Message from Mr Stephen Melillo!!

All mssba members!

Below is the message from Mr Stephen Melillo after he watched the Chosen video that I have recently updated!!

Below is the email Mr Stephen Melillo sent to me. ^^

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Hello, Fredy!

Thank you for playing this Music about honoring the Great Souls of the Past, like Beethoven and many like him. This is what is meant by Time to Back the Knights. The "Knights" of History regardless of geography or boundary.

I very much LOVE the CONDUCTOR!... and I think the Ensemble sounds very fine considering the Video microphone.

Bravo to you and a special thanks to the Musicians for all of their Giving, and or course to the fine Conductor.

Thanks again to you and Godspeed!

Steve

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So guys! Continue your good work!!! We will need to be even better!!

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And here it is!! The video!!

THE CHOSEN!


Be the best we can be!! mssba gogo!

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~
-creating music style of our own-

Practice resumes on 6th June 2009!

Hi all mssba members,

Please take note that maris stella symphonic band alumni practice resumes on

6th June 2009
Saturday
2 PM
Maris Stella Band Room

Please make sure you are free from things can come down for practice.

Email has been sent out to ALL MEMBERS. Please read, update yourself and of course co-operate with us for those upcoming events!

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Concert coming up and we will need to get things done! After 11 months of break, I am pretty sure we are going to sound rather bad but things need to go on.

Do take note, you will need to come for every practice as this program, you will not be able to get it done a few practices before concert. It is rather impossible to bring back the score and practise on your own too cause a lot of linkages here and there within the band.

So you will need to come down for practices.

We will be giving out scores for these upcoming events in batches. So we will need to settle majority of the pieces before the next batch of pieces come in. Will update you all more about this on 6th june practice.

Hope to see everyone soon!

Enjoy your remaining break before Alumni Band resumes!

Fredy

maris stella symphonic band alumni

~the legacy continues~

-creating music style of our own-

Main Band SYF

To all Alumni Band members,

Main Band has achieved a Gold award in the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging (Concert Band) 2009.

They have performed very very well on 8th April 2009. It was the best I have seen them perform (and many other alumnus too). Although did not get what they aimed for but still they have worked very hard for this Gold that was awarded by the 7 Judges.

Be it Gold or Gold with Honours. That particular day, 8th April 2009. They have played music that touched the hearts of the audience. I think that's something worth more than any award.

Main band has really made all the Alumnus proud on that very day with their music. Really proud of them.

After Main Band SYF, it will be our turn again anytime soon. We (both mssb and mssba) shall continue to strive to the best we can be.

Maristbands GOGO!!

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Something for everyone...

Haha. this is our SIBF video (ONLY BAND VIEW, so we all got cheated).

This is Hymn to the Sun ~with the beat of the Mother Earth~

enjoy!

Since next sat alumni band resumes, there's sth for u guys to do after the practice.

NUS Wind Symphony presents an evening through the evolution of music - in GREEN!

InTempo 2009 featuring an environmental theme, with highlights like Jan Van der Roost's Amazonia, Frank Ticheli's Vesuvius, Satoshi Yagisawa's Hymn to the Infinite Sky. Band classic literature like Fantasy Variations by James Barnes and classical transcription of Franz von Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture are also highlights in the concert.

Date: 21 March 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 1930 HRS

Venue: University Cultural Centre Hall, National University of Singapore

Ticket: $12 (Free Seating)

Music Direction & Resident Conductor: Assoc. Prof. Ho Hwee Long

Programme:

Chorale and Shaker Dance - John P. Zdechilik

Puszta - Jan Van der Roost

Hymn to the Infinite Sky - Satoshi Yagisawa

Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli

-Intermission-

Amazonia - Jan Van der Roost

Pinocchio - Alex Poelman

Fantasy Variations - James Barnes

Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppé

For tickets, please contact me (Wai Yip) at 8112 4941

SYF date for Main band

To all Alumni members,

Please take note that Main Band SYF date and time is as follow:

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Maris Stella High School
Band no. 145

SYF Day = 8th April 2009
Time: 1145AM

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ALL alumni members are encouraged to come and help the main band! So do tell me if you can make it.

35 more days to their SYF!

Let's work together with the main band to achieve the First Gold with Honours in Maris Stella. Since we have gotten the TOP and Champion position in competitions. It is now our turn to help our main band to achieve GwH.


fredy

Congratulations!

On behalf of all the members in the maris stella symphonic band alumni.



We would like to congratulate Mr Adrian Chiang for getting a baby girl, Arielle Chiang on 11th February 2009!



mssba wishes your child has a good health and grow into a beautiful and fine lady!


Once more, thank you for your hard work and all the stuffs you have done for mssba!

Leave your message for Mr Adrian Chiang on the Tagboard!

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SYF

Please do take note that Main Band SYF is drawing near, all mssbalumni members please do come down and have sectional with them if possible.

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NTU and SAB Concert

NTU Concert -Sojourn 2009
21st FEB 2009
VCH @ 730
Price @ $12

Saints Alumni Concert
28 FEB 2009
VCH @730
Price @ $15. Buy in bulk will be $12

Those interested please inform me. Thanks!

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Fredy

A Night of Chamber Wind Music with Dr John Boyd

Everyone please take note..

Everyone is HIGHLY ENCOURAGE to for this concert! It is a MUST GO and MUST WATCH! Very good concert.

A Night of Chamber Wind Music with John Boyd
Date: 21st January 2009 (wednesday)
Time: 730 pm
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio
Price: $12 for Students.

really it worths the money! You will be seeing professional (SSO players) playing challenging and nice pieces. It is a good way to learn!

Everyone should go for this!

Fredy

mssba Latest Updates

Few things for this post.

1. TPJC BAND FESTIVAL!

I would like to thank members that have spent their time playing with the TPJC band in this TPJC Band Festival. I hope all of you have learnt something from Mr Surapol through this Band Festival.

Members that participated for this Band festival: Hao Siang, Jin Yan, Chien Teng, Nicholas Tan, Stanley, Chang Jun, Hwee Young, Seung Hwa, Dwayne, Darren, Wee Chong, Raymond, Lionel, Ryan, Nicholas Chew, Jun Xiang, Zhen Cheng, Chan Lun, Aaron, Caveat, James, Nicholas Wu, Ken Tan, Sean, Wai Yip, Fredy.

Hope it is a fun and good experience for all!

2. Registration of mssba.

We will be registering ourselves under the Maris Stella Alumni Association. Thus there will be some changes and postponement of event(s) for the 1st 3 months of 2009. Nevertheless, practice will continue as we need to practise for our WMC choice and set piece.

There will be announcement of changes to the mssbalumni in the next Practice which will be on 10th January 2009.

3. 16th World Music Contest

Please take note, our participation in the 16th World Music Contest 2nd Division has been confirmed by the WMC organizers. Dates will be finalized in January.

For now, the competition slot will be on either 17th or 18th July 2009.
Please keep your 15th/16th -24th/25th July 2009 period free.


4. Singapore Youth Festival 2009

As all of you may know, 2009 will be the SYF year for Secondary schools and JCs. Of course, our Maris Stella Main Band will be participating for it. I hope all available seniors from ALL Sections can come down and coach your main band juniors on Saturday. I guess it is not very nice to have a not too bad Alumni Band but a lousy Main Band. I guess nobody in the Alumni wants to hear people saying to give comments like: "your alumni good but your main band not good" or anything of that sort that maybe negative for both mssba and main band.

Thus, I would like to see all the seniors who can come back to help out with the main band to come back and teach.

Gold or not, depends on us and them. Gold with Honours or not depends on how much both bands work together.

5. MSSBA PRACTICE!

Alumni Practice will resume on 10th January 2009. We will be trying out our WMC Set Piece and of course choice pieces. At the same time, will announce some changes to mssba too. So everyone please attend the practice. Important.

Thanks!

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Christmas is coming. Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!! I want my presents!!! haha.

Merry Christmas mssba members!!

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fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

SIBF Recording + Upcoming Events

All Maris Alumni members,

A few things for this post, (PLEASE READ YOUR EMAIL CAREFULLY)

SIBF RECORDING
(DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THE RECORDING!)

I have received the Official Recording for our SIBF performance.

YESH. FINALLY! After SO LONG of waiting.

So let us hear the TEASER!!

WMC 2009

i think many of u guys already know that the set piece for WMC 2009 is out.

the music committee is currently working on the choice piece. the admin committee is working on the preparation for WMC 2009. we hope to see more ppl joining us for the upcoming competition, so every1 pls be patient.

the trip this time round will be different. less sightseeing but more interaction. how does that sound? will be giving u guys a rough idea of the trip when alumni prac resumes.

Chee Zhen Cheng Jason
Logistics Head
Maris Stella Symphonic Band Alumni

Alumni Band Dinner Cfmed

ok guys. the long awaited band dinner is cfmed.

from the polls we had almost 50% of our ppl voting for sakura international buffet. so we shall go there :D

WHAT: Alumni band dinner
WHEN: This coming sunday, 10th AUG, 6pm
WHERE: Balestier Shaw Plaza

Those that dunno how to go, feel free to ask me or fredy. we will be more den willing to help u guys. pls take note that if u are arriving late or cannot make it for the dinner, pls inform me or fredy as we need to confirm the total number of people asap as well as make arrangements for those late comers. thx!

Jason Chee
Logistics Head
Maris Stella Symphonic Band Alumni

TJ Alumni Concert + Trophy + Recording

All mssbalumni members,

There will be TJ alumni Band concert on 2nd August, tthis coming saturday in VCH! Ticket price at $12!!

playing Count on Monte Cristo, James barnes- Symphony number 4.

Please do go and support! Lin Sheng is conducting too!

Those who need tickets, let me know!!

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For those who still have yet to receive the recording, please come and find me. It is an unofficial recording though.

OFFICIAL RECORDING will not be out so soon from the organizer.

One thing that I need to inform you all.

FOR FINALS! There will ONLY be VIDEO DVD. (-_-) but for SEMI FINALS we will have both Audio and Video recording.

I'm cheated!! haha about having Pro Audio recording for FINALS!! grr!! Never mind..

We shall record our own professional recording next time.

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our trophy pic.

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PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR THE BAND DINNER!!!! haha

PS from me: why seoul and sakura tie!!?!?! haha.. seoul garden, I don't feel like cooking leh!!! haha...

fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Band Dinner VOTING!!

Ok. I have a poll for all mssbalumni members and friends of mssba. It is regarding the up-coming Band dinner to celebrate our success in the recent competitions (should i include NBC too?). Anyways u guys have to take note that there are 2 dates & 4 restaurants so total of 8 choices. So pls do not vote the wrong 1. Thx!

This Band Dinner is a treat for everyone in mssbalumni.

Rice table suggested by Mr Chiang. He said not bad.




Jason Chee
Logistics Head
Maris Stella Symphonic Band Alumni

SIBF Results!!! TOP BAND!!

To ALL mssbalumni members!!

On Thursday, 24th July 2008, the SIBF Semi Finals, we competed with 6 other bands from Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong and emerged as the Top 4 Finalists in the with the score of 89.14%! It was really good!

Then on Saturday, 26th July 2008, the SIBF Finals, we competed with 3 other bands and emerged as the TOP BAND for the whole Open Division!!! ARGH!! let's SCREAM~~~~~~

EVERYONE YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB!!

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It is really unbelievable, I can still remember clearly how we sound like on thursday. It was so scary when our Singapore River was only our 4th day pract. Seriously, it was very miraculous that with only about 5-6 hours of practices on that song, we managed to bring it up for the Semi Finals competition. I guess everyone seriously work very hard to handle this piece. ^^. Good job.
I guess we have very busy schedule this week, Friday was our founder's day dinner and we were asked to perform, so we have wasted one day of practice before Finals. Especially when we are changing and adding new songs to the Finals repertoire.

We could only work on our pieces, Sunshine Breeze March (which was something we have yet to play for like 2 weeks) and Suite on Celtic Folk Song 2nd Movement - Air (which was a new addition).

Seriously, I am VERY proud of mssba because we managed to settle and clear AIR in just 2 hours. It was really impressive. March too, you all have yet to forget those things Mr Chiang and Lin Sheng said. very good.

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This month of July is seriously a VERY tiring month for EVERYONE in the mssba (yesh.. I am DEAD TIRED!). Thank you very much, you all have really done a good job.

[from this part of the blog post onwards is my personal thoughts and feeling for the band, if I have said anything wrong, people you all can just flame me all you want! I don't care since I am just expressing myself]

13th July 2008 was a day I will remember for quite long probably forever. We were awarded a Gold with 81% and 5th position. It was really the most disappointed moments for me and other mssbalumni members. Apparently that was one of the time when I actually felt that we didn't play that badly. Everyone was sad on the way back.. It was a total silence on the bus... with everyone looking so sad. Really very sad. All I heard was some of our whining after that. It was something I have yet to see in mssba. It was a gold yet none of us is really happy. I should say it is NOT about the medal, it is about our %. We as the players think we actually deserved something higher than that (this doesn't mean we are better than any bands, I am NOT making comparison), we just thought we have something nice and deserve to earn more % than just a mere 81%. That week was really horrible, everybody was so DEMORALIZED by the results until all of us know about the actual reason. It was the MOST hard to get over period of time for mssba. Guys, we got through it! good job.

20th July 2008, we went for the NBC HONOUR BANDS Concert as one of the invited bands. We played well and I was really happy to be able to hear that kind of playing from mssba. Even though we may not sound as good as competition day but we played our best at that moment.

24th July 2008, mssba went TRCC for the 1st time to compete with other Open Division bands. It was the scariest performance we have ever gotten. The shell of the hall was removed, it was changed to curtains. you won't be able to hear anyone except for yourself. It was very scary. Everyone seems to be in another world, all I could hear on that day was myself, wai yip and clar (when the soft part), piccolo at the solo... other than that.. I couldn't hear a single thing! Everyone should still remember that. Before the results, we have all prepared for the worst. We have not brought any expectations on us except for being the last band of the day. The results were rather unexpected for all of us. We were in the Top 4 finalists and we are ranked 3rd! That' s something all of us have not expected. At the same time, we got our very own 1st Silver for mssba with a score of 89.14%. According to SYF and NBC standard, this kind of percentage is already Gold with Distinction.

26th July 2008, we have decided to add and changed 2 pieces. We only practice them on the very day of competition does make everyone feel unsafe but no choice. We have to do it. In Esplanade Concert Hall, we competed with the Thailand, Hong Kong and ACSI for the Champion of Open Division. I would like to thank Thailand and Hong Kong band members for wishing us good luck. you all really great people. Seriously very good and well musicians. We may not have known each other but all of us have the same passsion, that's music. Music should be the medium that connects everyone, even in the aspect of competition, Music should be placed first and not about winning the competition. It was a nice experience for mssba to be able to compete along with you guys. really good competitors. The results of the competition is something I myself have never expected. We got the CHAMPION for the Open Division. It was really unexpected.

** please take note comments will not be given by the organizer for the FINALS

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These 4 dates something we have worked so hard for over the past 1 month plus. Everyone has seriously put in a lot of effort to make all these things possible. It was a good effort everyone, even though like what Mr Chiang has said, there are some people who may have given more.

Everyone please do bear in my mind that we are the Champion for this very moment only. After this we are back to square one. Lin Sheng asked me to tell everyone to still remember the passion for music and not too be overly confident. yesh, we should remember that, being a Gold / Top Band is just something that is going to be there for a while. Playing out good music will be our ultimate aim. Audience are our ultimate judges, only when they like our playing and our music, that's when we can finally tell everyone proudly that we have actually played well.

Let us continue to bring our music to the audience in Singapore and outside of Singapore too. Let us continue to play well and improve and excel.

We have improved really a lot in this month of july! I have really heard the improvement in this band. Very impressive improvement. Intonation problems were really getting lesser each day. I am so impressed with EVERYONE OF YOU!

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For all these achievements we have made.. I guess.. we need to thank a lot of people!!!

Lin Sheng (music director): Thank you for coaching and working with us through numerous practices, without you I guess we won't be as good as we sound today. You are really the Magic of mssba! Thank you very much. I hope we have not disappointed you in any way.

Mr Chiang (conductor): Thank you for spending tonnes of practices with us during over the past 1 month plus. It is really not easy having so many bands and still manage your time that well. Really thank you for conducting us. Of course congratulations for having 2 top bands under your belt now! Your baby brought you alot of good luck! haha.

Committee members: It has been a very terrible month for committee too. We have all played our part by contributing to this band, Haryl, Zhen Cheng, Caveat, Clement and Stanley. Thank you for helping in this band. Really good job on whatever things you all have done for mssba.

Soloists: Chien Teng (Chosen + Celtic + Hymn), Hao Siang (Chosen + Celtic), Douglas (Chosen), Alexius (Chosen), Stanley (Hymn), Rasull (Hymn), Daniel (Hymn), Bao Wen (Chosen), Zhen Cheng (Sunshine + Chosen), Chan Lun (Sunshine + Chosen), Alan (Chosen + Celtic), Leon (Chosen), Loo Kit (Chosen), Clement (Chosen), Ronny (Chosen), Ryan (Chosen), Aaron (Chosen), Caveat (Chosen), Lian Wei (Chosen), Ken (Chosen), Wang Xu + Zheng Yi (Chosen), Garrett (Hymn), Wai Yip (Chosen), Zheng Chu (Celtic + Hymn).

did I leave out anyone? Tell me I did! ^^. You guys have really done very well!! Really very well! all of the solos are GOOD! Good job!

Friends of mssba (FOM): Frankie, Rasull, Jeremy, Daniel, Alan, Leon, Loo Kit, Ronny, Lian Wei, Caile, Wang Xu, Zheng Yi. Thank you for helping us! Hope you all have enjoyed playing with us for so many times or years? haha. yeah! Thank you very much.

members of mssba!!: ALL OF YOU! DID A VERY GOOD JOB! Thank you for spending your time on this band, without you all! We won't be able to achieve this kind of results! Seriously, You all are the best!!!! To those A's and O's members, please work hard and study! Come back and play after exams we have more exciting things waiting for all of you! Let's us play together as a band once again!!

One more group of PPL! haha

our Main band members that help us!! : Hendrik, Amos, Ye Rong, Clement, Xin Yu and others, sorry I forgot your names! But you guys help real LOT! haha. you all will definitely get ur CIP hours! haha

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Alumni band will now break for a while before we continue with our plans! So During this break please still remember to practice your instruments!!!

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The upcoming plan for Alumni Band will be as follows. More detailed information will be sent via email!

End of year: Concert (Singapore + Overseas), For the Overseas concert someone (not me.. school side) has actually planned for us, you all should know who.

Next year: 16th World Music Contest. We have been invited by them to participate for this competition again. This time round we will need to play better than the last round!!

For all these upcoming plans, I DO NOT WISH TO LEAVE OUT ANYONE THAT IS IN MSSBA now! As long as you played with us this time round, I will not leave you out! I hope we can play as a band again cause I think all of us really bonded pretty well when playing together as a band!
Let's work hard together guys!!! Let us continue our mssba legacy! ~the legacy continues~





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ONE MORE THING!! Band Dinner. There will be a band dinner coming up, everyone please make sure you are free and attend this band dinner!!! We will msg you all the time and venue! Do take note!! Also for the much long awaited mssba t-shirt! ^^

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fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

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mssbalumni members

The Month of july has been a very hectic and busy month for all mssbalumni members.

All of you have really worked really hard. Really very very hard.

Thank you all for working so hard for this band.

It may be tiring but please do remember we are in this band to make music and play together again with all our old friends.


No matter what results we get for the upcoming SIBF, let's not forget about our passion, our music and our hard work.

As long as there is a member of the audience believe in our playing, like and appreciate our music, that's something that worth more than anything else.

We play music to Touch people's Heart, to convey the message by the composer, to entertain people. Audience is always our main target group. Adjudicators will be listening to us for once only but audience the our supporter that may support us along the way.

No matter how we fare in SIBF...

All I want to say is mssbalumni members, you all have done a good job! Really good job! Thank you all for ALL the hard work!

Without you all, there won't be mssbalumni in this current status. Let us move on together.

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Achievements by mssbalumni members for mssbalumni

WMC 05 - Gold

NBC 06 - Gold

NBC 08 - Gold

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Thank you guys, Lin Sheng, Mr Chiang and committee members.


Fredy Chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

MUCH awaited COMMENTS of NBC Judges!

mssba members!


I have attached pictures of our MUCH AWAITED comments!

Click on the link for BIGGER pic


Prof Ho - Sunshine

Prof Ho - Hymn

Prof John Howard - Sunshine

Prof John Howard - Hymn

Mr Mitsuo Nonami - Sunshine

Mr Mitsuo Nonami - Hymn

First up will be Associate Professor Ho Hwee Long:

Next is from Prof. John Howard

Last judges, Mr Mitsuo Nonami

So guys, you all have "FUN" reading these comments.

I am sure everyone knows what happened by now. ^^

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mssba! LET'S FIGHT!!

JIAYOU!!

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fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

The truth behind mssba 81%!

I have gotten the score sheets from the organisers and I finally understand about our 81%.

I shall NOT NAMED the judges down here EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO but I shall give him some respect still. All judges are named in Alphabet of A, B and C.

* 1st results are Set piece, 2nd result is the Choice piece

Chung Cheng High Yishun
A: 76, 78
B: 78, 83
C: 83, 82

Singapore Management University Symphonia
A: 82, 87
B: 85, 86
C: 91, 92

Anderson Junior College
A: 80, 84
B: 84, 86
C: 88, 89

ITE Combined Band
A: 80, 80
B: 78, 81
C: 78, 78

Fajar Secondary School Symphonic Band
A: 72, 75
B: 83, 81
C: 76, 72

Sembawang Symphonic Winds
A: 69, 75
B: 78, 85
C: 80, 85

Old Boys Old Girls
A: 82, 84
B: 82, 83
C: 83, 85

Maris Stella Alumni
A: 74, 75
B: 81, 86
C: 82, 88

Saints Alumni
A: 72, 75
B: 74, 80
C: 83, 86

Marsiling Winds
A: 67, 77
B: 74, 78
C: 72, 76

Meridien Junior College
A: 84, 83
B: 78, 85
C: 88, 86

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Everyone open your eyes and you will undertand what have actually happened. I do not need or wish to say things.

I am not going to make anything emotional down here, I felt it is useless to do anything now, What has done has been done.

AT LEAST for now, I know how mssba "died" in this 2nd National Band Competition.

Glad that there are still justice around.

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Just hope that Certain PPL should just stop hurting my band and band members! thank you very much.

fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Honours Band In Concert

All mssbalumni members,

Please take note that we have been invited by the NBC organization to perform in the Honours Band Concert on 19th July 2008, Saturday.

We will be the last band of the night, around 930.

Everyone please PUT UP A GOOD SHOW!!!!

Let's ROCK the Victoria Concert Hall on 19th July 2008!!

mssbalumni GO GO!

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fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

The 2nd National Band Competition Results!

All mssbalumni members,

This is the first post by me AFTER the 2nd NBC on 13th July 2008, Sunday.

I shall voice out my most honest opinion and thoughts about this competition without any reserve. I know there are something that I know I shouldn't say as a leader of the band but you all should know me well enough that I am very straightforward person, I don't like to hide or do small little tricks behind people.

2nd National Band Competition.

Yesh. It is over and we all performed really well. Really well, the performance was so great that I would DARE TO SAY it is our BEST performance so far. I have NEVER heard mssba in this kind of standard and as well as sound in any performance before. We are seriously moving a step forward to Lin Sheng's sound. You all really sound round and nice on that day. Intonation was really good and has little problems (there were slight problems but overall was really ok).

I am really happy to see mssbalumni improved SO MUCH within a week, with the ONLY FULL BAND practice on the competition day itself (yesh, on the stage when we were UP THERE PERFORMING!), it is rather unbelievable that we can achieve and play that well. I am surprised and at the same time, VERY HAPPY!

We have gotten a Gold Award for the 2nd National Band Competition. WOW! good job for everyone. a GOLD!!! aren't you all happy? sorry I am not. Actually I shouldn't state the the Medal I should just state the Points.. 81% for what we have played. I am not happy. It is a gold award I know... and It is good we have gotten a Gold but I am just unhappy about the 81%.

We only have 81% for what we have played on Sunday. I am truly sorry, I know I shouldn't say this BUT I am going to be HONEST.

WE WORTH MORE THAN JUST 81%!

* To those who wants to flame me.. PLEASE TAKE NOTE I AM NOT STATING WE ARE BETTER OR LOUSIER THAN ANY BANDS. I am just purely stating we worth more than 81%.

** To EVERYONE: I am not overly confident and think we can achieve Gold with Distinction. I am not aiming at that in the first place. We have gotten a gold and I am contented, but I am just purely expecting a higher % gold. Why? Cause I am overly confident? NO! Apparently, audience comments and reactions plus recording shows we worth a higher percentage. Even though we might not be up to Gold with Distinction standard but there is SOMETHING I can be sure of... WE SERIOUSLY WORTH MORE THAN JUST 81%.

All of us have heard our recording. We all know we deserved more than 81%, we all know that. Actually I should rephrased it like... we already know we have done our best on the very day on stage. We have given our very best. Everyone did.

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I would like to thank ALL MEMBERS for putting in so much efforts in making the 2nd National Band Competition performance such a wonderful one. We have already achieved what we have wanted. We also have received the very best comments from Lin Sheng and Mr Chiang. We really did well. Personally, I think we have done our best, even though there were unstable tempo but overall we really have played well. As you all know, I HARDLY PRAISED our playing, this time round, I am! This is NO KIDDING, I have never thought mssbalumni can actually sound that good!

I guess we seriously stand the chance for achieving better results, if not there weren't be some little "movements" by "mover" even before we got a chance to stand on stage.

I am perfectly fine and happy with our performances (both march and hymn). We can't please everyone but at least we have pleased majority of the audience in the hall. So what if the 3 judges were not pleased by our playing? We have at least proved to ourselves that we have touched certain people's heart with our performance.

As long as there is a person that is moved by our performance, we should be happy and cherish that moment. It is NOT EASY to bring out the emotions and message in music, it is not easy to be able to play and sing with such beautiful and warm sound at the same time. We did well. We really DID!

mssbalumni members, believe in mssbalumni!

we really have performed well. If we are not appreciated by some people let's be it, we shall slowly prove it to those people.

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We still have SIBF to go. It is not easy to get into the Open Division of the SIBF and the competitors for SIBF are really VERY VERY STRONG! So we must work even harder!

mssbalumni is not a band that can be "knocked down" that easily!

Let's us Jia You together!

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For those non mssbalumni members, you all can comment and flame me and say I am a pure sore loser or over confident or whatsoever. I don't mind, you all can say what you all want. I am this confident because I believe in my band, my music director, Lin Sheng, my conductor, Mr Chiang and all my members who are a bunch of great and fantastic music makers! One more thing, I believe in the music we produce as a band. The bonding, the sound and the people we have impressed and touched by our performance on 13th July. I am just purely believing in all these! We just own the "attitude" for producing music with emotions!

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mssbalumni just ROCKS!!!

SIBF here we come!!!!!!!!!!!

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fredy chia
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~