Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, Feb 21st, 2010 -- Your current conflict stems from your ability to derive meaning directly from symbols -- like fully understanding a dream as you are being told about it. But you may have a difficult time completely trusting your psychic powers now when your analytical mind arrives at a very different solution to the same dilemma. Remember, your strength comes from simultaneously holding conflicting points of view, without trying to force one correct answer.
-tarot.com
Omg yea! My dream tells me the exact opposite of what I already think I'm at a decision. Demons turn to stone when exposed to light. I'm not sure what to do but I'll figure them out.
Andsec alumni:
During rehearsal, Ms Lim joked that she would only conduct us if we screwed our matinee.
Matinee- Sang Dahil too slow and thought we bombed it. Ms Lim said it was fantastic and Rosas was fast. We just thought she was trying to wriggle out of conducting us.
Then before the 2nd perf, when we were warming up, she told us to stop cos we were already good enough.
"But if you conduct us, it'll be better!"
Then she laughed and ignored us. But couldn't help coming forward and commenting. Then after persistent pleas she softened and asked yc how to cue us in.
Then it was on!
She tried Rosas and when we sing, you could feel the excitement and happiness crackling through the air. It was like pure adrenaline- everyone was grinning.
Then when she tried Dahil with us, it was raw, heavy sadness and passionate grief.
We only tried 2 stanzas per song but it was obvious how much better we became when she conducted. We felt the songs- but with her emotions added in, it was a crazy combination.
Then backstage, she was flipping the files and saying, "Dahil i count, 3, 4, 1"
"Rosas will be, 1, 2"
"Do you guys hold this note? Do you cut this quickly?"
And everyone was so relaxed and easy even though we've never had a chance to sing with her conducting us. We were confident that we could decipher what she would convey to us onstage, and that we could deliver.
And in the end she just hastily said, "Ok! Just do whatever I want and follow me onstage!"
Duh. Like there ever was any other.
I think the bond and the chemistry with her is too strong for us not to know what her every movement and gesture meant. We already knew what we always did. We just needed the extra oomph and it was her. She heard us sing every note and held it or cut it with her will, playing with the music and enjoying it. Creating it. Showing it.
We added dynamics and she controlled them, adjusting the volume, speed, mood and tone with her hands and face. And the last note of Rosas. She held out her hands and swept out and downwards, loud, powerful and triumphant ending. I only remember, Perfect.
And walking offstage, I kept thinking, this is what it was meant to be. This is what I want. What we all wanted. And we got it. This...exhilaration. The joy of performing. The power to move. The sheer satisfaction of being onstage and conducted by Ms Lim Ai Hooi. Perfection.
Anderson Secondary Alumni Chorus.
the voices withinLabels: omg
loved on 12:16 AM
