Inunion 2014

Hello there!

We are your new Event Loggers for 2015, Jolie Ang and Bella Zhang. We’re glad to take over the blog and hope that you’ll stay tuned for more posts of the events that we will have!

Inunion 2014 happened on 12 November 2014, two days ago.

We started off the day with section interaction (present exchange and goal setting) and fun games…

some forfeits from the games…

(presenting to you our very own amazing singer, Isis Lim!!)

Some charades…

quite some photobombing

photobombing at its best

and lots of love.

love~

There was batch lunch, followed by a quick rehearsal

batch16’s batch lunch!

Everyone was a little nervous, but very excited!!

Lots of encouraging words were exchanged (and some hugs too) and we’re ready to go!

We started with Lion King performed by batch 15 and batch 16, followed by the year1s’ reflection sharing and then their solo performances.

They were then announced as official rgsband members with their musicianship badge pinned on for them by the year4s (Batch 14).

The year1s then had their very own performance as a batch! (with Mr Wong) They played enchanting pieces like Air for Band and Metrodance. We were all very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pieces, keep it up, Batch 17!

Inunion then ended with The Bund, Shanghai (上海滩) performed by rgssb’15. But of course, no band event can end without band cheers!

band cheers were led by the commanders, year4 exco members and alumni

Inunion ended with the shiny people, shining even brighter… 🙂

This may be the end of Inunion 2014, but it definitely will not be the last you see of RGSSB’15 ~ (Actually it will is just the starting of the wonderful and marvellous journey we have together. Look forward to our next post!)

~Jolie & Bella

Photo credits to Loo Zen Yee, Yan Yixue, Margaret Wang, Isis Lim and Jolie Ang
(Well of course, more photos can be obtained by stalking people on Facebook, Instagram and the like.)

— “Official Logs” – Cadenza XIV (Apr’ 14)

It has been 4 years since we’ve made an official log of a major band event on this wordpress, so I hope you don’t mind that I’ll be taking the liberty to make this a bit more fun and less reportive-style!

Cadenza XIV (26 April 2014)
After half a year of preparation, the day of Cadenza XIV was finally here!
Here is the elaborate schedule for the day:

We started off the day with Section Gift Exchange, in which we gathered with our section mates at our respective section areas to share gifts and encouraging letters that we had prepared for our section members.

We then had section lunch, together with the Sec 1s, for the first time.

Next we loaded the percussion, alumni, and large instruments onto the lorry and made our way to SOTA on 2 separate buses.

Upon reaching SOTA, we got our exclusive backstage passes and made our way into the backstage area which had a pretty glass window and the grand stage!

After another briefing from the Logs Comm (Li Wen & Xinyi) in the holding room (where we also took many photos), we made our way to our exclusive dressing rooms!

 

After warming up, we made our way on stage for our final rehearsal – alone, then with the alumni band. Then the alumni band had their rehearsal and wowed the rest of us with their professional-sounding piece, Oregon and the hit soundtrack from Disney’s Frozen! (Yep you guessed it! Let it Go!)

Soon enough, it was time to change into our band uniforms (all-black for the alumni), and then we had our dinner.

 

Then it was the final warm-ups before the actual performance, and we went on stage, greeted by many cheers from our friends and family.

Below is the list of our pieces, with the related places following our theme of travelling around the world 🙂

REPERTOIRE:

Assistant Conductor: March Silver Lining in the Sky
in the sky
With Heart and Voice
Minnesota, America 
Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Korea
Assistant Conductor: Tangled Medley
The kingdom Corona (possibly Germany) 
Student Conductor: Animation Medley
Japan
-INTERMISSION-
Saxophones ’14 Ensemble: Bohemian Rhapsody
UK
Brasses ’14 Ensemble: Radioactive
outer space
Clarinets Ensemble: The Barber of Seville
Seville, Italy
Percussion Ensemble: Super Mario Theme
sewers below New York City
Alumni Band: Oregon
Oregon, America
Alumni Band: Let It Go
The kingdom Arendelle (Norway) 
Combined: Les Miserables
France
Encore: AKB48 Medley
Japan

Thank you everyone for making the time to come down to watch us perform, we really hope the music captivated your soul for the 2 hours that we had on stage. 🙂

 

 

Cadenza XIV

Cadenza XIV will be held on 26th of April Saturday, 7.30pm at SOTA Concert Hall, and we will be playing a wide variety of pieces, which include Animation Medley (by studio Ghilbli) and Les Miserables.  To order tickets, simply visit google form: tinyurl.com/rgssbcadenzaxiv

For more information, visit our event page below.  We have an extremely limited number of tickets left, so do order your tickets quickly, latest by the 31st of March! We really hope to see you at Cadenza XIV (:

https://www.facebook.com/events/501417519970162/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

 

Hello RGSSB 2014!

Hello there!

I am your new co- Event Logger for RGSSB 2014, Jia Hui, Horns ’14! I have finally gotten the password for this blog. It’s sad that no posts have been made as of 2013. Or 2012. Well, it’s no doubt such an honour to revive this blog! 😀 This blog does have quite some history dating back to 2009.

On another note, HELLO RGSSB 2014 — official as of yesterday, Inunion! Thank you to everyone who came. A post about Inunion with photos may follow shortly. 🙂

Jia Hui

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Hello everyone! (:

I am the other co – Event Logger for 2014! (Joanne Nai, Perc ’15). Just wanted to drop by and update a few things, and at the same time congratulate the Y1s on their initiation into main band and everyone else on the wonderful performances for Inunion! 🙂

Looking forward to a great year with RGSSB’14! (:

Joanne

Announcement

Chung Jia Hui and Joanne Nai have been deployed as the Event Loggers for RGSSB 2014!

# 10 Cadenza XIII

RGS Symphonic Band’s biennial concert – Cadenza XIII – is coming up and you are warmly invited! 

Be treated to a night of breathtaking and enthusiastic performances, our repertoire consisting of pieces of a wide variety – ranging from Pop to March, Cute to Classic, Western to Oriental, Mellow to Majestic and many more! Some of these pieces include The Inn of Sixth Happiness, Joyance, Chant and Jubilo, Animation Medley and Prestissimo. Additionally, look forward to brilliant and entertaining ensemble performances that are bound to take your breath away!

So, if you’re ready to sit back, relax and enjoy the show, order your tickets now! Simply drop us an email at rgssbcadenzaxiii@gmail.com to place an order. Alternatively, feel free to approach any friendly band member!

See you there!

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Date : 18th May 2012
Time : 7.30 PM
Venue : ACS (Barker Road), Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall
Ticket Price : $10

#9

Dearest RGSSB,

Have a great birthday today 🙂 May you continue bringing joy and music to RGS bandgirls (past and present), as well as to all of your supporters!

(On another note – the event loggers are currently working on the event logs for SYF/SYF camp/Band Camp, we appeal to your patience!)

– Vivian

#8 Learning Journey Week

Dear Band,

The photo below encapsulates the theme ‘Memories of Friendship’. Can you spot The Singapore Flyer in the background?

(The photo was taken during Learning Journey Week.)

– Celine, Gloria and Vivian

#7

Hi Band! I heard that the new band uniforms have arrived! 😀 Thanks to Uniform Comm’10 for all their hard work over the last year, especially the committee I/C, Claudia (: Not forgetting the teachers for all their hard work as well, and WOs ’11 who will be handling the new uniforms.

Since we’re on the topic of the band uniform, below is a rather random addition to this post – the RGSSB band girl bear. (Someone gave it to me for Cadenza)

We miss all of you! Will try to visit soon.

Joanne

Announcements

1. Wei Lin and Rachel have been maintaining this site as the Event Loggers for 2011.