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ensemble competition 07

hi peeps... here are the mp3 links of today's ensemble competition!!

congrats to everyone who participated as everyone did a great job... the standard has definitely improved from last year... unfortunately there can only be one winner... =] there's always next year!!

Amazing Grace (brass quintet):
http://download.yousendit.com/BE629C9A7EC21EBD

Excalibur (percussion ensemble):
http://download.yousendit.com/EF1B68463FC24844

Sax quartet in Paris:
http://download.yousendit.com/BEF7540A4DFDC7B9

Saxophobia:
http://download.yousendit.com/DEC21D19188A65C6

the Ultimate Bass Adagio:
http://download.yousendit.com/2F555FE570842E9F

trumpet ensemble:
http://download.yousendit.com/478462C274FB8FD1

NUSWS Da Capo 2007

Start Publicizing!

Saturday, 27 October 2007
5:00 pm

University Cultural Centre Hall,
National University of Singapore

Tickets : $10.00 (Early Bird Tickets : $8.00*)

For tickets, pls contact Khee Nguen @ 96363640 ( lkn6@pacific.net.sg )

OR Yin Ting @ 81336026 ( liauyt@hotmail.com )

(*Early Bird Tickets available until 27 September 2007. While Stock Lasts.)

NUSWS Welcome Tea 2007

Here it is!

Look who's so YANDAO!

Think this is the one of the best photos of all the featured CFA groups.

Announcing the arrival of the new poster-boy of NUSWS -- Benjamin "Becks" Kirk!

More!

Flute section reporting (best section.. oops HAHAH!)


Ben says "STOP FIGHTING!" (shyt! with a bun in his mouth!)


Ok, some scenery...


Me and Qicai's Host!!!!!!! Annalisa and Angelo!

and i'm sure daniel and cedric had a good time :P

Extension group #2 photo from Munich!

more group shots!

Host Family!

Ian and me with our wonderful host family! Little Thomaso who swallowed an Euro coin in some summer camp, pretty Lisa, cheerful Loretta and cheeky Alfio. We took this picture on our second (or was it third?) night when they ordered pizza for dinner. "Pizza and beer goes well with each other," says Alfio. I agree, on the condition that the beer is German beer. LOL. Massive pizza! Just look at that size lah! They ordered one and a half. -_-"

Extension Grp #1 Reporting

GROUP SHOT!
it's here.....

and more to come!

NUSWS @ Besana band fest 2007

Chalet

Hi all! It seems like the holiday mood is not over yet! So before the school starts (awwwwwwww, oops thats for the rest of u! heheee) some peeps was thinking of some form of gathering like a chalet.

The dates would look sometime between next weekend or the weekend on O week itself. Before this can happen, we need to know who would be interested and who WILL come. No point booking a chalet and I play bridge with my other 3 alteregos or wadever u call it. HAHA

Yea pls email or sms me. I would at least need to know the rough response before I proceed with anything.

Thanks!
Nick

Besana Music Festival! [Updates]

Yo all well-wishers for the NUSWS Besana expedition!

This is the Besana grp #2 reporting from S'pore. Based on internet sources from the Besana festival webpage, it appears that our main party has arrived safely to the rendezvous point, to the warm welcome of our hosts =)

As you can see from the pic, the weather seems to be quite sunny, but our gracious hosts have plied NUSWS members with cool drinks like Sprite, Coke, Orange Juice. You can also see the scene where everyone is nicely seated along long serving tables (and the edge of a floral-patterned serving tray), which I believe further affirms the cool reception that NUSWS gotten.

[There's also this sideline issue of our host puzzling over why a particular member of the band likes to hug his bag at the dining table. See our host's kindly eyes .... maybe that member didn't sleep enough / need a bolster / got gold cylindrical bars in his bag? ..HAHAHAHA]

Just to tell u ladies and gentlemen from NUSWS, I scanned the website and found arrival pic for only NUSWS so far! Haha... should feel honoured as the representatives from Asia!

Ok... Besana grp #2 comprising of me, myself and I will be catching a flight at midnight to join you, CYA SOON!

[NUSWS Bandits staying to represent us for the Commencement - thanks and take care too!]

Countdown to Italy!

Create Your Own Countdown

Banner

Besana!

This is end point of our opening and closing parades. This one shows the main band rehearsing their marching. On the left, you can see the white coloured "sheltered" area, and that is their open-air concert hall. That is where we'll perform if we are to play in Besana. There are other places in the area that we will be performing. Will try and get some more videos or pics or whatever. The big building in front is the church.


Another video about the marching band segment. I know what our double reeds players can do already! Haha.. MASCOT! Wauahah.. Nah just kidding.. Maybe take the banner. LOL.

Anyway, I found out that we have quite a large number of bands going this year. They are from Colombia, Lithuania, Holland, Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. This is besides the usual Italian bands that will be there.

trumpets + cornet dinner

had our section dinner yesterday at suntec's swensens.
with 140 bucks worth of cash vouchers.

"we can split the dinner in 2, cuz we can't possibly spend all of the 140 bucks in one dinner right? - yanting

"but we sure will exceed the vouchers' amount." - xuanzhi
"aiya, nvm de lar. it's still uite worth it paying 5 dollars for such a meal ma..." - ben

and so, we started ordering. our order list include:

starters:
calamaris (x2)
fried mushrooms (x2)

main course:
breaded chicken (x1)
fish and chips (x1)
ribeye steak (x4) - 1 med, 2 med well, 1 med rare.

desserts:
choc malt (x1)
some choc promo (x1)
some berry (x1)
sticky chewy choc (x3)

snapshots taken during dinner:

elmo acting weird when his breaded chicken is not being served.

our desserts. yummy sticky chewy!

and the bill came up to:

kudos to ben, the rich kid!
we need not fork out a single cent for the additional 65.01 bucks.

post exams feasting!

dick lee is as creative as his name.

dick lee sings We Are Singapore! cool version..


dick lee sings rasa sayang at 2004, 30th anniversary concert

All About Busking

Check out this website below.

http://www.nac.gov.sg/eve/eve09.asp

dancing megahits

enjoy guys. let's play this~ so fun~ every1 got solo lo.-i think- rockz!

Repertoire for Italy and Commencement

Hello all.

Just for information.

76 Trombones - Meredith Willson, arr Naohiro Iwai
Amparita Roca – Jamie Texidor
Bahn Frei – transcr Wil van der Beek
Danse Diabolique – transcr. Tohru Takahashi
Doremi – Richard Rodgers arr. Takashi hoshide
Einzugsgalope Op. 35 – J. Strauß
Merry Widow - Franz Lehár
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles, arr Michael Sweeney
Postcard from Singapore – Philip Sparkes
Radetzky March
Spring March – Oishi Mika

Yeah.. I'll post more details in the yahoogroups.

Greg Pattillo

Super Mario Beatbox





Inspector gadget remix





Peter & the wolf

phoebe broadcasting free treats

DEAREST fellow NUSWSians.

sian right study so much. oppz.

some yummy treats to share!

Free Cone Day is coming!!

Thanks to you, it's on us!

Mark it in your diaries - Tuesday, 17th April is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day!

Loyal fans, in appreciation of your support, we are giving out ice cream from 12noon to 7pm at 8 participating Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops:

Downtown East, #01-08A

Great World City, #02-40A

Suntec City Mall, #01-152

Raffles City, #B1-80

The Cathay, #02-12

United Square, #02-40A

VivoCity, #02-135

White Sands, #01-36

-enjoy-

flute solo

Telemann Canon Duet

Boneys

One week after Intempo 2007, aren't we missing out on something eh?


Upper + Mid Boneys



Rehearsal before concert



Boneys' Tea Snacks =D



Boneys - smiles all round



Post-concert Boneys - still smiles all round



And some laughs too! - Christmas came early for some of us =)

Clarinet Section!

Clarinet section!! We rox!!


The exco.. or what remained of the exco after we came back from UCC..


Extended Clarinet Section, past and present. Plus one married in le...


Clarinet and Eupho and Perc in Haagen Dazs!



Poor ARX trying to submit his assignment.. And there is no wireless@SG for him.. HAha.. For more details, read my blog!

How can we forget percussion!?!?

percussion section!

unable to take proper pictures

u dont see any other section doin this!

yes. we dont take normal pictures. HAHA!

A short update before I rush off for work

Hi everyone. Currently in Stuttgart and staying here for the next 3.5 weeks.

Work's great. I'm working at a factory called Pilz that manufactures motherboard and other electrical components for automation. A really light and easy job, no heavy lifting here and there. Attire is the company polo shirt and jeans whatever. Only thing is that I have to keep wearing an armband that's connected to earth to ensure that I'm constantly grounded and no static electricity built up on my body can destroy the miniscule electrical components. So far I'm building curcuit boards and running tests on them. Next week I'll be learning welding, so that's a really useful skill later on for engineering.

My supervisor and colleagues are really nice people as well, teaching me lots of things and constantly praising me until I feel quite paiseh. Thank goodness so far that no-one has expressed 'Sino' phobia - That the Chink is here as a spy to steal technology!

Gabriel's family has been great as well to let me stay at their place. Looking forward to tomorrow, travelling up to Frankfurt again to meet bro-in-law...

Ok guys, just a post to show I'm alive and well! Photos coming up hopefully!