CHS bandroom is getting a makeover !

Gotong-Royong was held on the 20th November 2009, from 8.30am to 1.30pm.

The CHS Bandroom, as you know it, is going to be undergoing renovation soon. The refurbishment will be housing a whole new look and impression. Thus, do stay tuned as photos will be up as soon as the renovation has come to an end.

Mainly, we gathered all the furniture and instruments and moved them out of the bandroom, into the Kelab Kebudayaan room as the temporary storage room. Tiring day it was, but our band members proved to be persevering and managed to pull through together.

The School Scouts offered immense help, thus much burden was alleviated. By saving time and also allowing the members time to rest, both lunch and tea time were fully provided by the Organising Committee as well.

Once again, thank you band members, especially the Organising Committee for a job well done!

Congratulations

Congratulations to our band tutor Sir Eric on the birth of his newborn son :D

millions of thanks to the form 5s

Here's a bigbig THANK YOU to the form 5s of 2009 !

Thanks for your contribution and devotion to CHS Band all these years.
Good luck and all the best for your trials and SPM.

happily looking at their certs~

form 5s of 2009 ! ----- They Rock!

AGM was held today, and a new batch of committees stepped into their new shoes. To the new Ex-Co, good luck, and to the newly dismissed Form 5s, THANK YOU !

Executive-Committee 2009/2010

President

Alison Chan Ching Li

Vice President

Law Ley Kuan

Secretary

Wong Sook Wei

Treasurer

Suzanna Kwa Wei Ying

Woodwind Section Leader

Gerald Lim Fang Jun

Assistant Woodwind Section Leader

Jayne Sunita

Brass Section Leader

Tiang Quie Zhen

Assistant Brass Section Leader

Lim You Zhi

Percussion Section Leader

Joanne Wong Ying Ying

Assistant Percussion Section Leader

Kendrick Wong Yong Him

Drum Major

Kok Keng Xin

Drill Master

Joanne Wong Ying Ying

Music Master

Gerald Lim Fang Jun

Siow Ai Chia

Student Conductor

Angeline Tee

Assistant Secretary

Tan Chui Wen

Assistant Treasurer

Tan Yi Tian

Afternoon In-charge:

Tek Yi Chyn

Assistant Afternoon In-charge:

Yap Shein Weng

Afternoon Session Woodwind Section Leader:

Wong Phooi Yee

Afternoon Session Brass Section Leader:

Jeanette Tong

Afternoon Session Percussion Section Leader:

Law Ley Mun

reminder

Emergency General Meeting
7 August 2009
Friday
12.30 p.m.

Annual General Meeting
8 August 2009
Saturday
8.30 a.m.

Ex-members are highly welcomed for both of the abovesaid meetings.

Hope to see you then!

An Evening of Music 2009: EAST WEST

AEOM 2009 was held successfully in the Brother Phillipe Wu school hall yesterday night at 8PM. The hall was overflowed, as evening tickets were ALL SOLD OUT. Cheers of our supporters were heard during every song. Everyone had a great night.

Pictures are soon to come. Go to Daphne's, Yu Fai's and Wei Chong's FaceBook albums for pictures :D

A HUGE THANK YOU to all those who supported us during the concert, teacher advisers who helped us OCs, CHS Choir, all the band members for their efforts, Mr. Lerkiat for the brass sectional, Mr. Nick for playing alongside us and last but NOT least -

Sir Eric, who gave us great confidence and much much help =)

The Catholic High School Band will be holding a concert ‘An Evening of Music 2009’ themed ‘East West’ or 《东西弦汇》, organized by the Parent Teacher Association. Details of the concert are as follow:

Date
25 July 2009 (Saturday)
Venue
Brother Phillippe Wu School Hall
Time
2.00 p.m. – Matinee Show, priced RM 15 per ticket
8.00 p.m. – Evening Show, priced RM 25 per ticket

Ticket purchasing will be on the 29 June 2009 (Monday). Meanwhile, ticket bookings can be made via e-mail to aeom-eastwest@live.com. Please include the following details:

Name: (in full)
Telephone Number: (most active)
Number of Tickets:
Time : Matinee / Evening

The primary aim for the concert is to expose the band members to performing arts as well as to raise fun for the maintenance and purchase of music instrument. We really need the donation from the public in making this concert a joyous success. Donations are highly welcomed from all parties.


Sponsorship / Donation:

RM 1000 and above
Ribbon-cutting, 2 VIP invitation cards and programme book.
RM 600 – RM 999
2 invitation cards and programme book
RM 300 – RM 599
1 invitation cards and programme book
RM 100 and above
Acknowledgement in programme book

Advertisement:

Exterior back cover (colour)
RM 6000
Interior back cover (colour)
RM 3500
Interior front cover (colour)
RM 3500
First page (colour)
RM 2500
Last page (colour)
RM 2500
Full page (colour)
RM 2000
Full page (black & white)
RM 1200
Half page (black & white)
RM 600
Quarter page (black & white)
RM 300

We sincerely hope readers and CHS band patrons to generously give their support to An Evening of Music 2009. Donations can be made via cheque payable to PIBG SMJK Katholik Petaling Jaya.

Come, sit back, and relax. Let us take you a flight to the west and back to the east right in the comfort of your own sit.

So come, and support us! See you on the 25th of July!


For any inquiries, please contact the following entities:

Head Teacher Advisor
Madam Hardeep Kaur
019-2194541

Band President
Leong Yin Wei
012-9344188

Band Secretary
Choon Ee May
017-3343135

Sponsorship and Donation Director
Nicholas Lai
012-2481797

music camp 2009

Music Camp was held on the 30 of June 2009 right at our school. Headed by Foo Fuei Loo, this camp is deliberated for the preparation of our upcoming concert, East West.

Throughout the 3-days-2-nights camp, a myriad of activities were aligned for both concert performers and new members. On the 2nd day, there was a barbeque party cum gathering. Ex-members ranging from year 2001 to 2008 attended the event.

Members of the band would like express many thanks to the organizing committee for making the camp ever so successful. Thank you, Sir Eric for coaching us and keeping us accompany throughout the camp.

Pictures from the camp will be posted up very soon.

Telematch 2009

make it your motto

WITH PASSION,
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!

If you have the soul and zeal to achieve an aim, make sure you put in extra effort in making it a success. Never take the approach to give up on something when things appear otherwise. And to the juniors, come up to seniors to clear your pool of confusion. Make your mystery history! Set your heart on your goal, and triumph isn’t impossible. Take my word for it!

Hari Gerko

Hari Gerko was the usual stuff every year. Ex-Po was the project for us band members. What’s different this year is that it was lead by the joint effort of Form 3 and Form 2 members. The results were satisfactory and I must say, they did a really good job.

They worked hard day by day to plan on this current event. Ex-Po is so significant because this project will determine the number of new members of a new batch. And suffice to say, the results were pretty pleasing. A total of 179 people signed up – both the names from Orientation Day and Ex-Po were taken into account. This year, we are taking in new Colour Guard members too. The targets were mainly Form 3’s.

During the whole Hari Gerko, there were a total of 9 times of short fuses. This means that the light decoration for our stand had to be shut off. The laptop remains useful as it runs with a battery.

There were ensembles being played around the school before the afternoon session students enter their classes. Woodwind ensemble played a Japanese song; Brass ensemble played Blaze Away, while the Percussion ensemble showed off their amazing strokes and rhythm-sense.

Nonetheless, there were minor problems along the way that an outsider sees. The schedule was lagging and many things had to be delayed because members weren’t moving swift enough. Another part is that things get disorganize when the organizing committee does not brief the members clear enough.

Nevertheless, all’s well end’s well. The project was a great success and the interview session will a reflection of our hard work. Till then!

a note

On behalf of the Catholic High School Band,

I would like to wish all band members and readers a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!




Regards,
Blog Co-ordinator