JAE 2009 2nd audition appeal

hello graduated sec 4s of 2008.

we are holding our 2nd rounds of auditions for those who are considering to appeal into MJC through band.

details:

3rd February 2009 ( tuesday )

6pm - 9pm

Bandroom ( 2nd floor overlooking the school field )

please bring along your own instruments/mouthpiece/reeds ( except for percussionists )

Remember to photocopy 2 sets of the required documents to be handed in to the general office and to the band during your interview.

- O level certificate

- testimonials

-sec 1-4 result slips

- CCA records

-CIP records
-NAPFA records

-any recommendation letters/certificates relevant for appeal.

Those who have attended the 1st appeal session (12Janurary) as well as the upcoming one (3february) will be notified by the school a.s.a.p if your appeal have been successfully granted.

NOTE: to the students who have came for the audition on 12 january, do remember to come down to MJC after you have gotten your posting results to hand in your documents and fill in the appeal form.

and to all our existing members,

have a good rest ahead.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!! :)

-exco

To 2008 SEC 4 Students:

hey all. here are the details for those trying to appeal into MJC through band.

the auditions for the appeal will be held tomorrow:

13th January 2008 ( Tuesday)
6-9pm
Bandroom

please bring your
1. own instruments/reeds/mouthpiece.

2. photocopy these documents
- O level result slip
- Sec 1-4 result slips
- CIP record
-CCA record
-NAPFA test results
-testimonials
- any reccomendation letter
- ceertificates which you feel would substantiate your appeal

3. the original documents as mentioned above

it is advisable for you all to come around 4-5pm to settle some administrative things with the General Office.

Upon arrival in MJC,

1. go to the General Office to get an Appeal Form and fill in your particulars

2.ensure you have all the required documents photocopied and submit them to the general office

3. make your way to the bandroom to go for the interview and audition

4. ensure you have the original copy of your results and all the abovementioned documents for the teachers' reference during the interview.

for any queries, do visit our school website http://www.mjc.moe.edu.sg/ for more details.

thank you.

To existing JC2 band members:

1. PLEASE BAY BAND FUND TO ERHAO!! :) thank you!
2. reminder that there's band on wednesday, 14 january, 2.30pm. thank you!

practice hard people! :))

-exco

Updates on MJCSB practices

hey guys, some of you might have forgotten the band practices for the new start of 2009.
Here are the details:

7th January 2009 (Wednesday)
0830 - 1700 hours

9th January 2009 (Friday)
0830 - 1700 hours

If you are unable to make it for any of the band pracs (with valid reasons), PLEASE inform azrul or jannah in advance.

Thanks

-erhao XD

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2009 everyone!

Good luck and may all your dreams for 2009 come true!

It's time to put down everything in 2008 and look forward to a wonderful 2009!

SYF 2009 is here people!!! MJCSB are you ready to overwhelm everyone with our music?

-erhao XD

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

Updates

1. TO ALUMNI MEMBERS,

hey all. if you wish to order the mjcsb hoodie, do inform me (jannah) or joel. So far, those whom i know ordered are:
- Joel
- Juling
-Rickson

yeap. i need you all to pay me by friday, 21nov2008, latest. $28. yeaps.

2. TO J1 members going for japan trip

remember to pay your $98 for the airport tax if you are not on opportunity fund by this wednesday, 19nov2008, 2.30pm latest.

3. TO band DSA 2009 sec4 students

do check your handphones and email for updates and some admin work i need you all to settle before mjcsb goes on our japan trip. hope you can join us for our december practices!

4. Just for your information

december practices would be on
- 13 december / saturday (TUNE-IN)
- 17 december / wednesday
-19 december / friday
- 20 december / saturday (CHRISTMAS LUNCH)


ok. and one more thing, WEDNESDAY PRACTICE, 19NOVEMBER practice is pushed forward to 9am - 1pm. hope you all got the message. thank you!

-Jannah-

p.s. can you guys understand my english? is it that bad? HAHA

band jacket(:

HELLO!

Just in case any of you want to know how the band jacket for our japan trip will look like,
here's a peek! it's just a draft, the colour's not exactly confirmed, but do think along the colours of gold or silver.(for the wordings) the jacket will be black. :D

Right, now for the cost matters.
COST: $28(inclusive of 7%GST)

SO RIGHT, since we need to pay deposits and all that...

J1s PLEASE pay up by THIS FRIDAY! (31 OCT)

hoho. i hope you all will like the jacket! cos i really do!

Oh and one more thing,
J1s going to Japan, please remember to pay up the 2nd instalment to Mdm Fadi in the GO by 31 oct! Please and thank you!

-sharyn

P.S ohyah. you wont be receiving the jacket until either a few days or even the day before we leave for japan. SORRY!

Band Prac resume

Hey all! hope you had a good 2months break from band. Band gonna resume back on

15Oct2008

2.30pm

ms sia is coming back! play well for howl's moving castle ok! (although i hate that song!)

ANYONE INTERESTED???

hey people. anybody interested to go to a JAzz concert?? its FREE ADMISSION!





do contact Azrul or Jannah by Monday, 13October2008 if you guys want to go alrighty!





Have fun doing your PW! :)

MJC's Open House

To all potential MJCians or even potential members of the MJCSB family,

MJC's open house will be held this coming Friday, 3rd of October. Come feel the meridian's heartbeat and palpitate along with us!

MJCSB will be performing at 2pm and 4pm

@ linkway connecting the hall and 2nd level staffroom
(2 and a half storey) :)

Just as how excited as you are, we're looking forward to seeing you there!


PS Thank you, Gary for the new template!
PPS It's only been a few days since this blog has been established and we've already reached 177 views (though I've probably contributed 30+ of those). Yay!

A couple of announcements

1. There will be a compulsory band practice on this thursday(2/10) in preparation for the open house on the 3rd. It'll be from 6-8pm. Please be punctual!

2. In view of CIP, we might be performing at the Cerebral Palsy centre beside us on a band prac day (wednesday or friday). The time has yet to be confirmed but it'll most probably be held after school. We'll be making our way there by foot due to the close proximity.

The decision to perform there will depend on all of our decisions.
So do vote! Thanks!

I'm terribly sorry. It's been cancelled!