STARS@W4
Thursday, November 6, 2008
I went to a concert yesterday (
STARS@W4) held at NUS concert hall. It was okay I guess, except for the loud and inappropriate cheering, ushers who did not allow us to sit freely (and its free-sitting! How ironic.). It was free though. My mum got the tickets from her school.
STARS@W4 stand for
Simply
Talented
And
Really
Splendid
@ West
4. The name is really lame. The first performance was a Lion Dance by Dazhong Primary School, it was okay I think, I missed the first part. Princess Elizabeth Primary School performed next. They performed the Dance of the Golden Snake (by the way, the Chinese Orchestra performed it). It was quite good, just lacking some dynamics and the intonation could be improved. The person who played the timpani was so cool! Then they had some presentation of certificates? Keming Primary School performed a dance called Ayunan Gadis Jelita. It was quite well done compared to the rest. Dancing Peacocks by Lianhua Primary School was a bit uhh... uncoordinated. Their costumes were quite cool I guess. Bukit Timah Primary School (my mum's teaching there) was quite good too. They performed some Chinese dance and was very synchronised (I'm not being biased! They were one of the best.)
A military band performed next (from Bukit View Secondary School). It was so-so. The intonation could be improved a lot (it was rather out of tune) and more practice would be needed to perfect the song (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End). Hayat by Jurongville Secondary School could be improved. I think the main focus was the dance, but I was instead attracted to the musicians at the back playing the anklongs (spelling?) and xylophones, despite the bright colours the dancers were wearing. Break Away by Yuan Ching Secondary School was quite good. It was a mix of hip-hop and jazz. Could be more synchronised though. They did cool bodywaves.
A choir performed next. I've never seen such a small choir of 9 people. Intonation and harmonisation could be improved further. Hong Kah Primary School performed the Zapin Riang next (I think its an Indian dance). It was good. The rest of the performances were good, especially Rejoicing in Harmony by Bukit View Primary School. The little girl (the main star of the performance) was so CUTE! They can all do splits okay! The just jumped and did splits somewhere towards the end of the performance. The dance was awarded "Gold with Honours" in the SYF this year!
After the performance, we were told to stand up and applause for the the Guest-of-Honour to receive her token of appreciation. So, in order to not waste our time, we decided to leave (all the other people also wanted to leave. We were at the second circle). However, the usher did not allow us to leave. Hello? Hundreds of paying audiences have to wait for the Guest-of-Honour and the VIPs who did not pay for the ticket to leave before they could leave? So, my dad got angry and started his whole threatening and unhappy audience routine. They had to let us out in the end.
On the trip back, my dad was like, "The ushers were terrible! They treated us all like children. Cannot sit at other places! Even those seated in front who could not see and wanted to lean at the railing also don't let them! They had to sit so straight you know! I'm gonna complain tomorrow!"
But I don't think he would complain (its "tommorow" now). The last time, he wanted to complain to the LTA about the signs on the road which said "Have a pleasant day!" or something along those lines. He said that they "wasted electricity" and "caused everybody to slow down because they had to look up", which were quite true.
Juiced 7:06 PM
