Saints Orchestra

2011-05-31T22:28:00.004+08:00

SACO DSA AUDTIONS 2011

Date: 6th June 2011
Time: 2:30PM
Venue: St. Andrew's Junior College
55 Potong Pasir Ave 1 Singapore(358389)
(Report outside the General Office and contact one of the following people below)

If interested in auditioning, do send the following details to our teacher-in-charge, Mrs Seet and Chen JieYing through email as auditions are through appointment only:
-compulsory-

Full Name

IC Number

Name of School

Instrument; experience

Contact number

Email address

Parent's names and contacts

L1R5 of Final Sec 3 Exams

L1R5 of Mid-Year Sec 4 Exams

Visit our Facebook page, SACO DSA 2011, for more details!

2011-02-07T18:19:00.001+08:00

WE HAVE MOVED :D

http://saintsorchestra.wordpress.com(:

VISIT OUR NEW SITE :D

2010-06-03T01:35:00.003+08:00

finally updated the profile and stuff((:
go check it out kay?
and tell me if i left anything out or if yall want to put anything else in(:
thankyous to jeremy chua, brenda tan and tan yanyan(:
who stayed up late with me to edit this
and i have no idea why it took so long actually ://
thanks yall!(:

we attempted learning the first hundred bars of the song we're gonna play for SYF today(: its called 节日序曲 and it was quite okay((: hahahah((: 别气馁！（：even when its hard to catch the beat and play the right notes or stuff((: 加油！（：

- kyal(:

2010-05-03T21:07:00.002+08:00

Heres the long awaited Post !!!

CO concert has ened with a blast.
After all the months of efforts, it bore fruits on SAT.

Great job guys !
I must say the journey was not a easy one. Filled with UPS and DOWNS.
but we perservered on !!!!!
Of course not forgetting the contribuition of our teachers.
( the endless stress mdm hue had on us !)

For the JC2's, all the best for your future endeavours ( A levels)
For the jc1's, have a well deserved break and of course pls do not forget about next year's SYF !
And to the teachers and mr tan !

Heres a BIG THANK YOU , the concert wouldn't have been so successful if not for you all !

for future posts here ? i hope i remember !

tbs!

2010-01-17T22:01:00.002+08:00

Auditions for SACO begins this Wednesday 20/01/2010

Please prepare a choice piece.

Sightreading skills might be tested during the audition.

You may bring along your own instrument.

For registration, please email or call Mrs Seet Sook Yee at: wong_sook_yee@moe.edu.sg

or at

91173740

Venue :Chinese Orchestra Room

Time:2.30pm - 6pm

for more details pls drop by SAJC's website

http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/home/

tbs

2010-01-07T20:41:00.000+08:00

HI guys practice resumes this Wednesday. (13 Jan 2010)

2009-12-08T07:12:00.004+08:00

Yesterday's Spring cleaning was a "SUCCESS"

the CO room is free of lizard shits !!!

New arrangement new look. I will upload a few pictures later

Practice still continues till the 17th of DEC.

Wednesday's practice has been shifted up to 9.30 and will end at 12.30.

Tentatively Thursdays' practice will resume as per normal.

OH PLS JOIN THE NEW SACO FACEBOOK PAGE !!! KANG TAI WILL CONTINUE TO UPLOAD STUFF THERE.

I think we are left with about 12~11 weeks before our Concert ... so pls endure through, together it will definitely be a fruitful and memorable not forgetting satisfying journey !

LOOK FORWARD TO CO CAMP NEXT YEAR !!!!

2009-12-03T23:02:00.004+08:00

next week.

MONDAY is the LONG awaited SPRING CLEANING.

those involved, please turn up punctually at 9AM

so spring cleaning will be from 9am to around 1.

if we can get it done and over with quickly, we will have a longer break.

we will then have combined with mr TAN.

and please hor,

if your really not sick, ( not pointing fingers)

please don't say your sick.

seriously can keep getting sick one meh?

its better to tell us the truth den make some LAME excuses.

and if your not coming.

PLEASE.

TOLONG YOU.

INFORM US.

2009-11-30T20:32:00.002+08:00

Some small amendments

Fridays practices is suppose to be this THURSDAY

From 1.30~5pm

So take note on friday no PRAC...

2009-11-26T21:11:00.003+08:00

Hi guys below is the schedule for next weeks practiceS !

On monday

10~12am ( sectionals)

12~1pm break for lunch

1~4.30pm (combine)

On WEDNESDAY ( NOT TUESDAY OK.ITS NOT TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!)

1~4.30pm ( combine with Mr Zou and plus his farewell)

On Friday

1.30~5pm ( Sectionals with INSTRUCTORS)

so please Punctual !!!!

Spring cleaning will be postponed till a later date . Tentative next Monday (7 dec).

It's our last stretch before the year closes and we will be also preparing for open house performance so your active participation will be greatly appreciated

For those who are on Work attachments ( Best wishes enjoy yourself :D)

there's about 10 of you ...

For Scholars BON VOYAGE

For others PLS turn up... if your unable to come for any reasons whatsoever pls inform your SLs before hand

boon siang

2009-11-13T22:27:00.002+08:00

HI guys ! im sure the previous 2 practices was quite fruitful

Lets welcome the DSA members to our family tooo....

As now u all might know CONCERT is really near !

So we need really bond together and on that day we will IMPRESS !

So in preparation this is next weeks schedule

On monday

1.30 ~4.30pm

On wednesday

1~5.00pm

On friday

1~5.00pm

Pls be punctual and if possible come prepared !

Especially DONG HAI (FISHERMEN'S HORIZON)

Thank you

boon siang

2009-11-12T00:13:00.001+08:00

Hihi ! correction regarding practice timing !

Tmr.. or today is from 2~6 pm

And on friday from 10~2pm.

Pls be punctual. thanks ! Cya all....

boon siang

2009-11-10T19:27:00.001+08:00

Hi guys !

CO practice this THURSDAY !!! ( 12 nov)

From 4pm to 6pm !

Pls be punctual !

Cya all there !

Boon siang !

2009-10-30T23:36:00.002+08:00

Concert Next Year Will be held at 15/05/2009

It will be a fund raising concert and proceeds will be taken and into the pockets of the 2010 SACO batch! Hurray!

Our Theme Will be the Yin and Yang

we will have a balance of modern contemporary music and traditional Chinese music.

First half preferably will be the western songs such as mario , carmen prelude etc.. ( not to be confirmed )

which will be followed by a intermission of 10-15 minutes :)

Following that, we will have solos by pipa, yangqin and dizi ( all not to be confirmed )

and we will end off the concert with a BANG! ( Fisher Man's Horizon CFM )

yeah, any questions feel free to ask any of the committee members.

WE ARE NOT HERE AS A TOKEN.

PLEASE FEW FREE TO EXPLOIT US.

JUST TO reiterate ...

Chairperson : Zhiwen

Vice Chairperson : Jeremy Goh

Secretary : Olive

Tanbo SL : Samuel

Guan Yue SL : Joshua

Percussion SL : KO

Erhu SL : Brenda

Welfare : Baobao

instruments IC , Jessica and Cherxu

$$$ : Irene

Publicity : Kang Tai and boon siang

Scores : Yu yuan and yuji

the rest i cant remember cause im super tired now lol.

and yeah thats it!

live long and prosper ;)

2009-10-04T14:59:00.001+08:00

YEAH !!!
Promos over !!!

i know u all can't wait for Co to start ...... RIGHT !!!! :D

for the J2's JIA YOU FOR YOUR A's haha !

2009-09-22T15:57:00.000+08:00

jia you for promos!!

2009-08-23T19:32:00.000+08:00

Today's Performance at EAST COAST was a great success !!
thanks for taking our your precious "Promo revision" time and coming down for the performance
Don't worry your effort will be rewarded !
The CIP hour that mdm hue promised will be awarded accordingly !
Actually i have quite a few pictures but then !!! Blogger seems spoilt so check out my facebook instead ok !haha !

Announcement
Tmr we will be having our Rehearsal for Teachers day
SO please be punctual. if possible be early and start tuning your instrument and packing !
time : 5.45 pm
venue: CO room
We will be the first item so if we are early we can leave early too T_T !
For those who are having remedial pls just come ASAP !
SL if u read this pls inform your members thanks !
boon siang

2009-07-08T19:16:00.003+08:00

Tmr is the official day of DSA 9 july

Venue: Chinese orchestra room (above the the band room )

Timing : 5-8pm !

pls bring along your personal instrument if possible !

2009-06-21T23:10:00.001+08:00

what is this .. why no movements here .. slackers start moving your butt!! >.< hee hee..
Start thinking of the design of the notice board! before some body come after your blood!! ^^

cya all

2009-06-06T22:39:00.002+08:00

I thank the organisers and all the J1s who have participated in the farewell in one way or another on behalf of the J2s =D
Though it was a simple one with musical chairs, dog and bone, the random sticker game, Kong ba pao, pizza, cake and last but not least the gifts, it was a memorable closure to our CO lives in SACO =)

Reflecting over the past year, CO life was never a walk in the park, it was filled with challenges, sorrow, frustration and joy. That's why I'm grateful for everyone who did their part in making sure everything went the way it should ( This includes the non-comm people).

To the whole Pre-SYF percussion: You've been great juniors. Seeing your enthusiasm for learning something new was a great encouragement to me. Thanks to Boon and Ko who helped teach and guide the others with your experience. Though all of you weren't the most skilled or most talented of all, I wouldn't choose to have a different group of juniors =)
Lastly, I'm confident that you all would be great role models for future J1s to come, not just those with posts, but also those w/o it.

Though the J2s have to mug for the A levels now and would most likely not return much until after the As, I'm sure the fond memories of CO would stay with us forever and we will always be one family unbroken.

Up and On!
-Jason

2009-06-03T23:47:00.000+08:00

farewell this friday
such a short time for us seniors to meet you juniors
sniff
emo
hahah

cya all

2009-06-01T20:43:00.002+08:00

NEW UPDATES ABOUT DSA!

Audition Date (Day): 9 July 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 5 to 8 PM
Details: Students with SYF experience are preferred. Minimun silver and above for SYF.

Candidates must perform a piece of their own choice for the audition. There will be sight reading and an interview.

Application forms are available for download @ our official website (Link)

For further inquiries, we will be happy to answer them @ the tagboard. Otherwise, please feel comfortable to send an email to us at saints.orchestra@gmail.com (Questions about the college or SACO) :-)

Keep Going!

2009-05-26T22:35:00.003+08:00

To all prospective students:

Application for DSA 2009 Intake is now open!

Please refer to our College's website (Link) for more details.

It will be great to prepare a choice piece and have some sight reading practices for your audition in time to come (Y)

For more inquiries, please feel free to express them @ our tagboard :-)

:::

I am extremely proud of SACO when we were commended during assembly today as part of the closing of Saints on Stage and Team SAJC season :-)

It's so awesome to take that bow and being able to stand in front of the school with everyone (We actually filled 2 rows! We are such a big family hahaha)

All the best for BT2 and CTs!!

Study hard and rest well :-)

2009-05-23T23:44:00.003+08:00

guess who am i?

CLUE :

HOBO ?

2009-05-07T22:58:00.003+08:00

SACO FULL STRENGTH

hey guys!!

we did a good job yesterday! :D

i wanna thank all of you for putting up with me all these months X)

and for your hardwork and cooperation X)

THREE CHEERS FOR ALL OF YOU! X)

i'll miss the pre-SYF period =(

not to forget, we must thank our conductor, instructors, as well as our teachers-in-charged and some of the J3s who chionged all the way with us! X)

thank you Mr Zhou, Mdm Hue, Ms Wong, Mr Wang, J3s, and instructors!

SACO, UP AND ON !

** REFER TO PREVIOUS POST TO DOWNLOAD OUR ACTUAL SYF RECORDING. credits to cheeyae! ((:

-delia (:

2009-05-07T22:05:00.003+08:00

Hello Juniors!

I believe all of you had done your best yesterday and i must say it was well done! I was as nervous as you guys, but really glad all of you did it :D

Here's the recording of your performance which i took "illegally" haha.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/umogtx

Have been having problems with imeem so please bear with it. :D

2009-05-06T21:07:00.005+08:00

Wow it's over!

Credits to Yuji for this photograph :-)

庆功宴！庆功宴！庆功宴！
A 50 strong and pure SACO on the stage! with our 10 helpers who served us very much :-)
I really, really appreciate and am so proud of each and every one of you :-)

Rest well and we will meet in 1.5 weeks time for our College Day performance (Y) More milestones to come, all right :-)

PS: If you are able to, please send all photographs to my email (flytopolaris@gmail.com) and I will upload them onto our Picasa album :-)

2009-05-05T20:29:00.002+08:00

It's going to be one great performance tomorrow :-)
We are going to enjoy ourselves!

Don't worry and have a good night's sleep all right (Y)

2009-05-03T21:28:00.002+08:00

saints orchestra.

this is it. after all the practices, on wed will be everything that you guys have worked for.

don't play to be the most pleasant sounding, don't play to be the most technical, play for the people around you, the person beside you. once you start playing and working for one another, you find that the song takes a whole new meaning, you'll feel a kind of joy that you simply can't explain, and for no apparent reason you'll smile.

there is only one chance, go out there, give it your best shot and never be regretful of that performance because you know that you have given it your all.

wishing you guys the best.
vincent.

2009-05-03T11:15:00.003+08:00

Hi people

Here to post some of my comments for you guys and maybe some little pointers to help earn some marks here and there.

1. Neatness
Had always been a been a problem since day 1
while there are significant improvements
it definitely can be nicer (esp TBY, since you will be the most obvious)
examples I can quote will be set piece bar 65-69
how to solve, SL to co-ordinate
before 'entering' make sure your members 呼吸
as in breather in tandem, then that will make sure you guys come in as a section tgt
did this prac with Pipa, any doubts ask Kenneth

2. Muffled (Dynamics)
Dynamics are not obvious enough
Very minimal (I feel)
小声不够小声，大声不够大声
hence, SLs, before you guys start practicing on wed itself
do this as a form of warm-up
everybody to tremelo a single note starting from p
then slowly crescendo to mp mf then f
each volume for about 10s
then dimuendo back to p
in the process, remembering your own 力度 for each volume
then bring this to the morning practice
subsequently for SYF
did this will TBY also, ask Kenneth if my explanations aren't clear

3.台风
Very minimal as well
other than cello/bass, nice natural and suave~
can see some1(female, don't know her name, sorry~) from erhu having very nice taifeng
do spread this throughout entire erhu, then the effect would be nice :D
TBY~erm, Kenneth, do something

yea,thats all I have
2 days is sufficient to overcome these problems
so SLs, please assist, last 2nd mission for SACO!

what I have to say is
you guys improved TREMENDOUSLY
from day 1 your music was like noise
till yesterday when I heard your 'informal' dazu
left 2 practices, practice hard
familiarise yourself with the songs
and then treat wed as a performance, not a competition
play happily, then your music will be nice
don't stress!! important, like what I tell my TBY dearies
放松!! and you will do just fine :D

will be praying for you guys :D
愿观音嬷保佑大家

Ben BEn
SACO J3 Ruanner
Ruan

2009-05-02T22:32:00.002+08:00

LAST 2 PRACTICES!

Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

Let's be more confident of ourselves and realize the remaining of our potential :-)
Time to 豁出去 already!

2009-04-27T21:05:00.003+08:00

SACO'S SYF PRAYER RELAY!
Daily from Monday to Sunday, 11.30 PM to 12 AM

"By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days."
Hebrews 11:30

Let's pray for harmony and unity in the music we play, health and protection over us and most importantly, God's favour and peace to continue dwelling amongst us :-)

I think it's awesome how we have our own goals for SACO and they are really inspiring ones (Y)!

"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
Hebrews 12:1

2009-04-14T21:17:00.002+08:00

It's time for your personal breakthrough!

It's not our best yet and I am sure we are capable of better :-)

Don't give up! We will fill every room for improvement possible and put up a good performance (Yes, we are not radios!)

See you tomorrow :-D

2009-04-10T18:35:00.003+08:00

this blog is dying!! NooOOoOooOoOOOoooooOOOOOo

anywayz

SYF

6 May 2009 (FIRST school)

lets set the stage man... :D

rehersal at SCH

28 april 2009( im not too sure)
^^

lets do this pple

UP and ON
nil sine labore
(nth without labour) hee hee

2009-03-29T00:09:00.002+08:00

What are you going to do with the less than 15 practices left?

2009-03-15T22:11:00.005+08:00

45 out of our near 60 orchestra...!

SACO March Training & Bonding Camp 2009
Link: Photographs

:::

You guys have been a joy to be with for the past 3 days and 2 nights, I thank God for that (L)

Let's not forget the commitment we made to each other and remember the shortcomings we raised up on Saturday night :-)

I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

Let's Go, CO!

2009-03-15T20:58:00.002+08:00

HEY PEOPLE!
camp has ended! *claps*
i hope this camp has been useful for you, whether in making friends or making music wise.
i wanna thank all of you for being so co-operative and enthusiastic :D including our j3 seniors who came back =p

also, i think saco has improved tremendously. like what our j3 senior liankai said, if we press on & continue putting in the efforts, we can do it! :D so JIAYOU ppl!

other than that, i wanna thank all my camp comm members, for putting in so much effort into the camp despite the block tests and everything.. i really enjoyed working with all of you. love all of you ttm! ^^

lastly, i wanna thank all our 3 teachers-in-charge for staying in school 24/7 with us, ensuring our safety :D

so, A BIG THANK TO ALL OF YOU :D

JIAYOU PEOPLE! :DDDDDD
LETS GO SACO!

countdown to SYF: 52 days

love, Delia ^^

2009-02-28T22:13:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

let's
Work Hard
for our MSA (J1s) and BT1 (J2s)!!
and
Play Hard
Play, as in practicing for SYF and also
Play, as in enjoying ourselves @ the upcoming March Camp (Y)!

2009-02-22T20:52:00.002+08:00

hi people X)

update update!

CO MARCH CAMP
- from 13march ( the last fri before the march hols) to 15march.
so people, do rmb to cancel all ur appointments/tuition etc ok :) (seniors, do visit!! hee)
during this camp, there will be whole lots of practices, to ensure everyone is ready for syf.
j1s, this will be a great opportunity for all of you to improve, catch up, and join us on stage, so must put in your best ok! J2s too :D
of course, there will be games la (: haha.

SYF IS IN 2 MONTHS PEOPLE. JIAYOU! BEAT THEM DOWN yeah!

Delia X)

2009-02-18T22:19:00.002+08:00

Welcome J1s!!
All of you bring so much joy and you are awesome :-) Your earnest attitude and very, very sweet smiles make the process a lot more enjoyable and memorable (L)

Approximately 2 more months and we are up for SYF!
Let's make "Passion Purpose Drive" as our anthem for the months leading up to it...,
I believe we are destined to be more than conquerors :-)

(PS: That is TJC's School Motto :p)

2009-02-14T19:36:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was the bomb man... haha..

Senior Tong Neng and Senior Li Ting came back to visit!!! XDXD

we had a WHOLE lot of JC 1s (roughly 29)

AND i have 3 juniors :D

lets all work hard to maintain this number and try to attract more!!
lets get that gold for syf :D

cya all^^

2009-02-13T22:13:00.003+08:00

FYI!

PS: I am indeed blessed with every single one of you in CO :-)

2009-02-07T17:53:00.004+08:00

"The programme then continued with Arts Enrichment Programme whereby all the performing CCAs came up on stage to perform.. The dance was really good lo.. Along with the band and the chinese orchestra.."
- On a J1's blog

"AEP was next and we got a taste of Saints on Stage! ... The Band, Chinese Orchestra etc sounds awesome!..."

- On another J1's blog

This is the beginning of something greater.
Inside out :-)

Press on everyone!

2009-02-07T10:19:00.001+08:00

GD JOB ALL!!

for the J1 performance

next up!! CCA fair!!
lets do our best to get more members!!
jia you jia you

2009-02-05T19:43:00.003+08:00

From the 2008 SAJC Yearbook:

"A variety of creative and entertaining items were put up by diverse student groups to entertain the audience.

The Chinese Orchestra charmed everyone with nostalgic tunes played beautifully (and this is for Jason:) while the 9th House Committee put up a memorable poetry and song performance which truly warmed the teachers' heart.

The energetic and dynamic finale-..."

@ Teachers' Day Celebration - Rated FT, Pg 128

Let's do even better!

2009-02-01T22:00:00.003+08:00

ATTENTION TO ALL WHO INTEND TO APPEAL TO SAJC THROUGH SACO

The next, and also the last audition for chinese orchestra is on the 4th of February, at 2.30pm. It will be held at the CO room.

DON'T MISS IT!

cya at SAJC! (:

2009-01-24T08:54:00.002+08:00

Thank you everyone for making the performance an enjoyable one :-)
Even though it wasn't perfect, but i believe we had a lot of fun during process :-)
It was great to know that all of you were (Y) when i asked around before the performance started, it's great.

What's even greater are the intangible things that mattered in the process.
How i see Angela and Yuge supporting each other,
Jason being thoughtful with details and coordinated to buy dinner for all of us,
Cindy and Hiajing joining us and being such awesome help and company!
Cheeyae and Yunguan for their valuable support on the day :-)
The small talks in between,
and seeing our juniors being even more comfortable with the orchestra.

It's very very heartening, and i thank all of you for making this possible :-)

We have a lot of people to thank for serving us in this event, do thank them if you see them around in school, like the House Council (Esp the Backstage Team), AVA crew, etc..

Lastly,
Happy Chinese New Year!!
Have a blessed one with your family!

Rest well and let's gear ourselves up for our next practice, whoo!

2009-01-08T13:14:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

School's starting soon and practice will be resuming!! :o)

The first few months leading to June will be pressing ones so let's put in our best to make things less painful and a lot enjoyable :-) After that we can enjoy ourselves greatly at the well deserved overseas trip @ HK!! (Y)

All the best @ homework chiong suas and do try and practice your CNY and SYF songs whenever you are able to :-)

See all of you soon!!

In prayer, Nessa

2009-01-01T16:48:00.002+08:00

2009 is here!!!

SYF IS COMING

woooo

HAPPY NEW YR ALL

woooo

*zi highing*

first prac when sch reopen!!

wooooo

FRIDAY!!! CNY PRAC MUZ COME

wooooo

open hse pic.. long long ago thing.. it was like.. last yr? :D

the above will happen agian soon... like duh right

cya all

2008-12-27T16:05:00.002+08:00

MCO performance at SCH was a GREAT success@@!! congrats to our dear Mr Low , wen hui , carrine and ben ben!! lol (bye bye botak ben ben)

merry christmas frm nessa in tag box
happy new yr in advance frm all of us in saco to all of us in saco
XD

this place is dusty -_-

2008-12-21T20:34:00.002+08:00

yes i knw im late
but other pple had better shots than this and they dissappear >.<
anywayz
CONGRATS to ms wong or mrs seet or mdm wong :D

we are in our break period now but what a yr to come
first up CNY!!
what about our oversea trip?
and camp!!
ok fine camp isnt much
BUT BUT WHAT ABOUT SYF!!
busy yr ahead yea?
but we can do it! so long we stick tight together!!

photographed by me :X

it was uploaded by accident actually haha
to J2 next yr
MSA OMG

2008-12-11T22:21:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone!!

I hope the holidays have been enjoyable for all of you, becos i believe it's well deserved :-)

If you can take some time and look back at what we have accomplished as a CO, there are many- From performances at SAS (My personal fav becos of the little boy's comment @ one of our old youtube videos), CNY, TTSH, Teachers' Day, Openhouse, College Day, Our (memorable) annual Concert, the camps that we had.. Not forgetting the fun that we shared, and the little 'victories' we earned together! Wow.

With new juniors with us, i believe there's a lot more to anticipate that will definitely widen our horizons.. Not only as a musician, but as a being too :-)

Seniors you are always welcome to visit us!! Our next practice is tomorrow (Friday, 2 to 4 PM) and coming Tuesday (16 Dec, 10 to 12 NN) :-D

Let's press on for a more fulfilling year ahead!! All of you have been awesome so far :-)

In prayer, Nessa

2008-11-28T12:40:00.002+08:00

Ms Wong's wedding is tomorrow!

People who are going, please take note of the following details

Date: 29th Nov 08
Meeting place: Tampines Interchange outside MACS
Time: 10am sharp
(latecomers, we will give u an allowance of 15mins. )

The thing will start at 11:15am sharp. In order to get good seats, we may have to reach earlier. Being early is better than being late. So see all of you there!

2008-11-14T18:34:00.015+08:00

HELLO Everyone!! :) Im here to tell all of you a BIG NEWS.

Our dearest Ms Wong is getting MARRIED and we are invited to go!

Date: 29th Nov 08 (Sat)

Time: 11am

Venue: Tampines Soka Centre

(Address: 5 Tampines Street 92, Singapore 528890 )

Anyway, this is optional. Both seniors and juniors are welcome. So, people who are interested, please leave your name at e tagboard or sms me and I'll post it up. Please confirm your attendance by this FRIDAY 21st (Last call)

List of people who are going:

Cheeyae, Yunguan, Aaron, Ben, MEEEE(daryl), Cuiying, Weiling, Cindy, Huiqi, Jiamin, Hiajing, Caiying, Gina, Peixuan, Shiyun, Yonghui, Jordan, Windri, Delia, Jason, Gresilda, Vivian, Kenneth, Richard, Vincent, Lian Kai, ...

(last updated : 20nov)

2008-11-11T20:55:00.002+08:00

YeSterDay We wErE DiVideD

ToDaY We ReaLiSe OuR pRoBLeMs

ToMMoRroW We ShaLL SoLvE ThEm

AnD BeCoMe TrULy

OnE FaMiLy UnBroKeN . . .

UniTed We StaNd DiVideD We FaLL

2008-11-03T22:35:00.002+08:00

As we press on and persevere in our PW...
Let's not forget our dear seniors who are conquering their A's, all right :-)

HAVE FAITH, SENIORS!!!
No fear (Y)

Take care and we await to see your radiant faces from victory! :DD

2008-11-02T19:14:00.002+08:00

heys people (:

its gonna be tough on everyone this coming holidays i know =S
but bear with it alright people?
pls come for every prac unless you have a valid reason (:

we must put in all we can so no matter what the final result is for syf, we wont have any regrets (: judging from the previous few pracs, i tink we can really do well if we continue to put in effort!

plus.. we dun wanna let anyone down, the teachers, conductor, seniors, etc, including ourselves..
also, the better we do, the more kachingzx we are gonna get from the school ($.$). yayyy i love subsidies! lol. den, we can play our hearts out during the june trip next year (: wooooots yay.

so jiayou k people! (: try to strike a balance between cca and studies this holidays.

take care! cya all tmr (: tmr's (3/11) prac is from 5.30-7.30. =DD hee
bye !

Delia (:

2008-10-29T19:51:00.002+08:00

>.<
this place is ROTTING

anywayz..

nxt prac is THIS FRIDAY

usual timing = D

if there is any changes
you will receive sms :D

lala
hope to c you all at prac
:D

2008-10-20T21:50:00.002+08:00

PERFORMANCE @ TTSH

I'm sure we did well :-)
To the extent that we are invited again to play next year
(Heard the organizer speaking to Miss Wong about it.)

Great isn't it? :-D So happy for Saints Orchestra!

2008-10-13T22:08:00.002+08:00

This is one happy CO photograph that made me smile :-)

I hope the Project Encouragement version of this photograph has reached our DSA juniors safely, in their mailbox! .... and I realized I didn't include our blog address (kua kua)

Let's perform to our utmost best tomorrow, shall we? (Y)

2008-10-11T00:15:00.002+08:00

PERFORMANCE ON TUESDAY!!!
WE"RE GOING TO TAN TOCK SENG BABY
lol muz be enthu ma...

are the seniors interested in seeing us perform? LOL

songs are spring ( again... our trademark lol) good morning teacher and... how to say this song.. high green mountain? lol... back up is rhythm

pple pls get your own scores if you dont have it... sharing is alittle ugly to the audience... :D:D

on a more serious note...
those who have CO pics PLS SEND THEM TO ME......i welcome any kind... no need to be sch uniform whatsoever.. so long it is co pple :D:D
SEND THEM TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SENDDDDDDDDDDDDd
ok i think i made my point
cya all

2008-09-30T00:35:00.004+08:00

dumbdididum... CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY FOR GETTING PAST THEIR PROMOS!!!

(oh yes im faster than nessa)

anywayzzzzzzzz
im going to start on the notice board out side co rm (like finally)
AND I NEED YOUR HELP!

select your favourite grp photos in your collection !! by grp i mean more than 2 0.0
send them to me either by pink tooth or msn or er... email.. snail mail..
if you wan to be a good person develop them and pass to me
the photos need not be in sch based.. just need co members... if have non co members... *cut cut*
yea

erm... nessa carrine delia i still wan those official phtos of each section
jason and eileen you better dress up next co prac

what else.. hmm..
lala
cya all

oh yea forgot..
THE MORE THE MERRIER!! :D

2008-09-28T18:46:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

CONGRATS TO ALL WHO FINISHED THEIR PAPERS!!
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7)

To all who hasn't (including me!)
CONTINUE TO PRESS ON, do your best (Y) and may God bless you with perseverance for your last papers :-)

:::

On another note, I envisaged a mini CO project that I would like to embark on as soon as CCA resumes, and we gonna do it chop chop before our DSA juniors (oh man!) begin their O Levels'.

I hope all of you share the same enthusiasm when I present the idea (soon)!

Meanwhile, take care and enjoy yourself @ post promos :-)

2008-09-01T01:35:00.003+08:00

HEYS PPL! :D

well done for teachers' day performance! i think we did a great job!! wootssss. the performance was great and the response is positive! =DDD good job ppl! ^^

dere wouldnt b prac for a long time, so ppl, focus and jiayou for promos k ! :D

btw, i wanna mention abt the genting trip i previously mentioned to some of you all.
lets go on a holiday tgt, to genting!
this trip is solely organised by me & **has absolutely nth to do with the school**
in other words, this trip is not like the official kind.. we will be going as a grp of friends :D i tink you all get wad i mean rite.. hahas. free&easy+no restrictions. bwahahaahaha.
however, nth can be confirmed yet cos probably we wud nid a minimum no. of ppl, plus, the dates we want may not b available. here are some rough details..

3D2N, startin from 17 or 18 nov [ pw is over rite ? ]
transport+lodging should be around $175 or less. [ subjected to changes ] & meals and other expenditure not included.

* i have to know who is interested asap, if possible, within one week? if you are interested, take initiative to msg me or smth ok? thanks alot! hehehhehhe :D

main objective of this trip is of cos for everyone to take a good break and have fun!!! :D hopefully, this will also help bring all of us closer together (:

once again, this is not a confirmed event but i will try my best to make it happen ok? :D

TATA ! rest well ppl (: happy holidays.

Delia

2008-08-29T20:31:00.009+08:00

Dear all,

Thank you so much for today and all who made an effort to join us yesterday! I really, really appreciated it :-)

I sincerely hoped that you've taken back something worthy of experience from the rehearsals and performance.

In Jonathan's words, "Definitely better than rehearsals!" - GREAT :-D

Delia and I have been asking around for feedback from our friends and you should too! Let's share about it the next time we are back from promos and PW (oh the horror!) and we will work hard then :-) The comments are very heartening so far so stay tune (Y)
my fren say very diff frm the rest.... lets take that comment positively ok?
PHOTOGRAPHS!!!
(In no chronological order cos the uploading got messy -_-)
which means nessa is a noob? :X kidding kidding

Ms Wong is a satisfied consumer!
in conclusion demand will rise and price will increase
random hse council at the back.. YO DUDE..

angela and yuge just cant stop posing

See what i mean

Cheesecake: Made with LUV from Mdm Hue :-) thats my copyrite 0,o

Guzheng poser #1 (HAHA KIDDING!)

Daryl told me to post this!
AnD PUT THE CAPTIONS KIKI AND VIVI

SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Guzheng poser #2 (KIDDING TOO!
congrats on our new member's first performance *formal formal*

EILEEN SO KEUTE!!!

Darren was very happy with this photograph, haha!

:::

Congrats to Mdm Hue for winning an award @ Teachers' Day!!!

Meanwhile, rest well and study hard :-D
SRY NESSA... had to intrude your post..with my grass words.. (grass= green)
In prayer, Nessa

IN APOloGIES, DaRyL

2008-08-25T21:43:00.004+08:00

dearest mr penguin.

YOYO PEOPLE. OK, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR A LONGGGG TIME. heeehehehehee

just wanna announce one good news.. MR PENGUIN IS BACKKK!

we owe it to mdm hue. wahahahaha.

okie anyway, everyone, lets help to keep CO room clean k? feed mr penguin ur rubbish after eating, etc. =D dun let the ants invade CO room again (: and sections, rmb to do ur duty every week k!!

lastly, all the best to J2s who are currently taking their prelims.. also, J1s who are mugging for promos. JIAYOU EVERYONE! hehe.

Delia (:

2008-08-24T15:34:00.003+08:00

lol.. i got bored and went on technorati.com to see our blogs ranking

here is the result...
drum roll

rank :1,285,236

LOL

about less than 10 pple link us onli i think >.<

haha... what is the pub head doing sia... hiaz...

on a random note.. the pub head's blog ranking
drum roll

rank:518,492

LOL
owned
:D:D:D

here are some other rankings of our members
pres blog: 775,418
percussion sl blog:966,270
score librarian blog:1,539,098

lol.. in conclusion
our saco blog is more popular than score librarian blog!!
yay!!!!

randomness :D

2008-08-16T11:40:00.002+08:00

HERE IS A BIG shoutout to CHEE YAE for buying us m&ms and sweets XDXD

we all love you!!
cause you have set an example for the other seniors to follow :X

yea.. you pple better go see the song below and think of parts to add in :D

lets work together!!

in prayer nessa

hee hee
so fake

2008-08-15T21:15:00.002+08:00

Ref: Sealed with a Kiss

(Kindly ignore the eccentric footage)

Let's start brainstorming to create a more wholesome piece!!!

2008-08-08T20:40:00.003+08:00

I had a very interesting feeling when I see a friend in CO up there!

Here's Caroline representing her class @ the National Day Fashion Parade, this is her classic moment:

Emcee: "Where are you from?" (Referring to Caroline's class)
Caroline: "Indonesia."

This is so hilarious!

2008-08-03T14:46:00.002+08:00

yea.. hi all.. more open hse pic

ok fine.. ONE open hse pic... the fashion show...
chinese orch members are chiongsters!!
we do things fast and efficently :D:D

gres bday!!

cutting of the square and $$$$ cake

my art piece
bwhahaha

welcome to our new member eileen too
:D:D:D

cya all

2008-08-02T21:58:00.006+08:00

SAJC OPENHOUSE 2008!
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Pre Openhouse preparation:

Thank you everyone for your hard (and HEART) work to set up the booth!

It's heartening to see how we played our part to do so :-) I really appreciate every effort and thought (Y) Also a big thank you to Jason and Kenneth for readily offering help to make several trips to the CO room to bring things down.

Performance:

(I think Wang lao shi takes good photographs, haha!)

I enjoyed myself greatly during the performance, and I hope you did too :-)

:::

I think today's Openhouse broadened our horizons quite a bit. In my opinion, it showed us the possibilities that we can create and I thank God for that :-) The brief sharing and debrief session made me realized how blessed I am to have such truthful batch mates who hope to see improvements in SACO.

Quoting Jason, "If we continue to keep up such (good) work, we will do a good job next year."

I see better days ahead :-)

In prayer, Nessa

2008-07-31T22:54:00.006+08:00

To all prospective students who googled or bloghopped their way through,

APPROX 2 MORE DAYS TO...
SAJC'S OPENHOUSE 2008!
2nd August 2008, 10 AM to 4 PM

Join us @ St. Andrews' Junior College!

Saints Orchestra will be performing @ 1 PM at the Foyer (FYI: Outside General Office)
Also, our booth will be located a stone's throw away from the rocky walkway.

We look forward to your company during our performance and visitation of our booth :-)

All enquiries about the College and CCA will be gladly entertained by this warm family here!

"Awesome."

In prayer, Nessa

2008-07-29T22:18:00.002+08:00

hey all...

we TRY to keep what we playing among ourseleves la.. give the open hse pple a surprise...

so dear seniors, i cant tell you all what we playing...
no matter whether it is a SPRING DAY or when you are hearing the RAIN'S song....
so sry :X

you get the idea...
just trying to keep the blog alive pple.... jia you for open hse :D:D;D

a few more days to go...

2008-07-27T16:09:00.003+08:00

OMG... nessa is a stalker.. beware of her pple...

PROOF: previous post.. haha

stalking little kids arh you vice mdm... tsk tsk....

hee hee

friday prac was not too shabby pple!! just need to improve volume and sheng's pai zi :X
carrine's FIRST conducting wasn't conducting at all la.. haha
it was just giivng pai zi... show us your cool movements next time ok carrine? XDXD

open hse is just 6 days more!! omg omg omg

2008-07-26T23:02:00.001+08:00

Here to share something!

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yesterday the saco came to sass to perform,it was a nice show
(@ SACO's Qingtian video)

I hope this will bring a smile to your face like how it did to me :o)

In prayer, Nessa

2008-07-23T21:40:00.003+08:00

dumbdiddum....

dsa audition dates

27/06/2008
6:30pm-8:30pm
CO Room ( 2nd lvl nearer to the express way)

Remember!!

DSA PHASE 2
Thu, 3 July
Phase 2 - Applications Open
Fri, 25 Jul before 3 pm
Deadline for submission of application form

more details at http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=74

The scores for KANG1 DING4 QING2 GE1 is OUT
come early on friday to take a look :D:D

yay
keep this blog alive pple :X

2008-07-20T14:32:00.003+08:00

*for details of DSA phaseTWO, see previous post (:

heys people ! :D
sorry im kinda late but..
THANKS ALOT EVERYONE!! FOR MAKING THE FAREWELL CEREMONY A SUCCESS!
hehehe.
there were some minor technical faults but still.. hope the J2s enjoyed it !! X)
vanessa's slides were funny.. and we have our imba emcees jason and daryl!
gifts were made by gresilda and yuge.. (: etc..
everyone played a role !! yayyyyy ^^
thank you everyone!!
we also have to thank the teachers, esp mdm hue, who took so much effort to make delicious kong ba paus for everyone!!! hehe.
oh, and thank you daryl for helping me upload the photos onto the blog hehhehh(:
lastly, a big thank you to all the J2s!! for making SACO`08 fun and enjoyable !! :DDD

SACO '08 is unforgettable! :DDDD

ok now for the reminders..

- please bring your costumes tmr ! CO room will b opened in da morning (:
- there's prac tmr as usual (:
- those who forked out $ for the farewell [sectional gift not included], pls tell joanne/melissa asap so they can do the calculations (:

thats all for now ! (: bye ^^

Delia:DD

2008-07-19T12:14:00.005+08:00

yo all

just some random informations
DSA PHASE 2
Thu, 3 July
Phase 2 - Applications Open
Fri, 25 Jul before 3 pm
Deadline for submission of application form
28 Jul to 6 Aug
Offer Stage: SAJC will short list and offer places to students at this stage
12 Aug to 15 Aug
Acceptance Stage :Any student offered a place is guaranteed a place if he/she accepts the College's offer during this stage as long as the eligibility criteria for admission to a JC has been met

Wan to see what our co is playing? come to SAJC OPEN HOUSE FOR A TASTER!!

hmm the details are abit fuzzy.. so here are they

2nd august 2008 ( sat)

10 am to 4 pm

hope to see you there!!

anywayz.. here are delias photos frm the farewell

lol click to enlarge.. nxt time the phots will be bigger i lazy change nw :X

tanbos!!

lol onli wenghao posing

GUAN YUE>>> ROKS ALL

YEA>> hee hee... randoming

cya all
( LOL from DARYL not SAINTS ORCHESTRA)
*look below* hee hee

2008-07-17T20:03:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

My sincere apologies for not realizing that Commendation is tomorrow, making it inconvenient for the J1s to return their costumes.

Thus J1s, please drop your costumes on Monday, in the morning. The door will be opened upon request, so no worries!

Finally, J2s who have yet to return their costumes, it will be greatly appreciated if you can return them by tomorrow (Friday, 18 July), otherwise, Monday :)

3 steps to make lives easier:

1. Attach a piece of paper, stating your Name, J1/J2, and the size of your Top and Bottom of the costume
2. Iron (after you wash!) your costume and pack it nicely into your zip lock bag
3. Place it neatly in the cupboard nearest to the back door

Please pass this message around! It will help make things a lot easier and efficient :)

Thank you so much.

In prayer, Nessa

2008-07-16T23:13:00.008+08:00

Before the REAL deal:

Hungry monsters with Mdm Hue's legendary Kong Ba Pao :o)

Your fav Masters of Ceremony who froze the entire AVA!

TBY FTW!!!

A very happy Strings section!

Cello-bass!

The Introduction of SACO Exco 2008/2009:

Jason as Percussion SL (Huiqi as a stand in :))

Jonathan as Cello-Bass SL! and his predecessor, Cheeyae

Gresilda as Guan Yue SL! with Weng Hao :-)

Kenneth as Tanbo Yue SL, with Ben (Y)

Nick with his counterparts in Huqin
(Absent with apologies: Angela as Huqin SL :))

Alicia as Score Librarian with Jia Min (and an absent Xinghua)
Cuiying and Grace handing over their gifts to...

Daryl How as Head of Publicity!

Juyin (extreme right) with her successors, Joanne and Caroline
as Head(s) of Welfare :)

Cindy and Tong Neng with Vivian as their successor for
Quarter Mistress :)

Carrine as Student Conductor, with Lian Kai :)

Wenhui, the new disciple of Li Ting as Treasurer!

Melissa as Secretary, with Cheeyae :)

Vanessa, as Vice President with her (lovely) predecessor, Huiqi
PS: It's so weird typing my own description

Delia, the President (WOOHOO!) being terrorized by Yunguan :)
Delia making her maiden speech to her fellow comrades.

Heartwarming group heart as a birthday gift to Juyin (^)

Mdm Hue speaking to SACO :)

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The best is yet to be!
(Last photograph: The SACO Family)

2008-07-09T22:19:00.003+08:00

HI CO..
i sincerely apologise for cancelling the CO meeting today =(
i only got to know at the last min that 8/17 are not turning up..yupps.. so it was cancelled cos too little ppl le..
sorry for the inconvenience caused to you guy (X.X)

on a happier note.. THERES GONNA BE A CO OUTING TO NIGHT SAFARI !!! ORGANISED BY THE SCHOLARS !!!! ^^ BOTH J1s AND J2s WELCOMED !!!

-Night Safari Outing- ,
19th july..
saturday...
5.30 to 10pm,
only $4/person !!
food and transport provided but we will have to go to the scholars' hostel first =D

HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY FRI IF YOU ARE GOING.
HOPE THE WHOLE CO CAN GO !!! WILL B LOADS OF FUN I TINK!! =D

FOR MORE INFO,
CONTACT CHU EN [DIZI] - ********
OR JONATHAN [BASS] - ********
hahahahaah ok i just removed their hp numbers ardy incase gt stalker HAHHAHAA.

by the way, report @ 3pm on friday yea J1s. hehehehe. cya den !!!!

delia(:

2008-07-09T21:59:00.004+08:00

Dear all,

Here's lending Chu en and Jonathan some help @ publicity!

Their hostel is organising an outing to Night Safari, and both of them thought it will be a (Y) idea if the whole CO can be part of it!

Date (Day): 19th July (Saturday)
Time: Will be notified soon, but definitely in the Night
Price: 4$ per person

*More details in the entry above mine, Delia and I have telepathy!*

It will be considered as a Part 2 of the J2s Farewell, and I think it's brilliantastic to end it in this manner :o)

An outing as a CO! To Night Safari!

For all interested parties, please kindly provide your responses to Chu en or Jonathan asap!

Alternatively, you can leave a tag saying: "I AM GOING TO BE NOCTURNAL!" and I will consolidate the responses by the end of the week.

Do support them and make this outing a successful one! 8D

In prayer, Nessa

2008-07-07T00:04:00.004+08:00

photo galores
thanks to delia :D
and me for uploading it

saco 2007-2008 j1 and j2 with teachers(minus one) and conductor

lol candid shot.. some pple look lost here :D

oooo!! i didnt knw we had 2 mermaids in co !! :X informal shot

chee yae!! WHAT HAPPEN TO YOUR FACE!! J2 shot :D

oh yea.. and guan yue rocks.. better than other section can... with the 2 suonas.. we are invincible.. bwhaha

hee hee more photos coming up!!

ps frm delia

HEYS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR J1s !!

this coming wed, 9 july, pls be at CO room @ 3.15pm yea.... tell your frens !! heeheheheheheheheheheheeehe cyaaaa dere !!

-delia lol

2008-07-06T23:46:00.002+08:00

HEYS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR J1s !!

this coming wed, 9 july, pls be at CO room @ 3.15pm yea.... tell your frens !! heeheheheheheheheheheheeehe cyaaaa dere !!

-delia lol

2008-07-06T00:07:00.000+08:00

The Last Performance For The J2time just slipped through our fingers like sand on the beacha blink of the eye and the 2007 J1 batch has grown into the mature j2s we knw nwwe were shy we as were strangersbut you all brought as together and made us frensthe games you made us go throughthe pails of water that was splashed on usbut water was not the onli thing splashed on us we felt the waves of warmth and friendshipwe felt care and concernwe felt like a family unbrokennw as you take your leavea empty feeling befalls the co roomlike a gap that cannot be filledbut we know your faith and believe will always be with uswe know you will follow us all the waythere is no farewell
onli see you latergd luck in your future endeavoursand god blessby jun wei :X

2008-07-05T22:06:00.010+08:00

PHOTOGRAPHS@COLLEGE DAY 2008!!!

With our (quote Li Ting)疑心很重(/quote) conductor, hahaha!

TBY FTW! :o)

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More photographs coming soon! The nice ones :p

2008-05-30T22:25:00.008+08:00

Hello!! I guess everyone had a great time during the past 3 days of CO camp. Im here to update photos for the telematch today! I shall let the some random pictures do the talking.

LianKai Vanessa Ben and Xinyi at the counterstrike station!

While playing...

A very 经典photo. Xinyi looks like she's boxing XD

Below is a series of Tawan's very 经典photos

Haha his postures so comical xD

Kenneth is stonning!

Over at the Tracks~
yunguan and vivian playing 3 legged

Liankai looks like he's fainting lOl

competition between both groups

They seem to enjoy :)

HOPPERS

SKIPPERS

I fly~

You fly~

Ends with a group photo! (left)Gresilda, Melissa, Stephanie, HiaJing, Carrine

Hope everyone enjoyed e camp. Rest well over the weekends and not to forget, MUG HARD :)

(there are still more photos not posted cos these photos are taken with my camera only)

2008-05-30T21:31:00.003+08:00

Details on Direct School Admission (DSA) through CO

Extracted from: http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/

Selection will be based on the following criteria:

1. Good performance in secondary schools examinations (Sec 3, 4 and 5).
(L1R5 must not be more than 25)
Other indicators of academic achievement may also be considered e.g. Olympiads etc2.

2. Excellence in:
Aesthetics (visual or performing arts)
at least a Bronze in Singapore Youth Festival competitions and/or
representation in international/national competitions and/or
distinctions (or equivalent) in music/dance examinations and/or
awards in competitions

3. Good performance in interviews, aptitude tests, trials and auditions where required
Aesthetics interviews and/or aptitude tests and/or portfolios (for visual and fine art)
interviews and/or auditions (for performing arts)

Please take note of the following:

Students applying are advised to check for the dates and times of auditions and trials and make the necessary arrangements.

In all cases students are expected and encouraged to provide documentary evidence of their achievements in the form of certificates, letters of participation and recommendation etc.

In some cases applicants may be required to attend a second interview.

Students are reminded that if selected based on skills and talents in a particular CCA or for any other area they are expected to join the respective CCA or society allocated by the College during their time at St Andrew's Junior College.

Phase 1 Application are already OPEN

Download the application form for DSA at http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/document/DSA_form2008.doc

ALL applications together with supporting documents MUST be submitted in hard copy and delivered in person or via post to:
St Andrew's Junior College
55 Potong Pasir Ave 1 Singapore 358389

Please Submit the form Latest by
Fri, 13 Jun before 3 pm

Audition Details
Day: 27th JUNE 08
Venue: CO room
Time: 6:30- 8:30pm
Teacher in charge: Mdm Hue Kin Lan
(hue_kin_lan@moe.edu.sg)
Please prepare a piece for the audition.

Hope to see you there~

2008-05-30T20:16:00.002+08:00

Thanks Jordan for uploading the recordings :) Here's the name of the songs that we played.

Track 1- Pirates of the Carribean
Track 2- Way back into love (Music and Lyrics)
Track 3- Melodies of Life (Final Fantasy 9)
Track 4- Eyes on me >Lian Kai solo (Final Fantasy 8)
Track 5- Key of Twilight
Track 6- The World
Track 7- Always with me ( Spirited Away)
Track 8- Pretty Woman
Track 9- Accidentally in Love (Shrek 2)
Track10-Por Una Cabeza ( Scent of a Woman)
Track11- 蒲公英的约定
Track12- Barbie Girl
Track13- Name of Life
Track14- Across the Stars
Track15- 不能说的秘密
Track16- 晴天
Track17- Pirates of the Carribean

2008-05-25T14:04:00.002+08:00

Hi its jordan again! Really sorry for the huge delay cos i was caught up with alot of admin at my new unit. Well here it is, the audio recording of the whole concert. My cd burner is down so any of you kind enough can download the files and burn them for everyone? Thanks alot. Feel free to remove this post if required. =)

SACO concert 2008

part 1: http://www.zshare.net/download/125388885f318fec/
part 2: http://www.zshare.net/download/12538093bdeb013a/

2008-05-17T16:54:00.004+08:00

Hello people! It's one week after our annual concert already. Yesterday was our "qing gong yan". Hope everyone enjoyed the dinner prepared by the teachers.

Regarding the concert, I'm really glad that it went quite smoothly for every item. Not to forget, there's a long list of people who made this concert possible.

1st- the teachers in charge for opening the co room for us every practice and staying with us until the practices end.
Ms Wong for helping the publishing committee to edit the booklet content last minute and contacting the supplier for printing.
Mdm Hue for worrying for our 三餐, making sure that no one goes hungry.
Mr Wang for collecting the food for us during practices and rehearsals.

Most importantly, Mr Low, for attending our practices on Saturdays and scarificing time to edit the scores for the arrangers, despite having tight schedules. Really grateful for giving us some advices and frank statements. I know he meant well for us, but we just didnt make an effort to change as a whole co, which somehow disappoints him such as preparing the songlist to be practiced and also, treating every practice seriously.

3rd, the seniors, j3s. The first person to thank is definitely Jordan. Thank you for being there during the rehearsals and actual concert, helping us with the adjustment of microphones and giving us comments and encouragements regarding the rehearsals. Thanks for spending your valuable weekend with saco though weekends are the only time that u can book out and also, helping us to record our songs and upload them on the net.

I think most of you didnt realise, the ticket is actually designed by vincent, our previous president. Really thank him for spending his time, helping us in the designing of tickets.

Yijia and sophie also played an important role in helping out in the backstage and the flow of the items in e concert.

Also, thank you to all seniors who came down specially during our practices and also seniors who were there during the concert. Your presence really meant a lot to us.

Not to forget, thank you all audience for supporting our concert. We achieved a full house!

Last but not least, thank you all saco members for putting in your best for the concert. Co practices may be very hectic - 4 times a week. But im really glad that most of you turned up for the practices and practised really hard.

Without all of you, this concert would not have been possible!

As for the quality of concert, I think we could have done better. There were still some songs that we are not so familiar with and pitching problem. Yup, for more feedbacks, visit this website
http://mco.efunky.net/index.php?topic=186.0

Hope everyone will read the comments and try to make changes and put up a better concert next year!

saints orchestra!

2008-05-03T22:46:00.004+08:00

Hi people! I'm jordan from the 06/07 batch. I am the guy in black glasses running up and down in the cc during your practice looking busy. Well to cut the intro short, just let me say how impressed i am about how far the orchestra has gone. Arrangement of songs is not an easy thing, as i recalled how sometimes when i came up with not so perfect scores, there was so much hassle and fear right before the concert, last minute changes here and there, and of course not so encouraging moments. But here we have now, a concert with a playlist full of arranged music! I never thought this was possible, much less coming from the batch directly after my year of graduation. I must say a good job to all arrangers for this years concert who put in so much hard work to perfect the pieces, converting them to jianpu, and applying the feedback from your peers. Not to mention the performers themselves for giving support to them by practicing dilligently and bringing their pieces to life! The happiness you feel when mere ink on paper transforms into beautiful music to the ears cannot be described, but can be felt strongly, especially to the arrangers.

So i'm here now with an upload of the recording of your session today to let you guys hear what mistakes you have made, how the arrangements can be further improved if neccessary, how to hone your part, and last but not least, give you guys a peek at what you can expect from the quality of the sound recording of the concert. Its crystal clear isn't it? So keep this as a motivation to practice and make the best out of the concert, and hopefully i can make a cd that is good enough to sell! Big dreams eh. Anyway my general comments for the session today: Just improve pitching and tempo and you guys would do great!

With love, Jordan.

p.s: For people with low download speeds when streaming imeem, or simply want the mp3s on your ipod or something, here are the links for the files.

part 1 : http://www.zshare.net/download/11498281b0e35f87/
part 2 : http://www.zshare.net/download/114986424c2ee9a7/

2008-04-30T22:21:00.002+08:00

Hello!!

6 more practices before concert! Practice hard and I believe that we will do a good job! Gambette everyone! :)

2008-04-23T20:50:00.003+08:00

50 more tickets left
(if all members have sold theirs ; if mr low has finished his 200 tickets )

Hurry and grab them now before it's gone!

Seniors who are interested, either contact your juniors to buy the tickets or send email to me, then I see what I can do. =)

2008-04-14T23:13:00.005+08:00

Concert tickets are now on sale!

Details of the concert is stated in the picture above!

This year's concert's theme will be theme songs. It includes theme songs from :

Movies-Secret, Star Wars, Music and Lyrics etc

Animes-Hack//sign etc

Games- Final Fantasy 8,9 etc.

Interested to know what songs we are playing? Come down and join us! Tickets are priced at $5 which is cheap and afforadable. What are you waiting for? Place your orders now!

Interested buyers do leave your orders in the tagboard or email your orders to me at tancy.chenzy@gmail.com :) hope to see orders soon!

2008-03-21T21:39:00.005+08:00

Hello fellow members! This blog seems so dead. Anw, there will be an Orientation Camp from 28-29th March! I hope u all will have fun! :)

Just to a gentle reminder- all of you can access to this blog too. The login name and password are written on e top right hand corner of the co white board. Do take note! :) hope to see entries from the J1s soon^^

Did some blog hopping just now and i found out a big thing. The Band is using ''one family unbroken'' too ( http://sajcband2004.blogspot.com/ ). During e previous cca sign up i also heard that sports and fitness are also using this. So who's e founder of this slogan? I dont really want to share something so meaningful with other unknown people. =.=

Anw, hope the j2s enjoyed the weekends and as for the J1s, jiayou for ur tests ( if any ) and PW!

2008-02-05T22:19:00.000+08:00

Latest Update on Appeal Audition.

We will be having an appeal audition on the 11th of February (Mon) at 6:30pm. Do turn up if you wish to appeal in through CO. For more details/ before u turn up, please contact Ms Wong Sook Yee by phone. I think its not good to post her phone no. up. So interested people please leave ur email at the tagboard so that i can send her no. to u. Have a wonderful new year~! :)

2008-01-24T19:14:00.000+08:00

Hello all Olvl graduates!

Guess most of you have gotten ur results. Be it good or bad, u have tried ur best :) Be happy!
Anyway, just to inform u all that if you are very keen to enter SAJC and are interested to join CO/ with CO background but ur l1r5 did not meet e school's intake points, DONT WORRY :) haha

What u can do is, choose SAJC as ur first choice. If u cant get in, u can appeal through CO which can get u into SAJC with higher chances. Before appealing, please inform our teacher in charge, Mdm Hue Kin Lan or Ms Wong Sook Yee through email or phone no. Email: hue_kin_lan@moe.edu.sg / wong_sook_yee@edu.moe.sg

What are u waiting for? Any enquires please post it at e tagboard. :) Hope to see u in SAJC at the 2nd intake!

2008-01-09T19:27:00.000+08:00

Hello all j1s!!

We will be having practice on this coming fri (11/1) from 630-830pm. Pls do report by 6pm as our conductor will be coming at 630pm sharp. For those who have signed up at our booth today, pls rmb to turn up :)

As for others who are interested to join/ still considering but did not sign up at our booth, feel free to make a trip down for this practice. You will get to experience what a chinese orchestra/SACO is like. People who have experience in playing the co instruments, we welcome u all to join us in playing the songs for Chinese New Year celebration. As for people without music background, u could make use of this chance to understand how each instruments are played and make ur choice of instuments that u all would like to learn.

Hope to see all of you at the CO room on fri! :)