Well, this chapter of band has ended with RJCSB getting gold for the SYF. We practiced hard for it, and I can't say we were that happy, but in the end I don't think the award mattered that much for me.
But first, a brief rundown. We started with Safari, naturally. Personally I think this could be done better, even if we did switch only 3 weeks before the SYF. Still, no major blunders anywhere and some of the audience said it was quite unique (in a good way), so I suppose that's good.
La Mer was played quite nicely, according to most people in the audience. Granted it did seem off balance to me, but I think that was because of my position in the stage. We did it nice and expressively, and you can see that Mr Oura really put his all into the piece. If I'm not wrong, it's sort of a dream piece to him, and I'm happy for him that he finally got his chance to conduct it. Kudos to the soloists, and to the whole band, for putting in effort and playing this piece well.
Of course, the result was unexpected. I think all of us felt disappointed at the result, not helped by the fact that schools like VJC were cheering their hearts out. I can imagine the J2s were particularly upset, and I think we all were, for our various reasons. Granted I didn't feel as bad as I think most of the band. Perhaps to me, the award didn't really matter as much as the fact that we did play well, and we did manage to send our message across, a feeling reinforced now that I read some comments on our playing. I suppose mainly my regret lies in the fact that Mr Oura never did get a Gold with Honours. Still, I think that as long as we played our best, which I believe we did, he'll be happy. At least I hope so.
Well, SYF is over, on to less serious stuff such as busking. I just hope the school doesn't decide to do something stupid like replace Mr Oura or continue to deny us a band room (though I'm quite happy with RI's, it does seem rather sad sharing the band room). Other than that, good experience, and I gained much from it. I'm going to miss La Mer, actually, regardless of what I said at the start of the year.
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