HELLO EVERYONE!(:
Regarding the COSMOS score right, I realised it's kinda blur and all that, and I made one mistake(heh.) so you all can refer to this one, and make amendments or whatsoever. :D

COSMOS
lyrics by MIMASU

Natsu no kusahara ni
Ginga wa takaku utau
Mune ni te o atete
Kaze o kanjiru

Kimi no nukumori wa
Uchuu ga moeteita
Tooi Jidai no Nagori
Kimi wa Uchuu
Hyaku O-kunen no rekushi ga
Ima mo karada ni nagareteru
Hi-kari no ko-e ga sora takakukikoeru
Kimi mo hoshi da yo
Minna minna

Ah Ah Ah Ah~

Toki no nagare ni
Umareta monona-ra
Hitori nokorazu
Shiawase ni nareruhazu
Minna inochi o moyasun da
Hoshi no you ni hotaru- no you ni

(1st time bar)Hi-kari no ko-e ga sora takakukikoeru
Bokura wa hitotsu
Minna Minna

(2nd time bar)Hi-kari no ko-e ga sora takakukikoeru
Kimi mo hoshi da yo
Minna Minna (x2)

*The part where it changes key uses the 2nd time bar's lyrics.
Anyway right, if you all want to know, the song's actually about the universe. Or rather, cosmos. Yah. :D Credits to Meiden for the score! Happy singing!

-Sharyn

holiday band schedule

hello all. t

listed below are the band practice dates for december and january.


20 december - saturday - 9am to 5pm
23 december - tuesday - 9am to 12.30pm [ christmas lunch 1pm to 3pm ++ ]

7january - wednesday - 9am to 5pm **
9 january - friday - 9am to 5pm **

** the january practice time is still tentative. will update everyone a.s.a.p.

Meiden.Meridian.Moichido Part III

hey guys. apologies for not updating the blog asap. however, because due to the huge load of pictures coming in (thanks everyone), i decided to let the pictures tell the wonderful times we had at Japan.

hello all!

hey all!

bet most of you still in some sort of Japan mood. ok our wonderful ZUL actually recorded the cosmos performance that meiden sang specially for us!!!

okok. soso, here is the url

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIDT42OLsA

i will place the video here on the blog itself once my connection is stable so that i wont have to sit here for ages to wait for it to upload!

REMEMBER TOMORROW PRACTICE!!!

17december2008
9 to 5pm!

DSA students - see you there!

ouhouh and the christmas lunch has been postponed to 23rd december, 1pm. sorry for the inconvinience.

WONDERFULLY SPONSORED BY MISS SIA SWEE SUAN! thank you!

ok. see you all tomorrow. we have lots to do...rest well!

-Jannah:) -

Admin Issues

hey MJCSB members & alumnis, there are certain admin stuff to clear up

1st issue:
Return of Hangers, Blazer Casings and Blazers

Please return asap, best by tune in day itself

2nd issue:
Hoodie

Some alumnis have not paid up for the hoodies ($28).
So please please pay up for the hoodie asap because we owe someone the money.

XD so see you guys on tune-in which is tomorrow!

-erhao

Update on MJCSB Tune-In

To all MJCSB DSA 2009 Sec 4 Students & any interested Sec 4s,
here are the details for the tune-in:

MJCSB Tune-In
Date: 13/12/2008 Saturday
Time: 10am - 5pm

Pieces:
Armenian Dances Part 1
Big Band Showcase
Concertino for Marimba and Winds

Please bring your own instruments and be dressed in your school attire.

Anyways, updates on the Meiden.Meridian.Moichido Part III will be up shortly. So stay tuned to read all about our fabulous wonderful MJCSB exchange with Aichi Meiden Symphonic Band.

-erhao