June Holiday 2018 band training

Celebration

Celebrating the last performance of the graduating members on Speech Day and ordered pizza. Time flies. Below is a photo when there were in sec 1.

 

The graduating Sec 4 leaders

 

Speech day 2018

The  Sec 2 to 5 students were involved in the Speech day performance. We performed 3 short pieces - March Together, Lighthearted March and Fanfare Processional that the Uniform Group marched to. This is also the last performance by the graduating members.

 

Thank You to all, including our Conductor and teachers!

2018 Term 2 week 1 & 2 training schedule

 For the usual CCA training, all Sec 1s + Seniors are required to attend.

21/3 Wednesday  CCA CANCELLED
22/3 Thuursday   CCA     parade rehearsal starts at 4pm (non-playing sec 1s excused)
23/3 Friday          CCA as usual


26/3 Monday       CCA      parade rehearsal starts at 4pm (non-playing sec 1s excused)
28/3 Wednesday CCA as usual
29/3 Thursday   Actual Speech Day (except Sec 1s)
30/3 Friday       CCA CANCELLED , rest well on Good Friday 😊

Report on time as printed on the cca training letter, please approach the teachers if you do not have a copy of it. 
Urge all members to attend training especially on the day a parade rehearsal will be taking place (as indicated above) so that band as a team is ready to put up our best performance on the actual speech day. 

Drum major and student conductor workshop 2017

Congratulations to Jun Xiang for completing the drum major workshop and Jamie for completing the student conductor workshop in 2017.

CCA Carnival 2018

At the annual CCA Carnival for our newly batch of Secondary 1 students, Concert Band had set up a booth and a few percussion instruments. Woodwind and brass instruments were also brought down. Seniors played a few rounds of performance and solo songs around the booth too. 

 Sec 1s had the chance to try out some of our drum sets.

 Introducing Baritone Saxophone...

 Seniors mending the booth and answering queries from Sec 1s.

 also introducing trumpet...

 Some of the Sec 1s signed up for the audition, we will see you there on 17 Jan !

 We gave out flyers, calendar cards and many many candies !

 Thanks for coming to our booth, Sec 1s !😉

The carnival ended successfully with quite a number of interested Sec 1s signing up.

Members, Thank you so much for making this possible!

As well as our band teachers.

❤ We hope to grow our Concert Band family so do join us in 2018 ❤

Audition for Sec 1 on 17 Jan 2018

All Sec 1 are welcomed to take a look at our training on
17 Jan 2018 Wed at 4pm.
The venue will be at the AVA room on level 4 (next to the art room)

Concert Band Audition 2018

Hello Sec 1s, Concert Band would be having an audition on 17 Jan (Wednesday) @ 4pm.

We are located on Level 4 AVA room,  hope to see you there ! 

Q: Do I need any playing experience or prepare any instruments beforehand?

A: No, you don't have to come with a music background. Concert Band will impart you new skills  from scratch.

Q: What will I be doing at the audition?

A: Relax! you'll be witnessing your seniors showcasing a few music pieces. Meanwhile try to spot the various instruments used in our band and perhaps note down the names of some! Also, our conductor will be having a friendly discussion with you as well as letting you know more of Band's commitment.

For more info, come to the audition, i promise it will be an interesting experience 😏😏

ps: Band Members are to be ready for showcase by 3.30pm.

Edgefield Secondary School 2017 Open House

18 November 2017 marks the day of our school's open house for primary 6 students and their parents.

To prepare for this prestigious event, we had a band rehearsal on the 17th.

                           

                                  Meanwhile, teachers had helped to set up our very own band booth.

Our own student conductor, Angel, is conducting us again ! Proud of her.

                   

 Thanks to those who had helped out at the Band booth !

                           

                                And of course, to the many P6s and parents who attended ...

                Concert Band had indeed put up a remarkable performance, well done to members !

 Lastly, a big shoutout to parents who came along with their children to our booth. We had appreciated their interest and queries.

                 

Will we be seeing some of those familiar faces again the coming year ? We certainly hope so !

Band Day Camp 2017

 To kickstart the camp, we had bonding games followed by practice. Some seniors came back and joined us playing 'shut up and dance' piece.

 This is the challenge trail activity where members were blindfolded and carefully guided by leaders around the school.

 Through this activity, the qualities of Trust, Confidence and learning to respond in times of adversity were challenged.

 This tunnel-crawling segment taught members the importance of listening to instructions and acting them out courageously in order to move on.

 Seniors were there to ensure every participant's safety and enjoyment.

 Branches were used as obstacles - our edegfield 'hills'.

 Participants have to trust the person in front of them. If the front person turns left, the whole team would have to turn left as well.

 We ended with a bonding session where band members were also asked to shout out what they have learnt today. Some excellent responses were integrity, team work and caring for one another.

Band Day Camp 2017 ended with our favourite snacks and sweets !
Thank you to all who played a part ! 😋