ONE BAND ONE SOUND!!!

okay today, I kinda did a lot of fun things~~ really one of the most nicest day I have in my life :)
so well, this morning I woke up...and realized, I slept for 12 hours... @@
My first plan for the day was to watch 2 movies!
Spectacular ones, "kung Fu Panda" and "Wanted"... alone... again...
but I'll talk about those 2 in another post because....

After all those adrenaline~~
I was in for more excitement and fun and enthrallment and everything that feels GOOD!
AND FUCKING AWESOME!!
I've been waiting for this bloody moment for years! 2 years to be exact!!
and the wait...
is wow..long~~
I was really excited and anxious about this year's concert mainly because the "Pirates of the Caribbean:The curse of the Black pearl" OST was one of the compositions~~!!!!
Big FAn of the movie and Klaus Badelt (the composer ^^)

but another thing kept me from getting really crazy about everything is that... all my friends who were former members went back to the rehearsals and exclaimed that they really were sucky and had no motivation....
so I had my doubts....
but still kept hope because of Pirates...

so when I reached the venue...whcih was in MPS Town hall... all that butterflies came spiraling in my stomach and if I hadn't close my mouth, those magical creatures would have burst out of my mouth and danced across the hall....
but suddenly..the butterflies died inside of me...because I reached there at 6.30pm...and I had to wait in line....for don't know how many ages...then everyone rushed in like mad to grab seats when the ushers opened the door...
THANK GOD I GOT 3RD ROW ! from my Rm20 Section...
its quite in front XD
and then...I waited.... I wasn't with the rest of my gang though...so I didn't got to chat much...
and I waited.... and suddenly my mood turned bad..
and at one point, I really wished I brought along my book=.=

then i started people watching...which was... disappointing..can't see much friends.... and no leng lui....only...school girls...LOL....
THEN....drum rolls~~~
speech by headmaster...
another speech by another prominent character but I don't know what its called in english...
then the GRAND OPENING ....!
and then!
lots of bloody screaming and clapping...
and screaming...( MY GOD.... THE"CHAN WA" CULTURE NEVER DIES....)
then!
first composition!

"Asentium" composed by Ed Huckelby which is utterly a spread of wonderful colours... and I am amazed by the performance already... because wow, they really have the techniques, all the dynamics and stuff...the connection of the orchestra members with the conductor and of course, the concertmaster.. is way beyond their standards...
or maybe my expectations were too low...
and I love the conductor!!!
so cute! he's like the candidate conductor in Nodame Cantabile who jumps a lot and the lively one!!absolute entertainment!

then came "GREASE" which was taken from the 1970s musical....which featured John Travolta...
and this is one of my favourites!!!
for one, they add in dancers which add to the dramatic effect and they really can dance!
pros~~~ and the dancers are cute somemore..kawaii~~! MUKYA! XD
by the way, I forgot to mention that this year is very creative compare to past performances because they add in a lot of features like smoke effects, and bubbles... and they had a screen too, which showed composition related details..like those international level orchestra...
TOTAL AWESOMENESS!!

and then came "Dawn of a new Day" which portrays a typical day in an urban setting... I absolutely can feel the mood of the piece , the colours and emotion... wow...

then came a familiar compostion which is from the animated film "Beauty and the Beast" performed by the junior band members... the piece is of course, beautiful...but one negative thing about it is that... junior band... memang junior band.... inexperienced and stuff... the piece came off a bit messy...

and then....it came to the "Percussion Ensembles" which I was really excited at first...judging from the previous performance which kicked arse...
the title for this year's is "WAR . HOPE" which is surprisingly composed by the members themselves... add in some parts from "Bumblebee" ...it started of familiar... the intervals are so like what we all heard from the "Chinese Drum whatever uniform body=.=" (Sorry i don't know...)(if translate directly is Four Seasons Drums gua...LOL)
and then it got off into a frenzy of wood hitting ..haha and very very awesome control of sounds and dynamics...the skills and the showmanship... is WOW.... then the "Bumblebee" came in , and they actually can keep up to tempo and made everything looked so easy...WOW!
then.... then they got really creative and used ladders, tables, chairs, and oil tin as instruments and everything were a blast...until...
the part where they hit the tables got really really llllloooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnggggggg........... I actually didn't know they were still using the "BumbleBee" rhythm till Krystal told me=.=
and their interpretation of War isn't really that plausible... and the War part ate up the whole piece which gave Hope 5% of the performance time=.=
and the title should be... "Gangsta and Redemption"....
cause it doesn't sound War and Hope.....
well, I give them credit for experimenting....
and the jazz drums player is AWESOME!

then it came to "Symphony No.40 in G Minor" composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
my hero....
but!
I can't get the feel of the piece though...although most influential... doesn't sound inspiring to me when they played it.. but Ok la....

and then!
came Night At the Museum!!!
at first, I thought..WHAT THE HECK?
why they chose this movie-.- and they prove me wrong for blaming them for bad taste because the composition is very fantastic... I mean the band really did brought out that mysterious feel and dark excitement created by Alan Silvestri.... and you really feel like you're hiding somewhere... in the darkest alley of a humongous, old..museum...

"Spring festival Overture" came after Night at the Musuem and this particular piece is a chinese orchestral work...and well...once again, they nailed it :)
another special highlight, is "Bergema Dendang" composed by a local, Mr.Muhammad Suhaimi yacub, and conducted by him himself!! and I totally love the way he conducts... so smooth and natural... but the composition is a bit...too local...lol
but awesome achievement though!

AND THEN!!
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT!!
THE ONE I AM SURE EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR!!
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!!
AND GUESS WHAT!
THEY TOTALLY NAILED IT AND KICK FUCKING ASS!!
WOAH!!
ITS REALLY LIKE @.@
W.O.W!!!!!
i don't know ...maybe I am over-reacting...
maybe I get high easily, or they were really THAT good!
I mean! WOW, the dynamics, and the runs... and the really hard parts! they played it like...
PROS!
they only thing I wanna complain is...
T_T they should have inserted tracks from the second movie and third..
like "Kraken" or the rest...or maybe those are too hard or whatever..
but whatever...that bloody piece kept me on the edge of my seat... and I puckered my lips...
(nodame style)
I only do that when I am really impressed and high~~~

LONG LIVE KLAUS BADELT!!!

then of course, the applause were thunder-like... and everyone wanted an encore...
which they can never pronounce it properly=.=....

SO TODAY!
I CAME BACK HOME WITH A GLEAM ON MY FACE WHICH PEOPLE MAY MISTAKEN ME FOR A LIGHT BULB....
and I regretted that I didn't join my school band long time ago T_T...
wanna be part of that magic...



Conclusion = see you guys again in 2010 !!