HEYYYYY TRUMPETERS! ;D

The Exchange went on quite smoothly I guess. That would be the last time we see the chong hwa trumpeters, hope you guys enjoyed the exchange eh (:

It sure was nice meeting the CHONG HWA trumpeters huh? :)

-HH ;D

Copacabana - Barry Manilow

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana, (here)
At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa .... they fell in love

His name was Rico, he wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?

At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa (scream) she lost her love (Copa, Copacabana)

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's the disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!

At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana, (here)
At the Copa, (Co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa .... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love

(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)

--
Second Suite for Military Band in F Major
Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)

This suite, composed in 1911, uses English folk songs and folk dance tunes throughout, being written at a time when Holst needed to rest from the strain of original composition. The opening march movement uses three tunes, the first of which is a lively morris dance. The folk song Swansea Town is next, played broadly and lyrically by the euphonium, followed by the entire band playing the tune in block harmonies - a typically English sound. Claudy Banks is the third tune, brimming with vitality and the vibrant sound of unison clarinets. The first two tunes are repeated to conclude the first movement. The second movement is a setting for the English folk song Ifll Love My Love. It is a sad story of a young maiden driven into Bedlam by grief over her lover being sent to sea by his parents to prevent their marriage. The Hampshire folk song, The Song of the Blacksmith, is the basis of the third movement, which evokes visions of the sparks from red hot metal being beaten with a lively hammerfs rhythm on the blacksmithfs anvil. The English country-dance and folk song, The Dargason, dating from the sixteenth century, completes the suite in a manner that continues to cycle and seems to have no end. The Elizabethan love tune Greensleeves is intertwined briefly and withdrawn before the final witty scoring of a piccolo and tuba duet four octaves apart.

(:

HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY TO ELIANA ! :D

TRUMPET SECTION LOVES YOU ! :DD

- hockhuey(:

20th december EXCHANGE!!

hey TRUMPETERS!

there will be another session of sectionals or self-practice on the 14th december, friday,
you can come to practice on your trumpet playing, as i dont really believe that you will practice at home, cause i also never really play , just BUZZ!
so as usual, if you are coming or not coming please give me a call or sms me. [:


the pieces we will be playing are;

1. john williams
2. copacabana
3.second suite [first movement]

*please practice okay!
and the SOLO for the copacabana change to ELIANA! not yaukuen.

,noelmaying'er

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELIANA!!,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!


YEAH!, today is ELIANA'S birthday!!

Lets give her birthday KISS!

Okay okay, i know she will never want it even its your first kiss!

So, that will be all!


Bye everybody,

Noelmaying'er

hey trumpeters,

Okay, i know that you all had tried your best during the KL trip.
After all, i think that we did great in making friends, learning from one another and performing too. [even it's not very good]
But at least we tried our best.
And i think this trip has made us more and more bonded!
Sometimes i even i even think that our section is the best bonded section in the whole band.!
thats a great thing.
Even zhiting is not with us, we still can feel that she around us. [:

Hahah,
There will be a new warm up sequence.

1. Breathing exercise [will explain later]
2. Buzzing with mouthpiece for 4 counts and repeat for 4 times. [concert Bb, Eb, F]
3. Play concert Ab for 16 counts, concert Bb for 8 counts, concert Eb for 4 counts, concert F for 2 counts.
4. Lip slurs [ number 23, 24, 25 ]
5. Tune.

The breathing exercise is the exercise we actually learnt when we are having sectionals with the zhonghua trumpeters.
And for those who don't know or forgotten, i will explain to you now.

First, put you arms together and when you breathe in, you slowly open up your hands.
When you breathe out, you slowly close back you hands for 8 counts and repeat it for 4 times.
after 8 counts, you do for 4 counts repeat for 4 times and then 2 counts for 8 times and 1 count for 8 times also.
The closing or opening of hands must be with the tempo.


okay then, bye
noelmaying'er [: