Hola amigos!
It’s Lishan and Liting again bringing you yet another blog post on what we’ve been up to these past couple of weeks. Hope everyone has been enjoying school so far, but for now, take a break and check out the latest NUSWS happenings!
1. Student Life Fair (SLF)
If you happened to be in Utown on 13th and 14th of August, you might have chanced upon our booth at Dance Studio of Stephen Riady Centre alongside the other CFA groups. We were heartened to see so many fresh and familiar faces popping the booth to say hello or to find out more about us. Our beloved resident conductor, Prof Ho, also dropped by to give his support!
Our beloved Prof Ho!
Our very own brass ensemble as well as flute ensemble also put up a short but stunning performance for the crowd during the fair.
Brass players
And our flautists as well :)
We’re sure that all you lucky ones who managed to catch their performances enjoyed it as much as we did! Needless to say, we had a splendid time at the SLF and hope to see more and all of you again next year!
2. HERE (lah)!
As part of the annual CFA house party, NUSWS once again put up a light-hearted performance for the crowd who was all ready to party! Adopting a flash-mob style, our trumpets and trombones started the show with a bang, playing out of sight of the audience. As the audience started wondering where the music was coming from, the rest of us made our way in to join in the rousing chorus of ‘The Sound of Music’. The medley included tunes from the popular musical, such as ‘Do-Re-Mi ‘and ‘Edelweiss’. We even showed off our dance moves, which we’re pretty sure thoroughly entertained the audience!
Flash Mob!!!
DO~~RE~~MI~~
Wen Quan: "Rise together with me!"
Clarinetists!
Here Lah!
Photo credits: Muhammad Hafiz Rahman
We ended the night off with lots of free food and beer, and had fun taking pictures at the photo booth! Overall, it was definitely a party to remember and we hope to bring you an even better performance next year. It’s a date, so see you next year! ;)
3. Welcome Tea
Three days after we performed for Here(lah)!, we hosted our annual Welcome Tea, to give the freshmen a feel of being a part of NUSWS. We started off with a short tuning and warm up session with our student conductor, Wen Quan, followed by combine with our assistant conductor, Mr Tan. The freshmen got a sneak peek of the pieces we were going to play for our upcoming concert, such as ‘An American in Paris’ and ‘AKB48 Medley’. It was a good opportunity for the freshmen to immerse themselves into our band culture as well as to mingle with the friendly seniors (including us!!). After the practice, we were treated to a sumptuous feast where everyone had more chances to interact with others outside of their sections. Judging from everyone’s smiles and laughter, we are sure that everyone enjoyed the food and company!
Freshies...Freshies everywhere
We were also blown away by the huge turnout this year- a whopping 56 freshmen! It was great seeing so many new faces, all eager to join us in the NUSWS family. Of course, all good things must come to an end but we will see you again at next year’s Welcome Tea!
4. Orientation and Band Dinner
To officially welcome our new members, NUSWS once again held our annual Orientation and Band Dinner on 29th of August. We started the day bright and early with lots of fun and games in our favourite UTown. Instead of trudging through our endless ramblings, why not let the pictures do the talking? ;)
What is everyone doing? xD
Must concentrate...
Photo credits: Muhammad Hafiz Rahman
Erm...are those euphoniums or?? xD
Photo credits: Xu Yuting
Wow that sure looked fun! Well don’t be too bummed if you missed Orientation! We also had our annual Band Dinner at the usual place – Stewords Riverboat Restaurant. With good food, good ambience, and good company, what more could we ask for!
Food!!!
Band Dinner!!!
Photo credits: Ng Zhen Ning
We were even treated to performances by our very own talented members. Ah, what a wonderful world! It sure was a long but fun-filled day (and night), and it was definitely a great start for NUSWS’ upcoming academic year!
Bo Jun: "What a wonderful world~~~~~"
Photo credit: Ng Zhen Ning
Well that sure was a lot of updates! Meanwhile, we’ll be heading back to our books (and you probably should too haha). Do keep a lookout for more updates from us on our Facebook page and Instagram!
Till then,
Lishan & Liting
