ahem. the results are out.


Click on image to see the percentage scores. Picture added (without permission from Ernest) by Lin Jin.

We got Silver, with a score of 82%. (same as RGS) which i think is absolutely wonderful, considering how the music we played seemed to be so screwed up.

Quotes from people:

"Acoustics here SUCK!"

"Aiya dance part C play half way then WIAK the note out wrong..."

"Why you play so soft!!?"

"High bronze or low silver, if we're lucky." (This was from the sec 4s)

Regarding the last quote, yes, we were lucky. If one judge had been in a bad mood due to whatever reason that day, he could have just taken a couple of marks off our score, and whoops, there goes our silver. We were treading on very thin ice that day people. And just to make sure that this doesn't happen during SYF next year, we have to

a)Practise
b)Practise more
c)Come for practise (most important one)

But, i must admit it wasn't totally our fault that we got this result. for one, our performance area was totally new to us, we didn't get the chance to rehearse beforehand. second, the theatre's acoustics weren't exactly very good. i, sitting in the back couldn't really hear the clairs in the front or the percs at the side very well. this probably meant why some people weren't playing together with the others, simply because they couldn't hear the others. third, most of us were just stressed out. and under that kind of pressure, making mistakes is understandable.

i would also like to say that all that extra practise we had a week before really paid off, so please rethink all the griping that you might have done before this. secondly, although mr. oura said we weren't aiming for gold, i think that we have the potential to do much better than what we have just achieved, and considering that we will be taking over soon, it's time to unlock that potential in preperation for next year. remember that 17 consecutive gold streak? we don't want to be infamous for being the batch that broke it.

so all in all guys, you've done really well, you've put in alot of effort, and this is what we have achieved together as a band. hope to do better/as well as this next year.

good luck. (we'll need it.)

-Ernest