Today's reporting was bad. Some walked in as late as 9.10am. Please improve.
I hope that everyone enjoyed the game "Animal Farm". Other than enjoying the game, there are many lessons that can be learnt from this game.
- Learning from other's mistakes and success - As you watch other groups play, you would have started designing your own strategies.
- Unity is strength - once you have found your own kind (animal), you start to make louder noise to attract more of your own kind. Please do take note that this can either be positive or negative. On a positive note, if you are in the company of others who are good... you are likely to attract more good people to you. The reverse can also be true. Where choir is concerned. If the section sings as one voice, those who are not so sure will find it easier to follow.
- Stop and take stock every now and then - remember the group that "blindly" (literally) went around with all their members formed up looking for more members simply because they did not stop to count the number of members they already have. And when they eventually stopped to count, there were more than one person counting and they counted one short and continued to walk around. It is necessary to stop and reflect on what has been done and consider how the situation one can get out of a bad situation or make a good situation better. Every choir member needs to stop and reflect every now and then on the practice sessions.
- Last but not least... what this whole game is all about... LISTENING. During the game, everyone is trying to be heard... hoping that one of their kind will find them. At the same time, everyone was also trying hard to listen hard to find one of their own kind. To one animal... the sound that all other animals were making is absolute noise. Isn't it amazing how you could filter all the noise and listen only to the sound which you want to hear? When you sing as a combined choir.... you are singing and at the same time, listening to your other section members. You would also need to filter out all other sounds by the other sections so that you would not be lost. On another note, during the practice session... it is important that you listen to the conductor.
Anyway... thanks to Adeline and her team of Lunch personnel.... for making the drinks and clearing up after lunch today.
Combined Practice
The discipline today has improved. But A1 still has a pitching problem. I hope that all section leaders paid attention to the areas where you section tends to make mistakes and work on it tomorrow during sectional.
Have a good rest and see all of you tomorrow.
Mr Chong
