Mdm Ng approached me during the December holidays just to put up a 3-minute performance on stage for today. Having been an event/concert organiser before, I understood the difficulty in getting people up on stage willingly, hence agreed to help her out.
So today was the day. I, sure, was properly attired ("dressed" would be the proper word) for my GuZheng solo... I wore exactly the same outfit which I prepared for my cousin's wedding. I didn't want to feel over-dressed, so I dropped the idea of having make up on.
I kept practicing and practicing backstage the moment I was in the hall. It's absolutely not fun to play pieces which can be easily identified and to even do that alone! The thing about familiar tunes is that once I didn't quite catch it, that's it, I'd be doomed , 'cause the audience would realise it.
I had been used to strumming the string with my left fingers without the plastic "nails". The danger of that was since I had not been consistantly playing my GuZheng, my skin had turned soft again, and so if I over-practiced, the friction produced every time I plucked a string produced heat which gradually caused my fingers to have small blisters >.<
Anyway, the main point was, I did a good job! At least it wasn't as bad as last year's Lunchtime Showcase when nobody could hear anything! This time the audience was quiet enough for me to know that their attention was on my item and they did cheer, they did clap! Isn't that the thing that makes every performer's day?!
Well, other than my own performance, I'm quite impressed by the others too. 1)The Sec 4 Band members were cool, they came together within days and had the approximately 6 minutes performance up, with entertaining gimmicks>.< 2)I liked the spirit of the TK Dance club. The togetherness they had and the determination to persevere despite how people talk bad about them. Really, they kept saying things like "Let's show them what TK Dance is made up!" It kinduf reminded me the times I had in MBS Bhangra when every time I performed was yet another chance to show people the power of Bhangra... haha xD Oh, oh, oh... and the way they changed their clothes... you can never imagine; they literally strip and "poof!" they were all changed! Kudos to TK Dance! 3)Mr Hareesh was out to impress again! This time he with a change of his mask, he was no longer the ang moh phantom, he was a romantic Chinese lover, singing <<月亮代表我的心>>! He's seriously super funny backstage. Imagine how nervous he was... he shared with me his experience the other time as phantom, when the moment he saw the audience, he was almost submerged in the tsunami of stage fright! Mr Hareesh was great singing the all-time Mandarin classic! 4)This special guest had always been so supportive of school concerts! She was none other than Mdm Sadia, the administrative staff! This time, brought to us the lovable and lively <<梅兰梅兰我爱你>>. 5)And of course the awesomest piano duet by Bryan (Halim) and Ryan (Chin). I don't know how to describe this, but if you heard them, they're just simply remarkable!
All in all, this year's celebration was quite special for I think the reaction of the audience made the difference in atmosphere. I would rate the excitement level about the same as previous years, but because the audience was focusing their attention on the stage, the interaction between the onstage performers and the offstage spectators somehow seemed closer.
And I'm glad to have brought out my culture to fellow TKsians during this festive season =D
I'd like to thank all those people who cheered for me especially the TK (HK) SLCs, SC peeps, 4J (haha...xD), guides!!!, and maybe a few scouts and manybe a few 2F kids, and I think the teachers too >.< Oh, of course to Mdm Ng for giving me this opportunity to allow me to play my GuZheng properly as a performance the very first time in my life!
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know me
littlest of the Pang Family
people call me ChiawMIN or ZhaoMIN
was from Maha Bodhi School